This officer had not only the duty of county clerk and therefore clerk of the board of commissioners, but was also clerk of the district court and register of deeds for the county. In 1912 J. R. Minshall took this office. For the last three years of his term Z. H. Jones served as his deputy and in 1917 Mr. Jones became the county clerk and clerk of district court and has since then acceptably performed the multiple duties of those offices until their separation and was re-elected in November, 1920, for a four-year term as clerk of district court. W. C. Clark was elected to the now separate office of countv clerk.

County Treasurer The first county treasurer was Frank Irving and he was succeeded by Thos. Ishmael. who served for five years. In 1917, after having served as deputy to Irving and Ishmael, Miss Mabel J. Johnson assumed the county treasurership and with the assistance of Mary Johnson has discharged the duties of this office to the entire satisfaction of every patron.

Sheriff

John O. Belden, assisted by Clarence W. Mount as deputy, served the first term as sheriff and from 1912 until 1921, Wm. I. Dyson has been the sheriff of Morrill county, until he was succeeded by R. C. Neumann.

County Superintendent

The first county superintendent after the organization of the count}- was Mary E. Walford. Succeeding her for live vears

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

came Cora A. Thompson who later went to Lincoln to assume a place on the staff of state superintendent of public instruction, and the present superintendent, E. F. Keller.