Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-26
Twenty Years Ago
Gunnison, March 26, 1900.

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Dear Mary
Am going to sit down for the rest
of the afternoon. l ought to do some
patching. but ! guess it's the spring
fever that makes me feel so lazy. !
am just going to write letters
The children are so hard on their
clothes when they go to school. Be
lieve me, their clothing was . wreck
the other day when the pupils of the
Pine street school discovered that the
home OF VIM. Hogan, just south of the
school. was on fire. The boys and
girls got busy and put the blaze out
without giving a fire alarm That
afternoon, Mr.. Hogan sent down . big
box of fruit, nuts and candy and the
school had big time.
am going to have neighbors soon.
Judge McDougal has rented the Buc-
key cottage on Wisconsin street and is
preparing to move his family in
And on the opposite side Of my
home, Chas. Mecham has prchased the
house belonging to J. r. Parks.
There have been q couple of other
real estate changes here this week.
Bert Keefer sold his interest in his
livery stable to Bert Sales, and the
firms name is now Wolfe & Sales.
The real estate dealer, c. 7. Sills,
sold the Burrell Smith cottage to Max
Gossman. Mr.. Gossman has been liv-
ing in it for some time.
Oh, say! did you know that Mr.. and
Mrs. E. NJ. Nourse have . baby girl,
bora on the goth. She just escaped
st. Patrick's Day.
Our friend Mrs. l.. s. Cole. is en-
joying q visit from her two sisters,
Misses Bessie and Zetta Head, who
arrived recently from Salina, Kansas.
A. +. Hyzer and wife came home
this week from their trip through Cal
ifornia. They had q fine time.
1t is certainly great fun to travel
and see the world. ! hear that John
and family are about ready to leave
on their long-planned trip to Paris.
Jack and have been attending the
temperance lectures given by Prof. c.
j. Hall. under the auspices of the
Anti Saloon League. One of these
days the men folks will have to drink
water or milk.
! hear that Chas Kroll went back
east Inst night to attend the funeral
of his father.
Helen went down to see the passen-
kCt SohtS ~ oiu SOY shS 80" -.
j. McCanne, the manager of our light
plant, getting of the train. He has
been on business trip to Delta.
They were saying down town yes
terday that Geo. o. Blake has quit
the Grand Junction Star and has gone
to Denver to do newspaper work.
Jack went down to see Jas. Suries.
The latter had his toe amputated. 1t
gave him SO much bother that Mr..
Surles decided to dispense with il,
as he seems to think he can get along
with nine of them.
Well we have lost another citizen,
who is heading for Cameron. Chas
Peck has resigned his job at the D. &
II. G. round house and is going into
the painter business with Clarence Os-
wald in Cameron.
that she saw Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Os-
borne going away on the morning
My neighbor told me this morning
train. Guess they were on their way
to Ouray as Mr.. Osborne told US he
was going to install the machinery
in the mine there that was taken from
Mineral Hills property.
News is scarce this week, as every
body is daffy over the coming town
election. Next week III tell you all
about it.
It's nearing supper time, SO good
by for this time As ever,