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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1917)
?JAOK TWO LA uRAXDR" KVElvJNt) OliHKilVEIJ :fOM)AY, DECEMBEK 31, 1917 w - : . " Pre-Inventory Sale Mill s Beparimenf Store Pre"! iwentory ale in a f o-a days we will bo "takim? stock." Now we arc truing throuidi stocks nnnsn ri nrj: rul marking, ttiny ready for the Final "taking down." 'All tho ODD LOT'S must, un before this last period of stock .hiking. The market, value bus very little to do with the price, our one desire is to SELL AfTL !HOIvlN"'.TjlNli;S OP AfEROir ANDTSK. Now lots will be added to this sale d.iilv. ' From January 2nd Big Values For Early .January Buyers To January 15th WI201UNO BELLS MINGLE WITH CH11ISTMAS BELLS Two weddings occurred in Elgin on Christmas.- The first recorded was, that of John W. Keltncr of La Grande and Miss Olhu Opal Hall of this city. The ceremony was performed nt tho home of the bride's parents, Mrs. Davo Lynn, and was attended only by im mediate relatives and close friends. -Rev. L. F. Smith, pastor of the M, K. church, officiated. An excellent wed- -ding dinner followed the ceremony. The groom is a highly respected resi dent of La Grande, while the bride la , well known to all Elgin people, and numerous friends join in wishing them happiness and success. The second wedding of the day oc curred at the home of Mr. and Mrs.. Jackson Lewis, when their daughter, Miss Lottie, was united in marriago to Dr. Harley R. Smith of Enterprise. Rev. F. L. Smith officiated, and only immediate relatives were in attend ance. The ceremony was performed 1 at 3:00 o'clock p. m., followed by on enjoyable wedding supper. The bride is the youngest daughter of highly re spected ami pioneer residents and has resided here practically all her life, al though for the past several months she has been employed at Enterprise. " The groom is a successful young dentist of Enterprise and has. an ex cellent standing in that community. They are receiving the good wishcs,of many friends. Elgin Recorder. Send Tho Observer to' one of your Sailors or Soldiers. It will be like getting a daily letter from home. I' pays to advertise. ARCADE "TUB WOMAN (JOl) 1'OIUJOT" (ior.'ilrilno Kariw is Convincing as tlio Aztec Princess of Artenift's Well ' Staged and Accurately l'roHontod Picture of America's Knrllest Civil ization, (Reviewed by J5, T. Koysor In Mov ing rioture World.) to tho student of history tho ac curacy or tho exteriors, lntorlors, costumes and accessories In "The Woman God Forgot," the Artcraft production featuring Oeraldlne Fnr rar, will make a strong appeal. To tlio casual amusement seekor the ab breviated tale of the clash between tho highest civilization of the new world and that of the old, with the consequent destruction of tho former, will prove equally nbsorblng. Mi Fnrrar, as Tecza,' tho daugh ter of the Montezuma, makes a con vincing Aztee princess, tho woman to Trunin human sacrlflco Is no strange or n p .iKmuit thins until the. choice of the devouring .gods strikes heri;own, h.iyntond Ilntton is a tiuo Monte zuma and the actual combination of pi ide, weakness and ferocity that lost Mfxk'') because no one of the three q'.i.iliiies was dominant In his nature, llohnrt Bosworth ns the smooth, lm lilaraido Cortes was historically true. vVullnCo Held as Alvardo, tho lover m To :za, played up to his opportun ities and made nn ideal Conquista dor..'. Theodrro Kosloff ns Gitnto moivi wns tho savage through whose Milu vener of Aztec luxurlotisncss the li'no.!-.' Instincts of life rneo contin ually broke, while Walter Long as tile high priest, Taloc, Impressod ono as having been lifted bodily from the la.'ul nnd period when a human heart amoking on tho ultur was the ac cepted greeting of the Cled of War. The cast fitted their parts, but the star, Ovraldlno Fnrrar, was born for hero. All through the plcturo she wns tlio barbaric princess, somotlmes loving, often sad, soinetlnins vengo ful, but always just below her great est gentleness was tho suggestion of the rutblessness of the savage woman of high estato. Somewhere In tho Artcraft forces is ono who knows Hie Mexico of the Conquest, nnd it Is to tho crodlt of the producers ths.i he his been given rree hnca' with.tne result that Trom the Brent drum; on the pyramid tem ple to tho sacrflflclal knlfo here was not an anachronism to lessen the cf- ifect. I t mis remarkable spectacular pro 'auctlon will bo presented at tho j Aj-caao moatro touay ana tomorrow. S-T-A-R ! waiitLwi.Mv wooixa , IX "IIKJH SI'Ki;i" Jack Cannon, wns some little nneori boy. Ho was : broker with a repu tation for putting over nioro success ful deals in lets time Hi nn nnv nnn else In the fleltrd. Girls and socioty had seemed to 'Jiim too slow to do sorve his attention until ho mot Susan, and thou ho found thnt h was so superlatively slow that she surrcu nis llgli.Ung spirit. What a triumph to awah'en tho lackadaisical, languid, la-de-da; beauty nnd turn her into a real gli;I! Susan's father agreed with Crtimon, who had won the nickname of "Speed," but her mothec thought the girl waB perfect as sho was, anil that her bored and weary air was; Just like the aristoc racy. ! Mothor.'hnd been a laundress berora father made his money pack ing pork, nnd licr ideas of aristocracy were Just a little porcine. With father worklnr tor him and mother agnlnst him und the girl a dead weight between them, nnd with the complication of a title much desired by mother as n son-in-law, Speed sets out to wake up the sleeping beauty and got her to ackMroledgo that an American business man la tho true Prince Charming for nn American girl. ' How ho goes nbout It, the nps and downs of tho proceeding and the ultimate Tosult are told In a cyclonic five roela In tho Iliitteifly picture "High Speed," with Jack Mulhall, starreo, which comes to the Star, Tuesday nnd Wednesday. o IH'TH JACKWO.N IIONOItKD HY STATU ASSOCIATION' Ilnth Bush Jnekson, of tho La Orandc public school staff, hns been elected treasurer or tho State Con gross of Mothers, at the Portland meeting. Tho election took place last Saturday. 2 M6V" jt k :OTTrrrrnTt:TtrnrnnTtrT!w,Trrrj SCPALDIAIE FAI2A Th t Voman That God Forgot' An ARTCKAf-r Picture? 2g9 ARCADE TODAY AND TOMORROW Now is the Time to Get Ready for That New Year's Dinner We Will Have a Full Line of Fresh Fruits , , and Vegetables PLENTY OF FRESH EGGS, 60c DOZEN The Value A- fink b obs - T f Quick Deliveries art a feature of this lumber business. Wlien you give us nn order you enn confidently rely on getting your lumber n little before you need it. Thnt means -'..-'-.W'TSCJ Vlf.w n"'n"K tllliu nun JUU 1UIVU vo -9XM-Mr . nnv for. Think that over. GEO. PALMER LUMBER COMPANY ltetnil Dept. Phone, Main 8 rill I host lie measured hv its iHiirlias.li:' power. Try the Cash and Carry System and note the difference. Sitl The Lewald Talking Machine is one Trhieh wp would lie justified in asking double the pjit'e. Tli? Lorrald will piny the lateral or rcrtieal cut records; has tons modi fier, inside regulator and 12 ineh hirutable. Come in and hear it. Furniture Exchange Fir and Jefferson B 1241 Best Pi-ices Paid for Used Furniture fruit cm SIS Pink 15'ins, 1 lb., l7'-c value Chocolate. 1 cake, :Vie value 27 Yanilti Extract, best .yrade, :rc value 2S Soda, 1-lb. packasre, l()c value 7 (Aicoa, '-i-lb. can, :i()c value Tomatoes, solid pack, -" value 17t Spices, all kinds, pic, 1"ic and L'Hc values ?) I'riuies, small, choice; :5!L"lbs 25 .Mutter, best ereamerv, 2 lbs Voii save on every pur chase at the HOOVERIZED GROCERY SUMMERVILI-E, Dee. 28. (Spe cial.) Tho continued downpour of lain is causing the creeks and rivers to rise, and we can not remember that we have ever before been with out snow hi.'rc on Christmas day. The Christinas entertainments wore excellent nt all tho various places, and all wore well attended. At this place we were favored by henring Puttier William Needham give all the butrle calls, in addition to the fine pro gram prepared by the committee. Mr. Needham was home on a furlouirh. Miss Alice Watts, teacher on Pump kin Hid;e, is spending her vacation with he parents near Foi'tland. Mr. and Mrs.. Hoy Spencc of Joseph had ihnstmas dinner with the let ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno Nicderer, ns also did about forty others. There was a larpe frnthcrinir nt the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woodell on Christinas day. Amonj; those picscnt were: Mrs. Ida Moats, Miss Maymc Woodell and Master George Moats. W. W. Sanderson and I!. M. Oliver hut 'hered a bunch of hops this week 11. K. Slack is shipping a carload of hops from Iml-lcr. The prire of hay has fallen con sidernbly the last few weeks. A severe cold snap would prove ratal to fruit trees just now. Mi3 Forn McKinnis, who is attend- ini; the Oreirun Agricultural inlleRe at Coivallis, is spending her Christmas vai-atmn here at home with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. I,. MrKinnis. Mr. lion Carder, who is living in the home of I113 daughter, Mis. John Centre!, is very ill. Hr. Cilmorc of lmlder is the attending physician. Mr. Jim Vods has pjono to visit 1 1 with his son Kdgar, who is stationed ,,, t : 1 ..i. 11 Ipanied by his daughter. Miss Penrl. 1 1 who is leaching school at Lostinc nnd J;i. spending her vacation with her 1 1 father nnV brother. Jl Mr. K. Slack came over from his 1 j ranch in Wallowa county for un in J: definite length of time. J Mrs. A. J. Colt, with her two 1 youngest children, came down from J her winter ipiarters nt Island City to 1 spend the holidnys with ihe rest of J the family on their farm north of town. .j It pays to advertise. y sfUyl ' ) , Please Phone Your Order Early I l Harris Grocery ( M TiiiMiiiiiiinnmiuiiiinrrrrh I f Vh nun Wmn 70 TiQTnoia V rn n T5 1 o ny TOO ' I S 403 North Vir Street. firnca t.Tio Vr-onT, I M I cvw. I II S' VV .li'J'f Pi7l 1 I , w , i TLZ'-S ' NO nnJH U H Matinee .... Adult3, 15c; Children. 5c fU ' B Evenings - - - - Adults, 20c; Childreni 10c jfl y WE PAY THE WAR TAX K ARCADE TMEA TRE I
