Total number of new members received, 117.

One applicant died prior to action upon his application, and one application was rejected by the Committee on Membership during the year.

The following applications are now pending:

Colorado Springs: Randolph R. Riley.

Denver: J. H. Burkhardt, Lee Champion, John W. Helbig, Edward C. King, A. J. O'Brien, Geo. Q. Richmond, F. W. Sanborn.

Fort Collins; Robert D. Hawley.

Lamar:

Pueblo:

Trinidad:

Herschel Horn.

Harry P. Vories.

Earl Cooley, A. F. Hollenbeck, H. D. McKissack.

Total applications pending, 14.

The Committee on Membership recommends that the by-laws be set aside and the above named applicants received by the Association into immediate membership.

DONALD C. MCCREERY,

Chairman.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LEGAL BIOGRAPHY

To The Colorado Bar Association:

The Committee on Legal Biography reports to the Association that during the past year the following named members of our Association have died:

CHARLES L. BLAKE, of Montrose,

MARTIN M. BURNS, of Colorado Springs,

WALTER F. DALY, of Denver,

RUSSELL W. FLEMING, of Fort Collins,

FRANK C. GOUDY, of Denver,

FRED HERRINGTON, of Denver,

W. C. HOOD, JR., of Brighton,

DAVID P. HOWARD, of Hot Sulphur Springs,

CHARLES H. REDMOND, of Denver.

We present herewith a written memorial of each of the deceased members.

As the Committee has from time to time called upon the various members of our Association to prepare these memorials, it has always been met with a spirit of willing co-operation. To the writers of these memorials, our thanks are due.

PETER H. HOLME, Chairman.

Charles L. Blake

By EARLE BRYANT, Montrose

Charles L. Blake was born at Silver City, N. M., August 24, 1876. When he was a small lad his parents moved to Montrose County, Colorado, settling on a ranch at Naturita. Charles attended the country school and finally entered the University of Colorado, taking a law course, and by industry and perseverance worked his way through college. Upon receiving his diploma he returned to the Town of Montrose and entered the law firm of Bell & Catlin. His ability soon won for him a place as partner, and the firm became Bell, Catlin & Blake. Upon the retirement of Judge Bell from the firm it became Catlin & Blake.

About 1918 or 1919 Mr. Blake retired from this firm and for a time practiced law alone at Montrose. Later he and Earle Bryant formed a partnership, the firm being Blake & Bryant.

Mr. Blake had a very large and varied practice, and was the owner of much property in the Town of Montrose. He was a member of Montrose Lodge No. 1053, B. P. O. E., and a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias.

Dying February 3, 1924, Mr. Blake left surviving him his wife, and a son, John Blake. In his death Montrose and the surrounding territory loses a pioneer citizen who had unbounded confidence in the growth and future of his community, and loses a lawyer of recognized ability and integrity.

Martin M. Burns

By SAMUEL H. KINSLEY, Colorado Springs

Martin M. Burns was born near Clio, a small town in Genessee County, Michigan, on January 15, 1881. During his youth he lived and worked on a farm, getting his early education at the district school of the vicinity. Later he became a student at the high schools of Clio and Flint. He was for a short time at the University of Indiana, then with a view of entering the diplomatic service he took a course in political science at Columbia University, New York.

Returning to his native state, he completed his legal education at the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1905. He began active practice as a clerk in the office of Brennan, Donnelly & Vandemark at Detroit. Owing to failing health he removed to Colorado in 1907, first taking up his residence at Manitou. He was admitted to the Bar of Colorado the following year. In 1909 he formed a law partnership with Michael W. Purcell. He became Deputy District Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District under District Attorney Joseph E. Ferguson, and four years later was appointed Assistant District Attorney under Mr. Purcell. Upon the latter's removal to Casper, Wyoming, in 1917, he became the office associate of Samuel H. Kinsley.

He was a member of the El Paso County, the Colorado and American Bar Associations.

1921.

Mr. Burns was married to Miss Ruth Mitchell, May 25,

He was of a singularly genial temperament that won for him the affection of a large circle of friends. Although for many years a sufferer from a wasting disease, he bore this affliction with fortitude and did his full share in professional and social service.

He was a good lawyer, a good citizen and a good friend.

Walter Francis Daly

By J. FOSTER SYMES, Denver

Walter F. Daly spent the best years of his life in the service of his country in times of war as well as peace, and gave it the

fuli same measure of loyal and conscientious service that a member of the bar would render a client. When it is considered that

in America public service is too often influenced by the varying fortunes of political parties that regard public office as the legitimate spoils of victory, this alone makes his life worth while, and his career a worthy example to the members of his profession.

Walter Francis Daly, born in Dayton, Ohio, February 21, 1866, died in Denver April 21, 1924, received his first schooling at St. Joseph's School, Dayton, Ohio, attended high school and college at St. Ignatius College, Chicago, and received his law degree at Georgetown University, Washington.

In October, 1888, he entered the service of the Government, in the commissary department, and served in that capacity later during the Spanish-American War, during which time he was stationed at Port Tampa, Florida. At the end of the war he was transferred to Chicago, and within a few months to Denver.

In 1906 he was made Special Assistant to the United States District Attorney for Colorado in charge of naturalization, and in 1914 became a regular assistant, and so continued to the time of his death.

Among the many important matters handled by him personally may be mentioned the well-known coal and timber land fraud cases, that resulted in the recovery by the Government of thousands of acres of coal land worth millions of dollars in Colorado. alone. During the late World War he rendered conspicuous service in espionage and food and merchandise profiteering cases. Another important and successful case that he handled was the Tse-ne-gat Indian murder case in 1914. His work in securing the evidence while on the reservation for the Government involved great personal risk.