Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
Twenty Years Ago
Gunnison. March Is. 1901.

minutes ana Will put IN the time WITT
ing few lines to you.
l have been thinking Of cleaning
house pretty soon and have been up
in the attic all morning sorting over
summer things. And. say, found an
old newspaper wrapped around q lot
Of things: The paper was dated May
1850. OF course ! had to sit right
down and read 1t over, and il WIS GER
tainly interesting. One column con-
tanned an account of the opening of
the First National Bank here, but the
present building was not erected then.
The plans were all ready, though and
It must have been exciting to watch
the building going up.
i hear that John Latimer and fami-
pretty soon. Guess Jack has gone to
find out on what train they will arrive
at any rate, he skipped out rs soon as
mentioned house cleaning.
He said when he was going out that
he just wanted to find out about the
ranch sale between Peter Frahm and
H. c. ketchum. The latter is a new
conner from Clark county, Missouri,
and will bring his family out here to
live.
And Fred Borsum sold his ranch,
too, one of his neighbors at Pariins,
John Sarrasin, purchased il. Mr..
Borsum says he is going to try his
luck in Routt county.
I'll bet he moves back to dear old
Gunnison, most of 'em do, or else
get h0mesick and come for q visit.
Our former photographer, Frank T..
Dean came up from Grand Junction
this week. He declared it was only a
business trip, but he certainly did look
interested in everything around here.
! haven't been to any social doings
lately, being too busy. However, the
ladies in town gave Mrs. Adam Miller
a surprise party the other evening.
! want to attend the Demorest con-
test to be held in week or two. The
young ladies who will take part in
the contest are: Ruby Price, Cassie
Cole, Oma Noel Sara Easterly, Belle
Dunham and Angie Rowe.
Sara must have her hands full, or
rather her head, as she also took
teachers examination with Miss Laura
Dcering this week. Wish had some
brains.
The children haven't been to any
parties of late. / am afraid they will
catch the mumps. One of the boys
in my boys class is down with them.
Ross Blackstock. Poor little fellow,
it really is too bad. He has attended
school steadily for five years without
being tardy or absent, but the mumps
put him out of commission for sure.
| noticed in the Lake City paper
an account of the crystal wedding cell
ebration of Mr.. and Mrs. J. ] Ready.
It was q grand affair.
Mrs. George Lightley had the big
gest and finest party Of the spring
season the other day at her lovely new
ranch home on Ohio Creek. l was
invited but couldn't go.
l have been reading the account of
the death of Ex-president Benjamin
Harrison which occurred this week.
That paper found in the. attic had q
story of some kind about President
Arthur. l didn't stop to read it.
was too much interested in the account
of the proposed extension of the Rio
Grande railroad into Gunnison. How
funny it seems to think we used to
travel in wagons. We are sure ad-
vancing. Maybe one of these days
we will go travelling around in flying
machines.
Speaking of trains-Mrs. Head, our
marshal's wife, went TO Delta today
to visit relations. This was the first
time in her life that she was ever on
q railroad train, having always travel
ed in a wagon because she thought it
was safcr-maybe she was right.
That was an awful blizzard that hit
st. Elmo the other day, wasn't it
George HetherinRton just missed it,
having been out there on a horseback
trip.
]. r. Estes was not SO lucky on his
trip through the mountains. He was
returning home on horseback from a
trip over Cochetopa9pass and the horse
fell with him and rolled over. Jim
was pretty well bunged up.
Jack says J. r. Millspaugh has
taken his son Harry into the lumber
business with him. The name is now
J. r. Millspaugh and Son.
Mrs. A. Hartman is entertaining her
niece, Miss Leila Hall Of Denver, who
arrived last week.
Jack Just came home and says he
has been talking to s. C. Robinson,
who was on his way to the Augusta
mine. ! might have known it was
mining that kept him down town. He
says he WAS also talking to B. F.
Martin who was over from SalidA Tor
. visit with his family.
guess / had better close and start
supper. We are going to have weinies
too, by the way, and all because some
scamp at Jake Milier's butcher shop
has sense Of humor. Well, gave
that fool Jack an order to leave at
the butcher shop and also asked him
to leave note ct the dry goods store,
! wanted three yards Of dress trim
ming snd enclosed q sample wide,
red braid. Well Jack got the notes
mixed and left the meat order at the
dry goods store. and the other note at
the buteher's. The latter sent me mp
three yards Of weinies and q polite
note to the effect that ssthis is as near
- We can match your sample" .
jack viii have weinies for q week
q puniskHent for his mistake.
Wen, geod bye Nef this time. WIN
Erite again and tell you how our town
election went o6.
A. ever, AGNES.