Gunnison news-champion., 1909-07-30

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for theve wes~ bet ~sna s.UO 80
$3.50 people on the ssssss~. sssA
twice az many strsneer~ fTosa oeAsG
parts of the state - usaal Thss
wss no dosbs. due 10 the vesy Ios
one fare rates made by the railroads.
ss well ~ TO better advertising
abroad We can easily briag 5.tkAs
10 the celebration with proper HAM
agement
Many old Gunnisonites were prvs-
ent. which bears out the sugeestioU
IT essChamp,on made last weed
that Pioneers afternoon. or
home coming for the old t.usess
would be an agreeable feature Of
next years celebration LesdiRG
stockmen Of Denver, Saguache, Pa
on,a. Hotchkiss, Delta and other 10
cslitles were here. La Ncss Was
lied TO overfiowins, roominS houses
were jammsd, private housss thrown
open, sests fixed upon lawns SD
cots Imported for the event.
IlscoEstions Of business houses os
Nam street were very pretty, thoaRt
this testsre has been excelled in
former years. The corners of Main
stssst wese fillsd with booths end
fakiss, slsads, two ten cent shows
running night aud day filled in the
odd moascnts, and . merry go round,
with attendant features, such ~ den
OF horrible snakes, glass blowers,
etc, made the air merry la fact
there WAS pretty good start toward
a street fair.
Not only was the crowd large. bot
the events, particularly the ladies
races, the bucking contest and the
relay race, were the best over pulled
off Visitors remarked that nowhere
else in Colorado can such lady rid
ers be found as in Gunnison coun-
ty. Their grace, daring and ski
were an astonishment and revela-
tion even to those from other cattle
sections
This was noted in the parade af
100 cattlemen, their sons and daurh-
ters, of the first day. A beautiful
picture of real western life, and an
exhibition of fine saddle horses that
no other Colorado community can
equal
The Shetland ponies. fourteen Of
them, with very proud youngsters as
miniature COWBOYS and cowgirls were
the striking feature of the parade
and applause was long and loud .
These ponies were from Dos Rios
Stock Ranch, and Bruce Hartman,
his mother and sister, Miss Hazel, I
took great deal of pains with the .
pretty little horses. Gazette Bros had /.
the finest float and won first prize. T.
The w. r. c. ladies won second prize
and Miss Linton third.
After the evolutions in pairs, and .
Tours, eights and sixteens up and .
down Main street, everybody gath T
cred at the band stand for the quad I
rifle on horseback The Gunuis1n .
band under leadership of T. r.. .
Knowles played while the horses .
nodded and pirouted, just as if they /
understood the game and enioyed it /
This is one OF the unique features Of .
our celebration, not duplicated any /
where in the west.
There were three sets in the quad /,
rifle on horseback, two from Ohio (
creek and enc from Sapinero. For
some reason the other valleys did
not compete, and this is to be re
GREETED as the spirit of emulation
and pride in ones local community .
is good to have. The voungsters
from Ohio creek, went through the
evolutions with hardly a break, and
won first prize The second prize
also went to Ohio creek and the <
third to Sapinero. Names of those .
taking part were: First Set-Jessie .
Wylie, Clarence Lehman. Helen
Besse, Ralph Lehman. Emma Ellie .
brecht, Alfred Besse, Edith Grav, .
Marshall Davis Second Set-Alma
Easterly, Joe Eilebrecht. Lena Eli i
brech, Charley Easterly, Elsie An
derson, Geo. Wiseman Mrs. Geo. An
derson David Easterly. Third Set
-Zora Carpenter. VIM. Schildt.
May Carpenter, Pearl Dunbar, Char
ley Lighiley, Mr. and Mrs. Heilman.
At noon the court house yard was
alive with those who went TO the
fish fry, and the way the crowd did
clean up the crisp rainbow trout was
a caution.
That afternoon the crowd settled
down TO the program of races.
Heavy rains Wednesday night and 1
the clear sky of Thursday made ]