The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-18
MAJOR REED TELLS
INTERESTING STORY
Mormon Bishop Quickly Goes
Up Into the Air When
Given a Tribune.
BLATS LIKE A CALF
WHEN FRIGHTENED
Town of American Falls Likely
to Become Metropolis
of Idaho.

Maj. Fred r. Reed of American Falls,
Ida, was IN Zion City few days since,
greeting his numerous friends and en-
larglng his list of admirers. The Ma
1or, although bearing q military title,
is disposed TO be man of peace and
enjoys living on friendly terms with
his fellow man This is the highest
aim of his life, but short time ago
in moment of mental abstraction
ne came very near being the innocent
cause Of the sudden and premature
death of a fellow citizen. It appears
that one OF his neighbors, a sad eyed.
goat-like whiskered, devout-appearing
Mormon bishop, met him on the high
way recently and asked the genial
Major If he had n good, readable, news
paper with him-one in which he, the
bishop. could read with pleasure and
delight of passing events in the
great, throbhing outside world In
complying with the bishops modest re-
quest the Major inadvertently pulled
copy of The Salt Lake Tribune from
his pocket and rendered it to his long
the bishop opened the great family
journal, and then, realizing that it was
copy of The Tribune, he uttered an
ozone-splitting yell, trsmped the harm
less paper under his feet, and into the
mud. and howIed. my God! What did
You put mat -- into nv
hands for? Do You want 10 kill me
do you want to smother me with rage
and hatred and fear-with that organ
of the American partv2'
The Major roared with laughter and
amusement and continued on his way.
feeling that the only thing that kept
HIM from figuring as defendant upon
the charge of involuntary manslaugbter
was the fact that the bishop is not sub
ject to heart failure.
Salt Lakes Future.
To Tribune commissioner, Mai
Reed talked entertainingly Of Salt
Lake, Idaho, and especially of those
portions of the State in which he is
actve!y operating. and in which he has
large interests. He maintains that Salt
Lake City IS destined to become the
greatest and most attractive of all tho
inland cities of the country. The busi.
ness men of Salt Lake, Mr.. Reed
thinks, don Z begin to appreciate the
magnitude of the resources which Ma
ture has made tributary to this city.
and which by geographical and physical
conditions can never be diverted else
where, The growth which is apparent
now, and the improvements which are
about to be inaugurated, must po on
without, even the possibility of a hin.
tus, and will increase with the wears
Directing Mai. Reed s attention 70
American Falls and what were the prss,
ent conditions and future of that por-
tion OF Idaho, he said:
Building City.
1.-The American Falls Townsife com.
pany, of which I am agent, has been
buslly engaged in making the town of
American Falls babitable before max.
ing any effort to dispose Of lots for bust
ness or residence purposes. The com
Pany is putting in water system for
inc town, with 5o;0oo-gallon stand
pipe, which is filed through pipes bv
electric pumps from living springs
which bubble up through the sand, the
purest and coolest Of life giving water
1t gives pressure of 100 feet. The
company has Just let O contract for the
erection OF n grand hotel to cost $13O,-
600, the plans of which are being drawn
by Architect c. NJ. Neuhausen Of your
city,
"a new -four mill built Of solid rock
is about completed, with present ca
pacity of 100 barrels of -four per day.
and which will be added to as future
requirements may demand or justify.
Start Newspaper.
'tWe are going to install first class.
up:.to-date newspaper plant. / think
bbiS d Su'l INV tSIlHtHL, as nave mad
some. experience in newspaper work
myself, The building from which the
newspaper will issue will be construct.
ed of brick and will be 30xSO feet. The
name of the paper will probably be the
American Falls Express or News.
.'The Falls Creek Sheep company is
building tirst-class store, S0x125 feet,
with basement the full size of the
building. The State Bank of American
Falls is established and doing a good
business. The institution is putting up
a fine building of concrete rock. Oliver
McKown is building handsome store,
30xS0 feet, of concrete stone.
''The town is brilliantly lighted by
electricity. One hundred thousand dol
lars has been, or soon will have been,
spent in improvements of the American
Falls townsite before any one is asked
TO buy n lot. ! refer TO this merely TO
show the confidence which the men who
are putting up their money have in the
future of the place.
Engaged in Mining.
Maj Reed is of the firm of Reed &,
Ellinger, and, In addition to his other
business enterprises. is also general