The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-12-13
NEWS HISTORY OF
THE PAST week
A Complete History ofWhat Has
Been Happening Throughout
the World
WESTERN

Van Allen Canning corporation plant In
Ogden which was destroyed BY firs
Wednesday night. 10 being made by the
owners Of the property and the In
surance adjusters. The greatest loss
from the fire will be In the machinery
and the thousands Of cases Of canned
vegetables and fruits. A large
amount Of furniture which was stored
In the warehouse also was destroyed.
Three local men lost their lives and
property damage estimated at $4,000
was caused by . fire with swept the
Ben Hur hotel Of Portland, three
story frame structure.
James q. Mahoney was hanged
ct the state penitentiary at Walla
Walla for the murder Of II aged wife.
Kate Mooers Mahoney. ut Seattle in
April. 1927.
Rulon G. James a 10 year old stud
emit was shot and instantly Killed by
one Of supposed Quartet Of ban
dts during an attempted holp Of the
D. d. drug store at Salt Lake.
Ono man lost his life, three others
were severely burned. score of
others narrowly escaped with their
heves. and nearly 100000 damage was
done by fire which early Sunday start
ID on the second floor Of the Overland
hotel, destroying the hotel, the store
and stock Of the A. ]. Spencer COM
pan.y. vacant store building and two
dwellings at Wendover.
Four Of the six plants Of the Anal
gamated Sugar company have COM
pleted their runs. according to an
nouncement by the President. The
factories that have closed are the ones
at Ogden, Smithfleld and Cornish,
Utah. and Burnley. Idaho. The fac
tories at Lewiston, Utah and Twin
Walls, Idaho. will close later.
The gentleness Of a Wyoming lum-
''erjack. the suspicious of Salt Lake
tank clerk. the boldness Of trio OF
alleged buncO.steerers and a prompt
action by pair Of city detectives re-
suited in the capture of three be-
lieved-to-be confidence operators. The
trio are lodged in the Salt Lake City
Jail.
GENERAL
Madame Galli-Curci, the grand opera
singer. escaped with only slight injur-
ses when her automobile struck pile
Of building rocks, on the roadway, near
Passaic. narrowly missed an open
drawbridge over the Passaic river and
rolled On its side against the bridge
approach. She was returning to New
York from concert At Orange.
In q letter bearing the stamp of the
kuklux Khan No. 63 Of Louisiana, the
mayor. police force. and town marshal
q Haynesville. an oil town in north
louisiana were ordered to resign. The
police were charged with shielding
bootleggers and lawbreakers and the
tewn marshal as lawbreaker.
Radio wireless messages announced
tie opening Saturday Of the twenty
third annual internatior"' uvestock
show ct the Chicago W. Ids,
whore more than 1000 ded
cattle. horses, sheep be
Judged for honors d. ks
showing. Stockmen IF
the United States and
prinkling Of foreign ", re
present.
The University Of Montreal suffered
another heavy fire loss when a quarter
d . million dollar blaze destroyed the
dentistry and veterinary building.
Seven firemen were injured in efforts
% keep the flames from reaching q
number Of barrels of alcohol. The
main building was badly damaged.
Outspeeding the police tug Manhat.
tan which had been ordered to over.
take her. the Cunard liner Assyris
flashed past Sandy Hook and headed
Tor Scotland. carrying with her IL sos
cases Of whisky deported by federal
prohibition agents. and two deputy
sheriff alleged to have been "kidnap-
"a" while executing an order to seize
part Of the carca.
More than 1900 Of Terre Bonne's
poulation OF 5000 are homeless as. n
result Of the fire that SWEET the town
destroying IT'S buildings and causing
&emage estimated at 81 100000.
Secret service agents at New York
arrested John Popovich of Los Angeles,
VINO. they said. carried bag contain.
hg counterfeit English bank notes
calling for 100000 pounds sterling.
A strike Of, coal miners of district
No. II, the Indiana bituminous field.
appeared inevitable following refusal
Of the operators association to ''check
OFF, a 81 assessment levied against
each miner by union officials.
Fifteen employees Of the Julius @