The Dolores star., 1921-07-01
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

IL
mnnder OF the Colorado Na''o'a'
| Guard. and city and county con'h's-
sioners. n telegram was forinuIh'eu
and signed by the various bodies. four
teen in all, and sent to John w. weeks,
secretary OF war. The message stnten
TINT "your published statement give"
| IN the Associated Press OF June H. II
not only based on misinformauon' pu'
q misleading, and hns done Pueblo ana
the Arkansas valley enormous injury
| The wire further said that more tihn
800 persons are drowned or missing ;
S65 homes have been swept away )
more than $500 persons are homeless
The United States director OF for-
ests has granted two-ycar permit u"
| he Colorado Historical and Nauohnl
History Society OF Denver to examine
.1cnvate and collect objects of nntiq'
| iity from the ruins within the san
| Juan National forest. The COLORADO
,ociety desired government permit
n order that recent prehistoric dis-
,oyeries made in the park may be oo-
aimed by the state rather than 90 10
national museum. Senator fhlpps re-
luested the permit for the Colorado
society.
Montrose has emerged from the
greatest flood that has ever swept
| that district The Uncompahsre 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 an effort
to keep the water within its banks
The loss is estimated between S2V.ooO
and 100000 Long stretches of rich
fruit land has been ruined and hun
dreds of horses and chickens have
been killed.
Secretary of War Weeks, through
Senators Nicholson md Phipps, claims
that he had been quoted incorrectly
regarding the Pueblo Iund situation
according to a message received in
Pueblo. The message said that Secre-
tary Weeks statement was miscOn'
strued when he is alleged TO have de.
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.
Lawrence Lockhart, about IS years
old, OF Arvada, is In a critical condl-
tion In the county hospital at Greeley
Us the result of an attempt to commit
suicide. LOckhart placed himself
across the rails of the Union Pacific
tracks, two miles west of La Salle,
and permitted his body 10 be struck
by an eastbound train. His skull is
severely crushed, the fingers of his
right hand severed and his chest lac
Grated and bruised.
Building in Fort Collins is beginning
to incrense 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.
Leo Spraguc, 81, n member of the
United States naval aviation corps,
and son of Albert Sprague of Long.
mont, wealthy retired farmer, was in.
stantly killed by passenger train n,
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.
ColOradO-mined radium worth Sl2O,.
600 and measuring one gram, recently
purchased by the Belgian Red Cross
from the Radium Company of Colo,
rado, 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.
Pueblo must have federal aid to pre
vent recurrence of floods or there
Will be no business blocks rebuilt on
their old sites, according to II. II. Sci.
domrldge. receiver Of the Mercantile
National Bank Of that city. The ac
counts Of the Pueblo food which no.
peared in the eastern press fell far
short In conveying an adequate con.
ception of the catastrophe which ha,
visited this unfortunate city, accord
ing to Mr.. Seldomridge.
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
The fourth annual convention NJ the
Colorado State Aerie of Eagles wo,
held recently in Trinidad. Delepotes
from all but three aeries of the stat,