, 1900-10-15
THREE GOOD MEN.

The three candidates for electors on
the republican ticket in Wyoming are
successful men and gentlemen much
esteemed all over this state. They are
large men in every way and the honor
thus bestowed upon them by the par
ty. which will be endorsed by a ma
iority of the people, is II well de
deserved and gracefully carried off.
Albert II. Bradbury is a resident of
Uinta county. He was born in Massa-
chusetts in 1913. His early life was
shop. In 1864 when the gold excite
ment was high he sailed around the
Horn with n party of sixteen en- route
to the gold fields of Idaho After one
season there he returned to San Fran
cisco and later ven into the stage
business in Montana. putting in the first
line between Fort Benton and Helena.
In 1868 he became superintendent for
all the stage lines owned by c. C..
HuntIey in Montana and Wyoming.
In 1870 he established himself at Bry-
an. Wyo., as manager OF Huntley 4
Benham's stage lines In 1880 he went
to Montana and engaged in the sheep
business but returned about a year lat
err to take up railroad contracting for
the Oregon Short Line. For the past
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ent of the Rock Mountain Coal and
Iron company at Red Canon. He serv-
ed a term in the Legislature in 1876.
In 1876 he was appointed treasurer of
Sweetwater county and the following
year was elected to that position.
Bryant B. Brooks of Natrona county
is one of the most Influential citizens
of central Wyoming and is greatly ad-
mired for his pluck, honesty and abili,
ty. He was born in Massachusetts in
1861. He was educated in Chicago
where his father was engaged in a
large mercantile business. At the age
of is he came west and worked on a
farm in Nebraska. In 1880 he was
employed along with n number of 9TH
cr young men to trail a herd of Ore
gon cattle eastward. The cattle were
scattered for miles over the Fort Hall
bottoms and the Bannock reservation,
but they were successfully gathered
and driven down the Platte river. In
the fall of 1881 Mr.. Brooks decided
that the Platte valley suited him and
he located the spot where his now IA
nous ranch is situated. His rise to
fortune and prominence was steady
from that time on. His cattle and
sheep are numbered by thousands and
his home is a marvel to all visitors be-
cause of its modern comforts int lux
uries He is a prominent Odd Fellow
and a Mason In politics he has al
ways been a staunch republican. He
was II of the organizers of Natrona
county and has served several terms
as county commissioner. He went to
the legislature in 1892, where he serv-
ed with distinction. In 1896 he was a
delegate at large to the republican ma
"tional convention in st Louis.
Erwin F. Cheney of Fremont county
was born in New York August %,
1874. His parents removed to Penn
sylvania when Mr.. Cheney was a lad 5
| ynnrS oil Hare ha Iyal until hn u-nc
II years of age. when the civil war
broke out and he was mustered into
the army of the Potomac as a private
in company II of the Eighty-third
Pennsylvania infantry. He served
with honor till he was frightfully
wounded at Malvern hill. While ly-
ing on the field of battle he was tax
en- prisoner and spent seven months in
Libby prison. He was paroled and
enlisted in Sheridan's cavalry, became
quartermaster of a regiment and
when, after the grand review at Wash
ington in May two brigades of caval-
ry were sent out to the plains OF Colo
RADIO and Utah, his regiment was one
of them. After being mustered out of
the service he assisted in the build
ing of Fort Sanders on the Laramie
plains and Fort Russell neal Chey-
enne. In 1869 Mr.. Cheney came to
South Pass in May OF that year where
he did some mining and also started
a wagon and blacksmith shop. In 1872
Mr.. Cheney vas elected commissioner
of Sweetwater county In 1877 he
was elected a member of the council
of the Fifth General Assembly of Wyo-
ming territory He moved to Lander
in 1878 where he has since resided.
After the organization of Fremont
county Mr.. Cheney was appointed
deputy clerk of the district court |
which position he held for three years.
On the organization of the United
States land officer at Lander he was
appointed register of and served four
years. and on his retirement was cleo