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PAGE NINE THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE ELEVEN 1 SEES FAME FOR E M FLOODED (By Associated Press) J, AXCHDKAOi:. Alaska. Auir. IS I. I Within five years it is expected J that Alaskan apples will be among I ." iruita on me markets ot ''. . . world, paugcil by experiments be (By Associated Press) jng conducted in various iwrU oU- HEl.ICNA, Mont., Aug. IS. Pumps I the temperate zone qf the teniae have been drawn and the North tory aloiinr Tui'iiairain Arm. SovinK, iimu X ViV - ALASKAN AITLE- -- THEATRES Butte mine, one of the famous cop-apples have been produced and fromtn per properties of the Butte district : the original stock other seedliiiKtl is DeuiK permiuen to uooa wun wa- will be propuKateil- Growing apple.fle Ur up to the 2,800 foot level, from ! and pears has long been an imlus.,..' which point there is drainage to .try in Finland, growers state. am"'t an adjoining mine. Depletion of a: the same system used in introduc consiuerauie poruon 01 me ore re- ing me lruit tliere is being eni.k- That I ho Ini'lihMiff- of spui-ls on til lAnivriran youth ot Iwthiy Is grfttl tH trmphu-ally hnuifrht mil In Tllfllni; Willi Honor." Ill,- t nixvrsal Ji-wel photoplay now showing? ul Ih Ulnr Thi'iilris Tilt, luirodiicllon nf almost t-vpry The trpps is it. in tln..i ! ...... Ul.lh. n nf hinh in ,, ." II IWllllOK. hill! a ilHlllt'liU'M I II Ik IIIIIUI'IICU Renes and the present discouraging conditiono of -the metal market are given: for the abandonment. the. North mute mine has been the icene of two disastrous arci-jhot bed pioycu in AiasKa. it consists iiD "kkiiik a noie lour leei in tieptl,p. anil six feet in circumference, inUiit wnicn iertiiizer Is packed like ,! EVERETT TRJK jy ijjj jooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocrioooooooooooooota ti.ivW simiht ixi'i,ci:xi'i:s hoys J.N IV S. I'ririhig With llouur" at star TlH'uliv Shows INiwit or Unix's Owt Yiiiiths. preaches, the trree is covered within ,i,., i n, nr., June,, 1M17, cost 16a lives. The oth av in' IUM reviiltAil in mniw thnnln frama an.l n .. -.1.1 . . r r.r.iitiir -ipcu lnu yollth lhllt ,. hlir,nj. , ov .v ... i ine same system of undergrounfer lemph islwd. Kvory youth Iiuh his fa it. Tvas In the North Butte inforcing has been applied to strawon-: vorlta namv and his Ih topk urn ih., 1917 ithat Manila Duggan contmeil! berries with the result that th R. hid.; who exce l in that spon. me pidn oi iiiiprovinHig a ouiKneao iruu lias oecn advanced at least -'It i aurins tne lire. Mis cool-neaueii- month, growers state. (Among th ness at that time is said to have i latest berry to be introduced intiv saved; the lives of more than twen- the far north is the thornless black-0t iy miners wnom ne nau iei to an rarry, wnicn the lruit growers a;""" sert, bids fair to become anothraw desirable variety of garden fiuit. itp. old drift where thev touk tefuge f romj the deadly -ganes behind a bulkhead built of boards and cloth ing. ' Duggan lost his life attempt ing to rescue a miner after the bulkheatl had been torn down and 'the (refugees were fighting their way Ito clear air after , forty-eight hours imprisonment. Since this fire the rvlkhead has been resorted to by tire-trapped miners in various di asters and on several occasions has resulted in the saving of lives. In the Argonaut mine fire in Califor nia . a year ago the plan was fol lowed, without success. It s use then was said to have been sug gested by a man who was with Duggan and his comrades in 1917. The North Butte has produced millions of dollars worth of ore and was said to have been one of the most up-to-date properties of its kind in the world. Ventilation ex- "GAS" TAX BIG fienments were carried on conunual y and the canvas air-pipe ventila tion system developed to a high degree- It was equipped -with various safety devices, including steel fire trap doors and emergency refuge rooms equipped with cold air. Few mines, once allowed to flood, are reopened, and it is thought doubtful by Montana mining men whether the famous old North Butte will ever again be operated. COIN PRODUCEl.se r (WO (By Associated Press) ns, l,HKVENNK.-Wyo.. Auk. 18. Tlfss, improvised! treasury of Wyoming was enrichtOns uy more inan $2Z,uuu in the firige. two months of operation of tltice state's new gasoline tax of one ceter per gallon, . according to .figui'Mo cuiiipneci uy jonn w. Snyder, atari"- treasurer. In April, the first monl in w;hich the law, passed at the latel, session of the legislature, was fective, a total of $8,164 was cf lectccl. In May the amount incret'-tp. ed to $1421. The total for June, not vet ported, is expected to exceed $20,0 c--and for July and August the amodHf is expected to be in excess of lf 000 per month. The estimate of UP" state highway department, that 1 R. new mw would brine in a total V"- willtr- Pony Express Operation Depicted in Magazine OMAHA. Auy. IS. How tli old I'ony KxprcH.' opyrutt'd during thu Civ I War and how ltia to be rn-un-acted this month, Ih told in the L'nion J'aclCif .Miigazine, which Ih being dis tribuled toduy. Itul'iulo ' Hill's n-jphew William I. C'odv Goodman, will I tail off on the first lap from Kt. Joseph, Missouri on Auffimt 31, . Thy' run will end at San Krunclsco on t'tilifornlrt's AdmlsuLon Jity, Syptt'mber it. Tho fualest l'ony lOxprytw record of 7 days and 17 hours, which .was iniide with I'l'-usidt'iit Lincoln's Inaugural addreHH in lhtii, may he broken, although thu celebration thia year was designed to cull attention to tiie Pony Kxpress rather than to break records. TIil route ot the old Pony Kxpreati closely paralleln the rout of tho San Francisco-Overland limited of the L'nion Pacific-Southern Pacific, except that tiie train goen through Omaha, and the Pony Kxpresv started at St. Jo seph. Of the til Pony Express riders recorded in history, only ti survive, Charleii Cliff of St. Joseph, who may ride for a lew blocks in St. Joseph be fore turning over his mount to lluf falu Bill's Xeptiew, W. H. Streepcr of Farinlngton ftah. Tom Itaipthan or Los Angeles, Charles Becker of West fall, Oregon, and John Sccback and Wdliam Pridham, both of Alameda. California, Tho I'ony Express lusted from April 3, lS'tiO to October -4, 18 61,' when the Pacific Telegraph was completed. .Many of thu pony cx p re S3 nun later became drivers lor Den Holladtiy's stage line that was discontinued upon the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory, L'tah, connecting the t'nion and Central Pa cific, The Pony Express required the services of SO riders. horses, lift) stations and 4M0 station men. Tlio longest continuous trip without more than S1G0.000 per vear. proven conservative, it is anticipaj by state officials. 3 En- La Stunt I a it) CHICAGO A thu Standard Oil bply Welcomes Probe. P""' ug. 18.-Directo; ' T Ml fnniiv.nv nt Supper, tci-ri r 3 Jimmy Hunr, tho mes.seiu;..r hoy In 'Trifling With Honor," was a basn bail fan. Jin never mitved a ikhiim in his homo town, and ha praeiicttl swinging U bat so much around tho house! that lie hrok all of ihtt eleeirl cal fixtures. And tut adored Itat Shu gruo, thft hoinf run king of thu Pa cific Coast League. Hat was lit idol. 1 1 stood ready to fight any youth who proclaimed that any player was better than Itat and ho road the sport pages every day for news of his hero. When he rend a serieti of article tibout lint's life, written under Itat's own signature, he devoured every line of copy and believed U. The stories were evolved in the imaginativu bruin' of a sports writer, hut they pictured the great Hat ns tho Meal lypti of manhood, grown out of a boyhood un iinpcueliuble. And Jimmy, who was iui tough-a youngster in: ever tied a can on an old dog's tall, threw his cigarettes away, shifted . a sneering type of jaw to normal and reformed - utterly. After Jimmy reformed lie set forth to malto tho personal acquaintance of bin hero and tho meeting, under most ilra mat ic olrcumslunces, leads to tho reformation of "Hat," Throughout Director Pollard has bundled Urn htory with the artistic and dramatic fineseo that makes all of his pro- actions stand forth nn masterpieces oi tho cinema asl. t is a picture of intense human In terest appeal and Its characters -am portrayed by an til) -star ciist. inclurt- nidiy Look, y?, 11 mm i --. PATRONIZE The Grande Ronde Meat Co. All tho Timo ' ' FOR THE BEST MEATS 'nAnnflnnuunOflnnoOOOOIlllOOOOOOQOIlOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP w 7 V . m VAN Culinary Crea Goal finished lilKh llku all wl.lc- luutii. aro look From Crusls and Q lly IH-.II1 I Klulo or Olf-L-on of illana. mo.-tlng l,crB ThurSliav'ars '"K Itork.-liriL. J-Vllowo.. ii.iirn...! .1,1. .".1 ' ' "I""" '"''"Dlf- jvuimcii tviiiiuiu uiinouiicliii,' uti, ac llun lo moot the ralso In price oiL-ms-ollno In Moulh Kukota, urrec-tlve tlat-ui-iliiy. wheru Uovernor V. H. l.Mc .Masler unnoiincoil ho would advince luiros to within li.B eenla of tho (Aico liol'oru tin- price reduction coir.uVU Kon wiu Hlartcd. I Tho standard, :iiowover. offorci lt-j aid to Governor Jlc.Mnster In hislan-' nouncod Inl'cntlon to invo.stlfmto con dition In the Induiitry. The Standard Oil Company of Indiana reduced Pllees li.ii cenls throuirh Us territory niter (loveihor Mc.Masler had order ed state depots In .South bakola to sell misolhie fur 111 cents, and the .Slandurd hud met the price. Local oil men said lliey looked for no ehunire In prlcea In the u staten Included In Ihe territory of tho Stand ard (ill Company of Indiana before tho first of Ihe woek, despite the fact that In the previous step In thu "war" Soulh Pukola hits led tho way. clal train over n miles of new truck from .Montreal lo .Muttawac. Kroni Matlavvae tho company, under the di rection of Henry Kolker. made Its way hy iIok train to camp Tem-Ki A llnt-car loaded with windoo chines and' tochnlcnt ..f"ip tho fllminfr of .litest--" was tuken , r grow, new .hsIc u, about our PERPETU" P'n- W. give tc gunrantee. Cat started VAN ESS will not disap .mt you. Sold by Glass Drugs,.! Orande, Ore. Ti-tnil Hide iui Vain. MANCHKHTISU, N. H.. Auk. 18. Coon und mink liave been niuklns yerlous Inrouds into the supply of troul in tho streams of New Hamp shire, acvortllnc to Motl I.. Hurtl.-tt. commlsslonor of fisheries and came. Low witter hua forced thu fish in laifc-o numbers to take refUBo in deep hole:! and pools. "It is right here." says Mr. IJartlett, "that tho iinlmal fishermen, lovers of brook trout as much an thu epicures of the human family, come into t heir own. Trapped In these holes unit unaljlo to make their escape, troul. even the iar;;er specimens, readily become victims of tho sly mink und coon," 1'olMl Diet .Mils Kpui-ls. WAHWAW. July ; (lly Mail) A special Sports Commission of thu Diet h.i! been formed to deal with all mallcni of athletics and physical ed ucation in I'olaud. ln of thu first decisions of this commission was that l.onc; Islam! miss itm mm now why one man tells another about mue Boars forimil rest period was milvslnu rcolullon of a lc?lslativo charac made by Uuffulo Bill at the age of 16. inland "Ocean" Is iHtwn AkuIii. (By Associated Press.) SALT liAKK C1TV, LUih, Aug. 18. i he Great Salt 1-ake. which on Jure 1 this eur reached the highest level s:nce if. affain receding, according- to J. Cecil Alter, meteoro logist In this city. ' lie evaporation. .Mr. Alter says, ta'-tecl Juno J 5; when the lako was vigil t feet ahovB zero of the ' water ganjio. f ix Inches h Iff her than the previoir. record of thirty-four years a so. Mr. Alter expresses tho opin ion that the lake will continue to re cede, for this year at least. ftreat Salt 1-ikt according to geolo gists, in a remnant of the former Juke Bonneville, which many thou sand ars ago extended over what Is new western l'tah and Nevaia am! was drained by the Columbia Itiver, ier "Hi lie passcu without previous communication with the Polish Com mitteo of tho Olympiad and the Pol Ish l'nion of sporting organi-iiitions. We Offer One modern 6-room house. Terftv IJ5M.00 cash, balance payable month ly down to the mortgage now on prop erty. IF SKIN BREAKS OUT AND ITCHES APPLY SULPHUR One good 5-room not modern house. Terms '2b.) cash, balance payable- monthly down to the mortgage now on property. JuFt the moment you apply Mentho Sulphur to an itching, burning or broken out skin the itching stops and healing begins, says a noted skin spe ciaiiat. This sulphur preparation, made into a pleasant coid cream, gives such a guick relief, even to fiery eczema, that nothing has ever been found to tak its place. Because of its germ-destroying prop erties. it quickly subdues the itching, cools the irritation and heals the eczema right up, leaving a clear, smooth skin in place of ugly eruptions, rah, pim ple or mugtuitts. Yrj not have to wait for improve-men-. H quickly show You can get a little iar ot Kiwlci Ueuthou!phuf it any drug store. I We have one good modern home. Terms Slad.oo cash. La Grande Investment Company life Don't wait for someone to urge you. Today right now we ask you to sample this un usual cigarette. Learn why it is causing so much comment. Note its distinctive flavor, its surprising and agreeable difference from any cigarette you have ever smoked before. We call this new cigarette Blue Boar, be cause it is developed from America's favorite fine tobacco, Blue Boar Pipe Mixture. The secret of this new-type cigarette is in a newly discovered method of blending. Blue Boar tobacco is triply blended a new dis covery in cigarette-making. It is a costlier, slower process but worth it, as you'll agree. The result of this simple discovery makes all the difference in the world an entirely new taste. Try a pac today. When the Little Pi tine and 4 1 loinoiij' mith & Frees 1517 Jefferson AvQ. ' LA GKANDK, OHKUON Call Main BiiJ. ponooooooooooooooonooc oooo TV v s Si 5i 2i OI i o l 0 0 ol o o o o o o o o o: ! 0 SI in you thu beat of training and a collcKhito decree in thu Inadlntr puiHulta and professions, as followa: IJiiKlneerliiK, AKil(mlt:re, Com inuice. l-'oreslry. Homo Kconom- lew. Military Helcnco and Tac tics, Minim;, I'harmacy Voca tional Education and Muaic, student llfo at tho CoIIpk in rich In opportunities for leuderaliip and puisonal cul ture . J Fall Term Opens September 28, 1923 Kor Information write to ! TI1W HEOIHTUAU Oroguu AKrlcultural College - Corvallla Kathleen Campbell Soprano PIANO AND VOCAL INSTRUCTOR Coach Accompanist Studio Eastern Oregon Music Go. Telephone Main 119 Residence Foley Hotel, Main 773 Furniture Exchange COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS Any Make Sewing Machine for Sale or Rent From $5.00 to $Mfi.OO ED DONOHUE, Prop. Phone 474-J Fir & Jefferson B BLUE English ISknd OAR Giparetks ONE MAN SjLLag JEIJS ANOTHER? Relltbl AffwU fur Reliable 1201 AUamt Ave. Fliona Main Tijl SHERRY'S SUiMJAY AND MONDAY Love Under IS'oi tliern Skies Adolnh Zukor Presents ALICE BRADY In- Snow "The Bride" A Paramount Picture A vivid, virile tale of the snowswept North. With fate as Love's helpmate in a scene that's the. thrill of thrills, the climax of climaxes in the greatest of great snow-country pictures. Comedy, "DUJin WAITERS" uui t3 e o e o o o a a o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
