The Arvada enterprise., 1921-06-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

himself up to Sheriff Frank Smith of
Fort Collins declaring he was ready to
begin serving years sentence in the
state penitentiary. which was imposed
on him in the County Court ut Fort
| Collins month ago II he refused to
contribute $50 month to the support
of his wife and six children in Love
| land. After he was sentenced he was
given thirty days In which to consider
the matter. but he came back the day
his time for consideration expired and
said that he would 90 to the peniten-
tiary for life, officers stated, rather
than contribute II cent to the support
Of his wife.
| As the Platte river has dropped
recorded since 1893 to IL normal flow,
estimates of the damage done by the
raging stream und Its numerous tribu-
taries in Weld county have steadily
Increased, rather than decreased.
That the total loss from the
flood water In Weld alone is near
the $2,OOO,OOO mark is the consensus
Of opinion OF engineers, farmers, coun-
ty officials and railroad men who have
surveyed the situation from their own
points OF view. Weld cOunty's loss on
roads and bridges is somewhere be-
tween $15O,OOO and $2OO,OOO.
An official statement from the Amer
lean Red Cross of the flood sufferers
In Pueblo has been given out. The to-
tai number of families registered In
Pueblo district was given ut l,7O2. be-
sides 3S3 homeless men, 1t states, and
strOyed. The total number of persons
affected by the flood, according to the
statement, is $685.. The Red Cross re-
port for In Junta shows, according to
the statement, 1856 families registered,
representing 78O persons.
Secretary of War Weeks, through
Senators Nicholson and Phipps, claims
that he had been quoted Incorrectly
regarding the Pueblo fund 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.
Another link has been added to the
DurangO-SilvertOn highway, which, al
though completed last year. has never
officially been declared open. The
highway will he known as the Duran
o-SIlverton.O uray highway. 1t being
decided to include the former fDmOua
toll road between SilvertOn and Ouray
as part of the highway. This route
will permit tourists to travel through
the most scenic part Of the United
States.
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. H. Day de.
livered an address Of welcome. which
was responded to by State President
william Mcintosh OF Aspen.
Airplane patrol for the detection OF
forest fires In the Pixies Peak region
around Colorado Springs, Colo, has
been permanently established. accord
Ing to I'M agreement entered into by
the government and the Western Air.
craft Company Of Colorado Springs.
| Sixty.five thousand dollars of fed.
ernl funds will he spent OH the Rocky
Mountain National park projects dur
Ing the fiscal year beginning July l.
This sum exceeds by $55,OOO any fund
ever before appropriated by Congress
for use on these Fairgrounds.
Colorado College receives $4,000
by the terms OF the will left by the
late Henry Roger WOlcOtt, one of
COiorado's pioneer mining men. whose
estate totals more than 100000 ac-
cOrdlng to petition filed In the Coun.
ty Court In Denver.
What promised to be murder
mystery" Of the great flood at Pueblo
followed the finding OF the skeleton Of
u woman In box in an alley off the
main business district. Colorado
Rangers estimated that the woman had
been dead eight or nine months and
an investigation was started to deter
mine the identity Of the murdered
woman. Il. H. Winner. manager Of
the Gallup SsddIery Company. blew
the murder" theory to pieces with the
announcement that the body" was the
mummy Of q cliff dweller which had
been In the store for at least fifteen
years. The mummy foatsd into the
alley during the flood.
The federal government has refused
to grant an emergency appropriation
Of &3,5OO,OO for road reconstruction
work In Colorado and the State High.
way Commission In 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