THURSDAY, MARCI11, 1917.
PAGE TWO
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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$L50 up to $5.00
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ARCADE
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Men's New Spring Shoes in new dark tans in both leather and fibre soles, also
new lasts in kangaroo stock, calf and kid leathers. Priced $4.50 to $7.00
Ladies' New Spring Shoes in new lasts. New White Kid Shoes both button
and lace also white unbuck and white canvas, in many different styles.
Priced $4.00 to $9.00
Hoys' guaranteed top shoes, absolutely guaranteed not to wear through.
I'l-i,.,.,! : .'. $3.00 to $4.00
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Big Road Show Billed
Minstrels at the Arcade Theater, One
Day Only, Friday.
Burns Bros. Nays Colored Alabama
troubr.dors, the company of colored
players that have been making good
in all of the various towns where they
have pl?.yed are billed to appear here
at the Arcade theater one (by and
night, Friday. This company is made
up of singers, dancers and comedians
that make good. There will be only
one show in the afternoon and one
chow at night. In addition to the min
strel show tho big Paramount picture
"The Right Direction will also be
shown. In the evening the picture will
start at 7:15 ?nd the regular show
will begin about 8:30. There will be
a special priced matinee for all those
who can take advantage of it. See
;the special add in this edition of the
paper.
following is the program of the
troubadors:
Cabret Minstrel First Part.
Olio
Swannie River. .. .Miss Gadys Carter.
That Slide Trombone. .Charles Adams
Walking the Dog
Lottie Pryor and Bee Parker
Those Dancing Boys
Carl Shelton and Pike Easley
Those Bom Bom Bay Girls
Lottie Pryor, Gadys Carter, Daisie
Gamble, Bee Parker.
Maple Leaf Quartet. .".
Claud 'Burns, Hurl Nay, Frank
Burns, Harry Nay.
The Indian Rubber-ball Men
Nay Bros.
Finalie
The Duel Entire Company
The High Cost
Living
SITUATION IS GETTING SERIOUS WE ALL
ADMIT
WE ADVISE OUR CUSTOMERS TO BUV GRO
CERIES IN DOZEN AND CASE LOTS. 131 DO
ING SO WE CAN SAVE YOU FROM
10 TO 20 PER CENT
IN PACT TILE LARGER THE QUANTITY PUR
CHASE THE GREATER THE SAVING
WE HAVE NO MAIL-ORDER COMPETITORS
WE MEET AND PEAT COM PETITION
FRESH COLUMBIA RIVER SMELT RECEIVED
DAILY TODAY 3 LBS. 25c .
Harris Grocery
PHONE MAIN 70 FARMERS PHONE B. 192
408 North Fir St. Cross The Track
COLONIAL
COMMAL THEATER TOMORROW
A Few Wall Paper
i Remnants
:
These older patterns do not go well with the fine
fresh stoek of Spring Papers which I have in and
to hasten their departure I offer very low prices.
Would it not be to your advantage to look them
over?
OXNER'S NEW PAINT STORE
LARGE BRIDGES ARE
SHIFTED QUICKLY
There is something more thr.n pass
ing interest to he gleaned from an en
gineering feat that has lcen executed
nt Omaha. A few weeks ago an old
four-span, l,0(M)-ft. 2,750 ton railway
bridge extending over the Missouri
River and connecting the Nebraska
and Iowa shores was replaced with a
new one weighing !i,500 tons. The
time actually spent in moving the
original structure out of the way and
slipping tho other one onto the piers
amounted to 15 minutes, while traffic
was actually suspended for less than
one hour. Tho operation is note
worthy because of tho size and weight
of each of the bridges involved and
the fact that they were handled intact
instead of in section. On upstream and
downstream sides of the piers, false
work was erected, in one case to re
ceive the old bridge when it was lifted
from its supports, and in the other
to carry tho new structure during
the courso of its erection. Five sta
tionary engines and 200 men accomp
lished the work. Illustrations in the
March Popular Mechanics Magazine
show the two bridges resting on the
false work, the old one hnving been
moved to the left; and also the new
bridge in place on the piers.
"The Eagle's Wings," to be exhibit
ed at the Colonial theater on March
2-3 will be a most unusual feature,
combining with a gripping dramatic
plot, authentic and absolutely accurate
pictures of scenes in munitiion plants
now filling orders for foreign coun
tries at war. "Industrial Prepared
ness is the main theme of the subject,
ors. The sugar school is unique in
this country in respect to the com
pleteness of its course in sugar engi
neering, which tresses equally the en
gineering and chemical sides of the
manufacture of sugar and lays par
ticular emphasis on the engineering illustrating the manner in which the
methods by which chemical processes mills, foundries, factories and shops,
can be carried out.' An illustrated now devoted to peaceful pursuits, may
article in the March Popular Mechan- be expected to co-operate with Uncle
ics magazine describes this unusual Sam in time of unexpected war.
educational institution. ; What is "industrial preparedness?"
; How does it effect the humblest citi-
SHERRY'S
SHERRY'S TODAY
War and Love Vie for Honors in
Thrilling Fox Photoplay.
Gretchen Hartman and Alan Hale
are two featured players who hate
each other. That is, they hate each
other in the new moving picture they
have made for William Fox, "The
Love Thief." Miss Hartman portrays
a Mxcican senorita, and Mr. Hale is
an American r.rmy officer; and if
there are two persons who hate each
other, they are Mexican ladies and
American military men.
At the beginning of the story, the
senorita, Juanita, is in love with gal
lant Captain Arthur Boyce. He does
not love her, but she contrives to
make his fianceo, Clare Nelson (Fran
ces Burnham), think that he does.
The result is that Clare breaks off
her engagement.
When Juanita finds that she cannot
make Boyce love her, her passion
turns to hatred, and, in a fit of rage,
she arranges a scheme by which the
the trirl succeeds in out
witting their guard, and she and
Boyce escape the building.
Rescue is fast arriving from a near
by American army post. The bandits
are pursuing Clare and Boyco and
Juanita rides frantically at their head.
But she is too late. A stray shot
brings her from her horse and she
dies with a curse on her lips for the
woman who had won the love she
could not have.
SHERRY'S
FIRST NATIONAL FOREST ROAD
UNDER FEDERAL AID ACT
UNIQUE SOUTHERN SCHOOL
FOR SUGAR-CANE EXPERTS
The sugar-cane growers of Louisi
ana and likewise tho educational in
terests of that slate several years ago
recognized that the proper develop
ment of tho sugar-cane industry call
ed for special technical training which
no inatiuttion in the country was ade
quately equipped to give. This led to
the founding of what is known today
us the Audubon sugar school, which
is a part of the Louisiana state uni
versity ut Baton Rouge. To this splen
didly equipped institution have been
brought the leading sugar experts of
The Secretury of Agriculture has
authorized the location survey of a
section of tho first project in road
construction submitted under the
"National Forest section" of the Fed
eral Aid Road Act, which provides
for actual construction of roads by
the Federal Government. Roads built
under authority of this part of the law
aire designed primarily to promote
economic developement and to serve
public convenience in localities where
much of the land is in Nationnl For
ests. The proposed road on which
action is taken is in the Apache
National Forest, Greenlee County,
Arizona.
The preliminary estimate of the
cost of construction of the 71 miles
of road to be surveyed is $342,500. An
additional 29 miles of road in Apache
County will bo necessary to complete
the project, and, according to the pre
liminary estimate, will bring the total
cost to $420,000.
Approval of the plans for the sur
vey was based upon the industrial
resources which will be opened up and
also the offer of one-half cooper
ation by Greenlee County. The pro
posed route of this road bisects the
eludes students and sugar-producing j 'art remaining wilderness in the
lands in distant parts of tho globe
While the most of the students' work
is done in Baton Rouge, nevertheless
the school's experiment station nt Au
dubon park, New Orleans, plays a
very important part m the course and
offers items of keen interest to visit-
MadeC
ARTHY
1GARS
( Imperial 15c 2 for 25c
i I : J PI..L u in-
impel i tii Vsiuu uuiuc 1 vc
Imperial Smoker . . 5c
w. d. McCarthy
Office and Factory 106 Depot St Lewis Bldg.
Southwest, and will connect with the
existing east-and-west State high
ways. In addition, it is stated, the
road will mnko possible the sale of
large bodies of timber for the use of
copper mines in southern Arigona,
and afford means of travel for settlers
besides cheapening the cost of pro
tecting and administering the Nation
al Forest. The development of water
power in the region will be assisted,
and a beautiful recreation area will
lie opened up for tourist travel and
for the residents of the desert cities
during the summer months.
In each case, under the torms of the
law, tho road funds must be derived
partly from local sources, and the
amount expendable in any county by
tho Government is limited to ten per
cent of the estimate value of the tim
ber and forage resources of the Nat
ionnl Forest in that county.
zen? What does it mean to the na
tion? What is it all about? These
and scores of other questions of vital
concern to every citizen will be an
swered in the gripping photodrama,
"The Eagl's Wings," to be exhibited
at the Colonial theater on March 2-3
in Bluebird photoplays. This grip
ping picture-drama is a non-political,
non-partisan, patriotic inspiration a
lesson in loyalty for every citizen of
the Union.
RECRUITING
ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO.
AUSTIN J3ROWNELL, .Manager
HOUSE WIRINQ A SPECIALT"
Supplier and Heating Devices
lMione Main 72(5
Sonuner Hotel Building, next to Wester. Unioj
, I The population of Madai-isci. Dec
l ember 31, 1915, was of:' i:.!ly esti
mated to be 3,512.690. of vliich 14.390
we.ro I" rench
J (Asiatics, Man- itKir.s,
j about 30 Americans.)
Whatever the merits or demerits of
our present military system, this
nation owes a vote of thanks to its
recruiting officers. Whether they can
get the men needed when we begin
forming the reserve is doubtful in the
extreme, but up to date their success
is remarkable.
They have go-ie out into the open
labor market, and gained recruits
when every industry is clamoring for
more workers. The ranks of the cav
alry have been filled a little beyond
the number authorized by Congress.
The artillery, engineers and medical
corps are nearly full. The Infantry
is 10,000 short of the increase author
ized, but has till June 30 to make
good, and expects to do so. Under the
cirsumstances, this is a remr.rkoble
record.
To be sure, our recruiting officers
have something to offer prospective
soldiers. The new law attended to
that, men can go up from the ranks
now more readily than ever before,
and they are doing it in scores. West
Point furnishes only a fraction of the
officers needed; the rest must be ap
pointed from civil life or be promoted
from the ranks, and these are given
the preference. There, arc first lieu-
tnants in the Army now who were
sergeants less than a year ago. Then
there is a chance for men who make
good to be sent to "the Point", and if
anyone can learn the soldiers trade
in that time, he may be furloughod to
the reserve at the end of a year.
But these advantages would count
for little if thov were not exploited
by as keen an advertising campaign
as ever was conducted for private
gain. The young officers in charge of
his work cannot bo enamored of it.
f.iko nil men who have given thought
to the matter, they believe that mil-
nry service should be a matter of
aid 27'0 foreigners illty nt of personal whim. But the
Furop. aius, and country has given them a task to do,
, and they are bucking to it like sold-
, iers. Good for them. Chicago
Journal.
The death rate for tho registration
'area of tho United States last year
was me lowest oi wmcn there is any
record, 13.5 a thousand.
Potatoes and bioi'd are tho fat
mnking foods, pr vi.k.i they are digested.
A territorial t vrnmcnt in Hun
gary has forme 1 company that will
lvild a factory f.:- the extraction of
oil t orn pumpkins seeds.
Everyone should drink from eight
to ten glasses of water daily.
'T 'i ? J
ANITA STEWART ' ' 1
COMING SOON
officer is accused of having murdered
a woman. In the trial that follows,
Boyce is convicted.
Meanwhile.a band of Mexicans led
by Juanita and Costa (Edwin Cecil),
a Mexican who is in love with Clure,
raids an American town near the bor
der. In the place are Clare and her
uncle, Nelson (Williurd Louis), who
has been secretly furnishing the
greasers with munitions. Costa taxes
Clare prisoner.
Juanita finds the girl with her uncle
and Costa in a rude shack. She sees
her way to get levengc on Clare; she
will force her to marry Lopez (Chas.
Edhler) one of tho bandits in her em
ploy. While she is thinking over this
plan, Arthur Boyce is brought into
the hut.
Boyce had been exonerated of his
crime when the real murderer, stirred
by pangs of conscience, confessed. Re
suming his command, he had rushed
to the rescue of tho captrued party,
only to be defeated by the greasers
and taken prisoner himself.
Clare and Boyco are left with Lopez
in the shack. By a skillful piece of
ROARING MOUNTAIN TORRENT
GRAVEYARD OF MOTOR CARS
No story in contemporary histo-y
is more ixpleto with dramatic inci
dents than that of the .passage of
j King Pet;r and his countrymen into
exile, wnen serma s uuie army svc
way before the overwhelming on
slaughts of the Germanic hordes. One
or the many spectacular episodes that
marked this tragic flight across the
mountains is narrated by a corre
spondent who reached the scene of its
enactment, in company with the Bul
garian forces, a fortnight later. It
is the account of the last of the Ser
bian war autos, a description of their
abandonment and destruction at the
end of a road where many refugees
! began their exhausting climb along
the hazardous trails leading into Al
bania. Leaving the last city in the line of
retreat, touring cars, limousines,
trucks, and ambulances were driven
along a road that hugs the brink of a
precipice as it follows the mountain
recesses. The opposite side of this
road is sealed by almost perpendicular
walls of rock. For several miles it
proceeds thus, a splendid, picturesque
highway. Then abruptly it stops at
the foot of a narrow, steep path that
wends up tho cliff.
When the motor cars reached the
end of this road they were no longer
of use to the Serbs. Obviously there
was but one thing to be done, and that
was to destroy the machines so that
they would not fall into the hands of
the enemy. So, one by one, their
wheels spinning and their unbridled
engines roaring as they leaped
through the air, the cars were shot
over the edge of the rocky bank to
dash themselves against the bowlders
far below. In all some 300 vehicles
made this death plunge. From the
March Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Brittle finger nails can be cured by
soaking them frequently in strong
alum solution.
A shipping box of steel instead of
wood has been made by an American
manufacturer to reduce the damage
received by goods in shipment from
theft in transit. It is almost un
breakable and entirely thiefproof.
Tho production of coal in the United
States last year, officially estimated
at nearly 600,000,000 tons, was the
greatest on record, every producing
state but Maryland, Oklahoma and
Texas exceeding former figures.
For 2000 or 3000 years the garden
ers in the more densely populated dis
tricts of China have returned to the
soil as much fertility as they have
taken from it and such land is now
more productive than when first tilled.
QUICK DELIVERIES
are a feature of this lumber
business. When you give us aa
order you can confidently rely
on getting your lumber a little
before you need it That means
no delay in construction, no
waiting time that you hare to
Pay for Think that ever.
GEO. PALMLR LUMBER COMPANY
Retail Dept. Fnone Main 8
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