The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-08
MONTANA LAWYER
WINNING SUCCESS
A. j. SHORES NOW ONE OF THE
LEADING ATTORNEYS OF
NEW YORK CITY.
With His Partner Is Enjoying An In
come of Several Hundred ThCu-
sand Dollars Year; Was Connect
ed With Great Northern and Anal
gamated Company in Montana.

In the early zoos there came to
Montana young man whose ability
in legal way had attracted atten-
ton in the law department of the
Great Northern Railway company, at
st. Paul, and who was sent to Great
Falls to take charge or the railroads
interests in what then was relative
ly unimportant territory This was A.
j. Shores, who secured his legal edu-
cation by studying at nights, and who
developed one of the most remarkable
legal minds in the United States. To-
day, a member of the New York law
firm of Chadbourne q Shores, he is
considered second to none as cor
poration lawyer.
The firm of ChaGbourne & Shores
is in the limelight just now in con-
nection with the misunderstanding
which has arisen between the Rem
ington, Winchester, Union Metallic
Cartridge, Midvale Steel and Ordin-
nance and other great corporations
engaged in manufacturing rifles and
the British government. MIR. Shores
and his partner are the legal repre-
sentatives of the companies involved,
and have conducted the negotiations
with the British and Russian govern
ments.
Savel Clients Fortune.
The companies mentioned contract
ed to furnish 100000 rifles to the
allies. AS the weeks and months
rolled by it has become evident that
the only single branch OF war supply
production in which American manu-
facturers have been disappointed has
been the making of rifles. The Amer
lean arms manufacturers were not
equipped to handle contracts of such
magnitude, and when the inspectors
for the British and Russian armies
began rejecting thousands of the ri
files turned out, the Americans saw
that they were in for big loss. The
matter was taken up with the two
governments by Mr.. Shores and his
partner, with the result that salts
factory understanding has been
reached. The British and Russian
governments have agreed to fully
reimburse and protect each company
as to it's expenditures. The COM
panies, on their part, have agreed to
furnish 100000 rifles on this basis,
and for an additional 1 100000 rifles
are to receive fair profit. The ar
rangement is considered as triumph
for Mr.. Shores and his partner, as the
situation looked extremely gloomy for
the rifle manufacturers.
Mr.. Shores parents, who lived in
small Minnesota town, were without
means to educate him, and after he
had completed the course in the local
grade school, they endeavored to per-
suade him to go to work in his ia
theirs blacksmith shop. He declined,
however, and worked his way through
high school. Then, still ambitious for
further education, he earned enough
money to carry him through the nor
NAL school by teaching school and
lecturing in small towns on insect
life, study which fascinated him.
Was Counsel for Amalgagated.
Having completed his normal
school course he proceeded to get
married and took his bride to st.
Paul, where he secured employment
as a clerk in the law department Of
the Great Northern. His salary was
small and his tastes were not in keep
ing. lie liked to dress We'll and he
wanted all the luxuries of life. Fur
thermore he had confidence in him
self and was absolutely sure of his
future. BY hard studying of law
books at night, and by close observa
ton of what was happening in the
railroads legal department, he soon
absorbed the principles of law, and
his brilliat mind operated like a steel
trap in grasping a situation. His To-
gical mind and keen analysis of any
problem attracted attention. When it
was determined ITO put man in
charge of the legal work in Montana
for the Great Northern, Mr. Shores
was chosen. He made a wonderful
record and was eventually drawn into
the service of the Amalgamated Cop
per Mining company as chief counsel
for the company at salary of $685.,
600 per year. After several years
service in this capacity, he went to
New York and associated himself
with Thomas l.. Cladbourne, a noted
corporation attorney. Today Mr.
Shores fees from his clients, who are
the giants of the business world,
amount to hundreds of thousands of
dollars year.