the northwest and leaves it in the southeast, thus covering about 20,000 acres. Lexington, the county scat, originally called Plum Creek. has 1,343 inhabitants, while the population of the county is 12,214.

      H. A. TURTON was born January 10, 1814, at Morristown, New Jersey. His father was Rev. William H. Turton, a Baptist clergyman. He acquired his advanced education in the Normal Department of the Iowa State University. In 1850 he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in the following year to Iowa. After living in several Iowa cities, he moved to Kansas in 1873 and in 1885 to Lexington where he still resides. He has held the official positions of County School Examiner, Justice of the Peace, Proofreader in the Legislature and Superintendent of the Kansas State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. He is now County judge and is allied with the Republican party.

      L. J. MALMSTEN is a graduate of Stockholm University, Sweden, in which country he was born, November 22, 1840. He came to the United States in the summer of 1869 and located at Omaha, Nebraska. After a short time he went to Oakland of this state, where he was engaged in the mercantile business until 1886. During twelve years of his residence in Burt County he was Postmaster at Oakland. He was also County Clerk of Burt County for two terms before coming to Gothenburg, Dawson County, in 1890. He was elected as County Treasurer in 1903 on the Republican ticket. He was married to Mary Morell, of Oakland, in 1874.

      N. M. YORK was born September 20, 1872, at Bloomington, Illinois, whence he removed to Bloomington, Indiana, with his parents at the age of five. In 1885 he came to Dawson County, which has since been his home. He was graduated from the high school at Bloomington, Indiana, in the class of 1884 and also attended the University of Nebraska. His vocation is that of musical director in amateur work, but at present he holds the office of Clerk of the District Court. His politics are Republican. In 1898 he married Miss Frances Sucha of Schuyler, Nebraska.

      L. A. OLINGER was born May 16, 1857, in Putnam County, Missouri. He moved to Nebraska in 1894 and lived two years in Buffalo County before locating in Dawson County. Teaching is his profession, for which he was prepared by a course at the North Missouri State Normal, in Kirksville. He has taught in the graded schools of both Missouri and Nebraska. At present he is County Superintendent of Dawson County and is associated with the Republican party. In November of 1881 he was married to Miss Flora Lemen of Missouri.

      D. E. LINCOLN was born April 12, 1866, in Dane County, Wisconsin. His father was a fourth cousin of Abraham Lincoln, and was a gold seeker in California's exciting days. He lived with his parents in Iowa before moving to Nebraska in 1874. After ten years' residence in York County he located in Dawson County. He is a farmer and stock raiser, but is now County Sheriff. His wife was Miss Jessie Hunt, whom he married on New Year's Day of the year 1890. He is a member of the Populist party.

      ROSS S. THORNTON was born November 8, 1872, at Butler, Missouri, whence he came with his parents to Dawson County in 1883. Here his father, Benjamin H. Thornton, engaged in ranching. Mr. Thornton acquired his education at the Kearney High School and the Lincoln Business College. He is a jeweler by occupation and is now serving as County Clerk, having been elected on the Republican ticket. He was married to Miss Mae Day in March of 1896 and has two children.

      J. T. MOORE came to Dawson County in 1875. He took a homestead on which he still lives. His birth occurred at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, August 27, 1838, where he was educated in a private school. Here he was married in 1859 to Miss Emilia M. Campbell of Ohio. Mr. Moore is serving his second term as Commissioner of Dawson County. He is allied with the Republican party.

      W. J. FLEMING was born October 13, 1843, in Pennsylvania, from which state he moved to Woodford County, Ilinois (sic), in 1865. In 1880 he came to Lexington, Nebraska, which is his present residence. He acquired his education at the academy at Lewiston, Pennsylvania. He served in the state militia and fought at the battle of Gettysburg. During four years he served as County Treasurer and is now in his second term as Chairman of the Dawson County Commissioners. He is allied with the Republican Party. In 1874 he married Miss Ella Robinson of Illinois.

      SAMUEL ATKINSON homesteaded in Dawson County in 1873, among the earliest settlers, when Indians, elk, deer and antelope were numerous. He was born in Clearmont

County, Ohio, on August 15, 1844. He was postmaster at Cozad from 1888 to 1896, after which he engaged in the flour and feed business. He is now County Commissioner for the third year and politically is a Republican. Tic was married to Margaret Jane Doughman in 1861. Her death occurred in the year 1884. His present wife was Louisa W. Arnold. He has five sons and three daughters. He served in Company K, Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer infantry, from 1862 to 1865, participating in all the battles from Stone River, under Rosecrans, to Atlanta, and from there with Sherman on his march to the sea.

      S. T. KRIER was born February 22, 1874, in Lexington, Nebraska, which has always been his home. His father, B. F. Krier, has been editor of the Dawson County Pioneer since the year 1873. Mr. Krier attended the Lexington high school and is now in the printing business. He served as secretary of the Republican Central Committee for five years and is now Deputy County Clerk. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

      C. S. ROLPH came to Dawson County, Nebraska, in the spring of 1884 from Portland, New York, where he was born September 30, 1868. The New York State Normal contributed to his education. His father, W. H. Rolph, enlisted in the army as a private at Abraham Lincoln's first call for volunteers and was mustered out as First Lieutenant. In 1890 he died as a result of the injuries he received while in service. Mr. Rolph held several town offices before being appointed to his present position as Deputy County Treasurer. His marriage to Miss Jennie Lazelle occurred in 1891.

      T. L. WARRINGTON obtained his education at the Iowa Academy of Troy and the Iowa College at Grinnell. His parents were living at Nauvoo, Illinois, at the time of his birth, August 2, 1848. At the age of eighteen he removed to Iowa and in 1871 to Nebraska, locating in Dawson County in 1873. He was admitted to the bar the same year and is now a practicing lawyer at Lexington. In 1875 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Nebraska and in 1879 a member of the State Legislature. He was Dawson County's Attorney for three terms, and belongs to the Republican party. He served about two and one-half years in the Civil War, being enlisted in the Twelfth Illinois Cavalry.

      FRANK H. ADAMS is Mayor of Lexington, Nebraska. His birth occurred at Northumberland, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1860. He was educated at public and private schools and at Wyoming Seminary of Pennsylvania, besides attending the Poughkeepsie Military Institute of New York. He came to Nebraska in 1879, after three years' residence in Iowa. For twenty-one years he has been connected with Woolhach's General Merchandise Business at Lexington and is now general manager for that firm. He was married to Miss Lola Gillet of North Platte in 1888.

      J. T. COSTIN was born May 7, 1865, in Whiteside County, Illinois. His father, who died in 1892, moved with his family to Dawson County, Nebraska, in 1867, and there is only one family that can claim as long a residence in the county as Mr. Costin. Mr. Costin was connected with the railroad during forty years of his life. He held the office of Clerk of Dawson County during two terms and is now County Assessor. In politics he is a Populist. He married Miss Katherine Kee of Dawson County in July, 1902.

 

      Deuel County is well adapted to stock raising, there being an abundant supply of water and much grazing land. The surface consists of fertile valleys, table-lands and sand hills. The North Platte, South Platte and Blue Rivers, Lodge Pole Creek and numerous small streams, and Beaver, Swan and many lakelets afford good drainage. The valleys are mostly irrigable and can produce alfalfa with great success. About 100 miles of ditches have been constructed, and the prospect for a greatly increased mileage in the near future is very bright. The value of good hay and grazing land has increased twenty per cent within the last five years, and at present there is a great demand for ranches in the county. The value of live stock in 1900 amounted to $2,568,165.00. The county was organized in 1888 with an area of 2,130 square miles. Chappell is the county seat. Other towns are Big Springs, Oshkosh

and Day. The population of Deuel County is 2,630.

      GEORGE C. McALLISTER was born in Marion County, West Virginia, in 1855. He came to Illinois in 1878, where he was employed as a farm hand, and came to Nebraska in 1881. He then returned to Indiana, where he attended school at Valparaiso, and in 1885 came to Nebraska. He studied two years at the Northern Indiana Normal, taking the scientific course, and graduated from the Law Department of the University of Nebraska. Mr. McAllister has spent ten years in teaching, but is now practicing law. He was Attorney of Deuel County from 1897 to 1903, and was elected to the State Legislature in 1002 on the Republican ticket.

      JOHN R. WERTZ, a member of the firm of Wertz Brothers, Chappell, Nebraska, was born January 1, 1872, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He came to Nebraska March 9, 1891. and settled in Deuel County, where he has since resided. The Wertz Brothers are dealers in hardware and lumber and have also been engaged in the ranching business, having operated a fine ranch west of Chappell. He is a Democrat, and is serving his second term as County Treasurer of Deuel County. Mr. Wertz is the President of the Nebraska-Wyoming Developing Company and Vice-President of the Blanch Copper Mining Company of Wyoming. When he landed in Chappell he had but $4.30 and today could easily raise $50,000.

      ROBERT A. DAY was born in Brown County, Ohio, March 5, 1867. At the age of seventeen he came to Butler County, Nebraska, and two years later went to Deuel County, then a part of Cheyenne County. He received his education in the public scohols (sic) of Ohio and aside from his official duties is interested in farming and stock raising. Mr. Day is a Democrat and is serving his second term as County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court of Deuel County. In December, 1886, he homesteaded on the North Platte Valley. In 1897 he was married to Miss Viola Empson of Vallonia, Jackson County, Indiana, and they have one daughter.

      W. H. McELDOWNEY is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Bedford County, June 29, 1859. He came to Lexington, Nebraska, in 1878 and three years later went to Iowa, where he remained until coming to Deuel County, Nebraska, in 1886. He is engaged in the livery business, and is serving his second term as Sheriff of Deuel County, having been appointed to the office for the first term. Mr. McEldowney is a Republican. He married Miss Ida Reynolds of Coon Rapids, Iowa, in 1887, and they have one daughter, fifteen years of age.

      LOUELLA M. BERNHARD was born in Alido, Mercer County, Illinois, February 1, 1866, and received her education in the public schools of New Windsor and Rock Island, Illinois. At the age of twenty she removed to Independence, Missouri, and came to Chappell, Nebraska, in 1899, where she has since remained. Her mother took a homestead in Deuel County about 1889 and has made this her home ever since. Her father was a veterinary surgeon. Mrs. Bernhard has been engaged as a teacher and is now serving her first term as Superintendent of Public Instruction of Deuel County, being associated with the Republican party.

     HOSEA HUDSON was born in New York State in 1828. His parents moved to Michigan in 1836, then back to New York in 1840, and after that lived in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He was educated in the University of New York and Fourteenth Street College.