Show MOTHER LOVE WINS OUT IN DESPERATE BATTLE WITH SNOW bl blizzard azard traps family in bleak mountain pass woman goes for aid pagosa springs colo trapped tor for three days in a swirling blizzard near the crest ot of wolf creek pass one of tho the most dangerous in colorado almost frozen nearly exhausted by hunger and exposure and the calm of 0 thieves the family of N X R stites of oklahoma including mr air stites his wife and several children were rescued and brought here only through the heroism of the and mother despite the fact that mrs stites battled her way for ten miles most impassable drifts and in the face of a howling blizzard the aid she obtained from the ranch house of oscar mccoy almost came too late for her four year old daughter was suffering from severely frozen hands and feet aben vi hen brought here while mrs stites was struggling through the buge drifts for aid and her husband was caring tor for the children and vainly trying to comfort them and keep the spark of life lie burning in their chilled bodies thieves rifled the stites machine and stole their bedding ax shovel and other tools stalled by engine trouble there was a hint of snow in the air when the stites machine struggling up the sharp ascent of the p pass ass developed engine trouble and stalled in vain did mr stites endeavor to repair the machine as hla his wife and family hovered near lending what aid their inexperienced fingers could give then the storm descended swirling gusts of snow first whipped through p ae amz 7 4 ja she set off alone the pass getting heavier as the snow began to form into drifts driven from ills his work on the car through the numbing cold mr sti tes was forced to abandon ills his attempt at making repairs and herded his family into tile the nearest shelter night descended the blizzard roared with mth increasing force morning came but with it no lessening of the fury of the storm one day passed cold and hunger brought whisperings whimper rings ings from the children and comforting words were all ta that bat tife the father and mother could offer came a second night and a second day the whisperings whimper ings of the children had grown to tearful appeals tor lor lood food and for m warmth arnith mother starts for aid with the courage born of the danger to her loved ones mrs stites determined to make a desperate effort to obtain aid clasping her children to her breast for what might be the last time she set off alone facing tile the deadly perils of the blizzard plunging into at the unknown hours dragged by exi exhausted bausted by hunger and her own exertions she struggled through the drifts sometimes falling sometimes almost forced to relinquish her but always there remained the thought of her loved ones she went on I 1 at last she readied reached the ranch house of mccoy and told in incoherent words her story ald aid immediately was rus rushed hed to the hubband and the children and they were brought here A brother of mr air stites in ophir was anas notified and lie he came here for the family |