Arthur N. Arntson, finance officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Aberdeen, S. Dak,., has been appointed superintendent of the Wind River Agency, Fort Washakie, Wyo., Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay announced today. The transfer is effective July 18. He replaces W. Wendell Palmer who was transferred on June 13 to the superintendency at Klamath Agency, Oreg. Glenn R. Landbloom, previously announced as the new Wind River superintendent, will remain in the Aberdeen area office as assistant area director in charge of resources.
Mr. Arntson has been with the Indian Bureau for 25 years and served from 1929 to 1945 in various financial and clerical positions at Red Lake Agency, Red Lake, Minn. Transferring to Wind River as chief clerk in 1945, he remained there for five years and was then appointed to his present position at Aberdeen. He was born in Minneapolis, Minn., in 1902 and educated in the public schools of that city.
