The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-01-23
Members Sketcled by Ne,o North. West Artist.
THE COUNCIL.
President of tho Council.
HON. FRANK K. ARMSTRONG, OF aAlLATIN.
MARTIN BARRETT,

MARTIN BARRETT,
Member of the Council from Beaverhead
county, was born In Ireland forty years ago,
and at an early age emigrated with his
mother to Canada, his father having died.
There were rather poor school facilities in
that country then, but he took advantage of
such rs existed, and in 1859 moved westward
to Missouri, where he remained a couple of
years. In 1861 he drove a team to Salt Lake
and spent year or two in Utah and Colo
RADIO, and in 1868 came TO Montana, locating
on Horse Prairie, where lie still lives and is
engaged in the stock-raising business. He is
married to a daughter of Can't Cook. of
Boulder. He was a member Of the Council
six years ago, and took part in the famous
journey to Benton by which the proposed
railroad exemption was defeated. He is a
Democrat in politics and man Of sound
practical sense and liberal views.
H.R. BUCK,
Democratic Councilman from Choteau, was
born in Mississippi in 1854, graduated from
Yale College, studied law in st. Louis, and
came to Montana in 1880, settling in Benton,
where he has since remained, practicing law,
and where he was city attorney. He is a
member of the brilliant young law firm of
Buck & Hunt, the latter gentleman being the
successful competitor of Col. Johnston for
the District Attorneyship in this District.
He is married to a lady bern in Connecticut
and has one child. In religious matters, as
well as in politics, he is liberal in his views,
the result of his travels and experience in
all sections Of the country.
A. II. MITCHELL,
Member from Deer Lodge, is too well kno wn
as one of the leaders Of the Democratic party
in Montana to need much mention. He was
born in Kentucky in 1882, and received his
literary education in the Colleges of that
State and Virginia. In 1850 he left Kentucky
for the Empire State, and entered the medi-
cal department of the University of New
York, graduating two years later, and from
there going to California. He practiced
medicine in California for thirteen years,
serving one term in the Legislature of that
State. In 1866 he came to Montana and loca-
ted in Deer Lodge, where he has since resi-
ded and during his twenty years residence
in the Territory has made an enviabe repu-
tation as a physician and politician. He
has been In the Territorial Legislature almost
continuously since 1868, serving four terms in
the House and four in the Council, and was
President of the Council during three ses-
stems. In 1877 he, with DIR. Mussigbrod, es-
tablished the asylum for the insane at Warm
Springs, Deer Ledge county, and has ever
since had the contract for all unfortunates of
this character in the Territory. He was mar
ried ten or twelve years ago TO n lady belong
ing to one of the leading families of Deer
Lodge, and has four sons and a daughter.
The Doctor is a member of number of the
secret benevolent organi cations in the Terri
| tory.
VIII CoTANT,
The member from Custer, is a sound Repub.
lican in politics, having ceme from the great
State of Ohio, where he was born in 1852.
He attended the public schools until he was
fourteen years old, when he started out to
make his way In the world, in which under
taking he has been eminently successful.
Three years were spent in the employ of
Wells, Fargo & Co., in Colorado, after
which he went into the cattle business, car
rying it ON in Idaho, Nevada and California.
He established himself in Montana in 1880,
and to-day the firm of which he is member
is the largest taxpayer in Custer county. He
| is member Of the Masonic fraternity and of
the knights of Pythias. He is married
man, and is accompanied here by his wife.
| His residence Is Miles City.
FL. GREENE,
Member from the Council District composed
of Yellowstone and Dawson counties, prom
ises to become one of the Republican leaders
In the Territory. He is another Ohio man,
and was born in 1858. He was appointed q
| cadet 70 the United States Naval Academy ai
Annapolis, Nd, and graduated frem that in.
stitution in 1861, going Immediately into ser
vice, and his duties taking him to South
| America, to the Mediterranean, to China
and India, and TO ether parts Of the world
| In 1913 he resigned, after having reached the
rank Of Master. In the fall of 1873 he wen'
! into the mines of Mexico, and the following
year was interested in mining in New Mex
/ leo and Arizona. In 1875 he WIS appointed
Master of Government transportation a
/ Fort Bayard, New Mexico, and shortly aftel
was transferred to Fort Laramie, Wyoming
serving in the campaigns of 1875, 1876 and
1877 against the Sioux Indians. In 1873 h
was member Of the Wyoming Legislature
and in 1879 was transferred TO Bismarck a
Quartermaster's Agent. In 1880 he went on
on the Northern Pacific as manager OF th'
advance stores, and in 1852 located In Bil
liags, where he has since been engaged u