The Colorado statesman., 1921-06-25
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

the iron rnilings of bed and the mat
tress, Mary Tenant, II months old,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. C. +. Ten
nant OF Seibert was strnngled TO death.
The infant had been loft at home by
the parents, and an older child had
been instructed To care for the baby.
| Although In the same room with the
| Infant the older child did not notice
the baby fell between the raillng and
the mattress with her body suspended
over the edge OF the bed until 1t was
too late 10 save the child's life.
Montrose has emerged from the
greatest flood that has ever swept
that district. The Uncompahgre river
has receded, due to the remarkable
work of hundreds Of citizens and farm
ers who are fighting night and day,
and have built many dikes In nn effort
TO keep the water within It's banks.
The loss is estimated between S2OO,OOO
and 100000. Long stretches of rich
fruit land has been ruined and hun
dreds of horses and chickens have
been killed.
/ IuWTtnCt hbphA 10 gNhh9
old, of Arvada, is in critical condi-
ton In the county hospital at Greeley
as the result of an attempt to commit
suicide. LOckhart placed himself
across the rails of the Union Pacific
tracks, two miles west of La Sale,
and permitted his body to be struck
by an east-bound train. His skull Is
severely crushed, the fingers of his
right hand severed and his chest lac
Grated and bruised.
Flood waters in mountain streams of
Colorado have destroyed thousands of
fish, according to reports reaching Ro-
land G. Parvin, state game and fish
| commissioner. Hardest hit by the
flood has been Bear Creek canon,
where mud and silt have brought de-
struction of hundreds of trout with
which the stream was stocked early
this spring. In other places the trout
have been washed upon the banks of
the streams and have died there.
Building in Fort Collins is beginning
to increase rapidly. While there were
comparatively few building permits
issued the first of May they have since
been steadily increasing in number,
and now many homes are being
planned and are under process of con-
struction. One group of half dozen
is being built near the Agricultural
College at one time. Apparently times
are Just about back to normal here in
the building line.
The Harold DeHaan Post No. 10 of
the American Legion, Fort Morgan, is
fully prepared to handle the biggest
crowd of people over the Fourth of
July that has ever assembled in Fort
| Morgan. The occasion is the American
Legion roundup, which begins July
and ends some time during the night
of July Z. All the cowboys of the
Rocky Mountain region are expected
to come to Fort Morgan for the cele-
bration.
The 14-months-old baby of Mrs. Will
liam Angerslave was drowned and Mrs.
| Angersave narrowly escaped death
when both fell into the San Miguel
river at Telluride. Mrs. Angerslave
was crossing n small footbridge across
the river with her baby in her arms
when she slipped and fell into the wa
| ter.
Colorado-mined radium worth $780,
900 and measuring one gram, recently
purchased by the Belgian Red Cross
from the Radium Company of Colo
RADIO, a Denver concern, will be
shipped early in August, officials of
the company have stated. The pre-
cious metal will be packed in heavy
lead-lined containers.
Leo Sprague, 81, member Of the
United States naval aviation corps,
and son of Albert Sprague of Long
mont, wealthy retired farmer, was in
| stantly killed by a passenger train at
Wolcott, Wyo. 1t is believed that
| Sprague attempted TO board the train
for Denver and missed the step and
fell under the wheels, dying instantly.
The school population of Ell Paso
county increased 531 in 1920 over 1919,
according to Il complete report COM
piled by Mrs. Inez Johnson Lewis,
county superintendent of schools. The
census includes persons between the
ages of and 81 The school popula
tion of the county is 12O2o. The IN
crease over the preceding year iii the
rural districts was 1914, and that of
District No IL was 337.
Three men were killed and three res
cuers were overcome with gas follow
ing an explosion in a mine at Rico.
The dead are Joe Stampfel, Louis
Stampfel, brothers, and Cameron
Stiles Stiles lost his life when he
rushed back into the mine to rescue
the two men after summoning aid. |
Clouds of gas following the explosion
caused the death of the three men.
Andrew Zurick, 26 years old, mayor |