Green, and Chas. U. Grove. In the following years the count}- lias had for its "county dads" some of the best men in the county, and all the time has been ably and economically handled. The following list will show the high character of the men who have managed the county business. In the nineties there were Fred W. Knott. M. 1. Weber. I:. F. Johnson, Frank Tinkham, I. Mittlen. Jens C. Meng, and A. Procunier.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

Since nineteen hundred we find the following incomplete list of able men have been in charge: Dan Jordan, A. C. Cullers, E. A. Biglow, J. C. Eberspecher, A. L. Saxton, C. R. Taplin, Geo. W. Davis, Robert Harrison, G. B. M. Will, J. H. Lacv, S. L. Albertson, F. M. Hall. Cyrus O. Wertz, and J. E. Marsteller. Lacy, Albertson and Hall are the present commissioners.

The official historv of Sioux county has

been remarkable for its efficiency, and for the freedom from rancorous disputes that are injected into so much of our political life. So often the man who does well, suffers the inquisition of a hostile press, or the bitter antagonisms of those who want something that they are not entitled to. Outside of the one affair of Verity in the early history, we find nothing on the record to indicate domestic bitterness in the official family life.

SIOUX COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR -- EARLY SCHOOLS -- WILD LIFE

The part that western Nebraska performed in the World War will never be forgotten by the grateful people of the community and the republic. We may feel that we are paying great penalty when we make out the income tax report or otherwise contribute to the war taxes that are found on nearly every theater ticket, or drink at the soda fountain, or particular medicine that we need.