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Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29
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Last Monday. the opening day oi
the fishing season. proved 10 be a
most exciting one in the Gunnison
district. The ssn rose bright and
clear. and the day was void Of wind
and the foliage Of mountain had put
ON enough of the new spring coal
10 make the day an ideal one. A
large number of fishermen were seen
along the stream aud large catches
reported. Whether any Of the re.
ports included any of the make-uE
Of the old fish stories. we are un-
able to say. The four principal va
rieties Of fish which habitste ths
streams In this section Of the coua
try are the Eastern Brook Trout
the Native Treat. the RsiRbow Trou,
and the Lechleven Trout To ssy
that this class of sport is widely
known. and particularly adapted tt
Gunnison county, Is evideneed b.
the yearly visits Of Thousands ei
tourists from all over the country
between the opening and closing
days of the fishing season.
Below we print q report Of some
who enjoyed themselves on the firs,
day of the fishing season:
Martin WeRser, IA; Linton Pitt
ser, 23; j. ID. Parsons. 20; DIR. viii
Singleton, 4; o. X. Clark and wife
25; DIR. r. ID. Sanford, a large catch
Frank Kalb, 1; Geo. John A. Leh
ritter, 20; and Geo Mccoy. deput,
game warden, was also seen aloRt
the banks.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29
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On Friday night of last week, May
22nd. the graduating exercises of the
eighth grade Of the Gunnison city school
was held in the Unique theatre. This
building seats 300 people and the full
capacity was none too much, ~ some
few were obliged 70 occupy standing
room in the back part of the room.
The psntomime was rendered in Q
most pleasing manner, but owing to the
illness of one of the participants, Miss
Bruner was obliged to read Tennyson' .
Lotus Eaters" in Miss Bates place,
she in turn, taking part in the psnto-
mime.
The drsmatizstisn Of "Lsddie" by
TIE gssdsates wss given IN . very ST.
isfoctWy 0nnnsr.
George h1ariGn Watson wss the ho0os
graduate Of the class.
Mr.. James B. Nash made the psesen-
tstion Of diplomas, after which he made
few well chosen remarks, emphasizing
the true worth of an education.
Thus closed the school year Of the
Gunnison city schools for the 1894
term.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29
INTERESTING ACCOUNT Of 4
cunuIsou GIRLS uEDOIne

The MANY friends of Mrs. j. Milton
Cunningham who was formerly Miss
Lillian Miller will be pleased to read
the account of her recent marriage
which appeared in the Caney tkansas)
News. Mrs. Cunningham is a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. 5. j. Miller of this
city. The Cunningham wedding oc-
curred.so unexpectedly to the people of
this city, and so far from home that the
following story from the Caney News
will he read with much interest:
"A wedding which came as a pleas
ant surprise to the people of this city
was the celebration of the nuptials Of
Miss Lillian Miller, of Gunnison. Cole
rado, and j. Milton Cunningham, of
Caney.
"The wedding took place in Kansas
City, Wednesday May 6. The cere-
mony was performed in private, the
Reverend X. ]. Nisbeth, pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church, officiating.
"The bride is well known to the peo-
Itt VI tioiitN A,hs hdS spent NhS fdoe
winter 1.-THE home of her cousin. Mrs.
f. l.. Sharpness, and has been favor
ite in the local social circles. She is of
a most charming personality, and will
no doubt win still wider circle of ad-
mirers in her permanent home in this
city.
Milton Cunningham is one of the
most successful young business men
and cattlemen Of this part of the
country. The Cunningham ranch is
known far and wide in the cattle world.
Mlton.is as much at home in the Usage
hills, the broad cattle ranges of Texas
or the busy markets of Kansas City or
Chicago. .tthe- center of the cattle busi-
ness of the world. He has made his
home in this city with his parents but
always looked after the affairs of the
ranch and business at the same time.
He is young man of high character,
of sterling worth, and m assured bright
future in the business world.
The numerous friends Of the happy
bride and groom heartily wish for
them q long and prosperous
life whose every moment shall be
freiehted with joy nd happiness
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29
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". A. keeior. who. with . party Of
fr,ends motored to Crested Bsstte last
week. reports that the road betw~en
Guunison and the Bastes are ln the hes;
sf coalition, and says that Commission
Or whsien deserves . great eesl Of
credit for the splendid work which he
has done On the roads in his district
Mr.. Whslen's road. as 9 matter Of fact.
n what might be called an ideal noun
tain rosd. and what Is more. he does
BOT let it get out of condition any where
along the line.
In spesk ing Of the roads ef the county
nr. keelor, who has occasion to be On
the rosds . great desl. said to . repre-
sentative Of tbs News-Chsmpsoa shst
Ae yes over she road between Guanis0a
end Sapissro this week sad he spseks
very hiGhly Of the new roed work which
Aas been done BY Connsssisner ". A.
GillsApey With the csmpsstion Il the
contemplated wesk VI TIE saaasr en
This rood Mr.. GillsApey will have il IN
Gssd coalition.
Mr.. keelor says that Commissieaer
Giley's roads ere credit 10 any eouaty,
end believes that the commissioners are
fast getting the rosds in good condition.
There is yet much road work to be done,
bot that which hes recently been done
y Of . permanent nature.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29
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Mike Burns, aged 56, was killed
pany mine at Baldwin last Friday
by a rock slide. He was working in
room by himself and his body was
discovered by the pit boss a short
time after the accident occurred.
The body was not badly crushed.
Burns had been employed at the
mine for seven months, but little
was known of him. He had no rel
atives living here. A brother is
thought to be living in Iowa and a
sister in Atlanta, Georgia.
The body was brought to Gunni-
son for burial.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29
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To have the horse which yes sse un-
hitching knocked down by lightning
and have your fingers burnt BY contact
with the steel rings Of the harness is
not . very pheasant ssnsess0n- Vet
this is what happsped 10 Conner Dollard
last Wednesday afternoon. HE wss
putting the lines IN the riags of the
hssness when tbs lightning STRUCK
knsckiaG she horse down. A run swsy
followed this occurrence o. the one horse
Got w md with his mate got swAy
from the frightened boy who wss 20
fortunate ss to have only bHsnsd kaeer
or two.
Gsaser u the 500 Of B.I.. Dollasd who
lives oe The Ohio Greek near naldwia.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29
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i'r. 9eorze sullivan. o. Gaaalson.
and Mrs. Iona Comsteck. of Jaass
CABIN. we're reelected membsrs of
the County High school board at .
meeting of school diEectors Of the
various districts which Uss held IN
the office Of the county saperinten-
dent OF schools last sesssdAy after
noon DIR Sullivan is president ~
the board and County sUpsriHseaasHs
of schools Miss sara b. k.asserly. 10
secretary. by virtue of her office.
Miss LueIia johnson. Of Ohio City.
another member OF the board. wss
elected treasurer MT G. L. ssose,
of Gsnnisen, is the fifth member ef
the board.
An important matter relative to
the establishment u q branch Of the
county high school at Marble esme
up for consideration On petitioa q
the Marble people which Was pre-
sented by Judge C. H. Badleag. u
Marble. No definite action vas tak-
en- On this matter as the members
Of the board desire 10 investigate
the matter further. II 10 the con-
tention of the Marble people that
they pay a large part of the taxes
which support the high school, but
that in consideration q geoeraph-
ical location Of the town the high
school at Gunnison is practically In
accessible to them. They say that
II is as easy to go to Denver as TO
come to Gunnison from Marble.
They have q good high school start
ed over there, but cannot maintain .
school with enough teachers and .
sufficient equipment TO be accredited
by the colleges Of the state. They
propose that the high school CON-
mittee give them a sufficient amount
of money TO hire at least one nors
teacher, and that their scheol be
made a branch of the county high
school.
rAe ehtsct4sa srOsa te ths sstab-
lish ment Of a branch high school 10
that, If one is Established at Mar
Bile, then other towns in the county
will be making a similar demand,
and the result will be that the pos
sibility of maintaining one strong
county institution will be deefated.
II is pointed out that the commit
tee hopes in q few years, as soon 40
a fund is created for that purpose,
to put up a new building, and that
1t is not well for the committee to
spend extra funds for the establish
ment of branch schools.
j What action will be taken is not
known as yet. II is the desire OF
the committee to take such action az
will be fair to the most people in
the county.
The committee voted to make
James Herbert Kelley, the principal
Of tNe Colorado State Normal school
here, superintendent OF the county
gh school, and I. Allen Keyte,
principal
No other business of importance
came up The election of the teach
ers will re 1sidered on the sixth
day of June W len the Normal board
meets. as the employment of teach
ers for the normal and high school
is made through the cooperation Of
the two schools.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29
ANNUAL MEETING Of STOCK
cRoMtRs' ASSOCIATION

The annual meeting of the Gunnison
County Stock Growers Association for
the election Of officers and the making
of arrangements for Cattlemen's day
will be held in this city on Saturday.
June s. The executive committee and
other committees viii meet in the fore
noon at 1890 and the general meeting
will be held in the afternoon at 80
The formal call for the meeting ap-
pears elsewhere in this issue of the
paper.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29
Commencement ACTIVITIES
CLOSE IT NORMAL TONIGHT

Mrs. hsrdcsstle's son, ives perfectly
at ease, end acted ~ if he were living
his part. Margaret Collins made
splendid nrs. Hsrdcsstle. She had
some very stormy sessions with her un-
ruly son Tony. and acted in such q way
as to make it oil seem real Elinor
Dixon Is Mr.. Hsrsicsstle's daughter
made very good stage appearance and
msae sRe tkiak that he he'd met up
with TIE reel Kate. if We ere to judge
Asr character from Goldsmith. Chester
Pittsss. = youRG Msrsswe, and Bryan
o0vk1k = Hsstisss sghihitsd Ell sf tAe
I |lu1 onDuo GeQ1n - =
y asl|1f Pss;tiM. Csrtrsde lain scted
- part Of Coastssce Nerville, Tony s
ssssin, and it must be ssid that she did
h we'll. Arthur Chinery as Digery
certainly did have his part. He did
not have much to say, but what he did
say was exactly right. He brought a
laugh every time. Arthur Stanley ss
Sir Charles NARROW, Matt Kochevar, rs
the second servant, Gladys Boyle, as
the maid, Charles Balm, as Roger,
Homer Gray, as Jeremy, and Edith
Funk, as the third servant, although
they all had minor parts, played them
well, and lent splendid support to the
major parts.
As whole the play was perhaps the
best ever given by the high school. 1t
was well suited to the class, of popu-
lar nature, and played by people who
had received splendid training.
Over one hundred persons, consisting
of the class of II of the high school and
normal school, the alumni, the high
school board, the faculty, and their
guests participated in a most sumptu-
Gus banquet on Wednesday evening.
The supper which was served by the
ladies Of the Catholic church in six
courses was considered to be one of
the best ever given. The ladies handled
the serving in very ereditable manner
and the good things to eat which they
served had been prepared in a way
which is not short of perfection. The
music was furnished by a six piece
orchestra headed by Fred Zugelder.
The long tables which were placed in
the normal hall were decorated in red
and white, with a carnation at each
place. A large vase of roses which
decorated the speakers table was pre-
sented TO the class of fourteen, after
the banquet The menu and program
cards which were soften up in a very
artistic style were given to the banquet
ers after the serving of the supper and
before the speaking commenced. The
walls of the hall were decorated with a
large number Of college peunants.
The guests entered the lower story of
the Normal building where they enjoyed
themselves generally until the banquet
was announced. The class of IA and
their guests, numbering in all about
forty, were seated at the table in the
north section Of the hall
j. r. Blackstock. president Of the
alumni association. gave the address of
welcome and introduced Clifford H.
Stone ms the toastmaster of the evening.
Those who responded to toasts were
Bryan Herrick- DR.. George L. Nuckolls,
DR.. George Sullivan, l. Allen Keyte,
Winifred Castle. Mrs. Mary Lawrence,
Rev. William Kipp, Helen Webster.
and James H. Kelley. Elnora Bray
ssAe solo, and Miss Leola Bates gave
. reading.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

The whirl Of commencement we'd b
still in progress. The last festivities
occur tonight with President Ksllsy's
reception to the faculty and grsdsstiaG
classes which follow the Normal sens9
class play, "As You Like 1t" On ~
same evening. Yesterday sfteFno0o
when we went to press the class ~
exercises of the Normal school were -
progress. The high school clsss -
exercises took place in the sftessssA
yesterday. Last night twsnty-sns -
isss Of the Csxsty nisA sGass,, -
largest elsss in ~ histssy u ~ seAs.k
psssivsl shsir &lasnas. -
All Of TIE exercises Of The wssk have
bssn well attended. Between FIVE and
six hundred people ''hocked" to the
big tent on the Normal campus on Sun
day, Monday, and Tuesday evening Of
this week.
The Normal school graduation exer-
cises will be held this afternoon at 2:30.
All of the business houses in the city
will close from 2:30 to 400 and the
largest crowd of the week is expected
to be in attendance.
Last Sunday the Baccalaureate SER
mon was delivered by the Rev. jesse
Herbert Dennis, Arch Deacon of West
em Colorado. Rev. Dennis subject
was The More Abundant Life, and
he handled it in a most able manner.
Rev. Dennis is very forceful speaker
and his baccalaureate in thought and
composition was unusually strong. The
invocation and benediction were pro-
nounced by DIR. George l.. Nuckolls.
The Gunnison Choral Society provided
the music for the occasion. The sing
ing of this most splendid organization
was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone
and showed very careful training and
was evidence of much practice.
Last Monday evening Miss Marjorie
Bruner delightfully."- entertained an
audience of about five hundred with an
Interpretation of Herbert Henry Davis
liitS dct SCiieHy NOusiil hdlt WIN
the most pleasing art she portrayed the
six characters of the play, making each
one stand out clearly. The characters
are all of English society and Miss
Bruner was most fortunate in giving
each an individuality without any ex-
aggeration. The play has the most
subtitle and refined humor immaginable
and the fact that the audience thor
oughly appreciated the finer parts Of
the play is evidence of Miss Bruner' $
mastery of the art of reading and inter-
probation.
Preceding Miss Bruner's recital a
band concert was given by the high
school band. A violin solo by Mr.. f. j.
Schimek and solo by Mr.. Kelley ac-
companied by Miss Elizabeth Westgate,
given between acts, was thoroughly
enjoyed
On Tuesday evening the high school
play Goldsmith's ''She Stoops to Con-
quer was given in . most creditable
manner. The play furnished lots Of
fun for the large audience. and showed
that the high school seniors had not
only been carefully trained, but had
put lot of thought and practice INTO
it. 1t was noticeable that the charac-
tiers were especially well selected for
their particular parts, Verne Mauer and
Ralph Stone bearing splendid evidence
of this fact. As Mr.. Hardcastle. Verne
Mauer possessed all Of the necessary
qualities and he certainly msde use of
them. Ralph stone as Tony Lumpk ms,
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Winifred Castles mother and sister
are here from Delta this week to attend
the graduation exercises. Miss Wini-
fred will return to Delta with them
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Special Agent G. W. Herrendeen, of
the Denver and Rio Grande, came in on
the train yesterday for fishing trip.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Joseph Besse has sold his ranch on
the lower Gunnison to John Boni. tn.
deal was closed Wednesday.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Assessor A. NJ. Thomas is exporting
the arrival soon of his son Louis and
wife from Kellogg, Idaho.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

State Road Inspector Loui. Wyman
was in Gunnison last week and inspected
ONE Of the roads here.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Charles Shaw viii go to the Muddy
country next week as deputy assessor.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Mrs.. Nettie Swartz woe here lat
week from Higgans, Texas. visiting
Ms. Frank Lightley.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Pat Hanlon and George Hetheringtor
returned from Marble yesterday.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Mrs. H. c. Summers is here from
Walsenburg visiting her mother Mrs.
Lucy Meyers.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Geo. Meyers, of Denver is here on his
annual fishing trip.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

William Hartman and George Andrews
expect to leave for Idaho.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Mr. and Mrs. John Sapp motored to
Crested Butte Wednesday.
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Mr.. Charles Miller is quite III this
week
Gunnison news-champion., 1914-05-29

Coatfpued - LAR eNes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-23
TR ABE DOLLARS.

Tho trade dollar, which was common
enough :" or 50 years ago, Is now no long
er current, and Is, Of course. an unfamil-
lar sight TO tho present generation Its
intrinsic value IS only about 45 cents,
although coin collectors will sometimes
pay " cents for a specimen.
Trade dollars We're authorized by Con-
gress In 1873 for the purpose of stimulat-
Ing trade with the Orient For many
years the Mexican silver dollar has been
a highly valued coin in nearly all far
eastern countries. Hundreds Of millions
OF them are shipped to China. Japan, the
philippines and other lands in that part
or the world to pay for the products en-
ported thence to Europe and the United
states. Congress thought that a coin IL
the same weight and size as the Mexican
dollar with the imprint of the United
states. could be used with advantage
During the five years beginning with
lN'', the United States mint produced
nearly 100000 of these dollars Most NJ
them We're exported, but enough of them
remained in our country to lead to some
confusion by reason Of their similarity to
the standard silver dollar In 1887 Con-
sress provided that for six months there
after all trade dollars presented at tina
treasury should be exchanged for stand
ara silver dollars. After that time trad,
dollars We're to be worth only their metal
value, says an exchange. Nearly S,000Oa1
were redeemed, and when the period for
redemption came to an end, probably less
than one per cent. Of the number that hal
been coined remained In this country.
The trade dollars show on one side n
sitting figure Of the Goddess Of ibart,.
and on the other an eagle Of different
design from that on the standard dollar.
The inscription is United States Of
Trade Dollar. 42o grains, 900
fine The weight of the Mexican dollar
Is ilI7+ grains, but it is 9o97 pure silver.
so that, although it weighs less. its
metal value is about the same as that Of
the Old trade dollar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-23
FOOD FROM ABROAD

From the Pittsburg D!spatchD
It sounds abnormal TO read Of Ameri-
can people sitting down to their break
fast and spreading their bread and toast
with New Zealand butter. Yet this is
being done to-day in INDIANAPOLIS. with
domestic croameries in operation within
a few miles Of that city
Tho facts are undisputed It costs a
cent a pound to transport New Zealand
butter To- san Francisco, and two cents
a pound 20 take It across the continent
from San Francisco to Indianapolis. Its
quality is declared TO be practically tho
same a. that furnished by Indiana cream
cries not distant from indianapolis, but
which sell their products for few cents
more. The plain deduction is that as
butter in this country there will be a
market for the foreign supply But when
domestic article comes down in price.
New Zealand must also reduce it's prices
or abandon the market
A similar process is in operation in
the egg market. though those constitute
commodity which Is not so suited 10
long Journeys rs butter The United
states Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce shows imports OF eggs from
foreign countries during October Nov4r1-
Der and Decemher-the first three months
or the new tariff act-amounting to IT,
'olle3 dozen, the vast majority Of th,,-
having been imported during Decenlhrv
Reports from China and Europe indlca
that this supply is increasing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-23
THE CHANGING HEAyENs.

nat spectacle" said friend of mine
one night pointing up to the starry sky.
always orerwhclms me with a sense of
unchanSeabeness."
Yet" l replied, eft is the grandes,
type Of continual and stupendous chanpo
that the imagination could possibly con-
ceIVe It's apparent observation-disclosures Is
that of distant landscape Seen nv =,
flash Of lightning the wheel of n racing
auto seems to be motionless Your whole
lifetime is but a lightning flash against
the spinning wheels OF the universe, The
entire history of the world since
the traditional time of Adam ia but n
lightning flash in the existence of the
sldereal systems
They are all in motion, and thew Arc
all changing within themselves. Look
yonder at that rich part of the Milky
Way where the millions of apparently
crowded stars resemble luminous clouds
II you could stand watching those star
clouds for million years. instead of a
few moments they would shift and roll
before your eyes like the whirling va
pors of an advancing thunderstorm.
me astronomer arrives at a knowl-
cage OF the fluctuations of the universe
by PROJECTING ms imagination back into
the past and forward into tho future.
lie gazes through a telescope which pene-
trates time instead of space. Its lenses
gather together, and bend to n focus
beams of ages instead of rays of light.
With its aid he sweeps all past and
coming aeons into the field of his men
tai vision and strives to view them in
the mass, as they are seen by tho
'Ancient-of-Days' himself.
at is in this way that we know that
all these brilliant consultations. which
to the eye Of the casual locker have not
altered their outlines since recorded his.
tory began, which shone down on
Achiles's tent before the walls OF Troy
as they are shining tonight on the tents
of our soldiers in Mexico, are in reality
as mutable and ephemeral as so many
sWarms of snow crystals.
Yes, 1t Is no exaggeration to affirm
that the armament Of stars would an
pear, to an eye endowed with immortal
vision, as restless and as swiftly vau-
able as winter stormy-sky filed with