Fred Lind Alles

Fred Lind Alles (1851–1945) was a businessman and civic leader in Los Angeles, California, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, serving as secretary or other officer for various committees and for the National Irrigation Congress.

Professional life

Lind was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on August 2, 1851, and attended the public schools of Pitt Township between 1857 and 1861. He entered the printing business as a "kid press feeder" with the Pittsburgh Post at age about 13 in 1864, followed by stints at the Pittsburgh Dispatch and the Workingman's Advocate, also in Pittsburgh.

He moved to Chicago in 1868, where he was an office worker at the Religio-Philosophical Journal, being then promoted to foreman and writer. During this time, he attended a public school in Saint Charles, Illinois. He moved in 1872 to Sparta, Illinois, where he was the publisher of the Sparta Plain Dealer. In 1874 he was the editor of the Belleville, Illinois, Advocate, and he worked for the Sentinel in Pontiac, Illinois, from 1875 to 1883.