The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-06-06
COLORADO ASKS s2O,0O0,OOO
FOR RELIEF OF FLOOD VICTIMS

sentative Hardy, of Colorado, urging
that congress appropriate s5,O0O,O0t
Immediately for the relief of the flooG
stricken district.
Wants $2O,OOO,OOO For Relief
Pueblo-(By A. P) Governor Shour
today asked the United States govern
ment to place $40, 100000 at the state S
command for use in flood relief work
Flood Waters Are Receding
Pueblo-(By A. P)-Waters in low
lying districts Of Pueblo are below the
i've foot mark this morning and are
still recedlng. The flood is at the
lowet stage since Friday night.
The work of removing bodies from
Grove and Pepper Sauce districts be-
gan today, Colonel Hammock, com
manding the military, announced the
situation is we'll in hand Order is
being brought about.
Hammock expected from Denver to-
day enough tents, bedding, cooking
utensils and medical supplies to care
for 1900 homeless.
The work of establishing a refugee
camp at Mineral Palace park is under
way. All flood sufferers housed in
churches, school houses and other pub
lie buildings will be removed to this
camp.
New Flood Report UnfoInded
Pueblo, Colorado-(By A. PA re-
port originating on the south side of
Pueblo last night that the Arkansas
river was four feet higher ut Sewal-
low and new flood might be expect
ed in Pueblo proved groundless. At
$3.50 a. m. the river had fallen con-
slderably from the high point of last
night.
GOy6rnGr ShOup Asks For Help
Colorado Springs-Governor ShoUp
is asked to appeal to the federal gov
ernment for an appropriation of
$5,OO0,0O0, OF which $2,OO0,OO0 may be
Immediately available, in a telegram
received at his home tonight from
James l.. Lovern, president of the city
council OF Pueblo, Frank S. Hoag,
chairman of the levee repair commit
tee; 3. b. Wlthers, president of the
Puebla water works; G. K. McHarg,
president of the Arkansas valley ditch
association.
The text of the message follows.
Late estimates of total property
and crop damage between Canon City
and state line is from fifteen to TWEEN
ty million dollars. Damage in Pueblo
city and county alone will take six to
eight million dollars Federal govern
ment expends millions of dollars to /
improve and repair 1evees in all sec
tlons of the country We now ask the |
government to appropriate sum of five
million dollars of which the sum of |
two million dollars may be immedi-
ately. Impossible to ascertain loss of
ing and improving Arkansas river and
Fountain river levees and removing
debris from the cities damaged, of
which Pueblo should have at least one
and one-half million dollars immedi-
ately. impossible to ascertain loss Of
life, owing to impossibility of remov-
ing debris without great financial as
sistance, but Pueblo alone will show
several hundred people drowned when
debris is removed"
President Sends Message
The following message from Presi-
dent Harding was received this after
noon by Governor Shoup:
| am deeply distressed to read of
the great misfortune which has come
with its toll of death and destruction
to the citizenship of Pueblo and the
valley of the Arkansas river. 1t is
most reassuring to know how nobly I
your state has met the great emer-
gency.
"If the federal government can be
OF aid to you, pray please do not .
hesitate to advise me, because all the {
people of the United States are
touched by the sorrow and distress ,
which has come to the people of Colo !,
rado."
Red Cross Sends 100000
st. Louis-An additional appropria- :
tion of $4,000 for relief of the flood !
sufferers at Pueblo, Colorado, was
announced by the southwestern di- $
yision of the American Red Cross to- $
lay. This brings the total appropria- $
ion to 100000.
Announcement was also made that I
J. Il. Fr1eser, manager of the south
western division, was enroute to Pu-
'blo to supervise relief work there
md that Miss Ethel Pinder, director n
# nursing, would take personal O
barge of the nursing corps there. "
Plans to furnish supplies include o
distribution of tens, bedding, clothing, II
ooking utensils, stoves, lanterns, g
medical supplies and disinfectants N
which are being rushed to Pueblo.
Second $4,000 Authorized ri
Washington-Auth for the e.
expenditure of second $4,000 out of II
e national disaster relief funds for
lood relief was wired to the Red C
ross chapter at Pueblo today by
ational headquarters. The action fol-
owed receipt of telegraphic reports
rom Pueblo chapters officials that C
he situation was growing desperate be
curly. W
Bad Floods In Texas m
Pecos, Texas-The Texas & Pacific fu
ailroad tracks near here are under
ater for distance OF about 1900 D
et at q depth of from three to five W
et and traffic has been suspended tn
YER this section as result of the III
verflowing of the Pecos river. tn
The river was rapidly rising today. tn
armers in the lowlands were warned
, leave. Heavy rains in New Mexico
ugmented by two inch rain here Sat tn
rday night put all streams out of de-
leir banks Considerable damage has ch