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Show Miss Emerson's Appointment. Miss Nellie M. Emerson of San Francisco Fran-cisco was appointed a commissioner of the United States court of land claims a few days ago. The position is to some extent judicial. Commissioner Emerson Emer-son will take testimony as an examining officer and will decide whether the statements made before her are relevant, competent and material, or the opposite. Miss Emerson's appointment came about In this way. When Attorney Thomas Ball of Virginia was in California last rammer, Miss Emerson proved herself a very valuable assistant to him in hia investigations in-vestigations under the Indian depredations depreda-tions act. Together they made a tour ot inquiry from Eureka to Los Angeles, and when Mr. Ball returned to "Washington "Wash-ington he carried with him a high opinion opin-ion of Miss Emerson's abilities. Miss Emerson was born in Oakland, Cal., went through the high school and took additional courses in Maine and in Boston. She is an expert with the typewriter, type-writer, and for several years she has conducted con-ducted a typewriting business in San Francisco. The Daily Call of that city, from which these facts are obtained, commends the appointment and rejoices that a daughter of California i3 the first woman to hold the office. |