R. H. HOWEY, of Helena, Lewis and Clarke County, is a native of Carroll County, Ohio; was born in 1842; after going through the common schools he entered upon a regular course, and graduated at Harlem Springs College, Ohio; is also a graduate from the McNeely Normal School of Ohio, and afterward took a regular course at the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Pa., taking his degree in 1874. Mr. Howey previously studied law in Carrollton, Ohio, for two years and was admitted to the bar in 1866, at Steubenville, Ohio; was President of Harlem Springs College, Ohio, from 1868 to 1871, and Public School Examiner in that State; was President of Saltsburg Institute, Pennsylvania, in 1872-73; was engaged in educational work in Missouri from 1874 to 1879, after which he came to Montana, locating in Helena, where he was soon after appointed Superintendent of the City Schools, which position he held until 1884; was also Territorial Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1881 to 1883; while holding the latter office he was appointed United States Government Agent to select the university lands of Montana, making the selection in 1882. He represented the sixth ward in the Helena City Council for three years; was Trustee of the Helena Public Library for three years; was elected Probate Judge of Lewis and Clarke County for one term, and for the past six years has been a Trustee of the Helena Public Schools; he is a Republican, and was elected by his party as a member of the first House of Representatives of the State. He is a married man.

SILVAN HUGHES, of Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, is a native of New York State, and was born in Holly, Orleans County, November 25, 1854, of American parentage; his parents moved to Iowa when he was but an infant, and afterward to Montana, where he has lived for 27 years; is Secretary of the Estes & Connel Mercantile Company; was elected to his first office on the Democratic ticket as a member of the first Legislature of the State. Hughes is a single man.

Mr.

R. G. HUMBER, of Deer Lodge, Deer Lodge County, Speaker pro tem of the House of Representatives, was born March 25, 1841, in Kentucky; was educated in the State University of Missouri, and is well equipped for the battle of life. His father was a member of the Kansas Legislature for six years, during which time the present Montana Solon was serving in the Second Batallion Missouri Volunteers of the Confederate Army; has been a resident of this State for the past twenty-five years, and during that time has held many positions of honor and trust; was Treasurer of Deer Lodge County for two terms; was a member of the twelfth Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, and hence is not a stranger in legislative halls; while in the Territorial Assembly he introduced the measure which defined the boundary lines between Deer Lodge and Silver Bow Counties; he is a married man and a successful and prosperous ranchman.

A. L. KEMPLAND, of Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, the joint Repre sentative for Beaverhead and Deer Lodge Counties, was born December 8, 1845, in St. Louis, Mo.; received a common school education in his native State, and at the age of twenty came to this State, where he has resided most of the time since; lived for a while in Utah and in Idaho; is a bookkeeper by occupation. He has taken a deep interest in the affairs of his chosen home, and before being chosen by the Democratic party as a Representative in the second Legislature was a member of the City Council of Anaconda. He is a married

man.

CHARLES LOCHRAY, of Sand Coulee, Cascade County, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 1, 1852, of Irish parents. His parents came to the United States when he was six months old, so that his entire life and surroundings have been American in all that the term implies. His early years were spent in Pennsylvania, where he received a common school education. He engaged in mining early in life, entering the coal mines of Western Pennsylvania; he has mined in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. He went to Iowa in 1874, and one year later went through to the coast. After mining in California, Washington and Vancouver Island, he returned to Iowa in 1877, where he remained several years. In 1884 he came to Montana and located in what is now Cascade County. He took up a ranch and engaged in stock raising in a small way and with success. His taste for mining led him to engage in mining also, and he has used his experiences in his travels through the mineral region to good advantage, and has acquired promising mining properties. In his home he has been active in school matters, but never held public office until elected to the first State Legislature. He was married February 14, 1881, at Fort Dodge, Iowa.

CHARLES H. LOUD, of Miles City, Custer County, is a native of Weymouth, Mass., where he was born in 1858, and came to Montana eleven years ago; is a graduate from the High School of his native town, receiving his diploma in 1876, after which he read law for about six months; then went to work in the office of the City Engineer of Boston, devoting his evenings and spare time to the study of engineering; remained in that office for three years and a half, and in 1880 accepted a position as Assistant Engineer on the Northern Pacific Survey, which position he occupied for two and a half years. The advent of the road into Montana presented advantages in stock raising superior to those offered by his profession, so he returned to Boston and organized the Hereford Live Stock Company, and in 1883 came to Montana as Manager for that company, and has since had a successful career as a stockman; has also devoted much time in the interest of the State; was chosen by the Republicans of his district as a member of the Constitutional Convention, and again to represent his county in the House of Representatives at the first State election. He is a married man.