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THE FORT COLLINS EXPRESS COURIER TUESDAY AUG 12 1921 ruuix Ml Iffll' DECREED WHO SAW SAY MENNONITE LAD OF 14 MOTHER AND SISTERS DIE IN TORNADO SOCIETY WAS A TERRIBLE THE HOUSE WAS RENT ASUNDER AND THINGS FLEW THROUGH THE AIR" DECLARES LAD probably a well as any company could hare done so far removed from auiqilics He told ot a well iu Mexico flowing 2lXW0 barrels daily which took fire and could not be extinguished olil the well had exhausted Itself He told of the Hughes well lu Texas a big one which burned killing seventeen men Steel he suid la tha moat dangeroua thing In connection with A well because It always contain flaws The situation here he said looks good to him as well as to most other operators On account of spending hit own money and haring nothing for sale he is particular be laid where he does his drilling Mr Dandger told of the necessity ot adequate drilling Iowa in Colorado saying that there la danger in auy field where there are Inexiierlenced oeratora because they do not always properly case off the water and salt THLRMAN Colo Aug Ittyi Fern Garrett 14 and Nellie Birkev eyed stoical In bis loss Irving 14 were ail killed inriuitly and six Kuhns 14 years old stood today on others were Injured the spot where Sunday be bad it- -(Sod Drcrtti It' lit Reas wised the terrible tectacl of hit) The young lad stn-ilv and seem-nmlher and two aletera being acrid Ingly intelligent beym jeers tn death in a mering tornado and! stood upon the elevation upon will'll tailed upon hla religious teuchiug a home had ttood and surveying Instilled olnto his very fibre from early childhood to quiet his grief '1 he tragedy which wiped ut the hoys home and loved ones claim ha tenth victim when Eeldv tbirreit 9 died from Injuries which she received when Sunday shortly before told of the' ealn nitty 3 clock a tornado etruric the farm decreed that it hud to bouse while the Kulm (entity vn en- so" he said hesitantly looking tmtainlng fellow members id the at th reporter with confidence iiaonife faith at Sunday dinner Ida own belief lighting his eves dowing church aemui In the The boy's mother Sir Henry Fihna and Ids two ypi-wr aisiirs Delroa and Stella 0 Ulnn-hc Yoder 11: Vera Yoder Rots rt Yoder Rny Yoder 1 year old: the ruins where now a maternal with a broken leg sheltered her brook and other wee chicks s'so had lost their mot'icra in rras oy recounted in ti nlm tbs first ere-wllnees a-iviint to were all Menuonltes mother father brothers sisters myself We belong to the church see on the he said pointing a aatrtll but newly painted Mr-jcttre situated on an eU everiooklng the scene of the disaster IIE17 CHARGE MAY PUT OUT fulTCIIELL FIRE until 1st hour today no attempt had been mad to blow out the Mitchell gasser although readT today With everything in readi nen Sunday morning the work wae baited due to the fact that a new system of exploding th charge alongside of the well was to be worked out According to the present plans nltro-gelatin Is to used This la a form of nitroglycerin but is not aa powerful or dangeroua Nitroglycerin I thought to too dangerous to use on tha fir at th preeent The nltro-gelatin is to be en- eased In a can of water whlrh will aid in keeping It cool while being run Into the blase The two eharge one on each side of th fir wtll he set off by mean of an electric charge Steam from th battery of thirteen bollera was fayed on the fire most of the night and this morning In ordeg to cut down the ground flames about th flaming torch Two rahla lines have been erected and these will be used to carry the charge of explosive as was don when dynamite was used on th tiro No changa ha been made at the Whitaker oil well since the arrival of a number of storage tanka from th east Is holding tip th teat run As noon as these tanks arrive and are Installed a 24 hour run will be made which will enable th company officials to tell Just how the well will pan out Jack Dahciger Talks To Kiwanis On Need Oil Laws ADDITIONAL SPORTS Colorado Open Coif Tournament Will Open On Thursday (By Associated Frees Leased Wire) DENVER Aug About fifty professional and the aim number of amateurs will play In th Colorado open golf tournament which open on the Cherry Hill course here next Thursday Cyril Walker national open champion Hutchison of Chicago William Mhlhorn of St Louis Robert Crslckshenk of New York Keefe Carter Oklahoma state amateur champion Mel Smith of Paaadena Calif and Dirk Linares of Long Beach California are among the prominent player who will compete Th tournament will be seven-two holes of medal play th first thlrty-atx being played Thursday and tha laat thlrty-alx Friday A aperlal thlrty-alx hole exhibition match will be played on the Denver country club link next Saturday Walker and Ctulck-shank opposing Mehlhorn and Hutchison Billy Green Wins 1924 Championship of Golf Players The 1974 rhamplonehlp of th Fort Collins Country riub waa won by Billie Green Sunday when defeated Billie Gllklson 4 and 9 The two men played an excellent game thruout the match On Saturday they played It holes each man making It la 92 which la good golf anywhere This gar Green a lead of one hole On Sunday they started In to flnlah the match and Green struck his old stride parting the first 11 holes This eliminated Gllklson 4 aad giving Green the 1924 championship Mr Green waa champion in 1921 In 1923 Major Harrison won th big cup and laat year I Jones waa th winner Funeral Notice Of Mrs Jennie Tilton The funeral ef Mrs Jernrit Tilton of Bellvue who died at th Fort Colima city hospital Monday will be held at the Hollow ell Mortuary Wednesday a'ic-noin at Dr Henry Guy GooJ-aell having charge of th service Local Rotarians At Loveland Meet A number of the Fort Collins Rotarians wer guests at the luncheon given Tuesday noon by the Loveland Rotary club which had as a speaker Dr Nathaniel Smith professor of oriental history at Cornell t'nfverally Th talk was a scholarly one and related to th "Fall of the Caliph" Those from Fort Collins attending tha luncheon were 8 dimmer 8 Hall Tinsley Fry Harry Finley 8 Tednion Thomas Turner Fred Emry Harris Akin and Mortimer Stone MRS TILTOX DIES AT CITT HOSPITAL Mrs Jennie Tilton aged 79 died last night at the Fort Collins hospital ot pleurisy Sho had been In the hospital about week Mra Tilton and her husband cams to Colorado forty yearn or morn ago Th husband Tilton carried tha Star mail route out ot Beilrua for many years and he died about three years ago Mra Tilton had kept the homo at Bellvuo since his death There are surviving two alsterg and two brothers a follows: Mra James Scott ot Greeley Mr Louis Reiell ot Dearer Will Gilbertson of Longmont and John Gilbertson of Brush Mrs Scott ai Mra Harry JtssHP entertained a few yoang ladles very informally Monday afternoon to a ay goodbye to her alsttr who la leaving noon tha party Including Mra Charles Russell Mrs Leu Randleman Mias Dowrlne Doty Mias Genevieve McKlillp tha hostess and bar sister The Fridav Needle club will meet with Mra Arthur Anderson on Friday August 15 Members who cannot be present are requested to call 18S4-J-2 Mr and Mra Jamea Clark and Mrs Murdock Nelson entertained at a family dinner Monday evening at tha home of Mr Nelson Th group Included Mias Genevieve and Mias Mabel McKtl-lip of Chicago Mr and Mra Clovis Nelson Mr and Mra Gill Mr and Mra Charles Rusaelf Mr and Mrs John Ctark( Mr and Mr A Kieaock Miss Louise Ramey and the families of the hostesses gammer Reboot StodrnH ttotd tvcekiy Dca The summer school students of the college and their friends held a enj-o nble dame last Friday night at Club on the campus A fmtr pie-w orchestra headed by Harry Shepherd fnrntll the estate Quite large number of Aggie alumnae went present at the dance The Columbian club membars will hare a picnic Wednesday afternoon at three at tha home of Mra Harrington SOI West Myrtle atreet Each member la asked to bring his own dishea Mr and Mra Ora Smith and daughter from Washington Kane and Dr Runkla and son from Fort Lyons Colo were the dinner gueeti today at the home of Judge aad Mrs Nell Graham The North Side dub will meet Thuradav afternoon with Mra John McKeowa northwest of town A picnic dinner will be the attraction at tha Country club Thunday evening Tha committee la composed ot Mr aad Mra Malcouronne Wlntlow Mr and Mrs Clair Scott and Mr and Mra Ralph Giddlnge Mem-berg ot tha club are Invited The Boxetder Home Missionary society will meet Thursday afternoon with Mre John Fraser First Annlwreary Is Observed Mr and Mrs Hsber Vigor entsr-tatned a number of gueata at dinner on Monday August 11 In honor of tha day which was tha first snniversary of thsir wedding Tha dinner was given at tha home ot Mr and Mrs William Ltnden-meler at tha lake Besldea tha host and hostess there were present Mr and Mra Louie Clark Mra Alta Brooks Mr and Mra Warren Llndenmeier Victor Bor-resen Mr and Mrs Clark Linden meier and Mr and Mra flUam Llndenmeier Elka Ladlea Bridge club will meet Thursday at th club room at 2:30 Th boeteesee will ha Mra Carl Vaa Sickle Mrs A Kissock and Mra Jamea Elder Mr and Mrs Cecil Ireland from gcottsbluff Nebr were over night guest Monday of Mr and Mr A Chaca 414 West Oak atreet They went on to Denver Tuesday A brother of Cecil Ireland Roy Ireland and family stopped at tha Fort Collins ramp grennd ovar night nnd they went on to Denver also i limt large which the manner be tiy and )u to white allot Storm Seen dinner when our fert'ly end Mends were content'd and the women folks wer washing th- tll-lan wo suddenly heard a ronrng sound In the air pud looking out saw a twlrler traveling low over the ground to the north The men folks and mvyeif started in twv cars ti ward the tornado hellevmj tost St would atrlka something to the north of ns It leased while wo were approaching it and turning alout we aorted for home Brad field Overrules Arguments and Cases Will Continue Judge Georg Bradfield In the District court Tuesday afternoon over-ruled all the motions argued during the day and In which It was sought to hava dropped the Indictments made by the Larimer county grand Jury In Its present session and which cases had not a yet gone to trial Th case Included ona la which District Attorney Louie Reed Deputy District Attorney Winslow Sheriff Frank Smith and Investigator A Burkhardt wer charged with a misdemeanor In attempting a conspiracy to violate the liquor law The other rase wer those In which Mr Reed waa charged with violation of the liquor law on In which Sheriff Smith waa charged with Indirectly taking bribe and tha retrial of the case la which ha was charged with assault upon a prisoner th Jury tn hia caa disagreeing at the first trill Tb court Tuesday afternon ordered Coroner Hollowell to draw an open venire of fifty name for jurors to report August 18th when the trials la th cases mentioned are to be etarted In answer to argument by Sherman Monday morning Judge Bradfield ruled that a bill of particular Comes Tomorrow Nife The Four'll quarterly conference of th Methodist Episcopal church will bt held Wedeesday evenirg at I lx the the iwuth room of the church Dr Cyrus A Wright- district superintendent of tha District will apeak and will at tha business session This ia th last quirtelv can- ferenc before the cmvening of th Arnual conference which opens September at Pueblo It is import not that all members Official board of th Iccal church shall be present Wednesday evening Dr and Mr A Gale and family spent the laat weekend at Campion's They left their aon Morse at Cherokee park Pod this week and will go no to bring him home Saturday or Sunday Harry Eastwood And May Muiuhowrr Ar Married Mr Harry Eastwood ot Cheyenne and Misa May Etta Munshow-rr of Rawlins Wyoming were married today at 10:30 A at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage by Dr Henry Guy Goodsell Mr and Mrs Eastwood will lire at Rawlins where Mr Eastwood la engaged in the oil business Hull Of Girls Has Social Esenina The Beta club of girls had a pleasant evening Monday at the home of Miss Claudia Kirby on South Grant street Music and dancing were the amusements of the evening and refreshments were erred Thoee ptesent besides the hostess were Miree Bernice Hav- rfield Lorain Haverfleld Evelyn Decker Sue Anderson Helen Alt-hottse and Alice Tucker Judge Bouton Will Run As Independent Candidate For Judge Following the announcement that Judge Jay Bouton did not file acceptance as a candidate for re-election as county Judge onderTltb designation made by the recent Democratic assembly It has been learned that he will run as an Independent candidate securing a place on the ticket by petition In discussing the matter Tuesday afternoon Judge Bouton verified the report that he would be vn Independent candidate and stated that hs was doing so as many of his friends and supporters felt hat he had not been treatoJ Juat-i in the Democratic assembly and Iclyn the consideration he desert-edthrough his long service on the bench as shown by the assembly's I action In placing another eandl-Jlate upon the ticket Taking this iew of th matter he derided not i file an acceptance with the vnu-Jty clerk but in dun tlms to tm 'sis name placed upon the ticket by oetltion as an Independent candidate giving voters In alt the part'ci an opportunity to vote aside front ssrty affiliations as they had dors in previous elections he always asvlng been elected on a minority irket With record of twenty-hree years on the bench Jgdge douton feels that hs la well known the people of the county and to hese he wilt leave the question a I whether he shall rontiuna in tha jfflce of county judge Too Late To Classify FOR SALE Beautifully decorated chairs table etc suitable for '-afe or tea room Possession Sept first 242" Ex-Courier LOST Focketbook containing check and 4110 return to Express-Courier office FOR RENT Housekeeping apartment 50 So Howes Small gold pin Owner may have same by calling at Express-Courier and paying for thta ad SOLOMON The Coal Bird Mary Solomon says she think I will like the new novel she got for her birthday "Its as sad at tha end" she explained "You see the heroine dies and the hero has to go back to bis wife" Some novels art not good for the young mind and some coal good for anything but If your real comes from Haekett A Irwin safe! SOLOMON Phone 64 HACKET IRWIN Mlsg Louise Ramey returaed to Fort Collin after spending the last week In Colorado 8prlngs pure cream to Perfect butter aU greater purity For better health Dairy' Gold Is the butter to buy Your Grocer Ha It Honeat weight beat quality court eou twilwwtr fr you can get thorn all Cut Price Grocery 791 Cherry St 1JIW FREE DELIVERY Extra hand picked navy beans 9 lb --48(1 Breakfast Call Coffet lb-43q Breakfast Call eoffea 9 pounds for 1 SR Shillings Coffea lb SiV Karo Red Syrup fl White Syrup gal 73c Dr Price 25e alia bak- ing powder 2fio 2 ft lb Dr Pricee baking ponder 35(1 5 lb Dr Price baking powder for 2129 Extra special 9 lb beat bulk cocoa -25 Fancy gallon blackberrle solid pack gallon gfln 2 Silver Band Tomato Ifo Tall cans Columbia or Carnation milk 9Me Large boxes fresh crack- era net wt lbs for 79a Try our fancy bacon by slab or slab lb-23Me Try our fancy bacon In small amounts lb24llg Fancy rip spuds lba for 25 Fancy rip spuds cwt2245 Calif sweet prunes la 25 lb boxes 22 23 Calif sweet prunes lb l(Vi Whits Rurniou Lenox Pearl White Electrle Spark soap 4 bar 25 12 lbs an car SI 00 100 lba sugar S770 99 lbs Pride of Rockies or Defiance flour 2330 500 lba or more at33 25 Fresh egg do 27 We Gem Nut Margarine lb25o Large palls Swift pur lard 1 1145 Always samt goods for leas money at Specks Fresh Meats Groceries Raw Polaloci 8 lbi 25o Assorted Cookies lb £5c Strawberry lam lb jan29o Strawberries is ijrnp Ko 10 cans $125 Faro cider vinegar gal 3 5c Heini Sweet Ficklet do 18c Mt Cross Coffee lb 40o Yellow Cling Teaches 2 lb cans 23c Creamery Butter 42c I Mountaia Grocery and Market CASH SERVICE OUAUTT 4 Free Dcliveriea Daily fhone 553 i ml high pressure waters from i great depths are annietlmes allowed to come up and waterlog the fresh water sands spoiling the fresh water supply He told of whole covHr a nsa a where th fresh water sand bare been spoiled tn this way and no fresh water for atock or domestie purposes can he obtained Tbs greatest wealth of Colorado be said la the fresh water supply and these sands should be carefully guarded At present Colorado has no law re quiring supervision of drilling operations aa the older oil states have and be aiild that amh legislation he enacted at he earliest moment This a deep eld requiring big ciunpanie with unlimited capital Th great depth Ini-reasee the hydro-static pressure and unless all sands are properly cased off It would be easy to do ipt-told damage to the county Not only do Inexperienced driller apoil the water auiqily hilt they endanger other Oil sells Mr ltandger told of a splendid well he bad a year ago which waa ruined by an Inexperienced operator drilling an offset well and not properly taking care of the water In Oklahoma a commission take charge of drilling to conserve tlte interests nf the puhllc wksJi has 1 rights In Kansas tiie banking lie partment and in Texas the railroad department ot the state government snerrlses drilling and sees to It that au water sands are properly plugged These official plugger know just what to do under all conditions He said ha hoped Colorado would awaken to the situation before It Is too late to prevent inexperienced drillers doing Untold damage Operator he said do not object to supervision but when law are enacted we should careful not to pass laws that will hamper tha producer and The law of Right Habits of on Rich Foods! Jack Dandger of th Daaclger Oil -1 uss Th Pioneer flight hts advanced 1 nleT'itnf luetu to g1Ta tlvat are worse to the semi-finals Shaw la match- tn 'hau the things they seek to remedy ed against Well and Coomb It ni oomuyud that be and lU Ex i jcrteigd piny have nothing to sell lit Id they would certainly mart drilling dngereua because they hove to In Larimer county a toon as their wells aa a measure holdings passed the stnff of geolo-' protection gist who are now at work I The more aanda a district has tbs Mr ltandger said that be and hla better according to Mr Dandger eorpa of geologists have been at work Wyoming was under the aea for mU-A I Donttov f'lnW 'hi county since January and Ilona of year after Colorado emerg- UtCHVKT dull that they have avoided publldty a ed from the ocean and aa a result I much aa possible It la too early he Wyoming bus tuore aanda It also DENVER Aug Dr id to venture au opinion lu regard has aauda that Colorado doe not (Larry) Broomfield to this field ht wet gas 1 tha breath her but ou the other hand Colo-greatest amateur enlfer 1 nl know Ton hve redo lias aonie sand that do not ex-cord Suaday at ha rhinveT (otin- In f1 wme oil came In Wyoming Thta doe nt club which ta to hL tnm mean however that Wyoming sands Lull not nr111 7 rroM he aald because they are will bear more oU than Colorado oUL looking for wbat yon have here The sands He sot two rounds In 69 aarh -rands here are highly saturated and So far aa Is known thl 1 th flral gr pbly tha Dakota and Nio-I Guest of the citib were Jack Dan-time an amateur golfer has shot' brara It means great deal to oil rigor Governor George A Carlson two round under 7 In on day tln to know Just what aand ha Paul McCormick Melvin uhd Jamea a championship course been located He aald the lulon of Johnson of Kan Francisco and Her- CsUfornla deserve credit for the man Allen of Los Angeles visiting nay they hava bandied the field and memlicr were Charlea Crane of a It bo they hav had a little had luck North Manchester IniL and Henry Cl fr a rr In well getting away from them no nan City Slowed UD As Hard to blame on account of the gas The Kiwanis chib will pi iiy a gam i I being accompanied by such terrific of Indoor bo sols'll Thursday eve- Ittrh Hlfe Tint I ore' pressure This 1 not tb only place nins II Hty park where gat well have gotten away cl unless It goea to Cneyenne that and where they have gotten afire evening as the gueata of the Cbey Th baa bandied the situation enne club Beaver Creek Well CRAIG Colo Aug 11 -Hart prevent production Kansas Texas and Oklahoma should called to Fort Collins a faw day ago by tb aeriou lllneaa of Mr twnty four hour in th conspir-Tllton and tha other Will romtr- charging specifically the her Wsdneaday for th crime committed Tha fnnaral service will held I at two Wednesday at Horn mortuary showql be filed within Methodist Meeting Ray Draka aad amily and Mra A Draka drov to Redfeather to apead th day last Sunday and to vtalt Camp Wayne Judge I Garbo tt la spending a few days in Dearer Dr A Alexander returned from hla vacation Monday had good luck fishing In North park whll away LOVELY PUGIITFlt FOR MR AND MRS WILKINS Mr and Mra Oliver Wllklnt hav a beautiful daughter bora Saturday evening at tha home of Mr and Mra Wilkin 131 North Sherwood Sh weighed about seven pounds and th hat been named Marydell Mra Ray Pitcher and her baby were taken horn from Fort Collin hospital Tuesday Water Shut Off Notice Water will be shut off for the purpose of connecting a new 12-inch main Wednesday Aug 13 1924 on th3 following streets Laporte Avenue from Howes to Loomis street Loomis St from Laporte Ave to Elm Street This water will be shut off at 7 A and will remain off until the connection is made It is expected that the water will be off at least twelve hours A LAWYER City Engineer Mrs Grover and daughter and Miss Mildred Light from Aspen Colo are visiting at the home of Mra Jones 414 South College avenue with Mra Joaea and her daughter Mr Fred Light of Snowman and Sir Charlea Breenahan of Greelay- Mrs Light and br young eon are apendtng torn tint with Mre Jone Mr Dorothy Becker returned Sunday form New York ANNOUNCING THE OPENING luck has hit the drilling craw al the Beaver creek well when the) are within twenty feet of th pa) sands The tools were lost lath Saturday and tn a desperate effort to recover them the crank shaft ot th gasoline motor was broken and th wall started to car Oil I said to bo standing 490 (set in th casing Monday It was reported that tha careln had been stopped but that no further efforts to recover th tools could be mad until th engine from the Hogan sfte waa moved to th Beever creek well This taek Is expected to bo completed Monday afternoon OF PHONE 707W THE MEAT MARKET a A MATHEWS Mgr Wednesday Aug 13 124 South College Ave OUR NEW MARKET IS MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT AND SCIENTIFIC HANDLING OF ONLY THE BEST QUALITY OF MEATS WILL BE OUR AIM 1VE INVITE YOU TO CALL TOMORROW AND RENEW Go Slow YOV3R V1ENS MOKE- eggs jiSaiUS-s-i" Hughes of Lsports hns 150 hens May 1st he was getting 29 dav feeding and mash on May 10th was getting 115 egg per day- and Maah ia poeitiye-ly the beat balanced ration for laying hens dishps many so said Benjamin Franklin two hundred years ago And he knew keep the rest and energy that stands for health and joy in living eat simple nourishing chief among which is Bread health and vigor by eating plenty of the most wholesome and delicious of all Breads Schau-cr Better Bread SCI! 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