MONDAY. JANUARY 31, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE THRE3
SHERRY THEATRE To day Only
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William Fox Presents
WILLIAM PARNUM
in
, ' "THE PLUNDERER"
A Thrilling Romance of the Lure of Yellow Gold.
WEDNESDAY ONLY Francis X. Bushman "THE SECOND IN COMMAND."
son's work: Total number of eggs se
cured, 311,280, and average of 53.16
eggs per hen; total receipts, $7,709..
48; total cost, $4,057.66; total net Pro
fit 4Q AK1 QOI ouAaA Tim-fit maw
member, $9.61; net profit per hen,
ot-o cems.
noun
SEED CORN
A BIB ITEM
Corn production has become very
'much of a subject in tms part ot
Oregon and there will 'be interest in
a orancn oi corn prouuwun mat it
attracting attention. everywhere.
That is the one of the importance of
good seed. The United States gov
erAhent has given out instructions in
the matter of testing seed corn which
is appended herewith.
4 Testin? seed corn for germination
Vutnvg a nmf itjihlj farm nrjutiA-
is an absolute necessity this year in
xnuny sections. In a number of dis
tr;'ts the last corn crop from whu-n
seed for the coming planting will in
. taken was late in maturing or S5
moist when harvested as to call id.
s ccial precautions. A high moisture
content makes seed corn particu'ail.v
euscejjtible to damage from fieo-in,.
t scaling. Farmer) in tae section t
where corn failed to ripen normally
who do not test their seed early
enough to be able to replace theii
own bad seed with good seed se
cured from other sources will be tak
ing an unnecesary risk. It is also
especially important for holders oi
seed in such . districts to take un
usual care during the remainder oi
the winter to proleci. it from freezing.
wnnc complete lesung lor germ
inatiou should take place shortly be
fore the seed is planted, the specialist?
of the department believe that it will
bo simple- forehanuedness for farmers
who havt any reason to be doubtfu.
.about the viability of their seed tc
make preliminary germinating test
with .a few typical ears taken at ran
dom from the rack, if these prelim
inary tests show that the seed is good,
the owner then can continue his pre
cautions to guard it from Weather
damage. If, however, this test with
a few ears indicate that the seed is
of low vitality, the farmer should a-l
once make further tests to satisfj
himself as to whether his seed corn
cpnerAllv is frond nr had.
-If 'a farmer finds his seed is' bad'
he should take steps at once to meet
the difficulty. The purchase of seed
should not be delayed till spring, es
pecialy when so much corn in var
ious sections has been damaged. The
farmer should secure his seed from
well-known sources, buy it upon a
germinating guaranty basis, and get
hie aaaA M tunidnl cnmnloc aflrln
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enough to make his own germinating
tests. It is probable this year thai
many farmers who have not follow
ed the wise practice of selecting
enough special seed from good cropt
to last in an emergency for two oi
three years will have to buy seed.
In buying seed, farmers should try to
secure com of varieties known to
prosper in their section. The safest
seed would be that carefully selected
from corn grown in the immediate
neighborhood, but at any rate effort
should bo made to obtain seed grown
districts where climate, soil, and farm
ing conditions in general are similar
to those at home. "
If the farmer happens to have a
stock of seed left over from the 1914
crop and doubts seed saved from his
1915 crop he would do well to test
the older seed also and then use which
ever shows' the greater vitality. Seed
corn if properly cared for will re
tain its vitality for several years.
Many farmers knowing this alway:
select an extra amount of seed from
an unusually good harvest.
The following method of testing
ed corn is taken from Farmers'
bulletin 704. The corn is placed on
drying racks made by driving wire
finishing nails about 4 inches a part
on four sides of a stick. A number
is placed over the nail and the butts
of the ears are put on the hails. If
wire fencing or other seed racks are
used,'' the ears can be numbered in
other ways.
tin single ear testing, two kernels
from opposite sides of the ear on the
4op, two from the middle, and. two
from the butt are put in numbered
squares or portions of germinating
boxes or other testers. The kernels
are kept moist at a room temperature
not above 90 degrees F. nor below
60 degrees F.. After six or seven
days the seed should begin to sprout.
Only those ears from which all the
kernels give strong sprouts should be
reserved for planting.
Under ordinary circumstances, it
may not be absolutely necessary to
test every individual ear. If a large
number of typical ears show germina
ting tests as high as 97 per cent, the
seed in general may be considered
good. Under the unusual conditions
prevailing ithls year, especially in
neighborhoods where the corn did not
, mature normally, it should well re
pay a corn grower to test every eai
that he intends to use for seed. If he
has any reason to doubt the quality
of his individual stock, the ear-by
ear testing is simply a form of labor
and crop insurance.
Before testing germination, the
farmer should examine each ear and
throw out all the ears which do not
look right or which have several with
ered or damaged kernels. He should
strive to make up his seed from ears
which in size and appearance seem
to be normal for the variety of corn.
Seed corn should be shelled if- possible
by hand to avoid the risk of damage
by mechanical shelling. Before
shelling the owner should pick out
peculiar looking kernels and separate
the seed into sizes so as to make cer
tain that the corn drill will plant regularly.
SHERRY THEATRE TODAY.
William Farnum Has Banner Film
to Show Abilities With.
William Fox presents William Far
num, the $100,000 screen star in "The
Plundered," a thrilling drama of love;
the lust for gold and deadly hatred.
iWilliam Farnum against 20 in the
most blood-thrilling fist fight ever
screened. Mr. Farnum trained two
months for this fight, iSee the Croix
D'or Mine and mine crushed in this
wonderful photoplay.
II) PROSPECTIVE
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ARTISTS' MODEL BASIS OF PRODUCTION.
Special Attraction Coming to the Ar
cade This Week.
Do not fall for alluring "for sale"
locals, pianos being offered for half
price after being half paid for by a
former customer. These are old style
fake and catch penny tactics, long
since abandoned by piano houses of re
pute. Get the so called bargain
price, call at the Richey Piano House
and convince yoursejf regarding
prices and qualities. If you buy at
home, your contract and account will
be with a home institution, and youi
piano not taken from you after half
paid. Don't hurry and then worry
but take your time and get prices
and use your judgment. Richey
Piano House, Opposite Elks' New
Building on Washington Street. Adv.
FADS AND FASHIONS.
Baby's Skin Troubles.
Pimples Eruptions Eczema quick
ly yield to the soothing ana healing
qualities of Dr. Hwbsan's Eczema
Ointment. No matter where located, i
how bad or long standing, Dr. Hob-
son's Eczema Ointment will remove I
every trace of the ailment. It will
restore the skin to its natural soft
ness and purify. Don't let your child
suffer don't be embarrassed by hav
ing your child's face disfigured with
blemishes or ugly scars. Use Dr.
Hobson's Eczema Ointment Its guar
anteed. No cure no pay. 50c at your
Druggist.
A Thorough Inspection
It't just as nccenary for a storage bat
tery at for a human being. Good health
mean efficiency in either case. Our fire
Inspection la an inexpensive safeguard.
Johnstone & Reisland
1515 Atlanta
Free intpection of any battery at any time
h PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT
J WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 4
Washington, D. C. Jan. 22.
Representative Prltten of Illinois
was formerly a prominent ama-
h teum lightweight prizefighter.
! He still follows the doincrs of
4 the sport world closely. . 4"
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; How to Cue Colds.
Inspiration, a most daring picture,
dealing with the life of a professional
model, has been contracted for, as a
special feature, by the 'Arcade man
agement for February 2nd and 3rd,
Wednesday and Thursday.
This picture was inspected by the
management while in Portland at the
Majestic Theatre, where it had a big
run, causing an unusual amount of
comment.
In sneakiner of this picture, we as
sure the public, that although very
daring, there is absolutely nothing of
fensive. One reel is entirely educa
tional, showing how statuary is made
from a life cast of a human body.
This picture should not be missed by
the film fans of La Grande as it is
seldom that a picture as daring as
this one contains so much of educa
tional value. - In this picture a fnll
view of many of the buildings of the
Panama-Pacific exDosition is shown as
well as the Maine Monument and
other important buildings in New
York, the groups on these buildings
having been posed for by Miss Mun
son. There is also a pretty romance
woven around the artist which makes
a very interesting story.
Before being shown to the public
this picture is to be nassed upon by a
committee of local club women.
There will be no raise in the admis
sion price, although it has been shown
in other cities at increased prices.
DUSTIN FARNUM SCORES.
After leaving the university where
he has been one of the greatest foot
ball stars in years, John Harkless
(Dustm Farnum) plunges into the
thick of Indiana politics through pur
chasing the Platville Herald and fear
lessly smashing the corrupt political
machine of Rodney McCune.
While this in a few words describes
the gist of the play it by no means
conveys to the reader the wonderful
nhotoplay that has been built around
Booth Tarkington's very human
Itory. Pen and ink cannot describe 1
the smoothness of the action, the "
transition from scene to scene as Mr. I
Farnum lives, not acts, the part of the
character he is protraying. At tha 1
Arcade today.
Avoid exposure and drafts. Bat
right Take Dr. King's New Discov
ery. It is prepared from Pine Tar,
healing balsams and mild laxatives.
Dr. King's New Discovery kills and
expels the cold germs, soothes the ir
ritated throat and allays influrtmo
tion. Search as you will, you cannot
una a better cough and cold remedy.
Its use over 45 years is a guarantee of
satisfaction.
THE NEW CIGAR
MCCARTHY'S IMPERIAL
5c, Wc and 2 for 25c Made in La Grande
D.R. FONG MEDICINE CO.
CHINESE ROOT AND HERB REMEDIES
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Cares Bodily Disease With Root and Herbal
Treatment. Free Consultation "
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Phone 762
1412 Adams Ave.
La Grande
Ore.
The Habit of Taking Cold.
With many .people taking cold is a
habit, but fortunately one that is easily
broken. rake a cold sponge bath
every morning when you first get out
of bed not ice water, but a tempera
ture of bout 90 degrees F. . Also
sleep with your window up. Do this
and you will seldom take cold. When
you do take cold take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and get rid of it as
quickly as possible. Obtainable everywhere.
Sleeveless nighties, ankle short
Are the few alluring sort;
n them Sue's so sweet a sight,
I 'Tis a shame to douse the light.
New York, Jan. 28. The newest
nighties are bound to ,be a source of
vexation to those unfortunates whose
vaccinations are thus laid bare either
by the lack of sleeve on- the lack of
length. But who can deny that they
are adornable? It takes little mater
ial but lots of arts to evolve them
and a little nerve and lots of charm
to wear 'em. About the only way
you can tell a nightie from a chamise
'these days and nights is by inches.
The chemise is cut just above the kneo
and the nightie just below it It is
true that most of the nighties actu
ally blush for their own shortcomings
and this beautiful blush pink dyes
them whether they be of shear batiste
crepe de chine or the new wash satin.
It takes lots of sibilants to describe
them and but libtle else sheer, short,
sleeveless and simple will do the
work and there you have it. Just
to be consistently short in everv re
spect the new nighties are also short
waisted and the empire line is shown
on all the smartest models. Narrow
lace edgings outlining the armholes
and low neck line; briar stitching in
pink or blue, touches of smocking
or embroidery in pink or blue are ail
the ornamentations possible on these
chaste little sleeping garments of the
moment. They must be highly hy
genic, allowing as they do for so
much fresh air, but one shudders to
think how soon these ducks of night
ies become an extinct species along
with the Do Do Bird and other rara
avis if they keep on dwindling away to
nothing in this reckless way they
have begun. - As for caps to top the
dishevelled matutinal locks of milady
fair, they are getting reckless too.
Time was when a boudoir cap meant
a coquettish little morsel of ribbon
and lace and net, or at most pastel
tinted bits of chiffon or crepe de
chine. Nowdays one must be coiff
ed like a gypsy or one of the Russian
ballet in vivid hued silks twisted in
turban shapes, or wierd and oriental
head dresses. One cunning model
that turns you into a snow maid or
a fluffy white kitten is made of
white satin gathered up into a to1
sette on top of the head and topped
with a fluffy ball or swansdown.
Fluffs is of swansdown alternating
with a tiny French ribbon roses frame
the face. These swansdown trimmed
caps are also charming when combin
ed with satin of delicate tints and
are verily far more fascinating when
up on my lady's head than when down
on the swan's.
Found a Sure Thing.
I. B. Wixon, F.-mers Mills, N. Y.,
has used Chamberlain'.- Tablets for
years for disorders of the stomach auc
liver and says, "Chamberlain's Tablets
are the best I have ever used." Ob
tainable everywhere.
"IVew" Civic Idea
Seven hundred years old!
We all thought the commission form
of government for cities was a brand
new creation, with Des Moines as the
pioneer, says the Oregon Voter..
'There's nothing new under the sun.'
Le Roy Hodges, counselor of ifche
Southern Commercial Congress, shat
ters our illusions in a recent istue of
Town Development Magazine,
writes:
sanctioned a "commission government
tfor Northhampton."
Similar charters were held by other
early Englich cities, which contradicts
the popular idea that small centralized
city legislative and executive councils,
and the principlo of electing council
men from the city at largo, are crea
tions born of the heresies of the twen
tieth century political scientists.
The fact that the provisions of the
first city charter of Cwton provided
for a legislative .".nd executive body
known as a "board of control" as the
successor of the old board of select
men of the town of Boston, is "addi
tional evidence that tho commission
plan is not a new-fangeled Amo ican
'idea.
Much Adler-i-ka Used in La Grando.
It is reported by C. D. Putman that
much Adler-i-ka is sold in La Grande.
People have foetid out that ONE
He SPOONFUL of this simple buckthorn
I harV nnrl oOvpatmtia m.Y.iira rnliavaa
Prescribing tnat the city chm Id be aiTOoBt ANY CASE of constipaton,
governed by "four cf tho more learned MDD . ',
and discreet citizens elected by the T ' tomach. It s so pow
common choice of the burghers," King erful that lt 18 successfully on
John of England, in the year 1200 PPidicvtU. ONE MINUTE after
you take it the gasses rumble and
pass out It is perfectly safe to use
and cannot gripe. -Adv.
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taining: (1) Foley's Itonoy and Tar Com
pound, the atundai-d family remedy
(or coughs, colds, croup, whooping
cousli, tightness and soreness in
chest, grippe and bronchial coughs.
(2) Foley Kidney PillM, for over
worked and disordered kidneys and
hladdor ailments,, pain In sides and
back duo to Kidney Trouble, sore
muscles, stiff Joints, backache and
rheumatism. -
(3) Foley Cathartic Tablets,' a
wholesome end thoroughly cleansing
cathartic Especially comforting to
stout persons, and a purgative needed
by evorybody with sluggish bowels
and torpid liver. You can try these
three family romodlcs for only Ec,
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KING GEORGE'S SON
J London, Jan. 8. (By Mtiil)
4 Eton, the aristocratic boy's
4 school near Windsor, loaned 600
4 of its boys to help rustle freight 4
4 in a railway yard at Didcot 4
4 Junction during the shortage of 4
4 adult labor. King George's 4
4 third son, prince Henry, is 4
4 one of the workers and has 4
4 managed to mash his fingers 4
4 twice. Oxford students are also
4 working. 4
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Money to Lcran.
On improved real property in Union
county, no delays, current rates. Le
Grande Investment Co. Adv.
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WAR NEWS OF ONE YEAR
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The Craonne battle near Sois
sons, was the most desperate
of the war to date the Gremans
losing 1000 men in a single at
tack. The Turks invaded
Egypt. The Russians advanc
ed in East Prussia.
Returns From Eastern Trip.
Chamberlain's Coucht Remedy Most
Effectual.
"I have taken a great many bottles
ti Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
every time it has cured me. I have
found it most effectual for a hacking
cough and for colds. After taking it
coutth always disappears," writes J.
R. Moore, Lost Valley, Ga. Obtainable
everywhere.
H. H. Weatherspoon, of Elgin, re
turned last night from an extended
tour throughout the east his prin
cipal object being that of looking up
the apple market prospects. He
brings the report that business in all
lines has improved and an optimistic
feeling prevails. However, the
weather is in such a condition that
there is little opportunity at present
to Oo much in a commercial way.
Poultry Records.
Complete reports from 380 poultry
club members in Massachusetts show
the following results of the past sea-
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orksForXoM
.be Cheapest
Is the Newspaper with a general circulation that carries your
business news to every corner of your trading district, carefully
and earnestly informing the people of the Bargains you are offer-
trie Farm that is for sale, the house that is for rent.
Hlg,
Advertising
Is nothing but business news, giving the owner of commodities
opportunity to tell the public of their merit and price, and giving
the consumer opportunity to read at his own fireside in a very
moment's information about intended purchases that would re
quire hours of hard work for himself and the marchants to collect
in any other way.
The Evening Observer
Works diligently every day to serve the People in a way that
brings good results to both the buyer and the seller.
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