The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-08
MASS LEGAL
TALENT FOR
N.D.BAR MEET
Bismarck Barristers Will
Speak Before State Bar
Association
GOVERNOR ON PROGRAM
Chief Justice Christianson
Will Read Paper on An
drew jackson
GOVERNOR ON PROGRAM

Fargo. n. D.. Sept. s.--DeleGates
from practically every city in the
state, including prominent jurists
and state officials. are arriving in
Fargo today to attend the two day
annual convention of the North Da-
kota bar association which will open
here tomorrow. A special reception
is planned Wednesday for GovCror
A. G. Sorlie and Royal S. Stone. jus
tice Of the Minnesota supreme court.
Prominent speakers will include r.
F.. Wenzel of Bismarck. secretary
treasurer Of the state organization; /;
V. r. Lowell. president of the Cass
county bar association. who will give
the address of welcome; c. l.. Young
Of Bismarck, vice president of the
state body, who will respond; l.. +:
Birdzcll, supreme court justice of
North Oak ota; District Judge \. G..
Burr; A. w. Cupler of Fargo, presi-
dent of the state association.
Of special interest will be a
speech on "The Trial Of Andrew
johnson" by A. NJ. Christianson. chief
Justice Of the North Dakota supreme
court.
Discuss Codes
Important topics to be discussed
include criminal law, uniform state
laws, probate code, revision Of codes.
internal affairs. and a code of ethics
for members Of the association.
Governor Sorlie will speak on 'The
Bar Association and the State
w. J. Nolan, Of Minneapolis, Lieu
tenant governor Of Minnesota, will
discuss 1--WE, the people"
S. F.. Ellsworth. jamestown attor-
ney, in connection with his discussion
of "A code of ethics, will advocate the
immediate enactment into the state
laws of the standards of the legal ed
ucation recommended by the Ameri-
can bar association.
Other speakers on the two day pro-
gram include Horace Bagley, Sveinb-
iorn Johns on, North Dakota supreme
court Justice; w. c. Green. II. A
Bronson, w. +. Burnett, John II
Lewis, George F.. Shafer, attorney
general of North Dakota; II. F. Hor-
ner, F. r. Cuthbert. S. d. Adams, L.
ID. Nosdal and f. B. Goss.
Pick Fargo Man
Fargo, Sept. S.-Aubrey Lawrence
| of Fargo, senior member Of the firm
Of Lawrence, Murphy and Niles, was
elected vice president of the Amerl.
can Bar association for North Dako-
ia, at the convention Of the associa'
tion at Detroit, Mich, last week.
Lee Combs of Valley City was
chosen general counsel, North Da.
kota's representative on the national
board of counsels, and five other at
torncys of this STATE were named to
prominent offices.
,, Other state lawyers honored are
John Knauf, Jamestown; John keo'
hene, Beach: Benton Baker. Bis.
marck, and w. A. Mcintyre, Grand
Forks, all chosen members of the
district counsel board which recon-
mends admission to the bar.
Twenty-Five hundred attorneys rep
resentng practically every state in
the union were in attendance at the
convention, Mr.. Lawrence said Mon.
day on his return. He asserted the
association favored that aliens about
to become American citizens should
be fully QUALIFIED in the language of
the constitution and its spirit.
A. w. Cupler. president of the
North Dakota Bar association, will
return to Fargo tonight from De-
troit.