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Show Gunnison Gossip By 0. Nemo. A good ball player has to reach to catch the ball, and a good business man reaches to catch trgde. The man who does not advertise his business in the days of push will have the spiders weaving their webs over his front door. It is better to eat dry bread and drink cold water from a mountain epriug than to feast on dainties and revel in wine and excitement. Better to sleep on a mattress of straw than to lie awake od the rich man's couch. Better to have one true, faithful friend than a hundred parasites, which hover around while the sky iB bright i supreme court were billed to feel the political puis ; of Gunnison last Friday Fri-day but failed to show up for gome unknown reason and the chicken dinner at the Hotel Gribble was consumed con-sumed by the regular boarders and the democrats. It is too bad, gentlemen, gentle-men, that you missed seeing a live 'progressive" town. Try it agaiu and see if you cannot "come back " A good game of base ball is great sport; but to be eDjoyable it should be played in good humor by both the players and the audience. It is all right to cheer' and applaud your favorite fa-vorite players, but be fair and just to the other side when they make a good play, and applaud them also. Americans Amer-icans believe in fair play in all contests, con-tests, therefore let us be true sportsmen. If some forlorn prospector were to turn up iu our city with his pockets filled with rich gold nuggets, claim ing to have found them in the mountains moun-tains east of town, two-thirds cf all the men would be scouring the hills, with pick and shovel the next day, iu-tenton iu-tenton striking a gold mine. The chance3 are that ninety-nine out of every hundred who went out would come back em pt -handed. Now, all arouna Greater Gunnison, on the foothills and higher lands, there exists a mine of inexhaustable wealth that as yst has not scarcely been prospected. The fruit lands of this valley are equal if not superior to those of Green Kiver, Provo, Color-ada, Color-ada, or Payette, Ida., where the profits prof-its from fruit land runs from $500 to $1,000 per acre annually. The writer hereof has so frequently urged this industry through these columns, that it may seem tiresome, but if the old settlers do not avail themselves of this great source of wealth, new blood will oomeln who will get the reward. Plant aa orchard and have a gold mine. but flee from you when the storm approaches. ap-proaches. Fresh air and sunshine, health and love are greater treasures than diamonds, soft slothing, or the millionaire's gold. There sre but two great political parties now on exhibition in the United Uni-ted States, the '"stand patters" and the "progressives," Each has a double ringed circus, one with a Cannon and the other with a colonel for clowns. Red lemonade and popcorn pop-corn free, performance daily regardless regard-less of the weather. Get your tickets erly and avoid the crush. It is said that "truth is Btranger than fiction." This must be correct, as truth seems to be quite a stranger in the world in these degenerate dys, while fiction is around at every cor-'- uw,'rendy to shake hands and invite soci ibility. - If old Diogenes were to come back to earth with his lantern, looking for truth, he would have to wear doubl lens glasses to find the object of his search. A party of political hand shakers frim (he capital of the state, consisting consist-ing of a live governor, a real U. S. senator, and a genuine judge of the |