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Show TWO CHILDREN COME TO OGDEN FROM COLORADO TO JOIN MOTHER; DO NOT KNOW HE ADDRESS; STILL AT DEPOT Scores of mllee from tholr homo and niwoclatoo, and without knowledge knowl-edge of their mother' whereabouts, Esther Varner, age 14, and her throc-year-old' nlstor Helen arrlvod In Ogden Og-den unescorted last night from Grand Junction, Colorado. Mra. Varnor la , thought to bo In Ogdon. The young-j stora woro Bent here by their aunt, , MrB. Elda Valdcz, 2-1 S Colorado uvo- nuo, and according to Esther, Mra. Valdez forwarded a letter to their i mother tolling hor that tho children woro on their way to Ogden. ' Detective Robert Chambers of the Ogden police department, was notl- fled of the children's presence this morniny by tho matron at the depot. He made inquiry at the poatofflce and learned that Mrs. Varner had: been receiving mall by general delivery ; but that no letter had been delivered! to hor for several days. I It Is the belief of Detective Cham-j bera that the letter forwarded by the! aunt has not yet reached Ogden. He sent a post card, general delivery, to I tho mother Esthor was considerably concerned over her mother's failure to be present! when the train arrived but was as- Biirod that It win raoroly because the Jotter from Colorado had not arrlvod. ar-rlvod. Tho younger of tho children, a diminutive di-minutive miss, with long flaxen hair, uecmed not at all worried. She played about the waiting room at the depot and attracted considerable attention of thoso who were waiting for trains. Esther stated that her mother's name was Gertrude Varner and that she had left Colorado about a month ago, coming to Ogden to find employment. em-ployment. Because she recently changed her address and had not notified noti-fied her relatives in Colorado, the children had no Idea as to where she j lived. "While they remembered the number for the former address of their mother, they could not recall the name of the street. I The children are now under the charge of the depot matron and will remain under her supervision until evening, unless the mother calls for them. If the children arc still alone Ithls evening, they will be removed by the police and placed In the custody cus-tody of a responsible person until (such time as their mother can be' located. |