Show TH "Mi D El ' MOA U I 1A THURSDAY H- EBRUARY I 4 2(j 19 I DENT E N i mum Bl MED 3 N -1 TWO PAGE di T1 M ES E POISOifflB £ $ flag fSOi® SH KILLS "TED" HARPER TAKES OWN LIE WHILE SUERAT DENVER INC ROM EECTS O POISONOUS DRINK i a 1 i ' I l a ‘W?---- I "iCSr- 'R ll'M pi If r I 1 nil 1 K - ml a Junction Sentinel) known to Smith Harper the Grand friends over many is Harper dead at ‘Ted" his Arvada having suicided home in there on Sunday while suffering from the effectsof wood alcohol poisoning (Grand Theodore s I i nn dniihi have resultedin ne news v blindness as great shock tragic death came here friends Harper many in the lower valley and was the stock business there un-til in few months Since that time ao he has been resident of Arvada ami head of the Zuni Mineral Water company him in that Associated with also a Roseo Purcell business was of this city Mr funner resident but a few in Grand Junction was in weeks ago and at that time spoke of the business enterprise glowing terms he head and of the of which was it Mr the offered great prospects member of the local Harper was having become a olmemlodge of Elks the tier last June while resident lower valley Harper Of the tragic death of Mr the Denver News says: the effects His mind crazed from wood-alcohol of what was said to be death realizing that poisoning and Theodore Smith Har-! was imminent 32 per president of the Zuni Mineral shot himself through Water company the head in the family home at Arvada Sunday noon He died instantly given riends believing that he wasinvestigating the liquorby some enemy are to determine the source of th'1 supply Harper who is married and the baby father of an disappeared from his home one week ago Sunday effort to loThe family made every he had met cate him believing that foul' play riwith It not until was in de day a evening that he returned lirious condition after six day's ahHe found wandering was sence Arvada and through the streets of kindly persons took him to his hom-1 in an automobile All day Saturday some one of the household stayed constantly by his side Toward noph Sunday he was left alone for a few moments An explosion and heard and his wife was brother Kenneth rushed into the basement believing that gasoline had exploded pump the sort had nothing of inding happened Mrs Harperran to her husband's bed chamber and found him lythe bed his head shattered across by bullet from a large caliber gun a which was lying by nis side became hysterical Mrs Harper when the startling discovery was made and threatened to kill herself also M J Erwin and C L neighbors were called to pacify her and they found it necessary to remove the all premises lest weapons from she should attempt to join her hus- 1 i for less than rates have the rising cost of played reight r in 'he freight to of freight A suit and wilt the that ton a to $30 2265 Ims - ' The for has It increased 20 fuel and qualities dollars the mills and ‘ X these other the cloth to charges amount to the the wool ' j the tailors but but a few cents I j wore I ( pair of shoes that used to $5 goes from the New England factory to the lorida dealer for freight charge of 5?3 cents - only a rate one cent more than the $10 The sell of from Chicago ! - Passenger Sport Model -Head ' $ 595 1 Roadster $1490 Seven Passenger Car $1640 Seven-Passenger Sedan our Coupe $2575 Passenger $2350 Ktnodio b nca o Garage 15-car-old to Utah River Green a cent a our Perfected Idaiid I ' pre-war two-thirds are ive- Pa as e n ge r Touring Car $1490 1 of due i for Beef pays only pound freight a New York powerful to an of economical hese operation its Nash to -In j into is Valve Motor- acknowledged to generally now be one of the most efficient power in vehicles plants passenger motor Its high has worth been and by proved severe country wide owner service 18-months-old crns 5 quiet I ' only Other transportationcharges enter carrying cost of the finished article- to cents $50 the suit has increased of freight on 22 hrlatiiifr4ieocWont Six Nash degree unusual The i ! is charge I I Nash Six- Powerful Quiet Economical and The a cent for sold I I-ar-per cents freight suit sells cost The h I I 1 - -ing IJ I I J American in freight rates are the lowest world the 'Ta I ill £3 -j Li M r-n 3 published by the Railway Executives is advertisement Association of VALUE CARS AT M VOLUME HH M i I M 'rd-Pipl ax -Brinkerhoff qfas PRICES I I CONTRACTS WITH SHEARERS SEGO MASTER MECHANIC whereabouts DIES ROM CANCER body was taken to Golden o'l fltP T'tjSl hv nOLEWUI MCL ICUU Coroner Woods V obtain literature Kenneth Harper told the authorities Geo'rge C Townsley! T E Coulson master mechanic at State tried to find him but could Marshal Wool growers' association "We City Extent of the case and! ruita not riday night he was brought made an investigation Seg0( Utah died at the into a signed contract withM entered He had Harder soeeplyl pitol home been drinking and he Tuesday night at 6 o'clock from Sheepshearers' Union of North bl sick Mrh They said he had I verv to Denver to bring her of £De He was contwi gleohol" stomach drunk wood was necessary (aneer crira for this season The his widow and baby son No motive for Harper's act is firm now ruita ernted upon in Decemberat the committee repn familv who are Barton Harper leaves a motherThea tiMivn liv the was prepared by sister and two brothers there the belief thrif he self desmall by Dr and association chose Porter was seating the woolgrowers' the from hospital have been ordered for than suffer the aftervarious funeral will be held tomorrow structjon rather More than 85000 small tings nave lesser onescemeteries for alcolhol N parlors marked improvement m his condition Seventeen and a half cents a head these Ameri-' of the' wood Where T Rogers undertaking been purchased by the war department It is airmount cemetery for a dead announced that these be securc( the liqu'd is so far a mys-fmgs Burial will be at whie but he was rushed back board or the equivalent is the scale the decoration of the to serve for of to will be forwarded Europe fortery lt js y)0Ssible authorities say 1 ne mineral water company mineral waici and did not to count graves of American Insoldiers the naladdition that hc which Harner was president has of-i for a second operation Ench ram sheared is display beginning next Memorial day was giVen it through who lie hurriedofin Europe tbu: fiees in the ho ice of Colorado building Harp- ray from the shock innnrai sheen 350 Bv the terms of tie conu 80 flags large size and some enemy who realized Ar'VfiH'i is one ot the! tn1 nia bring death in one U hATYin K Thursday morning1 II K Saturday for the drink would its members Thurber left in the vi that He appointed ir the union agrees was a Hi ern U1IC form or another man ol most beautifully after spending several days in from the Methodist enuren at v ELECTROCUTED Denver ic CAN'T BE XL ‘O KIJCUOLVU cirnnt&l nnp in this vicinity regular habits and never went away humane examining uranium pro-1 Cor Grand Junction News work manner -ruita from home without notifyinghis fam- the main part of the town perties UVctlll ever for been i'one Sunday" last 15-year-I six i The ci X 4 3 had since his i HI "Brother days eld of ilv j I ! 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