New-York tribune., 1900-03-20
THE PASSING THRONG

Throughout the Far Northwest there =.
ter known character than Fred Reed OF Bo,ss ~
Idaho. At one period OF his r,-ss'
REEDS IDEA Reed was Mayor Of North w.
OF A ina. and by that title he ia 80
PROMOTER. far and wide To keen ana ,
intellect he adds an ,rnaxt
ton that fairly riot and a qualntnass :.
phraseology that has made his sayings faroor.
1t Is he who defined trust as body OF me, =
He'd together who do not trust each other but vvh.
expect the public to trust them. Leaving Nsuyo-.
In his early manhood. Reed TO the eo,,,-
where he lives. and in the coursa a, -
twenty-five years that has elapsed since then IA,
turned his hand to everything that az one ,,ros -
another offered a chance for livelihood As -
expresses H. he received his diploma as an 49,.
flank OF a calf. and from that ne turned Ia rsT Ts
ioading and learned the art OF laying tracks buiJ
Ing grades and making cuts. His step was M,
me real estate business. which stil occupies par
or his attention. but to mining that be SeLt
mainly deyotes his energies, although short ti0s
what Fref % nauired Iaa ef Ths his ena eTSmGsf %6o
dulged In English "as she is spoke iyVba. N q,
ITO De a promoter" explained the Mavo- =.
North f Yakima with pitying smile. ''is dead easy
Own &c to some one who doesn't want IL
Reed in touch apd MIN VsTed eTeT & M , has brought
the section in which he lives. and 20 its STUDY ~
and understanding OF the people that is nov Ion
denced by the tales he spins OF the people OF ,hs
try and his people and the boundess possibiI1t;a.
5ob 'he bn r1tae 6 heds for II and them no can
while MS q1aintness of verbiage and original turn.
OF thought add much 10 the interest OF what he -
relating. as the following story OF his wifi -,
witness: O'
"A lot has been told about the wfckedness NJ -,
Northwestern people" said Mr. Reed yesterday =,
the Waldorf-Astoria ''and No.
THE MAYOR many time and Oft they hav,
ON THE feeced the Eastern tenderroot IN
TENDERFOOT- cattle deal and land or mining
trade This Is uudOuhte1fv .--.
but then there is another side TO H. and thar :,
that any one fool enough to go into a business,
proposition without knowing anything about :.
ought to be feeced. and the foreordering Of thnz.
was probably placed on earth for that very uur-
pose; but. as I told Wall Street friend TODAY
you've more thieves here IN New-York than va
have In our country. for the that you've got
more people. 1 have a very distinct recollection
of visit I paid here years ago. I entered ths
metropolis by means Of the Chicago Limited IN
which occupied stateroom. wherein as II was
summer electric fan cooled the air The mar
OF my exit was different for I left here seated
on the trucks OF freight train, and famed BY the
The people of the great Northwest are whole
die and after a rebuff they nevertheless press a.
70 their goal unfalteringly. and they treat H.
Of that august persona ge do not mean TO say ina;
We do not have our moments OF depression We DO
But they never last long, aud our recovery from
them IS quickly made For instance. along about
any source was forthcoming I happened 70 be in
Spokane day. The Chamber OF Commercs
was holding a meeting. and every one who had
spoken had given lugubriOus advice as 10
the best way out OF the financial in which We
had lost ourselves. Finally they called me- and
clad as was in the clothes which I daily wore Ia
my duties my ranch. got up and made an
address. and nearly as can recoNect a. SAID
Perhaps; gentlemen. some Of you may havs
noticed the hangdOg expression 10 the knees Of nv
pants. and the melancholy droop their seat. and
attribute il to the hours may have spent In sack
cloth and ashes. putting dust my head. but
owe them TO no such thing. They are there because
of the necessity find for crawling past the win-
dows Of the various banks IN order that the cash.
iers may glance without and recognize me-
''It caught them fer reason, and depression
gave way TO exuberance Of spirits In fact con-
cluded the Mayor Il have a recollection tasted
the coming good times such extent that
when were finally finished had such Tags
that the only way in which could make tina
to lie down and roll"