, 1922-07-27

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can be hoped for by any ambitious
college amateur and marks the very
pinnacle of non-professional achieve
ment, and in addition he was accorded
the distinction of being the worlds
greatest punter by Walter Camp
Reynolds was placed as left half on
the All-Americans n pronounced
by competent judges II of the best
all-around football players in the
country. The State of Wyoming has
among it's residents but n other ALL
American player, this honor having
been conferred by Harvard upon
Coach Corbett, of the University Of
Wyoming, Notwithstanding the fact
that Wyoming has always taken a
front-rank position in all lines of
physical fitness as was shCvn by
the high rank taken by this state in
the physical examination of recruits
at the time this country entered the
World War,
When the season of 1904 closed,
rs a fitting recognition of his con-
tribution to the honors accorded the
University of Pennsylvania football
! ttd II lkey HUNS was lHC tilliluSidSLlC
choice of his teammates for the posi-
ton Of Captain for the coming year.
and he was elected without opposition
to serve as such for the season of
1905. For several years the "call
of the west" had been heard in the
Reynolds household and in 1906
Marshall and his father, N. w. Rey-
nolds. the latter a practicing attor-
ney, made a trip to Wyoming to look
the ground over and possibly decide
upon a location for their future
home. Among other places that
claimed their interest was Coke
Vile, in what was then Uinta county,
but now in the new county of Lincoln.
a thriving little city, located in a rich
and fertile valley, which had been
settled for years, but where some un-
claimed government land still re-
manned open for homesteaders.
Located at Cokeville
The question was soon decided.
Mr.. Reynolds, senior. made up his
mind to give up his law business in
Pennsylvania and to come to Coke.
4 vile and devote his declining years
TO r%anching and stock raising and to
building up a permanent home in the
west. After the arrival of the fam
lily in Cokeville, both Reynolds and
his father took up. homestead claims
near Cokeville and on these lands the
next two years we're spent In hard
out-of-door work in the day time and
in long hours Of profitable study at
night. Probably Marshall Reynolds,
IL he we're asked, would that
these two years were among the most
important in his life and had much
which has been onward and upward
ever since.
Called to Washington
After this period of work and
study an opportunity for seeing the
other side of the great world came
and this vas in marked contrast
with the quiet and seclusion Of the
tranch, for it involved q removal to
tthe seat of government at Washing
ton, D. c., where the entire machinery
of our federal government, legisla-
Tive. executive and judicial. could be
studied at close range. Reynolds
ability and eagerness to advance had
come under the observation Of Sen
ator c. d. Clark, a resident Of
Evanston, in the same county and
through the senator he received an
appointment Al law clerk to the pow
erful and important judiciary COM
mittee OF the United States Senate.
For nearly two years Reynolds re-
NAMED at Warrington. looking. list
ening and learning. While there he
gained an intimate and accurate
knowledge OF the ways and means Of
which should prove Of incalculable
benefit rs 4 member of the House Of
Representatives. The period OF time
spent in the national capital had
marked another stepping stone in the
career Of Reynolds and he decided to
avail himself OF the training he had
received As . law clerk associated
with some Of the brightest minds in
the Senate and to come back to
Wyoming and take mp the practice of
law in earnest.
Elected County Attorney
During his absence in the east q
new county had been formed, called
Lincoln. and after an exciting contest
his home town OF Cokeville had been
defeated for the coveted county seat.
which had been won by another con-
tender. 40 miles to the southeast,
end placed at Kemmerer BY the voters
Of the new county. Here Marshall
decided to cast his lot and hang up
his shingle." Hardly had he gotten
we'll under way and commenced Me
upbuilding Of q lucrative law prac-
tIce when he was called upon by the
voters in the fall OF 1914 to make the
campaign for the office Of County