Rodman is the present and only other member of the house of representatives from the county, serving his second term.

I'.. K. Bushee was the first member of the state senate from Kimball county, now serving his fifth term, and once serving as president pro tern of the senate.

William L. Bates was the first and only state official to be elected from Kimball county, and he is now serving as regent of the state university. Mr. Bates served two terms in the state legislature, but from Chevenne county.

SOIL, CLIMATE AND POSSIBILITIES

Kimball county, being essentially an agricultural and live stock producing territory, more than usual stress must be laid upon these features in recording the story of its settlement, progress and evolution. While it is not the strict province of a historical narrative to deviate and wander into the realms of scientific or technical elaboration, the history of the county is plainly written in a presentation of its physical features and possibilities. This work has been thoroughly, comprehensively and wonderfully performed in the soil survey of the county made and preserved by the Federal Department of Agriculture. "A study of this workto anyone engaged in agricultural and live stock industries in Kimball county will many times repay the reader.

Kimball county lies in the Great Plains province, in the division known as the High Plains.

The county consists of a moderately rolling plain, dissected by the valley of Lodgepole creek, from one to two miles wide and about 200 feet deep, extending across the center of the count}' in an east-west direc tion. It is sharply defined, with broad areas of undulating table-land on each side. The valley ' is characterized by steep upper slopes, or bluffs, with gentle, extended slopes at the base which merge into a nearly level valley terrace.