Weekly journal-miner., 1917-12-19
RESOLUT|ONSARE PASSED BY BAR
 ASSOCIATION
SERVICE OF JUDGE F. O. EMITH RECOGNIZED AND MEMBERS NOW IN ARMY ARE COMMENDED BY LO- CAL ATTORNEYS.
(From Sundays daiiy.1

At a special meeting of the mem- bcrs of the Northern Arizona Bar Association, held in the court room yesterday morning, resolutions were adopted setting forth the organiza-
 tion's appreciation of the service
 which had been rendered the mem- bers during the incumbency of Judge
 Frank O. Smith, who IS about to sail | for France to engage in war '. NJ. ! C. A. work. Judge Lyman of Mari copa county, who IS here trying the Mahoney-Frame cease, occupied the ' judicial chair while the meeting was in progress. A committee, consisting of Messrs. T. c. Norris, A. H. Favour and F. w. O'Sullivan, was appointed
 to draft the resolutions compliment
 ary to Judge Smith.
 At the same time another commit tee comprising Messrs. Richard Lam- son, James Coleman and Joseph H. Morgan, was appointed to prepare
 resolutions commenting the action of the several members of the local bar who have enlisted in the United States army and who are now in the
 various cantonments. The lawyers from this city who are now in the army are the following: Alfred Gale,
 Herndon Norris, tohn L. Sullivan, II. H. Linney. C. A. Borden, George
 Nilsson and Edward J, Mitchell, and . .& f. 1f 3I,S &I, second set of resolutions was drawn up.
 The resolutions prepared on the de- parturc of Judge Smith read as fol- lows:
 WHEREAS our Nation is iuvolv- cd in war in behalf of humanity and
 to the end that the world may be
 made safe for permanent democracy,
 calling for the loyal support of all her sons; and
 WHEREAS Honorable Frank O. Smith, presiding Judge of the Super for Court of Yavapai County, has. in
 answer to this call, and without con sideration of self interest or personal
 convenience, volunteered his services
 in the Y. NJ. C. A. work, and is about to leave for France in this service. thereby emphasizing the best tradi tions of the American Nation, there <, fore, be 1t
 "RLESOLVED that we, as mem-
 bcrs of the Bar Association of North crn Arizona, desire at this time to express to Judge Smith our apprecia-
 ton of his distinguished services as
 Judge of our Court for the past six years, and moro especially to honor
 him in his courageous and patriotic
 action in this crisis; and be it further
 RESOLVED that this resolution
 be spread upon the records of this
 Court and a copy presented to Judge Smith by the President of this Asso- ! ciation.''
 The resolutions formulated in hon
 or of the members who are absent in
 the army were the following:
 WHEREAS our Country is now
 at war with foreign foes in the de- f fence of the same principles of de-
 mocracy, liberty and humanity for which our forefathcrs sacrificed their | substance and their lives; and WHEREAS our best men arc now
 called forth from among us to the : same sacrifice: and
 WHEREAS, Edward J. Mitchell, | County Attorney. Hartwell H. Lin
 ucy. Assistant County Attorney; Al- | fred Gale, Hcrndon J. Norris, John | l.. Sullivan, George Nilsson. and C. | \. Borden, esteemed members of this ! association, have surrendered thcii positions and professions and volun-
 teered themselves to this task, and { arc now in the actual armed service of their country, be 1t
 ! RESOLVED that we, the mem- 1 bcrs of the Bar Association of North f ern Arizona, take this opportunity of expressing to them our respect and esteem as members of this Bar and l Association for their patriotic action,
 and our unstintcd appreciation and
 honor for their loyal and self-sacri- | ficing devotion to our Country in its
 heavy trials: and be 1t further
 RESOLVED that this resolution
 be spread upon the records of this ., Court and a copy be forwarded to the present address of each of our broth CTS above mentioned"