La Grande evening observer., June 23, 1916, Image 8

FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE EIGHT
HELD BY A MANIAC
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Who's Your Doctor?
Who's Your Prescrip-tionist?
' Is the man who compounds your pre
script foas as competent in his line as
the doctor you employ is in his? ITe ,
should be. j
If you employ a high-priced, expert
architect to draw plans you certainly j;
wouldn't let the contract for building
out to a third-rate builder. Isn't health ,
and life even more important than a
house? ( j y
Prescriptions brought to us will re- '"
ceive .the attention of thoroughly edu- , j
rated pharmacists. Men who not only '
have college educations, but who have
had vears of pharmaceutical experience -'. .
La Grande Pharmacy
ADOLPII NEWLIN, Manager
Quick Delivery Phone Main 40
La Grande, Oregon
Pliaht of a Steeplejack Atop a
! Towering Church Spire.
SHOE PITCHERS HERE.
"Two Pendleton Men Challenge
World Including La Grande.
the
Grant Erhart and J. R. Childers,
loth of Pendleton, who are sojourning
in Hot Lake, but usually drive over
to the metropolis each dny, claim
themselves to be the champion horse
shoe pitchers of the universo and
rmany of their friends ubck mem up
in their claims. They have addressed
the sporting editor of the Observer
uritv, n rVinllene-e. to all comers and
thnt they ill be perfectly
to take on anyone. They carry a lot
of horseshoes with 'them and are
read for action at any time. If any
t,'nion county people aspire in that di
rection, notify the Observer within
the next day or two and a match will
bo rigged up. "Doc" Proebstel offers
his services as referee. The men ex
pect to bo in Hot Lake for another
week.
Not Enough
"My voice is for war.''
"But are you willing to offer thj
willing rest of yourself?" Boston Transcript.
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TO-DAY
Mary Pickford
In a Powerful Drama of Humanity,
'THE ETERNAL GRIND"
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Paramount-Bray Cartoon
"Farmer Al Falta's Catastrophe"
TO-MORROW
ARCADE
"Best by Test"
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WHEN HIS HELPER WENT MAD.
The Struggle For Lift In Midair and
the Lucky Incident That Enabltd
Marrill to Overcome the Cunning
Lunatic In Hia Death Grapple.
In Cleveland MofTett's "Careers of
Dancer and Daring" la this Incident of
real life that was told to Mr. Moffett
by Merrill, the famous steeplejack, to
whom It occurred:.
! "Did you ever have uu Impulse to
Jump off a Steepler- I questioned, re
calling the sensations of many people
In looking down even from a housetop.
"I've kept pretty free from that,"
said be, "but there's no doubt climbing
steeples does tell on a man's nerves.
Now, there was Dan O'Brien. He bad
an impulse to jump off a steeple one
day and a strong Impulse too. He
went mad on one of the tallest spires
in Cincinnati, right at the top of It"
"Went mad?"
"Yes, sir. raving mad, and I was by
him when it happened. I forget wheth
er the church was Baptist or Presby
terian, but I know it stood on Sixth
street, near Vine, and there was a big
band on top of the steeple with the
forefinger pointing to heaven.
"We were putting fresh gilding on
this hand. I was working on the
thumb Ride and O'Brien on the little
finger side, both of us standing on tiny
stagings about the size of a chair seat
and both of us made fast to the steeple
by life lines under our arms. That's
an absolute rule In climbing steeples
never to do the smallest thing miles'!
you're secured by a life line.
"It was coming on dark, and I was
hurrying to get the gold leaf on, be
cause we'd given the hand a fresh
coat of sizing that would be dry before
morning. We hadn't spoken for some
time, when suddenly I beard a laugh
from O'Brien's side that sent a shiver
down my spine. Did you ever hear a
crazy man laugh? Well, if ever you
do you'll remember It. I looked at him
and saw by bis face that something
was wrong.
"'What are you doing?' said L
"lie answered very polite and steady
like, but his tone wns queer. 'I'm try
ing to figure out how long it would
take a man to get down if he went this
fastest way.'
"I thought I had better keep blm in
a good humor, so I said. Til toll you
what. Dan. you brace up and get this
cold on. and then we'll race to the
ground in our saddles.'
" 'That's a fair idea,' said ho in a
shrill voice, 'but I've got a better one.
We'll race down without any saddles:
yes. sir. without any lines, without a
blumed thing.'
" 'Don't be a fool, Dan. What you
want to do Is to get that gold on
quick.' I tried to speak sharp.
" 'No. sir; I'm going to Jump, and so
aro you.'
"I caught his eye Just then and saw
It wasn't any time to bother about
gold leaf. I reached up and eased the
hitch of my line around the hand so I
could swing toward him. I knew If 1
once got my grip on him h wouldn't
make any moro trouble. But I'd never
had a crazy man to den! with, aud I
dldu't realize how tricky and quick
they are. While I was working around
to his side and thinking he didn't no
tice it he was laying for me out of
too corner of his eye. and the first
thing I knew he bad me by the throat
aud everything was turning black. I
let go of the line and dropped back
on my saddle board helpless, and If It
hadn't been for blind luck I guess the
people down below would have got
their money's worth in about a min
ute. But my hand struck the tool box
as ho pressed me back, and I bad Just
strength enongh left to shut my fingers
on the first tool I touched and strike
at him with It. The tool happened to
be a monkey wrench, and when a man
gets a clip on the head with a thing
like that he's pretty apt to keep still
for awhile. Aud that's what O'Brien
did. He keeled over and lay there,
and I did. too. until my bead got
steady. liven then I guess we'd both
luive fallen If It hadn't been for the
life lines.
"The rest whs simple enough after
I got my senses hack- Dan was un
conscious, and all 1 bad to do was
fasten a rope to him mij lower away.
They took care of him down below
until the ambulance came, and he
spent that nlpM in a hospital. And
he's spent most of his years since then
! in an asylum, his mind all gone except
' for short periods, when he conies to
himself again, and then he always
starts out to put an end to me. That
!st Impulse to destroy me has never
' left him."
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Slipper Season Is
Right Now
You'll find the style-the kind of leather you like best-and the lowest
pita -at ! The United Store, where the baying power of 125 Big Busy Stores
make your dollars do double duty.
LADIES' SLIPPERS
$1-98, $2.49, $2.98
LADIES' WHITE SLIPPERS
98c, $1..39, $1.49, $1.98
CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS
All Styles
98c, $1.15, $1.25, $1.39, $1.49, $1.69
MEN'S SPORT SLIPPERS
$1.98, $2.98, $3.50
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RED DESERT OF WYOMING.
Its Sand Dunes, Color Effects and
Sheep Pastures.
Wwt of Crestou is ohtaiued the first
comprehensive view of the lied desert
of Wyoming. A few miles north of the
railroad track is-'a great stretch of
saud dunes, which extends a hundred
miles, from Green river to North
Tliitte river. The dunes, many of
Ihem more than a hundred feet high,
ure constantly traveling with the pre
vailing winds in a general easterly
direction. If a few camels and an
Arah or two were added to the scene
I the spectator could easily imagine hlm-
self in the Sahara desert. Frequent
I mirages, endless variety of feature aud
I wonderful coloring make the desert
fnr from the monotonous stretch It
may seem to be at first glance.
As the name suggests, the dominant
colors are red russet, brick red and
vermilion but there is every tone of
gray imd brown, with not a few shades
of green, purple and yellow. Unlike
tile colors of an eastern American land
scape, those of the Red desert are not
dependent on the season, for there is
little vegetation to hide the coloring of
the rocks and soil.
Despite the sparslty of vegetable
growth, the Itod desert of Wyoming Is
a winter sheep range. The scattered
"bunch grass," which looks so meager
and dry, is, in fact, excellent forage,
curing Into hay where It grew and hav
ing a high nutritive value. In sum
mer, when the desert Is dry and the
water holes are few, the sheep are
herded bi the mountains, where water
Is abundant and grass is green and
teudir.
The earlier snows, falling first In the
higher inouutaius mid extending week
by week to lower altitudes, drive the
flocks Into tho rough fall range be
tween the mountains and the desert
Here they are held until the snow falls
on the desert Itself, but with the first
heavy snowfall they are driven from
the fix thills to siend the winter in the
open, where they find pasture in the
spaces cleared of snow by the winds.
The winds nre not tempered here, but
neither Is the lamb shorn, and Wyo
ming winter winds make heavy wool
when shearing time comes. Argonaut.
FRIDAY HAPPENINGS.
Not In Hit Lin.
A society f"r disseminating religious
literature once sent a bundle of tract
to i railway mamr-er for placing In 1 lie
waiting room with :':e title. "A lioute
to New Jerusalem." lie returned them,
with the message. "Vte cannot place
the tracts, us New Jerusalem Is not on
our system."-Ivurion Tit I'.:t..
They All Do Then.
"Tell me. Is there ever a lime wln-p
you feel that yuii reallv bale yoar hos
band?"
"Yes. The times when he telephone
ire nt the In -t minute that lie won't
1m h"nn? for supper " I letroit Free
Pre-.
An rmii'-p of mirth Is worth a no
f sorrow usurer.
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They Register Many Important Events
In American History.
Are you a good American and do you
look on Friday as an unlucky day?
You are not superstitions and are quite
sure that one day is Just like another
as far as national significance Is con
cerned': No doubt that is true, and yet
the Importance of Friday in American
i history, ns it has been worked out
I makes an almost convincing showing
for Itself. We have not forgotten that
: Columbus discovered the new world on
i Friday, Oct 12. 1412. Did you know
I that be also set pall on the sixth day
i of the week, that he started on his re
! turn voyage on thnt dny nnd that he
reached Palos on another Friday? In
i addition to six vital lnts in the Co
! lunibus exploration, which wenj mark
! oil by Fridays, that day wa carried
over In'o our national cxiktImkvs with
; Englnud.
; Calxn's roiiimissloii from Henry VIII.
i bears t'ie dale of Friday. On that day
j of t'.te week the May flower lauded, and
j on a n ich earlier Friday the town of
j St An.-ustine. was founded. One G.
I Washington was born ou Friday, and
' that day marked the seizlni: of I'.nnker
i Hill, tho Mirrendi-r of r.iir .yne at Sar
atoga, tli" illsci'Very of Arnold's trt-'i-i
son nr.-l the surrender of I.or.l Corn
j wI! at Y-f!.t"n. This was In 171.
almost live lung years nfvr John
Adams t:ei!e the :'.imo,is ue-tion In the
Contiiii in u I ooiiciess that "l!o I'nit.sl
erit" That "declaration was made on
Friday, the 7th of July, 177C, three
days after the actual drawing up of
tbe Declaration of Independence and
sis years after the Boston massacre,
which precipitated the Revolution. St
Louis Globe-Democrat
The First Anthracite Coal.
When the first two tons of anthracite
coal were taken into Philadelphia in
1803 the good people of that city, so the
records state, "tried to burn the stuff,
but nt length, disgusted, they broke it
up aud made a walk of it." Fourteen
years later Colonel George Shoemaker
sold eight or ten wngon loads of It in
the same city, but warrants were soon
issued for his arrest for taking money
under false pretenses.
All but the Cover.
"Did you hear about Scribbles? The
police caught him walking out of a ho
tel writing room with nbout $10 worth
of the hotel stationery under hLs coat"
"What did he have to say for him
self?" "Said he was gathering material for
a novel." St I.ouis Post-Dispatch.
Stock Cattle Shipped to Montana.
Chehalis. Wash., June - 23. Seven
carloads of stock cattle were shipped
out of Chehalis last night to go to
Great Falls, Mont. C. H. Campbell,
of that city, is the purchaser, and
the value of the shipment was over
'$8000. Dr. C. R. Truesdell gathered
the cattle here in less than 10 days'
time.
Pendleton to Celebrate Fourth.
Pendleton, Or., June 23. Pendleton
will observe the Fourth of July with
a big- celebration. Everything will be
free including a barbecue at Roundup
park. Two big steers will be roasted
and bread will be furnished for sand
wiches. A large crowd from the
towns throughout the county is ex
pected. The committee is now working-
on a program of sports.
And Effect
Emma
In No Hurry.
Henrietta How long was
married to Archie?
Pauline Only about a year.
"Do you think she will remarry
him?"
"Not soon. She told me she didn't
know blm well enough to marry him a
second time." Judge.
Preaching Monkeys.
Tbe author of "The History of Bra
il!" tells of a species of monkey called
"preachers." Every morning and eve
ning these monkeys assemble in tbe
woods. One takes a higher position
than the rest and makes a slgnnl with
bis forepaw. At this signal tbe others
sit arouud him and listen. When they
are all seated he begins to titter a se
ries of sounds. When he stops these
cries he makes another signal with his
paw, and tho others cry out until he
makes a third signal, upon which they
becomo silent again. This author, Mr.
Maregrove, asserts that he was a wit
ness to these preachings.
"Doctor, I am affected with cold
extremities. What do you suppose is
the cause?"
"Cold weather. One doii:
Boston Transcript.
A Desparate Case
"What might of proved fatal had
Mr. Sam Willard not gotten up just
when he did Wednesday morning when
on hearing a peculiar noise from his
son's bed-room and on' going in found
his oldest son, William, in an uncon
scious state and but for the prompt
assistance of them and Dr. Kurham of
Ithaca who was called hemight not of
ralleyed." From the Gratoit County
(Mich.) Herald. ..
TENTS GO UP.
(Continued Frew Page One)
for the bath dressing rooms and the
sides and roof will be put in place
within a day or two. The boating and
swimming pond is also nearing read
iness for use. The floor for the wad
ing pool for the children will prob
ably be completed today.
One of the fine features at the
park for the Chautauqua meeting this
year will be lighting arrangements.
Wire connections are in progress for
all the tents in tho regular Chautau
qua "city" as well as throughout the
grounds. . '
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SHERRY THEATRE
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WILLIAM FOX
Presents .
Bertha Kalich
"SLANDER"
A Modem Society Photodrama that Eveiy Woman
Should See and Men Should Study
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Two COMEDIES
TOMOK'KOW Vitacraph Special
"BIN'S PENALTY" With Mary Anderson