The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-29
BURLEIGH AND PILES
TWO rHoarsEsT MEN TO PORN A
PARTNERSHIP IN LAW.
The ouession. sswhaf VIII Burl~iSfs
no So~s- Answered - The New
Firm VIII Be Organized December
4. With Offices I'm the Burke Bniid-
of the Two.

Ths beginning Of the month OF December
will witness the Organization o. hrfn
q lawyers in this city that viii ufdofot-
efiiy make itself as conspicuous a. 4 arm
"a it, individual members have ~ tae
past II sggre.xtveress. as wei - ieGal
learning is 3 desirable quality then the
nsw firm Of BurIesgh & Plies will make
itself felt. as 81 possesses vsst resources
Of both.
Both Messrz. Bgrieggh and Piles have
had 70 fighs their way up to the enssabss
position they occupy IN the profession
The announcement has not been formerly
made aa yet. but II il understood that tie
new firm viii engage ia general practice.
and that they will occupy the present suite
OF Offices OF Dir. piles, whose position as
general counsel OF the Oregon Improve
. ent Company has demanded that be be
near the offices OF the general manager
ard superintendent. These offices are Oh
the third floor OF the Burke building. and
MIR purfeIgh viii retain. for a time az
least No. rs on the floor below, from
which the business & bis Msthow dis
trlef mines will De transacted.
Mr. BarIeigh first made himself con-
spicuoas a. an attorney while member OF
tho arn OF Metcalfe. Turner a. Burieigh.
which in 1sss occupied offices In Temple
Court on Third street NOW Third ave-
nuel between Cherry and James street
IN 1891 and a part OF lSsz he had offices
alone In the Safe Deposit building. and
during a part OF iS9 and issg he was a
member OF the firm Of Burleigh Gamble
Z Burlelgh. stiil occupying offices In the
Safe Deposit building. After the death OF
col j. 6. Haines. MIR. BurleIgh was made
general counsel OF the O. /. Company.
As Col Haines had been one Of
the leaders OF tbs bar and also OF the Re
publican party in the state, his successor
logically fell into the same lines How
well Mr. Burliegh has discharged these
functions Is a matter OF history.
When the turning up in Northern Pa
ei1c affairs made Afr. BurAigh the re-
eeiFer cf the road. Mr.. Piles was ap-
pointed general counsel Of the Oregon I'm
pr0vement Company. Before the receiy-
cFsnip plum len into Mr.. BnrieIgh's hat
10 was rRmored that the position OF gen.
srai counselor OF The Northern Pacific had
hren offered 80 him.
Af Piles IVES Il member OF the firm Of
Ronald a Piles. and occupied Offices in
tic Pioneer building until he went I'm the
oifices Of the Oregon Improvement Com
I'sny In the Burke building In a speech
made by himself one time Mr. Piles re-
viewed ais career from the time he put
goo into wheat crop IA Kansas that was
burnt up in a hot wind. Then he drifted
down INTO Arizona. where as IA farmer he
afnassed si0.oo. which he promptly lost
~ ventures tn Alaska. Then he came TO
Seattle with only s. In his pocket. From
Seattle he went TO Puyallup, where, ac-
carffEg TO his Own statement, he stood up
10 his waist In water for a week or two,
aud then slipped back to Seattle Since
actively engaged IN the practice of his
profession In this city Nr. Piles has
pushed himself BY hts splendid talents
and legal ability 10 the foremost rank OF
attorneys ia the state.
The firm Of Barleigh & Piles is a strong
one. and tho combination should do well.