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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 185 chancellor, Mrs. John 0. Davis; marshal, Mary Hoist; inner sen- tinel, Mrs. John O'Connell; outer sentinel, Mrs. Ella Ahern; managers. Ida Hoist. Hose Edwards and Tillie Casey. The Ancient Order of United Workmen, organized in 1905, with the following officers: P. M. W., John Eichter; M. W., C. IT. Render; foreman, R. C. Kellogg; overseer, M. H. Gregoire; recorder, D. C. Pierce; financier, T. AY. Lally; receiver, Hein Prigge; gnide, C. Raaseh. The present officers are: P. M. W., C. Raaseh; M. W., M. II. Gregoire; foreman, A. D. Haas; over- seer, C. F. Raaseh; recorder. C. S. Hodsdon; financier, T. M. Lally ; receiver, (Jans IT. Hoist ; guide, John Richter. The Brotherhood of American Yeomen, organized June 4, 1908, with the following charter members: Joe Heaney, Robert Heaney, F. L. Kempf, A. C. Kempf, W. H. H. Kempf, William Hope, A. M. Peterson, F. P. Ahern. Emma Dahlstrom, C. W. Sherwin, A. P. Johnson. M. J. Seovell, Hattie M. Prahl, F. T. 'Gorman, Mary Heaney, Ella J. Heaney, Nellie D. Kempf, Will- iam H. Kempf, Elmer Kempf, Minnie C. Hope, Annie M. Peter- son. Rose Ahern. O. F. Nelson, A. E. Osgood, John Richter, Mary J. Tetcher, J. 0. O'Reilly. The officers were: Foreman, 0. F. Nelson ; master of ceremonies, A. E. Osgood ; master of accounts, Mary Heaney ; correspondent, AYilliam Hope ; chaplain, Mrs. H. M. Seovell; overseer, A. P. Johnson. The present officers are: Foreman, 0. F. Nelson; master of ceremonies, F. L. Kempf; mas- ter of accounts, Mary Heaney; correspondent, AVilliam Hope; chaplain. Nellie D. Kempf; overseer, Elmer Kempf. For the above article on the village of Goodhue the editors of this work are indebted to Dwight C. Pierce, of the Goodhue 'Enterprise." The history of the churches is found elsewhere. HOLDEN TOWNSHIP. Holden is one of the western tier of Goodhue county town- ships, and like the others, is rich in agricultural possibilities. It is bounded on the north by Warsaw, on the east by AYana- mingo, on the south by Kenyon and on the west by Rice comity. This township has some of the highest land in the county and is mainly an undulating prairie, but is much diversified through the central part by the headwaters 'of the Little Cannon and its tributaries. There are patches of timber in several localities. especially in the northeastern portion and along the Zumbro in the southern part. In the summer of 18f>4 there came to this township a young man named Hans Ovaldson, who broke about four acres on sec- tion 24. He was followed by Ole C. Oakland, who broke the same amount of land in section 23. The following year both