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The Holly chieftain., 1921-06-09

Farther west the damage to prop.
erty and loss of life is reported to
be great altho only meagre infor.
nation may be secured at this time.
At Pueblo the loss Of life will prob.
ably run into the hundreds and the
property loss cannot be estimated
The headgates of the Fort Lyon
canal were swept away and this
will mean untold losses to the far.
mers In the district west from Wiley
to Ia Junta. The Amity headgates
while damaged, stood the strain
and the farmers served by this sys-
TEN will be especially fortunate.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-06-09
Animals Escaped TO Hills

The flood Sunday caused all wild
animals to leave the bottoms and
take to the hills. Rabbits, skunks.
and other small animals could be
seen scsmpering before the onrush
Of the waters.
At the Anity headgate three live
deer were taken from the stream
while others were seen that could
not be rescued.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-06-09
HOLLY cHAUfAUQuA
CLOSED TUESDAY NraAT
Unfavorable Weather Caused Part
Of Program to be Abandoned.

The Redpath-Horner Chautau-
qua. dated to appear In Holly June
3 to 7 was unable to give but
part OF their program. The first
days attractions were abandoned
on account of the talent being
stranded at Cmarron, Kansas. On
Saturday afternoon the Phillips
Sisters nd Hope Hardie, gave Q full
concert. DR.. X. F. Nance delivered
his lecture on the New Citizen.
ship. Rain fell during the after
noon and evening and the atten-
dance was very small. No program
was attempted on Sunday. the tent
being taken down and moved to
the higher ground. Monday after.
noon the Mayiand Quartette and
Virginia Slade gave the entertain.
ment. In the evening the big com.
pany gave the comedy, Nothing
But The Truth" Tuesday after
noon Vierra's Hawaiians gave the
prelude and DIR. Stuckenbrook gave
a lecture on Some Fool, Notions
In the evening the .Hawafians gave
a short program followed bp lee
ture by Mr.. Baghdigian which clos
ed the entertainments for the year.
The talent were up against . hard
proposition all week. The people
were restless and while every mum.
her was well given the small audi.
ences were unable to properly ap-
prcciate their efforts. sa
Miss Virginia Slade was the reader
with the Maylsnd Qnartette and
her rendentIon Of severl popular
readings was exceptionally well re.
ceived. DR.. Stuckenbrook In his lee
ture on Some Fool Notions" analyz-
ed the notions tht make or hinder
society. His thought was clear and
logical throughout. Miss Madeline
Maycs with the Maryland Quartette.
with her accordian was well re-
ceived.
One OF the NEST interesting kc-
lures was that OF Bagdsar Baghdl-
gian. This man came to America
when a small boy and has fought
his way against the odds an i'm
migrant is forced to fOrego and has
proven that the foreign born who
come to America may become real
Americans. The stormy evening
caused much unrest among the audi.
ence and the speaker was compell-
ed to shorten his talk thereby leav-
ing out, much interesting informa.
tion.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-06-09
Destructive Flood Sweeps Valley

Lee Bogue returned Monday even
Ing from Denver. coming by Chey.
enne Wells and Bristol. Lee was
caught in the food near Fountain
and lost his. ear. only saving his
suit case and tires from his car.
The town was well pOliced Sun
day night and every precaution
taken to see that everyone was CIV
en- an opportunity to escape II the
worst should come.
Chickens sure roasted high in
Holly Sunday night. Those not
taken from town were placed in
barn lofts and other places tho't
to be safe.
The first mail reached town We'd
nesday when train arrived from
the east. The train brought the
Denver Post ana other delayed
maii.
Two inches Of water fell Tuesday
evening about O'Clock. This
caused all the low places to fill
with water and some uneasiness
was felt that Horse Creek might
overflow its banks and flood the
town. The heavy part of the show.
er however fell southeast OF town
and the watershed north Of town
escaped.
Local parties took boat to
Granada Wednesday morning and
fl0ated down with the current in
an effort to find trace Of body
that has been reported to have
been seen to pass under the Gran.
ada bridge on Tuesday.
Four horses are stranded on an
island between Amity and Granada.
They are branded Up, 0n-the should.
e..
The river receded rapidly We'd
nesday and the current is now con.
fined within the river channel. Sew.
eral weeks time will elapse how.
ever, before the water disappears
from the bottoms.
Some precautions should be taken
fof the oiling of the many pools Of
water that have been left by the
high water, that the breeding of
mosquitoes may be stopped. With
the great amount of stagnant water
everywhere, the mosquito pests will
be something to be reckOned with.
kilograms have been received
from all over the United States by
Holly people. from friends inquiring
as to their safety.
The headgates of the Amity canal
were shut down from Saturday un.
till Wednesday. The canal is now
delivering water to users. something
no other canal in the valley, 1t il
reported Is able to do.
This has been bad week In
some ways for the Chieftsln. With
no trains running and but little
auto travel aside from the flood
news there has been but little go,
ing on.
A heavy rain around Bristol,
Wednesday afternoon. cared sis
inch raise in Horse Creek.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-06-09

The Missionary Department Of
the Presbyterian church will meet
Thursday, June l6. at the home OF
Mrs. AL Wilson. All members are
urged to be present. Visitors wei.
come.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-06-09

SS sANhORhSAN-9'l BS4-SSN SNOA
Monday morning from Fort Sill.
Oklaloda. They were sent out by
the government tosinvestigate con.
ditions and to Establish wireless
telephone stations, it was reported.
s s. Lane refused to .eava ttc
ship and stayed In his house all
night. saving his chickens and hogs
by SO doing.
/ The receding waters have left
thousands of fish marooned in the.
pools and local boys have been hav
Ing great sport wadfng in and catch
ing the fish with their hands.
A message from 9. W. Bean who
went to Pueblo last week, reported
he IL safe but would be marooned
! in Pueblo indefinitely. A message
from Mrs. Bean from Colorado
Springs reported she had not heard
from Mr.. bean.
A telephone message from Dodge
City, Tuesday morning. reported the
first water reached that point Mon.
day afternoon at 3:45 when six and
one-half feet Of water came down.
Wright park was flooded and that
part Of the city south OF the bridge
was under water. No serious troub-
le was anticipated.
One section OF the river bridge
here gave way MONDAY afternoon
but was soon repaired and traffic
resumed.
1t il reported bunn of Mexicans
did good work Sunday night 1T
Amity by keeping the banks Of n
high Irrigation ditch from giving
away and thus preventing the
back water from covering the bot.
toms west Of town.
Business Of all kinds has been
at a standstill all week the south
side being entirely cut off. The
Holly-Stonington telephone line
Is working and connection can be
had to the south. 1t IL reported
heavy rains have fallen In the vic
Unity OF Webb.
Jesse Wright and Vaughn Swat.
ford drove to Bristol and secured
a late Denver Post that had been
brought across from Cheyenne
Wells. This was the first paper to
reach here containing anything like
an accurate account Of the destruc.
ton up the valley.
Ted" Fortney and "Bill" Hecke.
thorne missed the opportunity Of
their lives by not having their mot
or boat completed.
Reports from Lamar are that all
part OF town on the north side Of
the tracks was flooded with cOnsid-
erable water on the south side.
Telephone connection was resum.
ed as far west a. Las Aninias Mon.
day afternoon when temporary
station was installed on the hill
north Of town.
The night operator was busy
man Monday night when about Is
delayed messages came through.
A work train which went through
Monday morning was marooned
west of Amity and was unable to
get back to town. The wster flow.
ed over the tracks at q point about
two miles west Of town.
The Kansas City Star was the
only paper to reach Holly on Sun
day and Monday. According to the
first report 1000 lives had been lost
but later this WAS reduced to 1000
with an estimated property loss Of
ten. million dollars.
After the excitement had subsid-
ed Monday afternoon, the whole
town went to bed and secured sever.
al hours OF much needed sleep.
A heavy downpour OF rain Mon.
day afternoon revived the fears that
Horse creek might flood. The
clouds scattered and the danger
soon passed.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-06-09
Flood Notes


Arguments were many and heated
regarding the height of the high
water period in 1908. Some claim
It reached the present Santa lie
tracks while Others claim the track
was lower ut that time.
The local telephone operators
were on the job all the time and
kept the public fully informed of
the sltuation.
One of the amusements of the big
crowd Sunday morning was to
watch the black birds float down on
the drift and at the same time en-
joying full msel from the insects
found thereon.
Fishing for objects floating down
the stream was one Of the popular
diversions Sunday morning. Many
small articles were rescued, among
them being a case OF honey.
Many dead animals were floating
down on the first head OF water.
that had been drowned farther up
stream.
Several hundred tons OF hay be
tween Holly and Amity on the south
,ide Of the track were covered with
water and consequently ruined.
The fact that the AInity dixie held
probably saved the town from be-
ing entirely flooded.
The Chautauqua tent was taken
down Sunday and moved to the ball
park but was not again erected.
The remainder of the session was
finished in the auditorium.
The farm houses were very gen.
erously thrown open to the town
people while numbers Of the 9th
ers camped on the high points north
OF town.
No public gatherings were at
tempted Sunday, the churches re-
manning closed all day with the ex-
ceptirn M the Catholic wt.,ch held
8 o'clock services.
The merchants forestalled trouble
by piling all their goods on the
counters and top shelves.
The light plant was out of com
mission about two hours. the water
reaching the boiler room about Z
o'clock Sunday evening. BY diking
the doors with cinder,s the water
was kept out and service resumed
about 10 o'clock.
No. 63 on Monday was unable to
20 farther west and backed to Sy.
racuse where the train was turn.
ed and the return trip made to
Dodge City.
Holly assumed the appearance of
country town the first Of the
week. When a train came In.
crowd was always at the depot,
The male gossip was in evidence
The Holly chieftain., 1921-06-09
Cloudburst at Pueblo Caused Torrent Of
Water TO Sweep Down-..Loss Of Life and
Property DAMAGE Immense. Holly Escap.
ed With Small Loss.

Heavy rains and cloudburst
above Pueblo, caused sudden raise
in the Arkansas river last Friday
afternoon, which resulted In the
loss Of hundreds OF lives and the
destruction d large amount Of
property from Pueblo east for more
than 200 miles.
Holly was very fortunate In that
but very little property was dam
aged and no loss OF life has been re.
ported In this part OF the county
The crest Of flood reached this point
Sunday evening about 8 o'clock
when the waters extended from thu
Santa Fe tracks to the foot hills
on the south Of the river. For sev.
eral hours the river ran bank full,
debris OF every description floating
with the first onrush Of the water.
The residence OF w. s. Partridge,
the barns of the land company just
south Of the Santa Fe tracks and
tbs aifslfs min were flooded with
about IL inches of water Farther
down the Gore, Bert Lewis and
Lane residences were flooded but
no particular damage as done. The
water later In the night backed un-
der the railroad tracks and covered
several of the lower yards on the
west OF Horse creek.
All Saturday night and Sunday
people were busy moving their be.
longings to high ground and when
the alarm was sounded Sunday
evening at 7 o'clock, there WAS a
general exodus from the town. The
crucial point was the dixie at the
railroad bridge west OF Amity.
This structure held and but very
little water passed over it. Had
this broken, the current would have
been turned OIL the north side and
the consequences would certainly
have been disastrous to Holly. Mer.
chants piled their goods high on
shelves and In the homes furniture
was piled on every high point pos
sible to protect it should the water
reach the danger point. The water
began to recede about 9 o'clock
and the watchers began to fell re-
lieved from the severe nervous
strain they had been undergoing for
the past "a hours.
Prowers county was especially for
tunate In being able to save the
wagon bridges, not bridge in the
county going out. although nearly
all were damaged. Considerable
property damage is reported from
Lamar. The McCne Mtreantile com.
pany store suffered several thous'
and dollars loss when their big
store was flooded. the management
falling to move the furniture and
rugs above the reach Of the water
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Last of Passengers on
Mormugao Taken Ashore

BLOCK ISLAND, R. l.. April 3o.-
The last of the passengers on the
stranded Portuguese steamer Mormu
gao were taken off to-day by the Block
Island Coast Guard crew and trans
ferred without mishap to the destroyer
Cowell. The Cowell then started for
New Bedford, Mass, where others were
landed to-day by the destroyer Nc
Gala and minesweeper Grebe. All Of
those transshipped to-day were men,
the women and children having been
taken off yesterday
With the passengers safe, Captain
Vidinko and members of the crew Of
the steamer turned their attention to
the cattle on board and the purser was
sent ashore with an Interpreter to OBJ
tain a supply Of hay. Fodder for the
animals, he said, became exhausted
two days ago and since that time they
have been fed on mattresses.
No attempt was made to float the
steamer. 1t was indicated that unless
the wind veered, pulling operations
might be postponed until Monday.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Printers Strike in 3
Concerns in New York
Disputes Throughout Country
Over Wages and Hours Will
Have Little Effect Here

The disputes between printing trade
unions and employers throughout the
country over questions Of wages and
hours will have little if any effect
on the industry in this city, according
to Leon H. Rouse, president of the
"Big Six" Typographical Union
Rouse said yesterday that bhe forty
four-hoar week, one Of the main points
at issue, had long ago been secured to
the printing employees Of the city when
an agreement was effected with the
printers league section of the Asso-
citation of Employing Printers Of the
City of New York, representing. prac.-
tically all the job printing and book
publishing establishments in New YORK.
This agreement becomes effective To-
day. -,
There are few isolated cases. said
Rouse, where the employers wore not
affiliated with the league and have
stood out against the forty-four-hour
demand. Strikes were called on three
shops yesterday, but these cases, said
Rouse, will have no appreciable effect Oh
the trade here in general. The three
plants affected are the National Print
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Building Fund to Benefit
By Boxing Tournament
Seventy-seventh Division Asso-
citation to Stage Bouts in
Aid of Clubhouse

What promises to be one Of the most
exclusive audiences ever seen at box
ing tournament will be that at the 71st
Regiment Armory, Thirty-fourth Street
and Fourth Avenue, May 9, for the
amateur boxing tournament to be given
under the auspices of the 77th Division
Association.
The 77th, composed almost exclusive
Iy of men of the metropolitan district,
has membership of nearly $4,000, and
the tournament is being given to raise
funds to acquire permanent club
house and to assist disabled veterans
and their dependents.
Among those who have taken boxes
for the tournament are Frederick H.
Cone, S. A. Fahnestock. Robert Goelet.
Colonel Raymond Sheldon, ]. Lloyd
Derby, G. G.. McMurtry, Allister A.
Morris, Alfred Parker, A. G. Thacher,
Duncan G. Harris, S. Fullerton Weaver,
Delaney K. Jay, j. H. Prentice, Ed
ward j. Robbins, James M. carney,
Kenneth P. Rudd, Francis "A. Weld,
Elliott c. Bacon, Walter w. Metcalf,
Maxwell Stevenson and Allen L. Lind
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
$II.O25 Unaccounted For
Inquiry Unable 10 Trace Ap.
narent Jersey City Shortage

The Mackey legislative investigating
committee was unable yesterday to fx
the responsibility for the appareZ
shortage of $li ,025 in the books Of rns
cashiers Office Of the City Collector Of
Jersey City.
The actual shortage has been mada
good by a. Harry Foley, formerly cash
Ter, who now is secretary to Governor
Edwards. SO far as the investigating
committee could discover, he was the
only bonded man involved in the re-
ceipt of the money, although December
q, 1917, when it was paid in by ths
Crucible Steel Company, numerous
other tax payments we're being made
and several employees of the of;cs
we're assisting the cashier.
The shortage was discovered in June
1919, and examination of the eashbooL
failed to show any entry Of the nav
ment of that sum. In 1920, which wa.
after Mr.. Foley had left the collectors
Office, the cashbook disappeared and
has not since been found. -
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Cotton Mil Democracy
Splits Over a Wage Cut

DANvILLE, w., April 3d.
The Senate Of the Industrial De-
mocracy, by which the Riverside
and Dan River cotton mills, q
$15,000,0QO corporation, is gov
erned, has voted on-concurrence
in the bill recently approved by
the House accepting cut of 221a
per cent in wages of employees in
all branches Of the plant. This
disagreement of the two branches
Of the legislative body will neces-
state a committee of conference
in efforts to reconcile the differ
ence in views.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Business Troubles
Petitions in Bankruptcy

The following petitions in bankruptcy
were nled yesterday in the United States
scHoF1ELD OIL, CO., 1Nc.--1nvolun.
tary. Oils. ~ Broadway.
JANICE PRICE = Involuntary. Ladies
PHOTO PLAY JOURNAL CORPORA.
TIoN-1nvoluntary: Publishing business
SARAH BLUMSACK - involuntary
Baker. 4Ss East 174th Street.
Scedules In Bankruptcy
The following schedules in bankruptcy
were hled yesterday In the United States
ARTHUR KNAPP ENGINEERING COR.
RAT1oN-Liabilitiea, 32i,S05, Of which
$27.77o arc unsecured claims, and asset,
OF $11,372, OF which $7,4l7 is machinery
tools. etc, ss.15l debts due on open &C.
counts, $500 bills, promissory notes and
securities and S4o2 money deposited ir
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
labor Survey Shows General Tendency 4
10 Reduce Wages in Nearly Every State
1000, 900 Workers Still Unembloyed
In ~ States, Accoydlng to Estimates

CHICAGO, April 30Slighly 100000 men viii be
unemployed in nineteen states the Union May usheed
in according given to The Associated p NV
government labor state and industrial officials
"a large percentage OF those who unable
hs large sections OF the Eastern and Central
these nineteen states from which unemployed figures oud h oh
tanned but reports from the other
AL snow tha unemployment exists and the unemployment
OF the country
100000 100000 persons $50 ~
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Gary Defines
U. S. purpose in
Steel Inquiry
Question Relates Merely
to Custom of Making
Pittsburgh Base Point i'm
Figuring Freight Rates
Complaints Only Recent
Western Manufacturers in
Campaign to Get Bases
Fixed in Other Areas

Judge Ebert Fl, Gary, chairman Of
the board Of the United States Steel
Corporation, yesterday explained the
purposes Of the proceedings begun re-
Gently by the Federal Trade Commits
sion to- determine whether restraint
Of trade exists under tho Pittsburgh
base method of fixing selling costs for
STEEL Judge Gary said the steel manu-
facturers in genera1 were not the sub
ject Of attack in this investigation.
at is mistake" he said, "to sup
pose that the proceedings before the
Federal Trade Commission referred to
against the United States Steel Cor
poration or any manufacturing con-
Germ. They were instituted by those
who buy steel for remanufacture or
fabrication in points located in the
Middle West or West. They involve
simple question relating to the Pitts
burgh base, so called. The petitioners
claim that the place of delivery of
steel on which to calculate purchasing
costs should not be confined to Pitts
burgh, but should be extended to in
clude Chicago or perhaps other manu-
featuring points.
Freight From Pittsburgh Added
"The basing point means that selling
prices are determined f. o. b. Pitts
burgh," Judge Gary continued, "and
that delivery prices are ascertained by
adding freight from Pittsburgh to the
place of delivery
pittsburgh, being the largest prin-
cipal el-manufacturing center many
years ago and long before the United
States Steel Corporation was formed,
was, by comm on consent, designated by
the general trade as a basng point,
and this custom has prevailed up to
the present time, and, so far as l know,
until comparatively recently has been
entirely satisfactory to all concerned.
During the last few years, however,
complaint has been made by residents
of localities other than Pittsburgh that
the custom referred to resulted in
building UP Pittsburgh and vicinity to
the prejudice of other places.
FINALLY, about two years ago,
petition was filed in behalf of the pur-
chasers of semi-fnished steel by GER
tain manufacturers in and about Chi
cago and other places, before the Fed
eral Trade Commission, asking the
commission to investigate the subject
and to compel the fixing of basic steel
points at localities other than Pitts
burgh. %
View of Board Changed
"a majority of the members Of the
commission, after long consideration
of the question, decided that the Fed
eral Trade Commission would not as
sumo jurisdiction. But since that time
the personnel of. the commission has
been changed and majority now de-
cided the commission will take iurfs-
diction and hear the whole case on it's
merits and determine whether or not
the basing points for steel shall be
confined to Pittsburgh.
Speaking for myself alone" Judge
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

Gary concluded, "I will be glad to have
the whole matter fully and carefully
considered and if possible a judicial
and final decision reached. The ques-
ton is farreaching and involves much
more than the pecuniary interests of
the manufacturers, sellers and buyers
of steel"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

ing and Engraving Company THE Heger-
man Printing Company and the Peter
De Baum Company. About one hundred
men are involved in these houtes.
A meeting of the typographical union
men will be helG at the Yorkyilie
Casino at go D. m. to-day.