Gunnison news-champion., 1914-04-24


There II something that has csase 10
ms notice and during the last feW aays
mas Interested me greatly, II " the
thought Of our great navy steaming for
the port Of Mexico. our glorious aag
outhang. al Va the interest of peace
We are 10 be- congratulated that this
nation has at its head a man who Is
ready at moment : notice 10 call forth
the armies and navies of this great
nation to preserve peace.
"A great statesman has said that
there never was a good war or q bsd
peace. and another great man says war
L. He'll
And ] want TO say that II our coun
try should exist for few more cen
taries and you or could come back and
see our grand flag once more. we eonld
say then a. now. there is not one star
IN Il that represents blood.
Our high school principal. MIR. |
Allen key te. who was down ON the
program for talk on Agriculture n
the County High sch0ol, asked Co be
notified at east a year before having to
give such talk. saying that he realized
how much more able were the men who
had spent most of their lives in this
county. to speak on the subject.
He told some things Of interest about
our county high school, saying:
The aim Of this high school is first
Of all. to give practical training to our
boys and girls, and to be benefit to the
county at large. Since the organiza-
tion of Gunnison county high school ten
years ago. remarkable changes have
taken place. First enrolment. ~: first
graduating class, 3. The general en-
rollment not enlarged. but this year 2l
graduates, showing a higher per cent of
those who finish the four years course,
than those who did when the school was
first started. Standing: lst, Sterling
End Montrose: Bird, Gunnison. Al
though this is very high rank. shall
never feel satisfied until we rank first. -
When MIR. Harry fogg and his banjo
appeared ON the platform,. they were
greeted with loud applause. During his
solo, some little disturbance was caused
by Father kipp and Dir Nuckolls. who
seemed unable to behave with due
decorum, and IT was noticed that J d
Jennings was in close attendance upOn
them through the whole three numbers
played by Mr. Fogg.
MIR. K. c. Ten Eyck, the division su-
perintendent of the d. q H. G.. Ry. Co..
gave an excellent talk on the co-opera-
tion between the railroad and stockman.
THE railroad, he declared. should
try to work closer with the rancher and
business man. In order for the rancher
to make money, it is necessary for him
to ship on the railroad. have tried to
get next to the shippers and when they
have any complaints, to take them up
with me, instead of its having to 90
through the offices at Denver. which
would require considerable time and
cause some delay in settling the matter.
! have always thought the stock raisers
of Gunnlson county should stock the
summer range with more cattle. of
course, | do not know how many acres
of range there is, but there is enough hav
shipped out of this valley to feed sew
eral thousand head There are very
few men, | am sure, who cannot secure
thousand dollars as capital, and with
all cooperating, this project could he
made of great benefit to the whole
country. | would suggest that there he
committee appointed to look into the
matter, and | would be very glad NV
self, to do everything in my power to
help along the cause
Mrs. c. ID. Freeman's solo ''By the
Fountain was another strong number.
and was thoroughly enjoyed bv all
District Attorney William Weiser was
called upon for a talk and responded
with "reminiscences, and incidents in his
professional career He spoke of his
dealings with horse thieves and cattle
rustlers, and Illustrated a point with
the story of a man, who had a span of
mules stolen and taken into Irtab
lie was forced to go after them, and on
his return the trial of the horse tbief
came up. The owner of the mules vas
iorman Of the jury, and of course the
Dlstrlct Attorney, was assured Of win
ning the case. And being able 10 giye
the thlef long sentence. However.
when the jury returned it's verdict,
instead Of Guilty, IL was ''Not Guf.tv''''
and the thief was let go.
Miss Leola Bates gave a suIpvdid
reading entitled "Sombre"
Dr. George Nuckolls was the as,
speaker on the program, and as usual
was highly entertaining. He aid
Hreat men make a great country. and
no country can be greater than its
greatest men, giving as examples Of
TINS, Africa, who with all her unlimited
WraiJn and immense area. could nor ne.
gin 70 cope with England. ALTHOUGH F,.
gland would only make a big bite 10,
Africa
One Of the best is the C0T1raae
State Normal School for the edqratior
Of our children. What a diFsra,ce
from the time the pioneers came T.. +Lis
country and found 1t a trackless v.ssta
Why thls school situated here ms
people knew that it would have tbe
whole Of Guuuison County back Of Il
The best people 90 west. the d..
and siuEgards stay where there il 1o.
thing for them 10 do. bat the vijs.
awake energetic people travel g-zst
and the most Of the hest of ~, ~
. Gunnison County. '