Pitcher arrived in Gering at the right time and tarried for several days. He went out and located the stump of the tree, but the other party failed to come. Y\ "hen he got

home there was another letter to the effect that the Denver man had been sick, and it set another date for the meeting, but as Pitcher tersely expressed it: "I had one wild goose chase, and I am not going on another."

Sol Pitcher became county clerk and Geo. L. Rockwell was appointed surveyor. In 1888, D. I. Wynkoop was chosen for the office, and in 1890 R. M. Ball was elected, being re-elected two years later. Then came C. S. Casebeer, who served but a year. In 1895, J. C. Woods was appointed and J. W. Jacobs was elected in 1896. William G. Wilson served two terms from 1898 to 1901, then in 1902 came Thos. M. Huntington. Robert McCarthy was elected in 1904. but resigned a year later. W. E. Mitchell then served for a number of years, and McCarthy was recalled to the office in 1910, serving several terms. In 1917, Sydney H. Foster was elected and served until 1919, when Robert McCarthy was again returned to the office. The veteran and pioneer of the Gordon settlement was rechosen in 1921, and is on the work at the present time. In 1918 he was county highway commissioner, being followed by Edward Stamford. Now Mc- Carthy does double duty, the commissioner office being eliminated. Hale and hearty, he does his duty well.