the public schools of Colfax County and the Fremont Normal College, graduating from the latter in the scientific course in 1899. He has spent five years in teaching, and is now serving his second term as Clerk of the District Court of Colfax County, being of the Populist faith. He was married to Miss Julia Ternes of Colfax County in 1900 and they have one son and one daughter. Mr. Sucha is of Bohemian parentage, his father having come to America in 1853 and his mother in 1855. His father is a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the Fifty-first Missouri Volunteers.

      M. J. HIGGINS is a native of Nebraska, having been born February 22, 1875 in Colfax County, where he has since lived. He was educated in the high school at Schuyler, Nebraska, and is a graduate of both the Business and Teacher's Departments of the Fremont Normal College. His parents are of Irish birth and after residing in Illinois for a time, came to Nebraska in 1872. Mr. Higgins was married to Assina Gaughen in 1901 and they have one child. Previous to his election as County Treasurer, he was Deputy County Treasurer for four years.

      J. P. MAPLE was born on a farm in Colfax County, Nebraska, August 12, 1868, and he has always resided in the county. His parents came to Nebraska about 1861 and his father was one of the first Commissioners of Colfax County, having been elected in 1869. Mr. Maple was educated in the high school of Schuyler, Nebraska, and has been engaged in farming. He was married to Miss Anna A. Roesler, February 12, 1890 and has three children. Mrs. Maple died in February, 1904. He has been elected to the office of Clerk of Colfax County for a second term by the Fusionists.

      G. H. WELLS is a native of Canada, having been born May 18, 1841 in Nova Scotia, where he remained until 1863, when he came to Massachusetts. He returned to Prince Edward Island and after residing there for a time came to Nebraska in 1869. He received his education in the Sackville Academy of New Brunswick. Mr. Wells was married in 1880 to Anna Albertson and they have two daughters. During President Harrison's administration he was appointed Postmaster and has served as Sheriff of Colfax County for eight years. He is now serving his second term as judge of Colfax County, having been elected on the Republican ticket.

      F. C. EGERTON was born August 19, 1853, in Grant County, Wisconsin, later he removed to Iowa and then to Nebraska in 1868. His mother died when he was a baby, and when his father enlisted in the war, Mr. Egerton was obliged to make his own way. He has been in the West and used to freight in the mountains, but for the last twenty-three years has lived in Colfax County and is now engaged in the livery business. He is a Republican and is serving his first term as County Commissioner. Mr. Egerton was married in November, 1888, to Annie Spidle, who died four years later. In 1898 he was married to Sadie Hockett.

      E. E. GREENMAN was born January 16, 1852, in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan, from whence he removed to Nebraska in September of 1867. He received his education in the schools at Sturgis and Hillsdale, Michigan. He served through the Civil War in the Nineteenth Regiment of the Michigan Infantry. Mr. Greenman is a member of the Republican party and has been Surveyor of Colfax County during thirty-five years of the County's organization and has been City Engineer of Schuyler since its incorporation.

      URIAH LONG was born in Pennsylvania, January 3, 1831. He received his M. D. at Bellwin College, New York, and has since practiced his chosen profession. In 1865 he married Miss M. E. Klingmann and they have five children, Dr. Long has been a member of the City Council, City Physician and a member of the Board of Health and is now serving his second term as Coroner of Colfax County. He is affiliated with the Democratic party.

     JOHN E. ARNOLD was born January 28, 1855, in Appleton, Maine, where he received his education in the Common Schools. He was married to Ella C. Huntley of Philadelphia in 1885. He now lives in Schuyler, Nebraska, where he is engaged in the banking business. Mr. Arnold was the last Clerk of the village of Schuyler and the first Clerk of the city of Schuyler and is now serving his second term as Mayor of that city. He is a Republican and was Grand Master of the I. O. O. F. of Nebraska in 1898 and 1899.

     Cuming County is favorably situated in the northeastern part of the state in the Elkhorn Valley. The soil is mostly a rich vegetable mold with a clay subsoil, and it is of such consistency that what is known as "baked soil" is never found here. Corn is grown extensively. In the year of 1902, 400 acres were planted with sugar beets. Since 1897 the value of land in this county has increased 40 per cent. Good limestone is found at West Point. Clay for brick making is also quite plentiful in the county. The first settlers were Benjamin Moore and family in 1856. In 1857 the "Nebraska Settlement Association" chose a townsite on the Elkhorn River, and West Point was soon established. When the county was organized in 1858, this town was made county seat without controversy and its population is today 1,890. So many of the inhabitants left the county during the discouraging years of 1850 and 1860, that two years after the organization, the official records show only five voters. These few remained, however, and conditions began steadily to improve, until in 1866 there was a large "boom" throughout the county. The coming in of the Elkhorn Valley railroad just at this time was an important factor in the permanent prosperity and there are now 38.32 miles of railway. The first church building which was erected in the county was built by the Catholics in St. Charles Precinct in 1867. Cuming County had its share in the Indian trouble. What was known as the "Pawnee War" was waged here during the year of 1859. The present population is 14,584.