SIMEON R. BUFORD, of Virginia City, Madison County, was born in Canton, Lewis County, Mo., of American parentage, March 2, 1846; received a common school education in his native State, to which he has added the teachings of experience through life; has been a resident of Montana for the past twenty-six years, coming here from Edina, Mo., in 1865; since his advent to this State he has been engaged in merchandising and stock growing in Madison County, where he is widely known and esteemed. Senator Buford's first experience in public life was in the Constitutional Convention of 1889, when he represented his district as a delegate; was elected in 1889 to the State Senate from his county upon the Democratic ticket. He is a married man.

EDWARD CARDWELL, of Cold Springs, Jefferson County, was born in 1832, in the village of Glenavey, County of Antrim, Ireland, being the eighth born of a family of ten. His father, Edward Cardwell, was a farmer in moderate circumstances; his father was a non-commissioned officer in the English army, together with five brothers, two of whom were killed at the battle of

Waterloo. The subject of this sketch attended school while in Ireland, and after the death of his parents emigrated to America, then being sixteen years of age; went to Canada, where he experienced all the vicissitudes of fortune that young emigrants usually experience in a country without friends or money; returned in the spring to Rochester, N. Y., and there learned the trade of carriage painting, which business he followed for some years through the State of New York and in Canada; in the meantime attended the High School at Rochester, and when short of funds was compelled to work at his trade; when

in possession of the sum of one thousand dollars he decided to go West, and in the spring of 1857 went to Leavenworth, Kansas. At that time Kansas was in a state of turmoil, owing to the feeling that existed between the Free Soilers and the border ruffians, as they were called. Leavenworth at that time was the outpost of civilization, as all west of the river only the Indian, the buffalo and wild animals were to be found; found employment at his trade in the quartermaster's department at Leavenworth, where he remained for three years, going to Colorado in the spring of 1860, being attracted by the discovery

of gold; from there followed the throng to Pike's Peak; after prospecting for awhile he became superintendent for P. D. Casey, a prosperous miner, and quite a noted character in those days; was attracted still farther west by the Alder Gulch gold discoveries, arriving in that new camp November 7, 1863, where he met many of the men he had become acquainted with in Colorado; entered into partnership with John Caplice and Peter Ronan; mined at Central City, Virginia City and at Bummer Dan's Bar; passed through the exciting times where the road agent made life uncertain; he witnessed the hanging of Ives, Boonhelm, Gallagher and many other lawless men by the friends of law and good society, generally known as the Vigilantes. After the hanging of those murderous wretches, Mr. Cardwell ventured to return to the States and succeeded in getting out without being molested by the highwaymen. The trip was a hard one, as it took six weeks to reach Salt Lake; left their wagons at Port Neuf Canyon, and has never seen them since. After a visit in the States he returned to Montana, and again engaged in mining, stock raising and farming in Jefferson County, his present home, which he has since followed. Senator Cardwell is well known throughout the State both in public and private life, having served his country in the Council, in the Ninth Assembly; was also a member of the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Territorial Assemblies; was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention; was a candidate for the Senate on the Democratic ticket at the first State election, and was defeated, but at the election of 1890 was more successful, and again occupied a seat with the State law-makers. He is a bachelor.

of his native city; when at manhood's age he was employed as a clerk, and worked in Nashville and Memphis; from the latter city he started for California, arriving in the Golden State May 22, 1852; he then followed mining for eight years in California, and subsequently went with the throng to the Nevada El Dorados, where he sold merchandise and mined; he served as a member of the second Legislature of Nevada, and was twice re-elected; he came to Montana in 1866 and settled in Jefferson County: in 1871 he was elected member of the Territorial Council, serving jointly for Lewis and Clarke and Jefferson Counties; was renominated and defeated in 1873; in 1889 he was elected Senator from Jefferson County, defeating Edward Cardwell, and served in the first State Senate; in 1890 he was nominated, but was defeated by his opponent of the previous year; in February, 1891, President Harrison appointed him Register of the Missoula Land Office, which position he now holds. Mr. Fisher is a Republican of the pronounced type.

PARIS GIBSON, of Great Falls, Cascade County, was born July 1, 1830, in Brownfield, Oxford County, Me.; graduated at the Bowdoin College, Maine,

in 1851, and was a member of the Maine State Legislature in 1854; he came to Montana twelve years ago from Minneapolis, and with James J. Hill, of the Great Northern, and other capitalists, located in Great Falls, where he has since resided and worked for the welfare of that city, and its present prosperous and thriving condition is largely due to the energetic efforts of Mr. Gibson, who has attracted the attention of capitalists and investors to that city. He was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in this State, and was elected in 1890 to a seat in the State Senate on the Democratic ticket.

O. F. GODDARD, of Billings, Yellowstone County, was born in Davis County, Iowa, of American parents. His early life was spent on the farm of his father. He attended an academy for a time and finished his education at the Iowa Normal School. Afterwards he taught in the public schools of his native State, and while thus engaged decided upon the practice of law as his profession. After three years' study he was admitted to the bar in 1878. He