The Glenwood post., 1904-07-02
COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE
Items OF Interest from NeighbCTing Towns
Gathered By Our Corps of Special Reporters
PARACHUTE PARAGRAPHS.

trip into Routt county.
There are plenty of ripe cherries
about here and many crates of them
have been shipped out.
w. H. Brown. of Debeque moved
up barbering outfit last week and
has fair business already.
The Parachute Lumber company
received carload of lumber and had
it unloaded during the week.
There are twenty cars of steel rails
on our side track waiting to be un-
loaded and used in relaying the track
Mr.. Hutton, of fe, has been
baling lot of last years crop of hay
over on the mesa and has shipped sew
eral cars.
Everbyody's hay crop seems to be
turning out better than expected as
there have been frequent rains All
growing crops look first rate.
Mr.. Whitmore, railway agent at
this point years ago, has been here for
combined business and pleasure e
trip from Springville, Utah.
Clarence Wayne and family have
come back to Parachute to celebrate
the Fourth as they don't celebrate at
the Hanging Lake. this year.
Doctor Mckinney and family were
visiting last Sunday at the lovely
home of Pete c. Horn on Beaver creek.
Tney found several of the family
sick.
Mr. Pond and wife of Aspen were
down this week looking over sufpe of
Parachute's real estate. 1t is hoped
he will like it well enough to invest
and become one of our citizens.
Dee Freeland, who was married tc
Miss Perham on Strawberry Day at
Glenwood, had serenade served on
him the first night they were al
home at the old Wallace ranch.
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road position as night operator for
the present and is now devoting his
whole time to Photographic work.
Mr.. Martin has been sent here to fill
mis- place.
Jim Cox's baby died last Friday
morning after about week $ illness,
Doctor LeRossignol being in attend
ance. The father was away in Utah
near Brown s, following up the train
robbers and no word could reach him
so he did not arrive home until after
the burial
The Grand valley camp meeting
which has been running for about
two weeks under the auspices of the
Seventh Day Adventists will continue
this week and maybe longer From
the large and attentive audiences
people enjoy their fine singing and
discourses.
Parachute expects to celebrate in
grand style with programs of speak
ing and music in Barthell grove, and
several races and..a base ball game with
Rifle. A brass hand will help the
small boy make plenty of noise
They expect large delegations from
the surrounding towns.
C. W. Vaughan, our genial mail
carrier for the rural route, has been
having quite time with inflamma
tory rheumatism but is considera BILE
better at this writing and hopes soon
to be able to resume the carrying of
mail, which work Herbert Wayne has
been doing for him during his illness
| Mr. Kernaham of Plateau valley
has been in our midst in the interests
of the Debeque and Plateau Produce
and Supply company, and has met
with good success in obtaining sub
scribers for its stock. 1t expects tc
have separate side track and plat
form for it's members to use, and later
promises to build large, stone store
house.
There was quite a runaway Monday
evening when Henry Wayne's pony
got frightened by part of the harness
coming loose and by running the cart
on the side of bank, turning it over,
throwing Mabel VanHorn and Gertie
Wayne down the hank near DObey
Evans Although Mabel was uncon.
scious for sometime, outside of many
bruises. sprans and skinned places
on their faces and bodies, they seem
to have made lucky escape. a