Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-16
LAW SAY LAWYERS AT
 LUNCHEON
DANE COOLIDGE CLAIMS PRESCOTT HAS FINEST CLIMATE IN STATE; 2 ATTORNEYS SPEAK.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

Hat tiS puDliN OiiSHL lO ldhC tiiC same care in the construction of laws that IS taken in the construction of the court house or any building, for that matter, was the keynote of an address by Attorney E. s. Clark be- fore the Chamber of Commerce lunch con, yesterday noon, at which time the lawyers held the boards"
 So far, according to Clark, the peo- plc in the United States have entrust- cd the construction of their legal edi flee to men of no qualifications. He said the specifications by which our lands laws are shaped, are worked out by these unqualified legislators and the people, the latter by the in itiativc and referendum.
 Suppose someone would conc along and initiate a change in the court house." said Clark, and have this change carried into effect by vote of the people who do not understand the requirements of the structure. That is exactly what is happening to our legal structure all of the time. | we haven't suffered by it, it is only because we arc exceedingly for tunatc."
 After making several other similar analogies, Attorney Clark concluded his speech with an appeal for the in- dividual to obey the law for it is for him that the edifce of the law js erected.
 In short, amusing speech, Dane Coolidge, the author who is visiting in Prescott, said that ii he were to advise a person to go any place in the Hassayampa State, he would tell them to go to Prescott for the finest climate and the grandcst liars. "li the miners and prospectorS, who sit around a watcrholc II months in the year and come to Prescott for the other month, could write stories a easily as they can tell them, they would have me backed off the earth as a fiction writer" said Coolidge.
 Coolidge told the luncheon audi. cncc that he told his wife when they first arrived in Prescott, that he was sorry he was not tubercular so that he could come to Prescott to be cured. Local color for a mining story is Coolidge's interest in Yava- pal. according to his speech.
 Attorney T. c. Norris, who was the third speaker on the luncheon pro gram, said: Tt is the duty of the in dividual to enforce the law. All should be interested in the symmetry and sense of the legal ediice. It is the hypothesis that laws are made to meet the will and wishes of the pco- pie. The people must then uphold the integrity of that structure.
 "Wc are all never perfect nor will we agree" said Norris. The first railroad which was built was without regulation but as the system grew, numerous requirements entered into it which had to be obcycd. To regu- late mines as they are today" con tinucd the speaker, would have been great imposition or personal rights Is years ago.
 Throughout the country and State, we have legislation that seems burden" said Attorney Norris, "arG we complain about it. But it is worth while to know the facts before criti- cising the law or those who enforce it. Of the most serious importance at the present time, l believe, is .hC enforcement of the law regarding commerce - that of controlling the railroads, the telephones, and telc- graph. It is not only facing the coun- try but it is facing Prescott and this body today" he concluded.
 Judge r. O. Smith, who served as chairman, introduced W. w. Reed, 2 New York attorney, and w. 5. Nor veil, for years court reporter for Hav apai county but living for the present in Pinal county where he is court re- porter for that county.
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