Gunnison news-champion., 1922-05-19
Twenty Years Ago
Gunnison. May 10. 1902.

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Dear Mary
Received your letter yesterday, and
will answer it before l 60 down town.
Frank Harper is selling his stock
of boots and shoes to c. F. Bartlett,
the Doyleville storekeeper, and ! am
going down to get the boy a pair Of
shoes.
l am alone today. The boy has
gone with his father to Spencer. H.
A. Pomel and a party Of mining men
came in from Cripple Creek yester-
day and Jack took them to Spencer.
They have lease on the Old Lot
mine there.
I've heard nothing but mines all
week. Scott Humason was down
from Crested Butte the other day
and he and Jack had 4 long talk
about the Augusta mine, which Mr..
Humason is working.
And then, right after that, he met
G. II. Judd, who just got back from
the East. Mr.. Judd and C. o. Mise
ner are going to open up the Gothic
smelter
Helen has gone down to see Mil
dred Chinery, who was quite badly
hurt the other day when horse ran
over her.
had dandy time the other
night when the Women of Woodcraft
held an initiation. Quite a crowd
was present. Mrs. Jos. Blackstock
and Misses Ethel Ferguson and Mel
lie Flavin were initiated, besides a
number of ladies from Whitepine.
They were Mesdames Renard, Edge
worth, Mosely, and Clemans.
The local paper has the announce
ment of the wedding of Sherman
Henderson of Pitkin and Miss Eva
marlborough. The wedding took
place at the brides home in Portage
La Prairie, Canada.
Alo read of the death of Mrs. ].
w. Carroll at Salida last week. Her
husband used to be a railroad man
here years ago.
Old Doc Stork has been flying
around town this week. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jarius Williams have new boy
and brand new girl was left at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bray.
| was sorry Jack was away today,
as his old friend, A. B. Mair, pro-
prietor of the Sunnyside hotel at Tin
Cup, was down. Mr.. Mair is feeling
good over the report Of iailroad
thru Tincup.
Our cemetery association held a
meeting the other evening and ap-
pointed a committee to have charge
Of the work. Those in the commit
tee are j. c. Parsons, VIM. Strunk,
and ii. NJ. Webster. John Lamberty
will be care taker.
One of my heighbors, Mrs. Fred
Williams, left today for Como to
live, as her husband is working out
of there on the c. & s.
c. d. Jones also moved away this
week--took his family to Iris.
l hear that Mrs. Rufus Knopp is
back from her trip to Iowa. l did
not get to see her, as she went thru
to her home in Pitkin.
met Mrs. Mary Lonegan the 9TH
er day, when she and Mrs. Susie Mil
Ter were down from Crested Butte on
q shopping trip.
We went down to the La Veta for
dinner Sunday, and l did not know
until afterwards that John Sarrasin
was assistant cook there. He got
tired Of ranching at Parlin.
Am out Of news, and almost out
Of paper. Will have to get me some
while I am down town. I notice
Miss Mamie Corum IL clerking at
Boyles' news store now.
Must ring of now, as ! must be at
the bank before it closes. Oh, say,
the First National had it's charter re-
newed this week for another twenty
years. How fast the time goes! I
was reading in the Tribune's "Twen-
ty-Years-Aeo" column about the
Of the First National
bank. L. Cheney was then presi-
dent, M. Coppington was cashier and
c. e. Mcconnell was assistant cashi-
er Of the institution.
Well, once more, good bye. Win
tell you moro news next week.
AGNES.