Tonopah daily bonanza., 1914-12-22

Rarely has been witnessed a gath /
ering at the festal board of such a
brilliant galaxy of legal talent, en-
gagged in the practice Of mining law,
as was assembled last evening in the
Mizpah grill, where banquet was
given by the Nye County Bar asso-
citation, with as guests the attorneys
from abroad who were here to par
ticipate in the Jim Butler-West End
| litigation
H. R. Cooke, the new president of
the local bar association, officiated
as toastmaster and in unstudied but
inimicable fashion presented each of
the speakers. nearly all of whom had,
or professed to have had, no previ-
Gus notification.
To add to the delights of the elab-
crate cuisine, was excellent music by
Thomas and Parker's orchestra. In
stead of waiting until the final
courses for the eloquence of the oc-
casion, 1t began early in the progress
of the banquet. Judge Dickson, of
Salt Lake City, being selected as the
first to respond, he, as well as those
who followed, was given full latitude
as to his choice of theme. Very
briefly and pleasingly he compli-
mented the Nye County Bar associa-
ton and expressed, on the part OF
the other guests as well, the pleas
ure they had taken in associating
with them in this litigation as well
as socially.
Horatio Alling, once of Nevada
but now practicing in San Francisco,
paid a tribute to the desert land and
its people. Tonopah and its resi-
dents, particularly his professional
brethren, would always be cherished
in pleasant memory.
, Judge Curtis H. Lindley, noted au-
thority on mining law, made an ex-
: tended address on bar associations,
: For four years he had been president
he is considered as considerable o
scold, in that he takes every pos
= sible opportunity to lecture his breth
' rem on elevating the standard of the
: profession. Nor will | cease until
high plane of ethics is reached.
: He urged that attorneys work fol
: each other and for the public so that
the profession should attain to the
high standing which 1t should occupy
h The Judge, concluded his talk witt
an amusing description of his frs
case, which was tried many ant
: many year ago in the Reveille dis
:. trict. It is known in his own rec
! ords, but not appearing in any cour
- reports, as the Blue Jay case, ii
which no verdict was reached, be
cause of lack of foresight in select
. ing referee, as we'll as to the infiu
= ences exerted by the contents of thu
saloon in which the case was tried
Reference to the absent brethren
Of was feelingly made by ]. A. Sanders
IA who then changed his theme from
Iv grave to gay by relating severa
i stories that had not yet gathered tn
ID moss of antiquity.
Brief responses were made by tn
IL representatives of the press present
ID Judge Downer, of Reno, called al
% tention to the fact that there ar
more members of the Nevada bar, i
proportionate to enrolment, assoc
ated with the American Bar associs
x. ton, that any other state in tn
rs union, and made manifest how .thi
rs was due to a great extent to tn
a, efforts of Hugh H. Brown, of Tone
n. pah.
do Mr., Brown was then called upo
NO and he related incidents of the NEE
az ing of the association at Montrea
an realistically portraying the dignity {
the assemblage, telling also of hi
experiences when admitted to tn
supreme court of the United State
elk Referring to need for constitution
,,e and laws and their enforcement, h