LA 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 .
-