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Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
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News-Champiop Correspondence,

News-Champiop Correspondence.
Powderhorn, Colo, Jne.ll, 1919.
Miss Margaret Beals, who has been
attending High School at Fort Collins,
was the guest of Mrs. w. c. Howard
Tuesday and Wednesday before re-
turning to her home at Cathedral.
Miss Norma Nichols returned to
Gunnison Sunday after spending the
week end with her mother.
Howard Ibert left for Crawford
Saturday expecting to be gone only a
few days.
Mrs. Frank Dunn was in Gunnison
Monday and Tuesday.
A number of our ranchmen were in
Gunnison Saturday to attend the
meeting of the Stock Growers Asso-
citation.
W. S. Whinnery and wife were
guests at the Cebolla Hot Springs
hotel Monday night.
Miss Gertrude Mclaughlin closed
a very successful term of school FRI
day evening with first class enter
tainment followed by dance. There
were two eighth grade graduate
Cora Jardine and Clarence Howard.
The school children who attended the
whole term have done exceptionally
well, all making their grades. Miss
Mclaughlin having the ability to
make each pupil believe in himself and
do his best in the short time we had
school.
During the entertainment Friday
night the news leaked out that Ever
EFT Sammons had taken unto himself
a wife that afternoon. The bride
was Miss Lucille Allan Of Gunnison, a
young lady who is very popular with
our young people. The happy couple
have gone to housekeeping in w. p.
Sammons' ranch, which was formerly
owned by C. o. Johnson The best
wishes Of host of friends attend this
young couple.
Fred Gray and wife, Harry Dunn
and wife, Geo. Grattin, J.. Peterson
and Oscar Dunn Of Lake Fork; Err
nest Bowers, Fred Foster, Henry
Beals, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy DoerinR and
Ernest Mcneil Of Cathedral: the
Misses Sammons and Fosters, Norma
Nichols, w. p. Sammons and wife
and Harry Foster Of Gunnison At
tended the school entertainment FRI
day.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
GOLD LINKS NINE RE-
DEEMED FROM TAX SALE

After being sold for taxes several
years, the well-known Gold Links
mine above Ohio City was recently
disposed of by the county commits
sioners TO Radetsky, Of Denver, who
was planning 10 get tax deed and
junk the property. The mine and
mill had apparently been abandoned
by the owners headed by the we'll
known mining operator A F. Rey-
nolds. However. last Saturday a
special meeting of the county COM
missioners was held TO meet Mr. Rey-
nolds and his attorney, Carl Seigfried.
of ouray, who proposed TO buy the
tax sale certificate Of 1911 for taxes
of 1909 which Mr. Rade;sky had over
looked purchasing. They bot this faS
$500 and then proceeded to redeem
all the other sale certificates on the
Gold Links Nos. !, 2, 3, (. 5, s, Z, 10
and II and the Demurrer No. 3.
II. Reynolds states that the mine is
nov his own personal property, the
original mining company having be-
come defunct, and the stockholders
either quit or died. He has a great
deal of faith in the Gold Links and
intends TO start It in operation before
very long.
This viii be good news to the
Quartz creek valley, for the Gold
Links was in its day one of the largest
producers Of that part Of Gunnison
county.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TAKES
ACTION ON SEVERAL MATTERS
May Assist in Completing Sky Line
Drive to Connect With Forest Trail

A meeting of the Gunnison Cham
Der of Commerce was held Friday
night at the court house to discuss a
number of matters.
The attempt Of the Montrose folks
TO take away third division K. R.
headquarters was talked over, and a
committee appointed, consisting of j
A. Steele, +. NJ. Nourse and c. f.
Florer to look into the bad acting OF
our neighboring town and see what
lay behind it.
The committee on a hospital as a
Soldiers Memorial reported progress
and asked to be discharged so that q
larger and more representative COM
mittee could handle the matter. This
request was granted, but President
Sullivan has not yet made selection of
the new committee members.
Judge Stone as chairman of the ad-
vertising committee was asked to pre-
pare a page ad for the Railroad Red
Book, giving the essential points
about our county that will attract
tourists and homeseekers. He has al
ready done this and the same will ap-
pear shortly.
+. NJ. Nourse presented the idea OF
extending the sky line drive to meet
the government trail now being start
ed from beyond Signaf peak TO Mt
Fairview. Mr.. Kreutzer. forest su-
pervisor, suggests that if some funds
can be raised to extend the present
trail from the top of Normal heights
that the government will meet this
money fifty-fifty and connect up with
the trail inside the reserve proper
Henry Bartlett, S. ]. Miller and Jos
McDermott were appointed a COM
.mittee to look into this matter and re-
port
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
AT CONkLIN HOME

Byron Conklin was here from Par
lin yesterday. He has been at Canon
City during the winter, but has re-
turned to be on the home ranch this
summer. He tells US that his brother,
Ralph Hobson Conklin, returned yes
terday from overseas. Ralph is NIGH
ty glad to get back, but certainly en-
joyed the trip. He saw the fighting,
just gotten into line when the armis-
tice was signed.
Mrs. W. NJ. Cockrill, of Tyler, Tex
as, sister of his father, W. B. Conklin,
arrived Saturday to spend the sum-
mer. Also Miss Hattie Zuega and
brother, old friends from Kansas, ar
rived recently by auto and are visiting
at the Conklin home on Quartz creek.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
COUNTY NEWS IN BRIEF

supplies.
Mr. and Mrs. Price and Milton
Zugeldcr were down from Gunnison
Sunday on a fishing trip.
NJ. and Mrs. Cox, OF Gunnison.
stopped at lola on their way home
from the Cebolla Hot Springs.
r. J. Walters spent u few hours in
lola Tuesday. He was on his way 10
look after his interests in the Head
light mine.
VIM. Mendenhall is making two and
three trips day to the Headlight
nina since he is hauling with the
truck.
A number of young people of lola
attended the dance at Powderhorn
last Friday night. All reported a
splendid time.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
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NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
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News Champion Correspondence.

News Champion Correspondence.
The Normal Library received a
very valuable set of books from Mr..
D. l.. Gray last week. 1t is a loan of
ten books called the Library of Orig
inal Sources. This work portrays the
history of the world in very inter
esting and lucid manner. II will be OF
inestimable value to students in his
tory. Miss Emma Myers and Mrs. c,
A. kroll also presented several gift
books which are much appreciated.
Some interesting specimens OF
Frontier Days were presented to
the Normal School last week. Mr.
Jap Pittser donated an Indian Drum
Stick, and Mr.. Frank Anderson do
mated an Army Rife which was
brought from the Philippines at the
close of the Spanish-American war.
We are indeed glad to receive these
articles for our museum.
Otho B. Staples, District Superin-
tendent of the Extension work for the
Western Slope, was visitor at the
Normal School for a number of days.
An interesting program was given
in Chapel on Thursday, June 6. 1t
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
WAUNITA CROWD BEGINS
TO COME FOR SUMNER

L. B. Sitter, manager of Waunita
Radium Springs, was among visitors
a the county seat Tuesday. He was
making arrangements for the big
opening dance to be held Saturday
night, June 2lst. Asked concerning
the usual crowd from Chicago and the
east, Mr.. Sitter stated that DIR. c. G.
Davis and party would leave the
windy city on June 2S. A party of SO
or more, which would of course be re-
inforced by the usual tatrons of Wau-
nita from far and near in July and
August. Indeed, there are number
stopping at Waunita this early in the
season and Sunday usually sees big
crowds come in to enjoy the week end
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
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News. Champion Correspondence.

Baldwin. June ., 1919.
The roads are sure fine up this
way just now.
Joe Hyland comes up TO see US for
n couple hours on Saturday evenings.
Pete Poloni and II. Seymour and n
few others autoed to Gunnison Sat
urday.
Store manager Sunders and Mr..
Knox We're down Saturday to Gunni-
son for the pay.
The fishing is not good yet but
some say il will soon be the fly in
stead of bait.
Carl Carlson goes to Gunnison
every Saturday evening returning
here next day.
The frost of last week didn't hit
Baldwin bad. 1t just seemed to touch
in certain spots.
Work at the mine two days last
week. Several of the men are taking
n lay off during the dull times.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13

]. II. Robinson returned Friday
from Crested Butte, where he sur
veyed the VI. g. o. group of claims in
Redwell Basin. Pittsburg parties
have bond and lease from DIR. Dram
and Fred Miller on these claims and
are preparing for an extensive mining
campaign. They have eight or ten
ment at the mine and are developing
and taking ore. ready for shipment as
soon as the road repairing is com
ple,ed.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13

Among visitors from the west in
our city Monday were J. Edd Hanson
and Walt Thomas, of Hotchkiss. They
report better outlook for fruit than
was first suspected when the freeze
of June first hit the valleys. Only
raspberries and grapes were entirely
ruined, except for certain ranches
where the frost settled worse than
others.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
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News Champion Correspondence.

Wednesday. June II.
A. X. Stevens went to Montrose on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Worley left for
Crawford Saturday.
School closed Friday with a short
entertainment ard lunch.
Miss May Mcdowell had to leave
lola on account of sicknes.
Samuel Lewis. who had been quite
seriously i'll, was taken to Denver,
day.
Mr.. Beal was in from Cathedral
the fore part of the week for load of
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
Good Roads Everywhere

Good Roads EveryWhefe
Good roads everywhere is the gen.
eral reports of motorists. 1t is un-
fortunate that in spring the county
grading outfits cannot cover every
corner of the county at once. Nat
urally everyone wants his particular
valley road done first, but it can't
happen that way. However, the road
matter has become so we'll organized
that the county roads are smoothed
up in pretty quick time and from now
on the principal work will be new con-
struetion.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
Comfy Hish School Bs.ra F1led

School directors from the various
districts met Saturday afternoon at
the Office Of the County Superintend-
ent Of schools to elect three directou
of tie County High School Board.
T. W. Gray, ~ representative Of Dis
trict Ne. 1, and Miss Waternan, by
vix4ne Il her o6iee, are bo<A mem-
bera 4. A. Miller from Ohio efeek
and Drnee H1ackstoek from Teuniehi
creek Wsze elected. hut for nth p1aee
the vGeo Uas . tie between W. Z.
Curta6 r. H. Cwningham district and
J. r. ~ - 0hfe City. AnoGAef
mett11g IN be eallsd - dseide IL
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
Bsunl Over to District Count.

and NcWilliams returned Wednesday
by adto from Somerset, where they
went to attend the trial Of Mr.. BEN
nett, . ranchman on Anthracite, for
obstrueting the new highway. Both
Bennett and his hired man, an alien
Mexican. who held people from pas
sing It the point Of gun, were bound
over by Justice Tanney to the Sep
tember term Of district court.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13
STONE SLIDE ON RIO
GRANDE RAILROAD TRACK

Montrose Press
An avalanche of stone fell Saturday
morning from n hillside along the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad track
below Delta. completely burying the
track with many feet Of stone. This
will make the track impossible for
some time. The passengers and bag
gage from Grand Junction will be
switched on the North Fork branch
and are due in Montrose at least two
houds late.
twas estimated that at least one
hundred thousand tons of stone cover
ed the track. The slide occurred near
mile post 3S2.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13

Reinhard Holloway went to Crestet
Butte Monday intending to look ovel
his claims in Rustler gulch before re
turning.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13

John Sapp returned to Denver Mon
day, after spending some time at his
mines on Spring creek.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13

Paul Heuchemer Of the Buttes, was
down Sunday for a new Ford. Mr.
Anderson, of lola, Geo. Beitler, OF
the Buttes, and Zed Scott, of Doyle
vile, also run new cars of this type.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13

One thousand and eighty-four auto
licenses have been issued in Montrose
county to June 1st, and it is claimed
this Is one to every ten of the inhab-
itsnts, shout the highest percentage
in the state.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13

A letter received from DIR. Kelley
contains this extract: "The tenn
pcrature of the last three days has
ranged around SO degrees here, and
you well can imagine that Mrs. Kelley
and ! have noticed il. While the work
is opening up nicely in every way, we
certainly miss the bracing mountain
air and the bright clear skies of Gun
nison."
Mr.. W. C. p. Meidins, who wps
formerly Instructor in Industrial Arts
at the Normal School and who is now
Director of Industrial Training at the
New Mexico Normal University. Las
Vegas, \. NJ, ends his letter as fol-
lows: Mrs. Meddins and Miss Med
dins send their regards. The young
lady is three days old"
Members of the Art Club had a pic
mic dinner near the river last Monday
evening. The time was spent in par
taking of n generous outdoor repast,
taking snap shots and toasting marsh
mellows. We surely had a good
time.
Mort Slate was in from Doyleville
Tuesdoy
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13

Delta Independent:-Samuel Quig-
ley, for several years dean of the
Colorado State Normal School at Gun
nison, has been named to succeed Jas.
II. Kelley as Superintendent. Mr..
Quigley is a splendid gentleman, en-
inently capable in every respect and
we predict success for the school und-
er his management.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13

North Fork Times:-Miss Lucielle
Klingensmith came over from Gunni-
son Friday and visited with her par
ents until Sunday morning. when she
returned. She was accompanied by
Miss Blanche Ross, one of the pretty
teachers of the Gunnison Normal
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-06-13

Mort Slate was in from Doyleville
Tuesday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-26
NEWSPAPER BILL
+ Ais II S. TO ! ] 6. gle 7 7
T H E EMERGENCY.

Senate bill 157, the bill to concen-
trate all legal notices in league papers
owned orscontrolled by a league syn
dictate dominated by J. w. Brinton,
passed the senate late today by !; vote
Of 30 to 49, McCnrten, Mees and
Noltmier voted with the minority.
Upon the emergency clause the vote
was 81 to II. which was Insufficient
to carry the emergency. Noltimier vot-
cd for the emergency. Wexford, who
voted for the bill, tried to amend it
so as to give the power to the county
commission. 81
Under the terms Of this bill tie pop
ular choice of papers has been elimin-
ated and the papers are to be desig-
mated by printing commission COM
posed of the secretary of state, com
missioner Of university and school
lands and commissioner of agriculture
This bill clips the wings Of Carl
Kositzkyo state auditor, who is a mem
her of the printing commission now
and it reduces Thomas Hall. secretary
Of state, to a hopeless minority on the
board, depriving both these gentlemen
of q patronage which since statehood
has belonged to these Offices.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-26
First Across Canada.

The first white man to cross this
'cGntinent by route north Of Mexico,
was Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Il Scots
man who rose high in the service of
The old Northwest company which was
nmalgamated with the Hudson's Bay
company in 1891. Mackenzie was in
the far West when he planned his trip
ACROSS country to the Pacific coast.
In the autumn of 1902 he led his party
far up the Peace river where they
built post and wintered. On May 8,
lob, the party set out, passing up the
Peace river, through the Rocky noun
tains, across to the Fraser river which
was followed down stream for some
distance, and then across country
through an UNEMPLOYED region, until
The party came out. on the Pacific
coast. Mixing Il quantity Of yermilion
with melted grease. Mackenzie wrote
on the inland side of a high rock ris-
ing from the shore these words to
mark his visit: alexander Macken.
zie from Canada by land, the twenty
second Of July, one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-thrae Lat. 50
degrees, 20 minutes, 43 seconds north"
Mackenzie then retraced his course
and returned TO the East. .f.. d.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-26
Saved hY Their Horses.

An Australian AnZac writing home
Describes the sagacily of his horse:
TITS wonderful how Il horse knows
danger in the firing line During IA
recentJ push in Palestine my horse. for
instance, understood exactly the diff
ference between shell coming oyer
and one likely 10 land anywhere nhar
our lines. When the buying Of Il
Taube's engines has been heard in lhe
distance I've known them to stampede
and race for miles before they halted.
But when the machine disappeared
they turned back. I've patrOlled close
TO Turkish positions on dark nights.
and although there has been no sign
of a hidden enemy my horse has sud
denly reared and the next second Il
shot from Il nearby bush or cactus
grove has rang out. Many a Light
Horseman owes his life to this strange
instinct amongst the hoOfed Austria
l!sns." ! ..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-26
War Loan ORGANIZATION Predicts
That Many for Ninth Federal
/. ls Reserve District.
WAR JOB NOT FINISHED
Americas Great Power Of Production
Whipped German Spirit and Now
/ Bill Must Be Paid-cheap
I at Any prics.

War Savings societies are being or
ganized in all parts Of the Ninth Fed
eral Reserve District as the first i'm
portant step In the national Thrift
campaign for 1913.
A.. r. Rogers Chairman OF the Dis.
trict War Loan Organization. predicts
that by the closing Of Savings Society
Week. February 24,Ssthere will have
been organized at least 10000 active
societies for the encouragement OF
thrift and the sale OF government Sc.
curities.
Asked for statement OF the aims
and plans of the 1918 campaign, A. R.
Rogers, Chairman Of the War Loan
Organization, dictated the following:
1.-THE fighting is over but our war
job isn't finished, The world has
progressed thus far toward permanent
peace because America stepped in and
with her millions of men and billions
OF money made it impossible for An
tocracy to win. BY our marvellous pro.
duction of war materials and OUR abil-
ity to use them. we convinced Ger
Aiidiv l.ldt q SOhL udAAC VI VAC hSAI
Ing meant national suicide.
What if our American-made can.
non, motor trucks, tanks, rolling
Kitchens. airplanes, poisonous gases
and ammunition did not reach Europe?
They, were in readiness and would
have gone into the lines in the spring.
Germany knew this seshe was whipped
In spirit by the tremendous show OF
power displayed by America.
Our production of these things
ended the fighting. They saved
money and hundreds of thousands Of
precious lives. Now they have to be
paid for and they are cheap at any
price = Our Government must pay for
them and we must temporarily loan
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-26
UNJUST Be NO sAGGlNG"
RO0SEVElT'S LAST PLEA
Applies in Most Direct Manner to Pop.
aar Support OF Nations Finan-,
: cling Projects. =.

That Theodore Roosevelt's last plea
to America There must be no sag,
sing back" has the most direct appli
cation to popular support, OF govern.
ment financing projects, including sale
of War Savings Stamps was the state,
ment made today by "A. R. Rogers,
chairman of the central committee,
War Lean Organization for the. Ninth
Federal Reserve District. Sc =
:. Roosevelt with his keen American.
ism saw the possibility of sag com.
ing with the actual fighting at an end
and was most earnest worker 10
keep the hearts and thoughts of the
people placed right during the period
OF rebuilding the same as in the war
PERIOD" Mr.. Rogers said.
Every argument that applied to the
habit OF thrift during the war applies
to it today. The personal benefit OF
saving Is as great as ever, the profit
from interest on the Investment is still
as good as it, was. The security of
any loan made to the government was
UNREASONABLE and today, with fight.
ing at an end and even the possibility
that Germany might triumph gone, II
Is perfect. 81
. ;"'When Roosevelt said there must
be no sagging' he meant that the hab.
it's Of right action developed by the
war must be continued II he had
been asked he would have said that
for the American earners to keep, for
their future benefit and the hene.
fit of their families, part OF
their earnings, was just as i'm.
portant as any of the big national
policies. He would have said that to
the Garner and saver himself savings
are Immensely important.
TO stop saving and buying War
Savings Stamps today would be as
bad for the man at home as it would
be for the soldier holding the Rhine
to, 60 on duty from now on without
rifle. Cashing the stamps now which
a person has bought before, is simply
a retreat, as if the army that fought its
way to victory should run back to the
Marine and beckon to the enemy to
pour into France once more
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-26

NOT TIME NOW TO LAY
YOUR PATRIOTISM ASIDE

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We are spending at the rate Of
two billion dollars, a month, and
it Is not the time for people to
, lay their patriotism aside. To
the contrary, It is time when
people must exhibit higher type
than ever before. It. is not 50
very difficult to induce people to
respond to an appeal when we are
feeling the fever Of fighting in cur
veins, but it is a little difficult
: when people think the war Is at
: an end. s..' 80.
There are two million American
soldiers in Europe, and the ob!iga-
ton is Just as much on the Gov
eminent today as when the guns
:. we're firing to see that they are
maintained in comfort, to provide
for their return home, and to pro-
vide when they shall return for
: their places in the social and in.
dustriaI life Of the country. II is
just as important, and even more
important, to impress upon the
American people the necessity Of
cuItivating the habit of thrift and
saving.
CARTER Glass,
rs Secretary Of the Treasury.
December 80, 1918.
Il
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-26
TOO Busy beavers.

The Canadian Pacific railway is eX-
rcriencing difficulty at different places
between, White River and Cartier on
account Of beaver dams being erected
and flooding its lands At one place Il
dam was erected in the center Of Il
cllvort aud part ofdhe filling had to
be removed IN 0rdersto do away with
IT. When This was done the beavers
built another little further down the
stream. and this also had to he re-
moved on account Of the hacIWater.
1T seems to he the general opinion
that tile government should declare an
open season for II year, ana give the
Indians and settlers chance to dis
pose. Of the surplus beaver and oller.-
Port Arthur correspondence Ottawa
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