The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-02-11
y RESUME OF THE WEEKS
oolNos IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
Important Events Of the Last Seven
Days Reported by WIre and Pre-
pared for the Benefit of the
m Busy Reader
WESTERN

warden of the Colorado penitentiary
Issued statement in refutation O,
charges lodged against him by Gov
srnor Sweet
Suit brought against the govern
ment by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake
railroad to render void a valuation
Of $45,000.O00 placed upon the rail
roads property has opened in federal
court at Los Angeles with Judge
Erskine M. Ross, United States
court Of appeals, and Federal Judge
Paul Mccormick and Benjamin F.
Bledsoe sitting en- banc.
The body of George Turner, who
for two years had boosted of his title
king of Bootleggers" in Santa Bar
bara county, was found shot through
the heart in a field borering the
coast highway mile south of Sum-
merland-grim evidence, sheriff and
police say, that rival successfully
disputed his reign.
M. M. Epson of New York, head of
the Epson Contracting company,
which will construct the Carauinez
Straits bridge, at San Francisco is
to make a detailed study as to the
building and financing of the project.
The bridge, when completed, will con-
meet Solano and Contra Costa coun-
ties across the bay from San Fran
cisco to the north and east.
Iver B. Sandbeck, brakeman, was
killed and four passengers suffered
minor injuries when the day coacn
on Great Northern passenger train
No. 238, northbound from Butte,
split switch and was derailed in the
passenger station yards at Helena,
Montana.
w. M. Amos, SO, former Kansas
state senator, died at Long Beach,
CAL, of carbon monoxide poisoning,
the ninth victim in Los Angeles coun-
ty within a week to succumb to
fumes generated by ventless gas
heaters.
Wesley L. Sischo, former United
States customs agent at Seattle,
Wash. was sentenced to six years in
Mcneil Island penitential and fined
$1,000, after he had pleaded guilty
to charge of violating a federal
anti-narcotic act.
Nine young women who won hon
ors in beauty contest at "movie
jungle ball" in the municipal auditor
fum at Oakland, Calf, three weeks
ago have started suit in an effort to
learn why they have not received
$1700 in prize money which they al
lege they were told they had won
along with their honors. A writ of
attachment was filed on "King Wran- :,
gel" polar bear recently presented ,
to the Oakland municipal zoo, to en- I;
force the girls claims. :,
GENERAL G
Chicago's enonomic loss in 1924 {
from smoke, aside from injury to n
health and resultant deaths, was i
placed at $42,500,000 in a report of b
he smoke abatement commission. On +
he basis of that estimate the re- n
port said, the city's laundry bill per
'apita was 1925 larger than that of
he ten leading cities of the country p
except New York. b
Legislation reducing the time limit o
or World war veterans to apply for q
heir bonus from January /, 1928, to D
anuary l, 1926, has been recon-
nended to congress by Major Gen
raj Robert c. Davis, adjutant gen tt
raj OF the army. Davis submitted n
is proposal at the suggestion of the e'
ouse appropriations committee, n
,hich believes that the work of ad d'
the bonus can be speeded 4
p If the time limit is shortened. II
The interstate commerce commits
ion investigation into wool rates
rom the Pacific coast and intermedi- II
te territory will begin at hearing tn
1 the Great Northern hotel, Chica- CT
o, February 10, before Commission Ell
r Campbell. The commission orig ia
1ally voted the date of January Is Jt
or hearings to begin before an ex- tn
miner, but in view of the import ia
nee Of the rate schedule detailed one ST
its own members. pl
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, baseball
commissioner has completed arrange tn
rents for trip to Cuba in the in C
crest of promoting baseball on the til
'land. After sojourn in Cuba the 90
Commissioner will take an airplane BIZ
light to Panama where baseball has pa
lken firm foothold.
The senate has confirmed the nom tn
lations of the following Utah post er
asters: Warren w. Porter, Morgan, pr
lcceeding R. T. Fry; Joseph Odell, ia
ogan. vice J. M. Blair and John r. 26