Iowa
Old Press
Inwood Herald
Inwood, Lyon County, Iowa
October 14, 1892
Township Officers Nominated
A goodly number of the voters of Richland met in caucus last
Friday evening. Wm. Oates was chosen chairman and C.E. Lyon
sec’y of the meeting. There was no fight made for any office
and everything worked in harmony. After numerous nominations and
ballots the following named gentlemen were pronounced the
nominees:
Trustee, Chas. Sherman
Clerk, S.J. Mak
Assessor, S.E. Roberts
Justices, D.C. Carver and A.P. Weberg
Constables, A.W. Lewis and John Weberg.
Road supervisors dist. No 1, Geo. Hemmes; dist No. 2, T.I. Close;
dist. No 3, Claus Shroeder; dist No. 1, John H. Johnson.
The nominations for township officers were closed and the caucus
preceeded to elect delegates to the Supervisor convention.
Following are the names of the delegates: G.M. Anderson, F.H.
Skewis, D.C. Carver, Wm. Oates, J.R. Skewis, T.I. Close, B.B.
Anderson, S.J. Mak, A.W. Lewis, S.E. Roberts, H.E. Baker Jr.,
C.E. Lyon.
H. Skewis is the Nominee
The 4th district supervisor convention met Saturday evening in
Inwood. E.J. Skewis was called to the chair and G.M. Anderson
chosen secretary. Motion to vote by ballot carried. Motion to
make first ballot informal carried. Ballot resulted: F.H. Skewis,
12; J.J. Chraft, 8.Motion to make the informal ballot formal
carried and the chairman declared F.H. Skewis the nominee for
county supervisor, adjourned. Mr. Skewis has lived in Richland
township for a number of years, having been among the first
settlers of Lyon county. His honesty and integrity has never been
questioned. In ability he is well qualified to fill the office of
county supervisor, and we believe he will make a good officer.
[submitted by R.Z., Nov. 2003]