The Raymer enterprise., 1921-06-30
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himself M 10 Sheriff Frnnk Smith Of
Fort Collins Ileelafipy hetas ready %
begin servinga a Years sentence IN the
state penitentiary. which was imposed
on him in the County Court at Fort
Collins month ago II he refused to
c0ntribye $50 month to the support
Of his wife and six children In Love
land. .nAfIer he was sentenced he was
given thlry days In which to consider
the matter, sbnt be came back the day
his tnns. Tor considerstions 64ptred and
said that he wouid 81 f6ahe peniten-
tiary for life. Officers stated, rather
than contribute 4 cent to the support
Of his wife, 4
At mass meeting held ID PuebfeSa u
which seven .fraternnl and relief ORGAN
ixa,ions theiddbs thv American Issd
Cross five civic ofsanizaiionS the cosn:
mander Of the Colorado 3 sndbaI
Guard. md dty and cOqnty eopHIS
sioners. 4 telserane IA formuIated
and signed BY the ysri6ds bodies fcgEs
teen III MI. aud semitic Jopn ~ Weeks
secretary OF var. The uessage Atatsd
that "your published statalhslt given
to the Associated Press Of June Il, Is
not only based on misinfornation. but
is misleading, and has done Pueblo and
the Arkansas valley enarmons, In jpry," !" ;
The wire further said that more than
1,5O0 persons are drowned or missing :,
6G5 hoines' have been swept away :,
more than $500 persons are homeless" "
As the Platte river has dropped
gradually from the highest flood stage
recorded since 1893 to normal flow.
estimates Of the damage done by the
raging stream and Its numerous tribu1
tarles In Weld county have steadily
Increased, rather than decreased.
That the totnl loss from the
, flood water In Weld alone is neat
the s2,O0o.0o0 mark is the consensus
OF opinion Of engineers, farmers, count
ty officials and railroad men who have
surveyed the situation from their own
points OF view. Weld connty's loss on
roads and bridges Is somewhere be-
tween si5O,Oo0 and 100000. 's'
The federal government has refused
to grant an emergency appropriation
of S3,500,000 for road reconstruction
work In Colorado and the State High!
way Commission is left with only the
funds already granted for federal aid
projects with which to carry on the
enormous amount Of repair work made
necessary by the recent floods. This
was the statement made In Colorado
Springs by Chas. B. Lansing Of the
highway advisory board, after seriss
Of conferences with Maj, l.. D.. Blan-
welt, state highway, engineer boo. |,
An official statement from the Amer
lean Red Cross Of the GOOD sufferers
In Pueblo has been given out The to-
tai number Of families registered In
Pueblo district was given at 1,702, bs-
sides 3S3 homeless men, II states, and
600 houses were listed ~ totally de-
stroyed. The total number Of persons
affected by the flood, according to the
statement, is 5,605. The Red Gross re-
port for La Junta shows, according to
the statement, 1855 families registered,
representing 760 persons. 9r1fi''
Secretary OF War Weeks, through
Senators Nicholson and Phlpps, claims
that he had been quoted incorrectly
regarding the Pueblo fund situation,
according to message received In
Pueblo. The message said that Secre-
tary Weeks statement was mlscon.
strued when he is alleged to have dc.
clared that Pueblo was asking for too
much federal aid. The message was
in answer to one sent the Colorado
congressional delegation by Colorado
business men.
The fourth annual convention Of the
Colorado State Aerie Of Eagles was
held recently In Trinidad. Delegates
from all but three aeries Of the state
were present. Mayor E. q. Day de-
livered an address Of welcome, which
was responded to by State President
William Mcintosh Of Aspen. u
Fl I'm a bad hombre. During the last
year I've handled more than $4,000
taken In through robberies. I was one
Of the men who cracked the Kansas
City bank for $4,000 last year" This
was the statement made in the Brigh.
ton Jail by Glenn Stitt, alias Ray
Jones, alias Raymond Miller. charged
with the murder and robbery Of
Charles L. Liebers on the Brighton
road last September. Police place lit
tie credence on Stitt's story OF the
Kansas City robbery. It is believed he
Is something Of I professional con-
fessor," who wishes to make himself
appear a bold bad bandit to the pub
lie. '' 'a'''7'''a'' 'Hl 3a k'Hs7'
The United States director Of for
ests has granted two-year permit to
the Colorado Historical and National
History Society Of, Denver to examine,
excavate and collect objects Of antiQ-
uity from the ruins within the San
Juan National forest. The Colorado
society desired a government permit
In order that recent prehistoric dis
coyeries made In the mark NAV he oh