Hull, Lindley M., compiler and editor.  "A History of Central Washington,
Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys."
Spokane: Press of Shaw & Borden Co., 1929.  p. 218.
 
FRANK REEVES

     Son of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Reeves, mentioned on other pages of this volume,
moved with his parents at an early age from Illinois to Kansas, a commonwealth
which had not yet emerged from the pioneer stage of development.  On reaching
the first years of maturity, like all young men with healthy ambition, he
started out to try conclusions with fortune.  Among other things he taught
school and learned the printers trade.  On August 31, 1888, at Geneseo, Kansas,
he was married to Miss Belle Culp of Ohio.  Soon after this event he moved to
Ellensburg, Washington, and within a year bought a newspaper plant and settled
down to grow up with the country.  Early in 1891, however, we find him fighting
his way through the snows on the mountain between Ellensburg and Wenatchee, full
bent upon establishing a newspaper in the latter town, then a mere dot upon a
landscape of sagebrush.  The prospect was not alluring, but according to
tradition Mr. Reeves had been more or less persuaded by leading democrats of the
state to enter this truly virgin field of journalism to hoist the banner of the
ancient and time honored creed of Jefferson and Jackson -- still pure and
unterrified -- and expound the principles thereof to the residents of a growing
community.  Be that as it may the venture was heartily welcomed by the scant
population of Wenatchee Valley.  The political trust committed to the new paper,
the Wenatchee Advance, if it amounted to a trust, was loyally and ably
discharged, but in no sense was it offensively partisan.  Its chief energies
were devoted to community development, which with the advent of the Great
Northern Railway afforded an active field for operations, and the part performed
by the Advance displayed more ability than usually attends first efforts of
pioneer journalism.
     In 1893, Mr. Reeves sold the Advance to L. E. Kellogg and O. B. Fuller, and
launched the Times of Leavenworth.  About ten years later we find him entering
the practice of law in which profession he has been eminently successful.  He
was the first elected prosecuting attorney of Chelan County, serving two terms.
His practice has included the courts of Idaho as well as Washington, with
important cases in the supreme courts of both states and the supreme court of
the United States.  In 1914 he was elected to the State Legislature from Chelan
County, a strong Republican district.  Of late years Mr. Reeves has been engaged
in orcharding, and he has also acquired important mining interests, by reason of
which activities his law practice has been largely given over.
 
 
Transcriber's additional notes:
 
from this same book,
page 9:
Acknowledgment....members of the Executive Board of the Pioneer Association of
Central Washington........Mrs. Belle Reeves
 
page 383:
"Leavenworth and Surrounding Country"
"Frank Reeves published the first newspaper, the Leavenworth Times, early in the
spring of 1893.  Later in the same year, Maj. A. S. Lindsay published the
Leavenworth Journal.  Mr. Reeves continued to conduct the Times until October
15, 1898, and shortly prior to this time, Maj. Lindsay discontinued the
publication of the Journal and moved to Wenatchee."
 
page 545:
"The First National Bank of Wenatchee entered the field March 3, 1906, with W.
T. Clark, president;......A. L. Morris, Frank Reeves and William Greig also
belong to the board of directors."
 
page 556C:
"The Wenatchee Commercial Club was developed from an organization of young men
which was known as the Parliment....The Parliment was an organization purely for
the discussion of public questions.  President of 1911 & 1912, Frank Reeves."
 
page 589:
Regarding the Jones-Shotwell Ditch; "As it was essential that we have competent
legal advice, we secured the services of Frank Reeves, which proved a wise move,
for he piloted us through the labyrinth of legal entanglements, thereby saving
us from threatened litigation."
     
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