The Greeley tribune., 1910-10-27
CANDIDATE FOR ASSESSOR
is POPULAR MAN IN STATE

one of the CHIEF causes for COM
plaint of our elective system is the
frequency of unit men being canal
dates for offices of trust, There are
hundreds of men holding offices IN
county, state and nation today that
not one tenth OF their party electors
would hire for responsible posi-
ton in private life; and there are
many men in county and state TINS
fall who have been renominateu Tor
an office that carries salary OF Sl,-
SOC and upwards, when in private
life they could not command over
$40 n month as clerks and working
from ten to fourteen hours day,
But when the people get the initia-
tive and referendum there viii be
less undesirable timber elected to
positions of trust and responsibility.
When that bill becomes law the
court house ring" will be an up
pleasant memory and the political
committee on nominations will be
out of a job.
To the credit of the Weld county
Democratic convention the men plac-
ed in nomination on that ticket this
fall cannot be surpassed for ability,
integrity and business standing, and
all are looked upon with great favor
by friends and neighbors irrespective
of political belief or leanings.
Among that number is the candidate
for County Assessor.
IInhar4 Haypnl6S wnS horn i'm
Ohio and came to Colorado in 1878.
He hired out to live stock COM
pany in Bent county, with the range
bordering the Arkansas river. For
five years he punched cattle. rode
night herd, branded and attended
round ups. During that time
young Reynolds realized that the
the cattle business. as then conduct
ed would become thing of the
past. Settlers from the east and
south were arriving by the hun
dreds; the public domain was fast
being homesteaded and claimed !;
towns were springing up like mush-
rooms; wire fences were restricting
the cattle range and this particu-
lar cowboy thought it time to look
for more permanent occupation.
He had friend, w. E. Culver. en-
gagged in the drug business at Las
Animas. and he hired out to him.
For six years he served an appren-
ticeship at sweeping out, pounding
the mortar. making pills-and him.
self generally useful. Liking drugs
and medicine he decided 20 become
proficient in the business and went
to Chicago where he took complete
course in pharmacy at the North
western university. receiving the
| degree of pharmacy which entities
him to fill prescriptions In any drug
store in the Union.
Returning to Las Animas Mr.. Rey.
nolds entered into partnership with
Mr. Culver and stayed there five
years. taking up homestead in the
meantime. In 1893 he proved up on
the homestead, was married, then
moved to Greeley.
During his residence of seventeen
years in this city he has made
| friends on all sides and it is ques-
J tionable if there is another man
/ having a larger number of well
wishers in Weld county. He retired
| from the drug business in 1909
! since which he has been devoting his
time to the cultivation of the ranch
and to ditch and reservoir property
While in the drug business he was
elected president of the Colorado
Pharmacal association for one
term and the past four years he has
been its treasurer. At its annual
session last summer he was re-elect-
ed to this office, notwithstanding
that he is out OF the drug business
and was not at the meeting-a trib
ute of the respect in which he is held
by the druggists of Colorado.
Mr. Reynolds is an excellent book
keeper, possesses an analytical minC
and is quite methodical in the per
formance of whatever he has to do
He is energetic and could be founc
always at his store during bushes!
hours, where he worked as hard n!
any of his clerks. He Is most court
eous in manner to all. even tempered
and not given to fads; stubborn al
most to fault when he thinks he Il
right, but not disputatious, yet whei
convinced that he is wrong he ac
knowledges his error in mani.
way and accepts the correction with
out murmur of dissent.
Hubert Reynolds has been an in
dependent Democrat since 1883. H
has not accepted all of the party