Blair, twisted his buildings into splinters, picked him up out of the house and broke every bone in his body, and left him lying lifeless on the prairies about a half mile east of his home.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

The splinters and pieces of furniture and books lay along the path of the storm for a distance of three miles. He had several valuable documents in his trunk. Of these, his will was the only paper found. It was found right close to Curt Farris' house, a mile and a half from the Blair place.

Mr. Blair had a heavy farm wagon. The storm left several large pieces of the wagon bed out in the rye field about three hundred yards west of the house, the twisted running gears one hundred and fifty yards northwest of the house ; two of the wagon wheels were blown to pieces, one was found slightly smashed up a short distance east of the house and the fourth wheel was found uninjured more than three quarters of a mile east.

The Oshkosh Lumber Company was formed May 1, 1906, with Robert Quelle, manager. It continued in business until the fall of 1916, when it sold to the Sterling Lumber Company. This became a branch yard under the name of Garden County Lumber Company with Mr. Hunsaker manager. He has since returned to Ft. Morgan, Colorado, and Mr. B. M. Robinson is manager in 1920.

The Woodman hall was sold in 1905 to Newkirk and Burchard who put in a stock of hardware. Burchard soon sold to Newkirk who continued to run the business until the spring of 1911, when he sold to Robert Quelle and Albert Quelle. The next year Quelle Brothers put up the hardware store near the depot. Albert Quelle was the manager from the first until March, 1917, when he sold his share to Robert Quelle.