"This is our town too." Deutsch was elected and began his administration by some excellent appointments: P. J. McSween chief of police; A. R. Honnold as city attorney ; F. M. Cline, street commissioner ; arc! Dr. S. G. Allen, city physician. The administration started off with marked executive standards and conservative economies. "It is no public crib to run to" for salaries, and "a dollar's worth for a dollar," are two of the policies strictly adhered to by the mayor and the council. Scottsbluff has an excellent administrative force. Guy Carlson and Lou Schwaner succeeding Dr. Stoops and F. M. Bryan in the council were the only changes otherwise in the city officers from the previous year.

THE NEWSPAPERS-- EARLY DAYS IN THE COUNTY

Having once been a modest newspaper man I know something of the sorrows of pioneer journalism. If one says a good word for a friend, some one else is liable to mistake it for "a slam" at another. Then there were times when a load of wood or a little provender looked very good to be taken on subscription. This has all changed and the newspapers are today the lords of the land. The fact is they have been re-organized upon a business basis and there has been business in the last number of years.

The Dean

The dean of Panhandle and Scotts Bluff county journalism is without doubt A. B. Wood of the Gering Courier -- which paper, as has been related he founded nearly thirtyfive years ago.