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Show 4 7 TH H ARGUS. capstone to the beautiful structures of learning that have been reared and dedicated to the intellectual advancement of the masses in all The demands for its are so great that its erection parts of the city. should be delayed no longer. As an institution it is distinctively the — panne pen college of the middle and poorer classes—the vestibule of learning that leads to the vast storehouse of knowledge to be found in that still higher educational institution, the State University. RW s ae In none of the fields This is an age of unparalleled advancement. of progress is this fact more patent than. is that of higher education. By the influence of rapidly disseminated intelligence darkness is And as it disappears the being driven from the minds of mankind. This value of colleges and universities are more and more appreciated. is true of Salt Lake City and Utah, as it is of the older commonThe University of Utah is wealths in different parts of the country. It is an institution that is dear to the an attestation of that fact. Many of her brightest sons hearts of the people of the new State. and daughters drank deeply from the fountains of knowledge within its walls. It had its birth in an enactment of the provisionai government It is legally recognized as the head of the State of Deseret in 1850. Its curricula is a continuation of of the public school system of Utah. The only normal school the work of the common and high schools. maintained in Utah, under the public school system, is united with The chemical and physical laboratories of the latter the University. are equipped with some of the best apparatus ever manufactured. This is used principally in the Deseret Museum building, the depository of vast and valuable museum collections, some of the specimens of which are used in the teaching of geology, mineralogy, lithology, paleontology, has university The metallurgy, zoology, botany and archaeology. stepped into the first ranks of similar institutions. It is very ably presided over by James E. Talmage, D. Sc. D., Ph. D., F. R. S. (Edin.), F. G. S., who, with a competent board of regents, directs its affairs. B Besides the free public school system, a brief idea of which has been given, Salt Lake has a number of excellent denominational institutions such as St. Mary’s academy, the Latter-Day Saints’ college, All Hallows This class of institutions is to be further augcollege and others. mented in the near future by the founding of the Sheldon J ackson college, the site of which has already been purchased in one of the most dsirable parts of the city. Its erection will be another valuable acquisition to the intermountain West, as its promoters promise that it But this is not all the city has shall be high-grade in ali respects. time fifty or sixty do 90 per cent of the business, and at least a hundred of those whose names are on the rolls must have a hard struggle to get along, not, however, owing to tack of ability so much as a paucity Among the younger members of the bar there are many in litigation. bright and promising men who will yet make their mark in the world and a name in their profession. & ay % The changed conditions brought about by the advent of Statehood affected the judicial system probably more than any other branch of Under the Tervitorial plan the courts and the the State government. machinery provided for their working Zuil2d to keep pace with litigation, and the consequence was that, in this district at least, court business was more than two years in arrears on January ist, last. In removing the debris of the Territorial condition and of remodeling the legal system the working capacity of the courts has been more than doubled, and as the amount df new litigation undertaken within the past year has been remarkably 3mall it may reasonably be expected that in the course of another year the work of the courts will be brought up to date, and that thereaftar the law’s delays will be very materially lessened. * s + The State is now divided into sev2n judicta) districts and nine judges do the district court work, which hitherto was attempted to be done by four. The district judges are relieved of Federal cases and they are not required to sit in banc as 2 court of appeals, as was the case under the Territorial conditions. The probate Dusiness has been added to their duties, but that is small when compared with the increase in their number, the relief from Federal cases and from appellate duties. on ae we The provision that all causes arising in any county must be tried in that county will have the effect of centralization. Salt Lake, Ogden and Provo hitherto have been the chief centers of litigation in the State, and there the lawyers congregated, tut in future the county town in each county will be the center of its legal business, and wh‘le now in about twenty of the twenty-seven counties composing the State there are no lawyers, the new order of things creates an opening in each of these hitherto lawyerless counties for from two to eight or ten young lawyers. This bringing of the courts within easy access of clients will without doubt have the effect of increasing legal business generally, but it will also have the effect of reducing the number of lawyers required in Salt Lake and the other two or three centers where JUDGES OF THE THIRDJUDICIAL "DISTRICT. OGDEN to offer its sons and daughters in the hope that they become pillars of There are a number of strength and agents of usefulness in society. well equipped business and shorthand colleges, gymnasiums and reading-rooms where leisure moments can be profitably passed and where the mental, moral and physical endowments of its people may be deThe metropolis of Utah is fast becoming a recognized educaveloped. tional center and the time is not far distant when it will be able to As Brooklyn furnish thé whole intermountain West with teachers. enjoys the distinction of being the city of churches, so let it be known that Salt Lake is a city of schools. JOHN EB. HANSEN. The Judiciary and Bar of Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake bar has the reputation throughout the country east and west, of being, in proportion to its numerical strength, one of the This is true today, but fi was equally true and ablest bars in America. Then there were only about more apparent in the ante-boom days. sixty practicing attorneys and counselors in the city, as against over two hundred on the list today, but among those sixty were some of the _ brightest minds and most astute lawyers of the land. There was probably not a scrub or a pettifogger among them, and nearly all were Among the greatly above the average in ability, probity and honor. members of what is now called the “old bar” were, of course, some of those who stand in the front ranks of the profession today, othe:s have passed to the bar of the high court of heaven, and a few have An fdea of the caliber of ‘ne old bar moved away to other cities. may be formed from a glance at a few of the individual and firm naines which it included, such as Moses Kirkpatrick. Bennett, Marshall & Bradley, Brown & Henderson, Marshall & Royle, Judge Chas. S. Zane, Merritt & Roseborough, Judge Sutherland, W. A. Dickson, C. S. Varian, C. F. Loofbourow, W. C. Hall, Robert Harkness. J. W. Judd, Judge Powers, Rawlins & Critchlow, F. S. Richards, Le Grand Young, Judge Hiles and others of equally high standing. Some of these are men of National r2putation and authors of legal Foremost works which are recognized as standards in the profession. among them is Judge Jabez G. Sutherland. The boom brought an fessions and of this influx desirable acquisitions and that the average excellence os as influx of new blood into all trades and proSome of those were the bar got its shar». others were not, the general effect being of the Salt Lake bar was reduced, and out of the two hundred attorneys and practicing lawvers here at the present L. RITOHIE. over the the district courts formerly were held and distributing them built yet not have who iawy2rs, young affords This State more evenly. various the of seats county the in settle to ty up a practice an opporuni Judge J. G. counties and establish themselves in lucrative businesses. the bar assoSutherland in his address at the last annual meeting of to the young ciation. in referring to this subject, Polonious like, gave result cf men of the profession the following words of advice, the sense: sound and mature wisdom I say “Young men of the profession, here is your opportunity. iately entered young men, because they are nearly foot-loose, having in a new the forensic field, and they are of the proper age to settle Older lawyers have a footing in the business of the counties place. The young lawyer who is where they have long been established. no mistake when he avails make will on professi his in rise to s ambitiou t in himself promptly of such an opening to make himself prominen of general the utilities of his profession in a new county where 2 court Go out to these counties and jurisdiction is now first to be organized. not to proyou will find ample scope for skill and versatile ability; go ed rather mote litigation; that comes naturally, and should be restrain servicelearning and talents your make to out Go ed. encourag than them aid and fairness us scrupuio with them Advise able to the people. If they must have to reach their laudable ends with the least expense. fidelity. lawsuits to attain them, serve their interests with honor and You If you are studious and have a goodly measure of worldly wisdom, you win will be one of the people and a leader among them s0 soon as for a that deference and respect which everybody ‘instinctively fesls youridentify country, the with up Grow trusted. be can who superior be p10 selves with its home interests, and you will in the early future Many of yur cases wiil find fessional leaders and representative men. your their way to the Supreme court, and you will be sent to represent ‘Thus you will have a sphere counties and districts in the Legislature. and of expanding opportunity to leave the impress of your learning also forensic ability not only upon the jurisprudence of the State, but to contribute much to improve the laws by judicions legislation. “In such a new field you will be put largely on your own mental To sucYour practice will beget courage and self reliance. resources. ceed requires study, reflection, caution.” x % & govThe Judiciary of the country and of all countries where free ernments exist is the great bulwark which stands between the people Any system of laws, however excellent, must be inert and oppression. “The highest and futile if the judges are weak, vacillating or corrupt. judicia] office should be so guarded and hedged that only the good and ==" pot ha n ie theme e ~ - at ~— @ MORRIS JOHN JA, STREET. 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