The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-12
TELEGRAPH|C TALES
FOR BUSY READERS.
A RESUME OF THE WEEKS
oOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
important Events Of the Last Seven
Days Reported by Wire and Pre-
pared for the Benefit Of tho
Busy Reader
WESTERN

way system Monday announced ths
plans for extension of the company
main line from Orchard to Bots
Idaho, had been completed
Twelve are known dead and score
are injured, as the result of a serie
Of cloudbursts Monday evening de
vastated much OF the country fror
Salt Lake to Brigham City, Utal
The towns of Willard and Farming
ton probably suffered the heavies
damage. Half the town of Willar,
was swept away by the flood. Nh,
Lagoon resort near Pennington suf
Tered greatly from the floods and 1
was here that the largest loss of life
occurred.
Two hundred miners in No. / mine
Of the Kemmerer Coal company were
entombed Tuesday following an ex,
plosion. The explosion occurred In
the lower levels. A cave-in at entry
No. Is cut off all communication with
the men who were working around
the twenty eighth entry. Nothing
definite concerning the condition of
the entombed men has come from the
depths of the mine. but experts in
miners rescue work declared They
saw little hope of rescuing the men
alive.
A number Of postoffice inspectors
who assisted in obtaining evidence
upon which many Texas oil operators
were indicted for fraud have come
to Los Angeles to perform similar
work among southern California OPP
orators, it is stated.
Carl Sorenson who was buried in
eavein in the banana Billings stope
Of the Eureaka Hill mine near Eure--
ka, Utah Wednesday afternoon, died
Of his injuries Thursday. In the
same accident his employer, Jens
Nelson, leaser, was instantly killed.
Fears that the Mallory line tanker
Swift Star had gone down with an
hands was expressed in shipping cir
cles at Los Angeles following receipt
at the government station of a radio
message from Tampico, Mexico, stat
Ing that an ice-box. with the words
Swift Star stenciled on it and con-
tanning the body of a man, believed to
be that of a member of the crew,
had been washed ashore on st. An
drew's island. 300 miles north of
Colon, In the Caribbean sea.
GENERAL
Tulsa awoke Tuesday under martial
law, surprised and angry. Indigna-
ton was expressed at Governor j. C.
proclamation placing the
city under military rule as the result |
Of the whipping of Nathan Hartman
by masked band. Troops rushed |
here from Oklahoma City and Okmul-
gee patroled the streets from the
camps they had pitched.
Reductions in gasoline prices, be-
gun when Gov. w. II. McMaster of
South Dakota ordered state highway
supply depots TO sell gasoline at 10
tents a gallon, assumed a national
aspect Tuesday when price cuts an
by the Standard Oil company
If Indiana and Kentucky and indie
pendent producers became effective in
and southern states.
Director Scobey of the mint Satur-
lay gave orders for the production by
he Philadelphia mint of bronze
medallion OF President Harding. The
nedallions will carry on one side the
ace of the late chief executive in
,ase relief and on the reverse side
will be the dates of his birth, inaug-
ration and death They will be sold
o the public at S1.52 each.
With a feeling somewhat of amaze
nent Hillsboro. ILL.,, resident Satur-
lay found themselves in the midst of
small army Of about 600 khaki-clad.
teel-helmeted soldiers, as result of
he strike OF several hundred workers
t the plant of the American Zinc
Everything was calm here
.fter one man mad been shot in a
lot Friday morning near the plant
Three persons are dead, the current
q the Chicago river was reversed, an
irplane was brought down. dam in
he Desplaines river was bursted. two
'ouses were toppled over and tele-
hone and electric light wires and
levated and street car traffic were
rippled as a result OF terrific cleo
ricaI storm which visited Chicago
arly Saturday.
Two men and woman were blown
, pieces when a small powder house
{ the Rosedale Coal company at
Iaidsville, w. Va, Thursday. Cause
the explosion was not determined.
Nearly two score engine companies
ught a fire at the plant of the AL
,rt Schwall Malt company at Chicago
bich. It is estimated, has caused a