Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-02-04
ttrrl>G MEMORIAL. rO
\ DEPARTED ClrlzEN

l'ar, WAS given ON January 9th in
open court a, ShoShone, AS the dis
,rict court convened ON that date
roll 0f attorneys was called and the
proposed ceremonies announced, Re
marks were made by Attorneys Paul
), haddoek. Harlan d. heist and
lcre Z, Martin. MIR, haddoek. late
law partner of the deceased. delivered
a very touching eulogy of the departed.
Mr., Martins was the main address
and it follows. with the resolutions
adopted which were presented by A.
Il, barclay. of Jerome;
II is fitting and proper, amidst the
scenes where our departed friend chose
as his field of endeavor and where his
life work came to an untimely close,
that We should hold these services and
pay a deserving tribute to the memory
of one. who. during his short sojourn
among US won the respect and admira-
tiOn of an entire community.
To judge of the real Importance Of
an individual. We should think of the
effect his death would produce,
A man 5 achievements are likely to
call forth the statement, from his
friends and admirers, that he is II
genius. when if the real truth were
known We would find such achieve
ments to be the result of hard, con-
tinuous and self sacrificing labor.
II is not our province to judge any
one, but il rs human nature to form
opinions, CLEANED from our opportuni-
ties of association; and while my in
tercourse with MI. johnson was limit
ed. yet | have no hesitation in opining
that he was in no sesne of the word a
genius, except such genius as results
from labor and diligence; and that
his manifold successes were the direct
result of an honest, upright, ambiti-
Gus and conscientious lawyer s untir-
ing zeal in the behalf of his client.
whose interests. intrusted to his care,
at once became of more Importance
than his own.
Victor o. Johnson was lawyer OF
more than average ability. Intense
ly ambitious to succeed in his choser
profession, not the vaulting kind that
Shakespeare says ''o'er leaps itself,
hut proper kind, having as its ain
the securing to devoted wife anc
children such Il competence as woul'
assure to them the necessities ant
comfort of life. am impelled to sa.
that. To my mind, one of the distin
gushing features in his professional
life was his never failing regard TO
the ethics Of our profession, Tea
ture. il seems to me, we should al
cherish as the greatest of virtues, an
not to be measured by any extraor
dinary exertion but by our every da
conduct.
| believe that Victor o. Johnso
ever bore in mind, and held sacred a
p obligation which we all have taker
. hut many OF us at times seem to hav
forgotten. refer to the obligatio
of an attorney when admitted to tn
e. practise of law, to be true to IN
. court as well as his client. In tn
respect he labored increasingly to Ell
u tighten the court or jury as to II
true merits of his cause, even thoug
" he was aware that his methods sui
iected him to the charge of proiixlt.
e. Briefly. then, MIR. Johnson was tr'
u tn himself. and il follows AS sure
p. as the day the night he could not
false to any man. Afflicted as he wa
MIR. johnson, as last saw him W
re- a living exempliication of patien
* personihed.
g. was not blind to the fact that {
,c character Of his malady was ever pre-
% emf with him, and know that II is
nf n,culinr characteristic of his aiiiicti
Is thnt the fear that its untying the co
of thnt binds the sufferer to things t.
IN restrinl amounts to fortitude and {
Of miles him to realize that hope whi
~ "sprinps eternal from the hum
ns breast"; that the final dissolutl
cr might he indefinitely postponed. b'
y. which at the same time he await
rs with that patience which is the Sc
ID of peace: that patience which OF
ic the virtues make men look like gods
I'd The hest of men that ever w
nf earth about him was sufferer-a \
meek. patient, humble, tranquil sp
if. the first true gentleman that e.
lived: and Victor o. johnson was
me- pntient gentleman; he was man.
dis know that we assemble here
nh dny with real sorrow and repini
II, realizing that while we volunt
or earnest and honest encomiums |
,so were carefully withheld during
,,r lifetime of our friend, the uttera
in, of which. and which after all are
=, real sentiments, would have been
.,,o nrecinted far more by our depaI
brother. had we permitted their
IN preston. while in the hesh'
nm volumes of post mortem hattery
L;s ,v,nderinp spirit.