The Dolores star., 1921-06-24
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

into railroad coHi TAT pN'i
flood waters had flowed, He fouhu
grunting therein large, healthy sow
and wriggling family of newborn
pigs. The high sides of the car anu
the fact that hogs are never shippeh III
coal cars. left only one explanation.
The SOW was swept into the car oy
the waters. penned there and left hieh
and dry when the water leaked OUT
through the cracks. The SOW then iar'
rowed her new litter. Captain Dennis
found the car and its family near
Canon Junction.
Promise of federal aid for the Pueblo
flood district along three materlal
lines, in addition TO the reliet WORK
now being done, is indicated IN lhior'
nation received in Denver They are:
Dispatching of commission of engi-
neers from the United States Recln-
nation Service to devise plans Tor
safeguarding the area contiguous 10
the Fountain and Arkansas rivers. Co
operation of United States bureau OF
public roads with the State Highway
Commission In repairing highways and
bridges. Looming of money by the
Federal Farm Loan bank TO farmers
and live stock men who sustained
losses in the floods.
Flood waters in mountain streams of
Colorado have destroyed thousands OF
fish. according to reports reaching Ro-
land G. Parvin, 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 was stocked early
this spring. In other places the trout
have been washed upon the banks of
the streams and 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
planned and are under process of CON
struction. One group of n 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.
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
4 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 cele-
bratiOn.
Nationwide search for Mrs. Minnie
Gagnos, So years old, and her pretty
Cheyenne, Wyo., wanted on land fraud
charges in Colorado, filed by NJ. d. Nc.
Entry, chief of the Denver field divi-
sion of the United States general land
office, led to their arrest by Depart.
ment of Justice officials in Baltimore,
Nd, according to word received in
Denver.
The school population of El Paso
county increased 531 in 1920 over 1919,
according TO n complete report com
piled by Mrs. Inez Johnso-, Lewis,
county superintendent of schools. The
census includes persons between the
ages of 6 and 81. The school popu!a-
ton of the county is 12,O25. The IN
crease over the preceding year IL, tho
rural districts was 1874, and that of
District No. IL was 337
Flags of all Colorado American lie.
gion posts will fly at half-mast for
thirty days in respect to f. w. Gal
braith, Jr., national commander of the
Legion, and colonel in the world war
who was killed in an automobile acci.
dent near Indianapolis, his home.
Charters of the posts will also be
draped for the same period.
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 ut Lafayette, Zurick was
stricken with what is believed to have
been heart attack, and sank in sight
of fifteen companions. His body was
recovered fifteen minutes later.
A registration in excess of 1000 is
expected by authorities in charge of
the University of Colorado summer
school which has opened at Boulder
FOR two siX-week terms. The school
had an attendance of 1,76O last year
and from inquiries that have been re.
ceived 1000 seems to be n conserya.
tive estimate.
The Farmers Union Milling & Ele.
vator Company will build concrete
elevator in Denver, according to a per
init issued by the city building de.
partment. The structure Will be ST.
stories In height and cost $4,000.
The Dayton, Ohio, Rotary Club.
mindful of the flood disaster in Day-
ton In 1913, was the first of the Rotary
CLUBS to come to the aid of flood-strick.