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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-12

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-12

bring them.
Today is Columbus day and while the
affairs of the average citizens are NOV.
ing along just as if nothing special hap
pcMed in 1492, the school children are
being reminded of the fact by special
exercises. At the high school an address
made by Prof. J. T.. Matthews of Will
annette University. A high school stu
dent tells us that Columbus only lived
Ia years after he discovered Waiting
island and that even in his last day he
was dreaming of an easy way to India.
Frames are not coming in as generous
y as was expected, according to Mr..
Crawford Of the Drager Fruit company.
The crop is smaller and the sizes also
SMALLER than growers expected. By the
way, when the Drager Fruit company
skips q consignment to England, it is
necessary to get \ license Of the Bur
eau of Cop4riNrce at Washington. us
enc of the new ways of doing things
since the war as England has cut down
On the amount of prune purchases.
Mem Pearce writes his father Lot L.
Pearce thai he is enjoying his army life
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
Program Of Commencement
Events

May 1s, Friday: Professional Ex-
animation by the State Examining
Board.
May 1S, Friday, 500 p. M: Fine
Arts Concert by the Department of
Music and Public Speaking, M. E.
Church.
May 10, Unique Theatre, at 2:3O in
the afternoon. Children's Cantata,
welcome Spring."
May 20, Sunday, 500 p. M: Bacca-
laureate Address, Rev. Wm.- Kipp,
Pastor of st. Peters Church,
Unique Theatre.
May "a, Thursday, 500 p. M: Train
ing School Cantata: Princess
Chrysanthemum by C. King Proc
tor. Unique Theatre.
May "a and 25: Academic Examine
tions.
May 25, Friday, 500 p. M: Gunni-
son High School Alumni Associa-
ton Reception and Dance, La
Veta Hotel.
May 26, Saturday, 2:30 p. M: Grad
; uation Exercises Of the Colorado
State Normal. Presentation Of Di-
plomas by Hon. H. v. Kepner, Pre-
sident Of Board Of Trustees. Class
play: Mice and Men, Unique
Theatre.
May 26, Saturday, 500 p. M: Grad
uation Exercises of the Gunnison
County High School. Address:
Significance Of High School Educa-
ton, Dean Quigley, M. E. Church.
May 26, Saturday, 1000 p. m. Pres
ident's Reception to the 1917 Grad
yates Of the Normal School and the
High School, NJ. E. Church.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
Baseball FANS WILL MEET SUM-
DAY TO SEE 0PEM|MG CAME

The base ball boys will timber up
their joints for the season Sunday,
when the Alamosa team, champions
of the San Luis valley, come over to
cross bats on our home grounds.
And, of course, the ball fans will Linn
ber up their lungs during the innings.
AS the visiting team intends to arrive
by train rather than auto, the game II
called for one-thirty, so that it will
be over by four o'clock.
Admission (including grand standD
is fifty cents. A big crowd is expect
ed, not only of town people, but
from surrounding localities. An eS-
cursion from Crested Butte is set for
at nine and return at seven o'clock.
The baseball fans will be indebted TO
Harry Gavette Of the Pastime Billiard
Parlors for . large. new scoreboard,
4xl2 feet, which has been erected to the
left Of the third base, and where runs
and other information will be chaIked
up during the game. Charley johnson
built the sign board.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
'sElECT|VE DRAFT LAW
N FORCE Immediately
Sheriff, Clerk, and Physician
Head Local Registers In
Securing Army for US.

Advices from Washington last
night indicate that the selective draft
bill is to become a law within a day or
two.
1t will authorize President Wilson
to build up the army of the United
States by successive calls for half a
million men each. The first call will
not be issued until the first of Septem-
ber, for until the 10000 officers now
being trained in the sixteen camps are
ready it would be useless to draft
the soldiers. All the officers in the
country today are only sufficient to
handle the regular and volunteer
army.
But the preliminary work of max
ing the selection of the first half mil
lion will be undertaken at once, and
the machinery has been set in motion
ahead of the passage of the law.
Some idea of the plans already
afoot toward putting the law into eff
feet may be secured from the follow
ing correspondence between Governor
Gunter and Sheriff Hanlon of Gunni-
son county. .
Denver, Colorado, May IL, 1917.
The Sheriff, or County Physician, care
of the Sheriff, Gunnison county,
Colo.
The selective draft plan contem-
plates that in his discretion the Gov
ernor may appoint to act, with power
to remove and substitute without
cause, as a permanent County Board
Of Three, charged with certain duties
Of registration and selection, the Sher-
if as chairman, the Clerk as custod-
ian of records and the County Physic-
ian. It is the hope Of the president of
the United States and your Governor
that service pertaining to this act
should be rendered gratuitous BY the
county officials and their subordin-
ates as q patriotic duty. Various
county officials have rendered such
service without cost to the state OF
nation. request that each of the
three officials hereby addressed shall
Immediately notify me by wire col
lect, whether or not can count on his
services without hope of pay, if ap-
pointed. Detailed instructions will
follow.
JULIUS C. GUNTER, Governor
Upon receiving the above, Sheriff
Hanlon Immediately secured the as
Continued on Fourth Page)
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
THO BILLION LIBERTY LOAN
BOOSTED BY FIRST NATIONAL

President s. P. Spencer Of the First
National Bank Of Gunnison announces
in the advertising columns Of the
ws-Champion the fact that the
bank stands ready to place subscrip-
tions to the famous Liberty Loan
of two billion dollars which is being
foated by the treasury department of
the United States through the FEEDER
al banks.
The offer to distribute a $4,000.
slice has been wired to the govern
ment and subscriptions are invited
without any expense to the buyer.
The bonds pay 8 and LIZ per cent
and are free from taxes and have a
great many points in their favor as
IN investment outside Of the patriotic
feeling that we should support the
government by financial assistance.
More complete details will be fur
nished by the bank as they are re-
ceived from Washington.
It is believed the loan will be sub
scribed by June 18th and bonds viii
be delivered to the purchasers in July.
Bonds are in most convenient small
denominations, as will be noted by the
announcement.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
SUMNER FOOD DRIVE Is
NOW IN PROGRESS

The way the dirt is being stirred
and the gardens planted around town
this week is q caution. II there are
not enough spuds and garden sass
raised in 1917 to supply the town folks
during summer months and for part
of the winter il .zill be strange. How
ever SO sszafy amateur gardeners will
have plenty of grief with too much
water, insufficient fertilization, etc.
There is q scriptural quotation about
'he that putteth his hand to the plow," |"
etc. We shall see if there is any turn
ing back among Gunnison gardeners.
The weather is certainly fine this
week. Seems some compensation for
the dreary weeks Of storms in April
and May. All nature rejoices with
the birds, and II you are an enthus-
iastic gardener, you have heard the
birds fairly warbling their throats out
As the sun peeps out over the rim Of
the Continental Divide.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
sheep ARE IMVAD|MG
GUMM|s0M CATTLE RANGES
Closing in On River Coun-
Try Near Sapinero. $4,000
Acres Filed on Recently

Evidently the Great Sheep Invasion
of Gunnison county is on, by reports
which come from the river towns of
Sapinero, Cebolla and Cimarron.
Close to 1000 head have been un-
loaded in that region within the week
and they are spreading north of the
river, where sheep hoof was never
known before, as we'll as occupying
almost the entire range south. From
the Cebolla river west to the Cimar-
ron it is pretty much all sheep.
Not only are the sheep on the north
side at Dillon gulch, but it is reported
that they are eating out the low range
of local settlers and cleaning up the
spring and fall range which has been
used for thirty-five years by the
Crawford and Hotchkiss stockmen
who drive early in the season around
the rim-rock trail and during the sum-
mer months use the Black and Soap
creek mesa country for cattle.
1t is also reported that the sheep
are closely guarded by men with Win
chesters, who are not going to take
any chances.
As this country is government land
below the forest reserve there is no
official authorized to take action and
the local settlers are unable to cope
with the situation.
In addition there have been about
25,000 acres of land filed upon in this
north side region from Curecanti
creek to Red creek. This is mostly
under the $40 acre tract law, and it il
believed some of the filings are made
BY big sheepmen, particularly from
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Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
talking OF ELECTRIC POWER
LINE UP OHIO CREEK

Superintendent keenan, Of the mu-
nicipal light and water plant is hgur-
ing with Ohio creek ranchmen who
want electric lights and power for
their homes. It is now proposed that
the ranchmen club together and build
their own power line, when the city
can furnish them with the electricity
at q meter rate. z.
This is fine move. It has often
been talked Of on the street corners,
but never before was brought to the
point Of exact figures.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
MAJORITY AGAINST COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL BOND WAS Is.

For 23S, against 254, is the way the
final count stood on the County High
School bond issue.
However. comparison of the list Of
voters with the tax record brings out
the remarkable fact that 81 Of the
voters were not tax payers last year,
and. Of course were not entitled to vote.
This would probably have overthrown
the adverse majority of sixteen. but il
has not yet been decided whether any
action will be taken in the matter.
On Saturday. the 18th, at Gunnison, .
meeting Of all the school boards Of ths
districts Of the county will be held to
elect certain members Of the County
High School board.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
MEL OEERIMG NOW
OWNS THE PARL|N STORE

After owning the store at Parlin
just about two months, NJ. o. Water
man and Sons sold it yesterday to
Mel Deering Of Doyleville. Mel had
but recently sold his ranch on Hot
Spring creek to VIM. BERTHE and being
out of a job lighted upon this paying
country store rs good proposition.
Milo Waterman in turn is foot
loose and this morning had not de-
cided what business he would take up.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
BANK 1 TRUST Co. WILL RE-
CE|vE LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS

The Gunnison Bank & Trust Co. has
been requested by the Secretary Of the
Interior to receive subscriptions to the
3h per cent Liberty Loan. now being
placed by the United States. A safer,
or more marketable investment cannot
be made. and they advise anyone hav-
ing idle funds, to invest in these honda
They will handle my such subscriptions
free of any charge or expense.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
BROOK TROUT FOR
COUNTY ARE 00l,0o)
Distribution Being Made
Rapidly. Stocking Up
For the Tourists

Game Commissioner Fraser is hav-
ing all the 800. 900 fish Matched in the
Pitkin hatchery this winter distribu-
ted in the Gunnison river and its trib-
utaries. This is being done by s. e.
Land, the same being loaded at Pit
kin by w. H. Corum. There have
been, during the last week, or will be
within few days the following lots
sent out:
10000 to Earl Carpenter at Co
bolla.
10000 to R. R. Washburn at Ce-
bolla.
10000 to Blair & Pitney, Lake City.
10000, w. A. Sheldon, Doyleville.
10000, E. D. Stephenson, Doyleville
10000, Kerr & Bazz, Crested Butt..
10000, Chas. Schecker, Powder
horn.
$4,000, Harry and ]. S. Gates, Cim-
arron.
$4,000, M. B. Postlewait, Cimarron-
5000, Prince Kinsley, Ohio City.
10000. F. C. Martin, ct al, Glacier.
$1,000, ]. w. Britain, Almont.
5000, Frank Vader, Parlin.
$4,000, Glen Williams, Hero.
5000, Chas. w. Taft, Sapinero.
10000, Walker and Palmer, above
and below Gunnison.
10000, A. L. Wilson, Hero.
10000, R. P. Mergelman, lola
Some more fish coming. The Rain
bow Gun Club will get ten cans May
21st and Doctor J. d. Walker e4-
poets five cans. DR.. Walker will
place his fish in South Beaver, while
the Rainbow club has not definitely
decided where their fish will go. The
Rifle club and the Chamber Of Com
merce will get ten cans each and half
Of these will be put near Stones ranch
and the other half close to Pratt's
bridge.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
ANNUAL CLEANUP DAY PROCLAMATION

In accordance with resolution of the City Council Mayor Of
the Town of Gunnson hereby designate and set aside Annual
Clean Up Day
Saturday May 26, 1917
Every resident required to clean his
before of
Guiding the children asked make this potless by rang
and cleaning only but the and public
property far possible In order avoid disease and make
Gunson take its place beautiful city should all devote
the day to this
The city will furnish the rubbish and refuse
from the
The depends the cooperation of
citizens Let resident this united effort and all work
with hearty good will.
F. W. COMSTOCK,
Mayor Of Gunnson, Colorado.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
RICH COPPER ORE
vNy ~0o~ urr

A fine body Of copper ore has been
struck in the Doctor mine. Some two
carloads of high grade mineral are
ready for shipment. The slopes and
bins at the mine are full of the zinc
carbonate ready for shipment as soon
as the roads improve once more. At
Almont roads are dry, but up Spring
creek there is every varying degree
of snow. However, the teams are ex-
pected back next week and hauling
will start on a larger scale than ever
for 1917.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18
Academic procession to the Bac-
calaureate Exercises, the Normal
School Graduation, and the High
School Graduation. Place Of meet
ing-the Boys Club.
CH|lDREM's CAM7ATA SATURDAY
Children's CantatA

May 10, at two-thirty o'clock in the
afternoon, at the Unique Theatre, q
children's cantata, "Welcome Spring."
will be given. The first part of the
program is a clever little Mother
Goose play, in which folk dances,
Mother Goose songs and costumes are
pleasing features. This will be given
by the first grade children. Bruce
Palmer and Lillian Bates are the
children around whom the play is
centered. lima Miller is Mother
Goose herself in miniature.
The second half is the cantata pro-
per, and all the pupils of the second
third and fourth grades; in flower cos
tunes, will take part. The admission
fee is 10c. The program is as fol-
lows:
1. Spring ------Unison Chorus
2. Pussy Willow -------------Solo
Alice Hogan
8. The Fingers Of the Grass (reci-
tation) ----------------Ri Lake
4. The Grass-------Chorus Of Boys
s. Oil Stately Chorus
Fourth Grade
6. The Puzzle (recitation)---------
----- Raleigh Neiswanger
z. Sweet Pea Ladies --------------
------- --- Third Grade
8. Treasure Trove (recitation)-----
------- Lorna Farrar
9. Dandelion--- - Unison Chorus
Solo dance by Thelma Smoot
10. Pit-aPat --------- Rain Chorus
II. The Daffodils (recitation)
Campbell
IL. Daffodils----- Unison Chorus
13. Little Miss Song
Tulips-Marion Rutland and Mary
Gazzoli
Robin-Lewis Miller
Welcome Spring Unison Chorus
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18

Mrs. John L. McMenamin, former
iy Miss Katherine Hale, is expected
in Gunnison tomorrow. She will visit
friends enroute from Denver to her
home in Telluride.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-18

Commissioner w. H. Whalen was
in Gunnison Sunday from Crested
Butte.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-02
ENTERTAINMENT AT
SISTERS SCHOOL

On Friday, March 16. at p. M,
sharp, the pupils at the Ursuline
convent at st. Ignatius will present
to the public what promises to be
one of the most enjoyable entertain
ments ever presented IN that school.
The pieces are entitled kathleen,
or the Cost of Promise" and The
Dawn"
The first will be staged by the
girls. This stirring drama was last
acted in the Ursuline convent eigh-
teen years ago Those who were at
thas performance will be delighted
to renew the acquaintance of "Old
Granny Gilligen,' the life of the play,
one of the old school, now fast dis
appearing to make way for the more
fashionable, up-to-date feminine, old
at thirty, yet wishing to be thought
youthful at sixty. Granny teaches
the secret of long youth; she will
tell you herself what it is. Besides
"The Little Dancer, and "The Fid-
die" of "Felice" the French maid,
whose funny broken English will
convulse the audience; and "Topsy"
the tomboy OF the piece, who, like
all the light hearted and smiling
ones. is the chief means of bringing
1t is safe to foretel that there
will not be dry eye in the hall
(from laughter) when the curtain
descends on the fifth scene. The sec
ond piece, 'The Dawn" is an his
torical Irish play in one act, written
specially for the occasion. 1t is a
sadly beautiful portrayal of a most
interesting subject, and the only peo-
pie who will be disappointed with it
will be those who did not go to see
it on March 16.
During the interludes there will
be fine selection of songs and reel
tations and band selections caicu-
lated to leave not a single dull mo-
ment in the two hours and a half of
the entertainment. Inc purpose VI
the Sisters in presenting this to the
public is to raise funds for a much
needed school library. AS the adj
mission fee is extremely moderate
only so cents a ticket--it is safe to
predict full house, but as only a
limited number of tickets have been
issued, those who intend to be pres
ent should not delay unnecessarily
in purchasing their tickets, SO as to
avoid disappointment at the last
moment.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-02
MISSION VALLEY
FARMS ARE SOLD

During the past week several Mis-
sion valley farms have changed own
ership. These farms are located for
the most part in the vicinity of Ro-
nan and Horte and indicate a growing
faith in the localities by those who
know their worth best.
The first transfer was the pur-
chase by Floyd and Wilbur Bennett
of the Mrs. Sally Hardman 80 acres
west of Horte, being the So SWA
section 21, 21-21.
w. A. Cook bought the Harvey Hal.
ling 80 southwest of Horte, and the
latter bought the Louis Halling sc
one mile south Of Roman.
John Gillett bought the Mrs. Har-
riet A. Dunn 80 northwest of Horte
Reuel H. Storm bought the H. M
Gehlert 80 east OF town. This latter
tract is the one Mr.. Gehlert pur-
chased of Jas. Peone and was logged
off last year. 1t adjoins the Arlie
Storm 80 and will make ali excellent
farm.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-02

CATION.
Two swallows never made a sum-
mer, neither does it confirm anything
that because there have been two
good crops in succession in the val
ley without all the land being irri-
gated, that we do not need irrigation
here. Some of us remember that
there were two years in succession
when irrigation would have been the
salvation of hundreds of acres of
fine crops, which otherwise were al
most total failures. That is why the
project should be completed at as
early a date as possible and also why
so many rejoice to know that the gov
ernment intends to keep faith with
the people here and complete the
project. as was promised at the time
of the opening in 1910.
Senator Myers is entitled to the
thanks of every man and woman in
the valley for the efficient services
rendered in their behalf.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-02
$750,000 FOR RECLAMATION
PASSES BOTH HOUSES

Monday evening a telegram was re-
ceived from Senator H. l.. Myers an
nouncing that. the house and senate
had agreed to the conference report of
the Indian appropriation bill which
contained the item of $75O,O00 for
the Flathead reclamation project for
the year 1917. This action assures
the appropriation for another year
and commits the government ire
vocably to the completion of the pro-
ject.
Some apprehension was felt here
last week over the final result in
the matter, owing to the charges
preferred by certain Indians now in
Washington in reference to waste
and extravaganza by former project
officials, and the action of the house
and senate of Monday comes as a
great relief to those who believe the
project should be completed and all
the irrigable land placed under irri-
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-02
RATHBONE-LlNDSAY

Justus II. Rathbone, son of the
publisher of the Pioneer, and Miss
Henrietta Lindsay, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Lindsay of st. 1g-
natius, were quietly married in Mis-
soula last Monday afternoon, Rev. H.
S. Galley performing the ceremony
They were accompanied by Miss Mar
garet Lindsay and F. Thayer Stod-
dard to the residence of the officiat-
witnesses to the ceremony. They re-
turned to Roman Tuesday and have
since been receiving the congratula-
tions of their friends.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-02

issue, electrification of existing
steam railways is probably the most
pressing chance, if we except en-
largements and changes in terminals
and means of loading and unloading
freight quickly.
"The next step will be the building
of new branch lines as feeders to ex-
listing trunk lines. This will open
up some new territory, but that is Of
far less economic consequence than
better development of territory now
tributary to railways. Branch lines
are too far apart in the majority of
agricultural states. In soHae of the
states, notably Texas, there are so
few railways that most of the land
remains worthless.
Railroads always have been, and
in spite of the automobile. always
will be, the greatest agents in effect
ing development of agricultural lands.
For some peculiar reason, the public
has let political cataracts grow over
it's eyes until it can scarcely see the
real worth of railways as general
developers of agriculture. The suf-
fering resulting from high food
prices, due to this partial blindness,
SENS now acute enough to lead to an
operation that will bring permanent
relief. Here's to the hope that con-
and speedily.-From Literary Digest.
gress will WELD the knife courageously
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-02

The heaviest fall of snow of the
winter occurred last Saturday and
Sunday, fully eight inches falling at
Roman. The snow was accompanied
by a strong wind and all east and
west roads are drifted so as to make
travel difficult. Reports from Mis-
soula state that the snow fall there
was greater than in Roman and at
Ravalli there is said to be almost a
foot on the level. Sleighing is again
fine and those who have been logging
and hauling wood with sleds are de-
lighted with the snow fall. Farmers
are also feeling jubilant over the
fact that the ground did not become
bare thus exposing the winter wheat,
and they all express themselves as
confident another bumper crop is as
sured this season.