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Gunnison News
From The Empire
Just Received- Two cars Cement.
THE ENDNER LUMBER CO.
C. L. Reas returned from Denver
Tuesday morning, and at once left
for Ciested Butte.
Dr. Sullivan, who has been here
visiting his brother, left for Grapd
Junction Saturday.
Kansas City Stockyards report a
sale of 28 stockers for Tom Stevens
of l*arlin, weight 873, at $7.75.
Mrs. Maty Van Aken left the last
iof the week for Julesburg, where she
will visit her son Ray and wife.
Mrs. A. I jejune left for the east
Monday evening for an extended visit
with friends-during the sold season.
Mrs, Pennington is now domiciled
In rooms in the Lindquist home and
says it beats keeping house all to
pieces.
Geo. Dunbar was brought home
from Denver Thursday morning. He
is slightly Improved after his hos
pital treatment.
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Mrs. E. O. Willson returned from
her trip to Paonia Sunday evening
and left for her home in Crested
Butte Monday morning.
Harry DeYarman returned from
Kansas City Thanksgiving morning
and says he is thankful to get back
even if the cattle market was bum.
J. E. Sweet of Sargent, was in,
town early in the w-eek closing a deal i
for a piece of land adjoining his pres- j
cut ranch, and made the Empire a
pleasant call while here.
Word reaches town that Mrs. Ida
M Tucker, once resident here, was
married recently in Salt Lake and
now bears the name of Mrs. A. Ad
amson. Many Gunnison people will
recall her.
Roger Teachout returned Monday
morning from an extended trip east,
during which he visited Washington,
Baltimore, Chicago and other points.
He is looking fine and wo guess thor
oughly enjoyed his vacation.
Six feeders weighing 670 lbs. on the
average were marketed by John M.
Flick who hails from Gunnison, Colo.,
at $7. He also sold 5 feeders weigh
ing 626 lbs. at <57; 3 cows weighing
104.1 lbs. at $5.50 and 2 cows, weight
JkK) lbs., at $5. - -Stockgrowers. Journal.
James Hill, an old time resident of
Faunia, and employe of the D. & R.
G., was brought back from Salida
Tuesday where he passed ’away of
heart failure. Mr. Hill was taken to
S&'kla some time since suffering with 1
pneumonia, and was thought to be
fully recovered when he developed a
heart trouble and suddenly died.
Lewis H. Easterly and his son Le-;
Van returned from Kansas City Tues
day morning. They report that the
market was very bad for cattle and
a hideous oversupply. Bert Dollard
unloaded at Osswatomie, Kansas,
where he previously lived, and will |
pasture and feed for a time looking
for improvement in market condi-!
tions.
Gunnison County's share of the $5,-
000.000 good roads bond issue for I
1921 will amount to $27,713 It is re
ported. Guiin son county apparently
receives the third largest apportion
ment, being superceeded only by-
Larimer and El Paso counties, each
of which hav# more mileage than this
county We have 225 5 miles of roads
in this county.
The First National Bank has inau
gurated a Savings Department as will
be observed by a reading of their
new ad in this paper. The establish
ment of a savings account cannort fall
to do the owner good and every ef
fort to inculcate saving habits is a
good one. particularly at times like
the present, when so much is being
done to create habits of extravagance.
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Mrs. A. M. Nichols of Denver,
mother of L. E. Nichols of this place,
fell in the yard presumably on the
ire, and sustained a broken hip. She
ia 73 years old and the Injury is very
serious on that account. Mr. and
Mrs. Nichols left Saturday evening
to be with her, leaving their ranch
In charge of Ollie Lindamo. Their
stay in Denver will be indefinite as
they do not know in what condition
they will find Mrs. Nicholst ,
Geo. Farnum returned Sunday from
Cedaredge where he has ben working i
in the fruit. He left Monday morn
ing for Ohio City where ho will work |
hia mining property this winter. |
Mr. Farnum has single handed and
alone driven nearly one half mile of
underground workings in these hills
and though seventy years old still
feels capable of doing a full day
shift and cooking his own meals. We
expect him to strike it good in his
present property and hereafter take
it easy, at least we hope so. He has
earned a long prosperous rest.
Dr. Quigley returned Friday from
the meeting of the heads cf the state
institutiens. The meeting was called
by Gov. Shoup and the object was tr
determine hi-w to apportion the ad
) ditional levy. Dr. Quigley said thai
it is likely that the apportionment
will be made in proportion to the
1 present millage support of the insti
tutions. Of course the whole matter
rests with the legislature but the
administration measure is based upon
a mutual understanding between th“
heads of the educational institutions
and with the vote of the people to
back it, as indicated by the generous
support given the educational amend
ment, It will probably be a favored
bill. If the apportionment is made on
the present millage basis, Gunnison
will receive approximately $50,000 an
nually.
Harold Hammond of Paonia, was a
passenger on Monday morning re
turning from Denver. Mr. Hammond
says app'es are about $5 per box re
tail in Denver and the sidings filled
with cars of fruit which speculators
refuse to take at any price. Fine sys
tem of distribution we have when
people have to pay 100% profit to a
holdup who stands between the pro
ducer and consumer.
A phone message from Montrose
brings the news that in the football
game today between Montrose and
Gunnison High School teams Gunni
son won by 20 to 0. Merely follow
ing up their usual record.
Mr. Crawford, representing the
Western Newspaper Union of Denver,
was in town this week, visiting the
, papers. r ilie Empire acknowledges a
! very pleasant call.
Respected Old Lady Passes to the
Other Side
On Sunday the remains of Mrs. Z.
M. Harris, old time citizen of Gunni
son, was brought in from Colorado
Springs where she had passed away
Saturday, the 20th. Mrs. Hafris,,
passed out from extreme old age. be
ing 8i years old at the time.
Funeral services were held the day
of arrival and Rev. J. S. Ferris spoke
feelingly of deceased. Interment was
in the Gunnison cemetery beside her
husband who preceded her some years
ago.
Nndertaker Mrs. Susie Miller had
charge of the funeral arrangements.
Model Cleaners Get New Machine
Monday morning Mr. Guthrie, of
the Model Tailors establishment, call
ed our attention to a new DeVasher
cleaning machine just arrived. With
this machine Mr. Guthrie says he
can clean clothing, including fur and
and gloves just as well as can be
done in any p’ace in the country. He
will have the new machinery install
ed by December Ist and invites all
to call and inspect the finest clothes
cleaning establishment in the west.
Garments cleaned by this process
carry no odor of the sort so fre
quently encountered where the old
processes are used.
Another machine which will be
speedily installed is a glove cleaning
machine which will handle gloves
from the heaviest to the most deli
cate fabric. It is guaranteed that
no odor will bo retained by the pro
cess.
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
HOLDS HEARING HERE
Last Saturday W. F. Mowry, Ref
eree, and Floyd Worden, Reporter,
held a hearing of the State Industria’
Commission in Gunnison and took
testimony in the case of Martin By
ouk who asks compensation for the
death of Joe Byouk last spring at
Crested Butte. Kochevar and Shack
leford appeared for the plaintiff and
E. M. Nourse for the defendant, the
C. F. & I. Co. In this case the testi
mony was concluded and each side
given ten days to file briefs.
In the case of Wm. Waugh vs, the |
Jaunita Coal & Coke Co., Senator'
Hetherington appeared for Plaintiff!
Waugh and Mr. Bowie for the Com- i
|>any. The testimony in this case j
j was not concluded, the hearing be- 1
ing adjourned until Nov. 29th at Sa
lida, where the plaintiff will be ex- j
amined by physicians to establish!
more definitely the extent and last- 1
ing character of his disability.
Several other cases had been set!
for hearing but were adjourned over j
on account of the non-appearance of
the plaintiffs.
While here Mr. Mowry paid this!
office a very pleasant call ami dis
cussed mutual friends in the state.
Not Book Learning
! The teacher had been talking to
the class on the importance of milk
in the daily diet. She talked at
length upon carbohydrates, proteids,
| and fats, and the part they played in
the upkeep of the human body. And
then she asked Calamity Ed's kid.
Hennery:
“Henry, what three foods are need
ed to keep the body in health?’*
Hennery reddened, gulped convul
sively, and then blurted out:
“Breakfus*, dinner an* supper!”
The Pilot gives you all the news.
Substance
for Shadow
By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD
(<£). 19 20. by McClure Nowspaper Syndicate.)
“Expect to arrive in Preston, 8
o’clock ; yours as of old, Earl.”
Caroline, fingering the telegram In
her lap, wondered whence came the
leaden feeling In her heart as she pon
dered the imminent meeting with Earl
Baldwin. She knew from the very
wording of the message that the old
question was to be reopened as to
whether she would marry him. Evi
dently her Insistence on going to
France in the face of his violent pro
tests had not quenched his ardor ut
terly. There had been many weeks of
silence, then one or two casual letters,
end now this telegram.
Well, marriage with him would cer
tainly be a solution. If one coaid look
at It In that way. Somehow or other,
the little home town of Preston had
seemed dreadfully dull since her re
turn. It was hard to pick up the old
threads again, hard to find a niche in
which to take refuge from the memo
ries which obsessed her.
Always they were with her —those
memories of the days In France. Not
a trained nurse, Caroline had yet man
aged to elude the rad tape restrictions
and slip across, a thing not so difficult
to do In the early, short-handed days
of the war. Once arrived, her efficient
and tireless personality had helped her
“You—you!*
to make good where others less capa
ble had been sent home.
Those days were over now, hut per
petually home In Preston, where noth
ing ever happened, flitted visions of
places and episodes In France. And of
all the recollections, one alone never
left her —the picture of a tall, thin fig
ure in khaki, both arms In a sling, a
maple leaf his insignia.
The discovery that they had a com
mon bond between them—they had
both seen Niagara Falls!—led them on
to further conversational explorations.
Bit by bit, Caroline drew him on to
tell of his western Canadian home, a
rolling prairie fringed at a far horizon
with blue mountains. By means of such
Innocent advances their acquaintance
ripened into friendship. Then sudden
ly, Impetuously, he told her he loved
her, und she, Heaven forgive her! had
taken his declumtion lightly, doubting
Its real worth. Convalescents so often
fell lu love with their nurses.
The next day he had been dis
charged. Practically “as good as
new;” he had returned to the front.
She hud never seen him again, did not
know If he were alive or dead. But
little by little she had come to realize
that his love was not mere gratitude,
but a passion so real and deep that
by Its very Intensity, It had succeeded
In awukenlng a response in her —a re
sponse, however, which came too late, I
She had never mentioned him to her
family. This was due partly to a dell- 1
cate reticence on a subject which .
touched her so deeply, partly to a feel- j
ing that there would be no patience |
with a sentiment which turned down '
Earl Baldwin’s substantial self in fa
j vor of u shadowy apparition sub
merged in the limbo of a war that was
i over.
Truth to tell, Caroline never thought
of him as living. So very few of those
who went at first were safe and whole
today.
But the memory of him fought
against her acceptance of Earl. And
In addition, there was that feeling
about Earl himself. Would not the
same pig-headeduess which, when she
• refused to respect his wishes about
j going to France, led him to sulk for
! months, prove nn Insurmountable bur
rler to wedded happiness? Would not
that which, In youth, might charita
bly be called force of character, de
generate with the years into sheer
dominating assertiveness?
Yet Caroline was no advocate of the
single life for innn or woman. She be
lieved In homes and In children. This
was probably her last opportunity for
marriage. Even If her dream lover
were alive she had never told him
where she lived, and he would never
know thut she returned his love. Take
It all Ir. all, the sensible, sane thing
|. ivajfct* marry Earl.
: Three hours later, Caroline, in the
midst of a patiently expectant family.
' sat awaiting the coming of the man
| she had decided to marry. To every
I one but herself the hour was tinged
j with romance, for Caroline’s sisters
understood without being told thut
Earl was coming to ask Caroline to
marry him, und of course dear Caro
line would say “yes.” imagine any
girl nearing her thirties refusing a
successful mun like Earl! ,
“Now, don’t be mean and keep him
waiting foi his answer, Carol.” admon
ished Alice. "Remember how long he
has waited already l”
If Caroline thought of the long days
in France when she had waited for a
letter from Earl, she guve no sign.
Some hidden, almost psychic, force
seemed projected from the entire fam
ily, pushing her into the arms of the
man who was coming. There was to
be, evidently, no escape.
In through the open window drifted
the fragrance of lilacs, and ever after
ward Caroline associated them with
this hour. Suddenljfrthe bell rang and
all eyes focused on Caroline. Again,
she felt their Influence as she rose
slowly and left the room. It was long
before she returned.
For when Caroline with fingers that
were cold, opened the door, she drew
back stunned, with a short gasping
cry.
A splendid, tall young man, quiet
eyed and smiling, stood on the step,
his hat in his hand. Caroline drew
Into the twilight of the hall and was
in turn drawn into the shelter of his
arms.
Many seconds later, Caroline put the
question, “How did you find me?”
“Don’t you remember, dear, the fl/st
night I was brought to the hospital? I
couldn’t sleep and you stopped as you
were passing through the ward and
read to me awhile? As you opened
the book, 1 could see the lly leaf with
an address. Unconsciously I remem
bered it —the naihe of a girl’s school. I
recalled it later, thought It was prob
ably the one you graduated from and
when I came home for good I hunted It
up and ultimately traced you here. I
simply hud to find you I”
Later, a much astonished family was
Introduced to the strunger, not that
they could view him exactly as n
stranger when Caroline, suddenly
grown young and happy, hung on to
Ills arm and called him “Bruce dear.”
“How about Earl?” asked Alice
bluntly.
“Oh, you look out for him,” said Car- I
ollne absently. But Alice took her ad
vice, took it so seriously, indeed, that j
she made a life job of it und eventual
ly rode In the sedans and super sixes I
which might have been her sister’s.
But Caroline, with her soldier-farm
er husband, farming vast acres of
golden wheat on the sunlit plains of.
Alberta, had no regrets.
IMPRESSED ON BRAIN CELLS
Almost Innumerable Records Aro
Made During the Lifetime of
the Ordinary Individual.
It Is generally computed by scien
tists that one-third of a second is re
quired to produce an “impression” on
the human brain, and the brain is
constantly receiving and recording Im
pressions during every waking mo
ment of a person’s life. Therefore,
assuming that he has slept one-third
of the time, a man Of fifty years has
recorded in his brain cells no less
than 3,155,700,000 separate impres
sions. These impressions are as per
manent as photographs, and not one
is ever lost, though it may be mis
placed, so to speak, and that is all
that happens when something Is “for
gotten.” The Impression Is safe
enough in the brain, if one could only
put his hands on It. Poor memory
is simply the result of u had filing
system.
The average weight of the male
brain Is 49V6 ounces und of the female
44 ounces. The woman’s brain has a
higher specific gravity. The man has
a lurge brain In proportion to stuture,
but woman’s brain is larger in propor
tion to her werghL The different* be
tween the weight of brain in man
and woman is much more marked
among civilized than among primitive
races, and Is most marked in the Cau
casian race. The femule brain begins
to lose weight after the age of thirty,
but that of a man does not do so un
til ten or fifteen years later. The loss
In woman is very slight, however, and
she keeps up a high brain weight
much later —until seventy—than does
a man, so that In old age the differ
ence In weight is reduced to its min
imum, which is a little over three
ounces.
When a brain falls to a weight of
87H ounces In man or 32% ounces In
u woman It is called raicrocephallc,
and the general rule is that below
these limits idiocy exists. There Is,
therefore, just five ounces less amount
of brain matter needed to keep u wom
an from Idiocy thnn Is needed for a
man. The clear Inference Is, there
fore, that the woman’s 44-ounce brain
Is quite as good as the man's brain.
Odd Rhode Island Expressions.
Another elderly woman of New Eng
land recalls when Impoitant letters
were “backed” with the words “in
huste” which, she states, had about
the same effect upon the post office de
partment us they would have today.
The vlllnge gossip was the “hellcat,” a
woman expecting visitors “fixed her
self up” and a perverse person was a
“crooked stick.”
She still speaks of the servant as
the “help” and of “doing” the dishes
and calls the garbage “swill,” but so
do lots of other people—ln Rhode In
land. —Herbert Hall Taylor, In Provi
dence Journal.
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