Show STATE LINE NEWS mrs airs alary V bromley br amley special correspondent tile the egnar store building and gar age a owned by rl rix owensby lecell ly bought from A V darrett barrett was comi com destroyed by fire about 9 lo clock thursday day night of lust week by heroic efforts about about half of the stock of merchandise was saved anti and carried across the road to another building bull dIng the fire fireway fir ewas was paused by tile the eDl explosion slon of drums of gas ignited 1 by the flames of a coleman lamp which I rich mr mi owensby was waa using P utting putting gas in the tank of a car driven by charley bradburn Biad Drad buin burn when it a gust or of wind broke the mantels driving thy the flames toward the drums which int am mediately med lately exploded with canon sound and spectacular effect as the flames shot hot upward in rings which an eyu eye described as appearing in for 1 j matlon ma don like the rings lings of smoke moke 3 blown front the mouth of a smoker that thai no one was hurt Is almoite beyond comprehension no nn insurance vas was carrier tho The editor of the san juan record was a pleasant caller at northdale Nort hdale sunday the regular monthly meeting or of tile lie montezuma county chamber ot of corn coin merce was held at tire the inland cafe in dovo dove creek bieak on monday night some twenty members and visitors partook I 1 of one of mrs orrs ex celent fried ti led I 1 I 1 achl acken dinners after which the regu ar business session was wag held sheriff J F pare gage who thohas hasteen has been in DIsa disappointment county on official busl j ness for the past 10 days returned to dove creek monday nig night ht tle he was ire aci by county c commissioner mioner J E evens who in com company pany with commissioner S M conn went vent to rico tuesday rooming morning to be present at the equalization board meeting willell which sits this week rev hev W E parks parka of moab doali will hold 1 l a church service at the horsehead i school house on saturday night sept eth mr air and mrs lack dick miller from tilt the squaw flat vicinity v anity are building a small house in dove creek where they will reside this winter for cheti purpose of sending bending their cl ildren to school r chark lewean te teacher acher of tile the oak drover groe was taken 16 to the joli johnt son pon hospital in cortez monday with will what was pronounced as a light case of lof typhoid fever mrs mis le maggr Is 1 in ills ilia place as teacher leather mis alis J E weston and bon hive have re turned to their ranch at horsehead Hoise head after se verril years absence in ili irinus various irl nus localities due to mr air westons acrivi tle i in minim interests the dove creek civic club ch was as an nt at tile church chinch on its iti ine eting day dav last week mrs mis W I 1 L enri anre hoine boine tile ho hostess hosted this aciz waa the annual election of officers and re ie bulted as follows mis airs 13 F II 11 president mis airs john dunbar w president pies ident mrs mis P D in Il illinger linter corre cone secretary mrs mis floyd fiod davis treasurer mr and mis airs N 0 coola went to anva sunday to at it nt at the limilo me ot of mr air and mrs Chri they re ie turned monday W hurlbutt Huil Hurl buit of nf boulder Bould pr coo Is visiting tinT this week eek nt at the home or of his daughter daught pr airs mi a floyd johnson at Ca cabone balione lione an old time nel dance was vas enjoyed flat saturday Satu iday night nt at tile her ahrne 1 of 0 air 1 l and mrs mis kail hall howell at ucolo bucolo mr ali and mrs mis howell expect to leave soon for cortez where licie theli will spond the winter mr air and mrs airs ROY miller pd by mr and mrs MM cecil huckleberry of longdale Lons dalo oaklahoma lahoma arrived arl dinv inv ot of lift week for a 1 visit with ills his parents mr air and mrs robert of rill ant ath lier let brother and family mr air and mrs airs ralph miller rd ed Sh arstall and C E crapo camu in last week with ft a load of fruit from aiom Pall podA and I 1 again sunday for another lea load mr air and mrs mis J A warren wan en and son pat nt shady grove and mr air and mrs J IT horry were sunday dinner i I 1 u is at tho the L V shutt home 1101 mr and mi all mia a cordell father andl and h e or of mrs Is IV L larrance and berst alss cartha cordell arrived isaaf last rilday id l fr from m iowa and are visiting jat 11 1 the larrance Lar ranco home in n hove dove creek i we lve are told that airs its E AT gain eter of the grayson dry farm has feea engaged n to teach the school at ar leolo lc olo and will board at the C D palce P lionie h h ji canyon ur mr and anle mrs J D lamboff lamb Lam bof of mceldo canyon anil and her mother mrs airs murphey 1 who I 0 o Is vis visiting fit ng them from kansas were among those attending attend ing the con boer vance sale saturday ila C retson who operates a bruek truck line between los angeles anil and callup up arrived last week for a visit I 1 at the home 0 of ills his lather father W 11 garretson Oar bir retson 4 11 W H aj peters returned last week dry basin where lie has beer employed in the hay lay fields j mr and mrs verne bliss of la sal leveir visiting i last tuesday week at all the aie home iome or his sister mrs airs IT U butt percy thatcher a student at the colorado po lorado state agricultural college has aas been visiting ills sister mrs W 11 II garretson this week SS the dove creek people have re spooled to lo the tant ight befell tile J M weese family when they lost their home and house eliom goods by fire recently suffice ent lumber with vork ork has hag be been n sub to build them a new home and its erect erection lon was commenced the first pf af th ill week e mr and mrs allie tucker and family cornier forro pr i of 0 tile the high hill in neighborhood who have been living in kansas for some time nave return ed to lo tilt this section and are looking tor for location Io catlon mr lir and mrs C C thomas thomaa and her other mrs luce were up from saturday to attend tile the conner sal ji I mr and mrs caldwell Calr twell ot of denver were guests last week at the W H garretson home I 1 ome II 11 1 the brothers trucks took out a s shipment of bulls to durango monday da y one of them weighing over 2000 pounds PO I 1 E A carpenter official weather ns ne at Norl lid ite give in ills his report tor for august a inch rain tall fall friday the tile the maxim maximum lim temperature tempera pera ture re was 82 with saturday the baing ing th colpit col pst filsht at as 35 il 0 attended ahe canner tao a 0 sale at t tile the vance at kilps ETI ething Ing I 1 anit ift saturday two expect to in leave soon tor for where they will emko anake their future home the comm community unit is sorry to have them leave and wish them prosperity in III their new home alix owenby and W A 0 aarn of nl km jonir ir were in Nort northdale hdale monday for a truck load of gas |