The offices were not as attractive as they are now and not sought. A list of the officers of the county down to 1918, follows: 1872, the commissioners were Henry Newman, and Joseph Cleburne; Judge, G. W. Heist; sheriff, J. J. Ellis; coroner. P, Bailey (refused to qualify) ; treasurer, Thomas Kane; superintendent of schools, George R. Ballou; surveyor, John Griffin i refused to qualify): Justice of the Peace, Thomas Kane and Frederick Glover. ] time the Cheyenne county judges

have been as follows : D. Carrigan, George Darrow, C. D. Essig, Julius Neubauer, A. Pease, Robert Shuman, Leroy Martin, F. H. DeCastro, A. A. Ricker, M. J. Saunders, James Tucker, Henry E. Gapen and C. P. Chambers. Succeeding Moore, Glover, Ellsworth, Newman and Cleburne, commissioners serving have been as follows : J. J. Mcintosh, H. V. Redington, James Callahan, Henry Newman, R. S. Van Tassel, Henry Tusler, J. F. Simpson, A. J. Walrath, Henry Snyder, J. W. Haas, T. H. Lawrence, Moritz Urbach, John Snodgrass, J. B. Stetson, August Newman, Frank L. Smith, Morris Davis, P. C. Johnson, A. H. Frame, E. S. Crigler, J. W. Vanderhoof, A. W. Atkins, W. R. Wood, J. W. Harper, Frank A. Rowan, Fred Lindburg, Robert Emanuelson, W. C. Dugger, Jerome B. Haiston, Louis R. Bareaw, J. B. Haiston, Lewis Brott, L. R. Barlow, Frank X. Rihn, N. H. Troelstoup, W'illiam Codings and J. L. Reed.

County Treasurers

A complete roster of the county officers has been hard to obtain. Some of the offices have been created since the organization of the county but the persons who have been trusted with the public funds are as follows : Thomas Kane. Henry Snyder, C. K. Allen, Carl E. Borgquist, James Sutherland. C. D. Essig, Adam Ickes, James L. Mcintosh, A. Pease, Fred Lehmkuhl, A.