The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-04-29
TELEGRAPH|C TALES
FOR BUSY READERS
4 RESUME OF THE WEEKS
DOINCS IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
Dnrportsnt Events OF the Last oe"o"
Days Reported by Wire and PRE-
pnred for the Benefit OF tho
Busy Reader
WEST e RN

Governor Walter M. Pierce Oh VIZ
Eon In a telegram to President Coo
tdge. declared that millions OF do
lars have been taken from lnnoceh
citizens by INSCRIPTIONS speculatorl
and demanded on behalf OF th'
people of Oregon an investigation into
the methods of the Chicago board o.
trade in the manipulation OF gran
prices.
Hundreds were made homeless anc
property damage OF approximately
$1,000 was caused by fire which
devastated a large portion OF Cana
nea. Sonora. Mexico, according tc
advices received by the Nogales
Ariz., Herald
The governments reclamation poll
cy, calling for thorough investigation
of conditions and the ACCESSIBILITY OF
developing her reclamation projects
before appropriations are granted
was outlined by Secretary Work IN
an address at Grand Junction. Colo,
recently.
search that lasted twenty-eight
years and took Ernest P. Serrano OF
Etockston, Cal, into many states end
ed in the Holy Hope cemetery near
Tucson, Ariz., where he found the
grave OF his father. Fernando p Ser
rano. The two had separted In 1897
at Phoenix. where the elder Serrano
was a saloon owner.
Mortimer ID. Bowen, secretary to
Governor Morley OF Colorado, was
indicted by a federal grand jury at
Pueblo, Colo, on a charge OF using
the mails to defraud In connection
with the operations OF the defunct
Bankers Reserve Deposits company,
says a special to the Denver times.
Hugh Gallagher Of Pueblo. Colo,
bis brother, james Gallagher of San
Francisco, in one of the shortest wills
on record here. in case Of death
leave all my money to my brother,
1iHtii NoiidSiti, QGbiCi SOho.t Ns''
Inscribed on the flyleaf of a memoir
andum book.
A second expedition into the I'M
known region of British Columbia ly
Ing north OF the Strikine river. includ-
cd within which Is the mysterious
Tropical valley of the far north,
win loaua uo,no,,rar ~ tba 10
ter part of the month headed by
George Platzzer, a prospector. He is
backed by wealthy Americans. one
of whom is expected to reach Van
couver In time to accompany the ex
petition by airplane, it is said.
GENERAL
Houston paused in its usual acti-
yities to celebrate the eighty.ninth
anniversary OF the battle of San ia
cinto that gave Texas her freedom
from Mexico. The principal celebra-
ton was at the San Jacinto battle
ground twenty-one miles from Hous-
ton. Texas, where governors of six
states joined with Texans in services
to celebrate the natal day of Texas
freedom.
A storm that swept with terrific
speed from the Mississippi to the At
lantic seaboard left many dead and
injured in its wake and caused prop
erty damage estimated at more than
sl,5o0o,00o. says Chicago report
Marshall ID. Mccormack was elect
ed mayor of Herrin. H.. by 1877 votes
over Thomas Welty, regarded as the
Ku Klux Khan candidate, in an
election free from any violence. The
4S9o votes cast established a record |
Oscar Palmquist. Titantic survivor.
was drowned at Bridgeport. Conn. in |
less than six feet OF water in park |
pond. When the Titantic sunk on !
April ID. 1912, Palmquist was picked !
Up by a rescue ships crew after !
swimming for four hours In the icy |
Atlantic. Palmqust disappeared on |
@'''A''h 49, tAHt* Iiio bOu} was lOuUn
just recently. No indication OF the |
events leading mp to his drowning
Was to be had.
Western railroads may join in ask
ing federal court relief by injunction
against the interstate commerce COM
mission from present freight rates in
the northwest, F. W. Sargent, general
solicitor OF the Chicago & Northwest
ern railroad, indicated at the annual
stockholders meeting OF me road,
being held at Chicago.
Captain Charles Morris of Rhode
Island has been selected by Secretary
Wilbur to he paymaster general of
the navy succeeding Rear Admiral
David Potter. whose four-year term
expires this month. The office car.
ries the rank of rear admiral.
Secretary Hoover has decided that
the increasing pressure OF radio prob
lens ON his department. which regu-
ates in the radio field, will require
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