Gunnison news-champion., 1920-02-20
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Gunnison. February 20, 1900.
Dear Mary
have to 60 down town this after
noon SO will answer your letter and
mail it while am down. Il
| ! am going to do some shopping at
the Allen dry goods store while / am
IN town. They have o new clerk, Jos.
Bray, who decided the newspaper job
was too tame. SO accepted q clerking
job at the store.
We took in the w. C., T, u. enter
tainment at the Presbyterian church
the other evening. It was fine. The
girls who took part were: MissesMaxie
Miller, Mamie Corum, Julia Redden.
Ruby Price, Bessie Estes, Fay Fulton.
and Cara Shackleford, who each gave
recitation; Mrs. Edith Potter gave
selection on the guitar and Miss
Rena Trevarthen sang . solo.
Helen had . good time at the valen-
tine party given in her teachers room,
Miss Emma Hetherington's. The pupils
exchanged valentines.
l see that Frank Brown is working
on the switch engine at the yards.
Two Of the railroad boys, Bert Pot
ter and Harry Faulkner, went over
TO Salida the other evening to Join
the b. Il. T. While they are gone,
Dave Cuthbert is running Potter's
engine and Bob Potter has Faulkners.
5. J. Miller and Frank Duncan are
back from their trip to Cripple Creek.
The two men, with Elmer Wiley, have
purchased some lots in the new town
there.
/ Did you receive the announcement
Of the wedding Of Miss Susan Carpen-
ter and NJ. NJ. Detch? They are going
Ito live in Ouray.
\ Mrs. M. A. Deering just went by
the door with her baby buggy. She
has been on a visit to Denver and re-
turned yesterday e
! Mrs. Ben Wright will have to get
i new baby buggy soon, as the Stork
left a bouncing boy there the other
day.
Alex. Gullett received the appoint
ment Of Z. S. Commissioner for the
three districts, Duncan, Comanche and
Cherokee, in the Indian Territory. 1t
is fine job.
1 made the funniest mistake yester-
day. picked up the local paper and
read the heading of an article, which
said Garter Bros. Cut one. Of their
big VEINS" and ! dropped the sheet
ana told Jack the Carter brothers had
met with horrible accident and sever
ed their big vein. Jack explained It
was the vein in their big mine which
had been cut into. The men expect
to strike rich ore soon.
Bob Lewis is hard at work on his
mining property near Cebolla. ]. H.
Crowley is hauling supplies for him,
Gunnison's only pugilist, Ed Mccoy,
has gone to Telluride to try his fistic
art on a fellow named Chas Spicer.
M. Van Ostern, the postmaster at
Crested Butte, was in town today,
4 There will be q new store up your
way soon, rs VIM. Herrick is erecting
q new building at Pitkin.
Herman Mauer and family are
back from their trip to their old home
in Sioux City, Iowa, whAre they were
called on account d the illness Of Mrs.
Mauer's father.
Jack was talking to Magnes Good
man today. He had driven in from
the Forest Hill mine and said the
roads were fierce. Although he M
. team Of fours, it took him several
days to make the trip.
| They say that Dan Harrington NAV
recover from his Injuries which he re-
ceived in the mine last week, but il
Is doubtful. He was Knocked sense
less for several hours.
The Epworth League gave a fare
well party at the home Of Miss Bessie
Estes the other night in, honor of VIM.
y. Miller, who is leaving for his home
IN Brooklyn, New York. s
Jack and were among those who
rendered MIR. and Mrs. T. j. Thompson
surprise party the other night, it be-
ing the anniversary Of their twenty
first wedding day. Mrs. Thompson re-
eeved several lovely silver presents.
Geo. Smith was in from Ohio City
this week, and says his son, Elbert,
IS home from the hospital and much
better in health.
Henry Mcdowell was visiting here
from his sons ranch up the Tomichi,
and was telling about his old home
in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He built the
hrst house erected there.
The Anderson brothers, who have 4
barber shop here, have rented the
Smith cottage and are going to keen
bachelor hall. This heinz Lean Year.
the boys may have to <cake to the tall
timber when the girls find out what
fine house-keepers the two young men
are.
The Seventh Day Adyentiste havs|
msst every sssurssy % g sitegnoSn. s tEss]
being the real Sabbath, 90 they say.
no, ! did not Join, although their meet
ing place u caose by me-in thel
Christian church.
Wen, am running out Of news, col
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