Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-19
MEMORIAL FOR LING IS HELD
 IN COURT
ESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY BAR ASSOCIATION ARE FILED; MANY PAY TRIBUTES.
(From Thursdays Daily.)

 Memoria1 services for the late Reese NJ. Ling were held in the Stu perior court yesterday morning. Judge Smith having last week set aside the day for that purpose. Practically ev- cry attorney in Prescott was present. besides many visiting attorneys, among tnem George Purdy Bullard, former attorney general.
 Robert E. Morrison. Richard Lam son and F.. J. Mitchell, the committee o1 resolutions of the Northern Ari zona Bar Association. presented reso- lutions. which were duly ordered filed and recorded by the court.
 In presenting the resolutions, Mir. Morrison spoke feeling on the life. work and character Of Mir. Ling. He said: "A vacant place has been left in our profession that it will be hard to fill. As a public speaker he ap- pealed to all that was best in Us. Tn trials of cases he was a1 opponent able. courageous, yet pleasant and affable."
 Judge Frank O. Smith, in accepting the resolutions. said:
 With sorrow and regret the un- timely death of Reese NJ. Ling is re corded upon the minutes of this court. Suddenly stricken while in the full activities of mature manhood. his loss falls upon us with unusual shock and sadness. For a quarter of a century Mir. Ling has been a member of the bar of Arizona. respected alike by the attorneys and the courts. He held high rank among the members of his profession. The place that he filled so well will know him no longer, but his memory will be cherished among the members oi our profession"
 Hon. George Purdy Bullard, of the Maricopa County Bar, presented the resolutions adopted by that body.
 Hon. John J. Hawkins spoke at some length on the early life of Mir Ling. He was man of exceptional intellectual ability" he said.
 Others who spoke were ]. F. Rus sell. F. s. Clark, and Joseph H. Nor gan, whose tribute was read and filed for record.
 Resolutions
 Adopted by the Northern Arizona Bar Association upon the death O; Honorable Reese NJ. Ling:
 Whereas, on the 5th day of April 1916. it pleased the Almighty to call to another life Reese NJ. Ling. one O. Arizona's foremost lawyers and citi- zens. and
 Whereas, we. his associates, have long recognized the high standard Of ability and integrity that Reese NJ Ling brought to the performance O. his duties as a lawyer and to the ob- servance of the obligations Of citizen ship, and we nave appreciated his courteous. straightforward and tenn pered consideration of adversary and associate alike. and
 Whereas, we realize that the true appreciation Of the life work of Reese M. Ling as it has been performed must find its mute expression i1 the hearts of those with whom and for whom he labored, nevertheless we deem it fitting that the Northern Ari zona Bar Association as an organiza ton should recognize and in an ap propriate manner record tie passing of one of its most accomplished and beloved members, Now, Therefore, Be IL Resolved 1 that WIG, the members Of the Northern l Arizona Bar Association recognizing ]. the wisdom of the Almighty never | theless do lament the death of Reese | NJ. Ling. and as a mark Of the esteem in which we have and will always hold ' him and his memory do order a copy | of these resolutions 10 be engrosscd | and inscribed in our records and that q copy thereof be sent to the family of Mir. Ling to whom we extend our sincere sympathy. and
 Be It Further Resolved that upon he incoming of Court on Wednes- l. lay, the l2th day of April, lGl6, which lay has by the Court been set aside, turing which no legal business shall De transacted. out of respect for the deceased. a copy of these resolutions DC moved into the records of the Su- 1erior Court of the State of Arizona. |; n and for the County of Yavapai. {;
 ROBT. F. MORRISON, |,
 RICHARD HANSON,
 F. ]. MITCHELL, !
 Committee Prescott, Arizona. April l2, l9l6. ;