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Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-09
EdAees frso 6e Ri
pecial Correspondence.


June Warner is firing engine 2S2
Tor Chas Hazelhurst.
Engineer Tom Reardon has been
working on the Lake City Bran ch
the past week.
A work train unloading ties was
up on the Lake City Branch sever
al days last week.
Fireman Frank Roberts is over at
Ridgeway working on the Rio
Grande Southern for a short time
Merle Dunlap came up from Cim-
marron Saturday and is frinp
engine go between Gunnison and
Ouray.
George Estes resumed his run on
the Crested Butte Branch Monday
ID. Caldwell will possibly take the
Gunnison switch engine.
Frank Cuthbert who is running
the Crested Butte switch engine
brought the engine down for repairs
Saturday evening returning Sunday
Owning to slides in the Black
Canon Sunday passenger train from
west which is due here at four
twenty in the evening did not arrive
until about ten O'Clock Monday.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-09

Montrose Press-C Rouviere.
stockman of lola, is here looking
over several herds of cattle which he
may purchase.
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Nsws-Champsaa CsrvsspanArn~.

Tuesday April 8
G. W BAN wss in tosa Esih>S
Roscoe Bain wss dose tvou -
Gold Link. mine TsssAsy.
NrsM Il WatermAa cad Tp>sk
Hatch were visitors lntown Tuesday,
Mrs. Walter Conklia rssvyn~i
Monday FROM a visit 10 her mother.
LOUIS J 'aason aud Hodge Ws.son
are do~A rom their psospect THE
week
Mrs. j. b. Nay yield rstsrsed
Tuesday of last seek from Shsw Dss
Colo. where she was called % the
bedside Of her SISTER Ms. W. II.
Price
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-09
s0nERSGT 40 M uuooy
>ews-Chsnpion Corresposdescs.

Nt"s7thaInpIob CorrespOode0ce
Monday April )
ID B Shaw left for Salida last
Wednesday
Lem Gordon returned from
Oklahoma last week.
IL. 7 aud W. j. Redmon spent q
lev days last week at Somerset.
Dave Stevens and l.. Noseley took
their cattle up coal creek Ssndsy.
All signs show that the deer and
elk ~intered low in the reefs this
winter.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-09
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.e~s-ChAoStssa CorvesouoAescs.

"Wednesday April :
Ia Gr'pp~ is quite rrevalest IN
the valley at present.
JohIny Foster and Gearee Foster
are with c. J. Huftaien II Cathedral
Tor few davs.
Chss. Schecker has been under
the weather for some time with
stomach troable
Winter IN our section Is gradual
ly letting 90 ,ts hold. Snow storms
accompanied by q raw wind make
the weather disAgrsesble and hard
on stock. The 6elds and roads IN
the valley are practically bare.
while the zelda up the Cebolla to
Cathedral show little bare ground
However there is qsite a bit Of
green grsss 10 be seen on the hill
sldes Cattle that are out seemto be
dong hrst rate A good number Of
the valley men have had to turn out.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-09

Better than twenty men are now
employed on the Enterprise mine
near Dorchester, Taylor Park
Ihls great property will be worked
on large scale this summer and
bids fair to make a winner. 1t ia
one OF the best developed properties
In Gunnison County. The mill is
complete and the three tunnels, the
lower one is over a mile, have open
ed some magnificent ore bodies
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-09

A train of eighteen cars of stock
cattle were shipped in from Mont
rose by Adams Bros. Tues day.
They were fine bunch and arrived
in good shape.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-09

Stock men around Glenwood
Sprlags have secured permission
from the Forestry department to
turn their cattle on the range a
month earlier than sssal in order I
prevent starving.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-09

Prof. j. w. Lawrence of the Agri-
cultural College at Fort Collins was
a visitor in Gunnison Monday in the
interests Of the college.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-09
AICEScAnu
Ness sChAsapsoa CsrrsaVseAs0e~
"Wednesday April .

"Wednesday April I
Mart t'ormsa Weat 10 Gunnisos
Tharsdsv.
A new sae. oi sax inches covered
tae earth Moaiav
Jim and Pate >pann are digging
a well this month
W. A. Willis Is shipping veal to
Nerrzuh at Crested Butte Tor his
sprIng trade.
G. y. Sampson has received word
that hIs mother was seriously III at
her home IN Canon City.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-09
UPpER CU1lyoeSoa VALLEY
Correspondeace.


Thursday April
Last Friday c. q. Miller turned
out the lsttle bunch of deer he had
been feeding for nearly . month.
The way they lit out for the hills
never mindinR the fences in thsir
way showed that the alfalfa they
had consumed had restored their
strength. When they disappeared
in the timber on the river we
thought that was the last of them
sare, but Saturday morning one of
them WAS back asking for his break
fast. Mr.. Miller threw out some
hay and the deer trotted down and
~ 1t, thsa wont into the hay corrsl
sad ate some more at the stack,
alter which he walked into the
barn and lay down. Such a wise
deer as that deserves to be taken
care of and will be. 1t will not be
turned out until there is some feed
in the hills
Montrose Press-C. Rouviere. a
stockman of lola, is here looking
over several herds of cattle which he
may purchase
Elk Mountain Pilot-It is learned
that the Don Harris ranch, including
lts entire equipment cattle, horses
farming machines has been pur.
chased by Jas. Spana The deed
have already been signed and the
purchaser will soon take possession
of the estate This is one of the
Oldest and we may say the best
ranches in the Jack Cabin section
and will continue to be so under the
management and thrift of its new
owners.
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WEDN ESDAY.

What a busy day Wednesday is!
Papa gets ready for work, brother,
sister and must go to school; but be-
fore going to school l have little job
1 like to do very much. 1t is to help
good mamma get ready for ironing.
go and get her the ironing board, iron
ing handle and ironing stand and
many little things that are needed.
Now every thing is here that mamma
needs, Wood is never forgotten
After l have my breakfast mamma
has some clothes ready which I iron
till time to go to school. 1t is o'clock
and l must be off for school. You
know must not be late. Mamma and
baby are alone till IL o'clock and as
soon as I come home from school |
iron for mamma and watch the baby
while mamma puts the clothes away.
After mamma is done putting the
clothes away we eat our dinner which
tastes very good and before / leave
for school | help mamma straighten up
the house and then l go back to
school, and when return in the eve
ming | put the ironing board, ironing
handle and ironing stand away, and
get up the wood and attend the baby
for mamma is very tired. So you see
| there is not much time for play.
My papa takes the Tri-Weekly
Courier.
Hazel Hull, age IL,
R F. D. No 1, Revere, Mo-
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Elmer Trout, .
Selma, Iowa..

Do you see this tall. round towen
that stands on the hill? 1t looks like Z
light house. but 1t is not.
1t is only a chimney. You see 1t has
no lamps on the top, as the lighthouse
has. nor any door at the bottom; and
there is no stairway inside. The men
have finished building it, and have just
come down from the top-al1 but ons
man. How did they get down? At the
top Of the chimney is a large pulleys
and over this the men hung rope, SO
long that both ends Of it could touch
the ground at the same time. Each
man, when his turn came. put his feet
into loop at one end of the rope, and
so came safely down. But one careless
man pulled the rope too far through
the pulley, and 1t fell to the ground
See! there is one man left on the top,
How can he get down? There is nd
ladder that will reach so high, and Id
| has no rope. The men below stand II
| silence looking up at their lonely
friend on the top. I will tell you how
this man got down.
His wife was there and, with all her
strength. she called John, ravel your
stocking! Begin at the toe. John knew
what she meant. SO he drew off his
stocking, cut the toe, and began to
ravel the yarn. When he thought he
had enough yarn raveled, he tied g
piece of brick to it and let it down. to
the ground. While John was travelling
the stocking his wife had brought 9
ball Of Irvine. She tied the Irvine to
the end Of the yarn and the men
shouted to John pull it up John
RULED and at last the people below
heard him say II have IT. Then they
tide the rope to the end OF the tWine
and John pulled that up. With glad
heart he put the rope over the pulley
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about 9 o'clock and get there about
$50. There are six boys In my class
and we have very nice teacher.
She is planning for some picn1cs
and has sent for some silver badges.
We have named our class the K. OF
j. G. 1t is secret class because It's
name is a secret There is one other
secret class in our department of the
Sunday school.
My Sunday afternoons enjoy es-
pecially. While sister Is taking her
nap I read in my library books. l get
the St. Nicholas and other magazines
and books at the library.
After sister wakes up we pop corn
make candy or crack nuts. We have a
delightful afternoon, sometimes taking
walk down to meet papa as ne
comes home from the Y. NJ G. A. we
have lunch about 6 o'clock. After
lunch mamma or papa reads aloud to
us or mamma sings. Soon after sister
goes to bed. Then go to bed about an
hour later and rest for school the
next day.
Carleton B. Pierce, age 9.
223 East Maple Ave-,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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SATURDAY..

One sunny Saturday a family by
the name of Brown were going 70
town. They had good deal Of work
to do before going. There were four
children. Their names were Bessie,
IA years old; Ray, IL years old; Mary
s years old; Raymond, 5 years Old.
They all went to school, The chill
dren had their part of the work. Bcs-
sic got up of morning and helped get
breakfast and MIXED two cows. Ray
fed the horses and mixed two COWS.
Mary washed the dishes and swept
the floor Raymond fed the hogs and
fed the geese and chickens. Mr.
Brown MIXED six cows and got the
carriage and horses ready for town
Mrs Brown swept the floors and
MIXED three COWS and got the chill
dren and herself and the butter and
eggs ready, and then they VIZ off fc'
town. The name Of the town was OF
tumwa, Iowa. They traded at Patter
sons grocery store for the groceries
and they went over on the north side
for their dry goods. They went On the
| Ward street car. .drs. Brown go
Bessie nice blue suit and Ray nice
black suit, Mary nice pink dress ant
cap. Raymond a nice blue suit ant
| herself a nice white waist and skirt
Mr.. Brown got himself nice bla =
suit. This day was June 6, 1908. The,
got their clothes and some otha
things they needed and started TO
home They reached home and the
did their night work and went to be
at $50 p. M. They all enjoyed thei
pleasant day very much.
Leona Vest, age 10.
QttumNa r r No G box 45
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

I am going to write story about
Abraham Lincoln, our sixteenth presl-
den.
He was born in Kentucky February
12, 1909. Abraham's parents were very
poor and Abraham had to work very
hard. When he was about eight years
old they moved to Indiana.
When he was twenty-four years OF
age the family moved to farm near
Decatur. Illinois. He did anything that
came in his way: he split rails, bullt
fences and many other things. Abra-
ham served as clerk and manager OF
little store in New Salem, near SPRING
field
In 1892 there was a war known as
THE Black Hawk War;" in which
Abraham Lincoln was a captain and
after the war he began reading law.
When Lincoln was in CONGRESS ne
gave his opinion on slavery. Stephen
son A. Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
went from place to place and held
debates.
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln president
| of the United States.
There was a war called the civil
War" during his presidency which
| freed the slaves.
He held his office two terms and on
the evening of Good Friday, while at
tending q play at the theatre he was
shot by a man named Booth. Zinc
arms carried him to private house
but all their skill could not save him
/ and the next morning at 1880 O'CLOCK
he died.
Every nation wept and he was taker
to his home in Springfield, ILL.,, fol
burial.
He has a very beautiful monument
! 1t has steps to go on top Of it, ant
you can go inside and register.
His home still stands in Springfield
H., furnished just as it was when h
lived in 1t. When l was at Spring
field, I went through it and register
ed.
: In it are many pictures of wars ant
Quaint old furniture. l sat in one o
:, Daniel Websters chairs while / wa
there.
am a Tri- Weekly Junior.
Lizzie Riegel,
Edon, Ia.
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MONDAY.

I like Monday the best day OF the
week for l start in a new week at
school. Everybody starts to work on
Monday l like to go to school.
study arithmetic, reading, spelling
geography and language.
I have lots of fun on Monday. Some
times we go skating. Monday is diff
ferent from any other day. Everybody
is ready to go to work. l have to get
in wood on Monday morning before l
go to school.
MY teachers name is Angelina
Berry l am in two dialogues for the
last day. l have been sick and did
not get to go to school Thursday OF
Friday, but will go Monday. l go tc
school every Monday if l am well
Sometimes I help papa on Monday IN
the summer. We have a nice place
to live.
Fred Utterback, age 10,
R. F. D. No. 8, OttumwH, la.
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r. No. 1.
Aged II.
MARGARET WRITES OF DUBUQUE

Dear Junior:
l received your Lincoln postal and
was glad to get 1t and wish to
thank you for your kind remembrance.
suppose you thought since left OF
tumwa that had forgotten you all
to gether, but such is not the case, as
have been very busy with my stud
les, as lost considerable school when
we were getting ready to move to our
new home. l attend the Academy Wis
itation and we have a great many
scholars and I like the school very
we'll have not very much to write
about this time. I will write you
when 1 get better acquainted, telling
you of the many interesting places in
Dubuqu and when you receive it you
will want to pay us visit and will
be glad to hear from you again.
remain your friend,
Mary Margaret Whelan, age 10.
121 West 14th ST., Dubuque.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Abraham Lincoln's one hundredth
anniversary of his birthday is a
chance for every patriotic girl and
boy to celebrate. He is the greatest
hero Of the whole world, so we ought
to celebrate his birthday the longest
and best. We read about Abraham
Lincoln or Honest Abe" as he s
called, how he split four hundred
rails for every yard of brown jeans
that was needed to make him pair 2f
trousers. Few if any could even
think of doing such hard work. His
life was full Of hardships. When he
was a boy he would walk six or seven
miles to school and to work. He
didn't have as much as pencil and
paper to do his sums with. He had
to write them on a fire shovel with
bits of charcoal. Yes and he was 50
poor that at times he didn't have shoe
to wear. He never had top in his
life
Books he had only five and they
were borrowed l know story about
one of the borrowed books and like
it very much. This books was
"Weem's Life of Washington Aftel
reading the book by the light Of los
fire he Put it for safe keeping be
! tween logs in the wall of the cabin. 4
storm came up at night and the rail-
badly damaged the book. He set of
early in the morning to tell his frien'
of the accident, and offered to worl
three days at pulling fodder to pa
for it. I am learning piece to spea
at school in which is about the re
turn pennies. Lincoln had alwaI
planned to be a great man. He Wa
thought to be an awkward boy, Ion
legged and homely, but this did NO
interfere with his being a great hero
Albertina Alaska Park, age 10.
Ottumwa, Ia, 100 N. Elm st.
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Hop the Good Fairy
Helped Little Rogg-
er and Ann.

Little Roger and his sister Ann were
the children of poor peasants who
lived many, many hundreds years ago.
But even at the time In which they
lived the second day Of February was
looked forward to with great deal OF
anxiety. AS it is today, so 1t was
then: for if the second day Of Febru-
airy was clear and bright the ground
hog would come forth to see his
shadow, and seeing it, would return to
his hole to remain for six weeks. And
in that event the spring would be
very late.
AS the last Of January was near to
hand little Roger and his sister Ann
began to hope for cloudy February
I'd. for then the ground hog would
come out, and, seeing no shadow
would remain out till the first day o.
March, and that would signify an early
and glorious spring
Now, as told you in the beginning
o. His story, little Roger and his sis
ter Ann lived many centuries ago. ant
there were fairies in that day. Ant
many of the peasants had been a
sisted, by the fairies In time of dis
tress and trouble. And as the last o
January was drawing near little Roge
and his sister Ann began to wonder
they might not prevail upon some goo
fairy to see that an early spring wa
forthcoming
'Tll tell you what we might dc
Ann" said little Roger as he and hi
sister sat beside the fireplace on
offarpoon 6We MIGHT make q sig
by the crossroads that will attract tn
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SUN DAY..

One reason I write on this subject
is because was born on Sunday,
June 6, 1897. Sunday Is hardly ever
stormy. it is nearly always pretty
day We go to church and Sunday
school on that day.
1t is a day set apart for rest. God
worked hard making this world for
six days and the seventh day he rest
ed and people have taken this day for
rest since then.
Tomorrow is Sunday. would Ike
to go to Ash Grove to church In the
morning to hear Mr.. Price preach, and
in the afternoon to Sunday school and
to hear ALIVE Huff preach at the
school house, and back to Ash Grove
that night. Maybe some people dom
think that is much rest, but this only
happens once a month that the preach
ing is such.
Yours respectfully,
Hattie Allen, age II.
Rural Route No. /.
| Belknap, Iowa.
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MON DAY.

Monday Is very busy day because
it is washday. never help with the
washing for my sister and mamma
wash.
On Monday morning I generally get
up about half past six. I prepare ana
eat nv breakfast. After breakfast the
dishes are to be washed and the moor
to be swept. then get ready TOT
school and am hardly ever late. |
get nv morning lessons and at noon
I come home for my dinner. l some
times set the table and eat my dinner
After dinner I go to school again. Al
recess l play with my schoolmates and
we have a good time.
In the evening when school closes
I go home and sometimes take some
of my books with me. l eat my
supper and then help wash the dishes
| sometimes get my lessons. l Their
go to bed and wake up next mornlns
| to find it is Tuesday.
Maude Skirvin, age 10,
R. F. D. No. 1, Agency, Iowa.
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Aged 10.
MARY WRITES ABOUT SATURDAY

On Saturday l help my mamma do
UP the work. l have been going to
school all week and so on Saturday
have to work. The first work / do is
to help sweep and clean up the house.
When we get through with our work
we get dinner. After dinner we wash
the dishes and scrub and do our bak-
ing for Sunday. After that l get in the
wood and chips and then l have little
time for my lessons while mamma Is
getting Supner.
After supper | wash the dishes for
mamma has been working hard ali
day, and so I have not much time for
play. I am a Tri- Weekly Junior.
Mary Swanson
Dudley, Iowa.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Tell today is George Washington's

Well today is George Washington's
birthday.
We spoke pieces and sang songs OK
our dear George Washington, tho
father of our country. George Wash.
ington was poor boy. He went to
school in log school house and had
benches for seats. He liked to go TO
school and he liked to fish and hunt
in the forests and when he grew to be
man his father died, and his mother
took pains to raise him as an honest
man. He was kind and good to the
poor. When they were in the war
they slept on straw With ragged
blanket, but he, most Of the time,
slept by camp fire, with a little hay
or straw or fodder for bed. He led
a rough life for about three years and
went to school which was good for. sol-
diers. Washington saw Indians dance
with the music Of a drum. When ha
was only nineteen years old the gov.
ernor of Virginia made him major.
Phyllis Tragord, age IL.
| 1875 West Division ST., Ottumwa.
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The Courier Junior
Published by
.HE CouRlET. PRINTING Sos
oTTuMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA pEVEREAUx.
EDITOR.
SOME FIRST LETTERS.

Dear Juniors. - During the pass
aaIr we have been going over some
Of the old Junior letters and among 1nt'
them we have found many first let,
tarsn In sorting the letters out the
thnmght came to us that First Let.
t ters page would be int ere ting
ior page viii contain many VI, interesting hss+ ons
letters and the writer Of the 3, b .ha 9TH one
viii be given prize, and all the oth
ers Lincoln postal. ~: ~,
We Intended to announce a pig c the
test this week but on account Oh 'u &c
"First Letter" page we decldeo !, ~
wait until next week to tell you a. !,
about the March contest, we can
March contest because 1t will ru II,
through the entire first montn "
spring.
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soon as mamma Is done scrubbing
scrub the piazza and walk. After din.
ner wash and wipe the dishes and
help mamma bake for Sundays. Then
mamma says, Now you must study
your Sunday school lesson" So
study it until l know it quite well
Then l must get my spelling for Mon
day, because mamma and papa don't
think it right to study on Sunday
Then I help mamma get supper and
when supper is over l wash and wipe
the dishes and get my ribbon ano
clothing ready for Sunday. Then
take a bath and go to bed and sleeI
sound.
Laura May Names, age 10
1923 North Wapello ST.,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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SATURDAY..

Saturday is baking day but ] do not
do any of the baking. My mamma does
all the baking that is done. 1 will tell
you what l do on Saturday. In the
morning I get up about half past six
or seven o'colck. l then PIT my shoes
and stockings on. And then I wash
and get ready to eat my breakfast.
And after breakfast l help wash the
dishes. After we get the dishes done
play with my dolls little while and
then l get my doll clothes and wash
them. After they get dry l bring them
in the house and iron them. After l
iron my doll clothes l get ready for
my dinner. After l get my dinner
I help do the dinner dishes. l play and
after l get tired Of playing one thing
I play something else.
Mabel Skirvin,
Agency, Iowa.
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the word on the blackboard, SO that
they might all see how it was spelled.
But no sooner was it written than the
little boy cried out "Oh! I didn't spell
1t so, Miss Wade; I said instead OF
- And he went back to the foot OF
his own accord, more quickly than he
had gone to the head.
Here was an honest boy. 1t would
always have been thought that he had
spelled the word correctly If he had
not told the truth. He was too hon-
est to take any credit that did not be-
long to him.
Clara Burnaugh.
Agency. Iowa.
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EIGHT RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

/. Use one side of the paper only.
2. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or a sharp lead pencil.
8. Number your pages.
a. At the bottom of the last page
write your name, age and address.
S. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send us as your own work.
6. Always tell whether you are
Daily Junior or Tri-Weekly Junior
Z. Address the envelope to Editor
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
8. Your stories must not contain
more than 300 words.