The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-09
TRIBUTE PAID TO MEM0RYOF
SENATORS BAKER AND TI1ORSON
Memorial Resolutions Are
Adopted in Session of the
State Senate Service of
Both to State Is Praised

Tribute was paid by the state SEN
ate to two Of its deceased members,
at the session yesterday afternoon.
The resolutions, to the late Senator
B. F. Baker and the late Senator p.
o. Thorson. follow:
Resolutions lamenting the death
of the Hon. B. F. Baker, Senator
from Renville county:
Whereas: In His infinite wisdom
God has taken from US our esteem
ed friend B. f. Baker, who died May
-, 1924, senator during the 18th and
18th sessions of the legislature and
devoted worker in the interests
of North Dakota and the Northwest,
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved: That
while reconcled to the will of God,
We the members of the Senate of the
10th Legislative Assembly feel very
deeply the loss. of one whose influ-
ence was so strongly brought to
bear in the upbuilding Of the state
in both its material and spiritual
welfare,
Be 1t Further Resolved: That we
especially extend to his family our
deep sympathy, and desire that they
know we, together with the entire
state mourn with them in their be-
reavement,
Be 1t Further Resolved: That this
resolution be made a part of the
permanent journal Of the senate and
an engrossed copy hereof be for
warded to the bereaved widow.
Tribute To ThorsOn
Resolution lamenting the death
Off the Honorable P. O. Thorson,
Senator from Grand Forks county,
North Dakota:
Whereas, 1t has pleased Almighty
God to remove from among those to
whom he had been loving and de-
voted husband and father, and from
US his Colleagues, our esteemed
friend and co-worker, the Honor
able p. O. Thorson of Grand Forks,
Grand Forks County, member of the
Senate during the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Sessions, who departed
this life June 18th, 1924.
Mr.. Thorson was born at Scandi-
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of Norwegian parents who had i'm
migrated from Gudbrandsdalen, and,
having completed his formal educa-
ton at the High School at Waupaca,
the Normal school at Oshkosh and
at commercial academy at La
Crosse, he came to Minneapolis
where he remained for some time in
a business capacity.
In 1883 Mr.. Thorson came to Grand
Forks where five years later he was
appointed general manager Of the
Normanden Publishing Company,
publishers Of the influential Norwe-
gian weekly newspaper "Normanden"
in which firm he gradually acquired
controlling interest.
Mr.. Thorson, while conducting the
extensive business necessitated by
the publication of his newspaper,
found time to devote much energy
and ability to the solution of COM
munity and state problems. For a
number of years he was member
of the Board of Education of his
home city and, also, for sometime
it's president; at the time of his
death he was leading member Of
the State Senate of North Dakota in
which capacity he exerted great
deal of influence.
In various other ways his fellow
citizens awaited themselves Of Mr..
Thorson's acumen, intelligence and
personal integrity and it has been
co;I 80 ILL.,, hD% ha Ix,f% ~;
mark upon the educational life of
his community as we'll as upon the
legislative activities of his state.
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved, That
while bowling to the will of AL
mighty God, we the members of the
Senate of the 10th Legislative As
sembly of the State of North Da-
kota, sincerely deplore the loss to
the home and community, and the
state, Of one whose life and labors
contributed so much to the upbuild-
ing Of character and social progress.
Be 1t Further Resolved, That we
especially extend our greatest SYM
pathy and condolences to his be-
reaved wife and children in this
their great affliction and assure
them that they are not alone in
their sorrow, but that We represent
ing the entire state join with them
in mourning in their great bereave-
ment.
Be It Further Resolved, That this
resolution be made a part of the
permanent Journal of the Senate,
and an engrossed copy thereof |
forwarded to his bereaved wife.
w. S. WHITMAN,
G. PATTERSON.