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 . public interest, the most i)rom-iuent perhaps are: A prosecution for killinga police officer, and an action for libeling apublic schoolteacher. He is now counsel foithe Burlington, Cedar Rapids & NorthernRailway Company; Security Bank; TheopoldMercantile Company; Sheffield Milling Company, Wisconsin Lumber Company, andStandard Oil Company. As he expresses it,he was a Democrat when a boy; Republicanwhenaman. Asa memberof the l
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 . public interest, the most i)rom-iuent perhaps are: A prosecution for killinga police officer, and an action for libeling apublic schoolteacher. He is now counsel foithe Burlington, Cedar Rapids & NorthernRailway Company; Security Bank; TheopoldMercantile Company; Sheffield Milling Company, Wisconsin Lumber Company, andStandard Oil Company. As he expresses it,he was a Democrat when a boy; Republicanwhenaman. Asa memberof the legislature,he was a member of the judiciary was the author of the Act of 1887 to ap-point commissioners to prejiare a jirobatecode. He was also prominent in railroadand high license legislation. As mayor ofFaribault, he will always be associated withthelublic Library, established, and the CityHall, camiilete<l. during his administration,in 1897. He was also a member of the Fari-bault Board of F]duc<ition for several years,during which the high school building waserected. He is now a member of the Boardof Directors of the Public Librarv. ADSOX n. KEVES. Keyes is interested in social and lite-rary affairs, being a Knights Templar, andformerly president of the Dartmouth AlumniAssociation of the Northwest, and for #\-eralyears a member of the Travelers Club—alocal literary society. He belongs to theCongregational church, joining by letterfrom his college church. In 1872 he wasmairied to Mary E. Weston of Ascutneyville,\t., a gi-adiiatc of Kimball Kuion Academyof till class of lS(i!). Mr. Keyes modestlysums up his successful career by sayingthat he has taken some interest and an av-erage part in a common advancement alongthe lines of education, good government, andgeneral ju-ospeilty. \\I],LIS. John Willey.—While the devel-opment of the Northwest is indebted largelyto men of other states and countries whohave come to take advantage of the better
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