La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 09, 1917, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY, 'APRIL 9, 19ir. OTOTT, TWO Witmr. .'.; . IZ$ GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ST"" 1 1 " ' 1 1 , , a. mm .m. sHI Why Pay Less Than Good Shoes Can Be Made For- It's surely not economy, as so many have discovered to their sorrow to buy shoes that are made to meet a contract price. The maker has to skimp some where and a shoe is no stronger than its weakest part. Isn't it a better investment real economy to buy good shoes? WOMEN'S SPRING SHOES MEN'S SPRING SHOES BOYS' SPRING SHOES - $3.00 to $7.00 .$2.75 to $7.50 .$2.29 to $3.75 L Hill's Department Store Quality and Service SYNOPSIS OF TUB ANNUA!, STATEMENT OF THIS Guarantee Fund'Life Association Ef Omaha, In tba atate of Nebraska, on tha Slat day of December, 1916. mad tha Insurance Commissioner of the state of Oregon, pursuant to law: CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock paid up None INCOME. Total premium Income $1,134,464.8 Interest, dividends and rents received during year 103,182. Ell Income from other sources received during- year 624.68 Total income '. t 1,288,264.05 DISBURSEMENTS. Jald for losses, endowments, annuities and surren der values I 268,074.33 Dividends paid to policy holders during tha year,, Nono Dividends paid on capital slock during the year... None Commissions and salaries paid during tho year... 800.976.45 Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year..., 22,466.60 Amount of all other expenditures 80,746.14 Total expenditures I e71.264.41 ASSETS. Market value of real estate owned. None Jlarket value of bonds owned I 168,800.00 Loans on mortgages, first lien 1, 670, 629.85 premium notes and policy loans None Cash In banks and on hand 102,808.23 Net uncollected and deferred premiums None Other assets (net) 80,901.04 Total assets , 81,967,332.64 Xess special deposits in any stale (If any there be) Nona Total assets admitted In Oregon 1,957,332.64 LIABILITIES. Net reserve Nona Total volley claims unpaid $ 116,064.94 AH other liabilities (estimated) 26.000.00 Total liabilities exclusive of capital stock of.. ,. None 1 140.064.94 Total insurance In force December 31, 1016 879.062,000.00 Bl'SINBSS Ifl OIIKGO.1 KOH THE YEAH. Total Insurance written during the year t 1,010,000.00 Oross premiums received during the year 36,046.73 (Premiums returned during the year None Losses paid during the year 8,000.00 Losses incurred during the year 4.000.00 Total amount of Insurance outstanding In Oregon Dec. 31, 1916., 1,608,000.00 OUAHANTEE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION. By J. W. HVOHKa. Hecrelary. Statutory resident general agent and attorney for service: GEO. A. LOVEJOY. Portland, Or. FACTS ABOUT Guarantee Fund Life It is on the Mutual Co-operative Plan. It is the acknowledged leader of any company in America, of any ago, in this class. Its admitted assets are in excess of 2 of the entire insur ance in force are on deposit with the Nebraska In surance Commissioner, and are pledged to maintain the rate specified in the policies. Its insurance is placed with the most select risks. Its Actual to Expected Mortality in 1316 was 40.39. Its Hates are ample to provide TURE LIKE PROTECTION "Investment" features, however, are ellminuted. Its Representatives will gladly explain. It can use more good men as salesmen on generous contracts. GEO. A.LOVEJOY WESTERN MANAGER 727-728-72B Pillock Block, Portland FUEL LUMP COAL, TWO CARS DRY WOOD, BRIQUETS We hare largo acni small trains, drays, &vtt truks, jitaejs, ptaao wagons, dewWfas, j suite, tackle; eTwiTthiBg complete tt Itfraik a pack age or a oarioad. Qnlok Berrio " ' V -r Fuel, Feed, Fireproof Storage The J. D. Lynch Co. One Block East of Depot Pkww Mala 10 . ARC A DE "A POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL" Mary Pickford in Entertaining Screen Version of Eleanor Gates' Stage Play Adds Humor to the Title Role Released by Artcraft Pictures in Moving Picture World. It may be as well to start off with the statement that those who remem ber the heroine of the stage play when they see the screen version of Eleanor Gates' "A Poor Littlo Rich Girl" will be introduced to an entirely different Gwendolyn in ihe person of Mary Pickford. The writer of the scenario has used the utmost freedom in de parting from the original work, and Miss Pickford has followed the scenarioist's example. The Gwendolyn of the play was a somewhat top-lofty little miss who seemed born to the purple and never forgot her station in hie. Her airs and graces appeared to harmonize with the rather artificial story and its many touches of sym bolism; the moving picture star's Gwendolyn is a very human, lovable child who is just aching to break away from all restraint and play in the dirt with the street children. The wisdom of these deviations ad mits of no dispute. As a stage play "A Poor Little Rich Girl" harped too long on one key, and there was alto gether too much made of the delirium scenes. These points have been ju diciously shortened and the additional matter is along the comedy lines that Mary Pickford does so well. The big gest laughs in the picture occur in the new material and are the results of such dependable bits of comic business as leaky plumbing, a mud-throwing contest in which the gardner is obliged to turn the hose on his young mistress before he can recognize her and the seating of a priggish young lady on a plate of chocolate cake. Other and more original bits are sprinkled all through the screen play, and little Miss Pickford extracts the last ounce of fun from them with that deft touch of hers which knows just how far to go, and never lacks the saving grace of a oure sense of humor. A separate paragraph is due the star for her portrayal of this eleven-year-old girl. Entirely free from the stock tricks of the ordinary child im personator, she looks the part amaz ingly well, especially in the close-ups, and acts it with a skilful clending of her own personality and that of a bright and winsome "kiddie" that makes the illusion perfect. Her Gwendolyn will rank as one of her best screen creations. As aids to such a pleasing achieve ment Miss Pickford has been sur rounded by a company excellent in every (respect, of which Charles Wel lesley, Frank McGlynn, Emilo La Croix, Charles Craig, Frank Andrews, Madeline Traverse, Marcia Harris and Max in e Hicks are members. Ar tistic direction has been given the en tire production by Maurice Tourneur, and every adjunct in tho way of ap propriate settings has been provided by the Artcraft Pictures Ckwporation. This picture is being shown at the Ar cade today and tomorrow. recently been completed in Mr. Coh an's New York Studio and will be shown in this city in the near future. It is released through the Artcraft Pictures Corporation. SHERRY'S MOTION PICTURE AN ILLUS TRATED STORY, SAYS CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG According to Clara Kimball Young, the popular film start who is appear ing at the head of her own company in a screen adaption of Robert W. ; Chambers' famous novel, "Tho Com mon Law," the great fault with most producers of motion pictures lies in their misconception of what tha so called photo-drama reaily is at its best. ' "The motion picture is not a play or drama, but a narrative" said Miss Young in a recent interview. "There is all the difference in tho world be tween the two forms of expression. Many magnificent novels would fail hopelessly as staged dramas and yet make fine motion pictures. On the other hand the highest form of drama loses half its force when novelized and can't be successfully produced as a motion picture at all. Who can imagine successful presentations of Ibsen on the screen." Sherry's thea tre tonight. SAVE 15c A POUND APRIL 9 to 14 a COlllbCHI E I You can afford to NSgV ill ilSv ckylon-india 1 drink good tea. gfoSmRmJ (swchtm I 75c Tea -7 5c Quality I f ll 'v asN I SEND OR TILEf HONE TOUR ORDER T0DAT . fs"" j HARRIS GROCERY --J PHONE MAIN 70 408 North Fir St. FARMERS PHONE B. 192 Cross The Track Elgin News Geo. M. Cohan Soon. At last it has come about. George M. Cohan, America's most popular star, in motion pictures. Having , reached the very top rung of hiB the atrical ladder of success not only as ' an actor, but as an author and pro ducer, George M. Cohan has finally turned to tho silent drama as a now field of conquest, so to speak. In or der to display his vofy best efforts before the motion picture camera, the famous "Yankee Doodle Boy" selected ' his greatest stage hit, "Broadway Jones," as his Initial vehicle in the mo tion picture field. The film has just Elgin, April 8. (Special) The El gin Recorder says: An event that occurred in Elgin on March 17th was the celebration of the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Earney. Though a few weeks have passed since the af fair it will still be of interest to the many friends of the pioneer couple. The 'residence ' 'belonging to Wm. Daugherty on Nob Hill was complete ly destroyed at 2:00 Thursday morn ing ,by fire of an unknown origin. A brand new flag was unfurled to the breezes from the top of the City Hall this week. Flags aire being un furled from other buildings and the colors are adding ardor to our pa triotism. Mrs. Wm. Fine, who has been a patient in La Grande for several weeks, recovering from an operation still continues to improve and Mr. Fine reports that she will 'be able to return home in a few days. Clement Henry was taken to the Grande Rondo hospital in La Grande last Saturday evening, where he sub mitted to an operation for relief from hernia, Dr. Kinby, of this city and Dr. Richardson, of La Grande, being the attending surgeons. Mr. Henry with stood the operation in good shape and is reported as getting along nicely. ' Wm. Keffer returned Tuesday morning from an absence of several days in Portland, where 'he accom panied his brother, Jack; who sub mitted to a surgical operation. Mr. Keffer states that his .brother was not getting along as well as expected and may be compelled to suffer another operation before returning home. A few days will be required to determine whether or not another operation will be necessary. John Couch, who was a resident of Elgin for a number of years but at present is a prosperous farmer of the Leap section in Wallowa county, has been in La Grande several days tak ing treatment as the result of a nerv ous 'break-down. John is enjoying a rapid recovery and expects to leave this week for Lewiston, Idaho, to visit his brother, William and spend a few days to complete his recuperation, af ter which he will return to his farm in Wallowa county. I COLONIAL COLONIAL TODAY. "Each to His Kind," a thrilling drama by Paul West, will be seen at tho Colonial theatre today and tomor row under tho direction of the Jesse L. Lasky company with Sessue Ha- yakawa, the noted Japanese actor in tho title role. The story of this Para mount picture was especially written for Mr. Hayakawa by Paul West and prepared for the screen by George Du bois Procter. In this production, Hayakawa is seen as an 'Indian Rajah who at school in England was much sought after in British society. Sup porting Mr. Hayakawa are such prom inent artists as Vola Vale, Tsuru Aoki, Ernest Joy, Walter Long and others J. W. Bush to Handle the Simplex Line Effective at once I will be agent for everything produced by the Simplex people, includ ing gasoline engines, separa tors, silos, ensilage cutters, etc. Anyone interested in any of these lines can get into communication with me by writing me at La Grande or telephoning Red 1312. Litera ture and demonstrations gladly given to anyone interested. The Simplex goods are uni versally known as standard and need no 'boost words they speak for themselves through their record of satisfaction wherever used. Will gladly come to your ranch to discuss these lines. Territory includes Union, Wallowa and Baker counties. J. W. BUSH La Grande, Oregon. Tel. Red 1312. ! 1(IbDIRTORSTS Front Laced HORSE-SHOEING PRICES. Beginning April 6, the following prices for horse-shoeing will be in ef fect in La Grande and other points in the valley: . No. l's, No. 2's, No. tfs $2.25 No. 4's $2.50. No. 5's 12.75. No. 6's $2.75. No. 7's$3.25. No. 8s $3.50. Re-setting Shoes. No.'s 1 to 5 $li50 a horse. No.'s 5 to 8 $2.00 a horse. G. T. FLEMING, LA GRANDE. J. A. GARITY, LA GRANDE. -R. A. MASTERTON, LA GRANDE. DEVINE'S BLACKSMITH SHOP, LA GRANDE. J. W. BERRY, IMBLER. A. J. RUSSELL, IMBLER. J. H. ORTON, UNION. WILLIAM E. HARRIS, COVE. CHAS. L. WILLIAMS, COVE. A. O. BYFIELD, UNION. JOHN Q TON LAND, ISLAND CITY D. 4-6, 7, 8, 9pd. W. 4-13, 20pd VULCANIZING COLONIAL TODAY AND TOMORROW. Get your vulcanizing done by , os. Prompt, Reliable service, j Our work peaks for itself, LA GRANDE VULCANIZING TIRE AND RUBBER CO. 1406 Jefferson. A perfect found ation for fitting and wearing dresses and gowns MODART Corsets form the proper foundation upon which to build tha clothes and give them that peculiar elegance and at tractiveness which is bo much sought after. THE smooth, perfect fitting back, tho graceful body lines and the pliable resilient bening can tribute to displaying the tailored suit and delicate evening gown in all their beauty. Pauline Lcderle fewer Heltl lUg . When in PtrrQimi yen will find The Observer en sale t the Oreon Ho- ,tal news stand d Imperial BoteL ASS FOR MCCARTHY'S IMPERIAL CIGARS w. d. McCarthy face and Factory, i Depot St. Lewis BUg. ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. AUBT1M BROWNELL, Manager HOTT81! WIRING A SPTOIALT"" Supplies and Heating Device rT Phone Main 726 Sommer Hotel Building, next to Western Unioa 4 UfyA4eA04'vr::)ot!;