The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-02
WIN. B. DOUGLAS
LAID TO REST
FUNERAL OF COL. WILLIAM
BRUCE DOUGLAS HELD FROM
THE HOME YESTERDAY AFTER
NOON-MANY FRIENDS PAY
LAST TRIBUTE.

The funeral Of the late Col. William
Bruce Douglas was held from the home
on Sunday afternoon. The ceremony
was held under the auspices of the
Masonic order, with Worshipful Mas
ter Shepherd conducting the beautiful
and impressive service.
A large number of people were pres
ent. those who had known and loved
and respected the man who had gone
before. Members of the legal profess
sion, among whom he has labored sim
cerely, honestly. uprightly for so many
years, were there to honor his mem
DRY with their presence, and to q
their tribute of flowers to tho
of blossoms which surround the cas-
ket.
Bertrand Allan Orr sang The Lord
Is NV Shepherd, and The Eternal City.
At the conclusion Of the simple cere-
mony, q long procession Wended It's
way to Riverside cemetery, where the
last sad words were spoken, and the
weary body laid to rest.
At a meeting Saturday. the Cass
County Bar association adopted the
following resolutions:
The passing of William Bruce
Douglas is marked by this association,
with regret. With the peaceful END
Of his months Of illness. came rest,
and freedom, and the last disposal OF
life's heavy burden. and now. the
emo of Mr.. Douglas. in the hearts
Of his friends. calls forth these words
of eulogy.
THE moving finger writes, and haV-
ing writ, moves on and behind it
leaves a record of this mans life n
activities. That is his truest me-
mortal. II to a been honest and
courteous. and kind, is Of merit in the
life of man. then we now accord such
merit to the memory Of William
Bruce Douglas.
IL faithfulness to duty, the observ-
ance of the highest ethics. and a pure
and unstained personal life, are Of the
best principles Of our profession. then
this man was a most worthy member
No stress of circumstances, no heat
of controversy, no seeming exigency
of the moment. eve caused his man
to forget, even ever so little, that he
vas a gentleman, born and bred a
gentleman, and that in his veins and
those of his forebears, flowed the best
blood of Scotland.
His life was marked by controversy.
by activity, by varied interests and
pursuits, by success and by disap-
pointments, but throughout them all
William Bruce Douglas stood erect.
calm, courteous, ch~ivalric--every inch
a gentleman
Our association needs more such
men, with their call to a higher plane
Of ethics, to a more conscientious de-
votion to duty, and a greater observ-
ance Of personal manliness and cour-
tesy between MAJ and man.
With the bereaved ones of his fam
ily. those to whom he was so true
a husband and father, we Of this as
sociation do now join in sorrow
hut, after all, with life's last dark
tourney ended, what better, greater,
trler memorial can be left behind,
than that those who knew the de-
parted. respected him, and sorrow
fully, will miss him nov that he is
gone.
That the pages of the record of this
association, whereon William Bruce
Ttnl1rIas appeared for many years as
Il worthy member and it's first secre-
tary. may also. now that the span OF
His life is ended, tell of our final APP
preciation of him, we enter upon the
records of the association these resolu-
lions of eulogy and tribute.
Dated Jan. 81, 1914.
Tfle sCass County Bar Association
NJ John S. frame. president.
Attest "a. w. Cupler, secretary.
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