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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
alta SUNDAY AND MONDAY

"The Devils Pass Key Uni.
versal-Jewei production by Erich Won
Strohe.m. the directing geniuc Of
BHnd Husbands. generally pro-
rounced 70 be one OF the greatest
rhotopiass q several years. comes to
the Alta Theatre on sunday and Mon
day.
Non Stroheim's latest screen pro-
dretipn is founded upon the story
Clothes and -Treachery," by Baroness
peATeyer. The scenario was prepared
~ Won Strcheim himself ana the
ar,ma has been produced with unus-
ual realism.
sam de Grasse, who played the hus-
band IN ~Bimd Husbands" has In The
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
AMERICANS TO BE GIVEN
EQUAL RIGHTS IN OIL

LONDON. Feb. 5.-CU. P)-Amer.
ica will be given equal rights with the
other nations in the Mesopotamian oil
fields, the Daily Chronicle declared,
The newspaper predicted the British
epiy to Secretary Colby's oil note will
tate that pre-war concessions to the
Turkish petroleum company must be
respected, but that otherwise there
will be no discrimination.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
CHRONIC CATARRH
Follows Repeated Colds When
Blood Is Impure.

Your body suffering from cold
does not properly attend to diges-
tion and elimination. AS a result
YOUR blood becomes impure. It iu-
flames the mucous membrane and
brings about that condition in
mich chronic catarrh occurs ard
which 1t depends.
purify your blood. make It clean
~ taking Hoods Sarsaparilla- and
if your bowels are not healthfuily
active. take Hoods Pills. These
medicines have relieved and IRE
rented thousands Of cases Of chron-
ic catarrh. Economy is one of the
strong points Of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla-IDO doses in a bottle. Why
not get If today?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
CHILDREN, 1Oc

on top Of the world. One
a reckless gangster, fleeing
from the law. The other as
pure as the moonlight that
fell on the roof where she,
lived with her inyalid's
dreams.
Was there hope or love for
either?
That day when the big
fight came-Come and fill
your heart weh the rest
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
ARCADE SUNDAY AND MONDAY
THOMAS NIEIGHAN A
GANGSTER IN NEW FILM

Thomas Meighan. the popular Para.
mount star, appears as a gangster and
gunman in his latest Paramount pic
ture." The Frontier Of the Stars"
which will be shown at the Arcade
Theatre, beginning Sunday. This is
by far the .roughestr role In which
the virile star has been seen.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
MRS. HARDING GOES SHOPPING.

> NEW YORK, Feb. 5.--tA. P.)-
Invitations to many social gatherings
failed to draw Mrs. Warren G. Hard
ing away from her hotel shopping to-
day. Her companions said she would
neither call on friends nor be visited
during her stay. Tonight the visitors
slipped away to visi, a, theatre.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
I'lsTIMF SUNDAY Avn NoNnAY

Although Edith Roberts used cons
fiderable makeup On her arms ana
60 for the flrG scenes IN The Adur-
anie Savage in which she piays she
rob 81 South Sea Island maid. the
sJu and wind of California and mie-
ocena soon tanned her SKIN d such a
dep hue that she entirely discarded
the trown stain for The las; half os
the picture. rhe Adorable sayave. p
sad 10 se one 81 the nauss picturesque
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
Enc,ners Gonrs In OIL

An inventor claims to have made
farm tractor 25 per cent more eff
oient than most machines Of its kind
BY enclosing all gears in oil.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-02-05
New hair
for YOu2

Hairhasbeen grown again. after bald
ness, in many cases. This Is nov scien-
tifcally proved, Yours may be an amen
ablecase; but you havenot been usingthe
proper relief. So do not delay in apply
ing Kotalko. The producers are 30 con
fdent they offer you satisfactory hair
growth or your money-back. Get
small box of KOTALKO at any active
drug store. Apply Kotalko each day
watch your mirrorl Do kindly act,
show bald friends this advertisement.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19
You Can Cook in
Comfort in a
Wired Home

How glad you will be this
summer if your house has been
wired for electricity!
An electric range heats the
food and not the cook and an
electric fan gives cooling breezes
to offset the heat of nature. =
= But that is not all-it is only
in a wired home that your
housework can be lightened by
the numerous motor-drlven
labor-savers now in such COM
mon use.
Our estimates will show you
how really Inexpensive the many
advantages Of electric service
are.
Roanoke Rapids, Power Co
Roanoke Rapids, N. c.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19
WONDE
OF AMERICA
OUR GREATEST ZOO
BY T.T.MAxEY
q. westsrn Newspaper Union.

NANCY a beautiful 284-acre park
L with lakes and waterfall. People
1t with about $500 animals. represent
Ing $50 different families. Set 1t
down eleven miles north Of New York
city's city hall and--presto, you have
a geological park which outstrips all
similar institutions.
The occupants Of this animal world
range In size from four-t0n elephant
down to pigmy field mouse weigh
Ing probably less than an ounce. The
Oldest inmate, giant tortoise, tits
the beam at 225 pounds and Is be-
lieved to be 200 years old. Give me a
word with the stork and I'll tell you
the age Of the youngest member and
to which family 1t belongs.
A giant anteater is probably the
most peculiar animal and the 22-foot-
long regal python, weighing ITO
pounds, the most unwelcome from the
public's standpoint. The bears make
strong play for popular approval,
but the apes are past grand masters
In attracting attention to their monk
ey Shines" The woodchuck seems
always to be I'm the Dumps" while
the jolly little prairie dogs appear to
be happy always. The sloth Is the
slowest-moving animal, while Badly,
the big chimpanzee, leads when It
comes to quickness Of intellect and
ability to receive training.
The most discordant chorus greets
one In the large bird house, where the
commingled shrieks and squawks vary
from that Of the macaw which can be
heard mile to the lower utterances
Of the less noisy fowls-but, for .
mixture Of queer sounds, Just step
into the insect house.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
BY TT. MAxEY
@. Western Newspaper Union.
OLD CARLYLE HOUSE

OF SURPRISING interest, because
~ Of its unmatched historical associa-
tons, Is the venerable home Of John
Carlyle, who came to America as col
lector of customs for the British
Crown.
1t Is located near the Potomac river
In Alexandria, Virginia, which settle
ment wassat that time sort Of Amer
lean headquarters for the British en-
pire. 1t was built In 1852, on top Of
an old fort which 1t is thought was
constructed about the year 1900.
Solidly built Of cut stone which it
is believed was brought from England,
the walls Of this two-story-and-base-
ment house are wonderfully well pre-
served and much of the interior fur
nishings remain but little unchanged
from the days when this was the
scene of much 0ld-fashloned hospital
ity.
In the hallway stands a slender,
grandfather's clock which for more
than century recorded the passing
of time. Upstairs is the ancient cam
opy bed, so high that step was nee
essary to enable one to comfortably
climb into 1t, In which slept General
Braddock who was sent to this coun-
try to take charge of the British for
ces during the French and Indian
wars.
1t was in the blue-room of this man
sion that the celebrated and historic
Council Of the Governors Of the Col
onies was held, which contributed so
much to the growing discomfort that
later expressed itself In the Revolution
airy war.
General George Washington fire.
quently visited here and 1t Is said
that his commission as commander In
chief of the Colonial army was
handed to him in this house.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
o, Western Newspaper UAion.
THE KING OF THE CLOCK
WORLD
ByI.T.MAxEY

WORLD
A MERICA'S largest timepiece locks
"A down upon the world from the
giant tower Of Colgate 4 Company's
factory In Jersey City, N. J.
The massive hands are constructed
Of brass. in truss formation and csv-
cred with sheet copper. The minute
hand is 20 feet long and 10 inches
wide at the point. II weighs $40
pounds. The point moves half q
minute at a jump and travels more
than half a mile in Its "a mara
thons around the dial daily. The dial
is over 40 feet 10 diameter and illu-
minated at night-42 electric bulbs
being used on the minute hand alone.
The numbers on the dial are IN
feet high. The pendulum rod ID
eight feet long, weighs rs pounds.
made Of zinc and steel 80 proportional
as to permit Of accurate compensation
and adjustment to overcome sudden
and decided changes OF temperature.
The bob weighs $50 pounds. Tho
weights which propel the hands weigh
1900 pounds and provide ample power
to Offset all wind resistance.
This master clock IL said to DO
the most mechanically correct tower
clock ever constructed. II runs eight
days without rewinding. Built ct
Thomaston. Connecticut. and Installed
in 1873. e has operated the year round
with an average variation Of less than
one minute q week.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
THE HIGHEST WATERFALL
BY T.T.MAxEY
o, Western Newspaper Union.

TN THE great hollows Of that mighty
j pile of granite known as the Sierra
Nevada mountains In California there
are many wildly beautiful valleys. In
the very heart OF this mountain world
Is spot Of unusual loveliness known
as Yosemite valley--a seven-mile-long
chasm In an 1,100 square mile master
piece Of scenery.
Flowing gracefully over the rugged
sky line Of these hold, towering, al
most perpendicular walls are a number
of cataracts which readily take hrst
place of all their kind on earth.
Greeting the sightseer from dizzy
heights these columns Of water tumble
headlong down the sides Of the can
yon to Join the foaming river below.
OF the eight spectacular falls. by
far the tallest is the Yosemite. For
merly this monster cataract un-
doubtedly leaped In single great
plunge. Now, this fall, which normally
IL 35 feet wide at the top. drops 1,4s0
feet IN one sheer spill, followed BY
cascades for about 600 feet and then
makes a final jump Of about 400 feet
a total distance Of approximately half
q mile.
! The great Staubbach In Switzerland
is 1000 feet. high; there Is a fall In
New Zealand said to be 1904 feet
high; the Grand In Labrador 10 cred
tied with drop Of 1000 feet. BY a
considerable margin. therefore, the
Yosemite dwarfs n ether known
waterfalls,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
o, Western Newspaper Union.
THE MONUMENT TO THE
PILGRIMS
BY I. T.MAxEY

A TOP TOWN HILL In Province
"A town, Massachusetts,, looking out
over the restless sea from the great
arm which that state filings out into
1t, stands great and impressive
monument of extraordinary beauty
and great dignity.
This monument, one Of the tallest
on this continent, commentaries the
anchoring of the Pilgrims In the his
toric Mayfower in the year 1920, their
adoption of the first charter Of a dem
ocratic government In the history Of
the world, the birth of the first white
child born In New England and the
whole chain Of happenings which pre-
ceded the settlement at Plymouth.
Built entirely of Maine granite,
the construction supervised by the En-
cheering Department of the United
States Army. this structure rests upon
sixty-foot-square foundation, Is
% feet square at the base. approx
mately 252 feet high and the site 10
about 100 feet above the tides. The ar
chltecture is Of the italian Renaissance
order, the design having been copied
from the tower Of Tore del Manga
at Siena, Italy.
The site was provided by Province
town; the cost Of the monument was
betrayed by a Joint fund contributed
by Congress, the Commonwealth OF
Massac husetts, the town Of Province
town and individuals In all parts Of
the country. Dedlcatory exercises
were held on August 9th, 1910, the
President Of the United States being
In attendance.
This staunch and magnificent com-
memorative structure, standing In
silent triumph, is typical OF the re-
lance and love Of freedom which
characterized this little band In their
battle with the elements and fate and
Of their descendants In al parts q
the world.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
=, Western Newspaper Union.
NATIONAL METHODIST
CHURCH
BY r.r.MAxEY

CHURCH
ID AMBLING about the socalled
IN "0ld" section Of our national
capital one Sunday morning, my at.
tention was attracted to q church
which, outwardly. looked but little
different than hundreds Of other
houses Of worship which are scattered
promiscuously across our broad land
and are representative Of numerous
denominations Of religious belief, OK
cept for Its peculiarly slender and
graceful spire.
Approaching this thus distinguished
edifice, the air suddenly filled with
colorful and pleasing tone, as, from up
In the steeple, Z chime Of ten rare
bells called the faithful to devotion.
Entering, learned that this his
toric structure was none ether than
The National Methodist church. After
service, l was told and shown how .
former bishop and beloved worshipsrs
had immensely enriched 1t and en-
deared Its memory by unusual con.
tributions collected on their travels
In foreign lands.
For instance, some Of the marble
tiles In the vestibule were brought
all the way from the ruins Of Ssl-
onions temple In jerusalem; the
keystone In the arch above the pulpit
was carved from stone carried from
the ruins Of the same far-off temple.
and the beautiful pulpit and highly.
polished altar rail are partially made
from the logs Of olive wood, trans
ported from the Garden Of Gsthssmans
and Mount Of Olives. An Ivy vine
which tightly attached Itself to the
east wall Of this old sdince was grown
from 4 slip taken from the tomb q
Martin Luther. At Wittenberg. Ger
many.
Presidents Grant and Mckinley, Vice
Presidents Colfax and Fairbanks
General John A. Logan and many
other men prominent In the affairs Of
the nation, have worshiped at this
shrine.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19
Or words
to that effect

WE ARE accustomed.
BUT IT'S a mouthful.
AS YOU'LL agree IL you.
JUST PUT 1t into good.
UNITED STATES, like this.
"SoN, YOU'LL be running.
ON FOUR fiat tires.
IF YOU don't hurry,
| AND WRAP yourself around.
THE ONLY cigarette.
THAT SATISFIES"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19
Metaphors viii say So.

"Use de hes gifs you has" said
Uncle Eben, IAN don try to be more
Artistic dan you honestly Is. A good
banjo player Is a heap more comfort
to community dan a poor performer
IN de violin"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19

"THEY Satisfy" - nothing
L else so well describes Ches-
terields' mildness, their mellow.
ness, their delicacy Of aroma and
smooth, even "body." It took
the finest varieties Of Turkish
and m.stic tobaccos to do it
and the highest order Of skill
in blending them. Yes, the Ches-
terfeld blend is a secret. IL
can't be copied.
Haze you seen tho ncup
AIR TIGHT tins of SO?
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-19
ThIs Eeho sIxty. q epeater.

A large room In the castle Of Simon
eta, near Milan, has remarkable
echo. A pistol shot 70 reyerberated
sixty tines
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-20
CRITICISM Is INVITED.

Postmaster General Hays has taken very prac-
teal method Ct obtaining suggestions to conduct
Of the postofhce department He has issued an order
directing all postmasters throughout the country to
clip from all newspapers or periodicals published In
their respective Jurisdictions printed the English
language all comment. favorable ole and
all suggestions other referring directly or in
directly the postofhca department including editorial
articles
Citizens always have been exceedingly free With
their criticisms of efficiency postal service
and especially in the last eight years. bat MI Burle
could never be brought perceive that improve
ment was possible. He took the placid ground his
department functioning with admirable precision
and expressed himself effect on one or two oc-
Mr. Hay is particularly ali constructive
criticism called to the departments attention" M
Burleson always discouraged criticism constructive or
otherwise.
Mr.. Hay is 8 much broaded minded man than peo-
pie generally have given him for lie is far
sighted and resourceful we'll geous and OPP
misc Note his address recently before the Rotarans
al Washington where he the speaker: Lets
have less OF thou shalt not come On ana
lets go There's let OF business that really is sick
still staggering with the shell shock war and the de-
bauch Of extravaganza What need s the common
Of courage and confidence There greatest
era OF expansion and prosperity ahead world has
ever seen Everyone knows this and the only question
Il when it viii start Well. it's time to go out and
It.
LORD NoRTHCLIFFE Is 50 silent they must nave
fed him
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-20
BEGGARs WOULD BE oHoosERs.

If the report which comes from Riga be accur
ale. the Russian soviet representative who acting
in behalf Of the starving people Of that distressed
country Is placing foolish and arrogant obstacles in
the way OF relief from the United States would
seem that Maxim Litvnor believes that beggars
should be choosers and that Russia viii not accept
the bounty Of this country unless is IN the
way prescrlbes.
It does appear that the American relief adj
mnistration IS exacting unusual conditions its
termination that the food goes to the hungry.
and not to irresponsible bclsheyists who have shown
their incapacity for administration BY
conhscating not only the grain OF the peasants
also their seed and wheat thereby bringing On
the dreadful conditions which prevail The we'll.
known character Of the boishevists should make 1t
imperative to impose stricer conditions that
the purpose Of the relief may be accomplished
Indeed Washington dispatch relative To the situa-
ton al Riga intimates that the conditions down
by the American relief administration viii NOT be
varied AT the behest of Litvnof those over him
There should be American relief if food can
not be distributed In the American way.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-20
HARDING.s WISE SELECTIONS.

President Hardings selection senator Henry
Cabot Lodge member of the American delegation
70 the disarmament conference was expected By
people familiar with the presidents practical devc-
ton to principle. There has been little chort-
Ting among certain critics OF the administration who
thought they had discovered signs warranting con
cusicn that the Massachusetts senator be
snubbed in this connection But foregone that
there would be senatorial representation the
lean delegation and the logical thing 10 invite
he chairman Of the foreign relations committee to
sit in the conference. There are other senators
members of that committee notably we'll equipped
by learning and experience 10 the nation in
this important matter but there will be
faction the part Of any Of them that the honor
which vii entail immense labor. is to 90 to Nj
Lodge.
The republican conception has been that there
should be partisanship in the consideration OF
foreign relations and that responsibility for them
ing divided between the executive and the
most satisfactory results IN the negotiation Of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-20

es are to be achieved through consideration cou-
aultatcn between the departments concerned while
negotiations pending President Wilson com
mitted grave error in utterly ignoring the senate
when he undertook commit country to the Ger
treaty which he subscribed President
Harding adopts the wiser reasonably ma
be expected % result in agreements any made
In the forthcoming conference, which the senate can
sanction.
II is expected that another senator viii be chosen
20 st With Messrs. Hughes and Lodge. There are
predictions that Senator Underwood leader OF the
minority. viii be favored by president Selection
"a the Aabaman would be appropriate in keeping
with the republican ideal excluding partfsanship
foreign affairs.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-20
SUPPLY AND DEMAND

The contention Of Governor Strong OF the New
York federal reserve bank that business
cf the government financial institutions regulate
prices, bat exercise supervision over credits Is
a sound position. This banker testifying before
Joint congressional commission Investigating the
industrial and financial situation, he gave ii as
his opinion that the farmers have suffered most in
ms recent price collapse and resumption prosperity
for them depends reduction their retail costs
aud lowered wages" Governor Strcnk explained his
views OF the topping OF the structure advancing
prices Large numbers of consumers found it impossi-
be % obtain increases in their incomes and were
compelled. therefore to buying II was the
cessation q PURCHASES by anu whose in
comes did not go up. when the cost Of living kept
attaining higher attitudes which brought about the
decline It is really the law Of supply demand
which operates in the long
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-20

have been recommending your medicine
to my friends, and you are welcome 70
use my testimonial for / can never praise
your medicine enough for what it has
done for me. "-RHoDA E. CARBArGH,
K +. /. Hagerstown, Nd
Women will tax their powers of en-
duraace to the limit before giving up,
and it is then some womanly aliment
develops and they have 10 give up en-
tirely. When a woman suffers from
such symptoms as irregularities, head
aches. backaches, besring-dovn pains,
Inflammation, nervousness and +" the
blues, it is well for her to profit by
Mrs. Carbaugh's experience and try
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound It has restored multitudes Of
women suffering fromiustsuch ailments.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-20

instances. has received greater proper
Tomato Increases during the boom
period
LABOR
Demand for joos exceeds the nuppIy.
First. let II be said that hero Ike
where in the Chicago district. there
has been a considerable exodus OF Mex
lean and negro Iabcrers Also. many
single white men have left town
singular phenomenon at this time Is
the emigration n we'll circamstane~d
Poles. RouInanians, and Slavs- 4 con
siderable number have sold their
homes. or businesses. or both. and re-
turned to Europe Many single men.
With money have done likewise And
In connection with this migrat.on 70
Europe. 10 get reports Of people re-
turning 70 America. disguised ard dis
!ilusioned with the old world. in some
instances able-b bodied men from here
are reported to have been Impressed
into military service. Yet Europe con-
tinuo@ to attract because Of the appre-
citation Of the American dollar giving
those who return feeling that they
are rich Unemployed labor
focks here from Chicago ard other in
dustrial centcrs An employer coula
hire men al a lover rate than what
is paid Skilled men also offer to
work a. unskilled men We
haze with US tie workman who did
NOT save any perceptibie amount Of his
earnings. but who bought as silk
shirts for himself. $500 gowns for his
wife and who rode 70 and from the
plant In his mortgaged touring car,
acquired on the partial payment plan
and re sponsible for mortgage on the
household goods To-day the hnery IS
ragged The car stands idle It can
not be turned into cash the workers
income prevents motoring. II he has
g job il is AZ reduced wages and IS
glad If he has the chance TO work two
or three days a week In some cases
ne says ne has learned his lesson ana
" ould save II NJ had II TO do over
again: in other cases he probably has
learned no lesson IN ali cases there
is the tragedy Of disresarding thrift
when the opportunities for it were
greatest