Gunnison news-champion., 1918-12-06
Twenty Years Ago


Dearest Friend, Mary
What must you think Of me any
way? Well. honestly, / wrote last
week, but got excited and addressed
the letter to Providence, Colo, instead
of your town. You know they have
established two new pOstoffices In
Gunnison county-one at Providence,
and the other nj Tomichi. John Hicks
is the postmaster at Tomichi and Mrs.
Mary Wilson has the other place.
Wish you could have been here last
Sunday evening. There was q lovely
program given at the Presbyterian
church as q memorial to our soldiers
and sailors. Rena Trevarthan sang
a beautiful solo in memory of those in
the service who had lost their lives.
am so glad that the war is over at
last. l see by the papers that Spain
has agreed to behave herself. If the
other nations get to making long
range guns like that one the French
have just invented, it would make war
impossible. l was reading in the Salt
Lake City paper about it. 1t is q
sort of cannon and fires % shots per
second, and kills what it hits at dis
tance of two and one-half miles.
Speaking of newspapers reminds
me that our News here has again
changed hands. This time, it is E. X.
Lore Of the Pitkin Miner, wto has de-
cided to try the editorial game. Geo.
.. Blake, the former owner. is going
to leave Gunnison. w. H. Corum is
to be associated with Mr.. Lore.
1t must cost q lot of money to run
for office if the list of expenses filed
with the county clerk by the candi-
dates of the recent election, is sam
pie. The Tribune published some of
them, and ! copied them for you to
read: A. Lejune, the commissioner,
spent $145; +. NJ. Nourse. who was the
Republican chairman, spent $50, and
!. w. Jennings, the chairman of the
Silver Republicans, parted with 1920
while on the job. He has just pur-
chased the Gunnison Bakery with E.
NJ. Collins, and suppose he was short
Of cash. Then there was the Demo-
cratic chairman, Chas. Bieble, who
spent SITS. c. T. Stills and J. N.
McDougal did not send in their &C
counts. Maybe they thought that
what people didn't know wouldn't hurt
them any.
How's the weather up your way ?
It's awfully cold here-registered be-
tween 25 and 80 below zero last night.
Do you remember that old land
marx on the east side Of Main street.
that old frame building that was used
rs the tirst hank in Gunnison during
the early days? Well, it's gone now.
Tom Wiley Of Sargents, tore it down
and is moving the lumber to Sargents
to build . frame house.
oh, yes, Jack still has the mining
fever. However, he has decided not
to Strike out" just yet. The wealth
er and his rheumatism are not ON the
best Of terms. He was talking with
C. T. Stevens, who was in town the
other day. Tom was telling he had
Just finished hauling carload Of ore
to st. Elmo for the Forest Hill mine.
There are ten men employed there.
There are nix four-horse teams busy
at the Doctor mine
Your hubby had better watch out
while he is hunting that cow OF yours.
A. Hartman had his eye nearly put
out the other day while looking for
cattle. He went under tree and one
of the limbs flew back and hit him In
the face. 1t was q painful accident.
Richard Radeka, one Of the settlers
of the Powderhorn district, died this
week 1t his home in Cebolla.
Mrs. A. Bray has gone home to
Crested Butte. She was visiting her
daughter, Mrs. John Whip, in Gum
nison.
L see the lady next door coming this
way, 20 win close for this time. Al
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