La Grande evening observer., January 25, 1912, Image 4

THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
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THE BUSY I'EK.MCIOIS JUT.
The roost destructive creature In
the world, most people now agree. Is
the common house By. Besides this
eezningly harmless, interesting in
ject, tigers and rattlesnakes sink into
jullclessness. The fly Is the cause of
typhoid, the busy little distributor of
genus which annually claim thou
sands on thousands of human lives.
Keit to the fly probably comes the
common rat as a destroyer. Society
Is pretty well organized now In a war
on flies. It Is time to organize to
exterminate the rat.
Figures are sometimes confusing
lecause of their bigness. Yet the
destructive tendencies of the common
rat are to be told In figures. For ln
jtfance. It Is computed by the govern
ment experts at Washington that rats
annnallr destroy property worth as
many dollars as there are people In
the world. In the United States, the
loss due to rats is put at $100,000,000.
MnA this does not take Into con
sideration the death caused by dls
sse which' the rats carry from place
to place. Fortunately In the United
states this feature of the case is not
M serious as elsewhere, but this na
"&f 1 by n mesns secure even In
this respect
The rat has the advantage of being
ly nature a night worker. He gots In
his best licks when the vast majority
of human beings are tucked away In
Arcade
Theatre
Itofincd! Entertainment for All
People, now nimilng Four Keels
""THE COWARD". . Am. l'uthe
y The skillfully managed bat
tle scenes, the armless old hero
and the young coward who
terns a retreat, leads a charge
and dies a hero.
THE WFAXCISCAX FKIAHS
OIF KILLARJiKY" .... Knlem
A very interesting toplcul ,
picture Bhowlng an impressive
: church ceremony.. ,
A EWNSHOrS Ll'CK",.Lnbln
A deserving human heart is
brought out of sorrow and diffi
culty Into gladness. Strongly
appealing nnd very convincing.
"AMONG THE IRISH FIS1IEK
FOLKS' . . . . Knlem
Showing much of the inti
mate life of Irish fishermen and
maldons.V
"THE HILLY OK BINGO
GULCH" SellK
A very lively and pleasing .
comedy.
"GOOD NIGHT DEAR"
Sung by Laura Green Wills.
Matinee daily from two to font
bed and forgstfulntis. Then it Is he
creeps out of his sewer abode, out
, of his cellar burrow, out from be
neath the rutton barn sills and piles
his trade of destruction. By daylight
J his tour of duty :a done and he sneaks
back to hiding while mankind takes:
the stage. .' , ' ;
A rat will eat anything, drink any-
thing, destroy almost anything. "Mil-;
lions are spent K'h year repairing ;
the damage he does, but even ml1-!
Hons cannot replace the food supplies;
he destroys. He causes fires, thus I
adding his mite to that great waste by;
conflagrations which taxes the wealth
of the nations to meet.
But In spite of the rat's activity as
u destroyer of physical values, It Is a
disease carrier Jhat he particularly
shines. Against him as a carrier of
germs the governments of the world
are coming to give him earnest, scien
tific attention. The rat .came to Am
erica from Europe about the time of
the revolutionary war, the government
at Washington believes. Originally,
he was an lnt-jbitant of Asia, and In
Asia still he Is most active. Though
an alien In the western hemlsphf res,
he lias made himself, remarkably fa
miliar. He comes by ship to the
western ports of the United States
and thence scatters himself and bis
posterity over the new land.
If America really faces a yellow
peril, the peril is bound up In 'this
four-footed, long-tailed rodent. He Is
the carrier of the plague, of trichino
sis which finally Infects pork and
brings death to Its consumers, of pe
lagra and scientists now believe he
has something to do with keeping the
hook-worm of the south alive.
We have . been trained In recent
years to swat the house fly. It Is hard
ly less important to kill the rat.
In St. Louis a woman with a dia
mond ring In her mouth talekd four
hours to a detective. So we lenrn
that not even a diamond ring will
keep 'cm still. .
A prepared-rooting advertisement
reads: "Us bright and red color is
permanent, and will always remain
permanent. From which one gathers
that It will always be bright and red.
.. i ..
Noi'i'.-ig so takes' the pepper, oiit of
1 iniy who has 'determined to run away
M to havo mother ofrer to h.lp M
pink he grip." .
Harry Thaw Is studying law' Prob
ably to find out thi process by which
his lawyers separated him from his
money.
I The battleship Maine, according to
la: Ida information, was clown up
from the outside.
"THIS IS MY WITH BIRTHDAY.' .
William Carey Poland.
William Carey Poland, professor of
. . 1. 1.1 .. . ., , tir.nn tltllvnfattV
I was born in Ooffston, N. H., January
' 1. - .A.rt .11 1nn n. D Wll' H 1111.
i fit), 1010, I'llM cuui:antjii m ijivtii,
j Iverslty was supplemented by two
! years of study at the universities
of Berlin and Leipzig. In 1868 he
became principal of . an academy in
Worcester, resigning two years later
to accept a position as Instructor at
. Brown. The years 1878-9 he spent In
the study of art in the great museums
In Germany, France and Italy. For
'.the past 30 years Dr. Polnnd hns been
! professor . of the history of art at
Brown, and (luring the greater part of
, that time he has filled the position
' also of director of the fine nrts muse
' um of the university. He Is the, au
thor of several works on the history
of art and classical nrchaelogy.
Congratulations to:
Charles Curtis. United States sen-
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ing The Last Few Days Of Wesf s
14th Annual Sale
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on j our ;
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or
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Lot No. 1 Lot No. 3 V Lot No. 2
39c Pair. ' 98c Pair 59c Pair
SEE THEM IN MILLINERY WINDOW TODAY.
Table and Bureau Scarfs
at Annual Sale prices
14c to 59c '
White Tailored "Waists reduced to .....29c
"White Duck and Linen Skirts reduced to 59c
Sweaters at less than wholesale cost.
Broken line underwear ... 39c
Flannelette Dressing Sacques .....19c
Misses' and Child's Coats :....:.:.......:..:.-.....90c
Cotton Piece Goods at Wholesale Prices
Amoskeag Staple Ginghams, 5c yd
31 in. Dres Percales 8c
32 in. Imported Ginghams 12 12c yd
Best regular dress Ginghams, 9c yd
"Teazeldown Outing, 9c yd
Yard wide Percales, 10c
Silkolines, 10c
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SALE CLOSES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31ST
WEST'S
WEST'S
ator from Kansas, 62 years old today.
Thomas W. Palmer, former Uuited
States senator from : Michigan, 83
years old today.
Richard Rathbun, assistant secre
tary of the Smithsonian institution,
60 years old today. ' ' '
Most Reverend Edward J. McCaP
thy, Roman Catholic archbishop "of
Halifax, 62 years old today.
THIS DATE IX HISTORY.
January 25.
1759 Robert Burns,, -.the great Scot
tish poet, born. , Died July Si,
: 1796.' ' '. : '" . ;:'.i-(
1804 Jean Jacques Dessalines pro
claimed himself emperor of
Hayti.
1S28 The Duke of Wellington became
British prime minister.
1830 Robert Y. Hayne of South Caro
llno delivered his great speech
In the senate In defense of state
rights.
1S32 W. L. Marcy of New York de
clared In the senate, "To the
victors belong the spoils."
I8"8 Marriage of the Princess Royal
of England and Prince Freder
ick William of Prussia.
18C6 Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot con
secrated P. E. bishop of Pitts
burg. 1871 Anglo - American association
formed to cultivate more cordial
relations between Great Britain
and the United States.
1SS2 Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead con
secrated P. E. bishop of Pittsburg.
190G Gen. Joseph Wheeler died In
Brooklyn. Born In Augusta, Ga.,
Sept 0, 1836.
19U jiunes E. Martine elected Unit
ed States senator from New
Jersey.
PIER SITE
FILED UPON
Spokane, Wash.. Jan. 25. (Special)
Wilbur S. Yearstoy of Spokane,, the
president of the International Power
company, has filed on 200.000 second
feet of water at three points on the
Pond Orolllo river between the in
ternational boundary and i.Motaline
Falls, Wash. The water Is appropri
ated for the development of electrical
power for manufacturing and Irriga
tion. The company will build a dam
and power plant at each of the three
points. The river has a fall of more
than 500 feet in the nine miles cover
ed by the filing, thus making possible
the development of an almost unlim
ited amount of power. S. H. Anschell
of Metaline Falls, said today on re
turning from Vancouver, B, C., that
he has Interested capital to finance an
electric or steam railroad from the
boundary to .Colville; by way of Meta
line Falls, 61 miles, also that it is
likely the line will be extended from
Colville southward to Spokane. Mr.
Anschel has no connection with the
International Power company. Mil
waukee and Canadian capitalists are
chiefly interested in his project, which
will serve a large territory in the
northern part of Stevens county not
now tapped by a railroad.
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 25. (Special)
Zora E. Hayden, commissioner of
public safety, has sent letters to the
officers of the various women's clubs
in Spokane, saying that if any of their
members desire to wear police badges
and be invested with full authority the
wish now will be gratified, adding,
however, that such services must be of
a voluntary character, without pay
from the city. He also says he is
willing to grant police powers to a
joint committee of the clubs to visit
the dance halls, promising that Its re
port will receive full consideration,
numerous complaints having come to
Commissioner Hayden's department
regarding the dance halls, but he says
he has not been able to verify them
by personal visits or by having plain
clothes men stationed in the places.
It may be, he says, that women might
view these things differently and in
that way the department could get at
the truth In the matter.
L
THEMES
BOTHER
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Washington, Jan. 25. As the work
on the . Panama canal draws to a
close and it becomes apparent that the
difficult problems of construction and
engineering have been successfully
solved, Interest in social conditions in
the canal zone increases and visitors
returning from Colon and other plac
es in , the vicinity are eagerly ques
tioned as to "what takes the place of
the theater and other amusements in
the zone?"
Unfortunately no data are available
either here or in Panama to make pos
sible a comparison between this coun
try and the canal zone, but it Is the
opinion of careful observers that the
American, canal workers have as
many breaks and o,n the average of
as good quality, in the routine of
their lives as they had In the cities
of the "home country."
Moving pictures, that element of in
struction and entertainment second to
none when price and ease of accessi
bility is considered, are the principal
source of entertainment in the zone
A large number of "wiggle picture"
bouses, many of them as elaborate a
those In the states dot the isthmus
and these draw their nlghtly quota of
amusement seekers.
A fact that attracts the attention
of canal zone visitors almost immedi
ately is that different classes of pic
tures are popular in different parts,
of the zone and the managers, realiz
ing this, cater to the tastes of their
audiences.' At Empire and Christabol
the slaughter of Indians and like wes
tern pictures elicit the most applause:
at Gorgona the residents seem to care
aore for the slightly pathetic or trag
ic lilms, while at Culebra, Corozal and
Gatun there is a distinct leaning to
ward the more romantic scenes.
The commission clubhouses, as a
concession to the demands for danc
Inp and music, have secured the ser-'
vices of bands which play at stated
times at the popular dubs, while the
dances, to which the only ' necessary
invitation is a respectable character,
tre of frequent occurrence. In addi
lion to this there are a number oC
minstrel shows given every winter
by organizations in the different clti".
while itinerant theatrical troups have
been known to visit the zone. It
innst be admitted, say the returned
visitors, that theatres as such are
iiot much of a success in Panama. Am
ateur theatricals, particularly whet
the play presented is a well known'
one, are extremely popular, however.
Last year a choral society was or
ganized at Empire and rendered ef
fectively several oratorios. . This year
a similar society is practising at Ga
tun and a glee club la rounding into
shape at Culebra for a tour of the
canal villages. :
So that the American in Panama, be
... . ,j . rt
sa visitor or permanent resmeuv, "
have but little trouble in finding some
thing to while away the long tropica!
nights.
After a Cold Auto Ride I
what could be more comforting or exhilerating than a nice cup of
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