Linn county has for one of its members on the floor of the House the Hon. Henry J. Nietert of Walker. He was born March 12, 1848. at Dayton. Ohio. His parents came to Iowa about 1850 and lived on a farm first in Clayton, then in Delaware county. Henry was sent to school all the time they could spare him, and he gained a good education. With a pretty good knowledge of the world and lots of common sense, he took up his residence at Walker, in 1880. Since then he has been more instrumental than any one else in building up the town. Previously he had been in the mercantile business elsewhere. Until 1885 he was in active charge of his store at Walker. Besides that he invested money in creameries in various parts of the county and worked hard to develop that branch of industry. When the town had enough business he organized the Exchange Bank, and ever since then has devoted most of his time to it. He has been one of the prime factors in making Walker a leading business point in the county. In furnishing the farmers a market for their produce he has done them a great and lasting benefit. In addition to the bank he owns a large cold storage house and is an extensive shipper of eggs. He is a part owner in the creameries at Walker, Center Point and Troy Mills. For three years he was postmaster at Walker. In politics he has always been strongly Republican, and has worked hard for the success of the party. He is broad minded and liberal in his views. While tenacious of his own opinions, he is always ready and willing to give due consideration to what others may think. In the campaign of 1880 he was a candidate for Representative on the Republican ticket. The majority for Boies for governor in the county was nearly 600. Mr. Nietert was defeated by less than a hundred votes, running 500 ahead of the state ticket. He belongs to two secret orders, the Masons and Odd Fellows. He is a faithful attendant of the Methodist church, being a member of that denomination at Walker. His nomination and election in 1893 came to him as a very gratifying recognition of the work he has done for the party in the past. Two years ago he was a member of the committees on insurance, banks and banking, private corporations, roads and highways, agricultural college. He was renominated this fall without opposition and re-elected by a larger majority than two years ago. Mr. Nietert has lately been elected president of the Iowa State Dairy association.
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