Morris tribune., 1922-11-24

official corruption or scandal of any
sort. The officers chosen in the
early days seem to have been hon.
est men, for no charge of corruption
was ever made against any of them.
SOME OF THE EARLY SETTLERS
In taking leave Of the subject 1t
may not be out of place to make re-
ference to some Of the early settlers
Of the county outside of the, village
Of Morris. Such familiar names as
Capt. Samuel Olson, still living at his
old home in Framnas; Ole Bake,
who became and served several years
as county commissioner; Ole Glenn
entson, the Rendsville farmer of more
than average intelligence, who by
constant reading of all available pub
LEGATIONS endeavored to keep abreast
of the times, and. could discuss un-
derstandingly all subjects of public
interest; Lewis Larson, Lewis Baker,
L. L. Highland, one of the few Scand-
inavian Democrats of the county, and
whose republican neighbors elected
him to the Office of county commits
sioner, which Office he filled with
credit to himself and the county;
P. o. Thorstad and Peter G. Larson,
the substantial Swan Lake home
steaders; Sever Larson, who walked
in with a pack on his back from the
state of Iowa; Henry Foss, who
served a term in the state legislature;
Thomas Thomasson, later clerk Of the
+ district court; e. E. Solseth, one of
the most active and prominent of the
Framnas settlers; John G. Hvile, K.
]. Huseyold, Abraham Lee, the Hanse
brothers, Herman Zahl, Adolph Tran
tow, Theodore LinStad, John Hadler,
Herman Winter, o. H. Dahlen, Ole
Nicholson, M. H. Ettesvold, Ole Mel
land and many others who settled
in the towns of Rendsville, Swan
Lake and Framnas. To the west of
Morris we find Hans Olson, father of
o. C. Hanson. Chris and Ole Eystad,
W. X. Walker, J. G. Hancock, Chris.
Gaarder, Dolph Lindsey, J. D. Kyser,
P. G. Gaarder, Hezekiah Bragg, e.
A. Dopkins, Timothy Vaughn, George
H. Farwell, J. j. Newell, John McNal-
ly, Thos. Church, p. F. Casey, Charles
Dablow, and others who took claims
in the neighborhood of Frog Lake
The Hansons came in about 1859 or
1870.
There were also early settlers in
other parts of the county. R. J.
Hall, of the town Of Morris, where
he still resides; prominent and &C
tive in all public affairs. several
times elected as county commission
er, and who would have made splen-
did legislative material had he not
when his turn came cheerfully
stepped aside for someone else. His
unselfishness in that respect is to be
commended, though whether always
appreciated may be doubted. Chris
tian Cline, Henry Hoyer, John Ryan,
Orville Semans, G. G. Towner, J. w.
Eddy, ]. e. Towner, John and Mark
Coleman, M. Dewane, John Mahoney,
L. ]. Schlatteman, John Mangan, G.
A. Pepper (for whom the town Of
Pepperton was namely e. P. Wat
son, Thos. Gaughon, Chas. Grassman,
Joe Ernst, recently deceased, Michael
Calvin, VIM. Riordan, John Maloney.
Michael Mahaney, John s. Judd, c..
X. Light, Gus Nudick, Fred Heller
Michael and Patrick Spain, Santiago
Kitchens, Hugh Stinson. Dennis De-
wane, George and John Rowles, M.
F. Ftnnegan, w. H. Hiland, Cornelius
Mccarthy, Joseph L. Walker. Also
J. S. and w. w. Huntley, A. F. Eng,
land Joe Noyes, o. X. Gesme, John
Erickson, Geo. C.. Thorpe, Walter
Paige, A. J. Comstock and A. c. Sher-
wood at Hancock; Dennis Hennesy,
Lysander. Amos and Joseph Pushor.
Patrick Griffith, Philip Ernst, T. S.
Mills, Rhody Keechan, Thomas Nc
Canny, Theodore Linstad, Thomas
/ Murphy, Geo. E. Richardson, L. d.
! Perkins, Samuel b. Smith, John Bor-
! rill, Stephen Burt, Samuel Holmes
| William and ]. c. O'Bryan, r. North
colt, Archy Young, Peter c. Macken-
zie, L. r. Mcintosh, A. c. Mackenzie.
Philip Frisby, Henry Insherwood, and
by no means last or least, Erick p.
Drovdahl Of the town of Synness.
Mr.. Drovdahl was an uncompromising
enemy of the saloon, and an active
and CONSTANT worker in that cause
with A. A. Stone of Morris, who also
never relented, and others holding to
the same view. am told that Mr..
Drovdahl died several years ago. II
is to be regretted that he was not
here to witness the recent triumph OF
the cause he so earnestly espoused;-
the complete suppression of the sa.
loon-never to return, at least not in
it's old form.
THE GREAT STORM OF 1873
The early settlers were exposed t.