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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
IDAHO STATE WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Construction of Harpster-Stites road
will cost $4,000.
Moscow-University adds Architec-
ture to course.
Work starts on Bosses $1,000 Elks
temple.
Boise-Big Idaho road project plan
network will cost s221,0O0.
Kellogg-Ore showing in Sidney
mine encouraging.
Occur d'Alene-s65,265 contract for
building three grade schools award
ed.
Briggs to vote $4,000 bonds for new
court house
Juliaetta ships carload watermel-
ons to Spokoane.
Pocatello-Idaho to harvest banner
sugar beet crop-estimated 225.000
tons, requiring 800 freight cars to
move crop.
Orofno-Lolo Lumber company han
ding 100000 feet lumber daily
Montpelier-Texas Oil company gas
and oil distributing plant and reads
for business. Invests over $4,000 Il
warehouse and large gas and oil stor
age tanks.
Wallace-Progress made at new
surface plan at Hecla properties
foundation for main building nearly
completed.
Arco-New desert road from Arco-
Howe highway to Bingham open to
travel
Occur Richmond Copper
commences work.
Lewiston votes s3S0,0O0 for improve
ments to municipal water system.
Twin Falls-Gray Mining company
at Contact starts work on immense
tunnel which will provide for three
tracks and enable modern mining ma
chinery to operate.
Idaho business, measured by income
other state in unioon save New Hamp
SHE.
approximately $1,000 acres land
near lee in Grant county leased by
Blue Mountain Oil company.
'dah~ TO receive s221,000 federal ali
for DAD project.
Payette3Work OF surfacing Mccall
New Meadows highway from here tc
Adams county begins.
Twin Falls crops worth $4,000 900. |
One half million dollars will be paid
by Paul Sugar factory TO farmers of
Mtnidoka county for their beet crop |
Contract let for building of Conda |
school house.
-Equaized valuation of |
Bannock county totals, s16,S54, 96150 |
Oakley-Cheese factory increases
output-over ton cheese leaves plant
every week.
$50 cars potatoes shipped from Ida
no between August 81 and September |
LIST
Effort being made to surface Wen
dell-Appleton road.
Wendell cheese factory proving ben
eft to community.
Idaho Falls-Local cheese factory
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Office Of the Board of County Com
missioners OF Custer County. Idaho.
Challis, Idaho, Sept. 10, 1929
Pursuant to law the Board cCnyen-
ed this day al O'Clock A NJ.
Present: Robt Campbell, Chair
man; Commissioners Johnson and
Criswell, Emmett Donahue. Clerk
In the matter Of fixing tax levy
on the assessable property of Custer
County for the year 1923, it was or
dered that said rate be and is here
by fixed at $3.50 on each 800. valua-
ton of assessable property in said
County, apportioned to State and
County funds as follows:
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
DEMPsY KNOCKS OUT FIRPO
IN TWO TERRIFIC ROUNDS

Jack Dempsy retained his title in
the fight with Firpo, knocking out
the big South American in two rounds
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE
OF CUSTER COUNTY

The Business Mems Association,
and the people Of Salmon, invite the
people Of Custer County 70 be their
guests on Friday, October the 9Th.
this being the last day Of the Lemhi
County Fair.
Upon arriving IN Salmon, you viii
please go 10 the RED CROSS PHAR-
MACY, and register, and you VIII re-
ceive ribbon, which VIII entftIe you
TO Free Admission to the Fair Grounds,
and to the Dance in the evening.
Signed,
BUSINESS MEMS ASSOCIATION.
BY Chas. ! Beers.
Chairman
State Auditor for permit TO correct
the error
Having completed the business Of
fixing the levies. on motion it vas Or
dered that the Board stand adjourn
ed.
ROBT. CAMPBELL, Chairman
EMMETT sDONAHUE. CLERK
Office Of the Board Of County Com
Of Custer County. Idaho
Cha1lis. Idaho, Sept 10. 1923.
Pursuant TO law the Board coaTen-
ed this day al A:30 P NJ
Present: Robt- Campbell. Chairman
Commissioners Johnson and CTisveH
and Emmett Donahue, Clerk
Whereupon the following proceed
ings were had:
Reports submitted and all cores
Dondence read
In the matter Of the request from
he Forest Supervisor OF the SaEtooth
National Forest for an appropriation
Tor building a road 10 Red Fish Lakes:
After due consideration and owing,
10 the fact that the road fund Is near
y exhausted. they are unable 70 make
any appropriation At this time
In the matter Of the application Of
Chas. B. Jensen and others for assis
-ance in building bridge across the
Challis Irrigation canal:
II appearing 70 the Board that
this bridge would accommodate many
-anchers IN getting out wood. IL was
ordered that the County pay one-half
IF the amount spent provided the &
mount did not exceed fifty dollars
No further business pertaining 10
roads appearing al this time. on
notion the Board adjourned
ROBT. CAMPBELL. Chairman
EMMETT DONAHUE Clerk
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19

Jack Dempsy retained his title in
the fight with Firpo, knocking out
the big South American in two rounds
Round One
Dempsy missed a left and Firpo
dug right into his body, sending him
To his knees. Dempsy fioored FiTpo
with left hook TO the chin. but ne
was up after taking a count of one.
When he got up, Dempsy sent him
to the floor 70 the second time with
a hard right, but he did not take a
count Dempsy knocked him over for
the third time When he got up Jack
chased him TO the corner, knocking
him down again. After being fioored
for the fourth time FiTB6 knocked
Dempsy through the ropes and
Dempsy came back groggy. Firpo
pounded Dempsy on the jaw with
sledge-hammer right. bringing blood
from his mouth Firpo also was
bleeding when he went to his corner.
Round Two
Dempsy sent right 20 the body,
then he shot right To the jay and
F'i1po went down for the count of five
Firpo missed a wild right TO The Jaw
Both then swung lefts TO the body.
Firpo was slammed down by Demp-
sey for the last time. falling like an
OK.
The fight was the bloodiest in the
history of pugilistic encounters.
being enlarged.
Shirt factory at penitendary com
pleted-will give employment 10 200
men.
New railroad being built from
Prichard to mouth OF Big Creek.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19

I proposed for the first time - tns
girl OF my heart On the crowded paaf-
form Of an eIevsted station during the
weIl-known rush hour. II wss cold
miserable evening and WASN'T
warmed W ST an By the young ladys
curt. firm and cutting refusaL-Cht
cagO Journal
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
Sczr-o~ Hawk usef2-

There Is long list OF hawks tn n
country, and the spamsE hawk u ne
smallest Of the family, say. Nature
MAGAZINE In so far as car interests
are concerned II Is most usefu
bird for II feeds On rice, On not
few insect pests. a. crickets ane
graszhopperz, also On spiders and ne
rest
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
Fashions Here and There

A South Sea island maiden beauf|
fes herself with z brass ring In hef
nose. An American woman OF fashion
does the same with a pearl IN ner eaL
The ring Is more serTiceabl@5ou can
hold her by II, Il nothing more
Voc Doc.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
EMMETT DoNAHUE. Clerk.

In the matter of the assessment of
Seventy-five head of cattle assessed
to Alvin West, it appearing to the
Board that an error had been made,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
The Use of Purple.

Purple, a mixture of scarlet and
blue, was discovered ar Tyre II was
used by high officials and was in 532,
by degree of Justinian. confined TO the
use of the Emperor, hence the express
sion, Born to the purple"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19

whereas the valuation should be Fiji
teen Hundred Dollars in place of Three
Thousand Dollars, it was ordered that
the Clerk make application to the
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
Stock Exchange Lingo.

"At the outset a firm tone was In
evidence" Perhaps you think rh'
writer was reviewing a violin reeit>'
He was not. He was reviewing the
days activities on the New York
stock exchange.-Kansas City Star.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
TWO Mounts Ararat.

One Mount Ararat of today Is In
Armenia and is a volcano Of two cones,
the highest being 1920 feet above the
sea: another is in Surrey county,
North Carolina. and is 5000 feet high.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-09-19
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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-05-22
ROBECHEk SPROSTEN
OBZALOBY

Krajan karel Robechek byl
obvinen, re wal llplatek 500,
ably pnsob.l We prospech pro-
pustenl z v6zeni Johna Holbe-
na, Jenz byl odS,ouzen pro pre-
jimani kradenych veci. Okres-
nj soudce Phillips sam. kdyz
po skoncenem pfeliceni preda
val pripad porote, odporuco-
val. by vyrkli vyrok nevinnen,
neb nebylo vlastne proti obza-
lovanemu zadneho dukazu
Scud lidu sc die pokynu soud-
ce zachoval Robechka spro.
still viny. Do nesnazi Sc dostal
po vysetrovanl, zahajenem pro
batnlm urednikem Kirbym
jcnz byl okresnim soudcen
Waltherem pro nevaznost
soudu "a vyslechu zavren sam
ale ma rozkaz apelacniho sou
du ihned propulsion.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-05-22
kAZDY CIZINEC MUS! MfT
DOkLAD @ VYROVNANf
DANE z PRfJMU NEz
MUZE ODEJET.

+. l.. |. S. = Kazdy cizinec,
at ie. anebo byl We Spoienych
Statech trvale usidlen, anebo
byl jen zde delsi dobu poby-
tenn a byl zamestnan anebo ko-
necno ami nemel zvlaStnich
pfllmu. musi pred svym odje-
zdem dokazat, re bud zapla-
I'll sve dane prijmG, anebo re
dane platit nemusel a obdrzi
"a tim ucelem prohlaseni w.
b6rciho We SVEN distriktu, KITE
rezto prohlaseni, anebo stvr-
zenku predlozi vybercimu y
mlste, odkud vypluie pax OBJ
drzi tax zvany clearance Ger
tificate'. ktery musi odevzdat
pred vstuDem ma LODI, jinak by
nebvl pripust6n nemohl by
ONSJCll.
kdo by nemohl se vykazat
,takovym listkem, ie obycejne
zadrzen ma pfistayiSti a vyse-
tfovan a to Zprayidla zname-
ma, ze Sc zdrzi a lod' odpluje
beZ n6ho. PotOm ovsem Ease
nastanou sviZele $ prem6nou
lodi one line Ease jedna sc
0 povoleni k odjezdu, ktere w
dava vVb6rcl pTistavu.
L pfilezitosti teto neni tre-
ba sice znova vysvetlovat, kdo
lie povinen a kdo neni platii
dan z pilimu, ale je nutno u
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-05-22
PONDELNf ZASEDANf
MESTSKE RADY.
Roj proti otravovani nasi
pitne vody.

Ma program SO dostal spo-
lecny boz mesta statu protl
otravoyanl yod ruznymi tovar-
mani, ktere lidskemu zdravi
nebezpecne odpadky vypousti
do jezera. Jednohlasne byla
prijata ordinance, navrzena
pravnim riditelem Lambem, by
kazdy zavod. vypoust6jici do
feky Cuyahogy neb do iezera
Erie, fenol neb line lucebni-
ny byl potrestan pokutou do
stupuiici az $4,000
DR.. J. +. Monger, fiditel stat
nlho zdravotniho Department.
u Columbus oznamuje, re svo-
lava spolecnou konferenci to-
varnlch fiditelu, ma ktere no.
dla odporuciti zavodum metho
dy, lax odpadky jako fenol
,moZno vyuzitkovati obchodne
a tax dobrovolne a tez uzitec-
ne prispeti k udrzovani zdravi
obcanstva.
Fenol Jest kyselina karbolo-
va a vedlejSim vyrobkem prl
ltak Zvane suche dastilaci u
hi pfi vyrobe koksu. Uhli Jest
rozehrato a pax chlazeno vo-
dou, Ia kterehoz procesu Sc z
tuny uhll uvolnuii do chladici
vody ctyfi libry fenolu vypou
sten leat i vodou do reky neb
lcZera, ably Sc objevil nevitane
Y naslch nadobach ma pitt. DIE
vypoctu DIR. Mongera dostava
Sc tax do naSich vod ka2dy
den II tun fenolu. Vodou TAX
to otravenou neni vSak ohrozo-
van iedine Cleveland protc
Sc stava otaZka tato profile.
mem statnIm.
i DIE DIR. Mongera Jest mozn;
naprava beZ znacnejsich w
loh a take liz velke tovarn,
pracuii. aniz by zmineny cd
padek byl vypoust6n do spo
trebni vody. Jeden zavod Jes
Iy Clarendon, Pa. a druhy zna
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-05-22
CENA VYPSANA MA DOPA.
DEM WHITFIELDA, DO.
STUPUJE $4,000.
Odmsnu mIze obdrzeti ]
policista.

M6stska rada ma vtereisi
pravidelne schulz pfijala jed
nomyslne ordinance, kterou je
ma dopadeni j. L. Whitfielda,
vraha policisty Griffina dosa-
vadni cena zvysena ma $4,000
Take podminky vyplaceni te-
chto penez byly ponekud zme-
neny a sice tax, re narok ma
odmenu ma jen ten, kdo Sc
pronasledovaneho zlosyna emo
chi at jiz ziveho nebo mrtve-
no. Podobne byla zrusena i
podminka stanovena mayorem
Kohlerem, re ma odmenu ne
mGze miti narok policista neb
Glen jeho rodiny. Jak Sc ma
yor vuci zmene Zachova, neni
Znamo, stane sc TAX snad az
dotycna ordinance bude pred
lozena k jeho podpisu. Ordi-
nanci puvodni, prijatou NEST
skou radou pred tydnem, zne.
jici ma $1,000 podepsal beze
ySech namitek.
Prvnejsi vypsani melo plat
most jen ma jeden tyden pro
to fiditel MARTINEZ prodlouzi
lhdtu ma tyden dalsi, po pripa
de do te dolby, dokud mayor nj
potvrdi ordinance novou.
Radni Cook podal navrh, BY
mesto plat zavrazd6neho poll
cisty Griffina platilo vdove je
Ste po diva roxy, ably tato neby.
la odkazana ma vefejne sbirky
Riditel mestskych pray Lamb
sc vsak domniva, re k n6cemu
podobnemu vlastn6 mesto an
zadneho prava nema.
V stihani Whitfielda nepri
hodilo Sc nic noveho, krone
dochazejicich zprav, ae zde
neb tam WIDEN byl muz jemu
podobny. S velkym ramusem
v Carnegie, pittsburskem pred.
m6sti polapeny muz, jenz me-
to nestesti, re trochu odpovi-
dial popisu stihaneho, byl pro
pusten. kdyz svymi pribuzny
mi byl poznan.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-05-22
ZJEDNODUSENf SKOLNf
SPRAVY.
Ods!rarsni letnich prazdnin.

Obcansky skolni vybor Wy
dial vCera navrh ma podstatne
Zmeny V dosavadni Skolske ad
ministraci. Jedna Sc ustano-
veni kom!sare vychovy, jemuz
by byli zodpovedni jak skolni
tax riditel. Ne
dostatku skolnich budov ma
bvti odpomozeno zrusenim OBJ
vyklych letnich prazdnin a
Skolni finance, die noveho pla-
nu by vedl riditel Sc zvlastnim
oddelenlm.
Zmineny skolni vybor obcan
sky byl imenovan ma zadost
skolni rady, V dubnu +. 1922,
dnes jiz zemfelvm F. H. Gof-
fem, ably vysetril skolske po-
merry vnbec. P1vodn6 sesta-
val S 20 clenu, z nichz vsak be-
hem DOLBY pet .resignovalo.
Zprava organisace pravi, ze
pokrok naSeho Skolstvi brzdi
netlspech vykonnych organu,
pokud sc tyce potfeb, jez ma
stanou dobe priSti. Ia vel
kou zavadu povazovana jest
dosavadni roztIflstenost skol-
ske administrace. Vecny pax
deficit mel by byti potiran Ii
dovou vychovou, smei'ujicl k
tomu, ably vei'ejnost poznala
velkou dulezitost skolstvi, tax
ably byly zvysene skolni vyda-
! ie st6dfeji podporovany.
klestiti ma ucet rozpoctu u
citelum mzdy, nema smyslu a
dosavadni system, die ktereho
til ctvrtiny vseho nakladu ma
skoly padnou jen ma ucitelske
platy, jest nemoZno menitl, jlz
proto, re uGitelstvo bude musi-
Iii utiti V letnich prazdnino-
|vych mesicich, aniz by Jim mo
lhla byti v6tsi tato prace homo
rovana. Skolni rok ma byti
dale rozdelen ma ctvfi ctvrte
misto dosavadnich dvou seme-
stru ma trvati po cely rok.
Zprava vyboru, ac jinak
svedci 0 velke propracovanosti
itrpi tim, re pozadovanych re-
forcm Jest priliS mnoho, coz Y
projednavani zabere jiste ne
Iobycejn6 dlouhou dobu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-05-22

pozornit na to, ze jsou pfiste-
hovalci residenty Spojenych
Statu, anebo nejsou residenty.
Rozdil V tom ie ten, re priste-
valec. ktery neni povazovan "a
residenta, musi platit re svych
primu ma miste a procenta pl-
nych 8 procent, tedy dvojna-
sobny poplatek u porovnani 5
residentem.
Residentem stava sc ten pri-
stehovalec, ktery 81 bud Wy
zdvihne obcansky list prvni, a.
nebo podpise modry listek,
form 1918, da jej notafsky O.
verit, a odevzda svemu zamest
navateli. Tim Sc mohou pfi-
stehovalci vyhnout nejlepe mo
znosti, ktere by mohli byt po-
vazovani "a non-reNidenty a
mohla by Jim byt pocitana pax
dyojnasobna dan z pTiimu. =
Formulate tyto lie obdrzet Cd
Czechoslovak Bureau, 119 w.
4lst Street, New York City,
n. Y.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-05-22
ROZSUDKY PRO PRESTOU-
PENI NOVEHO BENDRO-
VA ZAKONA.

Sedm prestupniku prohibic-
Mich predpisu bylo vcera mu-
nicipalnlm soudcem T. T.. Gree
nem odsouzeno die tax zvane-
no Bendrova zakona, ktery V
ned6li na'byl pravomoci. Trem
jinym provinilclm povolen byl
odklad soudnIho licni. Zako-
mem ZakaZule Sc pod pilsnyml
tresty vSem, Il nichz budou ma
lezeny, aneb prodavali lihovi-
ny, obsahujicl hlavne drevity
lih. kazdy, jehoz vinou ma
sledkem podani Thu nekdo ze-
mre, dan .bude v obzalobu pro
vrazdu druheho stupne. Kdo
uziva pax aparatu na destilo-
vani lihovin, vysazuje sc ne.
beZpeci pokutam od S1.00 az
do $4,000 a trestu od jednoho
do p6ti roku. Zakon pax Wy
lucuje kazde Zmirn6nl jednou
pfisouZene pokuty, at iiz ns
penezich neb ma svObode.
Bendrllv zakon byl prvni pr
jatou pfedlohou, jednohlasnt
obema domy, podepsan guver.
nerem dne 20. brezna platno.
sti ia diva meslce.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-05-22
ODHALENf PAMETNlHO
MA HROBU JOSE
FA TVRZICkEHO.

Pod protektoratem ceskoslo-
ven. vyslanectvi +bude odha-
len nahrobni kamen zesnulemu
Josefu Tvrzickemu, ktery V do
be valky vsechnu svou energll,
sv6 schopnosti soustfedil ma
spolecne praci vsech Cechoslo-
vaku americkych "Osvobozeni
naseho lidu cd rakouskeho ina
a vytvoreni republiky Ceskoslo
venske."
Brzy po prevratu odejel do
Ceskoslovenska, kde znova ne
unavne pracoval ma utuzeni a
zdokonaleni nasich idealu. Ne
ustale vycerpavani sill "a val
ky i v dob6 povalecne, zlomi-
10 Tvrzickeho tou merou, re 81
zoufal.
By prace jeho byla aspon
castecne Ocenena, Narodni
Sdruzeni dalo prevezti z ieho
rodiste balvan kamene, ma KITE
rem vryta jsou slova vdecno-
sti nezistnemu pracovniku,
ktery pro osvobozeni sve rod
ne vlasti dal vse co mel = sve
zdravi - svuj zivot...
Ia soucinnosti Narodniho
Sdruzeni pod protektoratem
ceskoslovenskeho vyslanectvi
We Washingtonu, d. c., budou
obrady odhaleni pam6tniho ka
meme ma rovu zesnuleho kona-
ny V nedeli, dne q. kvetna
1923 cd IL. do /. hodiny odpo.
ledne ma Congressional Gene.
terry, Washington, D. C.
Pofad Jest tento: Smutecni
choral. - Reel zastupcu spoil
XII a organisaci. - Zpev. =
Rec zastupce Ceskoslovenskt
Narodni Rady.
Po ukonceni obradu Odebe
rou Sc vsichni uCastnici ku re
cepci poradane Ceskosloven
skym vyslanectvim.
Jak nam vyslanectvi sdeluie
jest jedine 2 Baltimore hlaSe
no pres 1915 ucastniku. Jsm,
presv6dceni, re pratele zesnu
leho, pokud jim cas- a pomer,
dovoluii, pnjdou sloziti posled
nj akt piety muzi tax zasluzn
mu, iakym byl Josef TvrzickJ
! Ia Ceskoslovenskou Marco
i radu V Americe John Cerve
ka, predseda: Vaclav Cipra
feditel kancelare.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-05-22

me McKinneyoyy zavody Y Gle
yelande. Y obou tovarnach sc
voda, kterou byl rozpaleny
koks schlazen, cerpa do zvlast
nich nadrzek miato aby die
q )savadniho nechvalneho IVY
ku vypoustena ,byla bud do
feky neb do jezera. Vyterpa-
ma voda sc pax znovu k chla-
zeni uhli uziva neb zmineny
fenol sc ztraci spolecne vod-
mimi parami.
, 1923-01-25
RAID rs
HELD SER OUS

ment in rooms formerly rented by the
OIL Workers union. and that several
gambling games were being conducted
with silver money in racks. Most OF
the furniture was moved out and the
safe viii be taken out today according
to Perry Morris, sheriff. That part
OF the basement has been ~padlocked
since the raid.
The 20 mon arrested werc held
under bond Of $4,000 and $1,000 re.
spectively. The list, furnished by the
prosecuting attorney this morning in.
cludes r, 8. Tobin. f. r. Vance.
Ernest Harmon. II. johnson. j.
Silver, s. Churchill. X. A. White. Pete
II. Dutch. Frank Williams. II. c.
Brennan. william Drapkin. D.. X.
G. NJ. Randolph. ]. Wilson, i.
se'man. j. Burns. c. A. Tatum. John
Chit. w. L. Harvey. Robert Taylor
and ], NJ. Ryan.
The date for the preliminary hear
inEs had not been set at noon today.
The copy Of the lease which Is re-
posing In the safe in the sherin's
Office shows that It was signed jan
gary : las by NJ a. Becklinger,
CONTINUED on Page soyen)
, 1923-01-25
MURDER OF PAIR
found IN LAKE
is CHARGED TO
KHAN BY STATE
Story of Atrocities in
Parish Feud Is Closed
Today by Declaration
Of Attorney General.

BASTROP, La. Jan. 25.-
(By The Associated Press.)-
rhe states open hearing here
nto the so-called "Morehouse
hooded atrocities" investigat-
ing floggings, deportations,
kldnapings and the death of two men,
was concluded today after having
been In progress since January s.
Lon Jones CT Moselle. Miss. the
last and only witness today, old OF
having seen two cars with masked
men near Lake In Fourche the night
Watt Daniel md #. f. Richard were
kidnapped near Bastrop. Two bodies,
Identified MS those OF Daniel and Rich.
ard were found floating in tho lake
on December 90.
Before adjournment of the hearing.
Attorney General Coco made a state
ment to the court concerning out
RACES In the parish, charging tho Ku
KluN Klan with respons bility for
them.
Judge William Burnette. counsel
for DIR, b. VI. McKo!n. T. jeff Burnett
and "Newt' Gray. identified by num-
erous witnesses MS having been menu
beers OF various masked parties. also
issued a statement attacking the le-
-sality % the hearing and the testi.
mouy given by those TO
the stand.
Judge Barnette's statement, the
first formal comment for the defense.
follows in part;
This hearing has been held under
section I0IS of the revised statutes OF
this state.
Thu statute does not provide that
witnesses may be drawn before a
court and grilled and cross examined.
but in order that Their dispositions
may be taken.
None of this has been done in this
case. therefore this whole proceeding
IN my Judgment is a nulllty, and the
testimony adduced can not be legally
used In any proceedings whatsoever.
II can not even be used legally before
n grand jury. Il would be hearsay and
any bill of Indictment predicated up.
on this testimony would be quashed
by tho court.
The corpus deficit has o been es-
tnblished to a reasonable certainty. to
say nothing OF the rule that Il must
BIO established beyond a reasonable
doubt. Two bodies were found in
Lake La Fourche. The coroner OF
the parish, DR.. o. II. Patterson. n
Of un-questionable integrity and
standing both as a citizen and as a
physician, was not permitted to mako
any examination OF them. He neither
got closer than 40 feet to the bodies
while they were yet in the water, and
he was told that he could not make
further examination; while at the
same time two p~athologlsts seemed to
have already been arranged with. even
prior to the finding of the bodies. who
were to come and make an exainina-
tlon which would disclose great bru.
tality, etc, as to the manner In which
the bodies found came TO their death.
md It might be said here tha their
Continued on Page seven)
, 1923-01-25
RUSSIANS WARN
Poles AGAINST
WAR
Soviet Ready to Battle
Common Foe IF Poles
Attack Germans.

MOSCOW, Jan, 25.-By The Asso.
ciated Press.SThe Russian press
continues to warn Pound and the
public that Russia might be drawn
into a European war II Poland at.
tackled Germany.
NJ. Trotzky after a week In the
country. returned to Moscow yester-
day and plunged into Internal rather
than international affairs.
LONDON. Jan. 25.-A semI-officlal
news agency in Berlin has informa.
ton from Warsaw that tho Polish
war minister has ordered men of the
Polish and former German armies.
service tie has expired and
who are familiar with the operation
of railways, mines, smelling works
and postal services to hold themselves
at the disposal OF the French govern.
1t tho Disposal OF the French govern
ment. says a Reuters dispatch.