The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-04-06
Irncln Lin REYNOLDS.

ether day III i'll Nl"hipoe
part:
II notice you are now deyotihs SoafI
time to great men you nave N"oSa'
Have you forgotten the bs'' s
Old Uncle Jim
First don't know how Ill he
deuce mot capitalized, anu .s-se
not swearingJ Clint Webb ever louad
out that was writing about sisat
men. So far as | am aware tpe VI
culation of the Tribune i'll NihnilsS
is very limited. send seveiai eop'ss
TO Holland, but very few llito de
northern provinces of Canada' Ni-
ond | don't like Clint's presuilpuoh
in assuming that ne knows VINO vas
the greatest man | ever KNEW. ne
don't. At first | determined "odld
| ignore his suggestion, but, When
/ stopped to think about 1t l eouida |
very we'll do it. You see my 'dy
reason for running these Alstoflai
sketches of great men is TO pf&e
beyond a shadow of boubt that Ill
beyond shadow o. doubt that Ill
select the right characters they hNe
chosen characters that We're pop0ar
WY themselves or that Were n0ed
nNhaving been fortunate. Wen lfl
siOred Clint's suggestion he coaia
Say that was one-idea historian
picking out characters for fame mat
pleased me and me only.
Uncle jim Reynolds and always
liked each other immensely. but We
were enemies, so, it is irony of ate,
Or something like that, that mdkes
of ne his historian. | have forgotten
whether it was 20 or 40 years, OF
maybe it was terms, that Uncle lin
was auditor of Osceola county Iona.
Whichever it was 1t was long Will
and he was good auditor all the
while, and he wasn't much Older When
he quit than when he began. Several
times some few folks thoughk le va
going to be beaten for offi4s Ne Ae
finally had to refuse the iOnii@hOn
to keep from dying N the naftes
don't know as he really wantSd
very much to begin with, and th hey
hangs a story.
When Uncle Jim first run fo1 Tx
office, he defeated my father asA u,
of the opposition candidates. lle'e
We're several candidates and bffoIt
that campaign Uncle Jim andE N,
father had been like brothers.
On yes, Clint, | know you WOULDN'T
have suggested this story if you ma
remembered thai, but I'm rather gla
now | have got started, that you did
To resume:
The bitter things said during tha
campaign nearly broke my father
heart and shortened his life an
sure. He didn't know, but | know
now, that they hurt Uncle Jim JUS
as much, and / doubt not, ahortme
his life too, for two men don't pv'
each other lightly, and when he
something actually breaks when n
love is changed to suspicion and dis
like.
But, Uncle Jim was not TO pamt
and neither was my father. The
We're both simple and honest mel
as little used to political schemln
and trickery as rnlamiliar to the wa
of politicians Uncle Jim was for
innate enough to get into the hant
of a better Set of schemers who pla.
ed up his poverty and his big famll
and as result ne won out.
Now, now, don't anybody get e'
cited. | know the whole history ,
that campaign, and | know that b
all the rules of the game chat n
father should have withdrawn. Bl
my father was not playing the gan
and | am rather proud that he die
mt Withdraw. | would be glad
it hadn't hurt him and Uncle jim 5
much.
They are both gone from this worl
and someway ! figure it is all strai
ened out now SO that they love eat
other again. would be unable
write this if | didn't think SO. Bl
thinking so | can tell you some
the secrets of Uncle .Iim's life-son
OF the traits that made him loved.
scme of the love that made him grei
1t wasn't the 81 children that
and Aunt Hanna were parents
that made him great-but maybe Il
great love he developed in order
give each one of those 21 their du
helped build the character that w
great. Uncle Jim was always gres
lie was great when with those youn
sters thicker than flies in butch
shop he and Hannah lived in lit
Two or three room shack on the ir
claim on the banks of the Ocheyda
guess that is where it was. \
rememberances of locations has ha
Tar is not good, but / remember
was great. With my father / visit
there one day. Uncle Jim and
sat on wagon tounge and whittl