La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 30, 1917, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextLA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917. fSGE TWO Just Arrived WE ABE GLAD TO ANNOUNCE THE AEEIVAL OP A NEW LOT OF LADIES FANCY SHOES The best picture we could make would give but a vague idea of the graceful beauty of these new shoes we are showing. You will find models for eveiy occasion and every one of them beautiful. Men's and Boys' Shoes Here you will find a complete dis play of both men's and boy's shoes in all the new shapes and very rea sonably priced. Come and See These Shoes for Worn-' en, Men and Boys. HILL'S DEPARTMENT STORE Quality and Service tiaBBtiHr'rvHrSftgcKSiau ARCADE HIP SHOW TOMORROW. The Hippodrome Vaudeville Road Show No. ; that wili be seen at the Arcade tomorrow is made up of four corking good acts. Hen Tidwell is a young man of much prominence in tho vaudeville lire and does a balancing act that is new and novel, doing many dlificult feats on chairs, all of which he is the originator. Jean and Jack Mnssey appear in their latest creation entiUed "la Music Land." They are both accomplished musicians on the violin and banjo and are playing a repertoire of operatic, popular and ragtime melodies. They are both very good singers and their voices blend harmoniously and their dancing proves one of the features of their act. Far rington and Cornell are presenting their offering under the caption of "Novelty Comedy Harmony Sinking Duo," to which should be added par excellent. Their versatility is evi denced by ths clevw dancing intro duced which together with their sing ing, characterUationa and monologues constitute 14 minutes of the best en tertainment obtainable. The big fea ture act on this week's bill is called "Guess, Try n:id Guess." It is a com bination of two men and one woman who offer on5, if not the most novel ict on the vaudeville stage. Their monopedo antics are causing a furore of fun whersver witnessed. Each of the men are minus a k. ""t they per form many difficult stunts1 thus hand icapped, lhat personf, with two good legs would find difficult to accom plish. ' This bill looks to be the best so far offered and with the famous Keystone Comedy and overture by the Arcade orchestra and organ will no doubt prove a winner. It will be well for as many as pos sible to arrange to come to the mati nee. The vaudeville show that is giv en at night is put on at the matinee and you will thus avoid the evening crowds. The matinee begins at 2 o'clock, the prices are 25c for adults and 10c for children. The evening show commences at 7:15, the prices are 30c for adults and 15c for hildrcn. Two complete shows will be given in the evening. L. C. Gilman, of Portland, has been reelected president of the S. P. & S. Ry. During July the lines handled an increase of 84 per cent in tonago with a increase of only 28 per cent in cars, JACK PICKFORD COMING TO AR CADE. S-T-A-Rh Helen Holmes IN- "A Race for a Fortune" Harry Carey As the "Good Bad-Man" of the West -IN- The Drafter ' LONESOME LUKE In His Big Comedy "Luke's Lively Life" A Big Program Full of Fun, Thrills and Fiction TODAY AND TOMORROW Railroad Mens rjy Irarikfl.5pearmarL jldapttd Fit tht MotiM Pkturt VtnU Prtductd h Signoi Film Cfporati cad Ftturimf H'ltn Htimti 6YNOP813. Arnold, discharged citation agent, forms a, band of robbura and by the use of a double, robs the Deer Head station. The axenr and father of Helen Holmes Is con victed of theft. The Jewels of one Mel rose are Imitated and exchanged, Helen recovers the packet and returns It to Melrose, who pronounces them false. She rinds the real packet at lust and gives It to Webb that he might strengthen his stand with the railroad officials; he and the jewels are stolen by the Raiders. Helen follows In a switch engine. FOURTH EPISODE A Race for a Fortune. Despite Helen's effort In comman deering the switch engine and speed ing down the freight yard to beat Webb's abductors to the lower cross ing, Musters on the truck cleared the track ahead of her. Helen, nothing daunted, sprung from the engine ten der Into the police aulo and continued the pursuit. Masters In crossing a suudy river bottom finally stalled his heavy machine and Helen's ear over took him. Of the abductors with him, some fought, others ran. Musters dashed for the woods but Helen grubbed it revolver from the olllcer und, pur suing, caught 111 in In the timber. Tackling him plucklly she made the best fight she could, but only the time ly nrrlval of the policeman suved her. With his aid, Musters was handcuffed, brought to the truck and the prisoners were loaded on It; Helen and the of ficer took the motorcar back to town. Melrose was now buck at the man ager's ollice looking for his diamonds, lielen, with Wehb rescued from the packing box, walked Into the main of ttce. Webb, without ado, plumped the aultcnsc containing the Jewels and wire Instruments down In front of Frost But I'rost was In n temper. He whirled on Webb : "You are through," he exclaimed hotly. "Never enter this office again." The chief special agent took his dis grace composedly; he knew the sen tence was deserved. Helen, however, opened the suitcase and bunding the real Jewels to Frost explained that Webb bad just brought them in. Frost, unuble to believe his eyes, stared at the find. Rescued at the lust moment by his unreliable subordinate, Frost suddenly felt the gratitude of a sorely tried man. Melrose's anger changed to delight and leaving the two men to felicitate each other, Webb and Helen, well pleased, passed down to their own ollice where they found Burke nt Webb's desk. Webb, not wholly surprised, Intimat ed to his assistant that he himself would sit down. Burke, for answer, handed him a bulletin issued by Frost early in the day. Bulletin Number Forty. I'.ltootlve at once. Wallace Huiku will assume the duties ar tlie lieud ur thu Cliilm Department vice Mnrtun Webb. (Signed) HOMER FROST. Webb's heart fell as he read It. He made a game effort to congratulate Burke and wus turning to go when Helen slopped him and handed Burke a later bulletin Just placed In her own hands by Frost himself. It cancelled bulletin Number Forty aud re-Instated Webb. Unhappily, Helen's satisfaction over the success of her little stratagem was Just then dashed by switchmen who brought In word that Musters had leaped from the truck while It wus crossing a bridge and had cot away. Helen's face fell ; she abused his care less enptors Indignantly, explaining to Webb that Masters had Impersonated her father at Deer's Head and that the latter could not be freed unless his double were apprehended. Aud the following day a new nnglo was Injected Into Western Division troubles. A freight train stopped at Wayne's Siding, near Mountain Springs. While It waited for the pas senger train, Tony Marshall, a dishon est agent nt that point, broke the seal of a freight cur, removed two typewrit ers, smashed up the crates In his little Office, put the machines into his auto ind driving to l.mvensteln's puwa shop In Mountuln Springs, sold them. Webb wns directed by Frost lo in vestigate the theft. Instead of doing so, he sent Burke down to look after It Burke met Marshall, In a driving rainstorm, outside Wayne station. Completely soaked, they adjourned to Uie office for Burke to dry himself by the fire. And the same ruin likewise drenched Buck Musters, who escaping from the truck, had rid himself of his handcuffs, built a fire in the river woods and luln down beside It. Driven by the heavy rain. Masters started down the track -for shelter. At Marshall's shuck, he knocked on the door. While Marshall opened It, Burke, throwing kindling Into the stove, picked up a board broken from typewriter crate. Ho saw that Mar shall was the thief. The latter, driv ing Musters from the door, turned around and realized that Burke held In hand evidence of his theft He In stantly caught the revolver from Bnrke's hip pocket and forced up the claim agent's hands. Bark laughed: "Marshall, yoa'r caught' "Howr Bain picked p part of the, com boarlaf ta mm of too type writer. The next moment, taking Mar shall off his guard, Burke recovered the weapon. But unknown to either man, their brisk skirmish had been seen. Mas ters tufa taken refuge In the cellar and now through a trap door looked on. When Burke forced Marshall to tell where he had disnosed of the tvrje- '. writing machines, Masters' ears were i open. ! "So you are one of Lowenstein'8 gung," said Burke, laughing at bis cap tive. With the words he held out his hand. He remembered a telephone message that had come the same morn ing from Lowenstcln asking him to get hold of some silk. In a few minutes the two crooks, now friends, were plotting a new depredation together. "I've got a Job for you," declared Burke. "Get bold of ten bolts of silk from car 10011 on 245 up tomorrow from Pedro. Have a good man to help." When Marshall answered that he knew of no confederate. Masters saw his chance. He rushed around to the station door and throwing It open, yelled: "I'm a good muni" For Burke to compare notes with the newcomer took only a moment ; the three cume to terms and Burke left lielen, to apprehend Masters, had had a pamphlet printed, containing her father's picture und a description of his double. These she hud sent to the police over the country asking for any information that might come. And ! she did, at length, receive word that looked favorable from a distant city. Securing permission, she went down to her futher's prison to tell him. Ilo ttirnlng she missed tbe train buck and from a telephone called up Webb. Burke had returned to the office re porting no news of the typewriters. Frost was furious: "You should have intended to this ' yourself," le said angrily, "and you'd better get after it right now." The chief took the hint. "There Is a car of manifest freight coming up on 245," added Frost, sig nificantly. ".Meet it at Wayne's Sid ing." When Helen reached Webb on the phone he asked her to keep track of tbe manifest cur until it reached Wuyne's Siding, where he would Join her. Helen was actually boarding the freight train when she encountered She Encountered Masters. Masters, also mnklng the train. He run und she pursued. The train stnrt ed and Musters swinging aboard thought he hud eluded Helen but she swung up on tbe next car. He wns now Just ulieud of the silk car, Helen, Just behind it. She climbed through the rear end window Into the silk car to guard It Just as Masters entered from the other end window to rob it The two met. Helen made an Ineffectual fight. The scoundrel bound, gagged her, threw her Into a corner and begun his search for the silk. In his Unste he overturned a water bot tle and water trickled along the floor towurd a suck marked : "Metallic Sodium. Ignites If wet." Helen, helpless though she was, tried to drnw the desperado's atten tion to their common .danger. She could not. Musters pushed open the cur door. Along the highway that paralleled the truck rode Marshall In his auto, as planned. Bolt by bolt Musters threw the silk out to him. But the crew saw tbe bold operation and brought tho train to n stop. Musters perceiving himself discovered, sprung from the car Into the auto and the two thieves made away. The car that Imprisoned Helen had already taken fire and the sodium fumes threatened every moment to suffocate her. Outside, the conductor, seeing the smoke, was giving orders to his crew. "Stay here and flag the' train while I run to the Wayne tank and put this' fire out Tho tank nt Wayne's was reached with the car on fire. Webb, waiting there, rushed up. "Where is, Helen Holmes?" No one knew. "She was watching thnt car," Cried Webb. "She may be la it I must make sure." The crew declared It madness to attempt to go Into the flames. But Webb broke away and dashing Into the burning car caught up Helen un conscious. The crew helped him carry her away. Webb urged them to go fast; The car Is full of chemicals," he erled. They had scarcely reached a safety tone when the earth shook with a ter rific explosion. The next Instant a shower of fragments from the shat tered car was falling all around tfcaa, (tcmd or rovsTH aruoDBjt JUST ARRIVED NEW CROPS Walnuts per pound Filberts per pound Brazils per pound .. Seeded raisons per package ... Seedles raisons per package Black figs White figs Sweet spuds, 4 pounds 30c 30c 25c ..- 15c 15c 17 l-2c 17 l-2c 25c Harris Grocery Phone Main 70 t 408 North Tir St. Fanners Phone B. 192 Cross the Track 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4, X 4 4" 4 4? k 4 4 4 4? 4? 4? 4? 4" 4 4 4? 4" 4 4 4? 4 4? 4? K t Harness Shop 5-Minute Inner Tube Vulcanizers, G. L. W. Auto Spring Oilers, Dressing for Auto Tops and Cush ions, All Kinds of Auto Top Goods, Auto Tops and Seats Recovered and Repaired, Auto Soap and Hard Oils. T. M. Shannon's Adams Avenue La Grande, Ore. X f fi f if f f f "f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 41 St' QUICK DELIVERIES are a feature of this lumber business. When yon give us an 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 have to pay for. Think that over. GEO. PALMER LUMBER COMPANY Retail Dept. Phone Main 8 K4444" 4 jfynp 9qnop op arenop mo aiaijAV ' OS'Zl " 0S'W$ sjaH PM 00lZ$ ' ' uojiBuiquio J 33UON I ill 4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'44i-4'4'4!4it COMPARE PPT cJ-MPtt M COMPARE DST WITH ANY OTHER CORSETS if) We ask you to compare for quality. We ask yon to compare for tines. Wo ask you to compare for work manship. And when you have given it a thor ough, impartial test by wearing it we will leave it to your judgment whether or not there is any other front laced corset in the Mod art class. We chose to specialize on the Modart Front Laced Corset, to feature it in our advertising, to recommend it to our customers only after a thorough study and search of the corset field. And only after we were convinced that no other front laced corsets compared with Modart in qunlity and fine fitting features, did we choose them, Our expert, scientific corset fitting service always at your fr disposal Pauline Lederie Sooner Hotel 8Mf . -