Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
PUEBLO APPEALS
 TO HARDING FOR PERMANENT AID
STRICKEN CITY SEEKING FEDERAL
 ASSISTANCE TO PROTECT VALLEY FROM FUTURE FLOODS; NOR
 FUNDS NEEDED TO AID SUFFERERS
TRepubIIcan A. P. Leased WIrel

FlEBLO, COlO.. June M ne Siis ! of Pueblo will send a committee to Washington, D. C., probably tomor- row night. to appeal to President l Harding. to the Secretary of Interior Fall and to the Colorado delegation In congress to give the flood suffer CTS of the Arkansas and Fountain river valleys permanent assistance.
 The committee will be headed by Alva B. Adams. son of former Gov e-nor Ava Adams of Colorado. Other members of the committee will pc selected from Denver and Colorado Springs as we'll as from this city. c. F. Johnson of Urbana. Ohio, brother of J. Will Johnson of Pueblo, who is here. will accompany the committed He w&s asked to go along because he as a personal friend of President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty-
 we are not going to Washington to insist Pueblo be given any specific cum of money" MT. Adams, chairman of the committee, said today. We are going to ask in particular that the secretary of the interior and con- gress afford us some permanent pro- lection against future floods. This probably can be done best by govern ment engineers, as in the case of Galveston"
 The committee will take with it an engineer to describe to the president and congressman what happened here and what is needed.
 The emergency phase of relief work has passed, according to MT. Adams One week tonight the flood came and tonight virtually all of the hungry . are being fed, the shelterless housed and the sick ministered to, he said. r1hat does not mean, however, that Pueblo is no longer in need. In a statement issued to the Associated Press today. Mayor James M. Lovern eAid money '.in huge sums" is needed The statement issued by the mayor follows:
 sOur great and pressing present and immediate need is for money in huge sums for the relief of our strick- cn people All contributions should De made to the American Red Cross which insures wise. sympathetic and efficient administration and accurate accounting.
 The public should understand that the moneys that have been approprj- kIed by congress for purposes of sani-I ax puB l1oddus IoJ sI lBql-p5p9su Mobilization of the destitute people The immensity of our needs can be determined by inquiry at the office of the southwestern division of the American Red Cross at St. Louis Mo- JAMES M. LOvERN.
 Mayor.
 The mayor explained that though the emergency relief had been rem dered more permanent relief could not be given without financial assis- tance Business men of the city will not ask help in re-establishing theil businesses, it was said, but 1t wa. pointed out by the mayor and other' that unless the government gave as eurance of removing the danger Q floods from the river, the bushes men would not rebuild their estab 1ishments-
 In a report made by w. H. Sawhil county farm agent. today. 1t was esti mated that the damage to farm land in the county and to crops woul amound to seven million dollars. Tn entire irrigated area of 50,000 acre in this county was damaged, Mir. Saw hill said. because of the breakin and flooding of irrigation canals.
 A report on the condition of tn river as a result of the flood was for warded the war departments fourt Mississippi river district by Lieuten ant Colonel w. G. Caples of the CT Eineers corps of the United State army who is here
 B. F. Bush. president of the Mis souri Pacific railroad company, al rived here today to investigate u damage done to his company's proI erty here Mir Bush said he cou not even make a guess as to the To- at present.