Cheyenne record., 1921-06-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Ten:
nont Of seibert was strangled to death.
The infant had been left Mt home py
the parents, and an older chl'u i,au
been instructed to care for the o"us.
Although in the same room win tle
infant. the older child did not notice
the baby fell between the railing anu
the mattress with her body suspendea
over the edge of the bed until 1t was
too late to save the childs lie.
Nontrose has emerged from the
greatest flood that has ever swept
that district. The Uncompahgre river
hns recedcd, due to the remhrkapie
work of hundreds of citizens ana 1arii-
ers who are fighting night ana u''!'
md have built many dikes in an e11"rt
to keen the water within its banks,
The loss Is estimated between S2oo,ooo
and 100000. Long stretches or rich
fruit land has been ruined and nun
dreds of horses and chickens have
been killed.
Lawrence Lockhart, about IS years
old, of .Arvada. is in IL critical coIol-
,ion In the county hospital at Greeley
rs the result of IN attempt TO commit
suicide. Iockl;art placed himself
across the rails of the Union Pacific
tricks, two miles west of LII Sale,
and permitted his body to be struck
by an east-bound train. His skull Is
severely crushed, the fingers of his
right hand severed and his chest lac
Grated and bruised.
Flood waters In mountain streams of
Colorado have destroyed thousands of
fish. according to reports reaching R0-
land c. Pnrvin, state game and fish
commissioner. Hardest hit by the
flood has been Bear Creek canon,
where mud and silt have brought de-
struction of hundreds of trout with
which the stream wns stocked early
this spring. In other places the trout
have been washed upon the banks of
the streams md have died there.
Building In Fort Collins Is beginning
to increase 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
structiOn. One group of n half dozen
Is being built near the Agricultural
College ut one time. Apparently times
are just about back to normal here in
the building line.
The Harold DeHaan Post No. 10 of
the American Legion, Fort Morgan, is
fully prepared to handle the biggest
crowd of people over the Fourth of
July that has ever assembled In Fort
Morgan. The occasion Is the American
Legion roundup, which begins July
1 and ends some time during the night
of July Z. All the cowboys of the
Rocky Mountain region are expected
to come to Fort Morgan for the celc.
brntion.
The 14-months.old baby Of Mrs. VIII
liam Angerslave was drowned and Mrs.
Angerslave narrowly escaped death
when both fell into the San Miguel
river at Telluride. Mrs. Angerslave
was crossing small footbrIdge across
the river with her baby In her arms
when she slipped and fell into the wa
ter.
ColoradO-mined rndium worth $780,
600 and measuring one gram, recently
purchased by the Belgian Red Cross
from the Radium Company of Colo
RADIO, 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.
Leo Sprague, q, member of the
United States naval avintiOn CORPS,
and son Of Albert Sprague of Long
mont, wealthy retired farmer, was in
stantly killed by passenger train at
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.
The school population of Ell Paso
county increased 531 In 1920 over 1919,
according to complete report com.
piled by Mrs. Inez johnson Lewis,
county superintendent Of schools. The
census includes persons between the
ages Of and p. The school popuIs
tiOn Of the county is 12,O25. The IN.
crease over the preceding year il. the
rural districts was 194, and that of
District No. II was 337.
Three men were killed and three res.
cuers were overcome with gas follow
ing an explosion In u 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.
Andrew Zurick, 20 years old, mayor
of Louisville, sacrificed his life to save
1O-year-old boy from drowning, Aft
er rescuing the lad from deep water In
lake of the Western Light and Pow
er Company at Lafayette, Zurick was
stricken with what Is believed IN hovo