The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-04-11

looked, that his side Of the case
would be well represented. He. was Of
very sound legal judgment. His adj
vice as counsellor was particularly
valuable. He served in his commune
ty as stated in this memorial. I am
sorry that Your Honor has not had
the privilege of his personal acquain-
lance, for know if you had you would
join with the members Of the bar who
do know him and particularly with the
members of the bench of this district,
in an endorsement of anything and
everything said there. am sure from
what the members of the bench of this
district have said that he was re-
garded as a faithful and efficient
officer of the court upon whom abso-
lutte dependence could be placed. And
while. as stated here, we realize his
loss to the community and to the bar
and to the bench, we do feel that life
in active practice governed by such
ideals and such principles is not
counted gone; that it goes on, and has
become permanent part of our legal
system, and that our system is the
better for his life and his influence
and his ideals. And so, in conclusion,
[ would ask on behalf of the commit
tee, Your Honor, that this memorial
be spread upon the permanent records
of the court, and a copy furnished to
the press, a certified copy be furnished
to his widow and also his son, Fred c..
Keith, who maintains a separate home,
and at the conclusion Of these brief
services the court out of respect for
his memory do stand adjourned for
the day.
Mr.. DIN C. Myron: May it please the
court, it has been my good fortune to
have known Judge Keith for the past
eight years. When located at Milaca,
Minnesota, he called me by phone and
told me, II am Keith,-Judge KEITH
and when you come to Princeton l
want you to come to my office and see
me-" And it was only matter of a
week or ten days later that was in
Princeton and dropped into his office,
and he gave me hearty welcome. I
can fairly and squarely say to the
court that many and many a time
Judge Keith has given me valuable as
sistance in the preparation Of cases,
in clearing up titles, probate matters,
corporation matters; and in any mat
ter I wished to submit to Judge Keith
his Judgment was always of the very
best and safest. He seemed to have a
happy faculty of listening to cases in
this court for short time and pre-
dieting what the result would be, and
I never knew him to fail. He would
tell you squarely and fairly whether
there would be an acquittal or what
the verdict would be, and so on. He
was very quiet, unassuming man;
didn't make any stir, didn't make any
speeches or any addresses; but where
ever Judge Keith went, wherever he
did go, on business or in his practice,
he always left very favorable i'm
preston, and was always a good adj
visor. I thoroughly indorse the senti-
ments of this memorial. The Mile
Laos county bar has lost true and
faithful friend. He was the oldest
practitioner of the county, He knew
this county from A to z, and knew how
it had grown, how it had developed,
what it's resources were, and whether
investments would be safe or not. And
I feel that it is only fit and proper that
we should adjourn out Of respect for
his memory. His influence will still
continue. His decisions and his mem
Dries will be long and everlasting re-
membranes.
Mr.. S. P. Skahen: If the court
please, I have known Judge Keith,
think, from the day that I can remem-
Der most of the things around this
town. When I graduated from the
law school and came home, the Judge
was one Of the first to give me advice
which has been very valuable to me
since. I have been more or less init
mately associated with our late friend
as Mr.. Mcmillan also has been as as
sociate, but I have never had the op-
portunity of being opposed to him as
an adversary. I served as city attor-
ney for number Of years, during
which time our friend was member
of the Water, Light & Building COM
mission, during which time came into
very intimate contact with Judge
Keith. And, as it has beensmost ap-