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,i A' romantic and exceedingly or-
" Iglnnl,' plcluro, "Boston Hlnckie's
Little Pall," will life the attraction
at ths Sherry ' theater today In
which - the' poplar Metro Btar;- Bert
L'ytell, will be sean;
TMb ' clever play was taken from
the- story of that name from the
; poro of Jack Boyle which wne pub
lished In the Red Hook- magazine.
It deals' with' the work nf ' a "gen
tleman" crook who, h-iwevor, Is
more moral than- one of the- sup-
: posedly honost men- of the play.
The -difference: between the "crook"
and-! tlra "gontloman" la manifest
1 vfhfii' the ' former Is ' the means' of
preventing- the latter from running
off with another man's wife.
Romance,, lnthe foim of a deep
love for .Mary, la one- of the boau-i
tlful ; factors - In ; UoBton Blackie's
Jlfe,i and bis Innate goodnoss- and
moral . honesty : shown In his-deal-
4n .rwlthr:,hi ; . ".little . pl." . Bert
'L'y8toll,v."wlio . has k' strong- Bereen
personality; In particularly adapt
od for this difficult and complex
part' and' brings' out' all the finer
points of tho play-wl'.h a clearness
which does him great credit. The
picture in full of dramatic situa
tions and much' amusing comedy,
while it also contains dollghtful
momenta- of pathos and love Inter
est.. ' It waii directed by B. Mason
; Hopper.
Playing opposite- Mr. LytoH, In
the leading feminine role Is Rhea
Mitche-ll, wiw la soeni as- Mary, the
sweetheart and partner of Boston
Blackle. Tho rest of the cast con
sists of many noted players, some
of. wli'mi- are,. Howard Davlos,
Frank: Whllscn, Rosomary Theby,
John' Burton and Joey Jabobs ns
the "little pal."
. Also- a Fatty Arbuoklo Coniody.
ARCADE
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"THE FlltKPIi!; iV lit A VtF"
Now , like a flroP.v in very truth
Is the ' daring nvlato., who, far
abovo the hatile-Hcaricd lauds, durti
iilthur and thither upon bis imis-
Today
At" least .r),(K)0,(K)0 peojile
lead this story at American
luck and Gerinan intrigue,
jii the Katui'day Evening
Post. Hec it brought to life
on the screen.
1 Also Bray Pictograph.
ARCADE
Your Gorset?
Iitriotie women vho arc so cheerfully
and uncomplainingly, assuming the
many strenuous war-time duties arc ex-;.-
poriencing.the necessity of perfect cor
setry to guard them against, mid-after1-.
uoon fatigue.
Gossard Corsets
mean perfect support to hack and abdo
jriinal muscles, complete freedom of
bodily movement; perfect ease in betid-'
. ing or stooping, comfort all day long, '.
and the protection of youthful figure
lilies with the uneonseiousness of being
corseted.
Priced at $3.00, $3.50 $4.00,' $5.50 and
more.
Hills Department Store
WOMEN OIL WORKERS IN ENGLAND
This Interesting British olllclnl photograph', gives a- view of the women
oil workers In Lancashire stacking oil cakes in a warehouse. These cukes
ore molded und formed before they are put Into tho press.
slon! He Is the eyes of tho ariv:y.
He Is taking a pluco In this war
that nmkos It different from otl ur
wars In history by reasoiv of its
enormous proportions and the fear
ful weapons of destruction employed
In "The Firefly , of France." tlli
new Paramount nlcluro starring
Wallace Hold with. Ann Little,
which will bo shown at the Ar
cade theatre today, the work of
an intrepid ; bird man forms tho ba
sin of story th it sots tho blood
tingling and miili-n ono. of the
most interesting pictures that has
been Been here In many weeks.
Donald Crisp did the directing. The
scenario Is by Margaret Turnhull,
and the story, originally published
In The Saturday Evening Post, was
Written by Marlon Polk Angollottl.
TllliFE M);l)S.
There aro threo words, the sweet
est words
In all of huuuin rpeeeb
More sweet than are nil songs of
birds
Or pages poets preach.
Tills llfo mny he u vole of tears,
A sad and dreary thing
Threo word.i, 4iml trouble disap
pears
And birds begin to sitig.
Throe words, ami all the roses
bloom
The sun begins lo shine;
Three word will dissipate the
gloom
And water turn to wine.
Three words will cheer the saddest
days.
"I lovo you"? Wrong, hy heck!
It is another, sweeter phrase,
"Enclosed linil chock."
Walter Hoed.
YKT HK WAS St'OTOI.
Cleveland. Ohio-.-" What pint t.r
Scotland do you 1-ell rrom.'" an
enthusiastic Ilritisli subject nskvu
a kiltie visiting 'In ("ovolnnd.
The kiltie dressed In Scottish
plaids, was a former Ohli boy.
Genrgo Turnhull, who wn,i In fient
lar.d when the .- bru!;c hune
Ho was e, boxer at hut t'me, but
when the call lo th- colon rt nt
he Joined on at on" with a leul
ment of Cameron 'tlshi-ind'-M md
was one of the flrt Amerl.Tns to
see service asilrst tin Huns,
LIVE ON ARTIFICIAL ISLAND
Salt Water Natives Who Wage An Al
most Constant War on Solomon
Head Hunters. -;'a
Itullt tip artificially on- roofs or
sandy pits, numbers of miniature Is
lands dot tho tranquil waters of sheltered-
coves i among the Solomon , Is
lands, Gertrudn limerson ' writes ,ih
Asia Magiiilne.1 Here live, separate
from tiie head hunters who inhabit the
iinheulthful mangrove swamps and un
dulating grussliinds of the Interior or
tin) lolly spurs running down to tho
sou, n salt-water peoplo more or loss lit
enmity with the bushmen. Yet these
salt water people are as fond of their
fruits and vegetables, for which there
Is no room ou their narrow, crowded
Island, as tho Junglefolk uro of their
llih. Truce is declared on regulur bi
weekly market days and ou neutral
territory along tho const the women of
both peoples meet mid do their bar
gaining. Tlie dwellers on (ha artificial
Islands are skillful In all tilings per
taining to the sen, especially In the
building nnd handling of canoes. For
upon this slender thread their exist
ence hangs. The elaborately carved,
crescent shaped canoes may always
bo seen plying busily nniong tho Is
lands. Frequently they are tho only
sign of human habitation in n world ot
otherwise empty sea and rooted palms.
When the Interminable circle ot the
horizon softens nnd disappears and
the fever-laden evening mist creep in,
when the pnle waters reflect ns In a
mirror the burnt-out sky of day, tho
canoes, silhouetted against tho lumin
ous wnter, rllde swiftly to the method
ical lientlng of paddles, accompanied
by the low barbaric chanting of dark
skinned men.
FROM MINDS' SECRET PLACES
Coma the Materials for Drtama Which
Sometime On Finds So Hard
to Explain.
Ton read a
and forget every
Word of it. lears'
a scene from
the snine book
com Into your
mind ns a dream;
will not recog-
nine It and will
I where It came
from. Or you. will seeli person casual
ly on the street and f perfectly un
conscious of It. Hut e(Vy experience
Is registered In the tnlul somewhere,
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The Freedom of
Enslavement
By- Theodore- Roosevelt
(Coyprlght, , 1918, Kansas Ctly Star)
The surest way to kill a great
cause Is to reduce It to a hard
iund fast formula and Insist upon
the' application' of the formula
without iegsrd to actual existing
j conditions. If Is announced In' the
; press' that the president Is going
to' the' peace conference especially
! to lrsi.it, amo.ig other things, on
that one of his 14 polntB dealing
wllh tho so-called "freedom of the
sens." The preaidflnt's position In
the matter is, of course, eagerly
chami4oned by Germany, aB it
lias been .Germany's special posi
tion throughout the war. .It Is, of
coiirse', eagerly championed by the
New Yovk World, the Haarst pa
pers and all the rubber-stamp gen
try, it-is antagonized-by England
and France and by every nntl-Oor-
man In America who understands
the situation.
It Is utterly Impossible, In- view
of the Immense rapidity of the
change In modern war conditions,
to formulate abstraet policies about
such matters as contraband block-
.uuVn. These policies most be act
ually tested in order to- see how
they work. ' Both reversod them
selves In tills matter on several dif
ferent occasions. This Is interest
ing as a matter of history, but
from .no other standpoint; If- we
are honorable and Intelligent we
will .follow the course In this mat-
tor- which under- existing conditions
at this time seems most likely to
work Justice in the immediate fu
ture. !J
Germany's posllon was that Eng
land had no right to blockade her
so us to cut off her sifpplies from
the outside world, l'resident WilJ
son at the time accepted this view
and talked n good deal about the
freedom of the seas. Meanwhile.
Germany, through her submarines,
began an unprecedented course of
wholesale murder on the- seas
President Wilson protested against
this In language much more jipol-
ogotlc and tender .than he used In
protesting against 'Groat Britain
Iblockudlng Germany In- what was
essentially the same manner in
which we blockaded the south dur
ing the civil war. He put the do
llar above the man snil incidentally
above' the women and the children.
He protested more vigorously upon
the Interference with American
nnd some day you may see that -same
Iierson- In a dream. Perhaps some of
the great store of impressions hidden
nwny In your unconscious mind will
come to the surface In a dream In such
a way Unit you will feel that Uiera Is
something mysterious about it.
An old lady once told tho writer of
a dream she had, citing It as a com
plete Justification of her belief in
spirits. While on n shopping tour she
mislaid a valuublo umbrella, and for
the life of her could not remember
what she had done with It. It worried
her considerably, and that night site
had n dream In which she saw herself
go Into n restaurant, hang up the um
brella, and after eating her lunch go
uway, forgetting It. New York World.
Monarch's Costly Whim.
King Alfonso's ruined palace of Sun
Hdcfnuso nt Ln Granja is ono of the
freaks and one of tile glories of Spnin,
It was a liourhon monnrch who Invent
ed It nt the beginning of the eigh
teenth century. Philip V was out hunt
ing one day and rested at a sunny farm
culled the Grunge, occupied by monks,
The monks had humored tho moun
tain upon whoso slopes the fnrmbouso
was built nnd hud, made their beautiful
gardens conform- to1 tho ways of tho
irlnnt. i
Hut the king compelled the moun-
tnln to obey him. He blasted smooth
places on precipitous slopes, curry
ing uway thousands of tons of earth
nnd Rtones, nnd from the valley be
low he brought up miles of fertile
earth to form new fields and gardens.
Ily the time he had finished creatlfig
n new landscape and tilling Uic new
Versailles with tho best picture his
taste suggested, Philip was ready to
die In debt to the tuno of 43,000,1)00
pesetas. For that Is the sum -which
the monarch spent on San Ildcfonso.
Borneo Not Yet Civilized.
Although civilisation has made ex
cellent progress In Bomo parts of the
East Indies, bnrbnrous practices by the
natives on the Island of Borneo still
continue, according to O. K. Hoey, a
merchant of Pintnvin, .Tuva. He said
that traders who -visit Isolated sections
of Borneo found It necessary to re
main constantly nlert ln order te guard
against littacks hy Dynks, who, how
ever, are gradually being -driven farth
er Inland.
"On the Island of Ball the men stin
load themselves up with many Jewel
nnd heavy chain ns ornaments," ho
declared. "The nntlves make good In
come from their rice field nnd trnf
(Ic In pearls, but until a shnrt time
ago the sight of an automobile caused
grr.it amnM-menC
Old English Kama.
Tt would be interesting to know how
certnln place on the edge of St Louis
hnd Franklin counties got their names,
such a St. Alhnn, Melrose, Chester
field. Manchester and so on, all good
old English name, while the majority
of tho names on the letter boxes on
the Manchester nnd Melrose roads are
Germnn and undoubtedly many of the
people of thl part of tho -state aro of
German descent, although amonf tho
niost lotnl - of the American, of th
present day. But; who was responsK
-nrr. J?i'".n,rt.-Hf,.'.-i.;.
the Seas and the
of Mankind -
goods than against" the taking of
American lives.
Then, we finally went to war with
Germany ourselves. . We Instantly
adopted toward' Germany and to
ward neutrals like HolUud exactly
the position which President Wil
son has been denouncing England
for adopting toward Germany and
toward us. Our action in this
aase was quite right, whereas our
protest' against- England's action
had been entirely wrong. ',
President Wilson - now proposes
to accept the German view and '
provide a system which, If It had
been in existence in 1914, would
have meant the inevitable and rap
id triumph ' of Germany. ' If this
particular one of the proposed 14
points had been in treaty form
and had been lived up to in 1S14.
Germany would have had free ac
cess to the outsldu world. Eng
land's fleet would - not have en
ubied her to bring economic pres
sure to bear upon. Germany, and
doubtless Germany would have won
an -overwhelming victory within a
couple of years. Therefore, Mr.
Wilson's proposals is that now.
when no human being run foretell
whether Germany will not feel
chastened1 and morally changed, we
shall' take steps-which will - meun
that If the- war has to be fought
over again Germany's triumph will
have been secured In advanco, so
far as we are able to secure it.
All Buch conditions, ail' merely
academic questions or questions as
to the attitude of America or of
England before the outbreak of
the great war, a.e insignificant.
Whatever- our views prior to the
greut war, we are fools indued if
we have not learned the lessons
these last four and a half terrible
years have taught us.
The freedom of the seas la tho
sense used by Germany and Mr.
Wilson would have , meant the en
slavement of mankind to Germany.
It would have meant that this
country would at this time either
be lying prostrate under the feet
of German invaders or bo purchas
ing peace by runsonis heavier than
were paid by Belgium.
No patriotic American has tho
right to stand quiet and Bee the
president of the country try to
bring upon us such outrageous
potential disaster as would be- im
plied ln the general international
adoption of the so-called "free
dom ot the seas."
bio for the English names "of the set
tlements? St Louis Qlolie-Dcmncrnt
Wars That Made History.
The Civil war In America was fol
lowedIn 1800 by the Prusso-Austrian
campaign ln Bohemia, which may
be said to have lusted only seven
weeks, since Austria was completely
brought to terms hy her first crushing
defeat nt Koniggrntz. The logical se
quel to the Prussian war of 1800 with
Anstrin wns the German one of 1870
wllh France, though. Indeed, It mny
be said to have been practically de
cided In less than one month at Se
dan the rest of the time being lint a
long-drawn-out agony of fighting des
pair on the pnrt of the vanquished.
Dally Thought.
No mon enn justly condemn or cen
sure another, been.ise, Indeed, no man
truly knows another. Sir Thomas
lirowne.
Cables Improve With Age.
It Is founA that the Insulation re
sistance ot telephone cables Increases
with the age of the cable, when It lies
In' the ground, because- the moisture
It possesses appears to be dried out
IELL5 OF TROUBLES
Smith-Had Been fioing Down Hill
. Eight Years Gains Seventeen
Pounds by Taking lankic.
"This Tanlac has put me in shnpt.
to where I have gained seventeen
pounds," snid H. G. Smith, living nt
the Braud house, Butte, Mont., re
cently. Mr. Smith hns been book
keeper for the Tramway mine for th'i
past twelve years, nnd nlso owns a
valuable ranch nt Jefferson Island
and is one of the best known nnd
respected men in Montana.
' "My stomneh has given me so much
trouble for the past eight or nine
years," he continued, "that I was all
the time taking something trying to
get some relief. My food didn't seem
to digest at all, and my stomach was
in such a bad fix that if I leaned
against my desk I would almost cry
out with pain. I tried doing without
meats, and lived on a diet of the
very lightest things, but neither that
nor anything else helped me. Finally
my back got to hurting me so across
my kidneys, and I got so tired nnd
worn-out thnt I would have to lay
off some days and rest up. I was
troubled with constipntaion, and fre
quent headaches and lost weight un
til I got down to only one hundred
and twenty-eight pounds. I have al
ways been a steady worker, hut I had
gotten to where I never felt like put
ting in full time so you may know
I was a pretty sick man.
'When I saw shout Tanlac In the
papers I was feeling so miserable that
GOOD
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family can have. Be sure and keep it.
The best safeguard you can have is to eat good foods.
When your foods come from our store, you can depend.'
upon- them being' fresh and pure. The quality will lie
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quality can be sold for. ;
Phone us your Grocery order today. ' ; ,
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I was willing to try anything there
was a chaneq of giving me some re
lief. So I got a bottle and soon
started up hill. 1 now weigh one
hundred and forty-live pounds, which
gives me a gain of seventeen pounds,
and makes me heavier and stronger
than I have been since my troubles
started. My appetite is enormous,
everything I eat agrees with me, and
all the trouble has disappeared from
my stomach entirely. My back stop
ped hurting me by the time I had
finished my first bottle, and I'm nev
er bothered any more with constipa
tion and headache. My strength and
energy has all come back to me, and
I can work every day and feel none
the worse from it. My wife is now
taking Tanlac, and I'm sure she will
have something good to say for it,
too, as it certainly is a wonderful
medicine. Hardly a day passes but
what I tell somebody how it has help
ed me."
Tanlac is sold in La Grande by Si!
thorn and Richardsr.n Drug Btores;
in Union by L. A.Wright; In North
Powder by L. A. Hnssell and in El
gin by Scott E. Harris. Adv.
I Miss Friedcrike Schilke will open
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All kinds of rubho nd metal hot
water bottles and ice bags, rubber
tubing, combination f untain douche
bags are now in much demand. You
wiil find the best line of these goods
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