M. (Tug) Wilson, A. W. Crites, deceased ; Charles Rust, deceased, A. M. Wright, E. D. Satterlee, Robert Hood. Allen G. Fisher, W. F. Hayward, deceased, W. H. Donahue, Duncan Mc- Millan, J. W. Finnegan and Ben Loewenthal, twenty in all. During this period there have been but six city clerks : Robert Dorr, served three and one-half terms; I. W. Smith, two; L. T- F. (Billy the Bear) Iaeger, ten and onehalf ; B. F. Pitman, a half ; F. J. Houghton, seven and G. E. Marriott, eight terms. A voluntary fire company with a splendid equipment has been very successful in extinguishing fires and no considerable conflagrations have occur-

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

red since it was organized. Two newspapers watch over the destinies of the city and county : The Chadron Journal and Chadron Chronicle. The Journal was established at the old town by E. E. Egan. There have been many papers published in the city most of which came to a tragic end, but the Journal has survived them all.

Strangers coming to our town through the misty miles of a thousand sand hills, first note the green slopes and dark foliage of the pines, the broad streets bordered with beautiful trees, inviting lawns and long, shady walks, but when they motor into the country through deep canyons over sunny slopes and billowy pastures they first realize the possibilities of this practically new country. Then returning when the night comes drooping purple and soft with golden stars in ber robe and the silver moon hanging low over the northwest prairie they cease to wonder why we love this beauty spot. Yet these are not all that make life pleasant