Show JU DGE S gallea TO alie GREAT noted citizen dies at his residence after a lingering illness WAS PROMINENT IN OFFICIAL LIFE member of the constitutional convention and of the state judiciary was active in many lines judge john F chidester after an illness lasting several months lied died at his residence this city at 3 this morning his condition had been very serious and was considered hopeless for the past month I 1 his I 1 is family were summoned to his bedside veste yesterday iday and the judge gradually sank into unconsciousness during thedac the day from which state he did not recover in the passing of judge Clil chidester dester this community and the state of U utah tall loses one of their most active citi I 1 zens he was a man of sterling qualities broad and with a broad view of life As a friend he was true and faithful and as a judicial officer lie he tempered justice with mercy As head of the juvenile court in this district the wayward boy found in him a kind hind fatherly advisor and many a boy who made a slip in life had judge chidester idester Cb to thank for planting his feet firmly on the upward path and giving a helping hand to keep him straight he was of a big jovial kindly hearty disposition and even his enemies in les were met with kindness and pleasing indulgence in the heat of contest the judge never lost his good nature and this was one of his biggest assets in making friends and keeping them A better social spirit would would be hard to find he was stead fast of purpose and when he had determined ter mined on oil a certain line to be pursued lie he kept that line until the objective was reached or he was defeated in his purpose he was charitable and no one in distress ever appealed to him in vain he did not display his charities from the housetops but many people in straightened circumstances will remember the many kindly acts of judge chidester laboring under a handicap of being reared in the country and at a time when educational advantages were scarce lie he yet climbed to heights and attainments that few with great scholastic equipment could reach his career is a marvel of persever ence and pluck ile he has held some of the most eminent offices in the state and has always filled them with credit and performed his bis duties with honor john foy chidester Chi doster was the son of john P chidester idester Cli and susan fo foy y and was born in spanish fork on february 2 1853 when a small boy he moved to st george with his parents As lie he grew to manhood he assisted in tile the development of dixie ile he was married to alary mary nicoll of american fork in five children were born of the marriage and then the mother passed to the great beyond while in st george lie he held his first civic office that 0 of constable and while performing his duty in tho the arrest of 0 a noted borseth let he wa was stabbed in the abdomen the wound was such a serious one that the entrails protruded from tho the gash in spite of this he be hung to his prisoner and succeeded in landing him in jail this was characteristic of the man ho he never know knew what failure meant nonce ho he set himself to a task ile he moved to panguitch in the carly k eighties and there lie he met and mar riep almina worthen who has faithfully been a mother to tile the judges mo motherless herless children as well as div in ingham 9 him eleven children in n i issa IS so he was admitted to tile the bar a at beaver and lie he practiced his profession bession for ten tell years before statehood he was a member of the constitutional convention where he took an active part in the fight forewoman for woman rage when the office of district attorn attorney ev was lie he was the first to hold that office in the sixth district which position he held for six years il in 1 1902 2 he was appointed judge of the district to succeed judge ANIc mccarty Cart y who had been promoted to the supreme court he was twice tivice elected to succeed himself and held the office of judge for ten years during which time he sat as trial judge in many important cases and it may be said that he was a credit to the judiciary of the state he became a candidate for the congressional nomination in 1911 and barely missed landing it he was appointed a member of the state land board in 1912 and served tour four years in all his official positions he was painstaking and efficient and lie he gave his best energies to his work in an ecclesiastical way lie he was active for his bis church ile he served in the mission field in the southern states from to 1902 and during that time lie ho had many and varied experiences once he was taken from a train with a companion by a sheriff who suspected him of being a murderer A particularly atrocious murder had hadJi been een committed in the state and this ambitious officer was sure he had the right man in the judge As the jail loomed up the sheriff received a message to effect that the real murderer had been taken in and the judge was released at home here lie he was an ac active sunday school wo worker aker and prominent in parents class work he leaves one brother and five sisters Myron chidester of 0 holbrook idaho mrs george dewy and mrs J R waters of deweyville Dewe mrs andrew sproul and mrs aniala ruby of washington and mrs joseph sylvester of his children who survive him are theodore chidester panguitch samuel arnan fenton denzil ARM alton mrs leonard Ogden Ogdon Louise vera thais all of richfield mrs steven ya yates t e s of 0 salt lake and mrs elijah baker of union this state his son fenton is in the medical corps of the navy and will arrivo arrive home in time for the funeral the arrangements range ments tor for which have not yet been decided upon judge hayes adjourned court this morning as a mark of respect to judge chidester and tho the local bai members appointed a committee to d raft draft appropriate resolutions to his memory |