Gunnison news-champion., 1909-09-10

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Montrose stockmen have purchased
a Shire stallion for $500.
j T. johnson aud family of
breckenridge, who have spent two
two weeks here, the guests of the
Proifltts. departed Friday. Mrs.
johnson is a sister Of j. A. and }.
" Pruifltt
Mrs. Susie + Moore paid Ga.ni-
son a visit Saturday She reports
quite a number Of summer resorters
at her hotel during the season. Most
of the hay on her ranch at Parlins
was put up before the heavy rains
began.
Among Spencer visitors Monday
was J. T. Barrows He declares it
has rsined a. much there as any
where else and he can prove it. Mr..
liarrows is making quite ranch on
the hills near Spencer, and doing it
by dry farming. He raises splen-
did barley, oats and vegetables with
ont lrrl patlpn
Clyde Welch is turning farmer, At
least one would think he had absn-
doned the ranch profession by the
squash, celery and cueunbers he
brought to this office Wednesday.
This is an exceptional year and those
who thought to plant the more ten
der garden truck, have been quito
successful with it, as we have had no
frost for three months.
Talking with Rudolph Nerglemaa
Tuesday, he tells us that his father
has not been quite so well since tho
extremely hot weather in Denver
began. He is at the hospital once
more. Mr. Mergelman is fortunate
in having gotten his hay up. with
very little trouble from the wet In
fact lola and some sections Of the
Tomichi seem to have escaped the
hard storms
The Sixth annual Mesa County
FAIR will be held at Grand Junction.
beginning September 2l. and clos
ing Sept oath. The program this
year is an attractive one and in
cludes the big feast of free peaches
on the .,2sd and visit from Presi.
d-nt TAFT aud party on the 23rd A
hlg program Of entertainment with
plenty of mnsic by several bands
Will furnish week of good tunes.
The soaking rains here sli.l con-
tlnue and Gunnison ranchmen have
concluded that some Oregon weather
must have sfrayed this war. We
have had no cl,ud bursts or Jeyast-
tating storms. but steady drizzle.
with occasional downpours. There
are a great many thousand tons Of
hay down which cannot be stacked
and are spelling. Otherwise the
crops are not suffering. except that
haying will be put very late in the
fall.
We note that the Delta County
Fair Assn. advertises that county
celebration for September Ii. IG /
and IL. That is from Wednesday
to Friday Of next week. 1t i. a ban
ner year for fruit in the lower coup- |
try, and the products of that pros- /
porous country will be properly rep- (
resented at the fair. Delta people /
extend cordial invitation TO Gun
nison people to come down. live
could Just get Colorado & South
ern extension it would make it much
more easy for us TO visit back and
forth at county celebrations.
j. W. Smith tells US that last Fri
day a hail storm ACCOMPANIED the
rain and threshed forty per cent of
his eighteen acre field of oats. max
ing quite a loss. Anderson Bro~
also lost lot Of oats. His field Of
mscaroni wheat half mile awav was
not touched. Mr.. Smith is eutbusi-
astic over the nine acres Of wheat
which he SAYS has ripened in ninety /
days and with full. plump grains
that will run 6s pounds to the
bushel- lie thinks it the ideal wheat
Tor this country. He also has two
acres OF winter wheat. sown las; wear
by mistake He kept this pastared /
down, and this season it has rna,nr-d
IN flne shape. Mr.. Smith also ha.