FOREWORD This volume is an exact photo-reproduction of an original copy of The Denver Bar Association RECORD Volume 3 1926 This reprint is offered to enable Law Libraries to complete their collection of legal periodicals. The reproduction follows the original in every detail, and no attempt was made to correct errors and defects in typography. Buffalo, N. Y. December, 1952 DENNIS & CO., Inc. THE DENVER BAR ASSOCIATION RECORD PUBLISHED MONTHLY VOL. III DENVER, JANUARY, 1926 No. 1 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD Judge Cunningham of COLORADO SPRINGS? Do you know his “rep” for If So you'll be at Regular Luncheon Meeting Chamber of Commerce If Not YOU CAN'T MISS THIS CHANCE The a private attorney may have been able to get a fee, but this has been A few Denver Bar Association Record avoided as far as possible. Our Legal Aid Society will need $500 with which to close the calendar year, according to a plea recently sent out to lawyers by Harry C. Green, its secretary and general attorney. The members of the Bar have not fully raised their quota, as set by the executive committee of the society and of the bar association, Mr. Green's letter sets out, in asking contributions to help meet the needs. The letter points out that but eightyfive attorneys have thus far contributed, amounts ranging from $5 to $50. There have been a few attorneys who have criticised the Society on the ground it has taken cases where fees have been paid by parties after recovery, but the particular cases had been sent to the society by an attorney who had investigated, and felt he could not handle it under the circumstances. If the society is adequately financed, the officers say it will not be necessary to take any case that has a fee connected with it. The fees thus far have been turned into the treasury to help reduce the deficit now existing. The original purpose of the Society is to take over as many charitable cases from attorneys as possible, thus relieving them of this burden. Small contributions from all the members of the Bar Association would make this possible. NEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE The following lawyers, appointed recently by President Butler, have agreed to serve as an advisory committee to the board of editors, and to assist in compiling interesting and instructive material for the Record: Cass M. Herrington, Chairman. Victor A. Miller Mason Lewis Ralph McCrillis Milton Smith, Sr. Harold H. Healy Charles R. Brock From time to time we shall print articles and reviews gathered by them in a varied field. JOE JAFFA FALLS Joseph S. Jaffa, formerly Denver's most confirmed bachelor, and incidentally a lawyer, recently fell victim to the marriage game, we are informed by the daily press. We cannot assume responsibility for publishing this notice, since several subscribers have already warned us it can't be true. Brother Jaffa is said to have organized the first really successful bachelor club in Park Hill. VALUABLE BOOKS AVAILABLE The Record is in touch with a Denver lawyer who has a set of L. R. A., New Series, as well as the Old Series. Three digests come with the old, and two with the new. Call the secretary of the Bar Association for further information. Happy New Year The Record greets you. It wishes you a happy and prosperous new year. The Record is starting upon its third year. We believe that it can be made to serve a useful purpose. It will keep you in touch with Bar Association activities. A regular feature will be Mr. Joseph C. Sampson's interesting reviews of the addresses delivered at our meetings. We hope to publish from time to time communications from the chairmen of the various committees concerning committee activities. The judges of the local district, county and juvenile courts, and the justices of the peace, have been requested to furnish for publication in each issue statements of some of the more important law points decided by them during the month. The points will be stated with the brevity, though not necessarily in the form, of syllabi. An advisory committee has been appointed to assist the board of editors in gathering and selecting available material for the Record. The publication is not one for pecuniary profit. It is your publication. Whether it is a success or a failure largely depends upon you. We solicit your active co-operation. What interests you will no doubt interest your fellow members. If you have any suggestions to make concerning the administration of justice, civil or criminal, or concerning the new court house, or legal aid work, or small claims courts, or the public defender, or the library, or the Bar Association Record, or a schedule of fees, or Bar Association meetings, or the relation of the press to the administration of justice, or concerning any other subject within the scope of Bar Association activities, or if you have interesting reminiscences, write them down and send them to any member of the board of editors or of the advisory committee, or to the Ordisecretary of the Association. narily a paper should not exceed 1,000 words. At the beginning of the new year we fill our glass with sparkling mountain water (nectar of the Gods!) and drink to each and every one of you this toast, in the words of our old-time friend, Rip Van Winkle (as played by Jefferson): "Here's to your good health, and your family's good health. May you live long and prosper." The "Long" Dinner Like the voice of the prophet crying in the wilderness comes the clarion call of United States Senator Chester I. Long, president of the American Bar Association, for a return to fundamental American principles of liberty and government, from which he made it clear we had wandered far afield. Scheduled for an address on the subject of the proposed Denver meeting of the American Bar Association at the bar dinner given in his honor at the University Club on December 15, Senator Long dropped a verbal bombshell amid the assembled lawyers and, in a stirring speech such as we have seldom heard, called upon them to awake and gird their loins for the fight to preserve our American system of government. Dorsey Extends Invitation President Butler introduced Clayton C. Dorsey as the toastmaster of the evening. Mr. Dorsey said that Senator Long's high fame and great accomplishments as a lawyer and thinker made it appropriate to dispense with the formality of introducing him and that he would, therefore, introduce the company to the distinguished guest. He referred to the assembled company as the representative lawyers of Colorado and declared that there were none better to be found anywhere. He then referred to the possibility and probability of the American Bar Association's holding its convention in Denver in 1926 and said that the meeting was held because Denver lawyers not only wanted to pay their respects |