1901 Bio - Mills, J. Mack, Judge, Larimer County, Colorado Transcribed and donated by Marta Norton Jan 26, 2000 The Berthoud Bulleton Newspaper Saturday, October 19, 1901 Republican Favorites Portraits and Biographical Sketches of the Candidates on the Republican County Ticket Judge J. Mack Mills Judge J. Mack Mills was born on a farm near Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, and will be 41 years of age on next election day, which is his birthday. When he was eight years of age his father migrated, with his family, to Southwest Missouri, where he accepted a position on the Atlantic & Pacific railroad and moved his family into the Indian Territory, where his duties called him. It was in the Cherokee nation that the Judge married Miss Belle Fugate of Schuyler County, Missouri. He had only the advantage of a common school education to help him through the world, and worked at the carpenter trade, a heritage from his father, until 1886, when he took up the study of law in the office of Patterson & Whittinghill, at Wellington, Kansas, and was admitted to the bar in 1889. On the 17th day of September 1891, he arrived at Berthoud, in this county, where he worked at his trade while striving against adversity to build up a practice in his profession. In January 1896, he purchased one-half interest in the Berthoud Bulletin, and in the fall of that year secured the interest of his partner and became the sole owner of the plant. Early in life the Judge united with the Methodist church, but later united with the Christian church, of which his wife was a devoted member. He has always been a leader in church work and other institutions for character building, and few laymen live who are more active, or who make grater sacrifices for the cause they love. While devoted to the church, and always busy there, he cannot tolerate strife between religious bodies and will make any reasonable sacrifice for the sake of harmony, which is his watchword in all good works. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World. Politically, the Judge never had any well settled convictions until he found himself in actual public life. This is accounted for by the fact that in the territory, where he was raised, the people either voted upon or discussed political issues. Since moving into the states he has been more or less active in polities, but influenced mainly by local issues. The fact that he has voted for every republican president since he became a voter, is more of a “happen so” than other wise. After his election to the office of county judge, which he looks upon as an accident in his life, for which he is grateful to an all wise Providence and the good people of Larimer County, he began to realize the necessity, as he never had before, for well settled political ideas upon the live issues, and the this end he set up an arduous study of political theories from a practical standpoint, the result of which he already been mane known tot he people in that frank and unreserved manner which is characteristic of the man. He administration of the office of county judge has been successful from every standpoint. Two hundred and seventy-five cases, civil, criminal and probate, have been instituted in the county court during his tern of office and many of them were hotly contested by litigants, but in one instance has there been an appeal or writ of error taken from his court, an exceptional, honorable and enviable record indeed. He is a candidate for reelection, and while bitterly opposed to more than two terms for office holders, he believes his is justified in standing for a second term. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.