John Barky was elected in nineteen four, and Arthur F. Becker in nineteen eight. Mary J. Fenske was chosen in nineteen twelve and served five years.

In nineteen seventeen Miss Vinnie Newell was superintendent, and re-elected two years later. In January of the present year, nineteen twenty-one, she began her third term, but under a different name. One of the romances of Sioux county occurred under the dome of the courthouse. Miss Vinnie Newell became Mrs. Fred Meyers, the wife of the county treasurer. So that it is Mrs. Meyers who is the present efficient county superintendent.

County Sheriffs

The sheriff's office has maintained the good name of Sioux county's official family. J. F. Pfost, one of the original three named by Governor Dawes to attend affairs as special acting county commissioner during the formative period of the county's organization, was the first sheriff. He was re-elected, and then Thos. Reidy followed for two terms. A. R. Dew was then chosen and he was followed by David Bartlett. Thos. Holly was elected in eighteen ninety-eight and was re-chosen for nineteen hundred. Holly retired from the office in nineteen hundred and Alex. Lowry named to fill out the term, after which he was elected and filled the office for two full terms. Before Lowry was chosen in the first instance Edwin B. Lyon occupied the office from October, nineteen hundred, to January, nineteen one. After Lowry had served two terms, Lyon was elected and he held the office for two terms. In nineteen ten Oscar F. Ward took over the sheriff's office, after which he served three terms. Then the law enforcement duty fell to Geo. W. Hill, who is beginning his fourth term, the longest period served by any one man.