Gunnison news-champion., 1924-02-15
Tuenty Years
Ago
Should auid acquaintance b
forgot
And never brought to mint
Gunnison, February 10, 1901

nuHihsoH, Eeofuary 10, lSU9.
Dear Mary
III bet you'll be surprised when you
see my name at the end of this letter,
but I've got to tip you off or iii
get in wrong with Agnes sure. She
Is as mad as hornet anyway. sent
her a comic valentine, thinking it was
a good joke, but she didn't see it that
way. She does not know | sent it.
Then | up and forgot to mail letter
she wrote to You. Gosh! Mary, don't
let her know it. She sent you a list
of the candidates in that contest put
on by the News-Champion. Well, I've
copied the names out of the paper,
here they are: From Gunnison, Mrs.
Ruth Marshall, Mabel Myers, Leila
Hall, Pearl Strouse and Mayme Nc
Comick; at Pitlin, Pearl McWilliams,
Mamie Carlin; Doyleville, Bessie Glib
bons; Crested Butte, Susie Miller and
Eva Wheeler; Powderhorn, Maud Ra-
deka. I've been pestered all week to
vote for first this one then that one.
anxious to go to the Worlds Fair.
Spose Editor Lake will be voting
for the whole bunch Of 'em, now since
that brand new son of his arrived on
the 18th. Going to name him Henry
Allen.
Got fine cigar from Emmett Trine
at his house, too.
Bringing up young ones is some
job, I'll tell the world. They want
about everything going-that is every
thing that their mother doesn't. My
girl, Helen wants piano. I'll stall
around for while yet. Anyway, her
music teacher, Miss Leo Pelton, is
going away. They are having a big
surprise party on her tonight at the
home Of Mrs. Barbara Holloway.
|, tAgncs is out gadding some where,
too. She said something about the
rehearsal of the play, oxford Affair"
the Monday Afternoon Club is going
to pull off on the goth. suppose III
have to crawl into q billed shirt and 70.
! am not going prospecting or min
ing this summer. Now, don't you up
and tell Agnes, but I've got good
notion to try ranching for a spell. II
she finds it out, she will be moving
right off. l want to wait while and
see how they come out on that stunt
the government is trying to pull off,
in setting aside large part of Gunni-
son county for forest reserve. The
cattlemen and town and county folks
held mass meeting here this week to
protest against the movement.
Went into the harness and feed
store owned by the late John Downey,
this morning. Mrs. Downey is selling
out and got some good harness, but
had to hide it SO Agnes won't find it.
am not at all discouraged in my
mining ventures, tho, but think III
get ranch some place and let Agnes
try her luck. She worries so much
when ] am away. Well, mining has
its risks. An old timer of the Gothic
section was killed in snow slide at
Elko last week. Guess you folks re-
member d. d. Moak?
Saw Lew Grether of Sillsville yes
terday. He has located promising
claim on Cooper mountain in Coche-
topa region.
was kind of stuck on Bowerman,
but don't own any property there so
passed it up. From what l hear, it
will be good camp in more ways
than one, as w. F. Goodaker and AL
Redden have been appointed as justice
Of the peace and constable of the
region.
By heck! there are dangers in the
ranching business, too. Now for in
stance, down at Powderhorn the other
day, while Will Foster. and Chas. Carr
were cutting out cattle from a bunch,
Wills horse slipped and fell and Will
had two bones in his leg broken, be-
sides twisted ankle.
Lee Lehman was in town today,
making application to lease tract Of
school land to ranch on.
Agnes has it all cooked up for me
to go to a Washington's Birthday do
ings at Mrs. Chas. Nelson's on the
22nd. Huh! Not me! Think I'll go
to Pitkin and help d. C. Mason with
his new house he is building to re-
place the one lost in the big fire.
By the way, wasn't your former
home in Baltimore? That was an
awful confagaration they had there
on the 7th of this month.
1t is pretty near time for Agnes to
be getting home, and ! don't want her
to catch me writing this, so will ring
off. Want to run down and set how
Sid Jones is. He is pretty sick with
pneumonia.
Now, Mary, don't tell Agnes on me,
and If you decide to run in that World
Fair contest, I'll vote for you sure.
Rasnerff,,Ilv JACK