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Li'GiiiirtWE EVENING OBSERVER TIIUIiSL A Y-MAY 12 1U10
Have You Heard the News ?
C. C. Penington has received a large stock
of thenew Summer Styles of
Yes they are all NEW STYLES with attached or
detachable cuffs. Now that the warm season is
here and it is so much more comfortable to re
move the coat you should pay especial attention
to the shirt If you wear duett's Shirt you will
be stylishly dressed. They are the best made
shirt on the market and cost no more than other
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CITY RETIRtS
WARRANTS
SEAELY $15,000 LESS THAN THE
REPORT SnOWS
Auditor's Report for Past Tear Mads
. Known Last XighU
: City Auditor N. J. Mansanger's re
port of the financial condition of the
City of La Grande was-adopted at
the council meeting Jast evening. The
report was completed some time ago
and as there has been a material re
ceipt of cash from taxes since March
21, the date of the report, the war
rant indebtedness shown in the re
port Is between $10,000 and $15,000
in exces sof what the outstanding
warrants amount to today.
A summary of the report Involving
all transactions from March 16, 1909
to March 21, 1910, follows:
Total receipts ......... v.. $61,796.67.
Total disbursements ...... 50,769.53
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SATURDAY Evening, M AY 14 $
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COMEDIENNE
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Balance .... $11,027.12
Bonded Indebtedness ....$235,000.00
Outstanding warrants .... 44,917.55
Total indebtedness ...... 279,917.15
Less cash on1 hand Mar. 21, .
1910 ......... 17.740.82
Actual Indebtedness on
March 21, 1910 $262,176,
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OBSERVER m ADS PAY
Mayor Lawler of St PauL Mrs- Ahony J. Drexel.
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Democratio CWef Magistrate of leader In Society In America end
Minnesota Capital, Abroad.
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Daniel W. Lawler, Democrat, la
mayor of Bt Paul Minn. nis term of
office will cxplrt June 7, 1910. He
has been actlr In Minnesota politics
many years, filling several offices be
fore be became mayor of the state
capital.
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Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, the future
mother-in-law of Miss Marjorle Gould,
la nominally a Pbiladeiphlan, but she Is
well known In society on both sides
of the Atlantic. The Drexels spend
roost of their time abroad, entertain
ing and being entertained.
THE PASSION PLAY
ITS HISTORY
TTO doubt the
I j most- lucres
sive and most
talked of perform
ance that has ever
been staeed any
' where In the world
- Is the great raasion
play of Oberammcr
gau, which, after a
lapse of ten years,
is now about to be
performed again by
the peasants of this
nestllnc amoncr the
mountains of the Bavarian highlands.
With one or two exceptions It has been
given every decade for nearly 300
years and is the fulfillment of a vow
made in 1633, when the place was
swept by the plague. It Is regarded
by the villagers as a purely religious
function, its charm , lying in Its un
sophisticated simplicity. Of profes
sionalism there Is not a trace. " Every
actor In the play Is a native of the
village, and out of its population of
iDout i,ouu half take part
On this occasion the Passion play
will begin May 10. There will be three
performances In May. six In June, sev
en in July, nine in August and five in
September. After Sept 25 the actors
go back to their pottery and wood
carving, and the village slips back Into
Its unbroken quiet again. All roads
lead to Oberammercau during the sum
mer months when a Passion nlav Is be-
Ing performed, and It Is estimated that
no less than 250,000 visitors will wit
ness the coming performances. Peo
ple flock there from every city, town
ana namiet in the world, many Amer
icans being among the number. The
village lies forty-three miles southwest
or Munich, which is In the far south
eastern part of Germany. In a straight
line Munich is scarcely 200 miles across
the Austrian Tyrol from Venice, and by
rail It Is a fourteen hour Journey or
so from Bremen, Hamburg or Rotter
dam, a distance of about 500 miles.
There are no hotels In the vlllaire.
and the peasants take their audience
ngut into their own homes. To witness
the ra8Slou play you must have spent
the previous night In the village Itself.
every nouse Is registered as possess
ing a certain amouut of sleeDlnir ac
commodations. The total number of
beds in the village available for vis
itors is approximately the number of
seats m toe ttieater-4.200. After one-
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4ST0M 1110, WHO IMTOUJOJUTKSCHBIBT.
third of the beds in Mrh hniiat nra
placed at the dlsDosal of the local offl
cial lodging bureau the householders
make their own terms for the rest, but
a committee fixes a rleld maximum
charge for these. v A ticket , for each
perrormance Is given to every house
holder for each of his registered beds.
and these tickets are' handed before
the performance to the persons who
have occupied the Quarters. It is sd
parent, therefore, that in order to get
a seat at the play you must rent a
room in Oberammercau. The lodelne
may be a tiny cottage room which you
must climb a ladder to get to. or It
may be a good looking room in a
chalet of the better class; At any rate.
they are all picturesque enough out
side or in to make no for hotel com
fort which they lack.
This year one German steamshin
company has rented a number of
houses In the village for visitors, the
prices ranging from $3 to 5 a day.
me piay begins , at 8 o'clock In the
morning and lasts until B o'clock in
the evening, with an Intermission of
two hours at noon. If the auditorium
isn't large enough to hold all who
want to see the play on any one of
the regular days it will be repeated In
Its entirety on the day following
There are not many box seats in th
ineater, ana these cost 15. while the
other seats run from 12.50 to 50 cents,
according, of course, to location.
Uberammergau Is one of the analnt.
est villages in the world. Most of the
houses are In baroque style, covered
wnn painted life steed figures of the
Biessea Trinity or of the saints, and
some of the massive oak doors. are
wonderfully carved. Several months
before the play Is to be given the play
ers let their hair and beards crow in
order more naturally to represent the
characters they portray. The princi
pal pan in tbe Passion u it is that im
personating Christ, and this time it
wiu again be taken by Anton Lang.
How he was first chosen for this min
Is an Interesting story. ,
For many decades Jononh Xfpror had
Impersonated Christ, but he was grow
ing old and at last promised tils wife
that never again would lm rink m-
health and life by annearlni? n th
Saviour. The crucifixion
a physical strain that only a stronu
man can stand, and
Mayer was unconscious when taken
nown from the cross and 111 for tow.vs
afterward. Anton L
placidly at his pottery,, was one day
astounaea to learn that he hurt Wn
selected for the great part. He pro
tested his unfitness, that he was un-
worthy of so high an honor, hnt
la. agreed, ne studied
and put his whole soul In the work
ana m 1900 won a great triumph from
the first day. In the presence of a
vast and silent multitude, tn whin
royalty had its representatives and pol
itics, an. letters and science mnn n
iia coiei personages, he received his
sentence from Pontius Pilate, bore the
heavy cross to the mimic Calvary,
hung upon it with achlnir MmhQ nni
appeared serene and glorious in the
apotheosis.
Those who have . RMn nlavfl
jo mun
only In theaters cannot imagine how
wonderfully and lmnrpssiroi
w vawuv
those Passion plays are, with the huge
mountains for a harkemnnrf n.
electric light and limellcht
unknown there, and there are no stage
fakes employed. The sparrows are
real. the. butterflies and bees real, and
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3 Prices: $1-50 $1.00, 75c, 50 cts. g
fj Seats on Sale Thursday Morning 1
Gomplete equipment for resetting and repairing
rubber buggy tires. V : '
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
' - . D. F : GERALD, Proprietor ' '
Complete Machine Shops and Foundry
DEPOT S1REE1 , MAHAfFEY BWG
THE ELITE DYf WORKS
Steam and Fiench dye cleanirife of Ladies and Gent's
clothing, Ladies' silk waists and evening gowns cares
fully cleaned and pressed. Felt and Panama hats
cleaned and blocked. All work guaranteed. We call
or and deliver work. ,
H. B. Waggoner, Manager.
Tel. Main 61 -. f.: yffV'- -
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You will not find another piano ' bargain
like this' in town. See them.
STEINWA Y, KURTZMANNE, LUDWIG and orhet makes.
J. T. SCOTT
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N. K WEST, President
WM. MILLER, Vice President
T. J. SCROGGIN, Caabier
H. E. COOLIDGE, Ass't Cashier
No. tili
United States National Bank
of La Grande
C1PITA1 STOCK $1(M),OOOJ)0
Directors
N. K. WEST , J.L. CAVINESS
WM. MILLER. A. T. HILL.
J. C. HENRY H.E. COOLIDGE
T. J. SCROGGIN
C. T. BACON
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