Show I IT WAS A BATTLE OF F BRILLIANT LEGAL LIGHTS ON EITHER SIDE About two years after the association was organized it became involved in one of the greatest legal battles ever fought in the west The late O. O W. W Powers and an array of distinguished associates associates asso asso- crates representing about twenty clients commenced action action action ac ac- tion against the association and its officers for S damages The opposing group consisted of C. C S. S Varian known as one of the greatest lawyers in the west and about half a dozen other attorneys of reputation The very life of the association was at stake There was a ahot ahot ahot hot time in the old town Well sir the brilliant Powers Po was licked to a frazzle frazzle and and that was going some The business men were jubilant They lined up shoulder to the wheel and the successful litigation gave impetus to the association |