Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-12
Pueblo Has Not Food Shell
ter or Work to Care for
Number of Newcomers,
Says Conmandant,
SANITARY SITUATION
IS SAID TO BE GOOD
There Is Less Disease in the
City Now Than Before the
Flood, According to u, S,
P. H, S, Official,
tBy The Associated Press3

Pueblo, Colo, June II (by the
Associated Press. warning that
Pueblo has not food, shelter or
work for outside labor was sounded
here late today by Col. Patrick j.
Hamrock, adjutant general OF the
Colorado national guard.
Il wish the Associated Press
would tell the whole world to stay
away from Pueblo" Col. Hamrock
said. "The food supply, while am
Pile to meet present needs for those
now here, would not suffice for any
large number of newcomers"
While no words were spared TO
make clear the desire to have visit
ors stay away, it was equally en-
phasized that this desire was not
based in any way upon considera-
tions of health.
less Disease Than Before Flood.
There is less disease in Pueblo
now than before the flood Major
j. c. Cornell, district inspector for
the United States public health SER
vice. who is cooperating with the
city's health authorities, declared.
"Prior to the inundation, Pueblo
had had eighty-seven cases OF
contagious diseases in eighty seven
days-an average of one case
day.
During the last eight days,
since the flood, we have had only
four cases of smallpox--all among
the Mexican population and one
of these cases was quarantined De-
fore the flood occurred.
I'VE have plenty of vaccines and
serums, for temporary needs. we
are planning to sell the vaccination
| idea through an advertising cam
paign, conducted with the co-opera-
ton of Pueblo business men. We
| wish to make vaccination desired
rather chan compelled"
City To Re Difsrfcted.
The city is to be districted into
eighty-five sections, Major Cornell
said, with Pueblo physician in
charge of each district, and direct
| ly responsible to DR.. w. e. Buck.
city health officer,
"In the formal findings today
that the shot which killed Ernest
| E. Withers, Pueblo water commits
sioner and business man. was fired
by an ex-service man, who was not
a member of the Colorado national
guard or of the Colorado rangers,
another sequel to one of the great
est tragedies that occurred during
the flood period was recorded. Maj.
! Christopher +. Cusack. assistant
chief of staff, who acted as presi-
| dent of the officers board that
conducted the inquiry, declined to
make public the name of the indi-
vidual who accidentally fired the
shot.
Problems of Relief.
Serious problems of relief in the
rural districts outside of Pueblo
were reported late today to the
Red Cross relief administration
here, according to an official state
ment by A. M. Jones, director gen
eral of relier and rehabilitation.
The floods have practicaiae
wiped out scores of farms along
the river district, carrying away
farming implements and equip
ment and washing out crops. the
report to the Red Cross shows. Ii
he necessary for these farmers to
replant by June Is IL they expect
to make a crop, and some KINDS OF
crops are already too late for sue
cessful replanting, the report ADDS
Detailed information was received
from representatives at Nepesta
and Fowler,
Aid for Rural Section.
Relief of the rural section Is un-
der way by the Red Cross working
from the Pueblo general head
quarters, with the furnishing OF
seeds and equipment.
Announcement was made by long
distance telephone today to Red
Cross headquarters from its repre-.
sentative in La Junta that wv
homes were destroyed there win
property damage placed at $Soo'
900. There was little damage to
the business district and relief WORK
is we'll under way.
First definite results of the cen
sus of storm sufferers IN Pueblo
were available today. The survey
sheets at general headquarters
showed 1,510 families already list
/ ed, with the list not yet complete
Each of these families VIII neeo
assistance, ranging from sllgh'
temporary relief to total rehablli'
tation over a considerable perloe
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