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THURSDAY. APRli; 21, 1921 .'
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jjywatiilrej lwta at ale mmmmi. -.'..
'llie SpraltN Now.
4i0k Spruit ciiulil no fa
Hie wife cnuW eat " 'van;
Tho price of meSt wan to high
bo they kept their platter clean.
i THEATRES
CONSTANCE TASADf;E
-AJ' ARCADE TREATIH3
0 Mhie. tve that yui ariwmar-fl
..... .u hii wnw i8Aui your nua-
banJ in niiirhty dan(erousO business,
evenjf yiw have jtii best of inten
tion. Cooxtance TaKnudKe demon
strate tbUfaetHi "l;an(erous Kusi
neKK,'' er BUest picture, which ons
Ian, tnicufeWnt of three days at the
Arcade inentre to.h.v sh ri.aiu
hrtself ini'a'eck of trouble, bu31eave!
it to conaiMnce to extricate herself
from an kind of difficulty, 1
"KINJS, SPBUCK" 'A ffi.
FECT FIT FOB
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"VASSAR"
What Makes Km WiliJ
Henry Timothy Suttdg. aed 14,
of Knoxville, Tenn., has filed suit
for divorce URninst his wife, Matrvie
Sutton, aired 117. He cluima his wife
to old and that "I never liked
her."
If poHienKer rates en much hither
u fella on a train will he looked on
as a spendthrift.
General Sherman evidently knew
nothing about- making out an income
tux report when he made his famous
remark, or he) might, have gone a lit
tle stronifcr.
Well!
(Kirkville, Mo., Journal.)
A woman by the name of Mrs.
James I'eninn was arrested
Fourth street for booth-ituing.
A BUILDING BOOM
' Indications- nre that the first important industry to ex
perience a revival will be. the building industry. The country
is admittedly short of buildings more' than it is" of anything
else, and can use to udvuntage air the houses that. can possibly
be constructed for several yours to. come. There will be a
serious shortage of office and store space and factory buddings
too ,as soon as condition approach normal again, and there- is
a growing conviction that the time, to pix-piire for future ex
pansion is before the expansion begins.
Falling prices are adding greatly lx this tendency. The
cost of brick, lumber, cement, steel and' nearly all other . build
ing materials has gone down, considerably, partly in, harmony
with the general subsidence of price' levels and partly as a
result of threatened prosecution for . price-fixing. The recent
reductions made by the United Stales Steel Corporation 'r are
already having a wholesome effect. .'
Money Is still rather tight, but in accordance with the pol
. icy of the Federal Reserve Board, bunks nearly everywhere are
making o special effort to provide loans for new construction,
especially homes. I ' '
The chief remaining difficulty is wages. Skilled" labor in
the building1 industries is paid, n general, higher than in any
other industry except possibly Railroading. There is a strong
esistence to wage reductions. ( However, many of the building
unions in the slate have already announced wage cuts, which
should be a still further inducement for building. '
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THE FARMER SOWS HIS SEED
Considerable discussion .has rnged during the winter over
the nrobable reduction of crop area in planting this spring.
Reliable information from Ihe chief agricultural regions of the I'1" . b" to the cook i hud a change
' iLt' .i . :n .k ,. ?f und decided to have a airlpin
Country inUICHU.'B Ullll, IIUIIIIU lUICISl- mil us umiuuinivu iuo
year by American farmers in spite of low prices and adverse
conditions. Cotton seems to be the only exception of importance.
This report indicates Ihe true spirit of the American farm
er, his optimism In the face of discouragement nnct his actual
love of his job and of the acres which he tills. In an era given
over to industrial unrest and slacking, it is a comfort to turn
to the annals of agriculture. The farmer may complain, he may
rail at the government, at the weather, the consumer and fate,
but when planting time comes he plants.
It is the cloim of the soil which keeps nations sound. It
is the claim of the soil which brings them back to order out
of chaos. Russia will emerge presently from her welter, the
greatest exponent of this truth. Her farmers will, save her.
"Thus the farmer sows his seed," chant the school child
ren, circiling in the spring sunshine prophets at play for,
sure enough,, he doesl And it is well for the nation that this
is true.
As. Tom Moors knf'W .cvory nook
and nranny of. Ireland, so lo
Holman Day, the noted ftutlior,
know Maine, the locale.'of most -or
his popular novels. Mr." Day has
'for Ihe past twenty yenra written
of peoplo with 'whom he rama In
contact dally, pooplo whose man
nerisms and' mode of living differ
entiate them from, the populace
of every other soction of the conn-1
try. ...
It Is Umy ho visualized In the
groaiosl or his novels, " King
Spruce' the . plclurlxnllnii of which
-starring Mitchell Lewis Is the spec
ial aitriiiiloii Sulimlny and Sunday
at the Slur Thenlro. The unlhor
has peopled his story wilh some of
ihe niiuinlest characters ever seen
on the screen ty.pes peculiar to
Ihe .Muliio I u in Ixi i- bell Imperson
ated by artists, who make them
appear lifidike in the picture vor
slon, ii nd Mr. Day's hero, Dwluht
Wade, Is a perfect fit for Milchfill
I. owls, the peer of dolinoators of
rugged lypos.
Making It More Comfy for the
Sermon Nuppers.
Kev. Gcorire ,H. Cillirrt rc.lnr nf
tho Kpiscjipal church of Chester,
Conn., has ordered the pews removed
from the church anil rocking chairs
installed in their place.
'Twas Ever Thus.
The "Perfect Venus" discovered in
the ruins of Carthage is headless.! Someone in the House."
lhat part of the discovery does not story of Jim lhirke, known
lie
ROfJUKS AND ROMANCE
IN DRAMA OF MYSTERY
AT SHERRY THEATRE
surprise. A girl who finds out that
she is Denutiful. usiiullv lost ihir
head.
What Honied It?
Esteemed sir:
1 stopped in n La Grande caffv List
evening and ordered a small steak:
After the waiter had bawled the or-
instoad. Nutifylnir him on mv Ip
cision, he stood looking perplexedly
at me for a moment. Then his face
brightened, he smiled, and leaning
over, whispered in my ear, "That's
an rtgni, i (lend, there's no differ
ence in cm.
C. F. J.
Optimistic.
A colyumist uttered a curse,
lie hankered to write lofty verse;
nut tne tnsK got his. goat,
So a limerick he wrote.
And remarked, "Well, it might, have
been worse! '
Will son, My Hat and Googles. Please
(Ad. in New York Times.)
LOST Work of art in negligee.
on Kifty-ninth street, between Mad
ison and Lexington nvenues.
A TOWN'S FUNERAL.
A town Unit never has anvthln
to do In n public wev Is on the way
lo Ihe, e)ime',nry.i 'Any! rltlnen who
JII do nothing for hls'toij-n Is lull p
Ing to dig the grave.'. A msn tlrnl
"Onsses" the town furnlshc the fo!V
fin. Thi mnn who la'so selfish ns
to have nn lime to give affairs Is
tnaklne tho shroud, Tho man who
will not ndverllsn Is driving the
henrse. Tho mini who Is always
pulling back from any public enter
prise throws boouels nn tljn frrnve.
.The man who Is so Rllnuy as to be
howling hard times, preaches the
funeral, slugs the doxoloey. And
thus Ihe town lies buili-d from all
.sorrow mid care.
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Chambers nf Commerce nnd olh.
'r public bodlen are gradually wak
ing up lo tbn nee of nlrcruft for
mrver purposes. SUantiolv the
nlng will bo found III Venziieln,
where nrranKnineiits hnvn been
made for Ilio carrying out of it
survey uf a vast tract nf land, the
exploration of which would luke
ubout librae yours und cost ubout
)85il,0V per vnuuro mile If cur
ried' out in the nrdihury way. The
yovornmenl, ieullliig-ihe use of
aircraft, bus lirnnged that Ihn sur
vey shall be carrli'd out by air.
The work will occupy only n few
weeks, and tho cos will bo I rif
fling compared with that of a reg
ular survey.
The coming season eliould see
many of our ally governments In
terested In this prugiesslve dmiil
opmenl, sad aerial pliotogfuplilc or
Kanl.utlous shuuld lose no tlmu In
orgAuliing them with tile beni'llts
of uothil sui-veylng.
Still another kind of optimist is
the person who tries to board. a
crowded car with one of those large
millinery boxes.
WHY
LENIN BARS
PORTERS
RE-
The Soviet government continues
lo eomnlum tliat Russian 4-omlitious
r mailer cities niul Iowim lire lead. I under its enlightcnd regime are mis
Ji'K the wuv. and while some, of leprescntoil in America. It ulso con
llie cities of Ihe flieii class huveltinues to bar American newspaper
had tho mailer under advisement, jcorrespondents from Kus.-ia. Such
none has. ns vol. ilelhilteh- under ' few news writers ns have penetrated
Inl-en o romnlelo aerial ui;vev. 'j'" 'hut Kcd heaven have had t'very
In Now YnrV rnrhirt cornorn-' possible obstacle placed in their way.
Hfins, hsv ullllie.l aerial ph0. 1"'"! In Jit cases have been ofresttHl,
ernplK to show the advantageous '"'Prisoned, robbed and otherwise
location nf their hank, office build jlll'ucl whn tbey were delivered,
lee-, haiol. etc., but eonslderstlon A ",f,'"''tativ of the Soviet
slinuld Immedlaiely he nlveif Kfnur I KovlM "i'"' expla.rts the. reu.on for
rltv father, to having prenared ,r,r,"K . T"'"" ""espondents as
eemnlete aerial, mrvea of tha me- f ' f. T u Vi''
trnnolls . 'ttr"i rlu th laiuh' tm'v w,,ul,l ""'
London, nrjand': t. having J"?""'"1, 'T W"ul,,
.,,, jl . ,he taken as oiy o much ai.ue pro-
rompleie map iriiPfe(l, aRil in p,,.,,.,,!,
aerial nonlao of R,liilinr- a,.Ai I ... , . . .
..,,,. :"v" eiruiy, uiDjioviet luiiiil Ivorks in a
....... "i'.-i.',, mystenouv ' AsematH-rs "stand,
Ihif request of ah Kdlnbnn forpo-m.rican .will hav to extent tj,em
tntlon In order that a aof the; selves f..ra while longer with such
elly might jje had t onceoso nt .reports asethe Bolsheviki themselves'
rertaln pohit-clo boundary du-jse fit 0 flromulgate. Their nn
pute biween Edlnburg and Lleth tnouncemei))s, of course, Mil be Uler
might be settled. Th module wasjitg isp idlit of being intended
prelinredoinsld thr weeRs. On-i prnpagamU. It Wouhb be indelicate
ly threo fllglils were mde end JdeeI, quotion any statement
Iwenty-seven photograph taken
These were enlarged and phyed o-
ftiuile by Bolshevist VAtesmn.O
nmnng the social elect. He bo
eoines friendly wilh a young so
ciety man and through him gains
entro Into the set which he Is
planning to rob.
Through- a "pawnbroker fence"
Hurke makes iirranaemenls lo sub.
Mtilule a. set of . paste jewels for
the orlKfnal diamonds which he
hopes to obtain by making love to
the beautiful daughter of a wealthy
I
COLUMBIA
RECORDS
" "'' For
MAY
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We're Having
A Sale of
NEW SPRING
Oxfords
at $6.25 pair
Of dark brown calfskin,,
medium weight . und full welt
sole. Mude on a medium,
narrow too ins). A good val
ue and there are all sizes
complete - now. See window.
I'rlce (1.2.1
ATHLgflC UJtf&N SUITS
o $1.00
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e
Many men 111 La C.rande are Silreajly acquainted with
thfe famous0 maka of .uiidefweer. and we aiimleed proiid
lo b ablft lo oflsr to our customers tbo season for lb
first Vim.. "
Ml
'Vassar''
Union Suks
Coine In and Investigate
value! at !"' each.
lhem. They're remarkable
New
Knit Ties
, : $1.00
Black, brown, green, purple and heather mtxlures In
very narrow nek knit taes. The kinds that are so nuch
In demand these days, i
A big special purchase of several dozen enables us lo
offer them at this price. Inspection invlied. Price Hit each
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family. Just when success seems
assured the dancer finds his care
fully laid plans overturned by un
event which ho hud always figured
as absolutely Impossible tho lovo
of a good woman.
Showing at Sherry's today and
tomorrow. Also showing ii comedy.
I'lItE PATROL ASSOCIATION
TO ELKCT 1)1 K fXTOMS
The Union-Wnllowa county fire as
sociation will hold its annual meet
ing at the Y. M. C. A. on Friday, Ap
ril 22. At this meeting a board of
directors for the ensuing year will be
elected. The policy for the fire fight
ing season will also be outlined at
the meeting.
The association is n local fire pat
rol association composed of forest
owners of Union and Wallowa coiin
ties and exists for the purpose of
.fighting and preventing fires in the
forests.
Two additional fire patrols will be
put on by the forest service in this
district during the coming summery
according to F. W. Kendall, forent
ranger. Kendall has also receivcid
word from the district offices in Peiii
dleton to the effect that inferior spe
cies of trees, lodge pole pine, etc.,
could be used for building purposes
by those who lease camp sites on
Mt. Emily and other places in .the
district. Yellow pine and other sie
cies having commercial value can
not be had for that purpose, however.
Permits must be secured to' secure
the free use of this timber.
America Imports almost twice ntf
many nuts as it produces.
BAKER COUNTY' WILL
VOTE ON COUNTY FAIR
BAKER, Apr. 2fl The quesllon
of a Baker county fair will be. put
up to the voters at the Juno elec
tion, according to Ihe report bf
a committee of which Morris Shel
ton is chairman. There remains
two weeks In -which to get the re
quired .number, of signatures to put
the question on the ballot. Nino
hundred names will be Required on
the petitions.
DISORDERS ARE SPREADING
ROME, Apr. 21. The disorders in'
which the extreme nationalists nnd
the communists have been engaged
in northern and, central Italy, have
spread to the southern, portion of
Italy, says the Epoca.
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Somebody's husband complain"
that the trouble with keeping u bud
get is that, while II looks cqiivtecing
enouir-h on' naner. it fulls to work-nut I
In' practice. '.. t-'.-j ;v.'-1-
Now on Sale .
W. H. Bohenkamp ;
Co. j
Making; Houses Homes
Have Von Died
Staw Flakes
in the Family
; I in v
You Know hqw good Snow Hakes arc how
crtsp and lJly? You can serve tnese dainty
walcitt ml so many occasions. Why nut brty 4
ituuty-i.it tin, which wilt injure j uxuuiit
supply? Yotir grocer can supply you.
f vim
Don't Mk or cr JK-Acr j'
tjy SNOW f LAKES.
The Union County Ad club and the Elwyn Concert Company an
nounce the appearance in La Grande on
SATURDAY APRIL 30TH.
V of the celebrated & I A' I '"
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Featuring ' (
71 artists and the world-famous conductor Josef Stransky.
PRICES: $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. Anyof these seats may be reserved at
.Van Uinen's Cigar Store, beginning at 10 a. m., April 2Gth. Out of
town mail orders given preference on $2.00 and f 1.50 grades. .Some
few unreserved seats, but very limited. -'"-
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First number at 8:45 and none seated, during rendition of any
number. First number of about half hour duration, hence necessity of
early seating. ...
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ARCADE
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