Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-23
LOCAL uEWs III GRIEF

Frank Holt WAS in from Spencer
Sunday on . business trip. He re-
turned Monday afternoon.
Jack Steiner came over from Dem
yer Monday to attend to business con-
nected with the Anaconda mine.
For . visit with her daughter, Mrs.
J. c. johnson, Mrs. Clarence Adams
left for Greeley Tuesday evening.
Miss Edith Kent went to Waunita
Tuesday evening to spend . few days
visiting her sister. Mrs. Bessie Sitter.
Mrs. John Bruins and children came
in from Spencer Tuesday and spent.
the day visiting friends and rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Corum spent
last Saturday in town from Pitkin at
tending to business and visiting their
friends.
Norman Eells, who has been i'll for
sometime with severe case Of blood
poisoning, is again able to up and
around.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. X. Lathrop and
daughter, Nellie, left for Denver last
Tuesday to spend several days visit
ing friends and shopping.
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Word was received Monday evening
from Ralph Kent that he had Just
sailed for France, with large num-
ber of American soldiers.
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Mrs. John Yolkevitch came down
this week from Crested Butte to spend
week or SO with her mother, Mrs.
Mahoney. Her little son accompanied
her.
While w. A. Keelor was in Denver
last week, at the business place of his
two brothers, they received the sad
news of the death of their sister,
Florence, MRS. Dennis Kent,) at La
Fayette, Ind. Mrs. Kent had visited
here some years ago.
The ladies of st. Peters church,
took in something over $400 at their
bazaar held last week. This speaks
well for both the ladies who had the
affair in charge, and the generosity of
the shoppers. The ladies are very
proud OF their success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bergman, Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Bottenfield and son,
Alva were here from the East River
valley Tuesday, driving down in a car.
Crested Butte is prosperous, they say,
lots Of work and high wages, even tho
it takes good deal Of money to live.
Delta Independent: C. A. Holy
field, a Rio Grande employee has been
transferred to Gunnison as foreman of
the bridge and building construction
and supply shop. The Holyfeld fam
ily are pleasantly located in the Gunn-
ison county seat and the children have
entered school.
Monday evening, Mrs. VIM. Ruck
and Mrs. Mike Arch departed for
Valaski, Iowa, where they have been
called by the serious illness Of their
father, Mr.. G. w. Banghart. They do
not know just how long they will be
gone. Their many friends hope for the
best. Mr.. Banghart has frequently
visited in Gunnison.
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ID Miss Clara Haymaker writes from
Bowie, Colorado, that she is greatly
enjoying her work teaching this win
ter. She has thirty-five pupils in the
third, fourth. and fifth grades. One
grade she has put on their honor in
a room separate from the other
grades. and is having splendid sue
cess with her experiment.
Mrs. Joe Rowland returned Sunday
from . two weeks visit in Denver and
other places. During her stay she
spent few days at Cheyenne and sew
eral days visiting Fort Russell. She
says there are about seven thousand
soldiers there and that the Fort is
about the size Of Gunnison. Mr.. How
land has not returned yet.
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Mrs. Claire Mcclure, who has been
visiting for several ways at the Keelor
home, left Tuesday evening for Douds-
leando, Iowa, where she will visit with
her parents for some time. From
there she will return to her home in
Mason, South Dakota. Mrs. CcClure
is Q sister Of Mrs. Henry Roberts,
formerly Of Cochetopa creek, and has
visited here before.
! Saturday morning, w. L. An
derson was much surprised to find
that his most gentle team would run
away. They were left, standing in
front Of the Tom Estes home while
Mr.. Anderson was delivering some
farm, products. While heswas in the
houss, : blast kaS nrsd ,by the men
ivoriiAg on the sewer tust abeve the
Estes hoase. This ftdShtehed. j. the
eos.se aed thsy beesP e j, rsn. g They
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