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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1911)
ia: GkAimfi evening observes, .N SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1911.- PAGL 7 Savoy Hotel EUROPEAN PLAN The rooms are good and Steam" heated only one block'from depot D. C. Brichoux,Prop. We have a fresh supply of Sunkist Oranges and Lemons m in ' Large Orange v...... 45c Dozen Jiext size , j , . . . . . . . . , 40c Dozen : Lemons . . , .'...'. ; . ,'. .30c Dozen PARIS Hair Emporium A SEW IIJiE OF FASCT HAIH ORSAMOTS THE TERY LAT. EST. i)ESlX IX BAEKETTES AXD BAXDEAC. HAIE OF ALL COLOR AND PRICES. Sprains rtquir careful treatment Ket aulet and apply Chambertain'a Linlmen freely.' It will rcme tha aoreiMM anc Suickly restore the porta to a healthy con ition. For tale by all dealers. - - Agents Wanted Good hustlers to sell high ; gade specialties. Live men ol . good address tarf beat a salarj job two to one. ' Apply from 8 to 11:30 a. ml -; . The Oregon Spec ialty Co. HI' 'v huuai "'.l, 'Corpe building, (up stairs.) . , Second entrance south of post 5 office: 1 " Royal Grocery H. Pattison, Prop. Not in the Association HACK AND For the quickestand Most Re ",, liable MESSENGER SERViCE ' Call 3Inin 4 or Independent 121. II. KESLER, ' J. Culls Answered Promptly. "Uptown, office 'Main 720 ' Residence Dhone Main 25 AMBULANCE .1. bussey Perry Pneumatic Water Systems, Samson Wind Mills, Deming Pumps, Richardson & Boynton Warm Air Furnaces, Pipe Valves and Fittings, Gut ters, Plumbing Fixtures of All Kinds, Full Assort ment of Uickei Trimmings. BAY 6 ZWEIFEl PLUMBERS, HEATERS,- SHEtl METAL WORKERS mSBBSSSXSSSSSSSESMtXi Your Name in a Telephone Di rectory shows' you are progre ssive. .......... mT . ! I ou can get aiisungm our new directory. Call up the Manager NOW HOME INDEPENDENTTELErHONE CO. Local and Long Distance Service. Long Distance Connection with the Entire Bell System -The George Palmer Lumber Company I ? Retail Department ; Ike solicit your .orders for Shingles, Rubberoid Roofing, Deadening Felt, Building Paper 1 We are prepared to furnish 'and deliver material, $ promptly. 1 Phone Main 8. . Clever la Every Sense f the Word. The SL Paul Dally Newa, St. Paul, Minn., eays: "The Mummy and the Humming Bird" was presented by Paul Gilmore at the (Metropolitan Theatre Thursday evening. The title of the play Is one that arouses curiosity. '' "It is a society play. Lord Lumley, tbe character made famous by Paul Gilmore, ia a scientist He marries a beautiful society girl and forgetting her immediately, settles down to his life of scientific Investigation. He is tha mummy, '-: T!s, Humming, Bird 1ft Sig. D'Orelii. He makes love to Lady Lumley, and the climax comes when she goes to his room and Lard Lum ley discovers her misstep. He ,has become acquainted, through his phil anthropy, with Gulseppe, an organ grinder, who tella Lord Lumley he is searching in London for an Italian who wrecked his home. . Lord Lumley discovers that Guiseppe Is after Sig. D'Orelll. "By Beveral clever ruses which re sult in thrilling climaxes, Lord Lum ley secures his wife, forgives her 'and turns the vendetta of Guiseppe upon T'-plii. slvin the latter a short start of hi 8 relentless pursuer. . ' "The audience was large and un doubtedly appreciated Mr. Gilmore. The part of Lord Lumley suits him. The only time when he is called upon to express emotion is in the third act, when he refuses to be angered by ths taunts of the foreigner. He arises to th occasion-splendidly;-'-:' He best depicts the suppressed emotion of a smooth man of the world. . in the act where he enters D'Orelli's apartments carrying a revolver, to find Jfils wife, as la at his best. "The Munimv and the Humming Bird will bz found wotrh " At Steward's opera-house, Wednesj aay, Aiay 24. . Seattle Lile9 Show. Speaking of the visit of the Sells- Star had this to say: "There are three vital defects in the Sells-Floto circus.. , In the first place, you pay only 2 cents to see it; in tho second place, the employes ara all there is no 'grafting' In the show. "Whoever heard of a civil tlcket scller in a circus? Whoever conceiv ed of a circus without pickpockets and grafters? , And, finally, whoever ex pected to see a real big tent show for 2 cents? v "'. " , '.'Surely, Mr. Tanimen, one of the owners of the show, is ignoring cus tom. Perhaps the public ia pleased with ihe policy.--,-.-It would seem so, as 4,000 people were turned away from the big tent last night. If you ar rived after 8 o'clock you didn't sej the inside of the main tent. The dis appointed ones. Instead of returning home, found solace in the sideshows. "Of course, it was the old Urns side show, but you saw It all for a dime. Two or three thousand people were turned away !n the afternoon as weTt "The show itself Is not quite as ex tensive as some Seattle has seen; but that is an attraction in itself; you can se? it all. When it comes to pay ing 60 cents to go to the old-ttrae eight-ring circus or 25 cents to Sells Ploto, a lot of fellows wil choose the latter. "The equestrian acts are better than any circus ever brought to Seattle. The clowns are good, with several new acts. The famous Nelson family, who know no peers in acrobatic work, and the Borslnes, with their rolling Klobe, are top-liners in the tent work. None of the 18 b!g acts is unworthy the largest show in the' country." . The Sells-Floto Shows come to La Grande on Thursday, June 1.. The popular price remains the same and the show Itself has been enlarged to almost double the size of former years. PTiAVS An Pl.tTFna a ''Helen Lcwell has been encr;::l It "'Tim Hen I'c ks." Alice Nellson has gone to Europe fnr her summer vacation. The story "Pigs Is Pics" ii to b? turned into a vaudeville sketch. Albert Chevalier, the English com edian, is to make a Canadian lour. George V. Hobart has comoleted a new plhy, .entitled "Every Husband." One hundred and eighty stock com panies will be playing this spring nnd summer. The Shuberts will have an opera company, headed by Joseph Sheehan, in St. Louis. Tetrazzini will sing next seasbn with the Boston Opera company at $1, 600 a performance. Lillian Greenville of tho Chicago Opera company has bean engaged for a sprjng season in Paris. Patti Rosa, who is said to be the daughter of the famous slnper of that name, is playing- In vaudeville E. S WiUard is to return to the staee to play "Brutus" in a corona tion gala performance In London this Bummer. Ralph Delmore Is to be the star in a new one-act play called "In the Name of the Law." ' It is by Harry Spingold. Mme. Nordlca has been invited to sing in Berlin before the German em peror. She Will nrohnhlv Ino tha nurt - - , rf -"0 of Isolde. ; 1 EdWln . Ardfcn hns UnrWtnlran in dramatize Booth Tarkington's novel, "The G'onniiest Of - Canaan " tnr hu own use during the coming season. Maude , Fealy is the star of a stock company In Salt Lake City, and lately appeared there In the role of "Glorious Beauty." . Three thousand and six hundred singers will take part In the Saenger fest of the North American Saenger bund in Milwaukee In June. In her new play, entitled "Lilly the Bill Topper," Marie Tempest Is aston ishing her friends by showing unex- r Lmm --.-.- I- -,... ,'.' V "A, 0. M IRf OA Y(fiH Tl EYESIGHT SPECIALIST I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO ; GRINDS GLASSES IN ' -LA GRANDE I Can Duplicate Exactly, Any Lens, No Matter Who Made . or Prescribed Me the Pieces j Located Permanently Next Door to the Post Office oeverai xveasons why You Should Consult Me in Re gard to Your Eyes. a n 7. 1st I Devote My Entire Time to the Optical Business ' , v ' 2nd I Grind all my Glasses to Fit the Face, as well as the Eye. " 3rd All My Glasses are Ground in My Workshop in La Grande. 4th I Duplicate Exactly Any Lens, no matter who made or prescribed it. Save the pieces and brig them to me I can tell exactly what strength they are. : 5th Who should be able to do the; best optical work? One who makes the ' fitting of glasses a side line, or one who devotes his entire time and attention ;' to one thing. ..' ;'v ! . , , ; '.t , , . If "W in? efll (GOeC! Ik: Eyesight Specialist 1 i pected ability as a trick cyclist. Aphie James will produce Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's play ."Judy O'Hara" . in Boston S'V.z Uxi thl Notice to Contractors. Notice is hereby given tha sealed bids will be received by the council of the city of La Grande, Oregon, for the construction of 3,050 square yards of bltulithic pavement on Elm. street, between the north line of Washington avenue and the south curb line of Jef ferson avenue, together with excava tion, curbing and drainage, the sama to be constructed according to the plans, specifications and estimates on file in this office. All bids to be in by 8 o'clock p. m., May 24th, 1911, and each bid to be accompanied by a cer tified check of 6 per cent of the amount of the bid. The council re serves the right to reject any or all bids. ' Attention of all contractors Is cal- led to the agreement of Warren Bros' j company, filed with this city, in ac I cordance with which agreement War ren Brothers' company agrees to II- -cense all contractors desiring to bid" for the work to lay bltulithic pave ment In accordance with its patenl;sw and the terniB of said agreement-. La, Grande, Ore., May 19, 191' ' C M. HUMPHREYS; . Recorder. 'May 19 to 24 inclusive 00 o The most popular automobile on the Ameri can market ... Factory representative now in town demonstrating cars. Roadster $1125 Touring Car $1325 Prices include Top and 1 Glass Front, Cars F. O. B. La Grande.. CARS STABLED AT D1TTEBRANDT GARAGE. GEO; G. CADWELL, REPRESENTATIVE FOLEY. HOTEL , , . ,. . , v.. . - f. r v "r--"