George H. Stillman of Council Bluffs, Iowa came to North Dakota in February 1910. He had been practicing law since 1886 and admitted to the bar in the states of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and New York as well as North Dakota. It is believed that he practiced for about a year and a half in Courtenay before establishing his partnership with Attorney W.E. Hoopes in Carrington. During that time he was also associated with Hoopes and Homer Postlewaite, formerly with the Foster County State Bank, as purchasers of the Carrington "Pop factory". The business managed by Postelwaite was incorporated for $10,000. It was sold later in 1910 to Thomas White of Birtsell Township.

Attorney Stillman continued his law practice with Hoopes until 1917 when he sold his interest in the collection business to him. He left to establish a practice in Minot. He was found shot to death in his Minot office in August 1921 under mysterious circumstances. The first report was that he had committed suicide but the coroner's jury concluded that his death must have been by persons unknown and not a suicide.

Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 220