Show BLANDING MAN va SERIOUSLY INJURED LAY HELPLESS 2 DAYS BAYS frank barton well known blanding resident lay from sunday morning before 0 am to tuesday at 7 am unconscious in his grainery pral gra nary inary on the ranch bel between tween lam lons and devil canyons bleed naz badly and nearly choked ito death lea til besides serious injury as the result of a plank breaking as he was carryl carrying nr a sack of grain to the ladder for decent to the main floor ile he still is in ili a serious condition rn on wednesday morain and no complete examination has been male made but itlie ithe doctors believe his skull may be fractured mr bartoli left his brothers place at verdure about 8 0 clook clock sunday morning to blandi n but in tended to stop nit bit the rance ranch east of the highway for a sack or two of brain when he did not return his family decided that he had remained at the ranch at verdure or of perhaps kone gone to la sol sal karl barton his brother downin the WK bIg verdure farm all was ara well until early arly tues bues lay day sirs brattle barton called from blondinff Blandin ff askin whether or northey knew where frank had prone gone kart karl felt sure he had had bai bad luck when he got cot the line on it and ile he and h hig Is son jumped on horses and rode to thebarton the thel Barton larton ranch a few miles south and there they found the victim leinz in a pool of blood unconscious and still bleeding slowly lie ite was tol placed aced in a car and taken Q to Rl anflin fortunately there are two 31 D Ds there one visiting tin a few lays days and abd food met medical off ca I 1 care ire 11 and nd consultation sul tation was it at ban lian diBut sir tr bartons condition did it permit even much ashe as he need of rest caused by at least 46 hours without water and the loss of so much blood dm not permit 11 initia even frim yesterday Yeste its ha had r revived somewhat but still un nn conscious and mood food coming comin from his month ohp doctors believe lie lia likely has hag a fractured aured skull possibly today thorough tho roush examination will reveal tile the exact con tion lie ile T amny have slipped as lie he started down doi v tie the t la hiler 11 avith ith tile sack of grain oia apland plank may have hare broken before lie he sort gat to thelander the ladder properly according to advice put it seems plain blint one or the other is the cause of tile serious fall with a sack of fit wheat lt it is remarkable how his endurance kept him alive so many hours null and this fact may mean that he has power of recovery as his many friends and the large circle of hopet hope 1 mr clarton Is 32 52 years old iris ins wife mrs clattie barton daughter of L if 11 redd Is a well kni known 0 loam leader and school teacher leacher there are four grown sons and daughters all at home it is bell believed eved miss donna barton bariton re recently ce attly return returned d from the ari a rl cultural college collece at toan loran T oan and ans tile the correspondent for the record until site she went to school last tall with her sister roma ilonia the record joins with the immediate and the tha many friends in the hope and falth faith that frank barton will recover like many others here mr fr barton has grown up in san juan and his lifes work Is part of tile the history of the county |