Hunt, who has so recently been called from his family, the activities of life, and this bar, to stand at the bar of the final court before which we too must sooner or later appear. While the reason for this meeting causes me great pain at the loss of one whose friendship I have enjoyed for many years, it is a pleasure that I can be here today and add a word to the tribute of respect to the memory of our departed brother which is now being paid by the members of this bar.

I became acquainted with Mr. Hunt in October, 1887, when I removed to Omaha from my old home in Illinois. He was then a member of the firm of Congdon, Clarkson & Hunt. Our acquaintance and friendship continued without interruption until Mr. Hunt removed to Bridgeport, which, as I recall it, was early in 1892, and since he became an active part of the life and business of the great North Platte valley in Morrill and Scottsbluff counties we have been associated together in many matters, in all of which there was never any disagreement.

Mr. Hunt was born in 1857 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the youngest of the three sons of a widowed mother. Full of Maryland pride, and with not much in the way of resources except aristocratic tendencies, George worked his way through a Maryland college and was graduated at the head of his class at the age of eighteen. His family traditions were always with him, and in spite of lack of much in the way of earthly goods, he worked his way and was always a gentleman. He exhibited a measure of southern arrogance, as some people called it, but it was not that. While his manner might suggest it, the fact was it was simply an inborn sense of honesty of purpose, integrity of character and respectability,