Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-02-18
l0WANS IN WYOMING
Many OF Them Holding High Official
Positions In That New State

Hon. Il. ID. Chassell, the state binder
in Iowa, who has just returned from a
visit to Wyoming writes the editor
about former citizens OF Audubon
county and other parts OF Iowa who
are making good Ia that new western
state. Mr.. Chassell says
DEAR Mr.. Ross Who do you sup
pose was about the first man | met
when entered the house of represent
tatives at the Wyoming Capitolp Ii
was Charlie BRENNAN, former county
treasurer of Audubon county. He Is q
member from Fremont county and con-
! sidered one of the coming men of the
state, You know he has charge of the
construction of the big power dam and
and other new improvements that Hon.
Asmus Boysen Is putting In up near
the Shoshoni, on the Big Horn River.
They have nearly completed modern
reinforced concrete dam IS feet high
that will furnish $500 horse power and
will create reservoir of about 1900
acres. For the past two years they
! have worked 125 to 200men on the dam,
l
other improvements. They expect to
have the power machinery installed
about the first of April.
| came out here to visit O younger
brother of mine, Harry j. Chassell
formerly of Iowa Falls, Iowa, but now
| CT Gillette, who is a member from
Crook county. ! was very agreeahly
surprised to find great many Iowa
people here, all very active factors in
Wyoming affairs.
Audubon county seems to be excep-
tionally we'll represented. Senator
Fred Blume, OF Sheridan, once county
attorney of Audubon county, is now
serving his second term in the Wyom-
ing legislature, OF which he is one OF
the Acknowledged leaders. He Is one
of the prominent lawyers OF northern
| Wyoming,
! A, M. Nichols, member OF the house
from Newcastle, Weston county, is
son of Hon. Melville Nichols OF Sun
dance. The family came from Audu-
bon about twenty years ago. The SEN
Tor Nichols was a leading lawyer OF
of Audubon before going to Wyom.
| ing. He has been member OF the
house and senate and is now practic-.
ing law at Sundance. The son, A. M.
Nichols, was in the newspaper busi-
ness for several years but is now asso-
ciated with Congressman Mondell in
an extensive general mercantile bust
ness. He Is chairman of the committee
on county affairs and county bounda-
ries, very important position now
that they are slicing up some Of the
| larger counties and making new ones.
The present Secretary OF State, Mr.
William A. Schnit2er, was formerly
deputy United States Marshal, we'll
known in Audubon. He married Miss
Green, of Audubon, who has many
relatives there. The secretary is lead
ing Republican politician OF the state,
and he and his wife are socially very
popular. These make quite colony,
don't they, TO hail from one town.
Many other Iowa people are active
in Wyoming affairs. Among those OF
whom | learned George La Pash, the
chief clerk of the house, was formerly
with the Bankers Life, Ia Des Moines,
Miss Eunice Anderson, journal clerk,
one of the" dry farm homesteaders,
was formerly OF Des Moines. +. e.
! Rounds, representative from Crook
county, was formerly from Glenwood,
Iowa, where he was many years ago
| in the Office OF Hale and Stone. This
was before Mr.. Hale was appointed
territorial governor of Wyoming by
| President Arthur, upon which occa-
sion the law partnership with John Y.
Stone was dissolved; S. A, Young, of
Upton, representative from Weston
county, formerly lived in Birming-
ham, Iowa, and was an intimate friend
OF Congressman j. A. T. Hull, in the
early seventies, when Captain Hull
was country newspaper publisher.
William T. Shafer, OF the house OF
representatives, is one of the veteran
editors of the state. When there were
only six newspapers in Wyoming he