Devastating Fernie Fire Claims Dozens And Displaces Thousands
Reports from Vancouver and outlying towns describe a massive fire near Fernie and Michel destroying homes across a 30 mile by 5 mile area. At least six deaths are confirmed with hundreds homeless, and救援 teams rush aid from Winnipeg Spokane Nelson and Kelowna as refugees converge on Nelson. The death toll is expected to rise as fires burn and evacuations continue.
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May Change Route of Great Canal
Citizens of Nunn and vicinity held a mass meeting to urge Camfield to include 56,000 additional acres north of Nunn in the Laramie-Poudre Irrigation project. A Boulder ridge route is proposed to bring water from the Laramie river around mountains to Weld county, possibly abandoning existing ditch systems.
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North and South Lines Planned by Denver & Rio Grande
Denver August report claims 66 million of a 150 million bond issue will fund a statewide railroad network. A north south line from El Paso to Wyoming will connect with Union Pacific, plus lines linking Santa Fe to UP through western Colorado and multiple branches across Colorado.
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Two Men Drop Dread in Ault Within Three Days
In Ault two elderly men died in quick succession while at work. Sidney D. Stone, 63, died Saturday and Mortimer Brey, 72, Monday. Brey had recent ill health but not serious enough for bed. Coroner Macy and a physician ruled natural causes. Brey, a Missouri-born retired farmer, leaves several sons and four married daughters. Funeral plans were pending, with services likely at his home the next day.
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Plunder Found in Woman's Trunk in Denver Case
Denver police recover two trunks believed to contain most of the loot from an $8000 robbery at the home of Mathilde A. Johnstone and sister on Acoma Street. Sadie Farnum, living on Sheridan Boulevard, is arrested as a receiver with theater employer Lee W. Warner detained in Minneapolis. Detectives Leyden and Connor linked the cases.
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Quarter of crop is honey outlook
Weld county bee men warn the honey crop may reach only about a quarter of normal due to dry weather and bloom quality. Charles Adams, a leading local grower, agrees that prospects are poor and predicts higher prices for honey as syrup or sorghum may replace it.
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Marines Begin Pasteur Treatment After Dog Bite
Washington Aug 4 Two officers and ten privates of the marine corps who were bitten by a dog at Camp Elliott line up for Pasteur treatment. The bites came from the mascots dog and treatment is at the Hygienic Laboratory of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. No rabies evidence found so far and none believed afflicted.
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Poor Fruit Year Hits Grand Junction Hard
Denver reports show Colorado fruit crops at only about half the normal yield with more than one million dollars in losses. Grand Junction production drops from over 700000 to about 250000 while Palisade remains near full. Frost in April blamed. smudge pots saved crops where used. outlook mixed due to good national crops.
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Local Showers Expected Today and Wednesday
A weather forecast calls for local showers today and Wednesday with likely dry intervals. Residents should plan for unsettled skies and brief rainfall.
Moonlight Picnic at Eldorado Springs Headlines Town Excursion
One more day to the big event, a Tribune sponsored moonlight picnic at Eldorado Springs. The excursion leaves at 1:45 pm over the Colorado & Southern, with lunch options, an Eldorado hotel dinner, and Ivy Baldwin performing a 500 foot chasm walk under moonlight. Return to Greeley by 9 30 pm. fare $2.25 including grounds admission.
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Hoboes Wakeup Call Ends With Town Ban
Hoboes sleeping in box cars were rounded up by night watchman Rienks who penned a poem for Marshal Ahrend. They were brought before Judge Davis and charged with vagrancy. The judge lectured them and ordered them out of town, with a possible fine for return. one hobo was described as a negro.
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Legless Bride Marries After Retirement of Legs
In Newport Kentucky a man carried his legless fiancée into the county clerk's office to obtain a marriage license. John Rapp of Seattle and Pearl Rappell of Portland wed after the clerk prepared the license. The couple then went to a parsonage for marriage.
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Portland
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