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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1917)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1917. PAGE TWO LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER I i At Our Great Year End Clean-Up Sale Is your opportunity to save money on dependable merchandise. . . You . have seen a few of our very low price quotations in recent ads, and the goods are here for you to see; it's your loss if you don't purchase soon. Come early and of ten there is always something new to be seen HILL'S DEPARTMENT STORE PLAN TO RESUME RAILWAY INQUIRY AFTER MARCH 4TH Postponement Forced by Press of Congressional Business. COUNTRY DEMANDS ACTION "THE HEIR TO THE HOOKAH" Lasky-I'aramount Production of Paul Armstrong 1'lay Reviewed by T. C. Kennedy in Motogrnphy. The pieturegoer who is in search of an hour's good entertainment will make no more mistake in visiting the Arcade Theater today and to morrow, which shows the Las ky's picturization of "The Heir co the Hoorah" than did that producing organization in selecting mis comcay i by Puul Armstrong for motion picture 1 California. The three bachelor own ers of the rich Hoorah mine lament the lack of an heir to leave all their wealth to and in the dice-rolling con I test to decide which of the three shall marry, the youngest either loses or wins or does both at any rate Joe is to marry. It is some time before he chooses a wife and when he does it happens to be a girl whose mother en courages the match because Joe has i ..p . .. tj..i. t n..,-..i,i;.,n ' GREAT AUTO SHOW OPENS TOMORROW New York, Jan. 5. (United Press) With nearly every manufacturer of automobiles and accessories in the United States represented by exhibits, the greatest automobile show in the history of New York opens tomorrow at Grand Central Palace. Not only does the show eclipse any lots of money. But Joe and Geraldine similar nrevious efforts in this conn are really in love and were it not for .'try, but it is declared there never has been a show that approaches this one. The first floor of the massive pal- ace is given over to displays of bodies the mother their homo would never have known the trouble which comes when Mrs. Kent desires to maintain an establishment of "refinement an-1 ,antj completed automobiles. Sixes, j culture" as it were. Bud and Bill are not welcome in the At Arcade Today and Tomorrow. V- """ . " " " . ANITA KING 1 LASKY - PARAMOUNT .- $ I "'"""Trrr'TnrOTi :;.;.-. .VA-r&P .- 1 fours, twelve and eights are scattered around over the floor so thick it is almost impossible to get around with out stubbing one's toe on a thousand dollar automobile or a jitney bus. Included in the display are many freaks, newthings in the auto world, which are getting their share of at tention. But, as always has been the case, the tried ideas predominate. Sixteen different styles of bodies are on display. On the second floor are the acces sories, from tiny pins and bolts to a fully dressed motor, in full operation. Thousands of visitors are expected I to visit the show today, but the great er crowds are looked for next week. ! War brides, sudden rises and falls in jthe stock market have made many hundreds of potential automobile own ers in New York and the manufactur 1 8hipper, Investors and Representa tives or All Branches of Business De mand Unification of System of Rail way Regulation Roads Ask Fewer Masters. Washington, Der. 18. The Congres sional Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce, which litis lieen conducting the inquiry into government regulation and control of transportation, last week decided to suspend Its hearings on the subject and adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman, because of the pressure of other work before Con gress. According to the resolution cre atine the committee. It Is reuuired to Htiltmit a report by January Hlh next. It Is understood that before that time the committee will ask for an exten sion of time and that the hearings will be resumed at a Inter date, when some of those who already have iippeared before the committee will be question ed further and a great many others will he heard. It Is probable, howev er, that the hearings will not be resum ed until after adjournment of Congress on March 4th. Convincing Values in FINE GROCERIES WE WANT TO SEE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAREFUL ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THEIR (GROCERIES. WHAT EVER BUSINESS WE MAY BUILD UP WE EXPECT IT TO STAND UPON MERIT. IN BUYING WE SELECT ONLY PURE, WHOLE SOME GOODS, AND IF THEY ARE NOT JUST AS WE REPRESENT THEM TO YOU, WE WILL CHEERFULLY TAKE THEM BACK. ON THAT BASIS WE INVITE YOUR TRADE. Harris Grocery PHONE MAIN 70 FARMERS PHONE B. 192 408 North Fir Street, Cross Track SHERRY'S SHERRY'S SATURDAY ONLY ers are here to take advantage of the i -wlunds Inquiry show that the peo- SHERRY'S LAST DAY The picturization of "Romeo and Juliet" marks the first entrance of In addition to regular i the William Fox company into Shake- rontlnc business the commerce com- speare's tramas as a field for feature mil tees of the two houses are charged I productions. To take this film, it was with the Important duty of preparing necessar' to erect an Italian citv In aim presenting ine n-f;i?-miiuii iinui-n fur by President WiNon to make Im possible a railroad strike without pre vious Investigation. This will leave little or no time for the consideration of the general questions of railway regulation. Country Wants Something Done. Members of Congress and others who are Interested in the inquiry un dertaken by the Newlands Committee insist that there is no Intention of abandoning It. It seems doubtful. Indeed, If the country would jiermit the matter to he dropped If there were evidence of a desire on the part of Congress to do so. The nation-wide evidences of In terest evoked by the initiation of the situation. JOHNSON WILL START THE LEGISLATURE BUT STEPHENS WILL END IT AS GOVERNOR Starring in "Heir to the Hoorah" presentation. "The Heir to the Hoo rah" is certainly n good screen com edy. It provokes laughter and after the first half has passed it never doos stop entertaining. The play is good and the production nnd acting is even better than the play. Thomas Heighan and Anita Kim? head one of the most uniformly ef fective casts ever presented by the Lasky company. Mr. Mcighan and Miss King nre excellent and so nre all the other players who appear in tho picture. Edythe Chapman, Horace JJ. Carpenter, Charles Ogle, Ernest Joy and Jon no Woodbury are included in the cast. Carpenter and Ogle as Bud and Bill respectively fit into the pic ture splendidly. "The Heir to the Hoorah" is laid in home. They attend one affair but Bill tells a story that is considerably off color, judging by the results, which is that Bud and Bill are ordered out of the house. Then Joe learns that Geraldine married him for his money and he leaves. But finally there is a reunion and an heir to the Hoorah. An electrically operated alarm clock of French invention rings its bell one or more times a day, as a set time every day or only upon designated days. The British parliament has taken steps to establish uniform time throughout the United Kingdom and abolish tho time used in Ireland, which differs from England's by 25 minutes. Sacramento, Jan. 5 (United Press) Although Governor Hiram Johnson will suprevise the introduction of prin cipal matters to come before the stato legislature starting here next Mon ! day the business of final approval or rejection will rest with William U. Stephens, former United States con gressman, who from present indica tions will advance from the place of lieutenant governor to that of gov ernor on or about March 4, when Johnson becomes United States senator. I During the first month of the ses sion bills will be introduced. The law makers will have a vacatoin during February, and in March and April the bills will be voted on and put up to the new governor. Just how far Ste phens will go toward concurring in thd Johnson principles remains to be seen. rariAn I We are doing our best to give you first quality work in our 3 specialized de partments. LAUNDRY DRY CLEANING CARPET RENOVATING STANDARD LAUNDRY COMPANY THE QUESTION NOW IS: WERE THEY RIDING ON THE HOG? 1 1 Dallas, Tex., Jan. y. (United Press) Members of Battery A, Tex as National Guard, are telling how, when their motor truck recently ran out of cylinder oil while they were carrying supplies from a ranch to Fort Ringgold, they tried out a ham they had aboard, oiled the engine with fat and slid in the rest of the wav on high. La Grande, Ore. Geo. Gilbert, Mgr. BnfllllaTIMBaBHaBBi I To Teach Road Making. ; St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 5. (United Press) A campaign to include a two year course in making good roads, in state high school curriculums, was launched when the All Minnesota De velopment association met in annual session here today. The kind every body drinks is bound to be fresher. You see it never grows stale on the grocer's shelves. Golden West Coffee Is -Just Right" pic of the country shippers, consum ers and Investors, as well as railway men themselves are alive to the fact that the railway situation Is highly nil satisfactory and that steps must be taken without unnecessary delay to make It possible for the railroads to meet the growing needs of the nation. From reports received here It seems as though almost every commercial or ganization and business interest in the country were engaged in studying the railroad question. The Chamber of Commerce of the I'nited States has been conducting an elaborate Inquiry Into various phases of the subject for many mouths past. Many local and state commercial bodies In every part of the country have committees en gaged In study of the problem ami have Indicated a desire to come here nnd present their views. National or ganizations of manufacturers, lumber men, coal operators, wholesale and re tall dealers, have expressed through resolutions their desire for the unifica tion of the system of railway regula tion. The National Industrial Traffic League, speaking from the viewpoint of shippers using the railways, has indorsed exclusive federal regulation providing It is accomplished 111 such a way as to give full protection nnd prompt adjustment In matters relating to transportation within the states. Many Interests Studying Problem. All these organizations represent pri marily the shippers of the country, but they are not the only ones who are j taking n hand in the discussion. The : investors of the nation, through their own associations and through commit tees representing the savings banks nnd other tiuiinclal organizations, are pre paring to show the necessity of Improv ing railroad credit and protecting the rights of those whose money Is invest ed In railway securities. Flnallr the railroads themselves, being vitally con cerned In the Improvement of existing conditions, are planning to submit their views through their executives, oper ating officials and traffic experts and to assert their willingness to accept far reaching federal regulation along lines that will enable them to attract capital and to provide the facilities needed for the prompt, and efficient handling of the country's transportation business. Main Trouble Is Too Many Mastere. Not all of these Interests are in ae orl as to the remedies that should be udopted. There seems to be a general ngreeinent. however, that many of the difficulties which confront the railroads nnd which make it Impossible for them to meet tho requirements of the na tion's coinuicri e promptly nnd satisfac torily arise from the linnli ii7fil.l nnd often rotilllctlng measures of regulation J that have been adopted from time to time by the federal government nnd the forty-cliihi states and that what leedcd is a well ordered, systematic i heuie of federal regulation that shall cover the whole country nnd make It possible for the railroads to provide the extensions and improved facilities so badly needed. while at the same time protecting fully the public interest. Am. It ; star co f "BEHIND THE SCREEN the yard behind the Ft. Lee studio, to keep the entire force of scene mak ers working overtime for indoor seta and to scour 'vow York and New Jc sey for beautiful exterior scenes. All in r.H, picturizing Shakespeare was the hardest task the Fox forces had undertaken, from every stand point of motion pictuer making. Theda Bara, foremost screen actress in America, who took the role of Juliet, said that the part was the most difficult she had ever under taken. Bara Finds It Hard. "Acting vampire parts has always beeti extremely hard for me to do," says Miss Bara, "yet I have sco ed my greatest success in that line of work. That is why 'I believe Juliet will be the best thing I have done, because it was the most difficult. I believe firmly that one has greater chances for success when the part ono is interpreting calls for all ths power and ability of which one is capable." J. Gordon Edwards, who has di rected fourteen film plays for Williaru Fox, found that greater care was nec essary in undertaking a Shakespearean drama than in any other kind. Complete Street Span. Spokane, Wash., Jan. 4. (Special) Contractors recently completed in Spokane the longest double tract street span in the world. The viaduct is 192 feet and 6 inches long, and 38 feet and 8 inches wide. The largest girder weighs 61 tons. The big span is a part of a $3,000,000 contract which elevates the tracks of tho Northern Pacific railway through the business district of Spokane. Between street crossings the tracks are en. earth fills enclosed in concrete walls. William Booth Trial Set. Dallas, Jan. 4 (United Press) By agreement with counsel for the state and the defense Judge Belt set Febru ary 19th for the beginning of the trial of William Booth. Kathlyn Williams' Afternoon Gown A h v . ' 3 i ll-V ,-'-V ' ' !, Is V. . KATHLYN WILLIAMS, M0R0 SCO -PALLAS STAR IN PARAMOUNT PICTURES. -mftern0Pn powns nro ns necessary as evening gowns these davs. Kntlilvn Williams prefers tliem to anything else, tier latest Is ot a changeable blue solre silk, made panier style, with a lui'Ke picture hot of chiffon and silk, anil a parasol, to match.
