History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . anoffice which he now holds. Mr. Olsen has al-ways been a Republican. For the last tenyears he has taken an active part, being manytimes a delegate to the district, county, andstate conventions of his party. In 1900 hewas the chairman of the Couuty RepublicanCommittee of Freeborn Couuty. In religionMr. Olsen is a Methodist, and is the secretaryof the Board of Trustees of the First Meth-odist church of Albert Lea, and is the s
History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . anoffice which he now holds. Mr. Olsen has al-ways been a Republican. For the last tenyears he has taken an active part, being manytimes a delegate to the district, county, andstate conventions of his party. In 1900 hewas the chairman of the Couuty RepublicanCommittee of Freeborn Couuty. In religionMr. Olsen is a Methodist, and is the secretaryof the Board of Trustees of the First Meth-odist church of Albert Lea, and is the s\iper-intendent of its Sunday school. He was mar-ried July 21,1891, to Carrie L. Naylor. Theyhave three childrenâOlive Florence Carroll B. Olsen. WIRTH, Carl.âAmong the physiciansand surgeons of the Northwest, who have be-come conspicuous for their surgical skill andsuccess in their profession, the name of Wirth, the well known surgeon andphysician of St. Raul, must stand in the frontrank. He is a native of Germany, havingbeen born in Rhein-Hessen, in 1845. He re-ceived his literary training in the public and HISTORY OF THE GREAT CARL WIKTH. IjriTate schools aud gjuiuasia of his nativecountry. In the seventies he came to theUnited States and at once entered into thespirit of a true citizen of his adopted coun-try. He chose medicine for a a sound preliminary basis on whichto build, he attended the Chicago MedicalCollege at once, beginning in 11S70, and grad-uated in 1S73. He then, after the thoroughmanner characteristic of German scholars,took a post-graduate course at the celebratedKush Medical College of the same city. Hewas now more than commonly equipped forhis work. He began his regular practice atPlymouth, Wis., where he met with immedi-ate success in establishing a large work he continued tor nine years. Hethen left Plymouth, to pursue his studiesstill further in Germany, where he attendedsome of the best med
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