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EIGHT PAGES DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916. PAGE FIVE Motion Picture (Sews ALTA THEATRE What the Picture Theaters Have to Tell You. A - . A THE BEAM IWUll" FO PRODUCTIONS! TODAY A COWBOY FINDS THE HEIRESS IN THE REAR OF A BAR-ROOM. He fights for her, wins her, submits her to danger, rescues her, nurses her back to health. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE. IN HER PLACE? SEE George Walsh and Anna Luther In William Fox's new photoplay of the West The Beast 6 Acts and learn what the little Eastern girl did. A story of a bad man's reformation. A tense, thrilling and spectacular western drama with the same cast that played in "Blue Blood and Red." In addition Comic Cartoon Drawings. ADULTS 15c COME EARLY. CHILDREN Sc J M U POX PIOTl RE n i l s HOW GlRt, REFORMS BOM), MAO M IN George tValfth and Ahem bather An star nf "The it oast." RrbMi TeiU Hd SlOry of Fast, ami New Btnrj of West. How a little eastern girl was taken prlauner by a rough man from the west, wan nursed by him back to health and happiness, and then re leaaed to go back to her parents, la I told In William Kox'a latest screen Blair, "The Beaat." Anna Luther and George Walsh are the stars of this new picture. The atory starts with David Man-1 ning (Herathel May all), master of mllllona, whirling tnrough the west ern country in hi special car, to view some of his mlnini? holdings. Sir Charles Beverly (Kdward Cecil), his I guest falls In love with Manning' I beautiful daughter. Mildred (Anna Today Only The Punch Play REPLETE WITH lOTION IMKVM.I.Y DRAMATIC John Mason & Clara Whipple IN "The Reapers" EQUITABLE FEATURE. I liquostlonahli the Most Powerful Drama Ever PilnmL Five Reels Containing Hundreds of scene That Make You Gaap, Weep, Sigh, Smile and Cry. Never Has So Much Dramatic Ac tion Been Crowded Into live Reds of Motion IMctarcs Before. Luther). Sir Charles' one dijeet in LOCALS Si Advertising in Brief H ATKH Per line first Insertion 10c Or line, sildltlonil InwrtloD. . . . Ik Per line, per month 11 oo No locals Uken for Ins than i!5c Coonl tt ordinary words to line. IxksIs Kill not be tskrn over the tlrnour except from i:t Oregon lao paid up subscribers. Wanted Experienced maker at Mason's Millinery For sale- A-31 Bulck In good con dition. 1300 La Dow'a. For auto rates to Lehman, HI la way or ningham Springs, call Alex Manning. I'hone "SJJ. Cheap wheat lands. Write M. Flts maurize, Condon. Oregon 1 haul your garbage and trash Phone bf3M. 1403 W. Railroad at. For rent Furnished housekeeping rooms. Inquire 601 Clay street Touring car for hire for country trips Phone 19. Suits pressed 60c; thoroughly clean ed II 60. Budd, 310 W. Webb, phone III, For sale -Choice north side, east front lot. See Oeo Robblna. For rent Furnished housekeeping rooms. 801 E. Railroad. Wanted Competent girl for general housework, family or two. Phone 171 Mb-s Comstock, expert hairdresser and masseuse at Mason's Millinery. Hairwork to order. Toilet articles for sale. All work guaranteed I will be with you I will be with you Si DAY M MONDAY ! 7ft Hk Pastil i J Br" m my 'atett Mutual Comedy, ff ( n "OneAJ."! ft J This is absolutely my latest t j picture and is not a fake. You f j su (o.. MOtl can see my new pictures only f Peaches Peaches I I Peaches I FANCY ELBERTAS I 75c Box I EXTRA LARGE, EXTRA FANCY I Rl RFRTAS I I The quality and size you will pay $1.25 for else where. Extra Special 85c I 11 ssa-i. t . ... H. nis is wn you can rapeu i a m mm m a woy s tne casti store i Fresh crawfish and Olympla oysters at the Quelle. Wanted llrl for general house work. Address "A" this office. W.inted Competent girl. Phone 310. between 4 and t evenings. Wanted Second hand roll top or office desk. Inquire F, this office. Mrs. Friedly will resume sewing DJ the day September 4. Phone 514J. Wanted To rent five room house, furnished or unfurnished. Phone 124. For rent Suite of housekeeping room;' with sleeping porch. 502 Wa ter Wanted Qlrl or woman for house work on ranch. Address 11 B" this of fice. For sale Emmerson piano In "rst class condition. Inquire Folsom's furniture store. Nice two room apartment. also front sleeping room. ion Water. I'hone i 1 4 J . Ladle, save your combings. Wo make toupees, wigs, switches, etc. Pendleton Hair Dressing Parlors. Lost Two coats, grey and brown, between Oayuie and Gibbon. Finder pease return to this office. For sale or rent Modern residence at U.'i yJam . Inquire lluford Butler. Care Parker Taxi Co. Good, reliable boy of 16, wants a place to work for board and attend high school, IniTwire this office. Lost Between Walters Mill and Nelson grade pair ladies' eye glasses. Tinder rturn to this office. Reward. Six cylinder, ts H P, 5-passenger second hand car for sale. 1376 if taken at once. See Cote at Oregon Garage. Wanted- Modern six or eight room house furnished or unfurnished. For winter or longer Apply Hoy T. Hish op or phone 107. Some well bred young horses will trade for land or Pendleton property. See H B Cook, 301 Johnson street, or phone 211J Mattress maklrg. furniture repair ing, upholstering, called for and deliv ered, city or coJiitry. La Dow Bros.. 219 Beauregard Pohne 227J. Call penland Bros, van te move your household goods Telephone 339 Also baggage transferring and heavy haul ing. Prompt automobile taxi service, day or night Funerals to cemeters only 3 60 Phone 68U Hotel M, Qrorie. Carney Taxi Ce. Rooming bouse for sale. Moid street. In center of business district Doing good business. Inquire of Pen land Bros. For sale Five room house, east Court street. Desirable location, close to school. A genuine bargain Pol particulars address R. C. Jory, Mau-1 pin. Ore. , For saleModern, one year old bungalow, 6 rooms, Dutch kitchen fire place, full cement basement East front, corner lot. 417 Logan or j phone 3S6R. For snle 200 acre grain ranch. 170 aires in cultivation, 30 In pasture. Fruit, vegetables, water, telephone. R route. 112.000. Terms, 16900 cash, balance long time. I. C Hop k;ns. Weston, ore. life is to gain the .Manning million The gin is not enthusiastic about this typical Briton, who Is ever at her elvg bow - even when the special halted 5 by a slight wreck ahead She goes tot, S a little jaunt afoot to view the typical town of GopherviUe In Uopherrille sir Charles causes) S3 i nd of amusement with his extra-; S3 ordinary attire. Mildred has seen fit to go on a little exploring expedition I 5 . ol her own. by the time .sir Charles has lost all his money at faro. Mil dred having heard wild merriment from "The Double Stamp" dance hall is eager to look on from a safe dis tance. A Mexican leads her into a rear room which is cut off from the main floor by heavy draperies. He then snatches her purse, locks the door, and escapes. Mildred's only hope of leaving the place Is to enter the dance hall boldly and offer her self as a target for the revelers. She cannot summon murage enough lor that. She remains hidden. Meanwhile the dance hall Is the scene of an outburst of excitement Del Burton's cowboys, with Del at their head and three months' wages in their pockets, have come to town. TlTO men hurst into Mildred's retreat. Immediately they are enamored ol their prize; each claims the girl as his , own. They are about to fight it out. gun fashion, when Del Burton (George Walsh), a ranch owner, breaks In on the action. The girl ap peals to his liquor inflammed mind. He offer." to fight for her. After a terrific battle he is victorious. The girl is hi Meanwhile. Sir Charles Is confident i that Mildred has returned to the pri vate car. The Mexican who has rob bed the girl le-ads him to believe such is the case, and the train pulls out 'leaving Mildred" the personal property of the man .she calls 'The Beast " i Hel Burton with Mildred in hl.s arms has left the town. He carries i her senseless form, as he spurs his horse along the trail. In fording a rushing ,-trenm. he nearly loses his life, He never relaxes his- grasp on Mildred, although he hits lost his -uses in fighting the river. The girl, too. It senseless, When Burton again regains consciousness he fears that Mildred iy dead. Then he learns she is alive md nurses her hack to health and strength. But she scorns the man as a Beast, though he declares she need fear him no longer-he is a tamed Beast. Mildred is returned to her friends and father On the special train. As the cars sweep forward on their Jour, nay the last Mildred sees is the figure of the Beast, mounted on horseback and silhoutted against the skyline. And there comes a smile to her lipe for he was all man. Back It her home. Mildred is host ess at a brilliant social function. Her heart Is in the west and the picture in ,her mind is that of the great and wonderful lel Burton, a thousand tinier superior to the dawdling men she must now entertain. But Burton It closer ac hand than she believes. He is looking on from the shadows of a nearby tree. The gaiety of the lawn fete, reminds him that such a world as ibis he has never known Then a new Croesus, a cattle made millionaire, comes tn the city He Is made much of. Dressed at the other men. Pel Burton takes on the graces of rfltj life Even Mildred is deceived iiiiniiiiii The COSY TODAY Blue Bird Photoplays Inc. Preseent A Picture Version of a Legend of the Sierras "The Girl of Lost Lake" introducing MYRTLE GONZALEZ VAL PAUL FRED CHURCH AND A SELECT COMPANY OF BLUE BIRD PLAYERS llllilllllllllllllll who has recently been making his appearance on the screen In Triangle plays produced by Thomas H. Ince. Thompson's initial effort was made for "Peggy," the now famed Scotch comedy drama In which Billy Burke is starred. During the production of this screen play the venerable actor seemed fearful that words spoken by him would disconcert the others in the scene and a a result of his con clusion he remained almost constantly silent as he did his "business' in front of the lens. In scenes in which he I was supposed to be talking he spoke i barely above a whisper and this was done merely to be consistent. Temple today and tomorrow. to face with her in later years in a cheap dance hall. Should he take her back to his fireside? See "The Reapers." and you will get the an swer from one of the most artistic as well as exceedingly dramatically powerful pictures ever shown in this theater. alytic, sees his wife run away with aj presentation, every element ths hardened gambler, only to come facej makes for the close approach to per fection in camera-action and moving picture production has been fulfilled with lavish expenditure of money and close attention to the most minute de- Alta Today Only. From a church-going woman to a gambler's accomplice In playing the ponies and finally running a low brow tango dancing hall, is the char acter which Clara Whipple, the wife. ( lays in "The Reapers,'1 the Equitable picture coming to the Alta on Thursday only, with John Mason as the happy husband who lavished ev erything on his wife, becomes a par- At the Cosy. The wonderful scenery' of the Sierra Nevada mountains is brought to the embellishment of the Bluebird Photo play, to be exhibited at the Cosy the ater today, under the title of "The Girl of Lost Lake." Rugged moun tain peaks, the dense foliage of fir and balsam tree, the broad expanse of Lost lake's shimmering and placid surface, are provided as a nature-setting to the dramatic and engaging portrayal of a delightful picture story of love. "The Girl of Lost Lake" is a play without crime, a picture that embodies fascinating Interest without the interjection of any "problems" or the violation of any codes. Written and produced especially for Bluebird AUGUST POSTAL RECEIPTS INCREASE 25 PER CENT local Office- Shows Fine Gain Move Into New Federal Building Sunday Several Positions Open. Postal receipts at the Pendleton of fice during the month of Augmst this year have been approximately 25 per cent greater than for the correspond ing month last year. The total receipts for August 1915 amounted to 12182.41 and this year to I26r,3.37. Postmaster Tweedy states it is the intention of the office to start mov ing to the federal building on Sun day. There are positions open for sev eral men in the new building and ap plicants should appy to the Eotmast-er. Aiiir. Stage. For Adams. Athena and Weston leaves llenning's Cigar Store at 10 a and 3:30 p m. each day Adv. ITermrlntr for convention. The officers and superintendent nl the W. C, T. I". met yesterday at the home of Mrs. G, W Bngg to make plans for the coming state conven tion which is to be held in Hill city i October i" to 20. . School Hooks Arrive. As a sign of the npproach of the fail school term, two tons of ai school books were received this mor ning by IhC Kr.w.lcr book store. School I j will open on September II. and the climax comes only on the "ii"ht of ,i great masquerade ball. Then ihe bullet announces (he last guest. The Beast," and Iel Burton goes to the girl his heait. Once again he is clad In the garments of I the far, far we-t. The big boots the' sombrero, the chaps, the compile out. J lit she ha I come to know so well in the moment of her peril, fills her eyes, and Um rings down a triumphant curtain. "The lle.ist" has the same cast ns the Pox Western triumph Blue BlOOd and Bed." Pastime todajy. Today WM. H. THOMPSON and MARJORY WILSON in latest TRIANGLE PLAY. She loved him trusted hini and they were to be married, but when the war clouds gathered he had to go to the front and then the baby was bom. it The Eye of the Night" is a TRIANGLE PLAY that reaches right clown to your heart and gets it. When you've seen it you will understand why these pictures are leagues ahead of any other produced. KEYSTONE COMEDY. "THE SOCIAL CLUB TEMPLE Ml Tin v CALL W. ll. THOMPSON -niK SPHINX" IVail'ul That Spoken Words Disturb Scree Players, star r -Lye of the Night" Ke'- silent. It Is a generally accepted fad am-1 one players ot the speaking stage that their first appearance before the motion picture camert that to utter words befitting the action of the scene aids one materially I nhls In terpretation of the character he 1 portraying. Dialogue. ihey claim, always has been the very backbone of their efforts before the footlights and the) usually find it extremely difficult, sometimes Impossible, to contribute a finely drawn character ization without the assistance of the spoken word. In singular contrast to this theory w is (be work of William II. Thomp son, Ihe "dean of the American stage.' CONTEST STARTS TODAY ENDING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. GIVEN AWAY FREE $50.00 AUTOMOBILE LOOK! BOYS AND GIRLS! Not a Feature of the Big Cars Omitted From This Wonder Car for Children. ny tlilkl fan Win It Come and see us. we will enter you la the contest. All have the same o, port unity, as there Is no chance element about it. The child receiving the largest o imbet otn !' Ihe car free. The Hustler will win. Help Your Utile Fried Win Father. Mother. Sister. Brother Friend and Neighbor, loo . body help the little one win this car. the most elaborate Juvenile Automobile m the World. Simple foiKlllloiP Any child can enter the contest I'm your votes In I dies ol I ich 14 mark plainly for whom you vote. Start at once. We show oi how to ci l"'y "f voles. Every 5c admission counts 5 votes, 15c admission 15 votes, etc. Bring all ballots to our theatre for recording. TEMPLE THEATRE