Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-08-10
". ]. M|LROY
FILES FOR JUDGE
OLD-TIMER ANNOUNCES CANDI,
DACY FOR SUPERIOR
BENCH

AAiAL w W uO Is d C8uV1s
date for the superior judgeship for
Thurston and Mason counties, is q
pioneer, having come to OIL l.mpia
with his father, the late Major Gen.
eral R. H. Milroy. in 1872, while .
boy.
During his boyhood he attended
the public schools of Olympia, and
many Of the old-timers remember
him and his brothers. He finished
his education at Hanover College,
Indiana. having gone there after
finishing in the public schools at
Olympia. After graduating from
Hanover College. he entered the law
school at Ann Arbor. Michigan.
He was admitted. after the COM
pletion Of his law course. to practice
in the superior court Of Michigan. aid
was thereafter admitted to prac2tes
In tho courts Of Washington stsrfi-
tory IN 1885 and which 10 an admis-
sion to the state bar a.. well, ana snb-
seQuently was admitted to tiISssoe'
law In Alaska in 1899 and in the
supreme court Of the Unitsd rsfAHse
In 1900. Aftsr his aduissi6n t.
practice Il less hs prasticsd, m st
Yaki1hs (thsa North Yskima) dltil'
1890. with tAs characteristics -
efsy OF tie G1sly pionser. whiis d
Yakima, Ne lseGtsd and imrrotsd :
homestead. rs /
y IN, 1899 he, returned to Olylnpin,
and was deputy psosscutihg atAoeAey,
Of Thufston county In 1851. -
1882 he ibEAtsd III ss6ttIt, t'tlFsa' ~
rapidly devsloping young city. lIatsf,
on he returned to Olympia and ~
sumed the practice Of law in partner
ship with e. @. Kreider and practiced
until the Klondike rush in 1891.
With feverish pioneer spirit that
ever wishes to be on the front and
where the hardship and excitement III
the thickest. Mr.. Milroy went to the
Klondike in 1897. He mined. prac-
ticed law and participated generally
in the exciting pioneer days in Alas
ka. and in 1902 and 1903 was
United States Commissioner At Cam
die, Alaska. Mr.. Milroy, during his
sojourn in Alaska, lived at Nome,
Candle and various other places ana
relates many interesting . remit
niscences of that pioneer period. He
returned from Alaska in 1908 and
sojourned for brief periods at victo-
ria, B. c., Seattle, and other places,
finally returning to the place Of his
youth. at Olympia. where he has re-
sided ever since.
He was married in 1907 and he
and his wife live in a pleasant, mod
est home in the Capitl City.
Mr.. Milroy comes from patriotis
family, his father having won q
major generals commission in the
Civil war. The subject Of this
sketch took en- active interest In the
militia during all of the time of his
early residence In the territory and
state. having been liententnant Of
Company A, First regiment, N. G.
w., and also having served ON the
staff of the last territorial governor,
Miles C. Moore. with the rank Of
lieutenant colonel. During tha
World war he took an active part in
all of the war work at home. being
precluded from service ON account
Of age. He assisted In the organiza-
tion Of the Olympia Home Guards
and was captain of the company for
a considerable period Of its existence.
He was a member, also, of the Coun-
ell of Defense for Thurston county
and was a faithful attendant upon
al lof its sessions. He is an intense
ly patriotic and loyal citizen and =
pioneer who participated in the
building OF our state during both ter
ritorial times and during the whoIs
period of the life of the state and
was Injured to all of the hardships
thvouUh which tho njoupara nnaaed