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

MEMORIAL TO CHARLES KEITH.
State of Minnesota, County of Mile
Lacs-ss.
In District Court, Seventh Judicial
District.
In the matter of Charles Keith, de-
ceased.
At the March, 1918, general term of
the above named court Honorable
Willard A. Converse, judge presiding
at said term, the following proceedings
in the above entitled matter were had
and taken in the afternoon session on
March 26, 1913.
Mr.. E. L. Mcmillan: The committee
appointed by Your Honor begs leave to
present the following in the nature Of
memorial:
Memorial.
Since the last converting of this
court and on November Both, 1917,
Charles, familiarly and appropriately
known as Judge" Keith, passed be-
You'd our mortal ken.
Charles Keith was born at Farming
ton, Maine, March FL, 1851, where he
received his early education and passed
his early years. He came to Prince
ton in 1873 and at once entered into
the work of opening and developing
the country, work which ever after
received his active and public-spirited
interest.
Reserved and modest to the point of
diffidence, he was yet ~one of the
prominent men of the state; of Revolu-
tionary stock, he was member of the
Sons of the American Revolution and
had served as president of it's state or
ganization. He was an honored mem
Der of the State Historical society, at
tending it's meetings regularly and as
sisting in it's collection of historical
data. He was a charter and continu-
Gus member of the Mile Laos County
Agricultural society, to which he was
a liberal contributor Of his time and
means. He served the public faithful
ly and we'll in many capacities, includ-
ing twelve years as member of the St.
Cloud Reformatory board, six years on
the Village Water, Light, Power &
Building commission, and at various
times as justice, assessor, census SUI
perintendent, deputy clerk of court
etc.
He was loyal and intensely patri-
otto supporter of the government, his
last public activity being as chairman
of the county Liberty loan committee
and in furtherance of the Y. M. C. A.
and Red Cross.
Of more immediate interest, per-
haps, on this occasion, is his efficient
and careful service for ten successive
years as judge of probate, followed by
his admission to the bar and his &C.
tive practice of the law for quarter
of a century among us. AS a practi.
toner his ideals, consistently fol.
lowed, were Of the highest. And
WuCCIlcI COIlSlucICu l1O1u CIlc View
point of client, associate counsel, ad-
versary, or considered as friend and
advisor to the court, his character
looms the same, rejecting power, in
telligence, ability, sound Judgment, in
tegrity, fairness, courtesy, and scorn
for all treachery, double-dealing, shady
or questionable practices.
In his passing the bar Of this coun-
ty, district and state has lost one of
it's leaders and most prominent and
able members, and the court one of
it's most faithful, efficient and trusted
officers. Yet we are comforted and
sustained by the thought that in very
truth he is not lost to us; that his real
life goes on; that his faithful service
his ideals and his influence remain an
inseparable part of the fabric of oul
fair legal ediice.
Respectfully submitted,
E. L. Mcmillan,
S. P. Skahen,
O1in G.. Myron,
Committee.