Gunnison news-champion., 1924-08-01

RUDOLPH MERGEIMAN RANCH
NEAR GTESISON, July 20, 1924
CONTINUED from last week
Each delegate was IN togg Of t0wn
bustne-s man. the convention gather
ed IN the checTy al frc=Co dining room
Of the college doUnItuFy, ard there
learned that GGnrlaDH rIEeT trout,
with all the ~ t4goTy trgmmlngs, still
formed the center of indoor eating
spor,. aL=o that hoag'- headed, horny
handed OF stgekmsu could sing. Har-
- CappsJim Mah0u, Ben White anr!
Web WharueTy, 9E.ug 20 alleged
Warb.sug success a, the meal, viii
organize - once the Scrap Ir0r
QGarts,,e." Their fresh young voices
however. ueT. no. la with the ladies
gIaTtsttr CDupTiEer of college stud
euts. which indeed made u forget
something uf the agony 0f that com.
mIuity singing. I1 fact. they made
ls forget home and everything else
wI,h their delightful selocfI0us Tend,
erred during the meal
The personnel Of that tuneful org.
animation vas IEigrsa ting, indicative
a4 10 wl- 0f the growing talent IN
music % the We.tsru Slopo, and oi
the fact that stnrEgrurpTs Of tho
rough. early day. have been success
fll la founding their grur- -l'luu Of
refining Influence. Marjorie Peck
-upTauu. as-- tEH daughter Of q stock.
man 81 I.daF,iEr Leah Hartman is
IN. d.resrdlUt Of A.guEn Hartman
the frs; raurher e. -ettie in Guuui-9r
valley Polly Wellcs and Sarah And.
cr>oE hailed respectfully from Grand
Junction and Pueblo. Presiding al
the piano AS the quartstte accompanist
and rpiol-t Was the talented Miss Ems
Miller, one Of the several accomplish.
cd niece uf {. T. Stevens.
Al the college auditorium, young
Hl k."s mu-sled lu the hay fields and
asir.fe Of the cuyu=c al besf-gather-
lHg time. duuned thc~itts and fought
like veritablc young Dempsey. Manly
young W-rr-tiers from the college and
town high school uncorked every
trick there was IN several mighty StiIT
contests
They hold these live exhibitions OF
the ftstic and wrestling art in the
auditorium every few weeks, the pro-
Cccds Of the entertainment going "a
the gymnasium fund. The personnel
Of the contestants included scions of
many well known stockmen. Bill Gil
laspcy, the 1875 pound wrestling won
der, who captured high honorS ard
was announced as having bcsted all
wrvsilers at the University Of Illinois
proved TO be the son OF our own "Bill''
GlllAspey of early organization days in
Colorado stock-growing.
Rudolph Mcrgelman's handsome
ranch is as many miles below Gunni-
son as Tommy Stevens place is above
The coy set Of ranch buildings are
within view Of the little hamlet OF
lola, where the Denver Sporting Club
established one Of the early fishing re
sorts on the river. The 500 acres of
hay meadow on the floor of the valley
will be consigned to the harvesting
crew beginning next week.
Mergelman's Handy Range
The Nergclman cattle-l guess ZEN
TO be this side of a thousand. range in
the summer time mostly TO the south
of Willow and Beaver creek water.
sheds. A few this year are in Taylor
River Park TO the northwest of Gun.
nison. The south reserve. however, is
regarded by Rudolph Mergelman Us
the best bet in the locality. II is con.
nected with the ranch by couple OF
sections of decided land and BY a strir
Of public domain. Mergelmen's cattle
accordingly walk out of the front gate
in the spring and make their own way
to their grazing grounds.
As president OF the Gunnison Coun.
ty Stoekgrowers Association, Mr.. Mer.