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Show Fire at R. D. Wadley's Matches, u small boy and a lire caused a loss of ubout $350 to It. D. Wadley last Friday. Mr. Wadley wns In Alpine when tho flro broke out. nnd tho llrst notlco that Mrs. Wadley had of tho conflngatlon was when she heard a cracking sound, nnd looking out of tho window sho snw flames leaping up nbovo tho granory. Instantly In-stantly sho called for holp nnd attached at-tached tho hoso to tho hydrant. Mrs lid. Wadley did the snmo thing with hor hoso and telephoned to Pleasant Orovo for the flro department. About fifty men enmu P from Pleasant Grove and tho effective ork of the flro department saved n mush greator loss. Water from tho "." turned down to thero was plent ol lv Iter available. Chief Kemp, o J J. flro department, wns Just io Jul inl U. from ii camping trip to A er can Fork canyon and arrived soon iiltoi tho ouulppment camo from town. Tho loss wna In tho burning of lot of straw, tho bumliiB cranery and a lot of wheat and oats ?,e Xat vcrt will bo vululess o flour purposes, but lll bo good for ehlckoiis, etc. .,,n.s hlh Mr. Wadley duH res to express 111 appreciation for tho help of th nr ftmt.nent and citizens who tune out, for had it not been -or t cl hej n vnluablo burn nnd much other pro pVrty would havo been destroyed. |