Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31
Members Of Bar Honor Memory
VI Win Dixon.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Euleglstic Speeches Delivered BY
Judge Pemberton. {. F. Kelley
and Carroll Dolman.

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Clancy. sitting side by side on the bench
In Department No. l Of the district court
today. listened to the report Of the legal
bar committee appointed a few days ago
to draft resolutions on the death of win
w. Dixon. The resolutions were pre-
scented n read by Judge w. Y. Pemher-
ton and afterwards placed ANON the
minutes of the court. They are as fol-
lows:
Whereas, Death has again Invaded
the ranks of our profession and has re-
moved from our association and our fell
lowship our young brother, william w.
DIXON, Jr., who was just entering pom
his professional career, who was the only
child Of the Honorable William Writ
Dixon. the NestOr Of the Montana. bar,
universally respected and honored for his
ability, professional integrity and nobil-
ity of character; who was the idol of his
parents, and who gave promise Of achiev-
ing success and fame at the bar, n an
enviable position as a citizen Of the
state;
Therefore, Be It resolved, That we de-
plore the loss which has been sustained
by the professions and the community in
which he was reared, in the death of our
young brother:
Resolved, That we extend to the grief
stricken parents our most profound
sympathy on account of the great afflic-
ton visited upon them by the removal
of their only on, who was the pride of
their hearts, and in whom all their hopes
and ambitions conferred;
Resolved, That this honorable court
be, and is hereby requested, to order
these resolutions spread upon a page of
it's records, as a lasting testimonial of
the respect we. entertained for our de-
parted brother and of our deep regret for
his death, as we'll as on account Of our
profound sympathy for his parents;
Resolved, That a o of these reso-
buttons be presented to the parents OF
the deceased.
Respectfully submitted,
"W. Y. PEMBERTON,
EDGAR N. HARDWOOD,
JOHN J. NOTATION,
civilian SCALLON,
JOHN T. BALDWIN,"
Messrs. Pemberton, C. F. Kelley and
| Carroll Dolman spoke in eulogy Of the
, dead young man, the formers remark
being as follows:
II know Of no death which has affected
! the members of the profession which has
! come to me SO much like a personal Attic.
| ton as the death OF this u man.
| knew him from his infancy. I knew his
| father and mother for years. Over thirty
years ago I knew his father when he cam
TO Montana as an attorney. from ina
date to this I have known him intimately
I have entertained for him the warmes'
friendship; I have entertained for him al
| admiration as a lawyer that I ave givel
to few men: and have loved him for hi,
nobility of character which has endearet
him to every man and woman in the STATE
of Montana. These parents had lavishet
every care the wealth of the affection
of their hearts, and every expense upOl
I thiC vn11nQ man. IN fnfHncV thew. hat
lost their other children. and this youn,
man stood alone on the border of man
hood. Around him conferred the hopes hi
ambitions Of as devoted a father ant
mother as few men on this earth hav,
had. He was a charming young man
bright, amiable, affectionate n affable
he drew to himself all with which h
came in contact. and made friends o
them. He gave promise himself o