The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-10-07
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4 Man Of Practical Experience Whe
Has Always Stood hx fhA PanniA

Man OF Practical Experience Who
Has Always Stood by tho People.
Perhaps the most interesting char
acter on the republican ticket this
rear is William Williamson. the re-
publican nominee for congress- in the
Third district. He. is typically west
arn in his habits OF life and thought.
Fond OF the out-of-doors, he has
,ramped and camped all over western
South Dakota and eastern Wyoming
anti he knows this part OF the state
As few men know 1t.
William was not born with silver
spoon In his mouth and it is said that
he did not know what suit of under
wear was until he was Is years OF age.
His parents were too poor In those
early years OF his life to provide him
with any such luxury.
In the aDrtDg Of 'S2 his father home
steaded in Aurora county, 8. D. Upon
this and neighboring farms this son
of the soil grew up amidst invigorat-
ing II somewhat primitive surround
ings His mother having died when
he was only years Of age. the young
ster was left pretty much to shift for
himself. He was not only equal to the
best as farm hand, but was q lover
of books and by II, with few school
advantages, had sufficiently mastered
the ordinary branches to become
teacher. The next four winters he
taught school, continuing in the mean
time to work his fathers farm.
At twenty-one, young Williamson
| mounted bicycle and hit the trail
for the University OF South Dakota.
| from which he graduated in 1908; fin
| ishing law course in the same insti-
| tuition in 1905. Here, in spite OF hav-
| ing to pay all his own expenses by his
| daily toll, he managed to take high
/ rank as student and win many HON
/ ors that come to few college students.
| In 1899 he became a resident OF
Lyman county and homesteaded there
| two years later. He has lived in the
/ west river country ever since and has
| been identified with every step Of its
| development,
| During these early years his county
/ was infested with gangs Of organized
/ rustlers and other outlaws. When he
became states attorney in January,
| 1905, Mr.. Williamson set to work To
/ clean things up. BY the end Of his
four years. service in this capacity he
/ had convicted something like forty OF
1 these law violators and put Lyman
county on the map as one OF the most
law-abiding counties In tho state. In
1910 he was again elected states at
torney only to resign in March. 1911
TO become circuit Judge Of the Elev
enth judicial district, composing the
counties OF Gregory, Tripp, Mellette
Todd, Bennett. Washabaugh, Lyman
Jones and Jackson. On the bench he
has made q rather exceptional record
and Is known all over the state not
only as an excellent 1urist, but as Its
fastest worker. He knows how to dis
pose OF business with dispatch and {
minimum of red tape.
The Judge is well informed on pub
lio questions and Ia often called upoI
for addresses on all sorts OF occasions
For years he has stoutly maintained
that the natural resources OF the earth
such as coal and oil, are the heritages
of the American people and should b.
conserved In their interest. He is I
firm believer In the speedy develop
ment OF our water power resources
and irrigation possibilities and con
tends that these should never 60 GU
Of the hands Of the people and tina
all rates and charges should be fixet
by the government.
He has had much experience 90 |
practical farmer, being the owner o
some OF Lyman county's choicest farm
lands. and Is a strong advocate OF rura
cooperative marketing. Ar . business
man he stands high among those wht
know him. For many years he wa
president OF the Williamson Hardware
company. and ID now the chief owne
and manager Of the Lyman County All
stract company. and vice president o
the Iona State bank. He Is univer
sally known for his integrity and goot
business judgment.
He lives at "Cedar Knoll" at Oacc
ma. 8. b., with his wife and three or
phan children that hs took into hil
home at the time of the ''flu" epidemic
two years ago.
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