Show spectacular fire 1 destroy D m 8 home ff faw vf ask tseh A q ca lia 0 act au ri bot B ot JB 11 h filiss r 25 IR alt 9 01 11 wednesday afternoon fire completely destroys home and contests it could have been saved if there had been fire plug plu nearby PEACE OFFIC OFFICERS C RS MAKE investigation TRIP sheriff horace allred alfred and county Atto incy 11 II E make were called to the extreme south end of the county last week on a coni complaint plaint of W IT II Ellerin eyer of dolores that a sliced camp of his on lower cajon Ti lesti had been burned by a i ival the officers offic pra were compelled to go fco by way of mcelinn canyon colo on account or the Ii lippas ipas ability abl abi llly lily oc at tha th crossing cross liiK of wash owing i to lilyh lilai lil ai water they bluy travelled it a distance or miles on it tile trip 1 of the complaint on oni tia ground showed e evidence vi dence a of its 3 FO the sheriff arrested glen den majara on nn tile charre and brou biou i him back to Al for ar 1 j before the hearing hear liiK was held it came all out t that majors had seen the tire fire at the camp and had gone to it and tried to save what he could of the equipment the upshot of the whole affair I 1 1 was I as that there having been bad blood between the two outfits on account di i e i inie the stag was set for one of those exciting ranko ais have riven given tho the west ivest such A erat but th i 0 agli the ef cf tle officers and the evident of tile tho principals rals in fit the abfall to come cattle airl do 10 what was i jelt b by nil concerned I 1 liev 11 ov were sot ot ten tell to ether their difficulties discus bisell S pd od and sot seti llod lod T the a charge was vias by eller ire freyr yr hoth both sides agree I 1 to respect tho the ranko range right of the iha othet other and thoy they shook bands all and went home feeling int both had biad giai lot bored alls suspicions p I 1 e I 1 ons II which illch were unfounded it I 1 i ro und e d I 1 the officers fool that the a out 1 1 t mile coina of the hie trip probably saved the county matly n any hundreds liun hund of dollies dol liis expense L U 1 I brough II 11 a better anderst un derst havins having I 1 icon con i benched by the ranch rieti the most disastrous tire fire of recent year visited yesterday when nhen the avi two 0 o story y lionie home ot of chi chris is chrisensen Chrls onson ensen was completely destroyed by alre the it file fhe was discovered about 2 in tile the afternoon anil and was still smoldering when darkness roll fell the first arst signs of tile tho fire were by muff duff leason beason who iho was at wort on the Chil stensen place lie he saw smoke coming coining ironi front the roof between tho ilia two chimneys just as lie was start ing to work with a team Ilitch ign the teim he ran towards the house louse to wara mrs idra Chil stensen who wits was there with their two young children ile he met her coming for him to tell him the house was aas on oil tire fire running to the 11 pint palt of the house he found it a roaring furnace and aad told mrs christensen that perhaps hs he could throw out pait of oe the bedding but returning he ha wits was nearly overcome by smoke and lie libat it nothing was saved from the tha upstairs portion of the home sir air beason called the telephone office and told them the christensen house wits was on tire lira anti and asked them to I 1 send help they called several men who t the furniture down stairs wits was saved including the large kitchen ranse and two beds ant anil some bedding and other fill I 1 tit re several of the local men made tit do a heroic effort to save the piano in tile the front room chopping chopi ing tile the front window to the floor but tile the flames were too much for them and they were red to rive give tip til mr mi Chrict christonsen onsen alio he was lit in cortez on oll business lias has hid the misfortune to li v aad ad at least two wo bid bad loses irom front flroa flos in recent yo borrs as I 1 it t wa was 3 only oril a 1 short time i that ills his birre burns aal corrals wei were e burned lie ho also had twenty tivi live tom or of avy py destroyed od tit nt Ws his i ran anch by fire while it could not lot he be learrou lear roil rOd it was that thorl there was sor some a insurance on oil the lip house louse and con 1 acut ell I borie of at tile the towns men brou brouil plit t the gle dioso lose aart down tut but it was uns as use los les as it if lind had been miles away tor for tha nearest firo fire plug vas at the homo of goo adaina two and it a lull hilf blocki no coith i t h perhaps this will stall tile tho towns p to trying to do a bonn elout fire protection there i 1 no question lint brt that a greater ri pater part 0 of f the house could have been sovel save I 1 it if eliere lind hoen been a fire within reach reaching ng dist of tile the dioso lose the town hill has it is thought tit the fire tri bcd from defective wiring vir lit in tile the 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