H. H. Hough. 1910-1916; Dr. Geo. H. Morris, 1916-1918; H. I. Curtis, 1918, still in office.

Judge: A. W. Gumaer. 1910. still in office.

Commissioners: Third district, M. P. Clary, 1910-1916; Roscoe Vance. 1916-1918; W. C. Clark, 1918-1920: W. R. W. Taylor, 1920. appointed to fill vacancy. Second district. D. F. Fickes. 1910-1911; I. C. Roudebush, 1911- 1916; W. L. haw. 1916, still in office. First district, Wm. Barnwell, 1910-1916; I. R. Woolery, 1916 1920

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

BOUNDARY DISPUTES -- AS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS

The original land surveys in Garden county, being indistinctly marked, have been the source of continual trouble. In some of the townships no interior corners are to be found. The current rumor is that the Indians bothered the surveyors so much that the surveyors could not do their work in a proper and thorough manner.

The early settlers in township 17, range 44, where Oshkosh is now located, took up a collection and hired a surveyor to resurvey the township and mark every section and quarter section corner. So this central township has been free from boundary line quarrels. Mr. Marsh, one of the earliest settlers near the present site of Lewellen, was a surveyor and did considerable work in his line in that neighborhood. The corners made or perpetuated by him have saved considerable trouble and expense.

There has always been a great scramble for hay land especially in the northern part of the county, where the valuable hay lands lie in small valleys surrounded by rough pasture lands. Anyone resorting to litigation to determine a boundary line was at once confronted with the necessity of spending a large sum on surveyor's fees ; it being necessary in many instances to survey an entire township in order to surely determine the location of a single quarter section.