Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-22
ROOT
MAY SPEAK At
BAR Meeting
Association Officers May
Secure Noted Man to Ad.
dress Their Gathering
Meeting viii Be the Most In.
DOrtaDt Yet Held IN
North Dakota
Attorneys From All Over the
State Promise TO Be
IN Attendance


The annual meeting of the State Bar
association to be held in jamestown
September Bird and 4th promises to be
the most Interesting meeting Of the
association ever held in this state.
Every effort is being made by the
officers Of the association working in
conjunction with the Stutsman Coun-
ty Bar association to fill the two
days with exercises that will appeal
strongly to every member Of the
state bar.
On the evening of September Bro
at 7:30 o'clock a banquet will be ten
dered the visiting attorneyH An in
teresting program of toasts has been
arranged for, and during the curse
of the evening leading members of
the bar from different portions of the
state viii DISCOURSE upon subjects OF
vital and timey interest.
On the evening of September 4th,
a speaker of national reputation will
address the attorneys on al import
ant subject. President Green of the
association has been in communication
with Elihu Root, in an endeavor to
secure the Senator for this evening.
President Gregory of the United
States Bar association has also been
invited to be present, and n Of
the other of these distinguished citi-
zens will deliver the address.
The meeting of the bar at this time
is Of especial Importance, inasmuch
as it is the last meeting of the asso-
citation that will be held prior to the
session of the state Legislature and
new legislation and laws will be pro-
posed and discussed by the attorneys.
AT the last meeting of the associa-
ton the President appointed A. &c.
Divet, f. C. Hebron and John Knauf
as a committee on appellate practice
and procedure, and the report of this
committee will be thoroughly discus
sed and disposed Of. The srecommen-
datiOns of the committee suggest
changes in appellate procedure as
to details, and the simplifying Of the
procedure now in existence. The
matter of appellate procedure is Of
vital interest to all practicing attor-
neys.
AuoSh:r important mat: cf DIS.
cuss:c; al the coming meeting will
be the report of the special commit
tee on the charge Of judicial dis
tricts. The members of this commit
tee are w. s. Lauder, s. E. Ellsworth
and F. G. Heffron, and they have en-
bodied their suggestions in a valu-
abe report.
The committee on Jurisprudence
and law reform have also made a
report suggesting the enactment of
various beneficial avs.
Every effort is being forth by the
local bar to secure a large attend
ance, and invitations have been sent,
not only to members Of the associa-
ton, but to every practicing attorney
in the state, urging the presence of
as large a number of attorneys as
possible. An opportunity will be CIV
en- non.members during the meeting
to become enrolled on the member
ship of the association.
Already several prominent attor-
neys have indicated that they will
be present, and supreme and district
court judges have accepted invita-
tons. In some instances where Court
is in session judges have expressed
a Willingness to adjourn court SO that
opportunity to attend the sessions or
opportunity to atted the sessions of
the opportunity to attend the SEES.
sions Of the association.