Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-20
RED GROSS GIVES
$4,000 TO RURAL
FLOOD SUFFERERS
251 Gases in Country Districts
Given Permanent Relief
is Report

Up to November l. 1921, nearly $10,-
600 have been spent by the Rural De-
partment of the Colorado Disaster Re-
lief Unit OF the Red Cross, according
to A. w. Jones, Jr.. Director General
OF the disaster work. More money Will
be spent by the Red Cross among the
devastated farms up and down the
Arkansas valley.
About $4,000 will be spent in the re-
building of homes and barns, but none
will be used for the building of fences
or the digging of bitches.
The statement which Mr.. Jones made
public u few days ago shows that 3S9
cases registered and that already Pol
have been given permanent aid. This
permanent aid totals S69, ,331.39. OF this
amount s$49, ,4SS.07 was appropriated to
American families or an average a
family of s320.90. The largest grant was
S1.50. The total spent on foreign fam
lilies of which there We're 116 register-
ed, was 15.424.29. This sum was given
to SO families, the others not needing
any permanent relief. About $1,000 was
spent on II families whose nationality
was not given on registration card. The
average amount appropriated to any
foreign family was S192.S0. while the
largest appropriation. was s400.
The total number of people aided on
the farms was 1,121, including sos
American families. OF this number 145
were children under years of age;
369 between and IA years; $40 be-
tween 10 and 90, while 4S We're over
60 years of age. Twenty widows and
212 married couples We're assisted.
Taking other nationalities helped,
Mr.. Jones' statement shows 16 Slavs,
10 Italians. 80 Mexicans. and Is other
foreign families, including German, 4
Russian, / French and Swedish. fam
lilies.
Mexican families got $3.50 or an
average of 1927 family; Italians ST.
S07 or s253 each while Slavs received
S3,12S or s24S each. over 1870 Mexican
families registered but only IL re-
ceived relief. There was consdera BILE
duplication in the registration of Mex
lean families, some of them register
ing two or three times under differ
ent names.
Under class of relief given. s1o,5s0
was spent for seed for the crops and
feed for the stock, while s35,S20 of the
total amount given was placed in trust
in banks to maintain the farmers until
new crops could be harvested. The
trust fund is SO arranged that the
beneficiary may draw "a stipulated
amount each month. This sum is de-
termined by the Disaster Relief Work.
er and the farmer.
"One of the chief constructive fea-
lures under the maintainance trust
fund agreement of the Red Cross
said Mr.. Jones, lis that 1t places the
idi VII puut'l pdSlS. Sou1elnlnK
that few of them ever have. The needs
of the farmer after a disaster are de-
termined by the Disaster Worker and "A
local committee. Only workers who are
trained in rural disaster work arc al
lowed to act as investigators.
Our report" said Mr.. Jones. also
shows that of the s6a,Ssi.39 more than
$500 was spent on farming equip
ment. principally teams and wagons;
ss.96S was spent ON household goods:
$3.50 on clothes and the balance on
medical and nursing care. hospital
care. burial expenses and other es-
sentials.
THE remainder of the money al
lotted to farm reha bilitation." said Mr.
Jones, will be used on building and
repairs and some on plans for the re-
establishment OF the farmer on other
land. This will only be done when
the land formerly titled has been rem
dered wholly useless by the flood.
Miss Kathryn 3. Monroe of st.
Louis. Missouri Is in charge of the su-
'pervisiou of all case work of the Colo
rado Disaster Relief. while Miss Clara
Somerville OF st. Louis, and Miss
Marion Lombard of Chicago, have
charge OF the rural work