Teton County ID Archives Biographies.....Walker, Chester B. 1883 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

    CHESTER B. WALKER, vice president and manager of the First National Bank of
Driggs, was born in Salt Lake City, May 17, 1884, and is a son of W. A. and
Lavina (Harper) Walker. He was brought to Idaho during his infancy, his father
homesteading a half section fifteen miles north of Idaho Falls. The son
afterward attended the district schools and still later became a student in
Ricks College at Rexburg. When not in the schoolroom he assisted in the
development of the home farm, becoming thoroughly familiar with all the duties
and labors connected with the cultivation of the fields. When twenty years of
age he proved up on a homestead located on the Rexburg bench and later entered
the commercial world, with which he became identified in 1906, being employed by
Miller Brothers, wholesale millers and dealers in flour, hay and grain at
Rexburg. He remained with them for a year as manager and then entered the employ
of the St. Anthony Building & Manufacturing Company, with which he continued as
head book-keeper for three years. Subsequently he spent a year as manager of the
St. Anthony Milling & Elevator Company, owned by J. K. Mullen of Denver. 

    Mr. Walker next became associated with Guy E. Bowerman, of St. Anthony,
Idaho, in the banking business and in the spring of 1912 accepted the
cashiership of the Driggs State Bank of Driggs, Idaho. In the fall of the same
year this bank was nationalized and has since been known as the First National
Bank of Driggs. At the present writing Mr. Walker is the vice president and
manager and the success of the institution is due in no inconsiderable measure
to his efforts, business ability and keen sagacity. In the fall of 1917 he
organized the Farmers State Bank of Tetonia and is now its president. In 1919 he
organized the Intermountain Live Stock & Loan Company and is its manager and a
member of the board of directors. This company is now carrying a quarter of a
million dollars in loans and its business is steadily increasing. Mr. Walker has
always been interested in cattle and sheep raising and has many farm and range
properties in this part of the state. He is at all times a most progressive and
enterprising business man who attacks everything with a contagious enthusiasm
and accomplishes what he undertakes. He designed the present bank building of
Driggs, which is a beautiful modern brick structure, the second floor of which
serves as the court-house for Teton county. 

    On the 2d of September, 1906, in Salt Lake City, Mr. Walker was married to
Miss Ada Wilson, daughter of Thomas R. and Susie M. Wilson, of that city. They
have become parents of six children: Helen; Rita; Emerson, who has passed away;
Rodney; Florence; and Louise. 

    The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and Mr. Walker filled a mission for two and a half years in
Kansas City and vicinity. In his political views Mr. Walker is a republican and
for two terms he served as mayor of Driggs, his administration resulting in the
development of many plans for the improvement and upbuilding of the city — plans
which were brought to a successful conclusion. He is a member of the board of
education and during the past four years has been the leading spirit in a
movement that has resulted in the erection of a large modern school building,
one of the best built in the state in a town of equal size and thoroughly
equipped according to modern educational ideals. On the 18th of December, 1919,
he was appointed commissioner of finance of the state of Idaho, succeeding Hon.
Guy E. Bowers of St. Anthony. His public service has always been of a character
most beneficial to the state, while in business life he has displayed those
qualities which bring success and his example should encourage and inspire
others, showing what can be accomplished through individual effort and
determination. 


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