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for the Western Union Telegraph, and just before his death in 1916 was talked of as a candidate for republican presidential nomination. Andrew J. Popple- ton came before conrts were established in Nebraska, served in the Legislature and as mayor of Omaha, and in 1879 became famous for his participation in the famous habeas corpus case of the Ponca Indians, mentioned elsewhere in this work. With him in that case was associated a man. John L. Webster, who became a leader of the present generation of Nebraska bar and an invaluable contributor to the compilation and preservation of Nebraska history, and who also served as president of the 1875 constitutional convention.
Other great leaders in early Omaha days were Origen D. Richardson, who assisted J. S. Sharp. A. J. Poppleton and others materially in the first revision of Nebraska statutes (1867). He read law with that other legal patriarch, Judge George B. Lake. His son, Lyman D. Richardson, was Douglas County's first registrar of deeds. Silas A. Strickland had a legislative record and military record in the Civil war reaching to a brigadier-generalship, and service as United States district attorney. Clinton Briggs, who had studied with William II. Seward, beeame mayor of Omaha, county judge, legislator, constitutional convention mem- ber and candidate for United States senator. William A. Little was elected first chief justice of Nebraska Supreme Court, but ill health prevented his serving and he died soon after. James M. Woolworth was first city attorney of Omaha, president of American Bar Association, author of a "Handbook on Nebraska" and "The Cathedral in America." John I. Redick served one year as United States judge for New Mexico. Among others were: John R. Meredith, associate of George W. Doane: George I. Gilbert, partner of Judge Lake at one time; George W. Doane, an early judge, whom the compiler remembers seeing often when in law college and admiring greatly : Benjamin E. B. Kennedy ; Charles II. Brown; Champion S. Chase, an early mayor and first state attorney-general : Daniel Gantt, an early Supreme Court judge; Jonas Seely ; Albert Swartzlander; C'uming and Turk ; George H. Roberts ; Charles A. Baldwin ; Charles F. Manderson, eity attor- ney of Omaha, member of constitutional conventions, United States senator, presi- dent of American Bar Association ; John M. Thurston, another man who achieved the United States senatorship and national fame.
The second generation of the Omaha bar likewise produced an array of great leaders. John C. Cowin and John L. Webster, who came in 1867 and 1869, in the past twenty years have been real leaders, Timothy J. Mahoney, who died in 1916, was counted by many the greatest pleader of his day before the State Supreme Court. William J. Connell has been a wizard for years in trying cases. Sylvester R. Rush and Constantine J. Smyth have been snatched from Omaha by the Federal Government, as assistant attorney general and chief justice of Distriet of Columbia courts. Bon T. White, Carroll S. Montgomery, Warren Switzler, William R. Kelly, Isaac E. Congdon, Frank S. Howell, Matthew A. Hall. George W. Shields, Francis A. Brogan, Charles J. Greene and Ralph W. Breckenridge, who achieved great reputations in insurance law: John P. Breen. William F. Gurley. Bon S. Baker, H. H. Baldrige, T. W. Blackburn, Byron G. Burbank, Thomas D. Crane, J. E. Kelby, Edmund G. MeGilton, Frank H. Gaines, Edson Rich, and E. W. Simeral are a few of the older members of the present generation of lawyers, most of whom are still living and practicing, and some of whom have passed beyond in very recent years.
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Lincoln- The pioneer lawyer of the county was John S. Gregory, who prae- tieed here as early as 1864. The roster in 1876 will include most of the early leaders of this bar : John H. Ames, George K. Amory, Newton (. Abbott, L. W. Billingsly, Carlos C. Burr, Erastus E. Brown, Lionel C. Burr, Guy A. Brown, Amasa Cobb, Paren England, Smith B. Galey, D. G. Hull, N. S. Harwood, Robert Knight, Walter J. Lamb, G. M. Lambertson, M. Montgomery, Robert E. Moore, T. M. Marquett, James E. Philpot, Rollo O. Phillips, A. C. Ricketts, Adolphus G. Scott, M. HI. Sessions, Samuel J. Tuttle, Charles O. Whedon, Joseph R. Webster, Jeff D. Weston, Joseph Hunter and A. J. Sawyer. So far as the compiler knows only L. (. Burr, R. E. Moore, A. C. Ricketts, S. J. Tuttle and A. J. Sawyer are still living in Lincoln and J. E. Philpot in the western part of the state.
Hoping to be excused from any charge of diserimination in mentioning the liv- ing or recently deceased members of the bar, the compiler feels there are a few others, whom he has personally known, who should be also entitled to be credited with a leading part in moulding the legal course of Laneaster County affairs. Geo. A. Adams, John S. Bishop, Elmer J. Burkett, formerly United States senator ; Hlenry H. Wilson, almost every Nebraska lawyer's teacher in law school, sometime in the past thirty years; T. J. Doyle, C. C. Flansburg, father of present Judge Flansburg of the Supreme Court: Allan W. Field, most distinetly a real factor in the history of Lancaster County : E. J. Hainer. Frank M. Hall, Frank H. Woods, Judge Edward P. Holmes, Don L. Love, former mayor of Lincoln ; R. S. Mockett, Judge W. M. Morning, Charles O. Whedon, W. B. Comstoek, A. J. Sawyer, John M. Stewart, A. S. Tibbetts, and F. M. Tyrrell. In Adams County : R. D. Babcock, John F. Ballinger, Robert A. Batty, James Laird, and Benjamin F. Smith were Hastings lawyers of the seventies; George W. Tihbetts, C. F. Morey, Phillip H. Fuller, J. W. James, F. P. Olstead, W. P. McCreary, J. M. Ragan, J. S. Snider and C. E. Higginbotham have been more recent leaders of this bar.
It will not be possible in the brief space we can take at this time to take every county. The compiler therefore will hurriedly sketch over the state and give honorable mention to a few of the leaders of various local bars, who have been particularly prominent in the past quarter-century, now and then touching upon some of a more pioneer period. Ainsworth-1. W. Seattergood, W. M. Ely, J. C. Tolliver ; Albion-James S. Armstrong, Judge F. B. Tiffany in early days, and later period, A. E. Garten, O. M. Needham, H. C. Vail and Frank D. Williams ; Alliance-William Mitchell, L. A. Berry, B. F. Gilman, and E. H. Boyd and E. C. Barker of the younger bar; Alma-John Everson, J. G. Thompson and O. E. Shel- burn, of the later bar; Auburn-Judge W. H. Kelligar, Judge Stull, Supreme Court Commissioner W. C. Parriott, John S. MeCarty, and E. B. Quaekenbush of later bar. In very early days at Brownville a coterie of lawyers appeared, none of whom were practicing as late as 1880; D. L. McGary, O. B. Hewett, W. C. Johnson, J. D. N. Thompson, H. P. Buxton, S. Belden, R. L. Dodge, J. B. Weston and J. S. Bedford. Aurora-Early members of prominence in this bar ineluded Thomas Darnall, A. W. Agee, E. J. Ilainer, J. H. Smith, W. L. Stark, H. M. Kellogg, J. II. Edmundson, F. M. Coykendall, and later J. H. Grosvernor, C. P. ('raft, F. A. Bald, M. F. Stanley, F. E. Edgerton, and C. L. Whitney. Beatrice- Jefferson B. Weston was first resident lawyer of Gage County ; Charles (. C'offin- berry ((. B. R. E.), a very picturesque pioneer attorney ; S. B. Harrington, the first lawyer to maintain an office in Beatrice: Nathan K. Griggs, Hiram P. Webb,
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W. H. Ashby, S. C. B. Dean, E. S. Chadwick, Leonard W. Colby, who came in 1843 and in 1920 was elected district judge; W. H. Somers, Alfred Hazlett, A. J. Hale, Frank N. Prout, Thomas F. Burke, later attorney general of Wyoming; N. T. Gadd, for many years past a prominent lawyer of Broken Bow, C'uster County; Menzo Terry, R. S. Bibb, J. E. Cobbey, author of mimerous Nebraska legal text books and for many years compiler of Nebraska statutes. The more recent Gage County bar presents such names as C. L. Brewster, IIngh J. Dobbs, Fulton Jack, A. II. Kidd, Ernest O. Kretsinger, Samuel Rinaker, Robert W. Sabin, Harry E. Sackett, and Ex-Supreme Court Commissioner F. O. MeGirr. Among younger lawyers are John W. Delehant, F. W. Messmore and Walter Vasey. Beaver City-Judge E. B. Perry, John C. Stevens and E. J. Lambe. Blair-From Blair have come Lee S. Estelle, Herman Aye, W. C. Walton, F. S. Ilowell, and Clark O'Hanlon, E. B. Carrigan and J. C. Eller are still there. Bloomington-From this bar have come Judge W. C. Dorsey and A. II. Byrum. Broken Bow-This bar has produced two supreme judges, Silas A. Holcomb, also governor, and James R. Dean; District Judges Holcomb, Gutterson and H. M. Sullivan; John S. Kirkpatrick of Supreme Court commission ; A. R. Humphrey, commissioner of public lands and buildings: N. T. Gadd, A. Morgan, E. E. Squires and A. P. Johnson ; and has always been a strong bar, and from three years' experience practicing at this point, this compiler can attest to the excellence of this bar. Burwell-C. I. Bragg, Guy Laverty and E. M. White: Cambridge --- Judge E. B. Perry ; Central City-This bar has sent forth George W. Ayers, for ten years a mainstay in attorney general's office: John C. Martin. J. Patterson and sons, E. E. Ross: Chadron-A. W. Crites and sons and Allan G. Fisher have graced this bar: Clay Center-J. L., A. C. and C. Il. Epperson have helped to build up the Clay County bar : Columbus-A bar with such lawyers as Judge John J. Sullivan, Judge George II. Thomas, Judge I. L. Albert, Judge A. M. Post, and Judge J. G. Reeder raises requirements that force every lawyer who survives in the practice thereat to be a "stemwinder." Crawford-In recent years E. M. Slattery and J. E. Porter have particularly shone. Creighton-With Joseph F. Green, W. A. Merserve and J. H. Berryman to lead, this bar has been good. ('rete and Wilber-George H. Hastings. Judge Brown, at Crete, and formerly W. G. Hastings, Bartos Bros., B. V. Kahout and Grimm & Son at Wilber have given Saline County strong legal service. David City-This has always been a good "trial work" bar: with such men as Judge A. J. Evans, Judge ( Governor) C. II. Aldrich, L. S. Hastings, Judge Matt Miller, C. M. Skiles. R. C. Roper. A. MI. Walling. how could it be otherwise? Fairbury-G. S. Merritt, C. B. Slocumb, W. II. Snell and M. Warren were very early attorneys here. Later came John E. Ileasty, W. II. Barnes, F. N. Prout, C. Il. Denney, W. J. Moss. E. H. Hinshaw. and John C. Hartigan. Falls City-All the way from Isham Reavis, father of Congressman C. F. Reavis, and Judge A. J. Weaver, father of the president of constitutional convention of 1920, down to J. C. Mullen, the Dorts and other arrivals of past decade, this has been a strong bar. E. Falloon, John Gagnon. R. C. James, A. E. Gantt. J. E. Leyda, A. R. Scott, J. R. Wilheit and John Wiltse have all tried to make this so. Fremont -- This is a bar which has furnished both judicial and literary timber. Judge Marshall, Judge Hollenbeck, and Judge Button have proved the first : A. K. Dame has proved the latter, and Frank Dolezal. W. J. Courtright. S. S. Sidner, Allen Johnson, George L. Loomis, J. C. Cook. N. II.
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Mapes, A. H. Briggs, E. F. Gray, A. B. Hinman, Waldo Wintersteen, R. J. Stinson, J. E. Daly and F. W. Vaughn have also proved a real "trial" ability for this bar. Fullerton-J. H. Kemp, G. N. Anderson, and W. L. Rose have been lawyers who gained a standing far beyond Nance County. Geneva-(. Il. and Frank W. Sloan as well as J. J. Burke, J. R. Waring and John Barsby have reflected eredit upon Fillmore County. Grand Island-When the first court was held here in 1868, the entire resident Hall County bar was O. A. Abbott, Sr., and fifty-three years later as these lines are written, this worthy dean of the bar is still in the active practice and trying hard-fought cases, and his two sons have long since been admitted. Other early veterans of this bar were W. Il. Platt, George H. Thummell, now of Omaha, T. O. C. Harrison, later district and supreme judge; John D. Hayes; William H. Thompson, the "little giant," now in 1920 both democratic national committeeman and member of the commission planning and building the new state capitol ; and his brother, District Judge John R. Thompson, whose eourt reporter, Bayard Il. Paine, is now in 1920 district judge, and was the trial judge in the famous C'ole-Grammer case in Howard County in 1918. In the past thirty years Hall County has had a group of able lawyers whose service has been extended to all parts of central and western Nebraska, notably. Gov. O. A. Abbott, Fred W. Ashton, Mayor J. L. Cleary, Willard A. Prince, R. R. Horth, Arthur C. Mayer, Bayard H. Paine, Charles G. Ryan, W. H. Thompson and T. H. Woolley. Greeley-General James H. Barry, George W. Scott and Judge James R. Hanna were giants of this bar twenty years ago, with T. P. Lanigan, who is still actively practicing with his sons, J. M. and T. W. Lanigan: James R. Swain, and T. J. Howard have been active practitioners. Hartington-This bar has offered the state. Wilbur F. Bryant, H. E. Burkett, R. J. Millard. B. Ready, J. (. Robinson and C. H. Whitney. IFebron-Known beyond Thayer County have been J. T. MeCuiston, C. L. Richards and M. H. Weiss, especially. Holdrege- This bar has had veteran lawyers such as W. P. Hall, brother of Frank M. ITall of Lincoln; Gus Norberg, G. II. Johnson, A. J. Shafer, S. A. Dravo, Judge W. A. Dilworth, and the present attorney-general, Clarence A. Davis, had started in practice there when elected to that office. Kearney-Very early lawyers in this county were H. C. Andrews, John Barnd, E. C. Calkins, who became a supreme court commissioner and one of the recognized lawyers of Central Nebraska : E. M. Cunningham, James E. Gillespie, Judge Francis G. Hamer, one of the trial wizards of early Nebraska days, and later a district and Supreme Court judge, being a member of the latter court when he died in 1918, and A. H. Connor, his old-time partner; Judge W. L. Greene, considered one of Nebraska's very greatest orators; L. S. Irvin: Samuel L. Savidge. In later years another group of lawyers became prominent at this bar, including Frank E. Beeman, ex-United States Senator Norris Brown, now practicing in Omaha, John N. Dryden. J. M. Easterling, W. H. Hand, N. P. McDonald, Fred A. Nye. John 1. Miller, Willis D. Oldham, formerly Supreme Court commissioner and counted one of the best orators of the present generation in Nebraska; Warren Pratt and II. M. Sin- clair. Lexington-The list of early lawyers here ineluded A. S. Baldwin, Thomas J. Hewitt, T. L. Warrington, W. A. Stewart, and later on came E. A. Cook, George (. Gillan, T. M. Hewitt, John H. Linderman, D. H. Moulds, N. E. Olsen and John I. Negley. Loup City has been the home of several very well known lawyers, including R. J. Nightingale and son, who have moved to the Pacific Coast,
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Judge Aaron Wall. one of the most eloquent of Nebraska lawyers in the court room, J. S. Pedlar, R. Il. Mathew and R. P. Starr. MeCook-This bar has been favored with such talent as E. S. Senator G. W. Norris, W. S. Morlan, F. L. Wolfe, C. D. Ritchie, Judge C. E. Eldred and C. H. Boyle. Madison, is another bar that has sent forth men who became well known, the dean of this bar being Judge W. V. AHen : but here have also practiced M. B. Foster, M. S. McDuffee, Willis E. Reed, James Nichols and W. L. Dowling, while in the same county at Norfolk have been Judge J. B. Barnes, H. F. Barnhardt, Burt Mapes, who died a few weeks ago in 1920. Jack and Arthur Koenigstein, M. C. Hazen, M. D. Tyler, Charles Il. Kelsey and Webb Rice, who came over from Neligh. North Platte has had an exceptionally strong bar. Some of its leaders have been J. G. Beeler, J. S. Hoagland and son W. V., Albert Muldoon. Minden-Here have been L. W. Hague. C. P. Anderberry, Charles A. Chappell, Milo D. King, Lewis C. Paulsen, J. L. MePheeley and J. Il. Robb. Nebraska City-This town being one of the very oldest has had practically an older and a newer bar. Among the very early lawyers were S. II. Calhoun. A. S. Cole, .George W. Covell. J. T. Greenwood, Monroe L. Ilayward, who was elected to the United States Senate just before his death, and whose son, William Hayward, has achieved national fame in recent years; John F. Kinney, a judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa, before his career of prominence in Nebraska began; Edwin J. Murfin, C. W. Seymour, S. J. and T. B. Stevenson, Edwin F. Warren : later came Paul Jessen, D. W. Livingston, A. P. and W. F. Moran, W. Il. Pitzer, A. C. Bischoff, W. W. Wilson, and John C. Watson. O'Neill has been the home of one of Nebraska's greatest trial wizards, M. F. Harrington, and his brother, Judge J. J. Harrington, Judge Dickson, Arthur F. Mullen, Congressman M. P. Kinkaid. J. A. Donahoe; and O'Neill within the past fifteen years has probably sent more of her sons to the Nebraska law schools than any town of her size in the state. Ord has furnished a number of lawyers whose prestige reached beyond Valley County. Three of this number have become district judge, Charles A. Munn and E. P. Clements and E. J. Clements, brothers, both appointed to that honor is 1920: A. Norman and A. M. Robbins were well known trial lawyers; Claude A. Davis and his brother Clarence M. Davis are now the senior lawyers of this bar, and recently the sons of two of the old veterans of the bar started in practice together. George A. Munn, Ralph G. Norman, and E. L. Vogeltanz took over Judge Clements' office. The leading firms at Osceola in the past two decades have been King and Bittner, Mills, Beebe & Mills, and Ball & Johnston. Pawnee City is another point that had a very early bar and a more recent one. Judge J. B. Raper, Supreme Court Clerk Harry C. Lindsay. R. W. and A. I. Story, and F. A. Barton have been leaders of this bar. Pender has had among other lawyers Judge Graves, Howard Saxton and Thomas L. Sloan, an Indian, who built up a national reputation in his defense of his race and has now moved to Washington, D. C., to devote his atten- tion exclusively to that aim. Plattsmouth is one of those points settled so long ago. it requires two stories to tell of its bar, first, the pioneers among whom unmbered J. Il. Brown, who in 1855 was the first lawyer to locate here. . A. H. Townsend came in 1856, Willett Pottenger and T. M. Marquette, later of Lincoln, came in 1856 also, and S. Il. Elbert next. Maxwell & Chapman began business m 1865, the former being Samuel Maxwell, who served the longest of any member of the Nebraska Supreme Court and was author of a series of legal text books still
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in daily use by the Nebraska bar and never yet displaced as standard authorities. Beeson and McLennan came soon after that. In 1882 there were nineteen attor- neys practicing in Plattsmouth; and in 1909 there were eighteen listed. Among the later lawyers of the Cass County bar appears the names of Byron Clark, now Nebraska counsel for the Burlington Railroad system; D. O. Dwyer, Matt Gering, who has gained a great reputation both as a trial lawyer and an orator: B. S. Ramsey and his son W. C. Ramsey, now in Omaha ; C. A. Rawls, James Robert- son, former Supreme Court judge Jesse L. Root, also of the Burlington Railroad staff now; A. L. Tidd, Judge H. D. Travis, and R. B. Windham, also one of the foremost active spirits in the preservation of Nebraska annals. Ponca was the early field of Judge John B. Barnes, W. E. Gantt, Judge W. F. Norris, and in later years J. J. MeCarthy, W. D. MeCarthy, C. A. Kingsbury and John V. Pearson. Red Cloud has had several lawyers of prestige beyond Webster County, Judge L. H. Blackledge, Bernard MeNeny, one of the foremost trial lawyers of southern Nebraska; J. S. Gilham, C. W. Kaley, F. E. Maurer, and E. U. Overman. St. Paul had prodneed two district judges. A. A. Kendall and James N. Paul. Frank J. Taylor and T. T. Bell have attained considerable prestige as practicing attorneys. Schuyler-C. J. Phelps came to Colfax County in 1869 when it had less than two hundred inhabitants; Russell & Chambers, John H. Brown and Miles Zentmyer were other very early lawyers. James A. Grimison and George Il. Thomas became district judges, and other prominent lawyers who practiced at Schuyler were Supreme Court Commissioner W. M. Cain, lately of Fremont, W. I. Allen, B. F. Farrell, George W. Wertz; Mrs. J. A. Grimison was admitted in 1889, and practiced with her husband. Scottsbluff is a rather recent town, started only twenty years ago, but has several very able lawyers. Fred A. Wright had one of the largest practices in western Nebraska prior to his removal to Omaha in 1921. W'm. and Thos. M. Morrow, L. L. Raymond, and Beach Coleman came when the town was yet young. Robert G. Simmons of this bar is State Commander of American Legion in 1921. Seward has been the home of Norval Brothers, one of whom sat on the supreme bench. John N. Edwards, Henry C. Page, Daniel C. MeKillip, Thomas E. Sanders, Robert St. Clair, Ross P. Anderson and O. T. B. Williams were early lawyers here. L. H. McKillip, H. D. Landis, and the sons of the Norvals have developed in recent years, and Jacob J. Thomas of this point has been one of the recognized leaders of the Nebraska bar. Judge Norval's firm is one of the recognized offices of the state. Sidney-W. P. Miles of this town has been one of the best known eriminal prac- titioners in Nebraska legal history ; his former partner J. L. McIntosh has also developed a good standing. At Stanton have practiced W. P. Cowan, G. A. Eberly. J. A. Ehrhardt, A. A. Kearney and W. W. Young. The Tecumseh bar has a long history ; Judge Samuel P. Davidson began the practice there in 1872; D. F. Osgood, for past ten years at llyannis, Neb., was formerly there; and in more recent years have been A. N. Dafoe, L. C. Chapman, Jay Moore and IFugh Lamaster, now counsel for Nebraska State Railway Commission, and as such an assistant attorney-general. Tekamah has been the home of M. R. and W. M. Hopewell, B. C. Enyart, Judge W. G. Sears, and J. A. Singhans. At Valentine, F. M. Walcott has been a leading attorney; Chief Justice Andrew M. Morrissey of present Supreme Court formerly practiced here; and E. G. Clarke, J. C. Quigley, John M. Tucker, and R. G. Easley have been successful practitioners. The
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Wahoo bar furnished to the state Chief Justice Manoah B. Reese, and it it had never done any more than that would be entitled to rank among the best in the state. Other early lawyers here were Nelson H. Bell, J. R. Gilkeson, early partner of Judge Reese : C. S. Johnson, and in recent years among the practitioners here have been J. 11. Barry, Judge B. F. Good, now of Lincoln ; Judge E. E. Good, for- merly of Supreme Court commission and now of district bench : B. E. Hendricks, E. E. Placek, and C. II. Slama. Wayne has had A. R. Davis, F. A. Berry, Judge A. A. Welch, J. Britton and George R. Wilber. West Point has been the home of J. C. Elliott, well known in northeastern Nebraska, F. D. Hunker, S. S. Krake, P. M. Moodie and A. G. Burke. At Wisner, in the same county of ('nming, have been Jesse C. McNish and Judge A. R. Oleson. York has been the home of District and Supreme Court Judge Samuel H. Sedgwick, his brother, Theron E. Sedgwick ; Judge George W. Post. Judge George F. Corcoran, M. M. Wildman, Geo. M. Spurlock. Senator Charles E. Sandall, Judge Arthur G. Wray, who made such a remarkable race for governor in 1920 without a party designation: E. A. and C. F. Gilbert, G. B. France, J. W. Purinton, C. F. Stroman, O. S. Gilmore. and W. W. Wycoff.
The foregoing review has only attempted to touch the larger eenters of popu- lation and county seat towns of larger population throughout the state, as it is in such places that the greater portion of the law practice centers and the lawyers who gain wide experience in trying cases reside. But this rule, like all others, has notable exceptions, and no doubt we have overlooked lawyers residing in smaller places who have been most adept in their profession. We cannot close this review without paying especial tribute to a record made by one county bar in Nebraska that perhaps was not excelled in the United States. During the recent World war almost the entire Morrill County, Neb., bar went into military service. At the opening of the war there were, eleven members of this bar exclusive of County Judge Stueteville, not very actively engaged in the practice. Of those eleven, seven went into the service, or about seventy per cent of this har left their office and clientele and entered service. William Ritchie, Claiborne G. Perry, Thos. F. Neighbors, George W. Irwin, Yale H. Cavatt and Charles Mantz went into military service : F. E. Williams went over-seas as a Y. M. C. A. worker, and K. W. McDonald figured at one time on leaving ; Judge L. G. Hurd, formerly of Harvard, came after the departure of Mr. Williams to eare for his office, and located there upon his return. This left at home only Judge George J. Hunt, K. W. McDonald. Fred I. Nichols and later Judge Hurd.
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