County, Illinois, in 1870 and two years later came to Franklin County, Nebraska, and has been a resident of the county ever since, where he has been engaged in farming. He received his education in the Bloomington High School and the Normal at that place, and clerked in a general store for twelve years. He is a member of the Democratic party and has served one term as Deputy Sheriff and two terms as Deputy Treasurer and has been elected Treasurer.

      EDWARD M. HUSSONG, B. Sc., B. Ped., C. E., was born December 10, 1864, in Ontario, Iowa. He went to Kansas in 1871 and came to Nelson, Nebraska, in 1884. Eight years later he went to Franklin, Nebraska, and in 1901 came to Bloomington. He received his education in the Iowa State College, Kansas State Normal School and the University of Nebraska, graduating from the Scientific, Classical, Normal and Civil Engineering courses. Mr. Hussong is the Superintendent of the Bloomington city schools. He was married to Miss Minnie M. Coin of Glenwood Springs Colorado, in 1893, and they have six children. He is a member of the People's Independent Party and served two terms as Superintendent of Franklin County. He is now the Surveyor of this county.

      C. F. DIEDERICH was born in Hanover, Indiana, October 12, 1861. In 1884 he came to Nebraska, engaging in farming and stock raising. His education was obtained in the public schools of Indiana. In 1902 he married Miss Emma Rasch. Mr. Diederich is the Chairman of the Board of County Supervisors.

      LEONARD E. HOLMES was born in Franklin, Nebraska, February 15, 1874. His father came to Nebraska in 1872 and carried the mail by stage route from Guide Rock west until the coming of the railroad. He received his education in the Lincoln Business College and engaged in the newspaper business for about ten years in Hamilton County. In 1894 he married Miss Emma Morrison of Aurora, Nebraska. He is Republican in politics.

 

      Frontier County covers 972 square miles in the southwestern part of the state. Its surface is rough, being intersected by many draws and canyons. The principal water course is Little Medicine Creek with its tributaries, along the banks of which there is a large growth of timber. These bottom lands are low, broad and fertile, with a covering of thick high grass. These lowlands are subject to overflow and are capable of producing splendid crops. There are many other creeks which are a great advantage in stock raising. Alfalfa raising is very profitable and winter wheat is the most successful of the grains. The county was organized in 1872 with a population consisting of a number of stock raisers and two permanent settlers. The latter were Mortimer C. and Henry H. Clifford, who had married Indian squaws and settled on Little Medicine Creek above the present county seat, Stockville. This location was chosen by the cattle men because of the advantages offered for stock. These men were afraid that an influx of farmers would spoil their industry. Therefore they hastened to have the county organized in order that they might pass a law compelling farmers to fence their lands so that cattle might have free range. The population is 8,781, 2,793 of whom are school children.

      S. A. WILLIAMS, County Judge, was born in LaPorte County, Indiana, February 17, 1855, where he lived until he was twenty, when he went to Iowa, and thirteen years later came to Nebraska. In 1890 he married Miss Stella Beauvais and they have five children. He has practiced law since his residence in Nebraska, has been elected County Attorney on the Republican ticket for one term, and is now serving his second term as County Judge.

      L. H. CHENEY was born in Cattaraugua (sic) County, New York, June 24, 1864, and in his sixth year his parents removed to Nebraska, settling in Lincoln, where he lived until 1891. He was educated at the University of Nebraska, taking his A. B. in 1887 and his LL. B. in Michigan University three years later. In 1891 he came to Frontier County and has since made it his home. He married Miss Clara Vance in 1894 and they have two children. Mr. Cheney is serving his third term as County Attorney.

      E. P. PYLE is a native of Ohio, having been born in Mercer County, April 9, 1858. In 1884

he removed to Tennessee and six years later to Nebraska, where he has since remained. He is a graduate of Lexington high school and has practiced law in the three states of which he has been a resident. He has been County Judge three terms and is now serving his second term as County Treasurer. In 1898 he married Miss Bertha James and they have two children.

      CLARA L. DOBSON was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in October, 1861. She was educated in Simpson College, taking her Ph. M. in 1886. After having taught two years, she married W. J. Dobson, who had charge of several schools in Iowa before settling in Nebraska. After the death of Mr. Dobson, Mrs. Dobson taught one year and was then elected to the position of County Superintendent of Frontier County, now serving the third term. Her father was killed at Milliken's Bend in the Civil War, being a memebr (sic) of the Twenty-third Iowa Volunteers. She has one son.

     E. L. HALL, grain dealer and farmer, was born in Oneida County, New York, November 2, 1852, where he resided until his sixteenth year, when he removed to Iowa. Ten years