In the fall of 1912, he entered into partnership with Frank Dutton under the firm name of Curtis & Dutton, lawyers. This partnership was dissolved in December, 1914.

In 1914, Mr. Curtis was elected county attorney, reelected in 1916, and again reelected in 1918 for a four year term.

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis have three children : David, born in Beecher county, Minnesota, May 7, 1903 ; Helen, born in Lancaster county, Nebraska, July 31, 1907; Robert, born in Oshkosh. Nebraska, May 25, 1911.

Frank A. Dutton has been actively engaged in the practice of law in Garden county and surrounding counties since 1912.

Mr. Dutton was born September 26. 1877, at Hiram Rapids, Portage County, Ohio, almost within the shadow of Hiram College. His parents, Merritt Dutton and Jeannette Mott Dutton were also natives of Ohio. Merritt Dut* ton was a veteran of the Civil War.

Mr. Dutton was raised as a farmer boy in

Geauga county, Ohio, and, in 1897, he with his parents and brothers moved to the town of Telluride, Colorado, where they engaged in the mining business for ten years.

On January 31, 1907, he was united in marriage with Miss Clara Dutton and they at once moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. In September, 1907, Mr. Dutton enrolled as a student in the Law College of the State University of Nebraska, completing the course, and receiving his certificate of admission to the bar in June, 1910. He then returned to Colorado, located at Grand Junction and practiced law there until 1912.