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Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
LEGISLATURE GETTING DOWN
To REAL BUSINESS NOW
Outlook Good for Constructive Laws. Bond
Issue for Roads Big, Question. Too Many
Bureaus and Commissioners.

This has been busy week in the
state capitol, with Tuesday inaugura
tion day for Governor Shoup and
Wednesday the last minute for intro
duction of bills.
The message of the incoming gov
ernor was a constructive document and
Shoup enters office with the good will
of all. His message did not, however,
take any very positive stand on the
multitude of live questions that are
agitating the people.
One Of the real big things for this
Legislature to decide is the matter of
submission to the people of a TWEEN
ty million dollar bond issue for good
roads. Another is whether to abolish
the Public Utilities Commission or not,
there being very decided suspicion
that the membership of this board has
been largely under the influence of the
capitalists and instead of being a bull
wark of the people against grasping
corporations has in fact assisted the
said corporations to skin us.
A "blue sky" law that will prevent
wild-catting and yet enable reasonable
and necessary promotion schemes to
be floated is another hard knot for the
solons to unite.
Among recess appointments which
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
All Over Gunnison County
Breezy Stories Of Community told by Special NevC Champion
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Pitkin Miner:
Wednesday. Jan. IS, 1918.
Mrs. A. p. Nelson and Miss Pauline
We're in a street car collision in Los
Angeles on the afternoon of December
29th. While both were quite badly
shaken up and bruised, we are glad
to report that they are doing nicely
now.
Nibs Lashbrook came from Gunni-
son Friday and went to the Mason
ranch near Waunita, where he install
ed telephone.
A. W. Lindsey and VIM. Wallace
came from Gunnison Friday and are
now full fiedged Ethiopians at least
they are enrolled as employees at that
mine.
More snow is wanted by our teams
ters, both in the timber and for the
mine roads. Anyone who has any in
fuence with the weather man will con-
fer favor on the teamsters if he will
have some of the beautiful placed on
the roads hereabouts.
We are in receipt of a copy of the
Columbus Kansas Advocate, and we
find among the local news that Major
H. S. Ehrman is there spending the
winter with his daughter, Mrs. Leslie
Macauley.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
NATION BONE-DRY BY VOTE
Of 90 STATES OUT Of 48
Legislative Process, Completed on Thursday,
Makes u. S. Bone-Dry One Year From
Date. Disters Threaten to Contest.

Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Caro-
lima, South Dakota, Texas. Tennessee,
Utah, Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia, Missouri, and Wyoming.
This leaves but ten states undecided
probably only five or six when the re-
turns are all in. The law does not of
itself go into effect until a year from
date, but the war measure makes it
practically dry so far as manufacture
ers and sale is concerned next July |.
Thus, again are we the first nation
to "do something big" The United
States being the first country on the
map to veto liquor However, the news
of bone-dry nation did not bring JOY
to everyone-for there is the man who
makes 1.-THE distiller. Manufacture
ers of liquor thruout the nation are
bitter over the passing of the law,
and threaten to contest it. They claim
to be backed by approximately $1,000,
100000 and will employ it, so they
state, in an effort to save their bus
mess. A committee of distillers is
to meet in New York to plan a pro-
gram. The fact does not in the least
worry the dry leaders. They assert
they have been expecting this and
that there is no merit in it whatever
and advise the liquor dealers to save
the billion dollars and buy ice cream
sofas.
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News-C Champion Correspondence.

Wednesday, Jan. ID.
J. L. and Cash Lewis sledded to
Gunnison on business Tuesday.
Roy Leonard, who is in a tyainir~r
amp in Texas, is expected home soon.
H. w. Mcdonald made a trip on
horseback to Gunnson during this
week.
Commissioner and Mrs. Mcdonald
and Fred Smith We're in GunnisOn on
Tuesday.
NJ. j. Slate and T. r. Slate motored
to Gunnison on business Tuesday of
this week.
T. r. Slate is recovering rapidly
from his recent operation, and is able
to be about.
The flooring, windows, doors and
castings arrived this week for Art
Prosser's new home.
Quite a number of sick people have
been on the sick list the past week.
Seems to be kind of grippe. No flu
cases have developed.
We understand that there is a ranch
sale about to be closed in our neigh
borhOod, but have nothing definite in
the way of details.
Ray Slane has built a number of
new sheds and feed racks this winter,
and has his ranch nicely equipped for
feeding sheep.
Every week Sitter Bros. of Wau-
nita Hot Springs ship about 900 gal
Ions of radium water in large glass
containers to Chicago. They go by
express and must be some price to
the consumer.
At the annual meeting of the Toni
chi Telephone Co. the following off
GERS were elected: Ray Slane, presi-
dent; J. w. Mcdonald, vice presidents;
N. J. Slate, secretary; f. r. McCon-
nell, treasurer; G. a. Des Combcs and
+. r. Mcdonald, directors.
There has been some sort Of dis
ease among the sucking calves in the
valley. which has caused the ranckmen
worry and extra labor.
TIL loss has been small and .ha disease
has seemingly run its course.
Billy Mcdonald, who enlisted in the
navy carly in the war, came home onI
a furlough Tuesday morning. He
will be here for about a week aft,r n
which he will have to return to duty
He is looking fine and we are all glad
10 see him. He has made several
round trips to France, and is now a.
operator on the L. S. S. Tay-
or.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17

On Thursday, January 16, 1919, the
United States voted itself bone-dry,
the law to become effective one year
from present date. The wet and dry
question has been one of the hardest
fought battles ever staged in the Uni
ted States. One by one the various
states of the Union have brought forth
the proposition of voting that parti
cular state dry, at its state elections,
and one by one, they have entered the
ranks of the "drys." Yesterday Ne
braska, Missouri and Wyoming were
the 36th, 37th and 3Sth states to ap-
prove the constitutional amendment.
Colorado endorsed it Wednesday.
Congress passed the resolution sub
mitting the resolution to the various
state legislatures in 1917, in the midst
of its war preparations. The Senate
adopted the resolution on August / :,
by a vote of 65 to 20, and the lower
house by a vote of 2S2 to 1928.
Thirty eight states now have
ratified the prohibition amendment to
the constitution. They are:
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Cali
for.lia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine
Michigan, Massachusetts. Montana,
Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, North Dakota, North Carolina,
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17

the senate has confirmed since it or
ganized are Herman C. Getty, Mont
rose, to be irrigation division engineer
for division No. a, appointment July
6, 1917, term four years. Chas. J.
Moynihan, Montrose, member Colo
RADIO board of corrections, appointed
June II, 1918, for a term expiring
Feb. 10, 1921. DR.. F. p. Hanson, Gun
nison, member state board of health;
w. B. Flasier, fish and game warden
The Legislature will try to find
some way by which it can abolish a
large number of useless bOarOs, bu-
rcaus and commissions that have been
created during the past ten years
many of which do not function at all,
and others of which function so brief
ly and so timidly they do not fulfill
any real service. Just what will be
done in this respect will be worked
out by a special committee which
Speaker Cole hopes he will be directed
by the house to name. In order that
such a committee may accomplish the
result sought, a number of bills were
introduced at the last minute with
merely the enacting clauses there be
ing no body to these bills. This will
enable the committee to present such
legislation as it may deem best.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
GUNNISON, COLORADO, FRIDAY, JAM II, 1919.
COMMISSIONERS ORGANIZE
FOR BUSINESS OF 1919
Appoira Same Officers. Discuss Road
Matters. Business of County Goes
on Smoothly.

The county commissioners held a
meeting on Tuesday of this week and
organized for the work of 1919.
There was no moving day" at the
court house, the same elected county
officials being inducted into the next
term of two years and moving smooth
ly about their business, which has been
so effectively and carefully transacted
during the period just closing.
Commissioner Geo. l.. Miller was
elected chairman of the Board which
consists of Mr. Miller from the first
district, w. H. Whalen from the sec
ond and Clarence Mcdonald from the
third. D. 7. Sapp was reelected coun-
ty attorney and DR.. F. p. Hanson,
ty physician. C. c. McWilliams,
county clerk, was made purchasing
agent, Mrs. A. Warburton, matron
of the county hospital, and John April
'ITt house janitOr.
large part of the meeting was
tax u p in discussion of the road sit
uation, particularly as regards our
county interest in the proposed state
bond issue of $2O,OO0,000. 1t seems
that under the bond issue there are
three propositions. By the first, Den
yer and contiguous counties in High
way District No. /, will get full half
the twenty million, while Gunnison
and nearby counties in District No. 4,
will get two million. This is on bas-
is of distribution by valuation. How
ever, if this distribution is on basis
of milage, Denver will get only four
and a half millions, while our bunch
of counties will get four and half
and Gunnison some 100000. This
is more like it, but the matter is bound
to be threshed out at meeting of all
the county commissioners of Colorado
in Denver next Monday.
There is much opposition to the
bond issue altogether, indeed the leg
islature can only submit it to the vot-
crs for decision in the election Of 1920,
but here comes the government with a
proposition to distribute four billion
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News-Champion Correspondence.
Wednesday, Jan. Is, 1919.
John Howard is down from the up
per ranch this week.
Ralph Wilson went over to Stubcn
creek Thursday to help Fred Gray get
out ties.
Every boy in the valley has traps
out for coyotes but only 4 few have
been successful so far.
Miss Norma Nichols returned from
lola Monday where she visited Fred
Rouviere and wife
Mrs. Clarence Radeka went to Gun
nisOn to visit her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Andrews.
J. r. Phelps, Lewis Sammons, Hugh
Foster, Frank Dunn and wife were
visitors to Gunnison during the week.
Miss Lamar, of the GunnisOn Nor
NAL, spent Friday night the guest Of
Mrs. F. Dunn, on her way from Gate
View to Gunnison
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Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
COUNTY RED CROSS GETS
PLAUDITS OF OFFICIALS
We Have Best Record in Colorado for
Xmas Roll Call With Over 1000
Members.

Our county Red Cross workers are
very proud of the record we have
made in the Christmas Roll Call. Ac-
cording to information received from
division headquarters in Denver, the
county has made by far the best
showing in any county in Colorado,
according to population. Over 1000
members in a population of between
5000 and 1000. That is indeed a re-
cord to be proud of. The committee
in charge has received the following
letter:
Mrs. Ruth A. Lake,
Chairman Red Cross Christmas
Roll Call,
Dear Madam:-
81 wish you would accept our most
hearty congratulations upon the splen-
did results obtained by Gunnison
County Chapter in the enrolment of
Red Cross members. According to
our records to date, you have far
out-stripped any other community in
Colorado and we rejoice with you in
the wonderful results obtained.
"Yours for the Red Cross Christ
mas Roll Call,
(Signed) w. P. McPhce, Chairman,
division Roll Call Committee.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
AT CASTLETON
DESTROYED BY FIRE

Last Saturday afternoon, the rail
road depot at Castleton was complete
ly destroyed by fire. The fire was
discovered along about the middle OF
the afternoon, the sectiOnman, Joe
Razzo, being away. Neighbors who
happened along, fought it for time
and kept the blaze away from the tip
pie of the o. C. Coal Mine tram, until
phone call summoned a special from
Gunnison with the bridge gang and
section men 10 help. RazZo lost all
his belongings, including clothes and
money, with the exception of what
clothes he wore and his Liberty Bond
which happened to be in his pocket.
The building was built in 1888.
Only two of the residents of that
place who lived there at the time the
building was erected, are now living
They are Mrs. Mary Allison and her
daughter, Mrs. D. l.. La Plantc. In
fact this depot, or section house. a
now used, was practically the last
Of old Castlcton.
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News-Champion Correspondence:
LAKE FORK
Wednesday, Jan. s.

Wednesday, Jan. s.
Jack Carr is trapping with great
success this winter, having twenty
coyotes to his credit
Frank Dunn of Powderhorn. made
a business trip to the Lake Fork the
latter part of the week.
Bill Joly and Lowell Carr are cut
ting ties and trapping this winter.
MissScheckcr has returned to her
home on the Powderhorn after visit
ing for a week with Miss Carr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Whinncry have
returned to their ranch after a pleas
ant visit in Gunnison with Mrs. Whin-
nery's mother, Mrs. Geo. Lightley.
Every farmer should trap for coy
otes. They are a pest and pretty
this winter. The pelts are
bringing good prices too some of them
of them selling for as high as $1,000.
Miss Freddie Lamar, who has spent
her Christmas at the Arringtons', has
returned to Gunnison. Miss Lamar
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Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
LIEUT.. BRYAN HERRICK
WRITES FROM FRANCE
Was in Front Rank to Greet Presi
dent Wilson.

Pontanezen, December l3, 1918.
Mrs. Clara NJ. Herrick,
Gunnison, Colo.
Dear Mother:
Just got back from Brest, where
lent my moral and physical support to
President Wilson as he landed in
France, and it was some party. The
regiment marched down about 1000
this morning, and was disposed so as
to-form a solid rank on both sides
of the street all the way from docks
to the depot. A regiment of artillery
and a regiment of engineers helped
out, and by the time we got all set,
there was a rank of soldiers three deep
on both sides of the street. And be-
lieve ne, we sure needed them, with
the million odd picked Frenchmen
who wanted to do something on the
other side of the street. My company
was stationed just outside the rail-
way station, and whenever any of the
"pcrsonages" passed by, we'd present
arms. General Pershing came in about
1900 from Paris. He is certainly a
wonderful looking old man-whitc-
haired, but just exactly as he looks
in his pictures. He is one of the few
generals whom have seen, who does
not think that he is above saluting.
The general saluted and the best and
snappiest salute you ever saw.
Miss Margaret Wilson was buzzing
around in big car all day back and
forth to the station. She sang here
at Pontanezen night before last, and
! had the privilege of hearing her
She has q very good voice, altho not
a wonderful opera voice, and she was
fine about singing for the boys-the
good, old plain, "honest-to- God" sing
ing, without any frills, that low NOR
tails like us enjoy, and she sang about
a million times. She looks just like
her father, chin, teeth, and all, which
is dern goodlooking to me.
Well, anyway, about 2:45 this after
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Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17

among the states that meet federal
aid dollar for dollar. This will be
done to spur employment of labor dur
ing the war reconstruction period, and
can we afford to turn down the federal
aid, while other states get it.
The very idea of a twenty million
dollar bond issue would have been
laughed at two years ago, but since
then Colorado people have become ac-
customed to thinking in millions. 1t
has been so easy for us to advance
500 100000 for Liberty Loan, twenty
six million for W. S. s., million Civ
en- to War Workers, another million
to the Red Cross, etc, that we are not
afraid of figures any more, if they can
be proven to return the goods.
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News Champion Correspondence:
Sunday, Jan. 12, 1919.

Fred Dunbar is on the sick list at
the Doctor mine, from a bad cold.
George Roshcullcr is up from Jacks
Cabin, driving team for Smith Whip.
Smith Whipp made a trim t. Gun
nison one day this week, to visit with
his family between trains.
J. Hall went thru camp recently
from the Doctor mine, enroute to Gun
nison, to doctor a bad cold.
Frank Hoheisel went thru camp this
week, on his way from Denver to the
Doctor mine. He put in his quaran-
tine period with Chas. Newberg at
Almont.
One of the merriest gatherings in
Bogan's Camp was held on New Years
when Mrs. M. P. Genth invited every
child in the camp to Christmas tree
party at her home, and to wish them
a happy and prosperous New Year.
When the guests departed, she presen-
ted each one with stocking filled
to the top with goodies. Mrs. Genth
never gorgets the children at holiday
time, and each of the little folks have
a warm spot in their hearts for her.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
NEW WAVE OF THE EPIDEMIC
VISITS SAN MIGUEL tOG Mt,

MontrOsc Press:
According to authentic information
from Telluride, San Miguel county is
having its second severe dose Of in
fucnZa with 80 cases at Norwood. 80
at Telluride, between 40 and so at Va
nadium and as many at PlaCeVillc.
The cases are milder, and unlike the
first wave, which was confined almost
exclusively to adults, is taking in all
ages. The quarantine at Telluride is
pretty strict now. There were four
deaths from influenza in Telluride last
week, two from indirect results Of in
fiucnza, aggravated by miners con
sumption. The authorities expect to
cope with the situation
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
MayO Solution Success

Montrose is now practically free
from developing cases of the Flu.
Several days. of late not a case has
been reported in "a hours. Toney
Mcneil, county clerk, who was going
thru the other day, related that of
over 1000 people who had been vac
cinated with the Mayo solution in
Montrosc, only one had the Flu, and
he had only received one Of the three
doses prescribed at the time he was
taken sick. This is marvellous, if
reported correctly, for the Mayo in
StitutiOn does not recommend the So
luton as a Flu preventive, but only
as a partial specific for the resultant
pneumonia.
Business back in Kansas called r. F.
Magee east yesterday.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
Teachers Ready fer Business

Wednesday, the teachers and stu
dents of the Normal and High Schoo!
began to arrive in numbers and have
been parcel!ed out in different homes
and places of detention to undergo
their quarantine period, Everything
seems in readiness for school to begin
Monday, altho it is hardly expected
that the attendance will be large at
the start, both because of the quaran-
tine and because some parents think
there is a risk connected with schools,
greater than the risk of the streets,
and prefer not to take it.
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euneSuay, Jan. 8.
Willis McLaughlen is hauling tim
bers for the c. F. & |. mine.
Oliver Thomas, the sage of Gothic,
was in town the middle of this week.
Jas. Graham, deputy coal mine in
spectOr, was here the early part of
the week, and left for Baldwin We'd
neSday.
Mrs Margaret Kaletski visited her
mother Mrs. George Shaffer, the early
part of the week, returning to Gunni-
son Wednesday.
George Bailey, who has been work
injured foot. However, he is getting
along nicely and expects to go back
to work soon.
Last Sunday, January 5th, was GER
tainly a fine day for this time of the
year, and the boys who work under
ground six days in the week. enjoyed
the sunshine to the fullest extent.
c. w. Able, who has had charge of
the Mugollon Mining Co. operations
at Irwin for the past few months, de-
parted for New Mexico on Tuesdays
train.
Crested Butte schools opened Mon
day with a full attendance. We are
taking every precautiOn against the
flu. Almost every child here has a
sore arm from vaccination against the
epidemic.
Mrs. Raymond w. johnson of Grey
bull, Wyoming, came in on Tuesdays
train. Mr.. Johnson has been here for
the past month. The young couple
arc going to housekeeping as soon as
Mrs. johnson is out of quarantine at
the Elk Mountain House.
Funeral Of JOS ScoH
The funeral of Jos. ScoT was held
at the Catholic Church last Friday,
January 3rd. Mr.. Scotf was 33 years
old, and was born in Balidrcs, Croatia
Austria, and left there when but 10
years old. He leaves a brother here
and a wife, also two brothers in the
Old Country. He was a member of
st. Joseph's Benevolent Society. the
funeral was largely attended, over 100
members in full uniform attending
and escorted the remains to the
church and cemetery. Mr.. Scoff was
killed recently by a fall of rock where
he was working.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. DesCombes are
spending a few days with relatives at
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
Cattle Disease Investigated

Cattle Disease Investigated
The outbreak of q cattle disease
thot to be hemorrhagic septicemia,
brought our state veterinarian, DR.. C.
G. Lamb, over from Denver yester-
day and he made a trip up Ohio creek
to examine the situation. Fred Mckee
has lost a dozen head, Earl McCully,
two; and H. F. Trampe, six or sew
en-. However, Doctor Lamb, was un-
able to pronounce it the mpronounce-
able name above, which is a viruEent
contagious disease, fatal to all sorts
and ages of animals. The only cattle
affected so far have been young stock,
and not many are now sick. Some
cases Of sore mouth were evident and
the doctor took back samples for bac-
THEOLOGICAL examination.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
REV. WHITE TELLS
NEWS OF ARMY LIFE
Took Part in Great Argonne Battle
Is Fed Up on War.
American +. F., France.
November 8, 1918.

November 8, 1918.
Mrs. R. H. White,
Gunnison, Colo.
Dear Wife and Children:
Since writing to you last, | have
made a 200 mile trip in a truck load
ed with supplies for the bows. We
spent the night in a town that the Ger
mans had just vacated. We saw with
our own eyes the trail of the Hun
nlsh Serpent--fulniture in the houses
all smashed, feather beds ripped open,
indcscribable filth and disorder; pine
trees, so feet high, sawed down. We
saw the glare on the clouds of a town
supposed to have been set on fire BY
the Germans, anyhow, the next morn
ing a number of refugees, mOs.'y old
men and women, wandered about the
place in the mud, homeless. hungry.
cold and sad. | saw a. Red Cross flag
in big church. which the Germans
had left flying. | was told that there
were three Wounded German were 10
Gated in tn" church when the Amor
leans took the place just a few days
ago
We arc having a reorganization of
work, and with the prospects of an
armistice, | don't know what | shall
do
Today am mess sergeant. W. had
beafstcak, hominy, turnips, coffee,
bread and butter pour diner Cfor din
ner)
Tell me all about the Community
Church, and send me clippings. as
you have done.
DADDY.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-17
Semi i-MonthIy Pay Day on X. r.

Commencing February first, the
men in the employ of the Denver and
Rio Grande railway will receive their
pay twice a montb-on the 10th and
31st-instcad of once a month as here
tofnre. This will be a welcome in
nCvation to all those to be benefited
and a scmi-monthly payday is a
good thing all around.
Miss Eydwl Redding arrived We'd
ncsday evening from Montrose to be
ready for the start of Normal work
next Monday.