Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1916 — Former Hoosier Lawyer Prospers In the West. [ARTICLE]

Former Hoosier Lawyer Prospers In the West.

That Dan W. Sims, attorney, who went from Lafayette to Los Angeles a year ago and began the practice of law, has struck it. ich was made known to his friends when Judge I. E. Schoonover received a letter from his son, who is U. S. district attorney for southern California. Sims has been appointed special master in sis oil land actions involving title to 160 acres of rich oil lands in the Kern county oil field. His fei s for 'this service will amount to about SIOO,OOO, according to Mr. Schoonover, and this is substantiated by a clipping from the Los Angeles Times, which in commenting o:i the appointment, made on recommendation of District Attorney Schoonover, says: “Previously to this, Mr. Sims had been appointed special master in five other oil land cases, and with his selection by Judge Blxlsee, it is believed that his fees from federal sources will amount to SIOO,OOO. Mr. Sims is an old friend of U. S. District Attorney Schoonover, both having infested the same ‘old swimmin’ hole back in Fountain county, Indiana. It is claimed that the oil taken out of the ground and involved in the settlement of the cases is worth at least $10,000,000.” Mr. Sims, was one of the bestknown attorenys in western Indiana and was prominent iii politics and in banking and insurance circles at Lafayette. Gus J. Catchfores returned today from a business trip to Chicago. Mrs. F. E. Rohrabaugh returned to her home in Lexington, Ind., today after visiting her sister, Mrs. James Wingard and family between here and Remington for a week.