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<br />page 31 <br /> <br />close range, and their persistellce occasioned officers much <br />difficulty in avoidine dangerou" situati.ons. Flashlights, <br />cnadles and lanterns made their appearance Friday night. It <br />was not until Saturday morning and the breakfast hour that <br />the absence of such vonveniences as electric ranges and <br />electric lights was realized. There was, on the whole, however, <br />gratitude that Sterling had escaped flood damage within the <br />city. <br />Light service was partially restored late Saturday after- <br />noon and Advocate workers, after a day of strenuous effort, <br />were near the point of publishing a paper. Failure of a <br />50-horsepower motor at the Public Service plant, however, created <br />a critical situation. There was power left for only the south <br />side of Sterling, on which was the pump at Columbine park, <br />furnishing water for the city. Stores downtown which had gas <br />lights or emergency lighting e'luipment, remained o:pen. others <br />made early closing. Sterling, with no street lights and few <br />store lights, had something of the appearance Satu:rday nigh of <br />a crossroads town. <br /> <br />From THE STERLING ADVOCATE on Monday, June 3, 1935.... <br /> <br />GOVERINOR'ESTIMATES'DAMAGE:y <br /> <br />..: J"", _,:' '-'. .":,','., _'. ,..:.: ,"_::.';.>.,!''t",[!.' _ ,_~,,:~,~ <br /> <br />l" AT FROM EI'GHT TO TEN MIlliON <br /> <br />\-~...;..'~ '~ ,~,-~iJ;,;j':'}"':':::&r~_~~ <br /> <br />DENVER, June 3 (AP). Flood damage in Colorado was estimated <br />today at from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 by Governor Ed C. Johnson. <br />He predicted "everything will be back to normal within a few <br />days." <br />"I do not wish to minimize the damage from the flood but <br />nevertheless it can be repaired 'luickly," the governor said. <br />C. D. Vail, state highway engineer, said none of the main <br />highways in the state "is completely blocked" and emergency <br />detours have been established pending permanent repairs. <br />American Red Cross officials, who established head'luarters <br />at Colorado Springs, said they are caring for all families made <br />homeless by the floodwaters and that the situation is not <br />critical. <br />"As everyone probably knows, the flood damage extends <br />over a wide section of the state, but it is confined to the <br />immediate vicinity of streams in the Ea"tern part of the state," <br />the governor said. <br />No Pestilence Danger <br />"It is, therefore, a comparatively small porti.on of the <br />state that has been damaged. None of the mountain parks or <br />towns, including all the scenic areas, was in the flood area. <br />"I made an automobile tour of the Colorado Springs region <br />yesterday and I was told that the normal tourist travel there <br />can now be handled and that roads to the scenic mOlmtain country <br />near there are open. There appears to be no danger from <br />