Gunnison news-champion., 1919-07-04
Twenty Years Ago
Gunnison. July 4. 1899.

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Hurrah for the Glorious Fourth !
Where are you going to spend the
day We are having a celebration
of our own down town and MS soon as
Jack gets shaved and fixed up, we
are going down to take part.
have been coaxing Jack to shave
any way, Robert Hards has sold half
interest in his Brown Palace Saloon
and barber shop to Elmer Deering, so
Jack can patronixe home industry.
While / am waiting for him, will
l am down town.
l am not going to let my children
take part in the parade. They want
ed to fix up a wagon of some kind and
borrow horse, but l am afraid of n
run away. Two of our little boys,
Willie Latimer ana Earl Coombs had
their young lives scared out of them
this week, when the horse they were
driving home from fishing trip, be-
came frightened and ran away. The
boys went into the dust in different
directions and were badly Jared but
not hurt. The very next day James
Dofflemyre and Jos. Heiner, while re-
NSPthSNt SohciuNi-
ably shaken up when their horse be-
came unmanageable and ran away.
We might get to see Senator Teller
today as he was expected in town and
intends going to Pitkin where he has
mine, named the Red Jacket. You
know that mine with the workings in
about 100 feet and that assayed $3.50
to the ton recently.
Thara m ta Snp,a var1y int cett tpr rx,-
ports concerning mining property in
Gunnison county, lately. Two men
from Denver-George Williams and
Edward Woodward, president and Sec
retary of the Woodward Gold Mining
and Milling Co who own the Tomboy
mine near Camp Josephine, arrived
this week with q carload of machinery
for the mine.
suppose there will be lots of
strangers in town today. Mrs. Van
AIKEN is entertaining her sister and
husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Green of
Aspen.
Mrs. w. H. Bray and little girls are
down from Crested Butte visiting Mr..
Bray's sister, Mrs. John Whipp.
Went down to the depot yesterday
to meet Mrs. M. j. Boyle, of Ridgway
who came in to join her husband, who
is operator at the Colorado Southern
office here.
hear Mrs. Ira Brown came home
this week from her trip in the east.
l suppose Mrs. C. L. Miller and
daughter, Miss May, will have good
time today. They went to Grand
Junction to stay while. One young
man looks awfully blue.
II ic fukinD vark 1nrrv tsvs.o -
shave. He just called out that Elmer
Ames came back from his prospecting
trip.
f. f. Mueller and Tom Murray are
in Vulcan this week in the interest of
the Telephone exchange. Guess they
are going to have telephone line out
that way.
Saturday took ride with the lady
next door and we went out to the biz
brick kiln of Sills e. Zugelder. They
had 10000 bricks just ready to burn.
An old-timer named Frank Massey,
died in lineup one day this week.
Crested Butte had q wedding last
week. Miss Margaret M. Kerr and
Chas. L. Ross were the happy folks.
Miss Florence Allen came home on
Saturday from her trip to Mendoza,
ohC shs size lis1u u iue tlIne.
Harry Endner is home from school,
at Salt Lake City. He hasn't joined
the Mormons yet.
When was down to the train the
other day, saw Miss Alta Barker of
Rocky Ford, among the passengers.
She was going to lola to visit Mrs.
G. L. Linscott.
If Jack don't hurry we won't get to
town today. Guess will have to go
and help him dress, SO will close for
this time. Oh, yes! If you see Jennie
Bradbury please tell her there is an
advertised letter at the post office for
her. Maybe some relative died and
left her a million.
l just heard Jack swearing SO that
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