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- . . SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, JD23
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Hofltg-Jafkte Coogan in "Old
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ItfiglhlliphodTOme" vaudeville
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Oregon "A Kisa ifor Clntfer-
Ha," by James M. Barry. starring
.Betty Bronson. .V.
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vp'fver wen.t off Into. u ejaptr bar
rel llghttr Wei t oat-a- pa'it filled
With lotise f r'Sniicesciat'tered' to?
the floor Max'i. head was enrel-;
oped In a blanket and, a wind ma
chine ble adfno im6nf"et. !
Up jumped be 'erstwhife' slum
bering theptan and with a wild
shriek for help dashed off the set.
The; boys at. the,studio:.ar tar
ing their money at long odd that
Max will ileept" bo more on thj
Coogan set i -
Besides Jackie and Mai David
son the rant of OId CTollies" in
cludes Lillian Elliott. Joan Craw
ford , Alan "Forrest. James Mason
end Stanton Hee. , TTv story a
'"The new national president ot
tV AnieriPan Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. 'Eliza London Shepherd, was
formerly a lawyer by profession
and is now a ranch manager. She
h the Mister f the hrt bPlorert
author Jack London, and for 20
tyears has managed his raarh in
ii k i r " r AJLi is ua fiantoa neeK. Try story wraa
especially for- Jackie by
' Salerri Engament
Breathing the Christmas air
of- fairyland - and HpreadingC a
yuleftlde message of faithand Us
reward. "A Kiss for Cinderella,"
with -Betty Bronson to the title
role, opens Its J&Iam engagement
aC the Oregon iheaterthla after
noon. ; ' V
jfftr the children; of I course,
there lis a' particular appeal to this
sereen portrayal oi the - famous
fanciful romance 'of thV legendary
Cinderella, tut J.'lll. iBarfie In his
picture interpretation of the fa
mous myth .haa.alka dressed ;1t. in
a garment of interest wliich calls
strongly to the imagination of the
grownups. All of the charm that
ha endeared the tale to childhood
of all generations is retained.. and
that has been added a humorous
twist 'that carries the audience
into gales of laughter. v
In the elaborate attention which
was paid to detail in the filming
of the production the producers
-hare scored Achievement that will
not "seen be forgotten, JKafr .there
iss ah elaborate side to the' picture
f that gives it rank among tfte films
I classed as masterpieces - -if rthe
k screen. The technical .iccoplish
r. jnents incident to staging . some
of the. Bettings are nothlnfc short
of wonderful, and will rlie tiilly
appreciated by those wnS )stndy
'pRjrures for this sort "of jthin.
Supplying the glass stfnDers worn
Jr.Mlss ; Bronson feal gCass
wasi .a :-task that i'oull . hare
Htuipped f any producer, conslder-
mg-nnattney had" to be actually
wtiniAnd, therefore, : hadf'to be
substantiar as. well as dainty..
JnMiss v"Bronson was picked - to
play-Cinderella chiefly becmise' of
herremarkal)le success in por
traying "Peter Pan" ta the ; mov
ing; JietuVe patron.a; yearago.
Supporting her in tie principal
,roles -are Tom Jttooro" and EstheT
Kalslon.
Oie famous nlaywricht, Wiliarrt
MHk who fonceived Jackie's pre-
vlons vehicle "The Rag Man."
Jack Coogan, Sr., super vised the
iUininr of the . production -aud
FranJf B. Good ; officiated at the
cameras
WMi the ;iWbinen
ni n m fmirmihii-
ULU ILU nits rav
iiltiitie
Will Impound a Lake 100
Miles Long to Get Power
"KASAS CITY, iIo.-.The thud
of axes and fhe crash of O,0e
trees on the banks of the Osage
river near - BagnelL sMo., will
herald fhe .dnsttf tfenonof . a ,dam"
that will impound a lake more
than 100 miles long and have 970
miles of shore ine.
Through the sluices will rush
the tawny waters of the Osage
river to turn five turbines each
generating- 25,000 horsepower of
electricity, to vitalize factories.
light towns and speed transporta
tion in Missouri.
The lake to be created'wilUiajre
1,880.000 acre-feet of scora-ge
capacity, much more than the
Elephant Butte reservoir. The
turbines will produce almost as
much primary power - as does
Muscle Shoals.
The Missouri Hydro Eleetric
company, which willliuikl the dam
also has purchased land for . the
erection of two other power plants
about 100 miles sonth on -the Cur
rent river. These,, its offivers sat
will produce 5S.000 horsepower..
Linked with the Osage river plant.
183,000 horsepower will be pro
duced, if the projects are complet
ed for transmission through Mi-
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Linn Creek, an old' Missouri
town with an almost unchanging
population of ab'out 500 persons.
win be inundated fn the Osage
reservoir. The -power . company
expects to- build -a nrvf town for
Linn ; "Greek's- people oaa nearby;
hilL v ' $iJV":&Jh .
' The power.. plant indjtitoB wrUl
be-built largely of local, materials., j
Alargeeifts;oMMJ wfl-k
used ht the concrete - with Mime-
toccing- will le -use The dim
jfrjll rest upoitmestoite'-wftfcn'ha
been "drilled Z.4 . -feet' ' without
pcr&ctration'. s.
Jackie Coogan, Star; Dis
Covers Way4o Keep-Actor
From Sleeping t
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..Max Davidson may not suffer
frittinsjomnia, but heteaftef hTll
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V,eareiui anoui iaumg asieepon
J Jakle'Cqogan's- set f the Metro-
fffx,U:who appears' in Xdckie'a
n; fHnl. "Old Clothes,,, has
tittWfjjf falling asleup on the fiet.
Dlf Coogan,- and" director ddle
Clin Jeel that" an- actor ca hot
glve hin best ' work after vbing
asoused from a slumber no mat-
trVjfow light4 ' J "
. During the filming of "Old
Clpthes," now playingr at ihe: Jlej
;li.thiBatrp:.,came-tlie blow-off Tho
actors were .told Cto-.take "-- thefr
rUcefc, ;bul iTax "failed lo put'.in
1 Appearance,, and 'Jackie, dis-
c-omr him dozing' peacefully," in
: WfgMbrrtschatr..r,The.litU skar
oacjHvedx a Bche'me. fa waken- JJax
that ' Would"" have - done Justice' to
the'V81 '. the, Kataen jammer
:: K)rfh'.t Everyone n" the set 'jwas
"pNied.1 ihto fcervibfe to carry icrut
Jaf He's. idea. .:?
.jtefil-ciatter--craBn! ;A :re-
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Br. Lindsey' Blayney, president
o( .'College ,of Industrial rArts,
Denton. Te.wia. resisting efforts
to l.f orce him ; to resign beeause,
it Is said, he dances with "girl stu-
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. JACKIE COOCAX URE
and the mother of three children
TraArecent f lectedthe most In-
temgent co-ea in. the uaiversity In
a audnt election...
That inimitable little star,
Jackie Coogaa. is featured In
Heilig theater. It is one of the
"Old Clothes" now playing at the
best, if ntt the best pifure Jackie
has made.
California with the romantic name
the "Valley of the Moon.'
She was born in Iowa, sh says,
but went to California to live
when she was a. very young girl.
"'Ever since I "Was 21 1 have been
a practi4"ing Attorney with my
husband," she says. ' It was al
ways Shepard and Co., and I was
tho Co."
When Jack London bought the
Valley of the Moon ranch Mrs.
Shepard gave tip'hcrlaw practice
to take care ef his holdings when
he was away on cruises.
"You pee there were seven or
eight years between us fa that I
was not only a big sister but had
practically mothered him. We were
strangely companionable and al
ways had a complete understand
ing." Mrs. Shepard ha six ranches
now under her control and 1400
acres. She has had as many as
tZ employes at one tiiae and
spends her days , on the ranch, on
horseback overseeing the various
operations. She expects to go back
to California after her term of of
fice as Auxiliary president expires,
and in the meantime her son is
managing the properties.
MtMro-Oo!diryn-fayer has" what
Is known as the "Hopeful Depart
ment." which dies nothing bnt
answer letters from stage-struck
youngsters and ojderfolk who
want to enter th$ movies Some
of the letter are humorous, but
many are pathetic. Officials lay
much of th -Uaimor the present
movie nctihp cr,axe at the iloor.lof
the utess ageiafs) Many of them
have wrttte ic'ow J$gsl6ries about
girls who -have became facbus over
nighjUjA ; jesujt vle: studios
are constantly . fledged' F4h hun
dredsof pplicati6Sst Ift ordefo
avoij f tfMeJTmpreisjsions :f tif In
the movies' s-ed tb ase which
jobs Lean heobufned, JMG.-M
haveisittdetia 4der 'forbidding
their .Jres agents,-to 'write a story
whkfc. efnXey'anr4mprea8ion that
accesf to movie fftme is fasy and
starsjafe made ofer lights
Ethics fit Caotiire of
smugglers being i augni
SPRlNRTIEt.D,Il1?--r:rh1ffs in
ratchng bootleggers are being
laiish eres-ii school for prohi-
bhion agents. 4 s- ' i
;Recognf7ing-' thltt he crude
tactics of agents -in enforcement
work in some sections have
brought both the officers and the
la w in to tltsrepu t e th e go vernment
established the school in an efrort
to teach the dry agent "how to
sain respect, not only for himself
hut also the prohibition law. -
Tha school i under the tutelage
of Thomas Williamson. I'nited
States-, attorney, and oJhn B. Mad
den, .deputy prohibiton ndminis
trator ;of IUinois r . . , .
, ew' Athena-Kamela branch of
the TV'&lla,,' Walla-Baker, toll tele
phone,Hne wil Icost fS.fiOO.
Curator, MaJ Have fund
V - Site of Legendary Tribe
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LINCOLN, i. Noh.-What , may
EaVebeen. the habitat1 of the le
gen darjr tost trfhe otChetoke. In
dians tot which t tie famous Chief
Sequoia lost hij? ljfMo the search
leen4 nncovered in
Kichardson, Coh nty, Nebraska, by
&, ,E. . Blackman. curator-of the
State historical 'society museu m.
1 Wack ni aii " lotrni.ere
mains l ot ' an Sac-teat Indian ity.
tegether with several pieces of
pdftery and inany ''chipped? riiiit
tools, different from those made
by rrtbea hitherto; known to have
Inhaofrettnar' reglohr: 5
Unearthed 'articles bear un
mistakable signs Jot Cherokee
origin, Mr. Blackman said. .This
led him. to believe It possible, that
the site" was-once the location of
the lost tribe which leg-eads say
spilt awar from the tribal home in
southeastrn - rtilted .States and
pushed across r -the ' --Mississippi
never to return:. The migration in
supposed o have taken place. be
fore 'the. -whrte man came to Am
erica. " ' . ' . ' . - ...
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A qnaint pre-Chr;simas rite is
celebrated in Sweden the morning
of December 13th. With lighted
candles in her hair the ".Lucia
bride" serves the family, in bed
with coffee and spicy cakes.
Miss Merle Scarle was elected
by the men students of the Louisi
ana State I'niversity as the pret
tiest girl in the university.
Mrs. Harriet Dagget. a senior
of the Louisiana State University
Baker Comnany - will soend
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