Show mt emmons store destroyed by fire the mt lit emmons hardware store owned by rutus rufus rogers was totally destroyed by ire fire saturday evening about 9 after mrs R rogers who had tended the store all day had gone home the tire fire was first discovered by howard cluff and harry Cha chapman two small boys who were playing about halt a block away and who first saw flames shooting out of a broken window pane their alarm brought everyone out but nothing could be done as the frame building was soon art an ablaze the cause of the tire fire is not known and mrs rogers declared no onu had been smoking there during the day mr rogers had in stock besides the building all of 0 which he lost there is 1800 ir insurance on the merchandise and building A peculiar coincident is the tact fact that two strange men were seen tu drive into torri about half an hour before the tire fire in a ford car and stop on a side street after passing the store about midnight the car returned with two men in it As soon as they passed the lire fire their lights were turned oft off and they left town in the dark their actions were mysterious but whether they had anything to do with the ire fire is not known mt lit emmons correspondent |