All legal business is attended by attorneys residing outside the county. Fred Wright formerly held the larger part of this business. W. W. White and J. A. Rodman each have a share. L. L. Raymond formerly had considerable business in Banner county and retains a portion of the clientele. A. R. Honnold, who was for many years the district counsel for the United States reclamation service, is building up a useful service, and has many friends in Banner county. All of the formerly resident attorneys of the county at one time or another have held the office of county prosecutor, except R. J. Wallace. While he was an attorney, he was more of a loan agent and made many farm loans to early settlers in need of funds.

Fraternal

Fraternal orders are few and far between in Banner county. In fact, the only real live institution of the kind is the Knights of Pythias lodge at Harrisburg. The order has existed exemplifying the lives of Damon and Pythias for a quarter of a century. Recently the local members thereof gave a banquet and invited the brothers and their families from other castles within the radius of twenty-five or thirty miles to participate in the festivities. Medical

Banner county has had but few doctors. In the early days Dr. Markley used to come out from Kimball and occasionally Dr. Field from Sidney. Dr. Scherer of Kimball once had a practice of some proportions in the county. Scherer hved in the county for a time. Dr. Franklin was in the northeast part of the county. Dr. Georgia A. Fix and Dr. Miller of Gering were in the county occasionally. Dr. Stalcup practiced at Freeport and Harrisburg. These were the doctors of old and but three of them were resident doctors at any time.