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Show THE KEY. VE. TDWAED PICK- j i 1 ETT KIMBALL. fMlicr cf A., '(e. Kimball of S.V.t Lake, who re-jceutly re-jceutly celebrated Ins 100th tuvUiday in Waterloo, Iowa. i' t - 'v . '. -els .-;: - I i - " "N V CELEBRATES IIIS iinyjpir The Rev. E. P. Kimball, Father of Salt Laker, Tells of Experiences. A. E. Kimball, .banker of Elko, Nov., sheepman of Eureka, .New, ami residenc of Salt Lake', returned recently from 'VT&terloo, Iowa, "where he attended the celebration of the 100th birthday of his father, the licv. Edward Pickett Kim- ball, July 25, 1919. The lie v. Mr. I Kimball was a, churchman for eiybty ! years; a member of the Massachusetts j state legislature in 1S35; organizer oil I a Congregational church at Montieello, I j Iowa, in I860; a leading factor in the organization of tho Union Congrcga-; Congrcga-; tional church in Waterloo twenty years ago. Jle was also a teacher, preacher, j pnilosophor. and a typical New Fn- glandcr of force and character. According to information sent to Mrs. Kimball at the Hotel Utah shortly after Mr. Kimball reached Waterloo, the centenarian, when asked to what he attributed his long life, said: "Probably, most of all, to the fact that 1 have been a church member for eighty years. As I look back, I can see how my having become a Christian early in life, while my habits were being be-ing formed, had a great deal to do with my preservation ot bodv at this time. I was free from the habits that many other young men became addicted to i the drink, the tobacco and bad social ha'bits although in those days everybody every-body used liquor. ''I want to live only as long as I am not a burden upon others. When the time comes that J will not be able to care for myself; when my mind becomes be-comes weak and loo weary for remembrance; remem-brance; when I shall have to spend my 1 time in bed, doddering the tedious moments away, then will 1 welcome te voice of the Master." The' Kev. Mr. Kimball was born and reared on a New Hampshire farm. His .boyhood and his young manhood were spent in .a section of tho country that was rich in historic lore and "scenic beauty. Among the mountains and Jakes, the pines and tho rock y acres that developed muscle, will-power, courage and tenacity of purpose to wrest a living from their unwilling soil, he found the real joy of living. At the age of thirty-six" the Eev. 'Mr. Kimball was elected to the Massachusetts Massachu-setts legislature. Prominent' among the bills that engrossed the solons was the ten-hour law, the enforcement of the fugitive slave act, filling the back bay of Boston, and the move to do away with the death penaltv. He sternly set his face against omnibus rides which ended in feasting, as an effort to influence the legislators' votes. He fought for clean legislation. After his legislative experience, the Rev. Mr. Jimball served a year at Cbngonville and went to the historic church at Plymouth. Mass. In 1S06 lie started for the great west, and took a small mission at Newton, Iowa. He later took charge of the mission at Montieello. He studied chemistrv, mathematics, philosophy, history and literature. He was a public speaker of much renown during his service in the ministry. Mr. Kimball attended the reunion in Waterloo, and said his father was in hale health, with a clear, vigorous mind, and an ambition to live and work. Mr. Kimball left yesterday for Elko and Eureka, New, 'to attend to banking and sheep business. |