Lockley, Fred.  "History of the Columbia River Valley, From The Dalles to the
Sea." Vol. 2.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928.  p. 748
 
FRED A. KRIBS

     One of the prominent figures in the timber circles of the Columbia River
valley is Fred A. Kribs, of Portland, who has devoted practically his entire
business career to buying and selling timber lands, on which subject he is
regarded as an expert authority, his success having been based on his sound and
discriminating judgment and his honorable methods.  Mr. Kribs was born in
Trempealeau county, Wisconsin, and received his early education in the public
schools, graduating from high school, and was then appointed to the United
States Military Academy at West Point.  In 1883 he engaged in buying and selling
timber land in northern Minnesota, and has followed that line of business
continuously since.  In 1900 he went to California, making his headquarters in
San Francisco, and during the two ensuing years bought and sold much land in
that state.  In February, 1902, he became a resident of Portland, Oregon, and
during the past quarter of a century has handled a vast amount of the best
timber land in the Pacific northwest.  He selected all of the acreage for the
Coos Bay Lumber Company, as well as of the holdings in Oregon of the Pillsbury
Flour Company, besides many other large and important timber deals, and is
generally conceded to be one of the best men in his line in this part of the
country.
     Mr. Kribs is married and has three children, two sons and a daughter.
Politically he is a stanch republican and takes a keen interest in public
affairs, though he has never aspired to office.  He is both a York and Scottish
Rite Mason, being a life member of the Consistory, is a Noble of the Mystic
Shrine, and is a life member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.  In his
career he has exemplified a high type of citizenship and all who know him hold
him in high esteem, for he has been a man of honor in all the relations of life,
has shown a commendable interest in the welfare of his community and possesses
those traits of character which commend a man to the good opinion of his
fellowmen.


 
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