216                         HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY

he worked on government surveys, in season, for the years 1883, 1884,
1885, engaging in the live stock business in the spring of 1886, to which
he still devotes some time and attention. In the fall of 1888 was
appointed deputy clerk of the court and deputy county superintendent.
1n the spring of 1890 was appointed the first auditor of McIntosh county,
North Dakota, then elected, in the fall of the same year, to the position
for the regular term of two years, then re-elected in the fall of 1892,
serving until the first of March, 1895. From this date he was deputy
treasurer until the first of January, 1897, when he assumed charge of
the office, having been elected to the same in the fall of 1896, then
re-elected in the fall of 1898, serving until the first of January, 1901.
having been continuously in the public service of the county for nearly
thirteen years. In the winter of 1903 he was first assistant journal clerk
in the lower house of the North Dakota legislature. In the month of
April, 1905, engaged in the retail lumber business at Ashley, which he
continues to conduct. He has acquired a comparatively large acreage
of land, which is well stocked.
    Mr. Miles is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., the A. 0. U. W. and
Yeomen lodges. His familv numbers four—himself, wife and two chil-
dren—a son and a daughter.

    Robert C. Miles, native of Clay county, son of Samuel T. L. Miles
and Lucinda (Buell) Miles, born at Bowling Green, May 15, 1867,
where he attended the public schools during his boyhood days. In 1885,
at the age of eighteen years, he went to Dakota territory, where he
procured employment with a government surveying party, pursuing- the
same during the summer time for the period of six years, meanwhile
attending the Dakota Agricultural College, at Brookings. Was married
in 1897 and since 1899 has made his home in McIntosh county, North
Dakota, where he proved up on a government homestead. In 1906 he
was elected clerk of the district court for his adopted county, in which
position he is now serving, making his home at Ashley, the county-seat.
Financially, Mr. Miles has succeeded well in his adopted state and is in
comfortable and easy circumstances.

    Allen R. Julian, native of Indiana, son of Rev. J. W. Julian, born at
New Harmony, Posey county, May 4, 1848, during the time that the
father was pastor of the M. E. church at that place; attended Asbury
(now De Pauw) University, graduating in the classical course in 1871,
then coming to Bowling Green in the fall of the same year and accepting
the pastorate of the M. E. church; retired temporarily from the ministry
at the expiration of one year, devoting his attention to the law. His
alma mater conferred upon him the master’s degree in 1874. In June,
1875, he was elected county superintendent by the board of county com-
missioners, and in July, 1876, re-elected by the township trustees to fill
a vacancy, serving until June, 1877. Meanwhile, he moved from Bowling
Green to Middlebury. Succeeding this service he re-engaged in the
ministry in the Indiana Conference of the M. E. church; was then two
years on the Newberry circuit, one year at Patricksburg, three years
at Salem, three years at Wesley Chapel, New Albany, one year at
Princeton, then two years as presiding elder on the New Albany circuit,
when he transferred to Nebraska, locating in one of the newest sections
of the state at his own request, having a desire for frontier life and