Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-23
Twenty Years Ago

Gunnisor, June %, 1902.
Dear Mary:-
! don't owe you letter, but am
alone for the day, with nothing to do,
SO will sit down and tell you all the
news.
Jack and the boy are both away.
today. Jack heard about the strike
H. J. Jones made in the Golden Circle
property in Jones Gulch above Ohio
City, and of he went. Wish he
hadn't taken the boy with him. l
don't want him to get any mining no.
tions in his head.
l would rather he be farmer like
some of our friends here. Casper
Pressler filed on another 60 acres of
land near the Pressler ranch at Bald
win this week, and Phillip Schneider
made final proof on 16O acres north
of Crested Butte.
kind Of wish Jack had waited n
day OF two, as he missed seeing two
old friends today. r. ]. Huntley
was one of them. He was up from
Delta on some business connected with
the will Of NJ. p. Getchell. You
know Mr.. Huntley and DIR. Mackintoh
We're the witnesses.
r. J. Decker was the other friend
Jack missed seeing. He drove up from
Paonia to meet his brother from Ari-
zona.
I've been to several parties this
week. Yesterday Mrs. Shackleford
entertained for Mrs. II. NJ. Orahood
OF Denver, who with her husband is
visiting Mayor Sanford and wife.
Next was the surprise party given
Mrs. A. unruh. II was her 65th
birthday.
l wanted to go to Doyleville yes
terday TO the party given ID. A. Nc
Connell to celebrate his 76 birthday.
i couldn't go alone.
hear the Stork was prowlinR
around Doyleville last week and there
is a new baby girl at the J. +. Adams
home.
Went down town this morning and
l see Messrs. Fontaine and Brewer are
laying the timbers for the new brick
block on Main street.
Going to be lot of building around
here soon. A new lumber companw
has been organized ut Mancos. j. II.
Millspaugh, ii. w. Endner and C. II.
Mayo are the owners. Frank Eells
left this week for that place to work.
Helen is visiting some place this
afternoon. So many of the young
folks are returning from College for
the summer and suppose she is call
ing on some of them. Hazel Hart
man is home from Miss Wolcott's
School in Denver.
Iii have to do some calling myself.
Ellis Lore and fanny are back from
California. Also notice the blinds up
on the house across the way, SO /
guess Mrs. NJ. C. Walker is back. She
was in Vulcan visiting Mrs. F. w.
Custer and Mrs. F. ]. Tuttle.
l would like to meet Mrs. J. r. VIII
son, who is visiting Mrs. S. ], Miller.
Mr.. Wilson is editor of the Goldfeld
Times.
Mrs. Art Marshall from Sapulpa, /.
t., went thru here the other day on
her way to Pitkin to visit her sister,
Miss Ethel Ivy. Miss Ethel is going
to be married pretty soon to Vernon
Brown. They secured the license the
other day and load Of furniture.
Jacob vidmar and Mary Blatnick of
Crested Butte were married this
Two Of our pioneer families had
reunion one day last week. They
were j. J. Williams and j. A. Hay
maker with their families. The az
fair was at the Haymaker ranch
home. Both families came to this
county at the same time twenty years
ago.
Helen just came home. She was
at the depot to see Gertie Trevarthen
off. .Gertie is going to Canon City
to visit Jennie Jenkins.
Helen says Henry Barrett was also
on the train, going to Prescott to
see his nephew, Arthur Morris, who
is very Ill with typhoid fever.
Mrs. s. J. Farley and grandson,
Sidney McGinnis, left the same day,
only going in the opposite direction,
to Montrose.
Well. must ring of now. do hope
Jack gets back tonight, as the Wood
men are going to place the monument
over the grave Of d. r. Peck, and
want Jack to be there.
This is al for this time. With best
regards. AGNES.