Gunnison news-champion., 1918-08-30

son. Also a number of Belgian refuge
garments have been made. This is a
very good showing as the chapter is
small here.
A. {. Conklin and wife of Hagler,
Nebr-, returned home Monday after
N enjoyable visit with their sister
and brother-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
CObbs. Mrs Il. johnson. who spent
the summer here, accompanied them
as far as Gunnison where she will Wis
it a few days before returning TO her
home in Missouri.
Messrs- Long. Eton. and Ashby of
hOntrose came an from Gunnison Sun
day and are preparing TO work the
manganese property. Mr.. Ashby
shipped two carloads of ore recently.
Il is understood that the property has
been leased TO Montrose parties. Mr..
Ashby being retained as superintend-
ent. A number of men will be put on
in the near future.
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Friends report that Charley Miller
writes of being enroute-perhaps for
Siberia.
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Stc"c Day arrived Friday from
huTt, Utah. where he has been work
I-2 coming home TO register for war
~r'rvIce.
+. L. Sargents has gone to the Of
ficers' Training camp At Camp Zach
ary Taylor, KY. Mrs. Sargents will
reside in Fl Collins this coming sea
son.
Mrs. C.G. Miller received greeting
card Sunday from her son, Edwin, who
is now with the forestry unit in
France. The card is quite pretty and
worded in French. Edwin says he is
getting along o. X.
With American troops landing in
Siberia. il is evident that many of our
Gunnison boys will see service in the
"cast front" instead of in the west. II
will be all the same when the East
and West meet at Berlin.
Lauren Waterman, who is with the
contingent of army boys studying
concrete construction at Boulder uni
lversity, was home early in the week,
stopping at Parlin and going to Ohio
/ City to visit his folks a couple Of days
before going to the front.
Willett Estes has arrived overseas,
and is now in London with Base Hos
pital No. y, enroute to France. There
are 1000 persons in this unit, includ-
| ing lS0 nurses, besides the doctors,
and helpers. Willett's job is assisting
with the anesthetics.
DIR. Ray VanAken, who is now with
the marines training at Galveston,
| has qualified as an expert rifeman
and is now listed with the sharp
shooters. Doc was always high in
the scores at the Gunnison rifle club
\ two winters ago.
E. II. Mcdowell, of the Gunnison
Empire. has heard from his two sons,
Cyril and Oey Mcdowell, both of
whom are now in France. They say
in their letters that they are attached
to the hospital units and are pretty
close to the front Both the boys are
in good health.
1 rAStiuSi PiAoSd ihS WINS
Sunday, when he arrived unannounced
from Boulder, where he is attending
the University. Johns stay with
home folks was short however, as he
had to return to Boulder Tuesday,
from which place he will leave with
several others for some training camp,
the exact destination of which has not
yet been received. John is being
trained especially in concrete work.
Harry Williams writes home from
Somewhere in France that he is
getting along fine and enjoying army
life. Harry has recently been in the
hospital for minor operation. and re-
lates that while convalescing there,
the military band came up to the hos
pital to play for the wounded soldiers
one day. Almost the first man Harry
saw in the musician band was no 9TH
er than F. George Damson. Harry
says that the meeting was as much a
surprise on the part of Mr.. Damson
ss It was to him. This is the first time
that Harry has seen Gunnison man
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