La Grande evening observer., January 25, 1916, Image 3

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25,-1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE THRE3
SHERRY THEATRE To-day
Gold Rooster Day '
Pathe Presents the Famous Comedian
RICHARD CARLE
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V "MARY'S LAMB" -m
A Rollicking Comedy in 5 Parts . . A Laugh from Start to Finish
TOMORROW ONLY Wallingford and Neal of the Navy. .
BLIND PIG AT fJONDON.
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tives swore allegiance to Ross and he
and his descendants have ruled their
story-book kingdom ever since.
Interspersed with palm covered
taolls and flanked by reefs of pink
coral, the picturesque little group of
islands is more like a scene from a
musical comedy than anything else.
In 1856 the British government ex
tended protection to the Cocos. In
1885 Parliament sent a commission to
BY WILBUR S. FORREST. .'investigate conditions thers. When
United Press Staff Correspondent.) the British warship with the commis
(London, Jan. 8. ((By Mail) The sion on board steamed into the lagoon
'news that King Ross of the. Cocos Is- at Direction Island, the inhabitants
: lands has laid him down in the shade and the King and his court welcomed
of the palms and died was cabled them just like a comic-opera-South-
here today. The brief message rings Sea-U"sla,nd-King would be expected
down the curtain upon the last act of .to do.
..the first Tuler of the real, original ! Tn8 Palace was thrown open to the
Comic Opera Kingdom The Land of . Europeans; and the royal family, its
Cocos Which lies upon the shimmer- salaaming Malay servants and their
tag sliver lap of the South Seas, a uu was lne a'spomu 01 me men irom
dimunitive emerald world in a setting
Farmers' Union Plans Elevators.
Condon, Or., Jan. 24. The Farm
ers' union of Gilliam county has de
cided to erect two grain elevators in
the county, one at Condon and ' tho
other at Blalock. Plans are being
drawn for the buildings and cost es
timates will be prepared immediately.
Ten Convictions in Malheur County.
of pink coral reefs. Andy Ross was a
Scotch adventurer who, after a rov
ing youth, discovered and decided to
cast his lot as king with the motely
inhabitants of the little story book
kingdom. From 1827 until his death
he was the oddest king, with the
queerest subjects and the most ex
traordinary domain in all the world.
His was a kingdom where the arrival
of Sinbad the Sailor, Alice in Wonder
land, Gulliver and The Boy Who Could
Not Learn to Shiver and Shake would
not have seemed unusual. His was a
kingdom that put Romance into Real
Life and Real Life into Romance. The
Cocos Islands is distinctly an O.
Henry land, a place such as Gilbert &
Sulilvan saw only in fancy, a spot
that a Robert Louis Stevenson would
be loth to leave.
Ross was king,, court, government
and owner of this group of Indian
ocean isles, twenty in all, whose only
excitement in history occurred during
the present war the destruction of
the German cruiser Emden by the
Australian battleship Sydney, off the
Cocos' coast.
King Ross was the third of his line.
. In 1823, an English adventurer
named Alexander Hare settled in the
islands with a number of slaves giv
en him by an Indian potentate. Two
years later Ross, a Scotchman, re
discovered thei slands and determined
to colonize them. He returned in
1827 with a party of Scotah and found
Hare in possession. The two fac
tions settled by dividing the islands
equally. Finally, however, ,-tfie na-
All the people of the island group
are of more than ordinarily powerful
physique, muscular and lithe; quite
Jack Londonish, in fact. The brown
skinned natives speak their own lan
guage with a Scottish burr.. The
white royalty speaks ' the native
tongue too. Even the King himself
knew little of the English tongue that
his forefathers used. The chief in
dustry is copra and coral gathering.
There is no metal money. The King
decided at first that Money is the
Root "for All Evil, so he issued cards
and not too many of them. The kine-
dom is administered on model lines.
The King- makes his own laws, poli
cies his domain and provides every-
tning lor 'his subjects.
When the Cruiser Emden was sunk
off the islands, the survivors of the
crew comandeered the royal yacht and
embarked for Sumartra. Aside from
this, the only other excitement the is
lands have had as cyclones. The na
tives, King, royalty and all, out
maneuver nature on these occasions
by rushing into the lagoons and stand
ing in water up to their necks until
the blow subsides.
Today's Oddest Story.
Deyils Lake, N. D., Jan. 24. De
spite its name, Devils Lake is said
today by A. L. Johnson, to be so good
that a city jail is an economic loss.
Johnson is waging a campaign to
.have the city sell the jail and use the
county jail for the few cases the city
may have. Johnson is president of
the Devils Lake City commission.
THE NEW CIGAR
MCCARTHY'S IMPERIAL
5c, lbc and 2 for 25c Made in La Grande
We Have a Nice
Lot of
Nothing Tastes Better Than a Good
Vegetable Mulligan
CARROTS
TURNIPS
PARSNIPS
CABBAGE
CELERY
PARSLEY
POTATOES
Oregon Co-Operative Association
1118 1-2 Adams Ave. La Grande, Ore.
Branches at
' IMBLER, OR. EVANS, OR.
Vale, Or., Jan. 24. In the. circuit
court for Malheur county in the week
just closed the state convicted almost
all criminal cases and Sheriff Brown
and two deputies have taken 10 per
sons to the penitentiary. Among
those going is "Bill iRidings," convict
ed of horse stealing; in company with
two young boys. Ridings is known as
a famous broncho rider, and was made
prominent by being chosen as a char
acter subject of the Wild West by Mr.
Prentiss, the artist.
Three of those convicted were sent
up for sheep b teal in g and one, George
Hickman, for assault with a knife up
on Margaret Arnold in a hotel at On
tario, l
City Manager Plan Advocated
(By United Press)
Des Moines, la., Jan. 22. The so
called Des Moines plan of city gov
ernment, one of the first forms of
Commission government, which at
tracted much favorable attention the
country over when it wus adopted
seven years ago, is branded a fail
ure by Councilman W. F. Mitchell and
a considerable percentage of the
citizens. Mitchell was .mit into office
to see if he couldn't reorganize af
fairs and make the plan successful.
His resignation is tendered today, ef
fective this spring. . Mitchell sfcys
the city manager's plan should be
adopted by Des Moines. The bonded
and floating indebtedness of Des
Moines has increased nearly $1,000,000
since the plan was put in force seven
years ago. J. he plan was heralded as
ono that would eliminate partisan
politics from all municipal elections,
place the responsibility for the success
or failure of the city government upon
the heads of the individual commis
sioners and generally make for econ
omy and efficiency. Mitchell . says
politics has not been eliminated and
that financially the plan has accom
plished no gocd. Mitchell favors
electing councilmen by districts' rather
than at large, paying them for one
meeting a week. He believes all muni
cipal executive control should be vest
ed in the City Manager, together with
power to enforce all laws and ordin
ances and to control all city work.
Mitchell believes this would kill the
political phase he believes has made
thoold Des Moines plan useless.
Death in Homes or Ashland. '
Ashland, Ore.; Jan. 24. Three
deaths of old and respected citizens
occurred Friday and Saturday. J.
Leslie , Corbet, pioneer and) former
city engineer, passed away in his
sleep Saturday morning. He had
been suffering with the grip, but was
downtown in his usual good spirits
Friday. A sister and niece in Ash
land and a grandson in the East sur
vive. Mrs. Sarah J. Barber, mother
of W. M. 3arber of Ashland, died at
the home of her son Friday after
noon. She came to Ashland froin
Cclumbus, Ohio, a year ago. Wallace
Rorgers, pioneer Indian fighter and
Civil war veteran, died Friday morn
in. He leaves a wife in this city.
Old Resident Passes at Canyon City.
' Oanyon City, Ore., Jan. 24. Mrs.
Sebella Overholt died at her home i.-.
this city Saturday morning. De
ceased was on old resident of Can
yon City. She has long been a suf
ferer from heart trouble and for tho
past month was confined to her bed.
fchc is survived by . two children, a
son, jfcImer, of Arizona, who was
called to her bedside soon afwr she
was taken ill, and a daughter. Mrs.
u. i. Asbury, of McMinnville, Ore.,
wnc was unable to be present. The
funeral was held yester!n after
noon.
Clt-aning Establishment Raided and
Liquor Seized.
Condon, Or., Jan. 24. A raid in this
city by District Attorney Weinke,
Sheriff Lillie and several deputies on
a cleaning establishment conducted by
Maybelle Davis and Georgia Fisher a
few days ag--, resulted in the arrest
of the two women and Evan Anderson
and stranger giving his name as Aus
man, as well as the seizure of a large
quantity of liquors of all kinds. The
two women after a preliminary hear
ing were bound, ovor to the grand
jury on charges of violating the state
wide prohibition law and of conduct
ing a disorderly place, while the men
were held as witnesses.
The liquors seized consisted of a
trunk filled with bottled beer, numer
ous gallon and half-gallon demijohns
containing whisky and a number of
quart bottles containing whisky and
wine. ,
District Attorney Weinke is anx
ious to have a special term of tho
grand jury called so that the cases
can be quickly disposed of and many
Farmers' union members and other
taxpayers have indorsed his plan.
This is the first violation of the pro
hibition law in Gilliam county.
We pay : oest prices ror second
Hand Furniture. DYAL'S FURNI
TURE CO., 404 Fir St., Phone Black
8351. . 9-14. tf.
How's This?
"Ve offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. .
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
we, the undersigned, have known P. J.
Cheney (or the last 16 years, and believe
htm perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his Arm.
NATIONAL. BANK OF COMMERCE,
t Toledo, O.
Hnirs.Catarrh Cure Is taken Inlornally,
aclinic directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of iho svstem. Testimonials
sent free. Prl.-e 75 cinls j er bottle. Sold
oy all Druggists.
Tuke Hp ll Family Fll' ir conitlDatloB
Got a can today Irom fnfnlSfftVni
your hardware or sro- Jill JBlUtlj
eery dealer. KkanBTp
"Well, I Should Say
'Gets-It' DOES Work"
"look a' There, If Ton Don't Think
If s Just Wonderful for Comal"
"Bless my stars, look at it! Land of
tho llvln'l Why, Just look at Itl That
corn came right off. Just like peel
ing bananas. Put your finger on my
mk
"Did Yon Ever See the LlkeT No
Wonder Ge-It in the lUggest
Selling; Corn Core in the World!"
too, right there, don't be afraid,
that's It, feel how smooth the skin
Is? Well, that's where the corn was.
Well, that beats all I" That's the way
Oets-It" works on all corns, every
corn, every time. It's tho new, simple
way of curing corns. You'll say good
bye to all foolish, contraptions like
bundling bandages, sticky tape, plas
ters, toe-eating salves, nnd grave
iliirgers such ns knives, razors and
scissors. "Gets-lt" stops pain. Applied
In 2 soconds. Never falls. ' Nothing to
stick to, hurt or pross on tho corn. ,
"Oots-lt" is sold everywhere, 2lio a
bottle, or sent direct by E, Lawrence
& Co., Chicago, III.
fra-Blo
Grocery
In the last edition we told you we sold
"La Grande Made" goods, and that we be
lieved in La Grande's people. That's the
truth. '
Times have been a little slow ia La Grande
but they are getting better. . That's a fact.
Do you want good times? Then help boost.
Don't knock, and trade at C. J. Black's
Grocery, , where honesty, cleanliness;
promptness, and a square lel to all is the
ambition. Everything in fancy and staple
groceries.
C. J. Black's Grocery
Corner Adams" and Fir Street
Main 16
Let us preserve the
Color,
Appearance,
Life
of your clothes by an occassional expert clean
ing. Dry Cleaning Department.
CHERRY'S NEW
LAUNDRY Inc.
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States May Control.
Washington, Jan. 24. In a decis
ion of wide effect to water nower
development throughout the United
States, the supreme court held to-
rJay that, states possess the nower to
enact laws authorizing: condemnation
or power sites and water riehts. by
rigm of eminent domain.
The decision was announced by
Justice Holmes in upholding the
consf)tuti,onality of the lAlabama
water power condemnation statutes
in a case touching the improvement
or lallapoosa river.
"The principal argument," said
Justice Holmes "is that the purpose
of the condemnation is not a public
one. In the organic relations of
modern society, it may some times
be hard to draw the line that is sup
posed to limit the authority of the
legislature to exercise or delegate
the power of eminent domain.
"But to gather the streams from
waste and to draw from them energy,
labor without brains and so to save
mankind from toil is to supply what
next to intelligence is the very
i foundation of all our achievements,
i If that purpose is not public, we
' should be at a loss to say what is,"
Q
ualify
First
"QUALITY FIRST. THERE IS BETTER VALUE IX ADIRON
DACK CANE AND MAPLE BREAKFAST SYRUP THAN IN ANY
OTHER CANE AND MAPLE SYRUP ON THE MARKET. IT IS
MADE TO EAT AND NO DECEPTION HAS EVER BEEN USED TO
MAKE IT SELL. FOR SALE BY ALL
GROCER FOR IT."
CANNING STATIONS:
Lowville, N. Y.,
Harrisville, N. Y.,
Edwards, N. Y.
DEALERS. ASK , YOUR
RECEIVING STATIONS:
Located Throughout
the Adirondack
Maple District.
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