Underwood, Julius Atz, Jack Mettlen, Henry Clayton, George Gadshy, and possibly a few others.

Prior to this special election, political conventions were held when Democrats and Republicans each nominated a complete ticket of candidates for the county offices. The country being rather thinly settled and no rapid means of communication, people were unable to become personally or intimately acquainted with the respective candidates, and apparently went to the polls and voted their party tickets. This resulted in the election of the entire Republican ticket.

There were two candidates for the location of county seat: Nonpareil and Hemingford. They were two cross-road villages of about equal size, each having a couple of stores, blacksmith shop, bank, law and locater's offices, and Nonpareil had a newspaper and Hemingford had two. Nonpareil received a majority of votes and was declared the county seat of the new county.

The county officers were as follows : County Clerk, George W. Clark ; Treasurer, Eli Gerber; Sheriff, Fred A Shonquist ; County Attorney, James H. Danskin ; Surveyor, Charles A. Barney; County Superintendent, N. S. Simpson ; Coroner, Doctor John Blood ; County Commissioners, James Barry, Louis C. De- Coudress, and a Delbert S. Reed.

When the result of the election became known, Judge-elect Field drove to Chadron and there took the oath of office as County Judge, returned to Nonpareil and administered the oath of office to his associate officers. He approved the bonds of the county commissioners, who immediately met in special session and commenced to plan to launch the new county upon its career as a struggling commonwealth. The first set of officers elected proved to be careful, able and painstaking officers. The county did not have a dollar in its treasury,