Sept. 17

The first snow of the season covered the higher peaks Tuesday night.

Miss Helen Carpenter departed by the afternoon train Sunday for Colorado Springs to resume her studies at Colorado College. She was accompanied by her father, Samuel Carpenter. (He was a county attorney and passed away in 1936. He married Jennie Smith, whose father, H. M. Smith, settled in the Mancos Valley in 1876. She married Sam Carpenter in 1895.)

The first snow came Monday night. It killed all tender vegetation.

W. H. Gilliland one of the enterprising young dry farmers of the Yellow Jacket country was in last Saturday to see how the local market is fixed for beans, contracting about half a ton to our merchants to start with. (He was a nephew of Patricia Gilliland who died in Denver during a medical checkup in 1979.)

The dahlia show, held yesterday afternoon in the Noland Building on North Main Street, attracted quite a number of visitors, mostly ladies who came out to admire the beauty of the flowers.

Honey in exchange for wheat, also honey vinegar at 25 cents per gallon. Brookwood Apiary.

Rev. James H. Davis, state evangelist for the Baptist Church, arrived from Denver on Tuesday evening began a series of services at the Odd Fellow Hall.

E. S. Freeman is again owner of half interest in the coal mine and equipment of the Mancos Fuel Co. He intends to make some radical changes that will put into effect and will increase economy and better service.

Jim Kernan is bringing in from his ranch some of as finest flavored peaches as we have ever seen grown in any country.

Thirty cars of livestock are being loaded each of these fine September days. C. F. Turner has brought in two big loads of hogs, which he sold to local markets.

Darrel Ellis is a historian of the Mancos Valley. Email him at dnrls@q.com.