Gunnison news-champion., 1921-09-09
Twenty Years Ago
Gunnison, September ., 1901


Dear Mary
Have been waiting for you to write
but thought perhaps you were too
busy. so here goes for little news.
Wasn't that dreadful about Presi-
dent Mckinley's assassination He
was shot while holding . reception at
tn Buffalo Exposition. Did You try
to pronounce the name Of the man
who did the shooting? nearly broke
my jaw on the name.
How did you spend Labor Day?
We went fishing-that is Jack and
did-the children went to some doings
in their own set. Helen went up to
the Balm ranch on Quartz creek with
Avis Eells and had q great time slid
ing down the hay stacks. and riding
the calves.
My boy went fishing with several
others near Almont, and I nearly died
from fright when ! heard Of that train
hitting the handcar. The boys were
not on il that time. II happened to be
Mrs. Mcllwee and her little girl, Eva.
The latter was quite badly hurt and
was taken to the Salida hospital.
Say, Mary, you should see my new
suit. II is o lovely gray. Will have
to have it fixed little and as soon as
Mrs. Clara Herrick gets settled in her
new quarters over the Latimer & Allen
store, am going to see her. She
probably will be kept busy preventing
her little boys Myron and Bryan from
falling down stairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Allen of that
dry goods firm left today for Dem
x-at tn rI0r t,s, "a. u -
goods. They also toik their daughter,
Winona with them to put her in school
in Denver.
Jack and ! are talking of sending
Helen away to school next year. Mrs.
A Hartman took Hazel to Miss VOL
colts School in Denver this week.
i had such q good time the other
day at Mrs. George Holmes thimble
party. Each lady had to make but
tonhole. a prize going to the one who
made the best one. Matte Brown.
! didn't even get the BOBBY prize, which
Jack says was surprising, considering
the variety ] put on his shirt. ri let
him make his own buttonholes some
day.
School will soon open and the child
rem don't seem TO be overjoyed. will
certainly be glad, though. Several Of
the teachers have already arrived. /
met Miss Emma Hetherington in the
Allen store today. She had just came
down from Parlin where she was on
q visit with Mrs M. 8. Rogers. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Rogers lit
tie girl, Alberta.
Another one Of the ,teachers, Miss
Angie Rowe, will have her little sister
Georgia with her this winter. The
latter arrived from Missouri this week.
They finally found the body Of
Joe Hurlow who has been missing for
so long. Reinhardt Holloway came
upon it while he was prospecting in
Rustler Gulch near Crested Butte.
Jack went up that way the other
day when he heard that George Walsh
had been killed by the bursting Of an
emery wheel in the mill at Brush
creek. ! am so glad Jack doesn't
work in the mines.
/ went calling the other day and
visited Mrs. Gary Brown. They Just
moved over from Salida and are liv-
ing in the Frank Herrick cottage.
Wish others would move over and
fill up the vacant houses IN town. |
l was reading in the Tibune's "20l
years ago" column that twenty years |
ago there were 500 people living in
tents on the Gunnison river bank be-
cause there were no houses to be had. |
The w. C. T. u. held q meeting |
this week and the following were elect |
I'd: President, Mrs. n. Forbes; lst. !
vice president, Mrs. Corum; End vice
Mrs. G. II. Nelson; record |
ng secretary, Mrs. John Whip; cor /,
secretary, Mrs. Kate Arch;
Mrs. Rowena Noel; supt Of
work, Mrs. C. Nelson; inothers' work,
Mrs. Cole. Two deleantes were chos-
IN for the convention. They were the
Mesdames Wooley and Adam Miller.
Helen has been down town and just |
.ame home. She says she heard lit
lie Nellie Eastman fell Of donkey
Three Of the Gunniscn railroad
,oys have gone TO Salida to take ex-
lmihation for engineers. They are
owen Cady, Frank Cuthbert and Har-
y Faulkner.
The railroad seems to hsve such an
for the boys. Ed Lore y
,ow night freight clerk q the D. =
R. G. freight depot, and Matt Schmitx
3 roadmaster's clerk.
Oh, my goodnessl II Is nearly sup
,er time and thought would have
,ime this afternoon to call on Ars.
Sarh Ditto, who Ii visiting here fr0m
Victor. She used TO live here.
Must close now and next week VIII
write again. 50 for this time good BY.
AGNES.