The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-04-10

night at the sick bed of his life COM
panion, whose life struggle ended only
a short time before his own. In his
death the community has lost a pa
triotic and useful citizen, the county
a faithful servant, and this court
and bar a beloved member. whose
memory we shall long cherish and
revere.
"We move that this expression of
our sincere regard be spread upon
the records of this court.-E. L. Nc
MILAN: O. G. Myron, Charles Keith,
Committee. -
Olin G. Myron-"May it please the
court, l 90 not know that I can add
very much to what has been said
and read. l am only a new beginner
in the law profession in this county.
had occasion to come into this
county on August l6, 1909, and six
days later-I always remember that
date, August %, 1901 had the
pleasure of meeting Mr.. Ross in
criminal action. He gave me a. lot
of valuable informa ton, proved him.
self to be a friend and coworker. an
ardent counselor and devoted ad-
Vocate OF what was right and Justice
in all matters. I remember what he
said the first time he shook hands.
He said, I am very glad to meet
you; hope you are man who be-
lieves in righteousness. And When
ever he came to Milaca he would
always make it a point to call at my
Office aid confer with me regarding
matters and would always give me
valuable data concerning the organ
ization of the county and it's grow
Ing days. [ have always cherished
the ideas that were given to me by
Mr.. Ross, and I feel that I cannot
add any more to what has been said.
heartily concur in the resolutions,
and ask that the court spread upon
its minutes fitting tribute to the
memory of Joseph A. Ross
Charles A. Dickey- MAY it please
the court. and gentlemen of the bar,
l can add nothing to the sentiments
that have been embodied in the res
olution presented to the court. l
can only say that personally I was as
near, perhaps, to Mr.. Ross as any
member Of the bar in this county or
district. came to Princeton some
thing over twenty-five years ago.
mere boy, and after being here
short time 1 went into partnership
with Mr.. Ross. I was his partner
for over three years, and l can
Thoroughly concur with all that has
been expressed both in the resolu-
tions and by the remarks made by
the other gentlemen who have pre-
|ceded me. Mr.. Ross was indeed a
man of strong and determined fealty
to his opinions, which were founded
upon the dictates of his conscience.
He was not lover Of money except.
as has been said, what was necessary
w ooPPo1O 4l111 bIlNl 1l1S 1dllllN.
did not love money for just the sake
of money. and whenever he could
render service without a financial
: reward he did it. AS a successful
practitioner in the sense of being
successful money getter in the prac-
tice of law, he was not that. 1 re-
member as a boy that oftent1mes it
seemed to me that he ought to have
more reward than he would demand
or receive, but it was absolutely
impossible to get him to take it.
Many time l have seen him, when
a client would try to pay him, re-
turn the money. Many a time I
have heard client say, We'll, you
have got to take it,, and throw it
, down on the table and walk out.
, And many time 7 have seen Mr..
Ross chase him out of the office and
almost force it upon him. So l say
he did not want the money simply
for the sake of the money. If he
needed that dollar perhaps he would
nave Caken IL. But ne was gOOQ
old man. He was man that never
did any harm to this community,
but he did much good to this com
munity."
H. 8. Fryberger-"Please the
court, had only the briefest ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Ross: l met
him but once, year ago last Deem
J Der, I think, or, it was at the term
: of court a year ago last fall. At
that time little incident came up
when there were number OF impor-
tant cases from a financial stand
point that were on the calendar and
demanding the right of way. Mr..
Ross had some very minor criminal
case that he wished tried, and I was