Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-08
Law CONCERN
PRAISES JUDGE
West Publishing Company Of st.
Paul Writes Complimentary Let.
ter to Judge J. l.. Kamrar
Of This City.
OCCASION OF HIS RETIRACl
Judge Kamrar has Been Practicing
Law in Webster City Since
Year 1871.

A life we'll lived bears the fruits of
it's own reward. Judge J. L. Kamrar,
who, after nearly half century
spent in the practice of law, recently
gave up further active participation
in his profession, is reaping some OF
these marks of appreciation.
The West Publishing Company of
st. Paul, Mimi, a concern dealing in
law books, has written him the fol-
lowing very complimentary letter:
Dear Sir: We have your good let
ter informing us that, being past sew
enty-five years of age, you are retir-
ing from the practice and turning
your office and library over to anoth-
er.
If our records may be relied upon,
you have been practicing since 1871.
One who has served his community
in the capacity of counsel for almost
BALI a century is surely entitled to
pass to younger shoulders the bur-
den of responsibility.
Patron % Years.
Our records tell us also that you
have been buying law books from us
for a quarter of century. That a
lawyer who has thus tested our pub
LEGATIONS and business methods is
moved to testify to their high and
helpful character" is gratifying Sand
we greatly appreciate the kindly i'm
pulse which prompted it.
II know what the law isl your let
ter continues, shut am often unable
to find it, and there is where you
help" We quote these words from
your letter because they go straight
to the point. Unless business house
serves it's patrons effectively It Is not
entitled to expect their patronage.
and when it does so serve them its
business rests on a firm foundation.
Trusting that what the future
holds in store for you may more than
fill the measure of your best expec-
tations, we are, with highest regards,
Very cordially and sincerely yours,
WoS+ prhli chipp NnD1nonV
Judge kamrar's Record.
A brief resume of Judge Kamrar's
life record during the period he
achieved his successes in law, is not
only of interest but is an example OF
what close application, untiring en-
ergy and a thorough mastery of the
duties at hand, will profit man.
In 1870 Mr.. Kamrar entered into
partnership with the late Judge D. D.
Miracle in the real-estate and alb
stract business. During this period
he devoted much of his time to the
study of law, having previously read
Blackstone, and when he had largely
mastered the principles of jurisprud-
ence, he was admitted to the bar in
Hamilton county in 1872.
Immediately afterward he began
the practice of his profession, where
in he was designed to rise to an hon
orable and prominent position. The
young lawyer, in his contests with
older and experienced men whose
reputation and patronage were al
ready assured, found it hard school,
but it afforded excellent training. He
has always been known as hard
working lawyer, very thorough and
painstaking in the preparation and
trial of his cases.
Mr.. Kamrar was elected mayor OF
Webster City in 1879, again in 1916
and in 1881 was elected to the state
senate, serving in the nineteenth and
twentieth general assemblies with
credit and honor to himself and his
constituents. He has been promi-
nently mentioned as a candidate for
congress and for governor. Since
then he has served upon the bench
of this district court, ably filling his
position.
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