From the Dakota blizzard district Lyon and O'Brien Counties comes the breezy member of the House the Hon. A. H. Davison. He is a man of varied accomplishments, and members may look to him for pleasant surprises and diversions as the session drags its weary length along towards the days when the farmer becomes impatient to desert the comfortable quarters in the capitol for the active life in the cornfield. Mr. Davison was born on a farm in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1857. He took in all the schools could give him around his home, then went to the State Normal School at Edinboro, Pennsylvania. In 1879, he graduated then came west where he located at Rock Rapids, beginning life as principal of schools. Then for the years intervening between 1881 and 1886 he was county superintendent of schools, doing a little work on the side as editor of the Rock Rapids Review. After leaving his official position he turned to newspaper work in earnest and for two years owned and edited the Lyon County Reporter. He was dazzled by the prospects of riches in Southern California real estate in 1887 and went out there to grow rich in sand lots. He returned in 1888 richer in experience than anything else. Since then he has been steadily at work at Rock Rapids, buying and selling real estate and farming, and like many another at that time was rustling for the cash to keep going. He is a member of the Masons, not an ordinary member, but in several orders, Borden Lodge, No. 406, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Lyon Chapter, No. Ill, Royal Arch Masons; Petro's Commandery No. 54, Knight Templar, and most of all he is filled with delight when he dons the fez and other toggery in El Riad Temple of the Mystic Shriners. He was formerly in the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and several others, but now devotes himself exclusively to Masonry. In religious matters he leans to Unitarian doctrines. He has been a Presbyterian and Methodist. He wanted to see the public burdens of the people equalized, the industrial, educational and moral conditions of the masses elevated. Mr. Davison is a Republican, but rather independent in thought and action. Having been a hard worker ever since he was 16 years old he will make things hum in legislative circles.