nated for supreme judge, although not a candidate for the honor, and was elected as a provisional judge under the amendment voted on by the people at that time. The question as to the adoption of the amendment is pending before the legislature at the time of going to press on this book. Judge Kirkpatrick is a lawyer of high standing in the bar of the supreme court, and a gentleman with a host of political friends in all parties. Until quite recently he has been a free silver republican, but united in the last campaign with the free silver forces and assisted materially in winning the sweeping victory of last year.

HON; ROBERT S. OBERFELDER, a widely known and popular member of the Nebraska Fish Commission, was born in New York City December 8, 1855. He was educated in the public schools of the American metropolis, came west to Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of nineteen, and entered the employ of a large mercantile institution. During the winter of 1876, when the Black Hills excitement was at fever heat, he located at Sidney and engaged in the general merchandise business. He is a member of the firm of Oberfelder & Co., the largest business house in Sidney. He was elected mayor of Sidney in 1891, and served with credit to himself and his town. In October, 1895, he was appointed by Governor Holcomb as a member of the State Board of Fish Commissioners, and is the secretary of that body. He is extensively engaged in ranching and stock raising, and owns one of the best improved

irrigated farms on the Lodge Pole Creek near the village of Lodge Pole. He is also president of the Sidney Stone Company, whose inexhaustible quarries are lo-

cated near the city of his residence. Commissioner Oberfelder is a democrat of state reputation, a personal friend to nearly every public man in the state, and a gentleman of culture and refinement.