day from a month's visit at Santa
Fe. '
WILLARD
From the Record-
About 1 o'clock Wednesday
night fire was discovered in the
Arthur Biggs general store. The
stock of goeds and building were
entirely cossumed. Loss on stock
about $1,200; insurance $600.
The building was a total loss, the
insurance on same having expir
ed only a few days since.
C. Short's shoe repair shop al
so was consumed by the flames,
with a small loss.
The above named buildings be
longed to J. F. Rheinhardt.
The warehouse belonging to
the Dunlavy Mercantile Co- also
went up in smoke with a loss of
about $500. Mr. VondeVeld had
some goods stored there, but
they were saved.
Ben Donlin discovered the fire
and gave the alarm.
If it had not been for the wat
er furnished by the Willard Mer
cantile Co. and the heroic efforts
of their force, the McKinly Bros,
saloon building would surely have
been destroyed.
The cause of the fire is a mys
tery. This week the editor of this
paper interviewed a gentleman
who is in a position to know
what he is talking about, and he
was enthusiastic in the belief
that it will be but a short time
until a large flour mill is estab
lished here. It is no guess with
the gentleman we talked with.
He felt sure that the mill would
locate in Willard. One of the
main reasons for the location of
the mill at this point is the excel
lent freight rates that we enjoy
here.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Chavez, an eight-pound baby
girl.
TheMcKinley brothers, Jack
and Jim, received word last week
of the death of their father in
Oklahoma.
