The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-27
c. B. REED
PIONEER DEAD
PASSED AWAY MAY II, 1909
One Time Postmaster in this
City-Fifty Years in the
Northwest.


ITO this morning MONDAY 17D
bravely fighting the dread disease
pneumonia as vigorously as he had
fought the battle of the pioneer on
the Pacific coast for 40 years.
The news of his death has cast
gloom over the entire community,
for Mr.. Reed has been a resident
of this and Kittitas counties for
the past 40 years. and it has been
but few years since he was known
and respected by almost every resi-
dent of the two counties.
The deceased had been sick but
little less than week. He came
to this city last Tuesday, driving
up from his home at Malaga and
taking the afternoon train for
Ephrata, where he delivered
speech on irrigation matters. He
took the night train back to Wen
atchee, and feeling i'll the next
morning he did not arise as usual.
During the day doctor was sum-
moned and informed him that he
had pneumonia. Latter on in the
week he was removed to the Gil
christ hospital for better care.
During the last few days of his i'll
ness he was unconscious most of
the time. He regained conscious
ness Saturday night for few hours,
but all day Sunday and Sunday
night up to the time he passed
away, he knew no one.
Chas. B. Reed was born October
80, 1888, and therefore 70 years of
age on his last birthday. Penn
sylvania was his native state but
while a young man he followed
Mr. Greedy S advice and came west.
He was married at Deer Lodge,
Mont, in the early sixties. His
marriage was one of the first in the
then new territory of Montana, and
his son, c. Will Reed, was the
first white child born at Deer
Lodge. In 1869 he removed to
the Kittitas valley, settling at Ell
lensburg During the administra-
ton of Garfield he was appointed
postmaster of Ellensburg and
served in that capacity almost three
years.
In 1888 he crossed the noun
tains and settled at the present
Reed home below Malaga. He
was here in advance of the railroad.
Mr.. Reed was one of the pioneers
i'll irrigation work in central Wash
ington. He assisted educating and
then urged legislation tending to
advance irrigation. He was one
of the prime movers in the first ir-
rigation enterprise that put water
on the Malaga country and at the
time of his death he was president
of the Lake Irrigation company,
which furnishes water for several
hundreds of acres down the river.
Mr. Reed has twice been a dele
gate to the National Irrigation con-
gress and it was through his efforts
mainly that this state was able to
have such good representation at
the congress held last year at Albu-
querque.
Mr.. Reed, while being an ardent
republican, never sought for poll
teal preferment until last fall,
when he became a candidate for
joint senator of the Chelan- Kittitas
district
To mourn his loss he leaves a
wife and three sons, c. Will Reed,
Louis A. Reed and Harvey Reed,
and one daughter, Grace Reed.
Mr.. Reed has been very active in
Masonic lodge matters and has held
the past masters chair, and 1t is
under the auspices of this lodge
that the funeral will occur. Def
mite arrangements have not as vet
been completed for the funeral,
but the interment will occur at 10
o clock Wednesday morning from
the Masonic h II .-Wenatchee