Gunnison news-champion., 1921-07-22
Twenty Years Ago
Cunison, Jolly e, 1901.

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Guess it is my time to write, any
way, I have nothing ;. 40 until the
Jelly am making comes 70 s boil. 50
here goes for . littls news.
Am making raspbery jelly. I rot
them from the Rummsee grocery this
morning. l sec Bob Potter is now
cierking there. He has taken the
place Of Roy Simpson, who has decid-
ed to enter the army and this week
will 20 70 Manila.
Was DOWN 10 the w. 8. Ditto store
too and Mr.. Ditto was telling me
that some thief broke into his cash
drawer the other night and helped
himself TO the dimes and nickles. I
guess he il now Of the opinion that
i does not. pay 20 be dishonest, as be
only secured 5000.
Jack and were invited to the big
surprise party on Mrs. J. s. Narshall
the other night. II was her 64th
birthday, and we Ill had hne time.
Miss Ethel Ferguson also had sur
prise birthday party the other night
when the bicycle club, after . long
ride down the river, dropped in on her
to help her celebrate.
Ny boy just came home from the
postoffice and ] received an announce
ment Of the wedding Of Miss Leila
McCracken and C. H. Trial, which oc-
/ Cured ut Leadville last week. They
are going to spend part Of their
honeymoon in Pitkin with the brides
sister, Mrs. John Schuttler.
Jack and the boy are out chicken
hunting. The boy wanted to go SO
badly that Jack went along rs we are
afraid to let him 20 alone since the
accident the other day when Ross
Blackstock accidentally shot his broth
er Moore in the shoulder while the
two boys were hunting.
Gunnison looks busy these days.
Everyone is getting their premises in
spick and span order against the day
I when the State Normal win be real
! ity. The Normal Institute Of this
district is now in session and Prof. J..
F. Keating Of Pueblo is in charge. He
is staying ut the Winters residence.
I notice that Bob Hards is building
two new rooms onto his residence and
otherwise improving II.
While was down town this morn
ing l noticed that Walker Burnett is
fixing up that building Of his next
to the Sampliner store, and Miss
Bessie Estes will ocupy it with her
stock Of millinery.
We had quite . railroad accident
tho other day, when = long freight
train coming down from the Buttes
went thru / burning bridge across
the river. No one was hurt, but Davy
Jones' locker will have q supply Of
coal for . while. The crew Of the
train were, Engineer Rusk, Fireman
Stewart and Conductor Jerry Brunt0n.
Our local papers had quite an ac-
count Of the moving spree the Ohio
Creek ranchmen INDUCED in recently.
Lee Lehman bought the VIM. Buckley
ranch, paying $3.50; Mr.. Buckley
then bought Otis Moore's place near
by and Mr.. Moore secured the ranch
owned by Jos. w. Wilson for 5000.
Some moving going on up there.
l met Mrs. Ed Funk and little girl
on the street this morning. They were
in from Cochetopa shopping. : The
Funk children were in . runaway one
day while riding home from school in
Hiram Van Tassel's wagon. The
horse either became frightened or else
did not want to be bothered with kids
anyhow, and 50 lit out, throwing the
children into the road.
Mrs. w. 8. Rainbow was in to zee
me yesterday and say good by, -
she was leaving for visit with her
sister in San Diego. "a
lack has been much Interested in
the newspaper accounts Of that big
row Delta county IL having over the
leasing by private citizens Of lakes
in that vicinity for fishing preserves.
You know the state passed law once
some years ago permitting the less
ing Of state lakes for that purpose
Well, the other day an Englishman
named VIM. Radcliffe, who has q pri-
vate fishing preserve In Grand Mesa
lakes hired Frank Mahaney rs kind
Of game keeper, and during row
With two men, he killed one Of them,
w. A. Womacl. Tho sheriff brought
Nahaney to Gunison In case Delta
got too warm for him.
Jack may 90 TO Vulcan next week.
He is interested in the Golden Age
Lode, recently sold 70 J. d. Dempsey.
That Is, ! mean part Of It. The pro-
perty now belongs jointly to Mr..
Dempsey, II. Schmdtx and n. c. Kel-
leher Of GunniSon.
James Suries wanted him to 60
/ out with him TO Midway and work In
Dale mill, but Jack thought It was too
far from home eurles took his
wife md daughter along with him.
Clyde Martin also went along, but not
to work.
Wei my jelly IL beginning to boil
70 I'll have to ring Of. Helen is go-l
| ing down town and m let her post
this for me. She Is going down 70
re Nannette vEdal, Who rot her ankle
hyul.en 41aa Hft31 III WAS playfnG
arcund = stack a b6led hay and one
hale fen On heF, htpa1ing her limb.
VIM ted you naolS nsvs next week
einetroly,
AGNES.
Ma W. r. Natske of Craig, IN
Routt county, With her daughter and
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