."FRIDATf , ArRI L 7, 1916.
I 'A GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAOE THREU
SHERRY THEATRE I
I TodaV Last Day 1
Wm. Fox Presents
THEDABARA
v Again the Sirenic Vampire
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"The Serpent"
Written and Directed by R. A. WALSH
This is a Greater Triumph Than Carmen
' TOMORROW Sis Hopkin 's Comedy, with the
Original Rose Melville
Notice to the Public
The New Phone Book Is Out, and of course, before
printing same I had to get in on the deal Main 82 and
to put things right. I will notify you alLwhen phones'"
are installed in the Mammoth Grocery The Middle
Store. We ask you to have patience ; don't call central
for the Mammoth Grocery until notified in The Observer,
which will save the Phone Girlg lots of calls.
Respectfully
M
th G
ammotn orocery
W. S. ALL1NSON, ProrietHV
Middle Store,
Middle Block,
Easy Found.
BIG RAILROAD SOLD Al AUCTION
Cleveland, April 7 . "Gentlemen,
TWshait am I bid -lor this railroad.
Speak up boys. Here's youlp chance
-to become a railroad magnate. This
transportation system, (topping the
rich coal fields of Ohio, must be
sold. The highest bidder will get
obese 530 miles of tracks, 9700
-freight cwre, 84 passenger coaches
and 210 1 locomotives . What am I
bid. Lively now!" Such in brief,
was the announcement of Federal
Judge John H. Clarke today. The
Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad has
gone under jUhe hammer. This is no
upstart fresh water line. Tt has been
doing business throughout a tempes
tuous career of 35 years. A victim
1
of high finunce, it is now looking for
a new daddy. Some ono with plenty
of money preferably.
Tho railroad must fetch at least
$18,500,000 Judge Clarke rules, or
it wor.'t be sold. That much is need
ed to discharge "underlying" indebt
edness. Tho buyer must also assume
about $18,000,000 worth of other
debts, common variety.' '
The Wheeling and Lake Erie main
line runs from Wheeling, W. Va., to
Toledo, Crisscrossing it is a line from
Cleveland to Zanesville. There are
several shorter spurs. The railroad
employs about 5,000 persons and has
12,000 stockholders, mostly eastern
ers, who refuse jto contribute any
more monoy to the line until , the
fight far control is ended forever.
Fo years there has been this
fight, the Gould fnterjjsts keeping,
the upper hand until recently. This
fight has been one of the lino's handi
c.fcs.. ;Anot(he has been ithe time
worn game of refinancing with other
peoples' money. Another ailment as
diagnosed by experts, is "too much
milking." : ;
During 12 of its 35 years of exist
ence the line has been dn the hands
of a receiver. Twice it emerged
triumphant, only to fall again in 1908.
The railroad was built in 1879 by Can
adian financiers who foresaw tho pos
sibilities of tapping Ohio and West
Virginia coal felds, carrying the pro
duct to the Great Lakes. It was fin
ally acquired by the' Gould interests,
througihi the Wabash and Pittsburg
Termmnl line, which controlled 51 per
cent of the W. & L.' E. stock. So the
Wjatash made a. through traffic agree
ment which gave it 25 per cent of
the W. and L. E. gross receipts. It
was not long until the latter line was
in urgent need of money.
The present receivership was pre-
cipiated when the line . defaulted in
1908 on both interest and prinicple
on $12,000,000 worth of five per cent
bonds pledged to tlho Central , Trust
Co. New York, for $8,000,000 cash
three years previous. Since the , in
auguration of the receivership the
road has suffered several setbacks.
Floods of 1913 caused $400,000 dam
age to equipment. - In December,
1913, the telegraphers struck and
won demands for (higher pay. In 1914
and 1915 the Ohio coal stirike caused
$2,000,000 loss an receipts.
In prosperous times the road has
earned $3,000,000 net profits pet an
num. Its gross "receipts now are less
than $8,000,000 per annum. Experts
claim the road needs $15,000,000 to
"tone it up" and make it a paying
proposition.
An interesting phase of the fac
tional fight occurred when Joseph
Ramsey, Toledo, former president of
the Wabash and chief lieutenant of
George Gouljd, oppo3ed his former
chief a,nd,leading tho minority fight,
was elected president of the W. and
L. E. A. state supreme coulrt deci
sion uplheld Ramsey's election. How
ever, Ramsey was unable to secure
sufficient loans to meet the finan
cial burdens of the debt laden line.
A striking example of business
methods, employed with the W. & L.
E. came to public notice recently.
W!. M. Duncan, receiver, ordered re
pair shops at Brewster and ironville,
O. closed so money could be raised to
meet interest on bonds. For two
months the shops, wfhiich employ 1,
000 men, were shut. Much suffer
ing was caused. Appeals were made
to Federal Judge Clairke, who after
visiting the towns, ordered the- shops
reopened, not only to end suffering
among Hhe employes' families, but
also to prevent the rolling stock from
depreciating. - '
commercial body hvGeimany, today
said: , . .
'Women have taken tho places of
men in every line. Most of our em.
ployees in the Chamber of Commerce
are women and it is amazing how well
they take hold. Every ' store end
every office ihos its women assistance
today who do the work the men in
the field used to do."
"But vftt are the firms doing for
expert salesmen?" it was asked. '
Women are now tho sales exDerts."
: he said. "This is the day of tih worn
' en. Expert saleswomen are the pro
duct of this war,"
' "But what are you going to do af
ter the war when the men return
from the front?"
"There will not be mudh competi
tion then," he replied. "Our losses
have been such thnt many of the
women who work today will be need
ed in their same positions after this
war."
PANHANDLE ROAD REVIVED
Renewal of Proposed Rail Route to
Eagle and Pine.
SATURDAY YOU WILL FIND A
LARGE DISPLAY OF FRESH
VEGETABLES AT PAT-
TISON BROTHERS
GROCERY
Spinach, grown in La Grande, at 3 lbs. for 25c
Elgin Hot House Lettuce, a pound 30c
Florida Tomatoes, a pound 25c
California Green Asparagus, 2Jbs for 3oc
Fresh Green. Onions, 3 bunches for 10c
California New Cabbage, a pound 5c
Fine Crisp Green Peppers, a pound : :.. 35c
Home Grown Rhubarb, a pound 10c
Radishes, fresh and crisp, a bunch 5c
Large Sized Florida Grape Fruit, 2 for ; 25c
Carrots, firm and medium sized,, a pound 3c
Very fine Yellow Onions, a pound 3c
Head Lettuce, California, 3 for , 25c
Imperial Valley Head Lettuce, 2 for .....25c
Southern Oregon Cauliflower, head 25c
Parsnips, a pound A 3c
BARRINGTON HALL COFFEE
Has the proper "tone" for any taste and just the right
shade of "flavor". Order a one-pound can with your
vegetables.
PATTIS0N BROTHERS
GROCERY
PHONE MAIN 80.
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The bowels are the natural sewer
age system of the body. When they
become obstructed by constipation a
part of the poisonous matter which
they should carry off is absorbed into
the system, making you feel dull' and
stupid, and. interfering with the di
gestion and assimilation' of food. This
condition is quickly relieved by Cham
berlain's Tablets. Obtainable everywhere.
OLD PARIS TRANSFORMED
i Streets Being Widened To Give More
Air To The Bank Of France
!
Paris, Feb. 25. The transforma
tions of old Paris are not to be ar
rested by the war. The President of
the Republic has just decreed the wid
ening of the Rue Valois and the Hue
Croix des Petit Champs in the First
Arrondissement, to give more air to
the Bank of France.
Part of the old Rue Baillif will dis
appear under this decree to give room
for the extension of the Bank. A new
street will unite the Rue Valois and
the Rue Croix des Petit Champs begin
ning in the Rue du Louvre at the
Bourse de Commerce, and running to
the east arcades of the Palais Royal
to give better outlet to the circu
lation from the central markets to
ward the Place de l'Opera.
The cutting of the new street at
that point involves the disappearance
of the Chancellory of Orleans, an im
portant artistic and historic rolic of
old Paris, but the contract with the
Bank of France requires the recon
stitution of the facade of its new ex
tension of all the iparts of the old
structure that have a historical or
artistic value
War Developed Expert Saleswoman.
Ji
Leipzig, April 5. Dr. Wendtland,
Chief Counsel to the Leipzig Cham
ber of Commerce, the most important
Baker, April, 5. Revivinc the nos-
sibility of -connecting Eagle and Pino
valleys with Baker by .rail, Alexander
Allerdyce, representing Spokane and
Lewiston capital, will arrive in the
city next week to look over the situa
tion, particularly in regard to the re
turns which migfbt be expected from
such a itailroad. Judge William Smith
was advised by letter yesterday of
Mr. Allerdyce's proposed trip to
Bauer.
The first installment in construe
tion, according to present plans, will
be from iBuker to Sparta, a distance
of approximately 40 miles. Pine and
Eagle valleys and Homestead would
be later extensions. Electric power
would oe used.
. It is . estimated that construction
would cost in the neighborhood of
$1U,OUO per mile. To meet expenses,
a stock subscription of $100,000 . in
Baker, is- figured on, and together
with funds secured elsewhere, the first
17 miles would be built. The 'balance
of tihie Toad would , be financed by a
(bond issue secured by the portion al
ready built . ' :
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Because they contain the best liver
medicines, no matter how bitter or
nauseating for the sweet sugar coat
ing hides the taste. Dr. Ring's New
Life Pills contain ingredients that put
the liver working, move the bowels
freely. N0 gripe, no nausea, aid di
gestion. Just try a bottle of . Dr.
King's New Life Pills and notice how
much better you fcol. 25c at your
druggist. adv. :
HAS UP TO DATE NOTIONS.
Fugitive Chinese Spouse Dictates
Terms of Reconciliation.
Oakland, Cal., April 4. A piano.
A phonograph witihi lots of records,
chiefly ragtime. '
A show once a week.
A well-furnished apartment in the
cirv.
If 'Lai Yeo Sun gives those things
to his wife, she will return to him in
Salem, otherwise she would irathor
stay in jail. Mrs. Sun is itlhe wife of
a wealthy Chinese rancher in Ore
gon. Sunday night she was arrested
as she stepped off a train at the Six
teenth street station in Oakland. The
Oakland police had been asked to
hold her on a charge of grand larceny.
She Ihad left Iher husband, the com
plaint saiid, taking with her $700 in
cash and more than $1000 worth of
jewelry ' V
Today Ralph Moores, deputy dis
trict attorney, of Salem, Or., came to
Oakland to prevail upon Mrs. Sun to
come back and live with her husband.
Mrs. Sun said today that the money
and- jewelry was community property
and that she forad a perfect right to it.
She consented to go buck to her hus
twind if he furnished the things
enumerated.
' "Me no want to live on farm," she
said. "Me like shows and city and
Amerlican lag time. Farm too sl6w."
Moores said that the chances are tihiat
Sun will do what his wife asks.
British Journalism
ll-renresenl) The Daily Scoop. At
whnt time did his lordship die?"
"His lordship is not yet .deid."
"Oh, isn't he? Well, then I'll wait."
Passing Show.
Insomnia
Indigestion nearly always disturbs
the sleep more or less, and is often the
cause of , insomnia, hat a light sup
ncr with little if any meat, and no
milk; also take one of Chamberlain's
Tablets immediately after supper and
see if you do not rest much better.
Obtainable everywhere.
Centenary Observed.
Washinirton. April 6. What the
Coast and Geodetic Survey is doing
for preparedness-, and what it did in
tiha civil war. was told this afternoon
bv Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright,
U. S. N., retired, in a speech at the
convention in celebration of the sur- j
vev's centenary.
That the work of the Geodetic Sur
vey (has been of general aid was testi
fied Ibv other speakers, rroi. Wil
liam Henry Burger, professor of civjl
enfirineerir.tr alt Northwestern Uni
versity, told what it has done for geo
desy, nr. into migara iiuimann,
nresident of the National Geographic
Society, told of Jts international work.
Dr. Douglas Wilson Johnson, associate
professor of ceolocry at Columbia Uni
versity, told what it has contributed
to phvsical geograpny. ur. unarios
Lane Poor, nrofessor of Celestial Me
chanics alt Columbia, discussed ocean
tides with reference to rhe bureau s
work.
The celebration will be ended this
evening w!th a dinner at the Nev
Wilterd at which President Wilsorv
the Swiss Minister, Secretary Red
field. Secretary Daniels and Dr.
Thomas Oorwin Mendenhall, oldest
ex-Superintendent of the bureau, are
to be speakers. i
. WATCH,
For Our Announcement In
Saturday's Paper
A Complete Line
of Fresh Fruits
and Vegetables
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Quality
Phone Main 43
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Honest Prices
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PHILOSOPHY
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the early bird!'
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, Motorcycle Suits ...;..$3.50
Perforated Cycle
Shoes $3.50
Largest and best lines of
Outing Suits and Riding
pants in the city. We make
a specialty of this line of
goods.
THE
TOGGERY I
. Andrews Bros.
SPUDS $1 75 1
a
Fancy Early Rose and Early Ohio
$3.00 per Hundred
Head Lettuce
Hot House Lettuce
Cauliflower .
Rhubarb .
Green Peppers
Spinach
Radishtrs
Grapo Fruit
Oranges
Lemons ,
New Cabbage
Tomatoes
APPLE CIDER
GRAPE JUICE
PINEAPPLE JUICE
GARDEN SEEDS AND FLOWER SEEDS
6 DELIVERIES EVERY. DAY
Oregon Co-Operative Association
1118 1-2 Adams Ave. La Grande, Ore.
' Branches at
IMBLER, OR. EVANS, OR.
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