LA GRANDE EVENING OBSKRVEll, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1911.
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THEATRE
A "MONSTER PROGRAM.'
"Told In the Sierras" .i.Selig
An unusual type of western
story of he early daya in Cali
fornia. CORONATION rScTURES FRI
DAY AXD SATCISDAT.
"The Juggler's Vengeance ...
Kosraik
Incident taken from actual
facts of circus life.
COKOXATIOX PICTURES FRI
DAY AND SATURDAY.
"Feeding: the Hungry Man"..
..................... Edison
; If you don't laugh we'll give
you your .money back,
CORONATION PICTURES FRI-
DAY AND SATURDAY.
"Fishguard Harbor. .Wales".'
........ .... . . .. Eclipse
Transatlantic liners now dis
embark passengers there ; for
London. " '
CORONATION PICTURES FRI
DAY AND SATUU'JAl.
"In and Around Havana"...
. . ... . . . . . EdiBon
A beautiful reproduction. This
picture will tell you more about
Havana than anything you ever
read about that country.
CORONATION PICTURES FRI
DAY AND SATURtDAY.
Illustrated song sung by Mr.
C. P. Ferrln, La Grande's popu
lar tenor. '
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LOCALS .
, DR. A. C. POSEY, Specialist for Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat diseases. Eyes
,. fitted with glasses. Over Setter's
' store . 'v ' ''''
Prof F. , J. ..Freenor, the magnetic
: healer, has returned to La Grande and
. is located at the Savoy hotel, room 10.
Office hours 9 a. ffl. to 4 p. m.' He areata
all chronic disease. If you' would be
well see him.' AH treatments by ap
pointment only. I. . ' 7-278-3 ;
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hod. , ' r5er8 gUHd vin,r of. fish and enjoyed their trip
Mr. laZr aVbe re8ideDCa "cry minute of the time
Mrs. Jameg A. Kussel, corner of Main
and Third gtreets. on Thursday, even
ing. Home made cakes, cream and
sherbet will be served. Everybody In
vited. ' .
Huckleberry sundaes are the new
est ice cream sodas at Silvertborn's !
for the season.
Miss Katharine Trevette of Chicago,
will give a recital at the Island City
Union church, Saturday, August Eth.
under the auspices of the Alerts, fol
lowed by a lawn social at the home of
Ed Kiddle. Ice cream, sherbet and
cake will be served. Come. 8-1-Et
You will lie tboeke- huckleberry
sundaes at Silverthorn's fountain.
PAY YOUM WATER
MORROW. '
RENT T0-
v $ $ - J f
PERSONALS.
Mr. and Mrs. V.' Headland of Imbler
were gues s at the Savoy last night.
. C. I Johns one of JWalla Walla was
a Savoy hotel guest last n;gnu : ;'.
James V. Hatcher of Portland stop
ped at the Savoy hotel last night.
Mrs. Eli Adler visited friends ' at
Kamela Sunday. : A
R. Meill of Walla Walla was a Som
mer gueBt this morning. !
B. F. Bashburn of Portland and F,
J. BauragaKen of Portland were Som
mer, guests today.
W. S. Laird was here from Rubicon,
Idaho, last night. ' He registered at
the Foley. ; -' ' ; '
; Mr, and Mrs. George Ball, Miss
Grace Ball and Miss Marion Lusk were
rusticating at Kamela Sunday. ;
" Mrs. James Anson of Telocaset wasl
calling on frlendB in La Grande Tues
day. -: : v J-vr
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Joe La Branch was here frooi Jo
seph last night. He roistered at the
Savoy. " ; X ;
"Dr." McMahon, the head man" at
the Ho: Lak:' baths, was a business
visitor in the city today. :
' H. H. Nottingham and wife were
rmfelstered at tbe Savoy this morning
from Enterprise. r
- "Fred Johnson, a grocery salesman
wlCh headquarters in Baker, transact-;
ed business in La Grande today
"L. N, Kleese, a well known Summer
vflle resident, stopped at the Foley
last evening while transacting busi
ness in the city.
John Schell c: Wichita, Kansas and
A. R.McArthur were La Grande visi
tors today.. They were registered at
the Foley. . . .
H. ,W. Fraser, representing the Am
erican Tobacco company is staying at
the-lSommer today while transacting
business In the city -
'Mr. and Mrs. C. Ramsdell and Miss
JRamsdell of The Dalles were in La
Grande last night. They stayed at the
Soitfmer. '
RJed Rose, of San Francisco, . D.
Greenwald of Denver, B.' A. Barlow of
Caldwell were Foley hotel visitors
thi mofhing. i ; '
G. S. Huffman, deputy sheriff of
Union Was in the city yesterday as a
witness in the Hogg case. He was
registered at the Savoy. . -
Mrs. 8. D. Crowe and son arrived
horn this morning from an extended
visit in Willamette valley points and
In Portland. 1 j
. "Mrs. Jack Oliver, daughter Miss Mil
dren and Mrs. . Blakesley , left this
morning for Portland where they will
be guests with friends for a few days.
Miss Ethel Gulling is expected to
arrive tonight from Portland to spend
a short vacation with her parents and
sister of this city, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Gulling and Mrs. H. M Bay
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Adcook and Miss
Whitlow have returned from a camp
Ing trip to Beavr creek. They caught
A. E. Cur.iss, chairman of the B. of
L. E. general committee, with head
quarters at Portland, is in the city to
day on business matters, and is thn
guest of friends in La Grande
Sheriff Childers and family and Jack
McCarthy and family leave Saturday
for Fez Springs, where they will spend
about three weeks where they will
res: and fish and hunt.'
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Galloway came
down from. Elgin yesterday and ari
stopping at the Sommer. Mr. Gallo
way Is attending county court today
as commissioner, the . court opening
l's August term today.
Frank Millering, the popular high
school athlete, was operated on today
for appendicitis by Dr. Hall and Dr.
Biggers. He was taken suddenly 111
last evening, and the ' opera: ion fol
lowed this morning. He was reported
as r; sting satisfactorily at noon today.
Dr. and Mrs. G. L. Biggers arrived
home yesterday from a long tour of
the east and midwest. Mr. Biggers
was the delegates from the La Grande
Elks' lodge to the national convention
and was one who fought for and
The- tourists stopped at' the regular
tourist cities and have had a delightful
trip. ,:: . '
SPOKANE TO FIGHT ! FOR
BETTER RATES.-"
STILL !
Amendment to Famous Fourth Clause
Will Be Asked of Congress.
Spokant, Wash., August 2. Ship
pers In the.Intermountain and western
interior country, between the Canadian
boundary and the Mexican line, will
be requested by: the interstate com
merce committee o? the! Spokane
Chamber of Commerce to Join in a pe
tition to congress at its next session1
to -enact a long and short haul clause.
It is purposed to send a delegation of
representative western business men
to Washington, D. C, to work for the
measure,'' ; ':' :; ' . ;
Henry M. S:phens, chief counsel
for the people in the , Spokane rat?
case, in . which the Interstate com
merce commission announced its de
cision on July 25, said in discussing
the foregoing that, while a great vie
tory hn been won, he thinks addi
tional advantages' can be secured by
urging congress to amend the fourth
section of the interstate commerce act,
bo as to make it absolute and without
proviso from eastern Interior points.
"Commis8ioner Lane's holding in the
Nsvada and Arizona cases." Mr. Steph
ens added, "Is to the effect that there
Js no water compeMtfon In the Chica
go- St. Louis territory, not withstand
ing commissioner Prouty says tbs
commissioners are unable to state that
water competition does not have any
effect upon rates from Chicago and Bt.
Louis. I have always contended there
is no evidence of water competition
west of the Buffalo-Pittsburg line, and
the commission holds there is no such
competition from Chicago and . St
Louis. ."' '
"Hence, I am of the opinion that an
absolute long and short haul clause
provision from territory where thre
is no water competition or no water
shipments ' of material consequence
would be legal, unless the carriers
can show that tire reduction in rates
would result In. the confiscation of the
railroad property. ; This, I am confi
dent, the companies can not show."
, Spokane, Wash.,' August Con
struction work Is being rushed by the
Great Northern Railway company on
25 miles of new line through the Ban
Poll valley to Hellgate. crossing the
Cohille Indian reservation, northwest
of Spokane, to save a valuable righ-of-way;
acquired by congressional land
grant more than 20 years ago. . The
race is to beat the legal procedure in
stituted In the federal court here by
the attorney- general of the United
States for the purpose of compelling
forfeiture ; of the franchise as the
terms of the original grant were not
complied wltb by the railroad. Judge
Frank H. Rudkln, sitting In the United
State" district court here, already has
RATE cfSuSES
ruled that a grant of this kind can be
revoked only by a congressional act,
In reply the department of Justice ap
plied for a restraining order. This
action Is supplemented by a petition
from the SpokRne & British Columbia
Railroad company, headed by W. T.
Beck, which has plans to extend its
Nelson-Republic line through the res
ervation to the city of Spokane. The
Great Northern company expects to
have its track' laid before the action Is
determined.
Would Improve Postoffics.
New York, August 2. A new solu
tion of the problem of Increasing the
efficiency of the postofflce department
that will make that institution self
supporting and perhaps make possible
a reduction of letter postage wlthou:
advancing rates on magazines has
been put forward. by a' New York sta
tistician who has been making an ex
tended study of "the subject. The'rem
edy he proposes Is nothing less than
:he retirement of all postmasters who
hold office by presidential appoint
ment and the filling of their positions
by promotions from the ranks of pos
tal workers who possess expert knowl
edge of postofflce affairs. ;"The pres
idential postmasters are, in nearly all
instances, business or professional
men who continue to follow their own
calling after receiving their appoint-
revenue and thir services could eas- j
lly be dispensed with without lnterfer-1
ing with the revenue or efficiency of!
the service:" In support of his post-
tion he pointg out that between 1900
and 1910 there was an actual decrease
of 17,345 in the number of postofflces
In the country, while the amount paid
to postmasters and ; their assistants
and clerks increased over $34,00,000 or
more than 100 per cent. In the same
period the amount paid for mall trans
portation advanced only $16,000,000
or 36 p:r cent, an increase far less
than the growth In the amount of mail
handled showing that there was a de
cided failing , off In the . rate of
remuneration of the railways for .car
rying mall at thr same time that post
masters' salaries werejnore than dou
bled. Much of this Increase, it is held
could be saved by abolishing ornamen
tal postmas'ers and giving their posi
tions to the trained assistants who
now" do thei work. This action it U
declared,, would remoVe the question
of second rate postage as a political
Issue. When the matter was broached
t President Taft recently he pointed
out that he had recommended the
Inclusion of all postmasters in the
classified service as long ago as 1910
but that congress had made no move
to adopt his suggestion and to intro
duce' economy by doing away with the
useless' political postmaster. .' -
Recor' Breaking Construction.
; New York, August 2. Few days are
allowed to pass without the announce
ment of some record-breaking feat of
construction proposed for this city.
Last week plans were made public for
the largest commercial building In tho
world to replace Madison Square gar
den. This week it is announced that
the- tallest hotel in the world is to be
eree'ed-on Seventh avenue in a section
heretofore given over to old clothes
dealers and otlwr shops of queer if not
questionable traffic. The plans for the
new building Indicate, however, the
expectation that with the construction
of one of the new subways along this
street it will soon become one of the
city's most important thoroughfares.
The new hotel of skyscraping height
Is to have a southern exposure which
is the only one -that insures a cool
summer breeze In New York. This will
be. accomplished by having- the build
ing divided by several courts so that
there will be but one" tier of rooms in
each' section. The life of the hotel
clerk in the new establishment is ex
pected to be one continuous round of
Joy since he will be able to give every
guest Just 'the sort of , location hei is
most certain to demand. 4
Test War Airships.'
Washington, August 2. For the first
time in history, exhaustive tests as to
the efficacy and adaptability of dirig
ibles and aeroplanes in war will be
held at Hampton Roads the fore part
Of this month in conjunction with the
naval maneuvers which will take place
at the same time.
Not satisfied with the usual method
of mimic war, actual ammunition will
be used on the air-craft and the naval
authorises will have some method of
Judging as to the accuracy with which
the guns now in use in the navy can
be relied upon to annihilate an enemy
approaching in airships. For this pur-
pose Immense kites, made In shapes
f 0IM B
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similar to aeroplanes, will be used.
The dirigibles will be manned by
dummies representing the crew. The
guhs of the land and naval( fortifica
tions will then be trained on these
"attacking parties;'- and the officials
will have some ground for Judging
Just how much they would have to
depend on, were an enemyi actually to
attack us from the air. ;
England, Germany and France have,
made a number of experiments re
garding thei effllcacy of the smaller
gun8 In repelling attacks on an air
enemy, but this will be the first time
in the world's history that the three
.and six-Inch artillery has been utilized
for this purpose. Another unique fea
ture of the tests will be the fact that
each vessel taking part In the experi
ments w'll be allowed to use its guns
according to the- Ideas of Its own cap
tain, for the ordnance department has
announced its intention of keeping its
hands off during these tests and al
lowing the Individual theories of each
ship's commander to prevail. It is
thought that in this maner, a large
amout of new material and new meth
ods will be discovered which would
otherwise remain unknown. The ship
which makes the best record during
the tests will be presented with equit
able trophy. V v . -.. : '
At the same time the navy makes
these tests, the army will be conduct
ing similar ones at Sandy Hook. The
new: four and six-inch rifles will be
tested there and particular Interest
is attached to the new percussion cap
recently invented by' a United States
army officer;, which is supposed to Ex
plode when ! strikes the gas bag of
a baloon, producing a large rent In
the covering. If this cap does its
work as well as is expected, one shot
will bei sufficient to put a dirigible out
of business. ,
1 Bulldogs and Bulls,
Bulldog Js so called because of his
native rantlpathy to the bull A thor
oughbred bull pup Is young as six
months the first time he beholds a
bull will run at the head, which is his
Invariable point of attack;, and, seiz
ing the horned beast by the Hp, tongue
or eye, hang on despite every attempt
to detach, him. The dog will even suf
fer himself so be killed or dismember
ed rather than relax his hold. Mew
York Telegram.
Protitt
"I, beg pardon." said the new. ar
rival, "but It seems to me It's exces
sively warm here." . ; ,
"Eh! What?" snorted Satan. "Evi
dently you forget where you are. Thl
place Is meant to be warm." . .
"Quite eo. but there's such a thing as
overdoing It" Catholic Standard and
Times.' 7
Eager For Information. ' 1
An American took s friend, an Eng
lishman, to a theater. An actor In the
farce, about to do the dying act, ex
claimed, "Please, dear wife, don't bury
me In Yonfcers!"
. The Englishman turned to bis friend
and said, "I say, old chap, what are
yonkersf Everybody's. '
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