Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Hokanson's
baby daughter has been quite sick
the past week, but is reported inn
proving.
A. U. Ostrum was in from his
Goose Camp ranch yesterday. He
lost steer and calf during the
storm.
j. A. Harrington Of Morristown,
was "a Fort Yates visitor Friday
and Saturday on business at the
court house.
A term of district court for Sioux
county will be held the first part of
June, reports States Attorney john
son. Judge Hanley will preside at
this term.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Reedy have
been notified that their son, Major
P. G.. Reedy has been transferred
| to the position of chief surgeon on
one of the big army transports.
Jacob Halsey last week bought a
half section of land along the Four
mile creek on the west side of the
bridge from Hokanson- Turner Co.
The consideration was &2500.00.
Michael Wilkie of Devils Lake
arrived last week to enter upon his
duties in the lease clerks office at
the Agency, for which position he
recsntly passed a successful ex.
animation.
| Mesdames jesse Fleets, Benjamin
; White and Louis Archambault
went to Cannonball Sunday and
from there took the train. Monday
to Bismarck. Frank Gates took
them to tie railroad.
2 Rev. FIR. Francis, who has been
l located at the Farm school the past
several years, has been transferred
, to Solen as resident priest, and a
4 residence for him is now being
. built by the Catholic congregation
There.
e Miss Anna Myrhow who owns
!. the homestead on which the Nagel
t school near the state line is located,
came down from Bismarck last
8 week, and is assisting ut the hotel
t until the weather will permit he1
to take up residence OH the claim.
e Chas Beckworth was in the city
y Friday, and called at the Pioneer
i office to renew his subscription.
S He was just getting ready 10 begin
: farming before the recent storm
e and expects to get about 100 acres
y ready for crop this spring. He also
o has so acres of winter rye.
Pvt. w. w. Arrows of Wakpala,
h who has been in a government con
e valescing hospital at Denver, Colo
d since the first of the year, writes
J, the Pioneer that he will be dis
J. charged this week, and. leave fo
i his home. 1t is not known wha
It unit Private Arrows was with o.
d the nature of his wound, but hi
l. Wakpala friends will I've glad t,
know that he is coming home:
VI w. H. Retterrath, Jake Jordan
ii and Bonnie. Sandbeck, came il
r from the Barren Butte countr,
j. Monday on business at the cour
t. house. While here Mr.. Retterratl
is qualified for the position of roa'
le supervisor for Porcupine road dis
,s trict, and Mr.. Sandbeck made ap
st plication to make final proof OF
le his homestead before County Judg
1T Beede. While in town Mr.. Jordan
renewed his subscription to tn
!, Pioneer for another year.
r. News of the death in Duluth las
ri week of Ed Donahoe, a Bismarc
r. pioneer who operated frontier liz
q. cry stable there in the seventie
le will be of interest to many Fol
IN Yates old timers. After disposin
,e of his business at Bismarck, Nj
1e Donahoe spent many years on tn
10 Fl. S. Parkins ranch at Cannonball
ID Several years ago his health failing
M he went to Duluth to make hi