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HON. ARTHUR HARRISON MOUNCE
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare resolutions commemorating the life and public service of the Honorable Arthur Harrison Mounce, state representative, reports as follows:
Mr. Mounce was born in Jewell County, Kansas, October 4, 1872, and died at a hospital in Ottumwa, Iowa, December 3, 1930. Burial was at Keosauqua.
He was taken by his parents, in their removal in 1874 to Van Buren County, Iowa, which continued to be his home during the remainder of his life excepting six years spent in Polk county, Missouri. His education was secured in rural schools and in the Keosauqua high school. He followed farming until he entered the office of the clerk of the district court of Van Buren county where he served as deputy from 1913 to 1917, as clerk from 1917 to 1923, and again as deputy from 1923 to 1927. In 1928 he was elected representative and served in the Forty-third General Assembly. In 1929 he formed a partnership with R. B. Rowley in editing and publishing the Keosauqua Republican in which work he was engaged at the time of his death.
Mr. Mounce had a pleasing personality and a host of friends. He was honored and appreciated by all who knew him. His life was given to the best interests of the district in which he lived.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Forty-fourth General Assembly, That in the death of Hon. Arthur Harrison Mounce, the state has lost a worthy and influential citizen; and
Be It Further Resolved, That this resolution of respect and appreciation be printed in the Journal of the House.
STANLEY WATTS,
Z. S. RATLIFF,
C. W. LAMB,
Committee
Unanimously adopted April 13, 1931.