The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16
YOU'LL LIKE HIM.

When on August 7, 1909, George w.
Hays was admitted to practice in the
United States district court and in the
( United States circuit court of Oregon,
he was raised to what we may prop
erly call the peerage OF the bar.
/ These new honors were the browning
consumation of ~ years of severe
study and painstaking practice of his
| profession by a man who has made
the law and It's illnesses his deities-
Geo. w. Hays, at your service.
While an Iowan by birth Mr.. Hays
is an Oregonian in every fiber of his
makeup, and the sort that Is satur-
ated with the best traditions and
aflame with its best spirit. For when
boy Of four he emigrated with his
parents from his native heath, Mar
ion county, Iowa, to Lane county, Ore
gon the latter then on the rim of the
/ fartherest frontier and consequently
removed from common school advan-
tages and kindred outgrowths OF civil
lization.
But his environment in whatever
else lacking developed a robust spirit
of self-relance which uobly served
MIN as his boyhood unfolded into man
hood and even to this day
The settlement in which his sire
squatted no sooner had handful OF
children of school age than their
hardy pioneer fathers built crude
log school house, and it was under its
roof that young Hays hued out what
education he could until his thirteenth
year. From this time onward he was
practically self-tutored, alike in the
rudimentary studies, In literary train
ing and in legal lore.
At IS he began the battle for bread
and a legal education. During the
winter months he taught school, and
followed the carpenters trade during
the summer months, and b,p'h - the
end that he might eventually become
a lawyer At &c Blackstone became
his bible and May 8, 1891, he ecame
wizard enough at spun-glass technical
tiles to be admitted at the bar, at Pend
Teton, Oregon. Previous thereto he
read law under c. A. Sweek and
Thornton Williams, both Of Harvey,
skilled veteran attorneys, at the men
ton of whose names his heart CLOVIS
with gratitude, for their timely hints
and particular instruction immeas-
urably smoothed his way to success.
From 60 to IA a point near Eugene
was his boyhood home. Thence to '88
he lived in Summer Lake, from
whence he moved to Harvey, then
Grant County, then in '93 to Burns
where he lived until removing to Vale
5 years ago. Arrived in Vale he
found that the towns chief posses
sion was a name, court house and
a little bunch Of people determined
upon building town. He hung out
his single, took off his coat and
went to work for George w. Hays
and Vale and vicinity. And the sum
total of his efforts are that he is rec
ognized today as in the very fore
front of the legal practitioners of
Eastern Oregon, and a lawyer who
will hold his own no matter against
whom pitted.
His ability as a lawyer, counselor
and advocate, the records of the
court room show accurately learned
and skilled in all the science of law
and pleading, he enjoys a reputation
surpassed by none and equaled by
Few as an alround practitioner. His
record at the bar for we'll nigh
score of years is as clear as crystal.
From 1898 to 1902 he was Register
of the U. S. Land Office at Burns, and
for three years he was Mayor of
Harvey
He is a Republican to the very
marrow, and during campaign
breaches the gospel of Republicanism
uncompromisingly and earnestly
everywhere everytime. A X. of P.
pin adorns his person.
Thus we find an A l attorney of
Vale, man who is the soul or gem
ialty, Il bevel-edged booster OF the
town he has and is doing yeoman
work IL shove in lta destiny George
w Hays.