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 . e he has maintained an office of his politics he has always been an ardentKepublcan, and as a member of ward andcity campaign committees has actively par-ticipated in the elections, and has devotedconsiderable time to the promotion of politi-cal organization in Hennepin county. In1898 he was elected a member of the houseof representatives of the Minnesota state leg-islature, and in 1900 was prominently men-tioned as a
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 . e he has maintained an office of his politics he has always been an ardentKepublcan, and as a member of ward andcity campaign committees has actively par-ticipated in the elections, and has devotedconsiderable time to the promotion of politi-cal organization in Hennepin county. In1898 he was elected a member of the houseof representatives of the Minnesota state leg-islature, and in 1900 was prominently men-tioned as a candidate for the office of secre-tary of state. As secretary of the JohnEricsson Memorial Association he has beenenthusiastic in the cause of raising funds forthe erection of a monument in memory ofthe great inventor of the Monitor. From1892 to 1898 he served as president of theNorth Side High School Alumni is actively interested in sports and is amember of the Minnetonka Ice Yacht Club,the Odin Club, and the Bryn Mawr GolfClub. His religious connections are with theLutheran body. He is a member of Augns-tana churcli and has been prominently idtii-. CAKL O. A. OL^ lifted with the young peoples society of thatdenomination, having served as president ofthe Bethlehem and Augustana societies, re-spectively. • BLOCK. Julius IL, is a stalwart type ofthe true German-American. His parentsemigrated from Germany early in the 50s,coming to America and locating in Texas,where they remained several yeare, later re-moving to Gallon, Ohio, where Julius wasborn, March 30. 1800. In 1870 they cameto Minnesota, and settled on a farm in LeSueur county, afterwards removing acrossthe river to Nicollet county. •lulius spent the early years of his life onhis fathers farm and attended school, obtain-ing a common school education, both Englishand (Jernum. He early became accustomedto hard work and was i)ossessed of a physicalstrength far beyond his years. It is told ofhim that while
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