Gunnison news-champion., 1919-04-18
Twenty Years Ago
Cunnison, April Is, le9

Twenty Years Ago
Gunnison, April IS. 1899.
Dear Mary
Am going to clean house next week.
% will get all my letten answered ct
oace. then I won't be interrupted.
Have been down town 70 get ONE
new carpets, and met Nrs. Mary Pres
sler. Who has ben in Dsnvsr Visiting
relatives. She ID giad to get home.
Lots Of spring repairing going on
in town. Thos. Brown ID erecting an|
addition to his home. Mrs. Brown
was telling me that her daughter, Ir-
ma will be home from Denver next
week.
Mrs. Lizzie Myers is having an ad-
dition built onto her house, and VIM.
Coombs il having his grounds graded
for = lawn.
W. H. Endner and family have gone
TO Grand Junction to live for . while
Is he secured the lumber contract for
the big sugar factory going up down
there. He was in competition with
Denver and Salt Lake City.
Lark Young and family are also 60
ing to leave town. They are moving
to Portland. Oregon.
| hear that Miss Pearl Powelson is
TO teach in the training department
ut the State Normal at Greely. With
we had q Normal here. Wouldn't it
seem funny to be called . college
town!
Miss Hattie Teachout has secured
the school at vaders and Miss Lennis
Smith is going 70 teach at Oversteg.
Oh, yes, about that Demorest Con-
test. Well it was hard job to de-
eide on the winner, but Miss Ethel
Ferguson won first and Miss Florence
Goade, second.
morning. He was in Denver and pur-
moulds for the construction Of brick.
He is expecting TO turn out 10000
bricks day now.
Our telephone company held its
annual meeting last night and elect
John Latimer, president; Tom MUIR
ray, vice-president and e. e. Mueller,
secretary-treasurer.
Came near having another railroad
accident the other day when the train
Of Engineer Lsthrop and Fireman
Harry Faultner jumped . broken rail
and ran across the Crystal river
bridge. No one was hurt.
Il That reminds me that the Rio
Grande hospital at Salids, burned "a
the ground this week, with loss Of
$4,000. No lives were lost.
Chas. Adams Of the Tribune, and
his sister, Mrs. Jones. have gone to
her old home in Kansas. They took
the little girl OF s. J. Miller's, Lillian,
who will stay there this winter.
The family Of VIM. Russell have .
new baby boy. born Wednesday.
There was . wedding at the Black
Canon hotel 1t Cimarrpn this week.
The bride was Miss Katie Fitxpatrick,
and the groom was James J. Grout Of
Salida. They will live in Salida-
Carey PArtch decided there wasn't
much fun in being undersherlR and re-
signed this week and II going farming
at Castleton.
Oh, sayi There was calf born on
the ranch Of Mrs. Louise Biebel the
other day that had two perfect heads
1 On one neck, also four eyes, three ears
I and two mouths. II died, however,
4 md the heads are TO be mounted BY
/ l hear that Frank Reed, who ut
hit In The eye while drilling In ths
mine at Ohio City last week, VIII loss
Jack ssys = ~ Dsve Killea tlis
morning. He y up On . Witt from
Delta. Harry Suries Il also IN from
Lake City, w1lsxe be has eeaA working
as fireman On that branch
Archer Miller md family came in
a from Pueblo Thmxsday 70 visit with
home folk. IN bet tkey will Be NOV
Ing baek bs1ose long.
4 ] mlRgt e3oee new, o have TO get
Imy boys elsthes 1ea4y for the dance
lte b Given by TIE G. y. a. on Dewey
Iney. Il Il tOsbea Q shArd tine4s ball.
j Write Whenever yuu EN-. AGNES