Roudebush, F. H. Barber and George Kalb, each have six years' service to their credit, while Albert Ross, and James Brown have nearly six years.

The county officials of Deuel county in 1921 are as follows: H. R. Busse, judge; Isaac WToolf, special judge in some cases; H. D. Betts, county clerk and he also holds office as clerk of the district court and register of deeds, being assisted by Ethel Hitchman, deputy ; J.

G. McCormick, treasurer, assisted by Irene Friskopp, deputy ; Retta Brown, superintendent ; A. Peterson, sheriff, J. C. Bloom, assessor; L. O. Pfeiffer, attorney": S. E. Olson, Z. F. Whitney and John Warren, county commissioners, and H. F. Sick, highway agent. The county surveyor is S. W. Terry, and J. W. Sjogren is agricultural agent.

D. C. Hooper was elected the first county surveyor in 1892. W. F. Marsh then served two terms or four years, after which D. C. Hooper wa^ returned to the work for four years. A. B. Wynes was elected in 1902, and in 1904 John Robinson became surveyor, having just closed his term of three years as county commissioner. He served several terms as surveyor, after which in 1910 S. W. Ternassumed the same duties and has now started on his eleventh year in office.

The first county physician of Deuel was Dr. Hosea Hudson, appointed in 1890. This position is an appointive one and filled by the commissioners annually. Dr. Hudson served three years, being succceeded by Dr. W. H. Babcock for six years. The office was then taken over by Dr. H. H. Hough who held it two years. ' Dr. W. Mullen was county physician "for a number of years after 1902, and in 1914 Dr. M. B. Patty was appointed and today is also a member of the town board of Chappell.