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Show f they rejoice to know that the time is not far distant when there will be that reunion which knows no ending. . SIDNEY STEVENS. Sidney Stevens, whose funeral was held yesterday, was an honest, hon-est, rugged man of noblest character. He leaves with us an excellent j family a wife, sons and daughters. His boy3, inheriting their ! . ' father's stability, will carry on the business and thus help fill the gap which their father's death has left in the business community. The Standard always looked to Sidney Stevens for aid in any just cause which it might espouse and invariably that trust was well reposed, for Sidney Stevens was a man who, although a busy man with his own affairs, found time to giv to public problems, and his keen sense of right and wrong aligned him with those who stood for good government. ,,....' In business he was exacting. He would rither go to law than to submit to an unjust claim for a dollar. Hw promise was as good as his gold, but it was hard to obtain a promise from him. He commenced his business career in this country as a tanner. For a number of years he struggled to get a start, but he did not fear or shirk work or responsibility and eventually he became one of the most prominent business men in the intermountain region. The first carload of machinery, shipped over the Union Pacific was consigned to him. Ho was a pioneer in the development of the agricultural implement bouses of this region. D. H. Peery said of him, that he was the best business man in Utah, and that was high praise, for the old gentleman Peery, a pre-eminent judge of business qualifications, was not a flatterer, and he measured his words. Mr. Stevens had an abiding faith in Ogden. He was proud of his adopted city and he took a lively interest in municipal government. govern-ment. For a number of years he attended every meeting of the city council in order to gain direct knowledge of the stewardship of the servants of the people. It is unfortunate that more citizens do not j take the same interest in public affairs. As a business man he did not readily make close personal friends, but those who did business with him and knew him intimately, not only rospected him, but loved the man. When properly approached in behalf of a charitable cause, his gift was always in proportion to other gifts. Taking a deep interest in politics and being recognized for years as a stalwart Republican leader, he never sought political preferment. His one ambition in that direction was to aid to office those whom he thought worthy of the confidence and trust of the people. A few days ago, when the Mayor named him as one of a committee com-mittee to beautify the city cemetery, Sidney Stevens apparently was m vigorous health, and yet life is so uncertain, that the very man Who was thus selected to head a movement for the better CAre of the remetery, is among the first to be placed at rest in the city of the iead. "We should arrange to beautify the lots of those who are too poor to care for their dead," said Mr. Stevens, when he accepted the duties of the office. The Mayor asked him how this could be done, and the reply was that, "We who are able to do so, can tax ourselves that much more." A short time ago the picture of health, today we arc saying farewell to Sidney Stevens. It is a reminder that the summons awaits us all. To some that is the sweetly consoling thought in life |