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Show Gunnison Gossip By Nemo The tints of autumn are now beau-I- "x tifying the streets and environments of Greater Gunnison ; the harvest of thlt rich valley is pouring its wealth of grain, vegetables and plftlfa seed into the hand of the .thrifty farmer ; and health, happiness and good morale orown all our people. What a glorious time we are having I The public will be treated to hand shakes and pleasant smiles as long as the candidates for office last. The season, however, will close about November No-vember 8th sharp. - it brings joy supreme, both to the speaker as well as hearer. But the little word ''No I'' is of times of more value and better security than any sound that can be uttered. It saves money, preserves one's reputation, declines disgrace and cultivates respect re-spect ; it increases the worth of the word "Yes." In our experience in life, next to this adverb of negation in importance s silence. Better far say nothing than to otter the wrong word. "Speech is silver, silence is golden." The Japanese have a group of statuary stat-uary that represents the correct course of conduct, which prevents much trouble in life, namely, "See nothing, hear nothing, say nothing." Djn't crowd the "pie counter," gentlemen ; remember there is only room for one-half of you at a time, the balance will have to wait two more years. With our system of waterworks complete, the electric lights flashing from house to house and cement sidewalks side-walks laid on the prinoipal business streetB, Greater Gunnison, the gem of the valley, will be in a prosperous mood to eat a Christmas turkey. When two men ride ODe horse one must sit behind trie other. A president presi-dent and an ex-president cannot both hold the reins, sit in the saddle and guide the horse ; ntither can they both ' ride the same animal and go ia opposite op-posite directions. Tha people of this country are having a spectacular political po-litical stunt of the above kiud put on the boards by Colonel T. R, and another. A plutocratic judge in a Utah city has recently decided that an ordinance ordi-nance forbidding bicyles to be used on tha sidewalks is void. That is right ; give the sidewalks to trie bicycles bi-cycles the streets to the automobiles and the air to the biplanes, and let the pedestrian take his chances with the dogs. There is plenty of room (or a poor devil to dodge out in the middle of the street and if he gets knocked down or run over he can howl ttnd limp away like a caninp, What business has a poor man to be on the earth any way? There is a charm in the word "Yesl'' There are occasions where |