Gunnison news-champion., 1922-12-29
CELEBRATES CnRlsTlaAs
s OF FIFTY YEARS AGO

3 OF FIFTY YEARS AGO
(ceutinssd frsn Fire Passl
greatest futnre possibilities. sWhe
Will l see at Cunnison 2" inquirod Mr..
0eDoaGal. ~Why,s sAid Hay1oa,
Who ha1 Just FetnFnsd froa HIS epseA
making trip In Whieh ~ eAastsa and
described the great valleys and miner.
q bearing rangso Safre9ndinG this ~
gion. 20 and - Alense Hartman.
He has recently lecntsa in tn. valley
and being Q caftlsman has Sidden over
al the surrounding eg1ntSy. He win
tell ycu Of IL peosihilities." !.
Judgs NeDb19al did esme in loo0,
landinI hoFo n IL a1tsxn0oa of ~
26th day Of Aprn. 0x. Hartman WAS
among the ART people - saw
The remarks ef Dr. johnson In intro
doeing ths hoosrod guests Of the day
were 20 appropriate that tie News
Champion prints them herewith
Ts Our ~Hsasssa CsssAs
90 FslDov ne1asians
Il is . great thing 70 b Arst IN any
line Of human endeavor. ! belisve Il
u safe TO say that nearly every persop
at soms eime In his lifs oncs desired
to be first in soms profession or has
ness. II he never had such . desire
he surely never had the Rotarian
spirit, and think II 10 within reason
TO hold that such . person either had
poor training or poor Inheritance, or
possibly both.
The spirit Of the pioneer must be
and is in everybody in some form 10
those who really increase the worlds
knowledge, wealth or happiness.
II is because you-Nr. Hartman, are
. pioneer, the first white settler in
the Gunnison valley and in fact, on
the Western Slope Of Colorado, and
because you, Mrs. Hartman, for over
forty years have been his good wife,
that we Rotsrians take pleasure in
! trying to honor you on this, the If
tieth anniversary 6f your residence
here.
We recall with pleasure and thank
fulness that IL was you who first saw
the vision Of great Gunnison County
full of ranches, farms, mines, schools,
and other activities and at the same
time had the vigor and persistancy to
hold onto this vision and by hard
work along with others, to make this
dream come true.
1t is only rehearsing events, which
doubtless seem to you as yesterday
and the day before, to say that you
were the first to start the great cattle
industry in this valley, among the first
to encourage mining, one Of the first
to found this good town, one of the
first business men Of the town, the
first to encourage both morally and
materially. may Others who have sue
ceeded here. Doubtless many other
unnamed and unknown ways you have
contributed much to this portion Of
Colorado.
Gunnison has been particularly fort
unate In developing large number Of
big men and In the front rank Of these
win always be found the name OF
Alonxo Hartman. Who else in this
county could have endured the ex-
treme hardships Of the early days.
yes. and of recent days. and have
come out of It all with such noble
spirit. 11
1t seems to me that the greatest art
and science Of ALL, the art and science
Of living has been and is almost per-
fecty exemplined by our honored
guests. Where will you nnd braver
gentleman than Mr.. Hartman or q
swsster personality than Mrs. Hart
man? It ought to make all Of US
ashamed Of ourselves when we CON-
plain Of our own hardships and bur-
dens, when we remember what this
couple have endured. Surely these
lives have been worthy examples for
US.
Twill close this short and utterly In
adequate address by saying that we
Rotarians and doubtless also the en-
tire citizenship Of this valley and
many others elsewhere. really appreci-
ate both Of you and hope that you
viii long continue among US. As q
lasting token Of our appreciation we
present to you this nicely printed.
Handsomely hand decorated diploma.
certificate Of splendid citizenship
showing the completion of nifty years
Of real service in our midst.