Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-19
Twenty Years Ago
Gunnison, March 10, 1900.

Dear Mary j.
received your letter yesterday and
rs the boy is going down TO W. s.
Rainbow's shop to have his bicycle
fixed, I'll write you now and let him
mail it.
have been down town this fore
noon to see the demonstration at the
Collins grocery. They have got in
supply of that new breakfast food cal
led "Wheatine." md q demonstrator
was showing how to prepare it.
Really, there is so little news this
week Everything is election Just
now. Jack has been attending the
mass meetings and says that the Citi-
ems ticket nominated John A. Steele
for mayor, and for trustees, MessrS.
H. Z. Ferguson, c. e. Adams and H.
S. Martin.
We have a new ticket in thu field,
TO be known as the Law and Order
ticket. The members nominated Ad-
am Miller for Mayor and Messrs. H.
u. Webster, Jesse Corum and w. L.
Richardson for trustees.
While I was down town shopping
the other day, l overheard them talk
ing about John Latimer. He has gone
into business with the firm Of Lay 4
Carst Of Grand Junction, which is q
new company in the dry goods busi-
ness there.
see by the paper that they had q
big surprise party ON John Arnott, the
marshal Of Crested Butte, in honor Of
his birthday. 1t was big time.
Surprise parties seem to be the hit
just now. The folks 1t Marble tend
cred a surprise to Mrs. G. W.. Melton.
had an invitation to the big party
given at Sargents the other night by
Mrs. Chas. Eberiing. Quite q crowd
was there. Among them was Miss
Maggie O'Fallon, whose folks are
living there now.
The Sargent teacher. Miss Tenie
Schmitz, came over the other day to
spend the week end. She brought q
friend along, \ Mrs. ,Wobensmith.
Cupid has been busy little fellow
this week. We have had three we'd
dings. The first one was Frank Nc
Donald and Miss Bessie Owen, both of
Ohio City. Then Miss Mabel Sitter
was ,narried in Hotchkiss to G. NJ.
Ellington and the third wedding was
performed by Rev. Powelson, the con-
tracing parties being John Powell
and Mrs. Sarah Mcvean.
JAIN WAC up SICStCu puttt kulS
week to see the boxing match between
Frank lost, but considering how many
Spaniards he licked during the war,
mere Paleface doesn't bother him.
Jack sported around while up there
and attended the mass meeting of the
Republican party. He says they NOM
mated John B. Shaw for mayor, And
rev Alexander, Jas. Jamison, John La
cy for trustees, v. E. Metzler of treas.
and c. L. Ross for clerk and recorder.
C. L. Moore, who has been firing on
the Lake City branch, has been trans
fcrred to Gunnisof. ~ Iii
While Jack was in Crested Butte,
the wrecking train went up to clear
up the tracks. It was in charge of
Mike Guerin, Of Salida.
A. w. Mergelman was up from lola
this week, laying i, lots Of good things
to eat. He is expecting his family in
from Boulder soon.
The photograph gallery, just vacat-
ed by Frank Dean. is to Be run by two
ef our enterprising young men, Chas.
Eastman and Jesse Crooks. I'll bet
they won't have to tell the girls to
Took pleasant, please" when they get
ready to photograph them. ~
! was down TO the train the other
night to see Mrs. Alexander Gullett
of. She was on her way to her old
home in Indiana, her mother being
seriously Ill. 'gs =,
Mrs. J. D. Morton also went east to
the funeral Of her father, who died at
Upton, Missouri this week.
| noticed when called at the post
Office window yesterday, that Miss
Laura Deering was clerking in place
Of Miss Eva Cuenin. who is sick at
home.
hear that MO. Waterman and fam
lily are coming back to Ohio City. They
have been spending the winter in Mo.
No, haven't heard Of anyone else
leaving for Cameron, although DR..
Sponhauer is leaving for Cripple Creek
to remain. l understand Sd. Millers