MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1916.
PAGE TWO LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
DOWN THE NORTH SASKATCHEWAN
Economical Outfitting
For the Workingman
It requires good judgment to economize wisely
and it's altogether too easy to buy things that are
merely low-price, and then regret it.
MR. WORKINGMAN, buy your every-day needs at
HILL'S and you will never regret.
Men's Heavy Work Sox, 3 for .......
Men's Extra Heavy Work Sox, 2 for
Men's
Men's
Men's
Men's
.25c
...25c
Heavy Black and Tan Sox, 2 for .
Knit Wrist Canvas Gloves -
Extra Heavy Knit-Wrist Canvas Gloves 8c
Extra Heavy Gauntlet Leather-Faced Gloves
;. . 19c
Men's Black Gauntlet Horsehide-Faced Gloves 25c
Men's Heavy Blue Chambray Shirts . : 50c
Men's Heavy Work Shoes .......$1.50 to $4.50
Men's Khaki Pants $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50
Men's Summer Unions 50c and $2.50
Men's Summer, 2-piece underwear - 50c up
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FANNIE WARD, LAS KY-PARAMOUNT STAR.
Who Is Feature Actress of Arcade A ttraction.
ARC A DE SHERRY'S'
Fannie Ward Picture Here.
Fannie Ward, the distinguished
American actress, will be seen at the
Arcade today and tomorrow in the
Jesse L. Lasky production "A Gutter
Magdalene," a thrilling photodrama
written especially for her by Clinton
H. Stagg from tho story by Willard
Mack. Jo is a Paramount program
release.
In "A Gutter Magdalene" Miss
Ward is seen as Mnida, a young girl
who succumbs to the wild wooing of
Jack Morgan, a notorious crook. She
runs away with him only to find that
he cannot marry her. She tries to
leave him but Morgan rules her by
fear and she has to assist in the rob
bery of Steve Boyce, a handsome
young Westerner who has come to
New York to secure the forty thou
sand dollars as first payment of a
rnilrond right of way over the Wyom
ing mountains.
Boyce is enticed to the apartment
ly Morgan and his crooked pal, Hnl
, Jin. Boyce catches Hiilpin cheating
at cards, and in the fight which fol
lows Morgan smashes a whiskey bot
tle over his head. He is carried out
into en alley, stripped of his clothing
by toughs, picked up hy a policeman
and sentenced to tho Island.
Maida runs away. She finds her
self attracted by a Salvation Army
street meeting and a new life opens
to her and she becomes a worker for
the saving of souls instead of rifling
pockets. Here the story grows in
tensely interesting, and anyone who
cees the climax win surely can it a
good picture.
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Gripping, Romantic Story With Lion
el Barrymore the Star.
Lionel Burrymore, one of the most
versatile members of the famous
Barrymore-Drew family of stars, will
be seen on the screen here at Sherry
theatre today for the last time, "The
Quitter," a five part Metro wonder
play produced by the Rolfe Photo
plays Inc. It is said to be the best
feature ever produced for this gifted
actor, and he is seen in supreme dra
matic scenes and intensely humorous
situations. Mr. Barrymore has been
surrounded by an excellent cast for
this production, headed by Marguerite
! Skirvin, a charming and talented
i young artist who is on her way to
; stardom. Others in a notable sup
j porting cast include Edward Brennnn,
I Paul Everton, Charles Prince and Ju
llius l. Cowles. The Bccnes for "The
I Quitter" are laid in a western mining
jtown called "Paradise Gulch." It is
ja gripping story, teemine with rom
,ance, intrigue and delightful touches
i of humor. It is Lionel Karrvmnm nt
;his best in a hitfh quality Metro won-
oerpiay, which insures a positive and
guaranteed treat.
Among some of the interesting and
picturesque scenes in "The Quitter"
are the "Three Cheers" saloon and a
typical western courtroom with a big
trial in progress. Mr. Horan used
many real western types, including
Indians, cowboys, half-breeds and Chi
nese. These genuine types were
brought out of the southwest bv the
director. Mr. Barrymore has oie of
the hest parts of hi career in "The
Quitter."
(BV CHE-CHE-PE-TOE-I-GI)
In June, 1900, not having anything
very pressing on my hands, and be
ing thoroughly weary of civilization,
I made up my mind on a trip I had
often wished to take front Fort Pitt,
down the North Saskatchewan river
past Battleford, Prince Albert, The
Pass, Chineywagwin, the Grand
Rapids and Lake Winnipeg, and a
good hunt on English river and Ltvr
iston lake. So I purchased a stock of
grub, took my Winchester, 32-special
a good double-bbarreled 12-bore and
Jots of ammunition, dog harness, etc.,
an dstarted after engaging a half
breed who claimed to know all the
rapids. I took up two days to get
t Battleford, where I went up to the
old tsockade dpolicc posst; met a lot
of the old chrps I had known back
in 1881; got letters of introduction to
other police boys at other points
down the river. It took a week get
ting down to Prince Albert. At this
WALLOWA COUNTY'S OUTPUT.
Railroad Representative Investigating
the Probable Shipping Demands
H. C. Oliver, of Portland, traveling
freight and passenger agent for the
O.-W. R. & N., spent Thursday and
Friday in Joseph and vicinity, says
the Joseph Herald. Although a fre
quent visitor here hie last .mission
has to do with a special investigation
of the 1916 crop production possibili
ties of Wallowa county that the rail
road authorities may know in an ap
proximate sense of the demands to o
placed upon its traffic department
when the marketing process is under
taken this fall. As a result of the
increased demands determined by Mr.
Oliver's visit here last week, a daily
freight schedule will shortly be in
augurated to be maintained so long
as the actual need is apparent. This
need, unlike those of past times, will
probably be great enough to insure a
regular schedule throughout all sea
sons of the vear. for in addition to an
point the police tried hard to gtt me increased production of tonnage from
n change my course, toning me i i.aa farms, the growth of the lumbering
to go through five rapids, one after industry in, the county is adding de
the other, which were very dang..r- mands for freight service,
ous. I would not be persuaded, so j During the month of July 102
on the following morning we started, j cars of lumber were shipped to out
The river here narrowed down from ' side points from the Enterprise mill,
about three-quarters of a mile to a number that will probably be in
about one hundred and fifty yards ' creased for many months, according
wide and running like a mill strea.n. , to Mr. Oliver, who sees in tie Enter
The half-breed was in the bow of the prise lumber manufacturing plant, an
boat and I in the stern. At about 11 , industry that will thrive for a long
o'clock we could hear the roar of the , time to come and is now only awaiting
rapids ahead of us, so we steered ; he j a revival of industry generally to
canoe onto a little gravelly beach and reach its maximum production. ,
walked ashore. After climbing up Mr. Oliver stated while here that
the river bank we got a fairly good j Wallowa is the only county tributary
view of the rapids below. It was just j to the O.-W. R. & N. lines that will
like a long chute a little rapid then j not show a decreased farm crop pro
calm water, rapid and :alm again, ex- j auction this year. Other sections are
cept that each rapid was weise than ; experiencing the difficulties that fol
the last. The half-breed got down on . Jow in the wake of poor farming
his knees and began to pray to beat , methods, while here a high class of
the band and begged me not to try j farmers, good soils, splendid climate
it. It made me mad and I told him : and n increased acreage assures an
I would shoot him before we drowned, j increase in production for this year
Well, we got back in tho canoe and I ; ana many years to come. For this
told him all I wanted him to do was reaion, he said, he had no hesitancy
to paddle for all ho was worth and giving Wallowa county first rank
that I would steer and guide it
through. I steered for the side about
ten feet from the bank and my heart
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would let any nan-Dreea mum i was
scared stiff and I would not mind
betting anyone that it did not take
us thirty seconds to go through and
we only got about a pail of water
into the canoe. And about a mile j
further on we got into where the
river joins the South Saskatchewan.;
Here the river widens out again, but i
runs still and deep. Close to here ;
I saw a bear feeding on fish or some-
thing so I told the breed to turn the j
canoe so I would he in front. I
picked up the .32 and took a soft
nosed bullet and split the lead with
my pocket knife. Then when I was
about forty yards from him I let
drive, taking him in behind the left
car and blew the whole top of his
head off. We camped right there
skinned the bear which was only a
small black one but just as f:.t as
butter and we sure had some juicy
steaks off of him.
We started next day again and
after going about thirty miles made
the Hudson Bay post of Fort La
Came. Tnere I sold the bear skin
for $12 and got $7 for about 150
pounds of bear fat, meat, etc.
They told me that about fifty
miles further down stream I would
strike the Little Squaw rapids; then
the Big Squaw rapids and the Death
rapids and about two hundred milo3
further down to look out for Sepinook
Channel and gave me directions as to
how I shoul dknow it. The breed I
had with me knew as much about the
river as my little toe, but ho was
good company and could talk many
Indian languages. We used to con
verse in French all the time. We
passed the rapids all right. They
were very tame compared with the
first five rapids near Prince Albert.
We also found the Sepinook Channel.
There we left tho main river and
took a branch, a short-cut to the La
Passe Hudson Bay post. At the mouth
of the channel we found a great cran- .
berry patch. There must have been I
hundreds of acres of it and bear
tracks; they had regular paths beaten
down, besides moose tracks, caribou,
willow deer and elk. But a poor
place to hunt because the swamp
grasses were four or five feet high.
Thin onuntrv will nt some future
time be cut over for paper pulp trees
are in abundance millions upon mil-!
lions of acres. And this whole coun- j
try every spring when the ice in the '
river breaks up, is floodpd for hun-;
dreds of square miles. And I counted
mrny trees, cottonwoods that mensur-
ed thirty-five, forty or forty-five feet ;
in circumference. j
Two dnys after entering the Sep-.
inood Chnnnel we made the portage ;
to Cumberland house. Here I took a
pot shot at a bunch of teal ducks, I
black ducks, butter balls, mallards, j
creese, swans, red, white and blue
heron, etc., and five minutes nfter- I
ward they would all be back again.
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PHONE MAIN 70 FARMERS PHONE B. 192
408 North Fir Street, Cross Track
in farming importance, actual and
prospective, and of all the counties
that pay tribute to the O.-W, R. & N.
lines none offer the possibilities for
homebuilding that are to be found
here.
The grain that will go forward
this fall to outside points will all find
destinations via rail routes, inasmuch
as ship charters out of Portland are
practically an impossibility now. The
shipments will go unsacked. They
may be bulked here or en route.
Mr. Oliver says it requires 90 days
to get a return of outgoing freight
cars and that the supply of cars would j
be adequate to local demands. When
the time comes for loading this fall,
the railroad authorities are anxious
that all possibleHhaste be used.
It is cited that demurrage charges
of J1.00 a day are no object. Cars of
average size in actual use earn $7.20
per day for the railroad.
Postal Receipts Given.
Receints of the Baker nostofflce
have shown a big gain in a year ac
cording to the announcement of
Postmaster Foster. The gain in July
was $561.64 over the same month of
last year.
"YOUNG MAN-GET LAND"
"Land Owners Are the Princes of the Earth"
Your Best I&nd Opportunity To Mak e Good Is
PALMER L8ID LAND
$15.00 PER ACRE, 1-10 PER YEAR, 6 PER CENT INTEREST
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Why consider subjecting
yourself to the hardships of
homesteading, the "red tape"
of "proving up", the handi
caps of high altitude, frost,
poor water, and untried soil
and isolation from the con
veniences of civilization,
when you can get a tract of
Palmer Lands at these
terms and prices and live in
a settled and proven com
munity, within 3 to 5 miles
of a railroad, where there is
plenty of rain fall and good
water, an ideal climate and
unexcelled soil.
This Photograph illustrates the rolling character of the country, and
snows me line pasturage, the stumps, trees and occasional clear patches. ,
" 3,000 ACRES OF PALMER LAND
in tracts of 40 to 200 or more acres of as good or better land than any yet sold,
well watered, averaging from 75 to 90 per cent fine tillable farming land and
every foot first-class pasture, near abundance of outside range, within 3 to 5
miles of the railroad, Palmer Junction Postoffice and general merchandise
store, etc., will likely be sold this summer and fall.
4000 acres have been sold; but this is less than 25 per cent of the entire tract
and not over 40 per cent of the good farming land. Fall and Spring wheat,
oats, barley and other grains, alfalfa, clover, timothy, Sudan grass, millet and
other hays and grasses, corn, potatoes, peas, beans, squash, cabbage, berries,
turnips, beats, and many other vegetables for feed and table purposes have
been grown with execllent success- Dairying, stock, hog and poultry raising
are now the back bone of this community-and are rapidly developing. AH this
in the third agricultural year of Palmer Lands.
Liver Trouble.
"I am bothered with liver trouble j
about twice a year," writes joe uing
mnn, Webster City, Iowa. "I have
pains in my bide and back and an aw- i
Kil soreness in my stomach. I (heard !
of Chamberlain's Tablets and tried
them. By the time I had used hnlf
a bottle of them I was feeling fine and
had no signs of pain." Obtainable
everywhere. j
A FEW FACTS
Palmer Lands won third prize at last year's fair.
About 25 families are now living on their places.
Nearly 1000 acres of new land is now in crops.
A dozen new homes have been built this year.
The roads are in good condition.
The grass is still green and pasture excellent.
Both public and Sunday schools are established.
More land is being cleared and fences built,
Every forty corner is located and staked.
There is plenty of timber for wood, fencing, etc.
The soil runs deep, even and is subirrigatcd.
The altitude is 2600 feet, rainfall 30 inches.
A new county bridge connects Palmer Junction
with Cricket Flat, 60 more farmers will ship
there.
Many new families will settle here by next year.
Rural mail route, telephone line and other such
advantages are now being talked and planned.
Investigate at Oncev
Write for our new illustrated folder, or call and
let us show you maps and photographs and
samples of grains and grasses grown on Palmer
Lands. George Huntington Currey will be pleased
to go with you or meet you at Palmer Junction at
any time.
Palmer Lands are the best new land offer in the
west today. They are a real epportunity for a
man with small resources and an ideal invest
ment for a man with means.
This is an ideal time to look over these lands,
while the crops are still in the field. If you are
interested in good land at low cost do not put
off your investigation. Vou have heird people
tell of the chances they have missed. Don't miss
yours. This land that is now selling for $15 will
demand $100 in a very few years. Arrange your
affairs to look at these lands at once.
Opposite Y.M.C.A
108 Elm St
Both Phones'
Geo. H. Currey
He Who Moves
REAL ESTATE
La Grande, Ore.