EE GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1917.
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ed enough to realize that good roads
mean a greater Oregon and in the in
ci eased prosperity Nyssa will get her
share. Besides there is a good chance,
iC a united effort is made, to bring
a branch of the road to Nyssa. It is
worth working for. Come out to the
meeting at the council room in Nys
sa next Tuesday. Nyssa Journal.
Union and Wallowa Want Rouds.
Union and Wallowa counties will
assist state and federal government in
building roads. At a meeting recent
ly held in La Grande it was decided
that if the bonds carry, the program
in tin suggested was this:
Wallowa and Union county each ap
propriate ?5,000 a year for five years
for the construction of a modern high
way between La Grande and Joseph,
making a totul of $10,000 a year for
the two counties. The state will du
plicate this, bringing the total to $20,
000 a year. The federal government
will duplicate this $20,000, giving a
total of $10,000 a year for five years
devoted to construction of the road.
It would be built under direct super
vision and control of state and federal
highway experts, but would not be a
hard surfaced road; that is not a reg
ular pavement. Elgin Recorder.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Nyssa Favors Honda.
The great stato of Oregon should
have a system of permanent roads
and by voting for the bond issue on
June 4 we will bo able to get them.
While Nyssa is not on any of the
proposed routes, the sentiment here is
almost unanimous in fuvor of the
bonds, our citizens being broad mind-
Ontario Favors Roads.
A unanimous decision to support
the road bonding act to be voted on
at. the special election June 4, and a
resolution to join the county good
roads movemnt inaugurated at Vale
last week, was the moat important
action taken by the club with regard
U public affairs. It followed an ex
planation of tho proposed law, an out
line of the proposed statu system of
paved roads and post roads, and sug
gestions of the benefits to this part
of the slate the adoption of the act
would bring, given by President Gal
lagher, W. W. Wood, J. R. Blackaby
and other speakers. The definite
means being now in sight, the club
now sees about to be fulfilled its hope's
for first class county roads and the
building of the John Day highway,
for the planning of which it worked
last year in conjunction with similar
bodies at Vale, Canyon City and other
points on the route. Ontario Democrat
ARC A DE
"A Woman's Way" Sunday
"A Woman's Way," from the story
by Thompson Buchanan, which formed
one of Grace George's most famous
Broadway successes, will foe the at
traction at the Arcade theatre on Sun
day when Ethel Clayton and Carlyle'
Blackwell will be seen in this great
World Film social drama of super-
dramatic propensities. It tells in a
vivid manner the manner adopted by
, the woman to win back her husband i
1 affections end her method is well
! worth trying by any woman who feels
that some other woman is trying to
corner her husband's love and affec
tion. Women in that state of life
should not fail to see this play. It
will do them good.
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SCENE FROM "A WOMAN'S WAV" AT THE ARCADE SUNDAY.
AT ARCADE THEATER
Blessing to Malheur County.
Ontario agrees with Vale on the
question of good roads. That is one
thing, at least, on which the com
munities can agree and unite in boost
ing. Ontario Argus. .
How much is it worth to you to be
able to save a dollar of your honest-to-goodness
money? Readers of the
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worth less than a dollar? Adv. 4-14,
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George M. Cohan Makes Screen Debut
At Arcade theatre Monday in
"Broadway Jones."
The widely heralded motion picture
debut of George M. Cohan takes place
at the Arcade theatre Monday.
''Broadway Jones," his greates stage
success affords him his initial screen
vehicle in which he is upported by an
excellent cast including such well
known film favorites as Marguerite
Snow, of "The Million Dollar Mys
tery" fame, Russell Bassctt, the vet
eran character actor of many screen
successes, Crawford Kent and Ida
Darling.
The story fells of a small town
youth who secures a goodly inher
itance and journeys to the Great
White Way to "burn it up." After
various exciting experiences he finds
that his money has dwindled to noth
ing and learns that there are many
unpaid bills to be met. After com
plications involving a rich widow
whom he asks to marry, he turns back
to hs home town and starts life anew,
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I mniug uror ins lavnvr a vnewing gum
I plant wliere new experiences await
him. Sparkling with a continuous
series of humorous situations, offset
by various dramatic scenes, this sub
ject under the direction o Joseph
Kaufman, presents a breezy story of
rapid action and human interest, a
typical George M. Cohan production.
wihen produced at the George M.
Cohan theatre, on Broadway seme
three years ago, "Broadway Jones"
immediately proved itself the biggest
popular success in which Mr. Cohan
ever appeared, as well as the hit of
the entire theatrical season. 'Fre
quently sourM by motion Bicture Dro
Hueers without success, this story
presents an admirable screen subject
and with George M. Cohan in the ong.
inal character, should more than dup
licate its stage popularity among pa
trons of- high-class pictures.
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TUESDAY.
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COLONIAL
"THE GIRL AND THE CRISIS.'
Five-Reel Rod Feather Offering Deals
WMh Much-Mooted Subject of Capi
tal I'unishment for Murder.
(Reviewed by Robert C. McElravy in
Moving Picture World.)
The subject of capital punishment
has long been one for debate. This
five-reel offering, while not in any
way an exceptional story, proves
again the adaptability of the screen
for putting a problem before the peo
ple in concentrated form. It will be
shown at the Colonial Sunday.
The story concerns a young poli
tician, named Oliver Barnitz, elected
lieutenant governor of his state. Ho
falls in love with Ellen Wilmot,
daughter of his father's greatest ene
my. In the first two reels, an attack
is made upon the works of the Wil
mot company. This part is staged on
quite nn elaborate scale, but the blow
ing up of the small powder house fur
nishes something of an anti-climax.
Following the attack, both sides to
the quarrel appeal to the governor.
The executive is then shot and killed
by a crank named Poole. The latter
is thrust into prison and this brings
up the real motive of the production,
which is a plea for the abolishment of
capital punishment. The lieutenant
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governor, now in the governor's chair,
is made the center of a strong fire
from the opposing sides on this ques
tion. He at length commutes Poole s
sentence, presumably at the expense
of his own political future.
William V. Mong wrote and pro
duced the feature. Dorothy Daven
port, Charles Perley, Harry Holden
and the author have the leading part3.
Farmers Favoring Bonds.
There are indications of a spirited
effort to carry the State of Oregon for
the $6,000,000 bond issue for better
roads in June, and judging by the
best information at hand, there are
signs that the proposition may car
ry. While the Grange and farmers'
organizations genrally were against
the proposition originally, it appears
that there is a change and that many
favor the bonds at this time. The
public will be enlightened as the elec
tion day approaches, that all may
know every detail of the plan propos
ed. The big highway is to pass
through La Grande and Union
Union Republican.
Eastern Oregon Fares Best.
So, the measure is sound financially
and geographically.
Eastern Oregon fares exceptionally
well in that if the measure is adopted
the Columbia highway will be extend
ed from the present terminus, serving
Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam
Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Baker, and
Malheur counties. Grant and Wheeler
counties will be served by a branch
read. In addition the bill provides for
the construction of a road from La
Grande through Grande Ronde Val
ley to Elgin .thence across the Flat
t ) Wallowa and on through Wallowa
county to Joseph. In fact, Eastern;
Oregon fares better according to tha
provisions of the bill than the west
ern part of the state, which will pay
approximately two-thirds of the auto
tax, yet will receive less than half of
the benefits of the proposed new
roads. Hence the people of this sec
tion of the state will only be looking
to their best interests in supporting
the measure. Elgin Recorder.
Counties Must Help. '
If the people of Grant county en
tertain any hope of sharing in the
benefits of the state-wide movement
they will have to show the disposi
tion to first help themselves. It will
be impossible, under the law, for either
the state or government to aid or
assist those districts that refuse or
neglect to help themselves. This fact
is brought out in every inquiry that
is made. On the other hand the state
ar.d the government is showing every
indication to assist those counties
that are helping themselves. Blue
Mountain (Canyon City) Eagle.
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