Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-09-02
Judge Young.

The Minneapolis Journal publishes
the following biographical sketch of
Judge N. G. 70 ing, the recent APP
pointee to the bench, and candidate
for election on the republican ticket:
The new judge of the North Dakota
supreme court. Newman G.. Young of
Bathggate, Penbina county, is one of
the youngest men TO achieve this dis
tinction in the northwest. He is 36
years of age and might easily pass
for 30. In addition to being on the
supreme bench to fill the unexpired
term of Judge Corliss, he is the nomi-
nee of the republican party this year
and SO without any doubt has six
years of honorable service to which to
look forward. He occupied an
unique and enviable position at the
late convention of the North Dakota
republican party at Fargo. He could
have had for asking any one of three
nominations, for governor, for con-
gress, or for supreme judge, and chose
the last named because it was in line
with his tastes and his profession.
JudgeiYoung comes of Scotch-Irish
ancestry, and was. born at Mt. Pleas
ant, Iowa, Jan. %, 1862, the fourth OF
a family of ten children. His parents
are farmers, and moved to Iowa,
where they still reside, in 1850. Ee
attended the regular country school,
working on the farm at home and for
neighbors until he had saved enough
money to go away to school. In 1878
he entered Iowa City academy, com
pleting the course, when he entered
the Iowa state university, under the
system of free tuition, as the repre
sentative of Fremont county.
Through such assistance as his par
ents could give, supplemented by his
earnings on the farm during vacation,
and a small revenue derived from the
Vidette Reporter, the university
paper, of which, he was editor for two
years, and the kindly and substantial
assistance of Professor L. b. Parker.
one of the university professors, he
continued in school, taking the classi-
cal curse with honors, and afterward
the law course in the same school. In
och academy and university he had
as classmates v. r. Lowell of the firm
Of Bartlett 8 Lowell, now Of Cassel-
ton, N. D., also John Burke of Rolla..
Earlier Judge Pollock of Fargo,
graduated from the same school, and
still earlier CongressmanM. N. John
son.
The Iowa state university believes
in co-education. Immediately after
completing his law course, Mr.. Young
was married to Miss Ida B. Clark,
who3had just completed the philosoph-
zeal course andstogether they started
in life and built their homes in the
then territory of Dakota, at Bath
gate, where, since June, 1887, Mr..
Young has continued in the practice
Of his chosen profession. The family
now consists Of the father and mother
and three children, two daughters and
9 son. Mrs. Young, like her hus-
band, has always taken an active in
terest in the public good, and her
well-directed efforts for the welfare
andlupbuilding Of the community in
all matters have given her an abiding
place in the affections Of the people OF
Pembina county. sss.
Judge Young IL one Of the best
known lawyers Of North Dakota, his
vigorous and successful administra-
|tion Of the oficefof states attorney in
|tion from One end 81 the statesto lie
other. He has for years. had the most
Lucrative law practice In the state
north of GrandSFprks. His name has