Many people around Scottsbluff are well acquainted with Mrs. George Gerlach, whose acquaintance they delighted in when she was living there as Miss Crete Powell.

Under the present stress and pressure of the federal reserve and ethers high in finance, and the consequent slump of prices of farm products and livestock, the banks of Harrison have held up strongly and steadily with "nose to the wind." Few in all the west have done so proportionately well.

Fraternal Organizations

The first lodge in Sioux county was the Woodmen of the World. Harrison lodge number fifty-eight was organized February twenty-fourth, eighteen ninety-four. E. F. Pontius was the first chief commander, and V. A. Hester, advocate lieutenant; D. H. Griswold was banker, and F. A. Castle the first clerk. The other charter members and officers were: J. H. Scott, escort; C. W. Greenlee, watchman ; J. A. Ambrose, sentinel, and J. W. Robinson, E. E. Smiley and Sol Wrilson, managers.

The lodge still thrives and has a membership of fifty-nine at the present time. D. J. Bigelow is now chief commander; P. H. Unitt, lieutenant; F. W. Meyer, banker, and E. F. Pontius, clerk.

Next in the order of seniority in fraternals in Harrison is the Modern Wroodmen of America; Sioux camp number twenty-nine hundred and twenty-three. This was organized April twenty-fifth, eighteen ninety-five, with an even twelve charter members, as follows :_ W. C. Bonsell, Albert R. Dew, J. E. Phinney, Tames W. Scott, Junius W. Smith, E. E. Smilev. Samuel L. Ulery, Charles H. Unitt, Joseph C. Varley, T. 6. Williams, H. S. YVoodruff and Wm. B. Wright. This fraternity also is still a virile institution with forty-six members. The present officers are: worthy consul. J: II. Wilhermsdorfer; advocate, A. C. Davis: L. O. Lovelace, clerk; and Otto Pape, banker.