Gunnison news-champion., 1906-07-06
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u An-au Bar lre u4a johnson.
4 : C9u-ai "a Ana,. Ciina. under
Pres lcui Achiulcs : aSHaln.-iraiiou
ws< Be eus=-s - Bic sisi.ar. Mr. Jalsn
II I.eiier. ~ I4sl-.ase. Wedu.sliav
and hursdav. cTrnuie tot aiiiaruia
wh.re 10 MI -pcrd > f..w weeks V = i
hss miiy. bsairc Lis rs.;.ra b. tie
Mi 1pins- where te has l.srs.
bss nes- iusere-ts His eIsiest a.au..h-
ses. frnaa Johnson. who vas small
dbl Shca she ief' Grand junction
aud be is . handsome yonng NO
as~. accumpan,ed him. Mr.. Johrsan
cas 30 the CITY "Wednesday evening
sccoul pansed ~ i,i- brother. :. Ras-
..sh Johnson. and his sister. Mrs
Re Amsbgrv. aud silent q few
hoSrs At the hanc of Edwin Price.
psesi ipus To- his deparisre on the
~tesial fa-i tram at 10 10 Mr.
JohH-on reports great progress in
the philippines under direction 81
the goVernnept. bat SAYS MANY
sesi ioas mistakes have teen made
wh,ch viii he hard to overcome.
Gw pragress j. being made 10 the
eds tInn Of the Filipino children.
wb. spcak the English quite readily.
b~t the business Of the country j.
still rludseted largely in Spanish
Mr.. Johnson j. az the head os the
Man a street railway system. has a
larpa electric lighting plant at Ilailo.
and Las arge concession II timber
lsnd- rom which be is taking 100
40 Ieet ct lumber per dav. This
traei c1Htains mahogany. pine aud
many other valuable hard woods
and rhe business j. carried on In The
sam manner as IN the great forests
Of 1recon and California. He is
tootiug IN fine condition physically.
and says he has never heen in better
heaiih. ferspns who watch their
de and are careful viii er JOY as
GOO health there as ia Grand valley
lie sails Tor Manila ON the 9Th dav
Of July.
Monrose Press.
The above distinguished gentle.
man is a nephew Of Dr. A. johnson
Il this city and Is qyte well known
ia Muntrose. Away back in 1854
a, Gunnison, A. B. johnson was the
iitor OF the Daily Review Press and
the writer hereof was the devil on
thai paper. A nicer man and one
I,etter and more kindly to the
s0oloyes under him, we never saw.
Under the usoet try ing circumstances
lse always maintained the same even
Nenor Of Ais way and tressed his
enployss - bis eq~el, giving Up Ais
ls~t dnsass o. saassdsy sight 70 psy
tAem u e16l. even ~ il might Dseve
him withost . dinse. FearIess - .
lion - AiA ma hesitsae 10 stand by
his gsss every time. We ressember
one tiss Of his being sccosaed BY m
aRRviever county superintendent Of
schools who carried . cane - large
as . small sapling Mr.. johnson
wads1 right in and had the big
blsaer stretched out on the floor of
store hors De com Dat in le~s time
than il takes to tell it. Another
time he wrote up q young man who
had IN ambition 10 become . second
"Iismond Dick, or the Darling
Devil Of Gnnnison The fellow wa.
jaiber Tor the cosnty aud carried
gsa. The two met and the officer
drew his weapon on Mr.. johnson,
bet tie latter walked straight at
hi,M like he was used to eating . few
guns for break fast every morning
He'd il not been for the interference
Of o&hess just at this critical moment
it u our 9rn belief he would have
reducesl the blslier TO mince meat in
Iess than two minste~.
With al his bravery and fearless
nesa, - possessed the esetle eide,
which predominated strongly in his
lite. We cannot recall Of one
instance where he spoke harshly to
~, yet many, many times we dosbt-
Ie. deserved it richly, snd frequent
ly sfser working hosrs did he take
the writer .pon his lap and supply
the words of eacouragement-ba balm
for which every boy who bumps up
Aaaisst the roughness Of this world
-tAat have been very precioss 70
him in later years.