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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER MONDAY; JANUAUY 15, 1917. Uncle Sam Studies Fertilizer Problem PAGE TWO 3 my v We Still Have a Few Ladies' Suits & Coats which we do Hot wish to earn over, so we will still voiitimie to yive vmi a GREAT REDUCTION these NEW AND UP-TO-DATE garments. on Millinery Bureau Of Soils Conducts Experi ments in the Production of Potash, Nitrogen and Phosphates. e also have a few hats left that von can got at 98c, $1.48 and $1.98 Worth many times this amount. They are froin fast at this price and there is a good reason Thcv are all New Hats. Hill's Department Store Quality and Service ARC A DE DUSTIN KARNIJM IN "A SON OK KUIN" AT AHCADE THEATER Dennis O'Hara (I)ustin Farnum) is a poor Irish peasant lad who loves pretty Katie O'Gracly (Winifred Kingston). Dennis dreams and Ionics to go to the land of promise, the United States. He is lured hy the extravagant newspaper accounts of police uniform. The plan is made for Katie to come to marry Dennis. But as Katie suspected Dennis O'Hara's next letter says that he is no longer a policeman. He has lost his posi tion through a graft exposure in which though innocent, he is compli cated while the "higher up" officials escape. His refusal to betray others is the cause. Ilis fearless, honest character has made him a power in his district, and the reform leaders enlist him. The grafting political-constructor's daugh ter is caught in the collapse of the poorly built viaduct and Dennis' warn- AT ARCADE TOMORROW I tT ml Sxmml- Kamela News Items Kamela, Ore., Jan. 15. -(Special) Engineer Schubert and family re turned home from California Monday night on No. 8. They report a fine time. Engineer C. M. Hutchison and -.Yife left Sunday for Texas, making the trip on account of Mrs. Hutchison's health. Mrs. Schaiffer returned home Sat urday from California, where she was called some time ago by the sickness of her father. George White made a trip to La Grande Saturday, returning home on No. 5. A wounded elk has been found near Hanlin's spur. The game warden was notified and came up Sunday morn ing to look after it. Freight train No. 2101 had a wreck at Casey. Three boxcars were off the track. The accident delayed Nos. 5 and 4 for several hours. A dance was piven in Kamela hall Saturday night. Several were pres ent from Meaeham and Duncan. Ev eryone reported having had a good time. The music and supper were good. Elmer Earl got a cinder in his eye and had to go to La Grande Sunday morning. Mrs. Frank Hanlinc went to La Grande Wednesday and to Meaeham Saturday. Miss Pugh, the school teacher, went to La Grande Friday night. The weather has been very nice this week. Couldn't have been better if it had been made to order. The nights are quite cold. The roads being broke, wood hauling has commenced again. The annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Soils, United States De partment of Agriculture, announces that the fertilizer investigations of that bureau have been established as a iicparatc administrative unit. The work of the division is divided along three lines which deal respectively with the three fertilizer ingredients potash, nitrogen, and phosphates. Potash. A plant will be erected on the southern Pacific coast to experi ment on a commercial scale with the problem of extracting potash from kelp. This experimental plant is made possible by a special appropriaton of $.175,000 for this purpose. The Bureau also is cooperating with cement mills l.nd blast furnaces to determine by analysis whether the potash now lost varants the necessary txpe.v-.e to re cover it. It is investigating the ques tion of extracting potash from wool fcvourings, and is making an effort to get in touch with companies in the country which are engaged in cleaning raw wool on a large scale. The bureau mso has publised a number of alunitc determinations dealing with various irethoris of treating alunite for potash. Nitrogen. The Bureau has equipeJ a laboratory at Arlington (Va.) Ex periment farm with apparatus for testing the uulercnt met -ids propos- A Fine Line of CHEESE Kimmel's Fresh Cottage Cheese, with cream, per pint 15c Wisconsin Swiss, per pound 40c Wisconsin Creom Brick, per pound ' 40c Tilamook Cream Cheese 30c Elkhorn Kraft Cheese .. 35c Bluehill Pimento Cheese 15c A complete line of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables at AH Ttimes. Harris Grocery PHONE MAIN 70 FARMERS PHONE B. 192 408 North Fir Street, Cross Track SHERRY'S cd fur fixing atmospheric nitrogen, j MAN V NOTABLE DUmrt FARNUA XI a son of ehim" PALLAS' PICTURES Dust in Famum and Winifred Kingston in "A Son of Erin." bow easy it is for a strapping Irish lad to get appointed to the New York palice. It is Katie O'Grady, who with out his knowing it, by a denying sacri fice, pays for his passage to America. Arriving in America, ho actually does get on the metropolitan police and so writes to Katie. But Katie has been told by American tourists of "faked" costume photos to bo ob tained at Coney Island, and so does not believe Dennis' photo taken in ing is verified. The reform party wins and Dennis O'llara, the poor Irish lad is made a captain of police. Katie O'Grady is not told of this and a surprise much beyond her fondest dreams awaits the little immigrant on . her arrival in America. This stirring Paramount picture will bo shown at the Arcade for only one day, tomorrow. Stanficld Bros., of Stanfield, havo ued H. E. Batholomew of Stanfield for trespass with his sheep. The Frcewater town marshal is ar resting automobilists without 1917 licenses. Prefers Chamberlain's. "In the course of a conversation with Chamberlain Medicine Co.'s rep resentative today, we had- occasion to discuss in a general way the merits of their different preparations. At his suggestion I take pleasure in express ing my estimation of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I have a family cf six children and have used this rem edy in my home for years. I consider it the only cough remedy on the mar ket, as I have tried nearly all kinds." Earl , C. Ross, Publisher Hamilton County Republican-News, Syracuse, Kan. No Handicap. Captain White's experience as a troop commander on the border should be no handicap to his reinstatement as adjutant general. East Oregon-ian. The Wileij B. Allen Co. Has been selling the same lines of pianos in the La J ramie territory for many years. One, two, or even five years' use is not a real test of piano quality. All of our lines have been thoroughly tested by our own people of La Grande and vicinity. Our method of doing business permits us to publish the names, the makers and the styles, with prices of our pianos (thus guaranteeing the price as well as the qnality) without fear that a former purchaser mav learn that he has paid too much. The Wileij B.Allen Co. Established 1873 R. F. PETERS, MGR. Foley Hotel Bldg. Phone Red 451 Evidences now indicate that Harry Thaw has been away from home every day he has been out of Mntteawan asylum. Lawson'seffort to "show up" some body was sucessful. It "showed up" I-awson. Baker Herald. County Treasurer's Call for Road There's roi.m fur everybody tu tills big world, but we can't all lnive front rooms. Exchange. "That ac tress' lines are very uninter esting. Why do they applaud her?" "For her outlines." In Kiisslu red egs are exchanged uad raged birds Hre net fn-e as sym bols of Joy m Easter time. The pay of n midshipman at An napolis is $iW a year, beginning with the time of his admission. A Whitehead torpedo runs tl.000 i yards, traveling part of the distance t the rate of fifty miles an hour. A kettle "sings" because the air In the water escapes by tits am) starts ami so makes the "singing" noise. The bamboo tree does not blossom until It attains Its thirtieth year, when It produces seeds profusely and then dies. Kansas City is divided Into districts and patrolled by board of public works employees to ascertain paving condi tions mid neeil. ml contracts have iiten let f-ir much :d(l;'i(inal equipment to extend this vork. This extension of the work has ben delayed by the impossibility of se curing immediate delivery of the r.'uchinery. In connection with the work on phosphates, an electrii-al furnace has been in operation working on the pro blem of volatizing phosphoric acid i.nd fixing nitrogen in one operation. Apparatus has also been installed for experimenting with the Os wabl pro cess ol oxidizing arm onia fo- the pro duction of nitrict ac.l. Bed; those pro-.ct-ts are attended w.v', techrrcr1 diffi cult!' '' and no important r; ;ults can as Jet I"- announced. Investigations on city wastes have teen continued and an apparatus and processes for rendering garbage and other similar wastes have been devised which it is believed will prove superior to those now in use for this purpose. A full report on city wastes is now in course of preparation. Some work also has been "done in determining the nvuilability of various nitrogenous fer- tdizer materials' when applied to the soil, and this work is being continued. A study of the subject of ammonia from the by-product coke ovens has been made and published. Phosphates. At the Arlington lab oratory an electric furnace has been installed and work on the volatization cf phosphoric acid from phosphate rock has been begun. A Cottrell pre cipitator was installed and, while min or adjustments remain to be made, the essential fact that phosphoric acid nay be economically collected in this way has been demonstrated. A process for producing sulphuric acid has been perfected and patented which gives promise of being much more satisfactory than the process now in use. Genera L The problem of producing concen trated fertilizers containing all three fertilizer ingredients or cny two of them has been attacked from several directions, and methods have been worked out in the laboratory for pro cueing ammonium-potassium-phos-jhate, potassium-phosphates, and am n.onium phosphate by processes which are new end very promisi.i ;. Patents on all these processes, for the benefit of the people of the United States, have either been secured or have been applied for. SEEN IX ACTORS "THE WAfiER" Lyster Chambers and Frank Currier Among Those in the Cast. .Many noted actors will appear it "The Wager," the powerful Metro Rolfe production in which Emilv Ste- hounds vens is the star and which will be seen Jarrett at the Sherry theater the last time to night. Lyster Chambers is seen as Jeweler Thorpe, who makes a wager that his establishment cannot be rob bed. Mr. Currier has been seen with Mrs. McKee Rankin, Dian Boucicault, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, Mary Anderson, Helena Modjeska, Kyrle Bellow and Mrs. James Brown Potter. He has been engaged in motion work for three years. Charles Bowser, appearing as an other jeweler, hr.s supported every prominent star in America. Hugh Jeffrey is Duggan, the detective who Diamond Daisy" and Daniel is James Stone, the police commissioner who figures m the wager which plays such a great part Don't Let Skin Troubles Spread. Red, pimply ekin that itches and burns is embarrassing, and gets worse if neglected. Bad skin is a social handicap and a constant source of worry. Correct it at once with Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment. This healing ointment kills the germ, soothes the irritation and quickly re stores your skin to normal. For ba bies suffering the tortures of eczema, or for grown-ups who have long fought chronic skin ailments. Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment is a guar anteed remedy. At your druggist, 50c. SCENE FROM "THE WAGER. "Slippery Jim," the sweetheart of "Diamond Daisy" Doyle, the role tak en by Miss Stevens. Mr. Chambers has had a remark able career on the stage. Having won success in amateur theatricals at Princeton, he chose the stage as a pro fession after the death of his father, although at that time he was a mem ber of the bar. He has appeared with William Collier, John Mason, Ber.im Kalisch and William H. Crane, and has starred in vaudeville. Frank Currier plays the part of in Daisy Doyle's life. Jeffrey, to get "atmosphere" for his part, visited the office of Police Com missioner Woods and obtained per mission to watch that official at work. With him on this mission went Harry Mayo, who has the part of the police commissioner's secretary. Mr. Mayo talked to Guy Scull, secretary to Com missioner Woods and from him got many valuable "pointers" as to how a commissioner's secretary acts under trying conditions. ' v. COTTON POSTPONES LECTURE Republican Improved. The Tyrants. To the victors belong the spoils stems to be the slogan of the new administration at Umatilla. In mak ing up the council committees Mrs. Mayor Starcher and her eouneilmon assigned all appointments to the wom en. The two male holdover council men were given no more committees "than a rabbit," so to speak. They vcre left out in the bleak and chilly air to ponder ovtr their worthlessness and the majesty of the new regime at Lmatilln. They did not even get on the cemetery committee where Joe Cnnnon would have placed them, nor I'id they have the honor of being steam rolcred. They were iced and iftheir treatment is a sample of the tyranny tbr.t may come from petticoat govern ment the proper course for Cyril Browncll will be to get a horse and rive a new demonstration of Paul R- I vt-rc's ride. Pendleton East Oregon ' irn. Judge iW. W. Cotton of Portland, The last issue of the Union Repub- scheduled lecturer on the Y. M. C. A.- I lican appeared in seven-column form high school lyceum course, telegraph- I which Editor Scibird says is to be con ed the committee that it would be nec- tinued. One of the big advantages essary to postpone his lecture date cited by the publisher is that the en severul days. The lecture was sched- j larged forms will enable hm to con uled for Thursday evening. The date I trol all advertising appearing in the of the postponed lecture will probably ; paper hereafter eliminating the be made known in a day or two. reaoy print system, wnich is a curse to hundreds ot country publishers, ine Recorder congrateulates the Republi can on the improved appearance. El gin Recorder. Is Your Milk Clean Milk "Milk is the most universal food used by civilized man; Our lives are largely in the keeping of the milkman." The late Elbert Hubbard spoke these words shortly be fore he went down on the Lusi tania, and the wizard's remarks hold good in La Grande although Mr. Hubbard is dead. Milk is on most tabled three times a day. It is more easily contaminated than any other food. Therefore great care should be exercised in its pre paration. Is this vital caution exercised on your milk ? Mr. and Mrs. Milk Consumer, you are iavited to call at the P. M. & C. milk and cream depot and see, learn, and inwardly di gest valuable information con cerning milk, its preparation and safe-guarding. Pure Milk & Cream Company La Grande . . . Oregon Our Want Ads bring results. Pottery Sale All Pottery, one-third off during this sale. "Black PotterylExcepted" Come in and look it over while the assort ment is complete. La Grande 'Seed & Floral Co. Foley Hotel Building. V
