Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-30

connected in a manner Just as siren
nous. just as absorbed and with just
as high feeling for his side OF the is
sue as would be expected from a boy
reared among the grim scenes Of a
civic strife.
His father was William r. Fall
and his mother. Edmonia Taylor.
both OF them representing old fami-
lies NJ the southland.
Education in those DAYS was far
from what II is now, and the war and
attendant DAYS Of reconstruct In
the south had made II even more dit
ficult to acquire because the people
were all so busy getting the wheels of
industry started after the struggle
and repairing the damage done by Il,
that they had small time for the fin
or side Of life. Because Of this AMI
other circumstances. young Alber.
had 10 be content with attendance at
the public schools of Nashville. with
/ er his parents had removed for parts
Of two terms, and with some further
instruction at the hands Of his faith.
or. and in private schools In Spring
field, Tenn, and in Pembroke Ky
two terms during which be attended
them aggregated only about twelve
months in all This was all the edu-
cation he ever received from others
As his age approached that OF ma
turity he began to see more and more
that there was a greater opportunity
for a young man In ? new country.
where the obstacles 10 be overcome
were constructive ones as compared
to the reparative ones then to be en-
countered in the south. and where
effort might 20 toward making some
thing new instead of repairing some
thing old which had been damaged by
the war Accordingly, he e'gigrated
70 the west and after spending sew
eral years In Mexico and Texas, he
came TO The new and unievelopei
Icourtry Of New Mexico.
On his arrival he took mp his resi-
dence in Kingston, Sierra county. aud
remainder there for a time. later go
Ing to Las Cruces. in Dona Ana coun.
". I'm Las Cruces he remainder for
the time up to 1904, when he remov.
ed to his present home az Salinas, or
Three Rivers
While living in Las Cruces. Mr.
Fall, not then appointed to the bench.
was much interested In mining, lam
boring and railroad development IN
the southwest Even before his com
ing, for two years he was interested
in mining In Lacatecas. Mex. and af-
ter he had come 10 Sierra county he
continued his interest in that indus
try until 1856. He began 20 practice
law In Las Cruces in 1889. having
completed enough of his education to
permit him to pass the bar e,amiua-
ton. ard having gained beside his
legal knowledge a considerable fund
Iof general education
/ Judge Fan has been associated
with some OF the most famous atfer-
news OF the New Mexico bar In part
ncrships and In the defense of legal
ISSUES The first year he entered
practice he became a member of the
firm Of Fan a Young at Las Cruces
Ten wears later he was a partner In
the firm of Fan n Long in the same
city I'm 1891 and 1892 he was a
member of The firm of Hawkins q
/ Fall. of Las Cruces and Eddy (Carls-
bad. In 1905 he became n member
of the firm Of Fan n Hampton. OF
Clifton. Ariy.. and from 1900 to 1904.
he was member of the III Paso firm
OF Clark Fall. Hawkins q Franklin.
He was one of the organizers OF the
Sierra Madre Land a Lumber Co, Of
MADEIRA. Mex, when that company
was organized for the late Colonel W.
! C. Greene, and was connected with
the organization OF various mining
companies In Mexico. mostly in the
states Of Chihuahua and sonora This
was In the years between lnol and
la1O.
One Of the largest organization
feats was that Of the Rio Grandc
Sierra Madre 4 Pacific railroad, o.
which he was made a vice president
and general COUNSEL He also mad a
prominent part in the organization of
the Sierra Nadrc x paafir railroad.
OF which be- was made president and
general counsel. An these companies
we're 10 operate In Mexico
As the organization OF certain OF
these companies was not Completed
until after the breaking down of the
health OF " G. Greene for whom
they had largely been undc taken. De
sold out his interests In them. and
turned again 70 The railroad and min
inc industries H. sold his interests
10 the syndicate formed by DR.. r. s
Pearson In seven years the company
with which JUDGE Fan was connected
at It's organization was worth an ar
crccate capital OF 5,0on.0ou
Judge Fall is not now an officer OF
any corporation.
lie Is solely Interested in his ranch
AZ Three Rivers or as tbr softer
Spanish tongue pst Il, Tres Ritos,
and there he has gone In for farming