The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-18
Place Of Next Meeting-James.
: town.
Tlme-Second Tuesday in Sep.
TENDER, 1907.

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Someone has said that the best nat
ured crowd of people in the world are
the members of the legal fraternity.
Whether the remark applies to all is
not certain but it certainly does to the
members of the Statet Bar association
of North Dakota which is holding it's
annual session in this city today. Aside
from the dignified and intelligent looks
of the members, they are always in
a good humor and never have anything
but the kindliest feelings for all hui
manity, except the country justice
who renders adverse opinions against
the questions of the law he never
heard OF.
The executive committee met last
night and selected the place for the
next annual meeting and fixed the
time. jamestown, which recently has
swiped Minots rabbit foot, was there
not only with an invitation from the
Commercial club asking that the next
meeting be held in that city. but guar
anteeing the members the best time
they ever enjoyed. The claims of
jamestown were presented by Oscar
j. Seller and S. E. Ellsworth of the
bar of that city, and to say that they
were equal to the occasion would be
mildly stating a strong fact. Seller
is the same gentleman who went to
Fargo last spring and carried the re-
publican state convention home in his
vest pocket with as much ease and
grace as a young man could escort
his best girl home after the opera. At
the bar association the gentlemen did
not present single fact which they
were not prepared to back up just as
g If they were presenting a question of
law to the supreme court or trying
of fact before jury They were in
earnest and realized that they could
make good on every proposition adj
vanced. The result was that they had
no trouble in securing a gathering
which will be of immense benefit to
their city. jamestown certainly knows
who to send out when it desires to cap
ture convention. 1t made no mis-
take in the ones it sent after the next
meeting of the bar association. They
their green bags.
2 o'clock this afternoon in the court
room of the court house, with Presi-
dent Libby in the chair and Secretary
Thomas recording the words and deeds
of the great men which constitute the
body.
The work this afternoon was rather
formal. consisting of the report of the
executive committee, and those of the
secretary and treasurer These re-
ports reviewed the work of the pre-
ceding year in all its phases and
showed that the membership had in
creased during that time about 100
per cent. The financial condition of
the association was satisfactory and
while the surplus was not large, the
work had been completed and all ac-
counts practically paid.
OF more than passing interest was
the report of tn committee of which
Judge Corliss was chairman, on the
death of Seth Newman and r. E. Ma
clay. These resolutions dwelt in strong
terms upon the professional life and
ability of the two men who had been
called to the great court of the uni
verse, and showed in a remarkable
manner the esteem in which they we're
held by those with whom they were
most intimately associated.
Another matter which elicted con-
siderable discussion was that of the
report Of a special committee which
was appointed at the last meeting of
the association for the purpose of pre-
pairing biographies of the members of
the bar who have been influential in
shaping the destinies of North Dakota
from the territorial days to the pres
ent time. 1t is the sentiment of the
association that the work which these
men did in moulding the government
of the state and carving the greatest
commonwealth of the nation from the
wilderness, SO far as courts and laws
were concerned, should be perpetual
ed in the records of the association.
The committee had not prepared their
report and after considerable discus
sion the matter was continued
At the time of going to press the
matter under consideration was the
report of the delegates to the Amer
lean Bar association which met in st.
Paul. The report was an elaborate
and interesting one fully covering the
meeting, from which the following ex-
cerpts are taken:
The Twentieth annual meeting of
the American Bar association is now
matter of history. The three days
session which closed on August 31st
last, was perhaps among the few sue
cessful, If not the most successful
meeting in the annals of the associa-
ton.
The meeting was called to order in
the house of representatives in the
beautiful new capitol building of the
state of Minnesota in st. Paul, by the
president. George r. Peck of Chicago.
The hall was filled to the doors with
as notable an assembly of legal talent
as the northwest has ever ssen The
sombre tone given to the assembly
by the modest colored clothing of the
lawyers was relieved here and there
by the bright and beautiful dresses of
the women who had been given seats
on the floor O fthe chamber. The gal
leries were also we'll filled with visit
ors of both sexes.
raignment of overlegislation. whose
aroused by sensational newspapers,
which they can either sell or trade,
IuC oNct "ccHulS diuUiIioH VI cAcCu-
tives to procure laws which will carry
out their personal aims and the yearn-
ing of amateur legislation to connect
their names with some new law us a
stepping stone to further political ad-
vancement. 1t is great vista of con-
fusion which he opens up before us,
but to look for a moment at the other