The Raymer enterprise., 1921-06-23
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


now being done, Is indicated in infor.
nation received In Denver. They are
Dispatchlng OF a commission Of engi.
neers from the United States Recla.
nation Service to devise plans for
safeguarding the area contiguous to
the Fountain and Arkansas rivers. Co.
operation Of United States bureau Of
public roads with the State Highway
Commission In repairing highways and
bridges. Loaning Of money by the
Federal Farm Loan bank to farmers
and live stock men who sustained
| losses In the floods.
Montrose has emerged from the
greatest flood that has, ever swept
that district The Uncompahgre river
has receded. due to the remarkable
work Of hundreds Of citizens and farm
ers who are fighting night and day,
and have built many dikes In an effort
to keep the water within Its banks.
| The loss is estimated between 500 900
and S30O000 Long stretches Of rich
| fruit land has been ruined and hun
dreds OF horses and chickens have
been killed.
Lawrence Lockhart, about IS years
old, Of Arvada, is In a critical condi-
ton In the county hospital at Greeley
az the result Of an attempt to commit
suicide. Lockhart placed himself
across the rails OF the Union Pacific
tracks, two miles west Of La Sale,
and permitted his body to be struck
by an east.bound train. His skull Ii
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 Ro-
land G. Parvin. state game and fish
commissioner. Hardest hit by the
food has been Bear Greek cahon,
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,
snd now many homes are being
planned and are under process Of con-
structIon. One group Of a 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.
Nationwide search for Mrs. Minnie
Gagnos, 55 years old. and her pretty
daughter, Mrs. Lena Hauser. both of
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 Depnrt.
ment of Justice officials in Baltimore,
Nd, according to word received In
Denver.
The school population Of FL 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 81 The school popu!a-
tion Of the county is 12.025. The IN
crease over the preceding year ia the
rural districts was 1914, and that of
District No. II was 337.
Colorado.mined radium 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-
clous metal will be packed In heavy
lead-llned containers.
Members Of the state organization of
FOresters Of America will hold their
next convention In Boulder next June.
This decision was reached just be-
fore the 1921 annual convention nd.
journed In Denver.
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 I. All the cowboys Of the
Rocky Mountain region are expected
to come to Fort Morgan for the cele-
bration.
Three men were killed and three res
cuers were overcome with gas follow
ing an explosion in q 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 summonlng aid.
Clouds Of gas following the explosion
caused the death Of the three men.
Leo Spragus, q, q member Of the
United States naval aviation corps.
and son Of Albert Sprague Of Long
mont, wealthy retired farmer, was In
stantly killed by passenger train at
WOlcott, Wyo. II is believed that