The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-19
HERE'S TO THE DREAMER
The Man Who Sets the Pace for
Idaho Improvement.


who prides himself on being a practical
business man, and yet this very same
self-styled practical" business man
must of necessity he either dreamer
or worker out of other mems dreams
if he succeeds in his work. The fathers
of the republic dreamed Of freedom and
the greatest nation of freemen the world
has ever known sprang into existence
Raphael never dreamed dreams and the
worlds greatest paintings appeared
upon the canvas Michael Angelo dream
ed and the marble took its immortal
forms from his hands; John Roebling
dreamed and the great Brooklyn bridge
spanned the East river; Edison dreamed
dreams and behold the lev waters of the
river transmits its wonderful electrical
power miles and miles away aud warns
and lights your homes and draws your
burdens in tile rapid Car, or turns the
wheels of industry. The man Of action
who molds dreams into the concrete
form pats himself on the back and STYLES
himself he practical man, at the same
time he SHES, jokes and jeers at the
dreamer who supplied him with the idea.
OF all the great dreamers none are
greater than he who dreams of trans
forming the sage brush deserts of the
Snake river into the homes and habita-
tions of men; he who sees populous
cities and wealthy communities spring
ing from the barren desert, and whose
faith in the idea is so great that he sue
ceeds III impressing others with the in-
SEPARATION until the dream becomes a re.
ality. Men are sometimes inclined to
sheer at such enthusiastic dreanIers Of
empires and term them ''hot air ped
dlers," but just the same there is not an
irrigation project in Idaho today that
would have carried to success but for
these enthusiasts who become SO inspir-
ed with the work of creation of empires
from the dust of the desert, self, toll.
hardship, all are forgotten and swallow
ed up in the one great idea Men who
see visions of populous communities
thriving cities, great factories, thou
sands OF happy homes, where nothing
but sage brush and desert sands exist.
and who have the enterprise and nerve
to push their fight against an unkind
nature to finish, men who add whole
counties to the map OF Idaho, with mill
lions of taxable property and thousands
Of new inhabitants to our population
are men worthy of our honor and esteem
and their names should live in the his
tory of the state as the great men of
the state.
There are many such men in the state,
but the one who is perhaps entitled to
stand at the head of the list is Major
Fred r. Reed. Major Reed is typical
son Of the west, whole souled, hearty
and bubbling over with good nature
aud good will for all. No one ever
comes in contact with him but they feel a
greater faith in humanity and stronger
desire to make an old world better
in practical way. Frank to degree,
as tender hearted as a mother to her
infant child, no one ever went to him in
trouble without getting relief, and he
not infrequently goes out of his way to
find those who are in trouble. He loves
Idaho as a lover his sweetheart, and no
stranger ever meets the Major without
learning to love and respect the state
more by reason of the meeting. The
great Snake river desert, with all it's
wonderful possibilities, he loves more
than any other spot in Idaho, and the
new communities of the Snake river
desert owe lasting debt to the Major
for the labor of love which he has per-
formed in the transformation of the
desert.
To the general public Major Reed is