OCR Text |
Show f aaaii Gunnison Gossip By O. Nemo. ' The youns man who gets full of booze, rolls a cifiarette between .' his lips and puts his time leering at ladies pacing on the sreet, is about as valuable a3 h fly-blow on a piece of ) mutton and as ornamental as- a cactus on the hillside, , i prospects, and many of them . do' not Ko away until they iaveat in Ro:ne of this soil. There is no better spot in Utah, or in the west 'anywhere, than right, hei-8 in-ths valley of Greater Gunnison to get a piece of this land, , which will at once grow in value ami will produce hay, .grain, vegetables, and -fruits in -profusion-. This valley I is destined to become the great apple belt of Jtah. Marli the fact. '; The local p iper shoold be a sup- In this- world, forgetfulness - is ns great a blessing as memory ; it is a sort of mental clearing house. There are mauv more things we should forget for-get than remember; However, do notiafer from this statement that one should cultivate a poor memory for good and jiseful. Remember your prayer, the poor, and the printer, and your days will be prolonged. A fly and a flea in a fl'ia were im pris i.is 1 ; , porter of all legitimate pubHe enterprises, enter-prises, stiiving to advance the. -inter ests of (he community and of all worthy citizens. It should be a friend and educator to every roan, .woman and child who reads it. On' the other hand the public, individually and collectively, should tally to the support sup-port of t hMr home priper and give it.' such aid as will help to make it more-interesting more-interesting and useful. It "requires money, brains and labor to produce a lively local paper, and it is the duty of every one to render such help jas will tend to make it more readable. 5e a subscriber, advertise your busi ness, jnve it your job work, and give to the editor any item of news -which may be of public ioterest. In tlrs t-ay the paper will improve and grow "n public estimation and become air ibject of pride to the town, benefitting lioth itselj and the public. Don't j ou now that the local newspaper does Now what could tney .cum feaidthefly, "Let us flee," Said the flea, ;Lot us fly." So they flew through a flaw in the fllue. ' Good bye, old comet. We dn't expect to see you again for Beventy-five Beventy-five years ; and when you call again you will look at Greater Gunnison ir wonder, for there will be 50,000' peo- nore to boost your city than all other ustrumentalities? Don't forget the jrii.ter. Selah. pie staring at you from thi 8 valley Come agaia, old boy. The golden rule of which we hearo in childhood has ceased to be a rule and has become the exception. In these days of greed and graft the ru!t is; "Do unto others as they would do unto you,--but do iheh fir-sfc" Did you ever notice that good humor is catching? Let a man laugh heartily in a orowd, and everybody around him will smile and be happy. Why, e?en the laugh of a little child will put a sober audience in- a merry mood and drive care and trouble from all who hear it. Laugh, and the world laughi with you Weep and the world langha at you. Occasionally there bebs up a knocker of tha town, who imagines he 1 can stop the wheels of progress. : Such creatures infest all communi-i communi-i ties, and Providence permits them to exist for the same reason that we have . snakes, fliee, fleas aud cholera morbus However, their croaking will not check ths growth of Greater Gunni son or prevent a single public enterprise. enter-prise. These fallows are as useless to a community as a tad pole' a tail, as ornamental as the waits of a toad, and will lat about aa long asan icicle in August. Let them alone and they will soon dry up aud lea "6 nothiug but a bad Bmell. Almost every day brings home-seekers home-seekers to this valley and they invariably in-variably become charmed with our |