La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 11, 1918, Image 2

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    LA OKA i' JWENJN'rt OBiiv Ell
SATURDAY, MAI 11.1018.
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spring cos'rcec? subdued yet smart
UOTrHfcUU. A. V. lUncUnuuu Co.
THE KIRS CHBAUM
AMERICAN
FOR the young man who wants smart style,
but beneath' it a foundation of solid quality
. 4 . who wants an' appropriate, unobtrusive
business sack suit for him, by all means, the
Kirschbaum American . . . Tailored in ' the
Kirschbaum shops and offered in a wide range
of spring weight cassimeres, worsteds and serges
each , fabric vall-wool 100 per cent and no
' compromise - - - - $20, $25, $30, $35, $40
Hills Department Store
iln the wartime drawing room above, staid color effects are well
demonstrated. The gown on trie left Is of smoke gray jersey, wltb a
satin, collar of pearl gray, cord-edged and tied with scarlet. At the
girdle, to relieve the somberness of the gown, Is knottd a handsome,
scarf of scarlet cloth embroidered In black, blue, and gray -'
: The costume at the right shows a skirt of midnight blue cbirfoa
over taffeta and the blouse is of the same material in Joftre blue. The .
alearea are embroidered tn dark bine and red, and it buttons up and'
down tbe back. ..
OUR ,
GROCERIES
ARE
SUPERIOR
in QUALITY
ISM
BED, BATH AND BOARD
IN JUNCTION CANTEEN
yfM poorest tran
Jap : rnn from n
yT . . TOKt.
jZp : J "Yon see,
.' f "iii and I
Wo were p
Brings Heaten a Little Nearer to
aa American Sammie. '
I A mother who is n Red Cross work
er In her home town gave to her chap
ter the following letter she hud re
ceived from her son lp France: , ;
. "If you could have seen me. yester
day, when I left trenches which the
ruins luivo turned Into open sewers,
even you would never hnvu known me.
I was mud from head to foot, so eov
'ered with crawling tilings that the
nip In the world would have
me, and I fairly ached for
LOUISE LOVHLY TOMORROW ;
. Tomorrow and Monday at the Star
the latest Louise Lovely production
will be shown with that winning star
in the leading role.
The picture is called "The Girl who
Wouldn't Quit," and -the scenes run
. from a luxurious city home to a. West
ern mitring camp It is a strong mcl-
i SHERRY'S
Captain Donald C. Thompson, the
the-young Knnsan known as the
world s greatest war photographer.
lawho hns IllHt' rpttlrtiert fiftox nnnmlinar
bincv yture, on every uitiue iront in
Europe and Russia, eleven months be
ing required to obtain the Russian pic
ture nolne.
From the beginning of the first reel
of this feature to the end there are
hundreds of the most unusual battle
front scenes, and the most remarkable
''over the top" charges that have ever
been, photographed. Every foot of
the film that is shown helm tn vlsunl.
oiirnmatic production with a trig punch i iae for the American people the dns
, Following is a brief story of th pic-1 tnrdly mciuiB that the Germans utiliz- j
,turo: . ! ml in Russia to bring about food riots, j
When Joan's father a mine supor-1 street fighting and the final ovcr-i
intendent,' was sentenced to life im-j throw of the government.
pr sonment pn circumstantial ' evl- This' picture is not . war picture!
donee of a terrible msnler, and rob-1 with love story running through it,
bery, his little daughter Joan, made H ibut n real, official historical docu-:
her it's work to secure his release. 1 nimt, such as probably will never bei8tory, which Is the screen attraction
Very few believed that Tracy was filmed again. ".' .: sitnc Sherry Theatre on Sunday,
with tnis picture, will be shown the i gives the talented star mucn op-
officiul Red Cross picture "The Spirit iportulilly to .show her wonderful
of the Red Cross" which shows just 'versatility n an lictress.
what is being dond by-that great or-r As Belle- Jones, the Western
ganicution and how they a'e using dance'tinll gi l,-Miss Storey, 'Is-cast
ithe money they have collected to aid; In the type of role In which she
I first endeared herself to the public
- . las a motion picture star of the
my first furlough had bc
caugtit a. train for I'arls,
packed, into a freight car.
Snivel Is so couiicVCdviC' spent moist
1 of our time stopping. At Inst, when
; iilht came, wit wom dumped out at n
j railway Junction with the iiiforinnilon
i that the triflii1 for I'iirls would he
I along the next day.
ac
Tuesday in his latest Paramount pic
ture "Rimrock Jones." This is a ty
pical Western photoplay, the theme of
which is laid in the coDDer mines of
Arizona. A mushroom town founded! : Canteen Like New York Hotel,
by the hero is seized with his copper j "I tell yon I wim discouraged. Then
mine by a crafty lawyer, but later re- j suddenly across the tracks from our
gained through the help of a steno-! station I saw an American Ked Cross
giapher, who pits her woman's wit
and Intuition againBt the clumsy, bun
dling' of Rimrock's enemies.
Eatiug good food meatus good health; eating poor, food
means ixior Health.'- J nererore, you .can c airom w uw.
poor groceries.' ' ' -v: i , '
....The best quality.is none too good for you and your fam
ily, and our good groceries is health insurance for you and,:
yolirs.' ' J.f; ";C..'''::;-';vi.:I."
; .Buy'our liealthf ul. foods and. save'doctors' bills.
- Phone us your grocery order today. ; I ' ; 1 ' ,
HARRI S GROCERY
Phoue. Main 70 and 77. Farmers Black 192
canteen, and all my troubles were at;403 North Pjr Street ' : ACTOBS the TtUSH
Lots of people must have the same j "United States Food Administration License No. G50265," :'t , . ' .
ideu of thsso cnntens that I used to i
have Just little shacks where yoaj
were handed out a cup of sloppy cof
fee. . Wo are alt wrong. These Red
Cross places beat a. New York hotel
for variety of service, dven If they
don't havo the gilt furniture and tip
takers. Here Is what happened to me:
"7!rt I had a bath, a real one. with
plenty of soap and water. While I
was getting clean my clothes, every
stitch, were cleaned and sterilized.
Then I hod a meal of real American
cooking, actually sitting down at a ta
ble to eat It. After that I went Into the
canteen barber shop and had a shave
anil haircut. Then, being a gentleman
of leisure, I strolled into the canteen
movlo theater ami saw - some good
American films. However, I soon turn
ed In for the night! Into a clean, .dry
bed that felt like heaven or home. .
'And now this morning, after a line
breakfast, I am sitting In the canteen
writing this letter to you and waiting
comfortably for my train. You Just
can't possibly hnngine what these lied
Cross women are doing Tor useTldicrs
and for the French and English, too.
Each canteen takes care of thousnnds
every day. .
, "They make its feel like human be
Ings once again and give us the nerve
to' go on Willi this gariie of licking the
Kaiser. And when we win you can
give a good share of tho victory to tba
American Red CrosV '
"A GOOD MAN TO WORK FOR IS A GOOD MAN TO, VOTE FOR'
" Your
Kind ,
of
L. J. SIMPSON
Man
for
Governor"
!
ItOI.K
SHOWN SIKTRO
VUHSATIMTY
I
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r w a
STAR'S
-The' Claim," the Metro All-Star
Series picture, starring Edith
guilty, out the evidence was over
whelming; Joan,' In hor extremity,
turned to Robert Carter and his wife,!
Carter had been tho superintendent
of the mine awl was about to lie de
posed. He asked to lead a posse, and j
it wns due to this that the conclusive iJ'0UI- by "over there.'
evidence was discovered. Ho wns: r-o-
wnsi
how a rich man, and Joan accepted I """""""aaaaaaaaaaaaaaai- first rank. Id - horseback riding,
the invitation of his wife to stay with j m f m ' r ' Y- theMetro star can "meet all
them in the city. She wns no sooner: j jfj J .I f 4, iconiors" .wllhoiit fear, for she Is
there than she received a mysterious J . J tw fniirlese as she Is expert. As
message, saying that a certain cheit j ,ih( dnnco-hall girl she has to sing
in a storage room Contained a con-, ROY STEWART AND JOS1K SEIMi- ftni'' dance for the entertainment
fcsBlon which would Interest her fnth-j WICK IN KEITH OF THE :f 11,0 guests -of the rough frontier
, er. Jnah was wild to set out for the IIORDKR. .hotel. Her singing voice is very
storage room; Carter was covertly! pleasing and , she never lacks a
trying to delay her, so that he coulij' , Illnck tlart, leader of the Border partner at a. dance. , ..
get tho box. In the meantime it went j Wolves, who have been terrorizing! A" f th acting In this "Wekt
at auction to Jim Younger, a rich, settlers in the Mojave desert vicinity,'8" n,,t B"."' however, and the
youth who bought the mysterious box jswept down on General Waite's home Mnr ,s called upon' to play many
out of curiosity. Then began a chase land kidnanned his riauirhtnr. Ilnm. sympathetic scenes, .wherein she
Jonn Tenched Jim's bun-1 Jack Keith, border raniror. with set capably portrays Belle Jones when
the box was onencd. , fi.ee uml nimn il,.(i.tmi,,ntinn .,v t her maternal love for her child Is
Just as she started to open it the place ; the saddle mid trailed the bandit to awakened' and leads to her re
was held up by a dozen sailors. While : his cabin. There the two powerful gaining "Tho Claim" her child,
they were locating and making man-killers faced each other. No' Near tho climax of, the picture.
mi vvjin tnc box, Joan telephoned to I quarter was expected or given. . For:'"" Storey Is called upon to act
Jim Younger's sailors and thus Inter 'once guns were laid aside and man's ""other kind of love sceno
icpted tho party as it was boarding most primitive weapon, tho naked :w,,,i man. Here, also, does the
the boat Their leader was unmasked fist, was used. Keith fought silently 'Popular star appear to advantage
ill. Robert Carter. The box, when fin-: and coolly while the bandit roared and' "'Inglng lht picture to a close
ally opened, disclosed the fact that the j raged. For thirty minutes the two wllh "st of "'ed phases of
loiegrnpn operator, who left the box 'enemies fought until Keith struck the , Portrayal each with superior In-
ARCADE
Tomorrow only
ROY HTK WART
- In ' V
"Keith
of the
,J "The Wolves Meet their Master."
- ALSO A LATK !EAVS J?HKI, ; T
A drama or me Great outdoors
JcsseL.Lasky. d
A SLOGAN Chosen by the .
men who have worked for :
The ' Highest ' possible endorsement. The most rigid
test that his policies practiced over a period of twenty
vears, are SOUND JUST and EFFICIENT.
THE BEST POSSIBLE t PROOF that his pledges to'
the citizens of Oregon are not mere "words' but
"WORDS BACKED BY WORKS."
Those who know him .believe IN him, believe IN his
ABILITY,' believe IN his POLICIES. They know he
Will give Oregon a CLEAN, IMPARTIAL, BUSINESS
LIKE administration. ' -They
know it te be true, ABSOLUTELY.
WHY? ,.,... '. .
Because . ,,..',., ..
In nineteen years he has employed 21,000 men. ...
He has always paid good wages.
He never, had a strike or a personal injury suit.
He built many homes "on time," never foreclosed a
mortgage or sued on a promissory note.
He has helped many laboring men to acquire their
homes, their business and their livelihood.
These workers, who know him best, have endorsed him
to a man, have adopted the above slogan and that's
"WHY "he is "Your kind of a man for Governor."
L. J. SIMPSON
(Republican.)
Paid Ad. issued by "Simpson for Governor League," 411 Selling
Bldg., Portland, Oregon. ,
Primary
FRIDAY,
MAY 17th
RED CROSS
S
MU
ICALE
of the box.
iralow before
in the storage room, had planned the
murder and also the evidence that con
victed Tracy.
'.o i
I'KTl'RK OK WHAT HAPPENED
IN RUSSIA CAPTURED HY
PATHE AND STAR THEATER.
Another big scoop for Paths Is re
vealed In the announcement that this
Company, which has made such a suc
cess with its Official War Films, will
be sole distributors of the most Wort"
ilorful official picture that has yet
come from the war. ;The German
Cuise in Russia," and that this film is
to be shown at the Star Theater,
Thursday and Friday.
This remarkable motion picture was
hi ought back to the United States by
last terrific blow that sent the bandit '"' nictation.
to the floor. On the same program Is another
"Keith of the Bonier" Is the name on, ''hose clean ctassy Christie
of Triangle's great photoplay, which
embodies one of the most extraordin
ary screen fights in the history of
the allent drama. This picture will
be shown at th Arcade theater to
morrow only.lt should be recalled that
"Keith of the Border" is an adapta
tion of Randolph Parish's very suc
cessful novel by the same name.
Coniedys which
popular with
audiences.
are proving ' so
Sherrey's Sunday
0-
It.UNHOW THOIT msrf.AY
The fine display of rainbow
trout . in the Pulinan drug store
window are of the results of the
Plvcatortal prowesa of one Rhea
l.upher and he grabbed the fish
nut nf a stream In Baker . county.
Some of the fish measure twenty
WALLACE REID HERE MONDAY
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4M-RP1 Jones g
I k ififMtftfjtsb, Scenario bv I fanvijF.Thev X
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3N Wf JK-At DirectcdbyDonoldCrUfP ',
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'. Auspices of the 'Neighborhood Club. .Many
of La (irande's best musicians will sing, dance,
read and play in an exceptionally high-class pro-,
-gram of varied numbers, ranging from the
lighter popular airs to the classics. v
Tuesday, May 14
the
Those who remember 'Wallace Reid
recent .photoplay "Nan of Music Inches.
Mountain" will welcome the announce-' ' ' "
ment that he is ar.ain to be seen ut , Observer advertininir ivill l,r: . I
Arcade Theater on Monday and suits, ,, . ' I
..il inln. nance -., "Oets-ii- .
MOM JAY AND TfESDAY
Als Iifiuise Vtizenda autl the Mack Seimett l'eauty
Sipiad in ' ;
' "THOSK ATHLKTK! DIRLS."
')' " It's a Scream! 1 '. h;'!
Mary
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The program iiv epitome ' '
The Monday Club. ; ' ;.
Vocal: Mrs. A. L. Richardson, Miss
Xewlin, Miss .Tea'nnette Stoddard. '
.Esthetic Dancing: Miss Leona Xewlin. ,
Rending: Miss Naomi "Williamson.
Iiistrunienttil: Miss Sadie Young, Miss Flor
ence Lynch.
THE LA GRANDE CHAPTER NEEDS MORE
FUNDS. WILL YOU HELP
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Prices Popular.'MViuse ineritorious. Talent the
hest. -
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Admission :r and 25 cents. l?eserV seats at ' ;
Silvertliorn's now.
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