Show f r r a A yr f r. r A f 1 S 'S Sf f. rf I i r r ry y 1 rj fir f prY y 4 Sr 4 r a i r J r Y V jr j. j s r N. N f 4 N t 4 4 t f T I i ir r J rS r rr r w f A d 1 Ia m j ra i f- f wi m tj Trl T l lt ram Photo Photo- Photo one Ninety-one Not Old for Him one Ninety-one years doe doesn't nt seem at all old to c acU Fe Federal eral Jud Judge e Tillman I D. D Johnson who vho will ill mark birthday Saturday Modern Ideas Federal Judge To Observe Birthday The oldest active c federal judge in the nation nation Tillman Tillman D. D Johnson of Salt Lake City will City will celebrate his birthday Saturday The busy jurist took time off from his papers in his chambers in the federal building Wednesday to reminisce a bit about his 91 years of living We Ve oldsters are always inclined to criticize the young generation and the luxuries of modern-day modern life he said But he added his eyes twinkling Im going tobe to be he different I was a member of the younger generation once myself my my- self self self-a a long time ago And as for luxuries luxurIes-I I like them Judge Johnson who has been a federal judge since Nov No 22 1915 learned his Jaw law the hard way He became a lawyer by serving as an apprentice in his native Tennessee He also attended Cumberland college college college col col- col- col lege in Tennessee taking a liberal libera arts course In those days he recalled Wednesday you didn't need to b ba be bea a law school graduate to practice at the bar All you needed to di do was read law in a lawyers office offic for several years and pass the ba bar examination In the tradition of many o of Americas America's legal greats Judge Johnson was bor nin a rude log cabin in the thc hills of Tennessee about 40 miles southeast of Nashville Nashville Nash Nash- ville Jan 8 1858 He recalls the thc Civil war var only faintly but he is proud that hi his father was an infantryman in th the Confederate army and was wounded wound wound- ed in the historic battle of Chicka Chicka- mauga Because of this Judge Judg Johnson has made a hobby of Civil Civi l war history and western Americana Americana Ameri Ameri- cana He Hc is considered an authority authority authority author author- ity on American history of th the west Before coming to Utah in 1889 Judge Johnson spent some years year in the U. U S. S Indian service H He was supervisor of the Indian India school at a Sioux reservation i in Pierre S. S D. D later acting as supervisor supervisor supervisor su su- su- su of the reservation at F Ft Hall Ida A special reception for ol old friends and colleagues will be helin held hel in the thc judges judge's honor in his federal federa building chambers Friday from 3 to 5 pm p.m. |