FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1917.
PAGE TWO
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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"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
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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.