Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-31
Lawyers Make Merry
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Mexico. He depiored the fact that
Oh the present rolls Of the assoeia.
tion there were 10 be found the
names of only seven Or the original
Twenty-Five members. He discuss.
ed the possible remedies for the lack
OF interest In the organization which
he attributed 10 q decline Of the 81,
prlt du corps among the members OF
the bar oyer The territory. This was
partially explained by the long dis.
~tances and consequent lack Of &C.
quaintance which characterized the
old days Of the circuit court.
The speaker declared that the Oh.
Iject of the bar association was 10
guard the honor and integrity and adj
vance the efficiency Of its members,
llts most unpleasant duty was IL weed
out the unworthy members Of the
bar md. more rarely, 70 auestion tho
action Of the judge He said this
bar association had been conspicuous
In suggesting and securing the enact.
ment of wise and beneficent iegis.
lation. II had been instrumental III
advancing the spirit OF friendship
and good Fellowship aa Illustrated by
the present occasion. All Its efforts
should lead TO one end. never more
needed than at this lime, that ol
~elesating the standard Of the legaI
profession In New Mexico.
United States Attorney W b. Chill
ders was called upon 10 respond t
the toast to The Metropolis Of New
Mexico. lilo spoke In a humorous
vein and left some doubt in his hear
ers minds as 70 whether he actually
considered Tesudne or Tucumcari Il
be the metropolis. Mr.. Childers re
lated how on the first day on Janu,
AIRY, 1880. be arrived at the Las Vegas
Hot Springs In search III the metropo
MS OF New Mexico. After n short
soJouTn at the old adobe hotel he
boarded a flat car and moved on, hay
Ing concluded that Las Vegas was not
the metropolis. In due time he landed
In a town which he believed To BIZ
Tesuque, but which he discovered III
time was SANTA he. Three months
s%ojourn there was sufficient TO con,
vince him that SANTA Re would never
be the metropolis. commercially speak
ing. though II might claim the dis.
tinetion or being the political metro.
polls, 50 he boarded O train for the
valley of tho Rio Grande and land,
ed In Albuquerque where he found be
could count The houses lii The new
town on his fingers.
He related his surprise Oh going Ii
Tucumcari TO attend q session Of
court, 70 find that they claimed ID
be the metropolis. He attributed
the metropolitan appearance of The
town. however. to the presence Of The
chief Justice OF the territory. Mr.,
Childers referred to Albuqueaue's re.
cent Invasion Of Las Vegas and as.
snred the people OF the Meadow City
Of a hearty reception when An the
near future they repeated the raid
upon the Duke City. In concluding
he admitted his inability to name the
metropolis Of the future state Of Ari
ozna.
Attorney W. g. Wrisley. Of Ration,
WAS called upon to respond 10 the
toast to the Gate City. The gentle
man stated. that being called upon
10 substitute for an absent member
he was necessarily %unpreparcd and
had only time 10 refer to the United
States census report for a few facts
IN regard 10 Ration. He had jotted
them down and proceeded 70 read
greatly 70 the astonishment OF his
hearers. They learned that Ration
the largest city In New Mexico, was
situated nn ,he southern slope of The
Rocky Mountain e1~ntInentai divide
The beat nf the o!sy waa enhanced
by M Rnton river which widencd
Just beyond Ration Into u heautifuI
lake some three Miles IN width. over
whose boEom iloated the heautIfu
launches ana yachts 81 the prosper
orr citizens Magnificent public
buildings ana private palaces attest
sd the commercial prosperity of Ra
ton. The manufacturing center u vi,
southwest. whose products were dis
~trihuted u tie little towns II tai
yegas and Albuquerque both BY wat
er and by run.
After finishing With the unltci
states ccnsus reports. me gcntiemai
proceeded @ spin a yarn aescripfiy,
of the founding of Ration which bal
flies description and must have beef
heard 10 have been appreciated
Attorney Hanm when called M
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