The Harper Advocate Harper County Thursday December 8, 1921 Farm House Burned To Ground Last Saturday. Home of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Bottorff, Five Miles Northwest of Harper, Completely Destroyed. The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Royal BOTTORFF who resides 4 miles west and one mile north of Harper, was completely destroyed by fire last Saturday evening. Just how the fire originiated was not fully known. Mr. and Mrs. Bottorff had been away part of the day and upon returning home had builded a fire in the stoves. They then went out to do their chores and when the fire was discovered the house was a mass of flames, and it was impossible to get anything out of the house or subdue the flames. Besides the house, Mr. and Mrs. Bottorff lost all their furniture and other valubles that were in the home.