The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-05-29
JUDGE HART PAYS FEELING
TRIBUTE TO MARK WILDES
Beautiful Eulogy spontaneously Civ.
en- During the Funeral Service
Deeply Moves the Gathering

Mark l.. Wildes probably no better
choice could be made to express his
many sided character than in the
selection of Judge Hart whose Off
cial relations with him for several
years better enabled the latter to
form an accurate estimate of his
true worth.
Without set preparation and from
the floor of the audience near the
casket where he had been sitting as
pall-bearer, he delivered a master
ly address to the memory of his
friend and officer of his court. His
remarks were very appropriate and
touching and evidently being a spon-
taneous utterance of the heart. were
indeed beautiful and fitting tribute
to the deceased. We feel that this
account of the program would not be
complete without producing his re-
marks in full as taken down by the
reporter:
Governor Boyle and staff, Rev.
Bellam, Relatives of the deceased
and Friends: Just a few moments
ago as we were leaving the residence
it was suggested by friends that in
asmuch as our Governor and staff
we're here on behalf of the State and
Nation, some one should make few
remarks on behalf of the local and
district officers and the people of
Churchill County.
was requested TO perform that
function, and while | must say be-
cause of no opportunity for prepara-
tion, that feel myself unequal to
the occasion, yet because of very
grateful remembrance of the de-
ceased and out of sympathy for his
relatives, | said that | would not fail
them in this last moment, this last
opportunity to add word of comfort
and consolation to that which has
already been so well spoken by our
Governor and Rev. Bellam.
nave hhoWu the utctdStu lOf
about ten years and many of you
have known him much longer. Dur
ing the last few years my fellow
county officers sitting here and my
self have known him and been as
sociated with him personally and
intimately and we have always
found him alive to his duty and
faithful TO his trust. During the
ast two years he has been an officer
of my court and | am sure all local
officials and perhaps every one will
join me in saying that while it is
true that two individuals seldom
agree on all the details of any prop
osition, yet there perhaps never was
an officer more faithful to his trust
or more conscientious in its perform
anee as he saw it.
| recall just now a little verse or
poem. which / believe is applicable
10 the deceased and to the place held
by him in the makeup of this coun-
try:
What builds Nations pillows high,
And its foundations strong,
What makes it mighty to defy,
The foes that round it throng?
Not gold, but only men can make,
A Nation Great and Strong,
Men who for Truth and Honors'
sake
Stand forth and suffer long.
Brave men, who work while others
sleep,
Who dare while others fly.
They build a Nations pillows deep,
And lift them to the sky"
The sentiment in that poem rep
resents the character, the disposition
and the makeup of the deceased.
If the citizenship of this country
could be made up entirely of such
material. without any of that con-
temptible type represented by that
murderous assassin and anarchist
who caused his death, then indeed
the foudation of this nation would
lie broad and deep and its pillows
reach the sky"
| am sure all of us feel on this
occasion that we would like to do
something to perpetuate the MEM
ory, the heroic work and patriotic
sacrifice of this good man, and in
our humble way that we would like
to erect a monument of some sort
representing our appreciation of his
loyal conduct and of our own devo-
ton to the Nation and to the cause
for which he died.
In that connection, let us take
consolation in this, that the de-
ceased has already erected his own
monument, because l can say to the
relatives, to the friends, and to every
one presnt, that no man ever had a
grander monument erected to his
memory than to have left in the
hearts of the American people. that
undying sentiment, He did his
Duty, He did his Best" Such a
monument as that is more precious
to his memory, more enduring to his
relatives and friends. and more glo-
rious to the Republic in which he
8, 81. L. q.