Gunnison news-champion., 1924-09-26
News Champion Editor
Visits Montroee Fair
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free for all. and Scohsys Red Buel
came in second. From TIM time on,
these two horsemen W know 20 well
had winners In every rnce. ard sp-
parently had been doing that evcf,
day Of the fair and the FORMER week 4
hotehkiss. Lee Stanley also had his
horse down there and there were
plenty Of other familiar names on the
racing program. 49,.
In fact. L seemed quite like Cattle
mems Days, except that Al Neale was
doing the announcing instead Of Geo
Anderson and John Tobip was manag-
ing the fair In general, b instead OF
Harry DeYarman. II was . good
natured crowd, everybody out to see
the fun and greet his friend and his
friends wife with smile and joke
We don't believe it had quite the set
ting Of green surroundings and beau
tiful mountain background that our
college campus gives to the Gunnison
celebration though. Indeed, it would
be hard to equal that in the United
States.
Well, il here isn't Bert Dollard and
part Of his family, and there is Bill
Gillaspey and Alonzo Hartman shak-
ing hands with group of friends.
Pretty soon Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dice
came in sight, and Richard Vader and
his wife and Earl Carpenter and fam
lily and Tom Stevens. And Teddy
Mcdowell was riding one Of Scobey's
ponies, and we understand Geo. An
derson and wife were on the grounds
with the Rex Clark family, altho We
did not see them.
halls, Mrs. Lake and were immedi-
ately attracted by the crowd around
the college booth where pretty young
ladies were distributing literature
about the Gunnison school and be-
tween whiles singing very beautifully.
Misses Marjorie Peck, Leah Hartman,
Sarah Anderson and Polly Welles
formed the quartet. Miss Ena Miller
and other former Western students
also helped from time to time. There
was always a crowd to hear them
sing, and we heard many favorable
comments about the exhibit they con-
Quoted and good words concerning our
Gunnison college. ~
Tho flower show was attractive to a
Gunnisonite, so many lovely bouquets
OF things we really can raise here, II
enough Of US ever get down to trying
them out. I'll give It up when 1t
comes to pumpkins and watermelons
and squash and cants and corn, but
we can double and quadruple our
flower gardens here in Gunnison and
we ought to do Il.
One thing marred the celebration
and that IL the gambling stands where
hard-faced men and women spin the
wheel Of fortune and you bet against
painted doll or ham. Oh, yes, this
same thing spoils our own celebration:
SO one should make no remarks. but
it does seem as tho we ought to out
grow plain gambling, even II some
people do insist on it.
A regular evening entertainment Of
parades and historical pageants fur
nished additional amusement, and on
Friday noon dinner of the old timers
was staged which attracted number
of the Gunnisonites in the lower val
leys at the time.
Charley Adams urged us to attend
aitu ~ W0o . 0CHtPSoSAoHs u0S = O0bA-
ness trip to Delta made It impossible.
However, we did drive back for the
evening show Friday and were treat.
ed to a real X. X. X. exhibit. the first
parade had ever seen and the first In
Montrose. Right in the middle Of
the proceedings fiery cross burst out
in flames across the race track, and
here came the parade. Two hundred
and seventy-four bed sheets solcmnly
moved down from out Of nowhere,
circled in front Of the gaping crowd of
four thousand people and as silently
vanished into the darkness. II was
quite a spectacle and they say, il
trunks Of bed sheets from the Klans
at Grand junction, Hotchkiss and Del
ta had not failed to arrive as schedul-
ed, 1t would have been mach larger in
numbers. The fair authorities seemed