LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1911. PAGE 3 STEWARD'S OPERA HOUSE One Night, Wednesday, March 1 AMERICA'S GREATEST PLAY Two Years at the SAVOY THEATRE New York THE j " VI " 1 Five Months at the ILLINOIS THEATRE Chicago OF THE j By George Ercadhursl J Six Months at the TREMONT THEATRE Boston Four Months at the GARRICK THEATRE Philadelphia 'The Best Play I Have Ever Seen'-Colonel Roosevelt Given here with a special cast of players, which musters a roll of the best artists on the American stage. PRICES: 50c, 75c, 1.00, 1.50. Sale Opens Monday CRATER LAKE IS WINTRY GRAVE RAKER PHOTOGRAPHED COMES TO GRIEF AT THE RIM. Searching Parties Relieve Man Is Bur. ' led Under Many Feet of Snow. FAMUSKING NOTE SATISFACTION, BURNING QUALITIES AND FLOATING AROMA OF A FAM US KING HAVANA CIGAR SATISFACTION OR TOUR MONET BACK. YOU ARE THE JUDGE. SO QUESTIONS ASKED. FM . US KING Cir-RR FACTORY Jim ii iw n .linn mill. i .11.11 1 Your Old Shoes Made New, at the Modern Shoe Repair Shop , Prices Lower Better Work Quick Service x GIVE US A TRIAL. 108 ELM ST. NEXT to CITY HALL THEATRE PROGRAM TONIGHT Bumptious as Romeo Edison Coward or Hero? Vitagraph. Atonement Pathe. A Bowling Fiend. . . Song I Never Knew 'Till Now. MMWMnHiMaHMiHMaMMil ' V Admission 10 cents t t z t t t An Essential Thing and there are many, In the man. agement of a bank Is the per. sonal, painstaking care of Its officers. Recognizing this re sponsibility, the officers of this Institution keep themselves In touch with every Important de tail of the business. And the outcome? A generoas, and a steadily increasing patronage.' Baker, Feb. 23 (Special) B. B. Bak owski of this city is reported to have perished while making an attempt to reach the Crater ; Lake country through the heavy snows. According to the word received here 5 searching party Is now out looking for the mis sing man, with yeiy little hopes of finding him alive, as terrible 'snow storms have been raging In that vicin ity for the past few days, In which It Is believed to have been Impossible for him to survive. Bakowski was a photographer by occupation and came to Baker about , two years ago with J. W. Stephenson, the rerl estate dealer and for Borne tiir followed his business In this city. He was an expert In his line and '.a short time ago he left here and started on a trip through Central Oregon. That was a month ago, and the last seen of him. so every Indication Is that he must have perished of hunger if rot from the fury of the storms. The searching party from Fort Klamath had reported no trace of him up to yes terday afternoon. Mr. Bakowski was well known In Baker, as he had made many friends during his stay here. He came to America from Poland several years ago and has been an Intimate friend of Mr. Stephenson for the past six years. It Is thought he got to the rim of the lake and not realizlngthat the snow had drifted out over the rim, but thinking that the snow bant was on solid ground, he fell through and If ha did not lodge before reaching the bot tom and perish in the snow that he tumbled on down Into the lake, 3.000 feet, almoBt perpindlcular Into the water. . Burns and Gibson report from 25 to 30 feet of snow at the rim of the lake where the wind had not blown ft off. .Left His Instructions .Fort Kalamth, Ore., Feb. 22 (Spec ial) That B. B. Bakowski is now bur led under several feet of snow some. where down the precipice that drops down into Crater Lake, the belief of residents of this place. Bakowski left here a month ago for the rim of the lake to secure some views of that In land wonder. Not returning last Sat urday Frank Burns and Albert Gib son started out to see lfthey could locate him but they have returned and report finding Bakowski's sled and shovel but no other signs of him. Eakowski told these me.n In case he did not return to look for him, and if a searching party was s;nt out he would leave notes tacked on the build ing at the irim of the lake, to give them a' clue as to his future inten tions. The searching party went on tc these buildings, but there was noth ing to Indicate that he had been there. negative team debating away from home and the affirmative team remain ing at home. The question for debate a "Resolved, that the United States should establish a system of shipping subsldle.- ' The second debate is with the Uni versity of Utah, which will be held about the middle of March in Salt Lake City, upon the same question of ship ping subsidies. The other debate Is & W'oman'suai debate with the University of Wash ington, which will be upon the Feder al Income Tax. ...The present triangular league be tween Stanford, Oregon and Washing ton was effected during the present year, upon the withdrawal of the Uni versity of Jdaho fro mthe old North west Triangular League last fall. EXPECT STANDING ROOM ONLY "Man of the Hour WUI Likely Fill the ' Steward to the Poors "The Man of the Hour" will bs pre sented at the Steward March 1st, and as the theatregoers' have heard and read so much of this great play there Is no doubt standing room will be at a premium. While Ckorge Broadhurst; the playwrlgt haB taken for his theme certain conditions which exist in every large city, still there Is said to be In terwoven in "The Man of the Hour" a delightful love; story. The plat in It concerns a young millionaire who has been refused by his sweetheart be cause he has "done nothing" worthy." He then enters politics and Is elected mayor of his city. After assuming the duties of the office he manfully refuses to bow to the political boss. One of the first bills brought to him for his signature has to do with .1 franchise grab, and Is prompted by tho uncle of the girl with whom he is in love. It looks to the new mayor as if this refnial would cost him all the friends of his family, but after pur suing the irough road, In the end he wins his sweetheart and demonstrates that honesty always pays. The com pany to be seen here Is said to be ex ceptionally strong while the produc tion Is .complete In every detail. Netlce of Street Improvement . To whom It may concern: Notice Is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Common Council of thej City of La Grande, Oregon, on the 1st day of February, 1911.. creating Improvement District No. 31. and designating HS' avenue, as such district, and in pursuance of a resolution adopted by said Common Council on the 1st day of February, 1911. whereby said Council determin ed and declared its intention to im prove all that portion of "S" Avenue, In said Improvement district as here inafter described, by laying thereon the south side, a board sidewalk, the Council will, ten days after thti, ser vice of this notice upon the owners of the property affected and. benefit ted by such improvement, order that said above described Improvement be made; that' the boundaries of said dis trict to be so improved are as fol lows. All that portion of "S" avenue, from the east side of Monroe avenue to the west sldet of Spruce street ' (A) And the property affected or benefitted by said Improvement is as follow: The north half of blocks 148 and 149 Chaplin's Addition to the Town of La Grande, Oregon. Notice Is hereby furtner given that the Council will levy a special assess ment on all the property affected and benefitted by uch Improvement for the. purpose of paying for such Im provement. That the estimated cost of such improvement la the sum of $180 That the Council wil Ion the 15th day ofM arch, 1911, meet at the Council chamber at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m. to consider said estimated cost, and the levy of said assessment, when . a hearing will be granted to any person feeling aggrieved by such assessment La Grande, Oregon, February 20th, 1911. CITT COUNCIL OF LA GRANDS, -. OREGON By C. M. HUMPHREYS, Recorder of the City of La Grande, . Oregon. : . Plumbing and Heatin or 2V The United States National Bank, Zh A fir F, OREGON t T FARQUH ARSON' S LUNCH ROOM f J Clam Chowder, Chile, Fruits, Cigars and Tobaccoes T All kinds of Fresh Can Lunch Goods 213FirStree INQUIRIES ABOUT ELGIN Observer Renches Interested Citizen In Far Away Illinois. The Observer's wrlteun o Elgin, published serially a few we ks ago has had the unexpected result of bringing 'inquiries from far away Illi nois, indicating the extent and width of the Observer's regular circulation. A man named T. H. Hall. Interested In the diry goods, carpets and Indies' fur nishing store at Morris, Illinois, writes the Observer for further Informatioi about Elgin In the wav of booklets nr similarly literature, his attention hav ing been called to that mterprisin? town by a descriptive wrlteup In the Evening Observer which reached him. HIGH SCHOOLS INCREASE Last Few Years Has Seen Marvelous Expansion of School System. University of 'Oregon, Eugene, Feb. 4 (Special) The state high school system of Oregon has shown a marve lous growth within the last ten years. There are now close to one hundred and fifty schools with work above the eighth grade, against six In 1900. Of the present number, eighty-eight have the full four years' state high school course. These schools are accredited at the university, their graduates be ing admitted without examination. In 188S there was but one high school In the state, which was at Port land. A second one was established at Astoria In 1892, and a third at Med ford In 1895. Eugene, Baker City and Salem rapidly followed with 'high schools. The period of greatest growth began with the university abolished Its preparatory academy in 1904. In the succeeding four years the total num ber of high schools jumpd to about seventy, with thirty-one schools offer ing the four years course. Since 1908 the list of accredited schools has trebled. John Melville W8 Adams Avt LA GRANDE, - ORE sjvrn win LET US DYE FOR YOU. In fact the only way we lire Is by dyeing. Don't dye yourself. It's better than dyeing yonrself. WE DYE EYERY DAY ; AND DYE FOR ALL . .Our charge for dyeing for yon won't be hgib. A sample job Is sufficient. For best dyeing and cleaning hare us do It. ELITE CLEANING & DYE WORKS, Phone Main ti. a Complete Equipment tor Resetting aim Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY htinM ' JUST OPENED MP ORRINE DESTROYS DESIRE FOR DRINK Cement Sidewalk Construction FIGURE WiTH Co T Barley DERATING IS POPULAR University of Oregon Finds Good Snp iwrt There this Winter. University of Oregon, Eugene, Feb. 24 (Special) The University of Ore gon this year participates In four de bate!" with sister invitations. The d bne which Probably tmirts the' most ntor'-st r,r th Pnciflc Const Is the 'Innmlar debate btwen Oregon, Woshlngton and Stanford universities which la held simultaneously at Eu eene. Seatt'e and Stanford. March 31. Each Institution is reoresented by an affirmative and a negative team, the The man who drinks to excess needs treatment for his condition. The Or rlne treatment can be used with abso lute confidence. It destroys all desire for whiskey, beer and other intoxi cants. It Is a simple treatment, It Is given In the home no sanitarium ex pense no loss of time from work. It is an lnexptTiBive treatment. Many men spend more In a day for whis key and beer for their friends ana themselves than would pay for the treatment. We are so sure, that Orrimi will benefit you that we say to you that If after a trial you fail to get any bene fit from its use, we will give your money back. Orrlne is nrenared in two forms. 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