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The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1923-08-09
FROST WINS
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Wins in Race for Sheriff Over -Four
Opponents; Second Primaries for
Other County Offices

The outstanding feature in the elc g
tion of county offices Tuesday, was
the sensational race of Willie Wright
Frost for sheriff who won by large
majority over four opponents.
Mr.. Frost has been deputy in the
sheriff office for his father the past
four years, and his efficiency and
courtesy in the handling of the deputy
ship won him many friends and sup
porters. His opponents were all prom
inent men in the county.
The run-off for chanccry clerk will
be made by j. f. Simmons and W. f.
Hunter. Theo. Fly and Goode Brown
go in the second primary for circuit
clerk.
In the race for tax assessor, Zeke
Cole and w. c. Kuykendall lead the
ticket.
Miss Minnie Lovejoy lead the ticket
for county superintendent of educa-
lion, with Mr.. J. P. Jenkins second
For representative First District.
/. p Stone lead, with G. f. Denley
second.
Representative Second District: J
R. Hodnett and H. H. Hunt go in the
second primary.
4 Supervisor, Beat Three: J. B. Viii
hanson and Eugene Tarver will make
the race in the second primary.
The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1923-08-09
Local Merchants Make Improvements

B. Leland and Co., and w. A. Nolen
have had the old awning torn dowA
from the front of their stores and
Lew and more attractive awnings put
up. A new coat of paint is put on the
frout which adds to the attractive
ness Of the entire front.
The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1923-08-09

Many citizens of Water Valley,
whose business have taken them to
other localities, were in the city this
week to east their vote in the general
Democratic primary. Much interest
has been manifested in the election
and the votes was the largest ever
cast III Yalobusha county.
The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1923-08-09


Caou<.o ---sei
erchant IN the Cotton States is com
ing from Washington, where he is q
member of the Federal Reserve Board
and will be a visitor in his home town
during the convention. Mr.. James will
speak on the first morning of the con
yention and will tell his friends and
neighbors of Cotton States something
of Government Aid to Agriculture
and Business
When a man is a recognized author
ity on both cotton and finance he can
not fail to have message that will
command the respectful attention OF
men who sometimes look on the two
as interehangeab terms so closely as
one bound up in the other in this part
of the conutry. That is the combina-
ton that is found in Theodore II. Price
of New York City, editor of Com
merce and Finance, who on the End day
of the convention will be on the pro
gram for his subject: "The Roaring
Lion on the Hill of Business Difficult
ty.'
Others who have agreed to speak are
Norman II. johnson of Richmond, Va.
secretary of the Southern Wholesale
Dry Goods Association. His address
will follow the President s annual mes
sage the opening day Of the conven-
ton. "The Key Note" is his topic.
On the second days program is an
address by Thos. X. Kelly of Mime
apols on "Keeping your stock NOV
ing Mr. Kelly is president of the
r. *. Kelly Sales System and Progress
vive Statesmen s Institute, as well as Of
two banks, one in Minneapolis and one
in st. Paul
Howard w. Harrington, advertising
manager of the Moline Plow Works
Moline, m, is to speak on the final day
of the convention. Bob and Otho Moon
ev of the 3. & o. Cash Store Temple
Okla, are also on the program.
The delegates viii be welcomed ia
Memphis by Mayor Rowlett Paine, a
former president of the association
The response on behalf of the Assocai
tion will be made by Maj. NJ. A. Walker
of Covington, Tenn, the 1922 president
of the association. The annual MESA &c
of the president of the local association
win follow.
Local committee chairmen who arc
vigorously on the job getting ready for
the convention are w. R. King, of the
executive committee: w. B. Cleveland
of the program committee; R. b. Buch-
anan of the entertainment committee;
Rowlett Paine of the invitation com
mittce; w. I. Moody, arrangement com
mittee; w. w. Fischer, finance commit
tee; Harold Gilbert, publicity commit
tee, with p. NJ. Birmingham secretary
Of association as generalissimo.
The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1923-08-09
HOTELS BEING RENOVATED

The dining room and offices Of tho
Herring Hotel are undergoing gen
eral overhauling. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
ward, the new management, announce
the dining room will be open for SER
the first of next week.
The Oak Hall hotel is having gen
eral overhauling of some parts Of the
interior.
The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1923-08-09
WHITFIELD LEADS I'M
RACE FOR GOVERNOR
Bilbo Gusts Conner for Second Place in
Gubernatorial Race. Miller Leads
Robertson for Revenue Agent

According to tabulated returns by
the Commercial Appeal from IS of the
50 counties in Mississippi, covering 100
of the ,438 precincts in the state, a
grand total OF 100000 votes, the fol-
lowing is the vote of the Democratic
primary held Tuesday, as reported so
far:
For Governor
Whitfield 66,841.
Bilbo, 43,291.
Conner, 36,608.
Franklin, 26,626.
Bell, 12,47s.
For Reveune Agent
Miller, 65,774.
Robertson, 56,952.
For Attorney General
Knox, 66,055.
Potter, 26,094.
Burch, 81 400.
On the basis of the vote reported it
is estimated that the total vote will be
The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1923-08-09

general result since returns filterfup in
all through last night merely increased
the totals without disturbing the leads.
Whitfield and Bilbo will be in the
runoff for governor. Knox seems to
have won his race in the first primary,
and Miller, with his 10000 lead over
Robertson, APPARENTLY has won.
Complete returns from 54 counties ia
the race for secretary Of state show un-
officially 66,222 votes for Joseph W.
Power and 53,120 for Walker Wood.
Thco. G. Bilbo apparently has come
back, and has come back strong enough
on the face of virtually two-thirds Of
the voting precincts in Mississippi to
be the contender against Henry L.
Whitfield, the leading candidate, in the
runoff primary for governor Of Mis-
sissippi on Aug. %.
Bilbo is far behind Whitfield. Indi-
cations are that he will be from $4,000
to 10000 votes behind him when all the
votes are in.
But he is far enough ahead Of Mike
Conner, the third candidate, to insure
his getting in the run'off.
Lester G. Franklin is running poor
fourth. 1t was expected that the main
vardaman vote would go to him. He
justified this hope in Benton, Hppah,
Calhoun and Monroe, old-time varda-
..-o,eho,a. 1;le pon+o+oc .rd Tr,ion
.ho 80 rno,+ - p;lho
r. oaa;+;on n mi. p;lho nol1ed a
.+rono vote II south W;,,;s.;nn; and a
oo-s;sto,+ veto !, otbo- ,oo+;on. e,cr,,t
of .o,rso tho aelt.
Percy Bell of Greenviile ran strag-
Cling fifth. He conceded yesterday thai
' 'furoi.. r. ..;rI J7fifs'v ethay ':,se' Wua 1ss.
vote continued to climb. It was
.nougns 1uesaay nIsn' wAen M.
field leading by a sweeping vote that
the "o1-cart" mail, as the Vardaman
adherents used joyfully to call the latc
country returns, would cut him Down.
But all during Wednesday 1t was the
same. The country vote showed up "eie
for Whitfield.
conner vo'e was eo'o ~ VIZ . s..,
put poor IN Tue county eA'eps ~ s'e"'A
MISSISSIPPI
Robertson Is Behind
-, -,
ING oA.cai' maj, may "s''o
pun o'oAes "ooef.son .ntouEn AoA ' 80,
revenue agent. w. D. MaA1er ~ s'uA
lead1ng hlm. ihls Is one VI Tue 'I
prlses oI 'he primary, s,hee ni''"y "o
INFORMED men preuiesco ne "o''u Va"
Dy as hien as 4o'oooo'
Dennis Murphree has commanding
lead for lieutenant governor over coi.
H. d. Money. Col. Money Is showfn
An interesting development OF yes
terday and last night 8 returns was that
Walker Wood OF Wlnona is crowding
The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1923-08-09
Count Unusually Slow

The count is unusually slow. There
were two reasons. 1t was the heaviest
vote ever polled in Mississippi and it
was terribly long ballot. Some coun-
ties has as many as 100 names on the
ballots. State, district and county Off
GERS from governor down to supervisor
were nominated.
The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1923-08-09

will speak on the subject European
conditions and how they affect the
farmer. Senator Underwood is dis.
sussed as candidate for the Demo
ATTIC nomination for President of tn
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
DROWNED IN
BLACK CANON

Word was sent in to Gunnison to
the authorities here yesterday that
the body Of Mexican had been found
in the river at Curecanti. On inves-
tiation it was found to be one Of the
D. & r. G. w. section crew, who had
but just gone to work there. The
man was drowned on the tenth, but
his body was not located, altho sew
eral other Mexican laborers Were re-
ported to have been standing near
him when he went under while SWIM
ming. No attempt seems to have
been made to rescue him or to recover
the body. The father and brother Of
the dead man were not notified for
several days
The body was brot to Gunnison yes
terday afternoon by Undertaken A.
dams, and will be shipped to his houe
today. His father and bro<hAr lro
expected on the evening train, and. mn
til that time the name Of the deceasell
will not be known. Il seems he ha2
gone to work only the day before tn
accident, and little is learned about
his antecedents.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
JUDGE N0URsE Was COLLEGE
ASSOCIATE OF PRES. COOLIDGE

Our fellow townsman, Judge E. M.
Nourse of Gunnison, is not only well
acquainted with the new president Of
the U. s., Calvin Coolidge, but
for two years, when they were both
attending Amherst college in Massa-
chusetts, they dined at the same table
in college boarding house at Am
herst.
Judge Nourse graduated at this
famous New England university in
1888, and was boarding at a student
eating place conducted by f. Austin
Wilson, who later came to Colorado
and it will be remembered promoted
several mining deals in the Gunnison
country Wilson was paying his own
expenses thru college by managing {;
boarding house on sort of cooper
tive plan. In the fall of 1891, when
Nourse was junior, Calvin Coolidge
entered Amherst as freshman, grad
uating in 1896.
ale was an exceedingly quiet boy,
as l remember him." states Judge
Nourse. AT the long dining table
we were sort Of one family, but young
Coolidge was rather hard to get &C
quainted with. He was very industri-
GUS and soon earned the reputation OF
an excellent student. When ! left in
1898, he was standing high in his
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
BROWN
MISSES DEATH

Five people were killed and -sixteen
injured in head-on collision between
the Colorado & Southern passenger
train and a Santa Fe passenger train
It 4:30 Monday morning. at Fowler,
Colo.
One Of those in the wreck who had
. narrow escape from death was
Evan T. Brown, son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Brown, and brother-in-law of E. n.
Nourse Of Gunnison. Brown has for
many years been an employee Of the
American Express company, being an
express messenger on the C. & S.
When the crash came, Brown was
pinned under a large safe of the
wrecked express car and was at first
reported killed when rescuers saw his
legs protruding from beneath the
huge safe, which apparently was
crushing him. However, heavy piece
Of baggage caught the weight Of the
safe and Brown escaped uninjured.
Gunnison friends understand that
Mr.. Brown was to have been married
within short time to young lady OF
Denver, which city is also Browns
home.
The wreck was said to have beer
caused by q misunderstanding OF
meeting places Of the two trains, the
Continued on Last Page)
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
Darnel Heads Big
Topeka High School

NJ. A. Darnell an instructor at the
college summer school, received word
this week that he had been elected to
the position of principal of the To-
peka, Kansas high school, position
carrying a salary Of thirty-eight hun
dred dollars q year. There were 81
candidates for this place, one Of
them being superintendent Of schools
at Greeley. The Topeka Daily Capt.
tai says:
"Many men of the highest scholast-
ic attainments sought this position,
more SO than at any previous time,
which statement was given by DR.. S.
7. Willard, member of the board. And,
"Mr. Darnell's exceptional education
al attainments, personality and ex-
perience in administrative school and
college work were said by the board
to have been the reasons for his sci.
ection." Frank P. Edison, presiden,
of the board, said: 1.-THE only consid.
GRAFTON which weighed with the board
was the importance Of obtaining thu
best educator for the students in thu
high school. We all felt that Mr.
Darnell's training and experience
qualified for the position better thar
any Of the other applicants"
Mr.. Darnell has been with Western
this summer and obtained both hi,
M. A. and A. B. from that institution
1t certainly speaks well for our col
lege that one Of her graduates cal
command such prominent position
over the heads Of graduates Of mucl
larger schools. Mr.. Darnell left Of
j Tuesday for Topeka.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17

classes, and we all looked upon him
as having the makings of successful
man, but you may be sure none of US
dreamed that he would win his way
just 30 years later to the presidency
of the Great Republic. I remember
his winning prize for some scholar
ship feat, and that after his gradua-
ton in '95, he entered law office at
Northampton, Mass, and was admit
ted to the bar two years later. This
was brought to mind when he be-
came governor of Massachusetts in
1918. Coolidge was hard working boy
from family with little means and
then had no brilliant prospects, ex-
cept his sturdy New England heritage
and an iron resolution to succeed"
OF course, Judge Nourse is delight
ed that this college friend and COM
panion of two years should be elevat-
ed to the high office of president of
the United States. 81 wish l could
tell you more Of the things we talked
about across the dining table," said
Mr. Nourse, "but thirty years is q
long time to remember many incid-
ents, except the impression he made
as freshman and sophomore of q
very quiet, studious youth who was
sure to succeed and has done SO past
the vision of his comrades.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
LITTLE TOT HAS A NARROW
ESCAPE IN FALL FROM WINDOW

Miss Patty Taylor, the sixteen
months old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
E. w. Taylor Of Pueblo, narrowly es.
capped a serious accident last week,
when she fell out Of an upstairs win
dow Of the Rainbow Rooms. She had
been playing around the window, and
before her mother noticed what the
little one was up to, she had unlocked
the screen and slipped thru. She es-
capped injury however, according Ia
the local doctors examination, but
fearing that some internal injury may
have been incurred, her parents will
have an X-Ray taken in Pueblo. Mr.
Taylor is salesman, whose head
quarters are at that place. It is
thot that due to striking soft ground
instead of falling onto . cement walk,
saved the baby's life.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
U. s. COURT TO HOLD TERM AT i
MONTROSE EARLY IN SEPT.
BUYS CORNER on WHICH TO f
RECT MODERN UPTOWN HOTEL

The six corner lots in Block q
Original Gunnison, facing on Tomichi
Ave and Wisconsin street, have beer
sold by the First National Bank to
L. B. Sitter of Waunita, according to
deeds placed on record this week.
These lots are situated just east Of
the Eastman and county garages and
across the street from the Brooke and
Rainbow garages and the CoIumbine
hotel. The consideration is named
rs $1400 for the three corner ones and
$500 for the three lying north of
them.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Sitter con-
templates fine modern hotel on this
location, to be erected as soon as
conditions warrant. They are in the
heart Of the business and garage Sec
tion, which makes them available for
several remunerative kinds of bust
ness.
1t is an evidence Of the advancing
value Of Gunnison property, and OF
live business conditions to record this
sale.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
.LANOsuOES AND WAsH0UTS I'M
BLACK CANON BLOCK TRAFFIC.

The cIoudbursts that have been do
ing so much damage east Of the range,
came close to the Gunnison valley
yesterday about two o'clock, when tor
rental rains in the Black Canon brot
down a huge landslide one-fourth Of n
mile beyond Curecanti-s Needle.
Washouts further west had already
blocked the d. 4 X. G. w. eastbound
passenger, which was cancelled for
Thursday and the passengers, mail
and express routed back west via
Grand junction, to come in later via
Salida.
Section men were cieaning up the
tracks from a small slide near the
scene Of the landslide and observed
the whole north side of the canon
cliff seem to fall, bringing down dirt,
trees and rocks that clogged the
river and raised it five feet in few
minutes. 1t did not come across to
the railroad track, but the noise Of
the fall was terrific, and a cloud Of
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
EAST RIVER RANCHMAN
TAKES BRIDE FROM MISSOURI

Wednesday afternoon, at -four
o'clock, pretty wedding was solemn
lied, when Greer Perry Of Gothic and
Miss Della Croft Of Springfield, Mo
were married ut the home Of Judge J
N. McDougal.
The bride was attractively gown.
ed in stunning black Canton crepe
dress with hat to match. She is q
very charming young woman, and is
sure to make friends in her new home
Mr.. Perry is well known and pros.
porous ranchman on East River, his
home being about two and hall
miles below Gothic. The couple are
old schoolmates, and in Mr.. Perry's
own words, shave been sweethearts
ever since we were kids" Mr.. Perry
Perry's many friends extend hearty
congratulations to him and his bride
and hope that the climax Of this
pretty romance may ever be happy.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
HEAD LETTUCE is TO Be 4 BIG
PAYING CROP in OUR VALLEYS

"Sargents has a wonderful lettuce
crop" said John Lynch. manager Of
the Colorado Cooperative Lettuce As
ISOLATION, who came in from Buena
Vista late last night, and went on to
see the Crested Butte acreage. "Ship-
ments are already beginning heavily
from Sargents, several cars this weeI,
and BY next Monday we will be rum
ming four or five cars a day. The
Eastern market is grabbing at our
high mountain lettuce and paying
good prices. We cannot tell exactly
what these prices will be, but they
look excellent now. II the grower
nets $3.50 per crate, he Is going "a
make big money and We hope for
better than that averaged thru tn
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17

Mr.. Lynch was accompanied by C.
W. Joslyn, Western Slope representa-
tive of the American Fruit Company
and they planned TO line up the 200
acres or more planted around Crested
Butte, this morning, making arrange
ments for shipping as It comes on.
Prof. o. s. Causey, who has 80 acres
Of head lettuce near Gothic they met
at Sargents, as he was driving "a
Pueblo on business trip. They will
be in and around Gunnison this after
noon on their return from the Buttes
Roads arc something fearful, most
Of the way, they declare, altho Mon.
arch pass, itself, is in fairly good con-
dition. considering the deluges that
have fallen.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
Protesting Permit to
Continental Oil Co.

II seems that the action of the town
council in granting permit to the
Continental Oil Company for erection
Of brick warehouse and tanks on
Tomichi avenue, after twice refusing
the application, has aroused n num-
ber Of West Town property owners,
who declare. they did not enter pro-
test before because they thought it
was all settled and unnecessary. A
mass meeting Of those protesting
Is called for the court house on Satur-
day evening at eight o'clock.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
Cut Fence. is Fined
Teachers Exams
Given To List of 81

The August teachers examinations,
given by Mrs. Margaret NJ. Balm, as
sisted by W. NJ. Brown. of lola. were
given this and last week, from Friday
to Monday. with IS applicants taking
the examinations. Six Of these
tried for first grade certificates. and
about two-thirds for second trade.
This Il by far the largest number Of
students to take the examinations we
have had here. The papers were sent
to the state examining board at Den
yer.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
Gunnison Gets Slight
Reduction in Gas

A three cent cut in the price of gas
at local sales places went into effect
yesterday, making the price 26 cents
instead Of 20. This cut was effective
all over the state except Denver where
the reduction varied from one to three
cents. It is local reflection of the
statewide gasoline war instituted by
the governor of South Dakota. Yet
We are still paying about double in
Gunnison what the central states put
up for the automobile elixer Of life,
and so per cent more than Denver
however the Continental Oil Com
pany sets the figures here, and we sup
pose its the freight.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17

Inspector Miles of the Bureau of
Mines, has been in the vicinity this
week, inspecting mines at Crested
Butte, Ohio Creek and Baldwin.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
WESTERN GRADUATES SUMMER
SCHOOL STUDENTS NEXT week

Friday, the gath Of August, gradu-
alton exercises for the summer stu
dents will be held at the college audit
orium. This class, while about the
same size as those previous, show q
higher standard of students who de-
sire to obtain their degrees from
Western. It also shows that more Of
Colorado's students are coming here
than to any other college in the state,
n high point in favor of Gunnison's
college, and it might be noted that
every graduate going from Western
this summer, and many who are not
graduates, have already obtained
schools of high standing. The pro-
gram for the exercises has not yet
been worked out, and will be announc-
ed later. The members of the class
are:
On June Sth
Achsah, Alice II. A. M.-Maj. English
On August 9TH Major
Hurst, Clarence ia. NJ. Biology
Adams, L. B.-A. B., Mathematics
Adrean, Toner H.-A. B., History
Bower, Mrs: Edyth-A. B. English
Darnell. Arthur MA. b., Education
Darnell. Mrs. lvah--A. B. English
Darnell. v. A. b. Education
Harris, Ida R.-A. b., Primary Educ.
Lambdin, Mrs. Ernestine-M.
McCleary, Virginia-A. B., Biology
Scott, Nettie-A B., Education
Tschop, Esther "A. B. English
Rogers, Chas. Aden-A. B. History
Van Hee, Mrs-A.B., Rural Education
Van Hee, G. wa. B.
Marshall. Myrtle Frances English
Three Year Curriculum
Crary, Margaret H ------August "a
Nichols, Norma N. ---
Stein, Mrs. Mabel -----
Watt, Frances ------------
Shaw, c. Evans -----------
Two Year Curriculum
Anderson, Mabel August "a
Boyd, Bertha Alice ----- {"
Brooke, Blanche ------
Chenoweth, Margaret X. -
Cummings, Mabel M. -------- July IS
Davis, Muriel A. -------- August "a
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17

Merle Harlan returned to Spring
field, Mo-, this week, having visited
during the summer with his sister
Mrs. E. T. Brown.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17
Mining News of
Surrounding Valleys

C. J. Bristol of Des Moines. Iowa,
was in Gunnison this week, looking up
some mining interests. He is secre-
tary Of the Helen Hope mining COM
pany, whose interests are located ut
Irwin, and succeeded during his stay
here in putting thru the contract to
run the tunnel on which they are now
working. 400 feet farther into the
mountain. The tunnel is located Ut
Ruby Peaks, and it is thought that =
rich vein may be struck there. The
president Of the company, William H.
Hines, was here Monday Of this week,
in the same interest. Their surveyor,
A. L. Whitehorn. has been doing con-
siderable surveying in that region.
u. s. COURT TO HOLD TERM AT
MONTROSE EARLY IN SEPT.
The United States district court
will hold term in Aoutrosa early
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-17

r. H. Guthrie was unable to be al
his cleaning plant Wednesday on ac-
count of sickness.