The daily sentinel., 1906-12-31
.CASWELL
BANQUET
VERY BRILLIANT
Fitting Testimonial of the
Esteem in Which the Dis
tinguished Citizen is Held
ong to be Remembered

1t was most fitting that the MEM
bers of the bar of the seventh judic-
ial district. in which Judge Caswen
has practiceed so long. should unite
in rendering a testimonial banquet to
our distinguished citizen. before his
departure to assume the onerous dut-
les of the position of one of the jus
tices of the supreme court of Colo
rado, the highest position almost in
gift of the people of any state.
Ever since 1t was first proposed
that banquet should be given under
the auspices of the Mesa County bar
assosiation, of which Judge Caswoll
has been so long a member the local
attorneys have been anticipating the
event with the very keenest pleasure.
The banquet was held in this city
saturday night in the Margery hall
and was one of the most elaborate an
pretentious AFFAIRS ever given in the
/ city. For the event there had gather
ed distinguished guests from every
section of this judicial district and
from the ranks of the attorneys in
other districts. so that the assemblaEe
I was a distinguished one in evry par
ticular.
n The banqueting table was arrang-
e in the center of the beautiful hall.
in the shape of a square with one end
I open. The decorations of the hall
and the tables lent a heightened eff
feet to the brilliant scene. Magnifi-
cent cut flowers in huge vases were
/ placed at intervals on the tables and
4 the decorative effects of the tables
Il proper We're cut vines and ferns,
| sweeping the full length of the tabl-
es and INTERVIEWING among the crys-
| tai glass and silver of the table serv-
ice.
/ Immediately above the banqueting
board streamers of the national col
ors, strung from the four corners of
the splendid banqueting hall, met in
a huge bouquet, which gave addition
al coloring to the scene of beauty.
! The guest of honor and his guests
and the speakers were seated at that
portion of the table facing the west.
/ The toastmaster of the evening oc-
cupied the center of the board and to
! his mediate right Hon. Charles f.
| Caswell, the guest of honor. To the
right of Judge Caswell. Hon. John c.
Bell and Hugo Selig. district at
torney. To the left of the toastmas-
ter were Hon. Sprigg Shackleford,
newly elected judge of the Seventh
| judicial district. Judge Walter S.
Sullivan and Judge King of Delta.
the tables. the name of each guest
being given ON a place card, there be
ing about forty guests in all
The menu served was elaborate
and delightful, new dishes and most
palatable ones. being served in the
various courses, to which fun and am
pie justice was done, the conversa-
ton and repartee from one to the
other lending zest TO enjoyment of
the many good things especially pro-
vided to celebrate the extraordinary
occasion.
The guests sat down at the banquet
at nine O'Clock and remained in the
enjoyment and discussion of the deli
cate viands until after the midnight
hour. During all the courses of the
banquet delightful music was render
ed by Boyer's full orchestra. There
was nothing stiff or formal about the
arrangements. At times when some
patriotic air rendered by the orches-
ira and during the interval between
the serving of the courses of the
menu the assembled and ordinarily
staid guests, under the. stimulus of
the scene and the event being cele-
brated broke into song.
It was fully half after the hour of
midnight. when Toastmaster Wheel
er called the guests to order and the
speaking began. He recited the fact
of the cause of the banquet and ulo-
gistically referred to the distinguish
ed guest of the occasion. Closing in
a splendid testimonial, he called on
the first speaker of the evening, Hon,
]. S. Carnahan, who spoke to the
subject "Our Guests" Mr.. Carnahan
took up in n humorous and at times
pathetic manner the guests of the
evening, referring to them individual |
ly and to the professions or business
they represented. He gave an eX-
ceedingly apt response to his toast, |
sitting down amidst storm of ap-
plause.
The next speaker was the Hon.
John c. Bellh one time presiding |
Judge of the Seventh judicial dist |
rict and n distinguished member of |
the bar of Montrose. Judge Bell, be- |
cause of his long time residence and !
distinguished record as jurist and |
statesman. had been accorded the |
largest share of time at the dispos-
al of the hands of the toastmaster
He spoke most entertainlngly and re-
miniscently upon the theme assigned
to him THE 7th When / Was ledge"
He spoke perhaps for an hour and
there was not one dull minute of the
time of his response. He took the
guests back to the period of the first
judicial proceedings in this county.
his introduction to Judge Caswell his
regard for him through the years of
his residence in this city and his pro-
fessional career. He then spoke of
the early judicial history of the Sew
enth district and ended by graphic
description of the trial and convic-
tion and history leading up to the
Alfred Packer trial. Judge Bell, was
more than entertaining, he was his
torical and every word was given the
closest attention.
As did the others he closed his re
SPONGE with tribute to Judge Cas-
we'll
+. c. Howe. one of Telluride's
leading attorneys. gave an amusing
response TO the toast: Relation of
Bar to Law and Order" Mr. Howe ,
is n young man of brilliant parts and
he was applauded greatly at the close
of his terse and at all times delight
full response to his toast.
John r Barnett's absence. who
was to speak on "Timberline" was