THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917.
13! GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
f"AGB TWO
This shoe may be
had in patent kid
or gun metal.
Early Buying
Means Satisfaction
and Saving
Hundreds of women will profit by
coming; to Hill's and making pur
chases of Shoes at once. To hesi
tate or defer buying, on account of
cost conditions, is not the best pol
icy at present.
Pumps in dull
trimmings and or
naments to (har
monize. Special
Values at $2.00,
0S"8$ '008$ 'OS'S
Ladies' Shoes for Spring and Summer are ready to be shon. They are beau
tiful, dainty, feminine made right and priced right.
Just Unpacked A New Lot of Ladies' and Children's Sandals.
Have You Foot Trouble? Come in and be Properly Fitted to a Pair of Dr.
Scholl's Foot Eazers.
HILL'S DEPARTMENT STORE QusJ;r.nd
ARCADE
GEORGE BEBAN, FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY "IN THE BOND
BETWEEN."
"I like to write my own photo
dramas," said George Bcban as he
Bat at a little table in the French
table d'hote restaurant in one of the
scenes of "The (Bond Between,' the
Illas-Paramount production which
is to appear at the Arcade on Friday
and Saturday. "Wihile I have a great
deal of respect for all writers, still it
is very hard for one who is not
French or Italian, to write scenarios
dealing with characters of these na
tionalities. "The Latins have nn entirely dif
ferent way of thinking and doing;
they have little mannerisms, little
customs that must be remembered,
and must be known to the writer so
that he can get them into the manu
script, and of course they must be
known to the actor before he can pre
sent them properly on the screen. I
have spent years in studying these
characters and being of Latin descent
myself, I feel pactty safe in writing
stories around them.
"Pierre Duval in "The Bond Be
tween,' is not a fictional character.
He never was associated with the
original story about which I wrote
this photodrama, however, but he(
still lives in a little side street near
Fourth Avenue, with his three cronies
and teaches music for a living. I
show him on the screen exactly as
ho appears with his mass of grey
hair brushed back, his long coat and
flat hat.
"The story of 'The Bond Between'
was suggested by an incident told me
by a friend of mine in the custom
house in New York, which actually
happened in connection with the secret
service and the customs department
and the method shown on the screen
is the one employed for smuggling
valuable paintings into this country.
It was exposed by an accident which
befell an innocent man identically as
we' show it in the photodrama. The
valuable canvas was covered with a
preparation and other paintings in
water colors were covered over them
and they passed through the customs
house as merely water colors, then the
crooked art dealer washed off the
preparation and revealed the rich por
trait. All this is shown in 'The Bond
Between.'
JcQLolvEiri
SUPERB DOUBLE ATTRACTION
AT THE COLONIAL MONDAY
Milk Costs High.
Spokane, Wash., June 14. (United
Press) Milk producers in this lis
trict must obtain at least 25 cents a
gallon for their product or go out of
business, That'a the ultimatum which
prominent dairymen told the milk
committee of the food price investi
gating committee here
Richard Jose, the world popular
singer appearing in person with the
master photo drama, "Silver Threads
Among the Gold,1' will be at the
Colonial theatre Monday.
It isn't often that the people of La
Grande are fortunate enough to he
able to hear such a renuned singer as
Mr. Jose in their local theatre. Mr.
Jose will appear at each performance
and sing such familiar songs as "Sil
ver Threads Among the Gold," "Gone
Are the Days When We Were Young,
Maggie," "Belle Brandon," and many
other undying gems in conjunction
with his own production of the heart
throbbing drama, "Silver Threads
Among the Gold." This is something
more than a picture. It is a simple
and rural romance told again freshly
and truly. The story runs along
smoothly and convincingly. The ac
tion is natural. It is astounding how
much the picture does get under the
6kin. Ut registers a big heart punch.
Tha tart thnt the authorities are re
jecting the men here so freely seems
to indicate that the government una,
an abundance of good material, for I
may say that the men here represent
the winnowed manhood, both mental
and physical, of the nine western
states composing the department.
Harlv nil are men of college edu
cation, and many have come from po
sitions of conspicuous success and dis
tinction in civil life.
Vnr instnnce. Yale. Harvard. Prince
ton, Columbia and West Point, not to
mention a long list of lesser universi
ties, are represented in our company
alone. The legal proiession is ireeiy
renresented as are all the otner learn-
aii nrnfosainnR.
One feature of the camp inai nas
impressed me with surprise is tne en-t;-a
IopV nf sentiment manifested
amnnD men. One never hears the
word "patriotism" and very seldom
any expression of indignation against
Germanv. It IS purely an impersonal
willlt.arv nronosition.
A distinguished Krencn onicer re
cently gave us an emotional and im-
naDOi'nnpll address in which the words
Lafayette, Libertv and glory were ire-
m.ontlv used. The men were on.
,i "WW dirtn'f he tell us some
thing about the French artillery?'
That was the only comment i neara
tin. odrlmsa. I am wondering if we
uo lnof to ifnpultv of emotion
lin.a v.. - ....
such as produced the great battle
songs of the Civil War?
Mr. Ed. Coolidge is at present the
nf s vnrv unfortunate circum
stance. He is in the hospital with a
noisoned foot, the result or an in
fection in one of his toes from the
dye in a bad stocking. He is 1m
proving but will be laid-up for pos
sibly a couple of weeks vet.
A. R. MARKER.
Company 13, O. R. T. C.
MR. AND MRS. HAISTEN RE
CEIVE LETTERS OF SYM
PATHY FROM UNITED
STATES OFFICERS
m. rllxiinti! lottnrs show the
spirit of sympathy and patriotism
it.. in tVm TI. K. Naw:
. Office of the Commandant, Navy
VrA Mnre Island. Valleio, lan-
r,!o TnnA fi. 1917. (To Mrs
Alonr,! V. TTnisten. 1202 North Ave
nue. La Grande, Oregon.) Dear Mrs.
Ha sten: I have lust receiveo. your
lftm. Mni7 thirtieth relative to
the death of your son, William Claude
Haisten, at the hospital at tnis iNavy
yard.
Apconf. mv sincere sympathies in
vour bereavement. Your son died for
his country just as fully as he would
done on the battlefield,
and as his commanding officer I feel
the deepest regret that the service
should have lost such a promising
young man.
Captain, U. S. N., Retired Commandant.
Butter Labels for sale at
The Obserrer Office.
betters from
CFhe front
Andrew R. Marker Tells Of Life At
Presidio
AT Til E ARCADE THEATRE 1 KI PAY A N I SATIKDAY,
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SCENE FROM "SILVER THREADS AMONG Til E GOLD" AT THE
COLONIAL MONDAY.
Presidio, California. June 10. 1917
1'flitor Ubserver:
I T .1 l. . r. . ..
i fuuuy, ocing ounaay, tne men in
our company are to be given the long-
expected and greatly dreaded second
physical examination by regular army
surgeons. This examination is very
severe and a large number of student
officers have already been sent home
as a result of it, even a number who
had already received their commis
sions and been assigned to active dutv
i I doubt if more than one-fourth of
tho men in the training corps will be
nllowed to "get by" the physical nnd
mental tests.
I It seems to be the policy of the
West Point officers in charge to of
fer only tho very choicest specimens
of American manhood as targets for
the Germany artillery.
Being an officer in the army has
evolved a very complex and highly
scientific occupation. Only those who
are especially endowed mentally and
physically can hope to "stand the
guff" of the truly "intensive" rr-.'n-ing
course which has been laid down
for us here.
1 We are expected to mnstcr, not onlv
the practical nnd mechanical evolutions
of company and battalion formations
in the field, hut also the tactical nnd
strngctic theory of modern warfare.
1 One of the subjects to which we
have been devoting our attention is
military "problems". Troops are
thrown into certain hypothetical for
mations. Then the enemy's front is
suddenly shifted; your unit is exposed
.to great peril nnd must he maneuvered
' into a new alignment, with the least
I possible exposure 'of men nnd loss of
I time. The crux of tho matter is
'"what would you do?" On the suc-
iressful solution of the "problem" de
! ponds your rating as a military gon-
ins.
To a man whose previous military
' experience is confined to a few soft
, summer seasons in the militia, the
1 "problems" present a situation of ex
treme novelty, not to say pathos.
To master the nrt of war in three
months is n good deal like trying to
subdue a giant with a paper of pins.
However, tho men are giving them
selves to the task with great earnest
ness nnd those who have already been
rejected have left the camp in tears.
U. S. Naval Training Station, San
Francisco, Cal., June 4. 1917. (To
Mr. Fred Haisten, La Grande, Ore
gon.) My dear Mr. Haisten: I have
delayed writing you for some time
feeling thnt I did not wish to intrude
into the solitude of your sorrow with
fresh remembrances of your lost boy.
I know that nothing I could say could,
in the least, soothe or comfort you in
your great loss. It is a circumstance
of everyday life which the All-seeing
Eye in his infinite wisdom sees fit to
inflict upon us. "The Moving Finger
writes, and having writ, moves on
and not a tear or not a sigh can
change a word or erase one line of
it."
I last saw the boy about two days
before his death. We were in forma
tion for review by the Japanese Ad
miral and your boy was in the com
pany just ahead of mo. Being in mil
itary formation I could not speak to
him but we gave each other the "high
sign" and marched on. Ho looked the
picture of health and smiled, and I
was impressed by his neatness and
military appearance. I did not know
ho was sick until nftcr I received a
telegram from my mother regarding
his depth. Ho did not die at this sta
tion but at the Naval hospital at
Mare Island, Cal., about thirty miles
from hoie.
I presume by this time you have re
ceived a letter of sympathy from the
boys of his company nnd also some
flowers for Mrs. Haisten. Although
tho boys in the company have but a
few cents at most they all dug down
cheerfully, in their pockets and netted
quite a little sum for the purchase of
flowers for the mother. This speaks
volumes, to me, of the esteem in
which the boy was held by his ship
mates. I hope you received the flow
ers in good order.
His death was a shock to the island
nnd n distinct loss to the Navy. I
am sorry that I did not have
more oppirtuniry to get ac
quainted with the boy but I was very
busy nnd so was he. 1 felt personally
interested in the boy nnd his death is
felt keenly by me. I join you in your
sorrow nnd at the same time envy you
in the "pride that must be yours in
having laid so costly a sacrifice upon
the altar of Freedom."
If there is anything I can do or
you at any time, please let me know.
With kindest regards to yourself nnd
Mrs. Haisten, I beg to remain,
Your friends.
FORREST IVAMIOE
U. S. Naval Hospital. Mnre Island.
California. .Tune 7, 1917. (To Mrs.
Alccno E. ITnisten, 1202 North Atc-
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This means all good kinds, and then there are all
sizes and all prices, so that we can fill any order for
Sardines you may send us. The Genuine Norwegian
Sardines and the Domestic, and we have some Cali
fornia Sardines as fine as we get from any other
place. Sardines are delightfully cool food for sum
mer, especially fine when you get such high quality
as we carry. Plain Sardines, Sardines Packed in
Truffles, Vegetables, Tomato Sauce and Mustard
and the Splendid Boneless Sardines.
Harris Grocery
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408 North Fir St. Cross The Track
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Retail Dept. Phone Main 8
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