Gunnison news-champion., 1920-09-24
Twenty Years Ago
Cunnison, September "a.

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Cunnison. September "a, 1900.
Dear Friend. Nary
Received your letter right on the
dot. and am going to answer il right
away. Not much news to tell how
ever. Everything is election now.
| Wish you could run in today and
We would go down to George JaynesI
furniture store. He received two cars
of fine furniture this week and want
to get several pieces.
Too bad you cannot attend Mrs A..
ID. Smiths party tomorrow. ! am go
ing. was at the party given by
Mrs. J. W. Rummage yesterday.
\ l had big laugh on Jack this time.
He claims that q woman don't know
anything about horse. Well he
helped Bert Sales pick out one the
other day, and after Mr.. Sales had
worked the horse few hours, it drop
ped dead.
Gene McGreg0r must have q fine
team Of driving horses, as he drove up
from Powderhorn yesterday after the
doctor to attend his mother. DIR. Jay
went back with him.
No l haven't been up to Waunita
yet, as the ride is SO long. One has
to start so early in the morning to get
to the springs before dark
! may go down to the Cebolla hot
springs soon The proprietor, ]. L.
Beebc, was in town today.
My neighbor, Mrs. Martin Ragan,
and daughter, Mabel, went to Mont
rose yesterday to spend q week with
the Layden family.
met Mrs. J. S. Farley this morn
ing on her way to Crested Butte. She
got lonesome for her daughter, Miss
Maude, who is printer in chief for the
paper Sylvia Smith edits, and SO went
up to see her.
hear that Crested Butte's popular
doctor, J. ID. Walker. is building fine
kitchen and bath room onto his house
up there. Mrs. Walker was down in
Gunnison this week.
Guess the building boom up that
way is what induced Frank Rookie
feller to open up his sawmill on Steu-
ben creek.
Cresttd Butte isn't the only place in
the county building new dwellings,.
Carpenter Unruh is erecting q fine
large home for Captain Bird across
the c. & S. railroad tracks.
have lost one of my neighbors.
The Emmett Urine family have moved
to Whitepine.
Mayor John Steele and wife are on
q, trip to Chicago. told Jack that he
should have asked Mr.. Steele to let
him play mayor while he was away.
You won't be able to possess that
residence Of S. ID. Crump's you ad-
mircd SO much, as he sold il to Sandy
Haincs this week.
| hear that 7. w. Gray has gone to
Denver to attend the annual conclave
of the Knights Templars. Mr.. Gray
probably passed John Risse on the
way. as Mr.. Risse returned this morn
ing from visit in the capital city.
Jack met F. H. Andrews yesterday.
Mr.. Andrews was up from Powderhorn
to attend court. He says that Dick
Andrews is leaving this evening for
Chicago to consult doctor. Mr.. An
drews says that Sanford Zeigler and
his brother John have leased the A..
Pomel ranch at lola for five years.
We heard today that Jas. Dofflc-
meyer was married in Topeka, Kansas
to young lady of that city.
That reminds me that Mrs. L. S.
Coles mother, Mrs. H. A. Head, and
Joe and Zettie, who have been visit
ing here, returned to their home in
Kansas this week.
! met Mrs. Garry Brown last Sun
day, and she told me that her hus-
band, who is firing on this division,
has been transferred to Salida. She
may go over there to live. II she
does, she is going to call on Mrs. C.
T. Rawalt, who is in the hospital
there.
had an awful time this week.
had to do my own washing, and that
always makes me mad. Our laundry
man, W. o. Perkins, accidentally drop
ped a piece of machinery on his foot
while moving things around, and for
the present the rest of US can wrestle
with our own washee shirtee, as the
Chinaman says.
Did you ever hear the joke about
the Chinaman who saw street car
for the first time? He tried to de-
cribe 1t to fellow countryman, and
said: You no pushe, no pullee, but him
go like Hellee alice samee." Jack
says that is the way he thought the
first time he saw an automobile.
Land sakes! it's nearly supper time
SO l will have to ring of. Will tell
you more news next week.
AS ever, AGNES.