1926-1928 - Poor Attendance       During the next three years, the records of the Association are practically bare of any events that might interest us today. By 1927, the Council had managed to divest itself of the Association’s interests in real estate, and was able to point with pride to viable assets in the amount of $4,000.00, all invested in government bonds. In that year, Mr. P.N. Johnson succeeded Mr. Mitchell as Secretary-Treasurer and Registrar, and to the researcher trying to decipher the field notes of the meetings of that era, the change in handwriting is a distinct relief. Only two new members were registered during this period, while Mr. R.W. Cautley and one or two other old-timers retired from active practice. Each year and for many years thereafter, the Publications Committee reported that there was not sufficient material to warrant the publication of an annual report. Meanwhile, the membership of the Association was dwindling and attendance at the annual meetings was poor, notwithstanding the facts that the Association as a body not only took care of the entire costs of the annual dinner and entertainment but also since 1924 had paid half the amount of any travelling costs in excess of $5.00 that any member might incur in coming to the annual meeting from outside the city in which it was held. This indifference towards the affairs of the Association was a cause of concern to the Council, so much so that in his address to the 1928 Annual Meeting, the President suggested that any member who failed to attend ought to suffer a fine of $15.00. This drastic proposal was apparently not taken too seriously, and beyond providing the inducements mentioned above, there appeared to be nothing much that the Council could do to improve matters.   Back - 1925 - Adverse Possession Forward - 1929 - Things Were Looking Up