La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 06, 1917, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextSATURDAY. JANUARY 0, 1917. PAGE TWO LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Bud BryoHT Brainstorms J' 4 i f Money talks these days. It never bores you either. Money talks at tlii.s year- Clean -Up Sale of ours Everything is priced in u way to win tlx; lushest ! gree of public approval. 100 Per Cent Clothes at an 80 per cent priee. The Clothes which figure in this sale represent a 100 per eent standard in all wool dtbries, in good lin ings and other materials, in workmanship, wliieh is done in the most exacting fashion, Look for the Kirschbaum Label $15.00 Suits or Overcoats $12.00 $20.00 Suits or Overcoats $16.00 $25X10 Suits or Overcoats $20.00 $27.50 Suits or Overcoats $22.00 One Line of Men's Over coats to clean up at One Half Price $10.00 Overeoals $ 5.00 $12.50 Overcoats $ 6.25 $15.00 Overcoats $ 7.50 17.50 Overcoats $ 8.75 $20.00 Overcoats $10.00 $22.50 Overcoats $11.25 $25.00 Overcoats $12.50 One Line of Boys' Over coats, Values up to $12.50 SALE PRICE $2.60 One Line of Boys' Long Pants Suits, Sizes up to 35 SALE PRICE $4.39 One Line of Boys' Knick erbocker Suits, Sizes up to 15 years SALE PRICE $3.69 Boys' EXTRAGOOD Suits REDUCED 20 Per Cent Hill's Department Store SHERRY'S j MABEL TALUAFERKO ) IX THE DAWN OK LOVE" 'New Metro Pictur. Stirring tort of j Romance and Adventure. J Mable Talitferro, one of the most It-harming and talented young actress ' en of the stage or screen, will be the feature attraction here at Sherry' n 1 Sunday and Monday when she will be j seen in the stellar role of "The Daw;i of Love." a five-part Metro wonder ; play. Mi Taliaferro is supported by AT SHERRY'S SUNDAY AND MONDAY ill ,v . A A V--'- ' ; ifv - 'A 1 1 ' -WJ ' , I ABEL TA'L! AELEfti R, O an unusually b:k cast wnich in cludes Robert W. Frazer, lx.'slie M. Ktowe, I'eter Lang, Mr.rtin J. Faust, D. H. Turner, Frank Hates and Jack La Mond. The story, which is from the pen of Chnnning Pollock and Rennold Wolfe, is one of romance and Intrigue, and deals with the strife ''between the smugglers and customs officers alon;; the northern coast of Maine. Miss LEGISLATURE DOESN'T KNOW WHO WILL HE GOVERNOR WHEN IT MEETS MONDAY Phoenix, Ariz.., Jan. (i. (United Press) Thu condition of Arizona's politics is so chaotic today that no body knows who will he governor when the legislature meets Monday. No one knows whether the admin istration, or unti-udministration will dominate, as the administration is yet to be determined. No one knows any thing about it, except that there is ev ery indication of one of the liveliest sessions in the brief history of the baby state. The governorship is at present tied up in thu courts. Tom Campbell, Re publican, was elected by .'10 votes o-or Governor George W. P. Hunt on the face of the return. Hunt is contest ing, and despite every effort to speed up the case, it is almost certain that the recount and the court proceedings will not be completed in timu for the inauguration of the new governor. Campbell will seek to take his sent by virtuo of the certified returns. Hunt will seek to have him restrained until the contest is decided. This uiiuhuiiI situation is occupying the attention of politicians to the ex cluson of pluns for a legislative pro gram. Neither the present nor the de facto governor-elect have done any thing toward preparing a message. The legislature is almost overwhelm ingly Democratic, but is almost equal ly divided between the Hunt and the iinti-llunt factions. $200,000 FOR ANY MAN WHO KILL OFF GRASSHOPPERS Ruernos Aires, Dec. 10. (United ? rl ft r? t? f? f? r? r? X Depend YOU CAN DEPEND ON A GOOD CONVERSA TION WHEN USING OUR COPPER TOLL LINES. HOME INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CO. jTaliafeiro has the role of the daugh ter of a fisherman, who is involved i with the smugglers. There are plenty j of thrills and suspense throughout th ; entire picture. The Gesture was pho tographer along the picturesque and rugged Maine coast, where the Metrj players remained for several weeks, living near a lighthouse. The burning i of the light house and the numerous exciting scenes in the smugglers cave, are a few of the big moments in this really big screen play. Miss Taliaferro is seen at her bent in this colorful photodrama. In the early part of the story she is shown as a care-free, hoydenixh fisherman'-! daughter. Later, she affords a mar- N " TH E DAWN OF IOVE" vetlous contrast in her powerful por trayul of a wrong and indignant wo man. Miss Taliaferro's wonderful versatility is put to a supreme test in this feature. The Pendleton high school yell lead er has been deposed for smoking. Vienna people ure reported stealing fcod. Press by Mail) Minister of Agricul ture Honorio Pucrrydon wants con gress to appropriate 1,000,000 francs (about $200,000 United States money to be given us a prize to anybody who supplies Argentina with an effective scheme for exterminating grasshop pers, or locusts, as they are locally known. The pest here is nearly as bud as in Kunsus and other western parts of the United States for a few seasons 20 o 30 vers ago. Crops this year hnv.i suffered enormously from the grass hoppers' appetites. Congress favors the appropriation but mnny members think the minister has set his figure unnecessarily high. Pucrrydon insists on the sum he has mentioned and may get it. He refers to it in francs ruther than in pesos be cause, for some reason, he seems to think the prize's chief nppeal will ho to Europe. As a mutter of fact, the Argentina government has had one unsatisfac tory experience of the kind with a European. This was a celebrated French expert named d'Herelle, who made a contract in 1911 to wipe out the pest and devoted three years to attempts to do it, wihout accomplish ing much. D'Horclle's version, how ever, was that he would have suc ceeded but for tho interference of the agricultural defense department of the ministry, which, he said, wanted as many grasshoppers as possible, in or der to make jobs for the maximum number of departmental defenders against their activities. Postal clerks and curriers, both ur ban and rural, will receive increased fry of 5 to 10 per cent if a House hill carries. ? r ff? on This SEEK WAR AIR MEN WITH IRON NERVES Unusually Severe Tests For French Aeronauts. RECORDS MADE BY MACHINE Candidates For Aviation Corps Must Bs Immune From Shock Whin Revolver Is Firsd Only Foot Bshind Thsm. Heart and Nerve Action Recorded In Unusually Rigid Test. To be an aviator In one of the armies lighting lu Europe one must be as near ' ly Immune tn sensation as the human j being can be. To ascertain if the would be aviator has the requisite Iron ' uerve, be la subjected to a complicated ' system of tent both of bis physique ' and psychology. He must show tout sudden shwkH don't throw bis nerves j out of pear. He must aliow the quick- est response to stimuli, but show that j lie makes only the proper resjionse. 1 He must be able to show not the sliyht ( eHt tremor when a revolver Is fired un i expeetedly a few Inches from bis ear. Some Idea of the system of testing ap plicants for the French aviation corps I Is given iu an urticle in the Popular j Science Monthly, which says: j "The war aviator must be so consti tuted that the Midden menace of dan ; kit, of shells bursting about him, of machine gun bullets raining upou him, I will find 111 in calm and collected. He must fact a crisis not only with delib erate calm, but with the ability to ch- r.urio wilu n wll0e skill Men Like Daniel Boone Wanttd. "Polo players, lion tamers, big g&uie hunters, proved to be the bett aviators In the early days of the flying maehiuu simply because they were so constitut ed that they were not appalled by dan ger. Indeed, they courted, perils. Men of this rare tyiic are hard to find. Be sides, every man obsessed with the daredevil spirit does not necessarily constitute the Ideal aviator. Even tim id business men uuvc their moments of reckless daring. What is wanted is the stuff of which Daniel Iiooncs and Shackletons are made. "Hut, In addition to the daredevil spirit, has the prospective aviator mus cular and nervous endurance? After clutching for an hour the control levers of a sjieedy monoplane Is bis bund Arm or does It tremble? After witness ing a terrible accident Is his heart beat, his 'cardiac rhythm,' undisturbed? Moreover, are his nervous and muscu lar, systems so well balanced and so nicely correlated that bis hands prompt ly obey every extern;. 1 command? "These Important questions must he answered in his favor if he bojies to get a job as a war flier with the French army. The French do not want dare devils to drive their air machines, if they are daredevils and nothing more. "For the purpose of Ilnding out Just how favorably ea"h applicant can an swer these dillieult questions and he cannot answer them with his Hps the French war department employs an in genious testing machine. Psychologists have known and have employed what is called the D'Arsonval chronometer for many years. But it is unlikely that the delicate mechanism has ever been put to such an interesting task. . "One part of It tests the pulse beat; another determines the tremor of the nerves; another apparatus discovers the ability or the inability of the ap plicant to withstand fatigue. After he has undergone several simple examina tions the candidate is seated In a chair and the final supreme test is applied. "How would most men act if a re volver were discharged unexpectedly behind their ears? The answer Is slm. pie. They would leap Into the air; iheir heart beat would probably dou ble; they would gusp and tremble as If they had palsy. In so doing they would promptly disqualify themselves as aviators In the French army. Must Rmin Cfclm. "In testing tho possibilities of an aviator various contrivances are at tached to the body, nil having h defi nite purpose. Tubes lend from these devices to a slowly rotating cylinder, on which paper Is wrapped. They ter minate In points which record the slightest variation in l.ls physique. "When the lockwork has start oil and he is perhaps wondering what the queer apparatus Is all about n deafen ing explosion takes place a foot be hind him. The record made at that moment on tho revolving paper deter mines whether or not he Is to become a French war aviator, ff his heartbeat, his respiration and bis arm nerves mid muscles show no undue excitement on the paper cylinder ho goes to wort. But if the stylus actuated by his pulse beat dances about the rotating shet ho is disqualified. It Is only natural that his retlex nervous system Bhould resiKind lu Borne way to this sudden Impulse, but the man who tests him knows how wide n variation from nor mill may be tolerated. "Next In Importance to t!io revolver shot test Is that which ascertain thu candidate's promptness In acting upo;, An external command. For example, bo is told to press nn electric button when be feels a light touch on his left ear lobe or when ho sees a light flash. Ills quickness In acting upon these sensations determine! whether or not he could meet the sudden contingen cies which occur in the air In a word, whether or not be could handle his plane over a roaring battlefield with out losing any part of big nerve." 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 BASTS WE INVITE YOUR TRADE. Harris Grocery PHONE MAIN 70 FARMERS PHONE B. 192 408 North Fir Street, Cross Track Cove Correspondent Sends in News Items Floyd Arties Returns to Pullman -Miss Duff Resigns Mrs. Chas. I'owell Convalescing Parent Teach ers To Meet. Cove, Or., Jan. 6 (Special) Floyd Antles returned to his studies at the Washington State college at Pullman Tuesday, January 2. Miss Duff, who has been teaching the B fourth and A fifth grades, has resigned and Miss, Dena Lund will fill the vacancy and finish the term. Mrs. Chas. Powell is convalescing after a week's illness with tonsilitis and quinsy sore throat. Everett William is improving slow ly from the injury to his eye which he received some weeks ago. The Parent-Teachers' meeting has been called for Thursday, January 11, at the Library building at 7:30 p. m. All parents are cordially invited to be present at this meeting. There will be a short program and refreshment? , will be served. Services will be held at the Meth odist church Sunday as follows: Sun :day school, 10 a. m.; preaching, li a. m.; evening service, 7:30 o'clock; .Wednesday evening prayer meeting, , 7:30 o'clock. , Marion Blevens is convalescing aft er severnl days illness. I Mr. and Mrs. Gus Anderson enter tained Mr. and Mrs. iBunyan Ander son, Mr. and Mrs. Logan Anderson land families at dinner New Year's day. The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will hold a joint installation Saturday even at the Odd Fellows hall. A quiet vedding took place in Cove Christmas day at the home of Mrs. Simmons, who was married to Donald Udell from the Willamette valley. Rev. E. O. Otto performed the cere money. Miss Ethel Booth, who has been in La Grande for a few weeks past, has returned home. The revival meetings at the Baptist church have been well attended and will continue this week and next at least. Rev. Mr. Laree is assisting Rev. E. O. Otto. Special singing at each meeting. Afternoon meetings will be held next week commencing witu Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. A cor dial invitation is extended to all. Rev. Mr. Robinson, of Cove, has i commenced revival services at the 'Hard Scrabble school house with tho intention of continuing them for two or three weeks. Miss Vera Pease has returned to her school on Smith Mountain, having spent the holidays at her home. THROW OUT THE LINE. Give Them Help and Mony La Grande People Will Be Happier. "Throw out the Life Line" Weak kidneys need help. Thev'rfi offpn nwrwnrVoft. tliai, don't get the poison filtered out of the oioon. Will you help them? Doari's Kidnev Pilla Imva ,rrmTf benefit to thousands of kidney suf ferers. La Grande testimony nrovsa thot , , - ---- - i ' " V..W worth. Mrs. I. A. Hallmark. 1.13.1 Ma!o, avenue, La Grande says: "I am only too odad to nubliclv rAcnmmnnH ru. Kidney Pills, if it will be the means of getting others to give them a trial. I know, from personal experience, that uonn s is.inney nils arc a medicine of merit Whenever I get a dull pain across my moneys I take Doan's Kid ney Pills for a few days and they nev er fail to stop the pain and make my back feel as strong as ever." Price 50c at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy get Poan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Hallmark had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv. When in Portland you will find The Observer on sale at tho Oregon Ho tel news stand and Imperial Hot ARCADE "THE HALF BREED" A Five-Part Triangle-Fine Arts Of fering Reviewed by George W. Graves in Motograph. Douglas Fairbanks' latest success is "The Half Breed," written by Bret ! Harte. It will be shown at the Arcade, Sunday only. And an unalloyed success it is, viewed from all angles. The story has that vim, originality and power wheih exalts it as high above the numerous tedious five-reelers of th day as the sun is above the clouds. Money and time, as well as a copious amount of experienced knowledge, was expended on this film. Every sceno is eloquent of this. Although we d not wish to convey the idea tliat the scenery is employed as a mere embell ishment to a soulless story, it is truly beautiful, many captivating sets be ing laid in the big tree section of Cali fornia. A remarkable feat in produc tion is also embraced in this picture in the staging of a forest fire that is a real conflagration and carries with it all the awe and horror of such a catastrophe. "The Half Breed" is an exceptional ly good vehicle for Douglas Fairbanks' style t he . boyish manliness and sparkling good humor that has carried him on a sea of popularity from his very first picture. Mr. Fairbanks" warmth and humanness place him in the foremost ranks of actors on tha screen or off of it. The presence of Jewel Carmen, however, should not b lightly overlooked. She copes very ably and convincingly with the part of a heartless coquette, and Alma Reii buen as the woman who is regenerated by her first noble love, is also excel lent. Others in the cast are Sam De Grasse, Tom Wilson and Frank Brownlee. The story deals in an intense man ner with the love affairs of Lo, a half-breed, who, despite his ostracism from society, proves that Indian blood of itself makes a man no less worthy. He falls desperately in1 love with. Nellie, the village coquette, only to ho bitterly disillusioned afterwards. In his woodland home, a hollowed-out tree, Lo shelters Teresa, a refugee from justice who has woundered her formed unfaithful lover as well as Sheriff Dunn. The latter, intent on winning Nellie for himself, is convinced that she is holding clandestine meetings with tha half-breed woodsman in his tree-trunk home. He sets out to kill Lo, but finds in the tree neither Lo nor Nellie,, who he has expected, but Teresa. As the latter has lifted a painful appre hension from his mind, he allows her to go free. Teresa is able to prove to Dunn that Lo is his own son. After a wild forest fire has broken out and Lo rescues both his father and the girl he has protected, the story ends with the happiness of Teresa and the half-breed who has completely re generated her coarse nature. EATING A PLEASURE when you have a normal appetite. Loss of appetitie indicates that the stomach needs to be cleaned, sweet ened, and stimulated to lionin,. tion. TRAOfe MAfm TONIC DIGESTIVE is sold for this purpose and guaran To)t0 Kve relief. Sold only by us, LEVY-VOGEL DRUG CO. L Grande, Oregon.