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SPICKETT'
F» A }-• ACE
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Tonight, Saturday Matinee and Night
PATHE NEWS
Harold Lloyd
w IN
If ... 'I
He makes all his patients happy.
His only prescription is "LAUGHTER”
ALSO
SNOOKY, THE HUMANZEE
IS
“READY TO SERVE”
TWO SHOWS EACH NIGHT
Sunday—“Where Is My Wandering Boy”
i*
Attractions I
at Theaters
ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT
COLISEUM—June Walker in “Coin
cidence” and another chapter of :
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
PALACE — Harold Lloyd in "Dr. j
Jack.”
COM INU ATTRACTIONS
COLISEUM—Jack Holt and Hetlda
Nova In “The Mask."
PALACE—“Where Is My Wandering
Boy Tonight?"
har6L6 Lloyd at
PALACE—"DR. JACK.”
: “l€ a comparison Is to he made of
tlin funny business of the screen for
the last year, honors must go to Mr.
ijjoyd."
".So wrote Quinn Martin, screen edi
tor of the New York World, and Judg
ing by the screams of laughter which
3reefed Harold Lloyd's newest I'athe
Dmedy In five parts, “Dr. Jack," yes
terday at the Palace Theatre, this
■writer fully agrees with Mr. Martin
utid offers to go him one better.
"Dr. Jack" ii a delicious conglom
eration of everything one could hope
for In a super-comedy. And every
thing seems entirely new. Lloyd's
box of tricks seems everlasting and
one never knows what to expect, ex
oept that the next laugh will be loud
er than the first. As a fun-maker,
Mr. Lloyd has reached the pinnacle,
but in "Dr. Jack” lie has also es
tablished himself as a runner-up for
honors with the screen's greatest lo •
ors, as his love sc«ue with Mildred
Davis seemed to us to be one of the
most delightful wo have ever wit
nessed.
* Besides this “Dr..Jack” contains a
tfndertone of a girl's struggle for'
health. The girl is played, of course,;
By Mildred Davis, and she .aids Lloyd
Charmingly in the sentimental vein
Cf the comedy. The uproarious part
of the offering comes when Lloyd, ar
tie young doctor, begins his campaigt
t& oust the eminent but unscrupulous
physician from the girl's household
Then the fun Is fast and furious with
laughter piling up faster every inn
mont.
A splendid, cast of players, far
above the average for a comedy, art
seen in support of Mr. Lloyd. Eric
Mayne. is seen as the rival physician,
and John T. Prity,’e is the girl's
father. Norman Hammond is ex
cellent as the family lawyer. Anna
Townsend, seen in "Grandma's Boy,'
appears to advantage, and other roles
are capably liandlVd by Florence
Mayon, Joy Wlnthrop, Oscar Morgan
and “Auntie" McKay.
HUARIOUS COMEDY
AT COLISEUM TdNlQHT.
!'• A real treat is In store for the pa
Irons of the Coliseum Theatre, begin
nlng tonight, when the new Metro
release, “Galncidenre,” will he tin
-feature attraction, his picture makes
i^s principal appeal as splendid miter
tainment through the snappy spark
Mng nature of the story that never
flags in Its -Hilarious movement from
the first, to the.; last.
# “Coincidence,’' is presented with an
all-star casi, including Robert lfarron
and June Walker, and relates the mis
haps of Billy Jenks, a socially ambi
tious young tnnn, who goes to New
"(fork to make a name for himself
and ends up by being arrested for
burglary. Throughout the story the
great and controlling Influence of
CpiiHihlgnvf Is shown molding the des
tiny of Billy jenks from the moment
i
hat the money he is counting blows
>ut of the window and falls at the
Vet of the girl he afterward falls In
ove with.
From this time on. Hilly is beset by
me coincidence after another, result
ng In his inheritance of a large for
tine, only to have It stolen from him
ly a polished eroikk, who seeks not
inly tig defraud Hilly o* his wealth
jut also to steal Ins girl, which lie
ilmost accomplishes, suve for Hilly's
imely arrival at the apartment where
he blackguard has lured her.
In this manner the picture proceeds
pell-mell, with each scene increasing
lie merriment l an^Mii the mishaps
if Hilly Junks. It^^rt llarron is
ipeii to exceptional advantage itt this
■ole, While the part opposite him is
idmirably portrayed by'June Walker,
late star of the Hroadway stage suc
•ess, "My Lady Friends."
THRILLING SCENE IN
DOMING PRODUCTION
Some people say that the movies
ire purely mechanical and tjiat they
jet few thrills out of big scenes
diown in pictures. These folks have
Something coming when they see the
lerrlftc head-on smash between two
jiant locomotives that takes place in
’he jail delivery scene in “Where Is
My Wandering Hoy Tonight?" which
tomes to the Palace Theatre on Sun
lay. The scene calls for a huge lo
comotive running wild and on which
l prison warden is fighting with sev
eral escaped convicts. The director,
knowing that such a scene would not
make anything extraordinary, resolv
’d to stage a real smash up.
Forthwith two big locomotives were
purchased and a track built on the
: ity limit freight yards.
Tlie track was about a half mile
long. The engines were placed at
cither end, and, with a full head of
steam, wore set loose with throttles
wide Open. With tho roar of the es
caping steam and the exhausts puf
fing like mad, these two leviathans
dashed headlong at each other like a
couple of inad bulldogs. They met
In about the center of the span of
tracks and crashed together with a
deafening roar and an explosion tlint
•eat them Into a thousand pieces.
Thrilling doesn’t describe tho scene.
JACK HOLT COMING
TO COLISEUM SUNDAY.
"The Mask," a sentimental movie
>roduction will he the Idg attraction
at the Coliseum Theatre nexr Sunday
and Monduy. Jack Holt, the well
known film star, former Alaskan and
Hedda Nova arc the two featured
members of the cast. “Mickey" Moore
has a delightful role arid the villiati ot
the production is Fred Malatesta.
The director of "The Mask” was
Betram Bracken who lias staged
nany big productions.
SULPHUR CLEARS
A PIMPLY SKIN
Apply Sulphur ai Told When Youi
Skin Breaks Out
Any breaking out of the skin or
face, neck, arms or body Is over
come quickest by applying Mentho
Sulphur. The pimples seem to dr]
right up and go away, declares i
noted skin specialist.
Nothing hae ever been found t<
tal e the place of sulphur as a pint'
pie remover. It is harmless and In'
expensive. Just ask any drugglsi
for a small Jar of Rowles Mentho
Sulphur and use It like cold cream
(advertisement.)
What {he World Is (Doing?,
CAS SEEN BY POPULAR cAiECHANTCS aMAGAZINE ^
l
Unique Fish-Propagation Boat
An unusual method of carrying live fuh
long distances for propagation purposes
without bruising or injuring them has
been adopted by the Ohio Fish and Game
| Commission. Instead of tanks or barrels, *
a boat i.-> used for this purpose, which has
; two built-in tanks running lengthwise of
the vessel, for the most part below the
water line. Each of the tanks is pro
! vided with an intake at the bow; below
tin- w ater level, and with an outlet at the
stem, itlsive it. This arrangement as
sures the fish a continuously fresh supply
! of water.
Fossils Prove Asia Once Part
of America
j Fossils unearthed by the Third Asiatic
Expedition, working in Mongolia, prove
that a broad land connection once existed
between North America and Asia. Fart
1 of the remains has lieen identified as that
of the " titanothere,” which roamed over ,
■ l tail and Montana several million years )
ago. Ferhaps the most inifiortaiit find is
the skull of a “ b&luchitheriuin,” a giant
rhinoceros and one of the largest land
i mammals that ever lived. This animal is i
estimated to have measured at least 12 1
feet high and about 24 feet long. The 1
ilhvtration shows the camparati ve sixes of 1
a man, an African rhinoceros , and the v
|Wt hahrchttberium. jas — t
An Improvised Smokehouse
When it is neoenary to smoke small
uantities of meat, awl no smokehouse is
vsalable, one uaa readily be improvised
‘om a laundry stove, a barrel, and a sup
ort such as a sawhorse or woodeu box.
One head of the barrel is removed, and
hole, 8 in. in diameter, is cut in the
tlier head near the side, as shown. This
ole is fitted over the short length of pipe
rejecting aliove the stove, the barrel
ting supported by the sawhorse and by a
rick placed on the stove. The meat is
ung, by means of small wire hooks, from
n iron rod placed (cross the top of the
arrel. The whole arrangement is placed
utdoors in a place sheltered from the wind.
VixkI or corncobs ina.\ l» used for fueL
A Clothes Washer You
Can Make
A simple but efficient clothes washer of
he type shown in the drawing has lieen
sed successfully for a number of years for
leaning clothes that will stand boiling.
It consists of a wash baler, fitted with*
-in. pine board that is perforated with
4-in. holes and mounted on wooden legs.
l larger hole at each end permits the in—
a-tion of two lengths of 1-in. pipe, 14 in.
mg, which are fitted at the upjier end
ntli an elbow, nipple, and cap, the cap
eing i>erforated with numerous small
oles. The pipe should tit snugly in tlie
oles in the board, and the lower ends,
'hieh are open, must lie only a slight dil
utee above the bottom of the boiler.
ju uso, the arrangement is fitted in tin
boiler as indicated, the clothes are parked
in, and water ia poured in to a depth not |
quite sufficient to cover the clot ties. As \
soon aa the water boils, the steam con
fined beneath the clothes forces the water
up through the pipea and over the clothes
The water will then seep through the
clothes, and in this way there is a contin
uous circulation, which cleans the clothes
in a short time.
< Thwarts Mail-box Thieves
The activities of mail-lox thieves, who
can easily take letters from, the ordinary
box, are rendered
fruitless by the
attachment of a
simple lunik ap
pliance shown in
the illustration.
It consists of tWo
overlapping
series of wires,
having their
upper ends coded
to impart a spring action'll{each] series.
When placed against the letter opening
on the interior of the box, the upper
series, like a one-way gate, permits the
letter to be inserted and to fall into the
box. The lower series of wires, liow
ever, lias hooked ends, and guards
against any attempt to withdraw the
letter through the slot.
CSilver articles not susceptible to atmos
pheric conditions, and able to retain their
IHilish for long periods of time, are being
manufactured ill Sheffield, Eng. Tho
new composition is 921*i-|ier-cent sdver
and is considered an important discovery
in this field.
OREGON MYTH IS ACCEPTED BY
. CHIEF EXECUTIVE, UNITED STATES
(Continued wfom "Page One.)
i'
rise tlio ordinary lecturer would be
*o misapprehend the conditions under
which such incidental addresses nee
essarlly made by the president, whose
time on the trip is engrossed with
a multitude of duties that rigirousiy
exclude the preparation of speeches.
Addresses oil questions of policy of
course, are prepared by him in ad
vance. For hiu li others as seem to
I he called for by local situations, like
j the one at Meat hum. he is compelled
to depend upon otlu rs.
Advertising Feat.
"In the present case it is clear
I that someone who was interested in
exploiting as if it were historical the
long-exploited myth about Whitman
saving Oregon, obtained the presi
dent's ear and probably placed the
typed manuscript oT the address lit
Ids hand. Hy doing t It its. and per
I spading the president to read it. that
person assuredly scored the season’s
greatest feat In advertising. For,
notwithstanding the president's oral
statement that some doubted the
truth of the story be was about to
present, he did In fact present it as
history, and his speech, printed be
cause it was his, will pass with mil
lions of people as a fully authenti
cated historical narrative. In all
probability a new brood of books on
Western hlstorj^eariying the presi
dent’s Mead)am speech by way of
restoring in new form the long- ills
I-.—_
< redited Whitman myth, will be one
result. Inasmuch as it has required
limit a century of controversy and a
| vast expenditure of effort on the part
I of the defenders and opponents alike,
to eradicate the legend from the his
fortes, this, if it should happen, would
he an unfortunate circumstance. Forj
it goes without saying that historical-:
; ly minded men and women will not I
accept fiction for fact, though all
love the memory of Doctor Whitman;
i for his splendid Christian charactet
and for the achievements which can
lie l ightly credited to him.
Action Resented.
"The incident suggests that If the
; president is likely to require other
addresses of a local or regional char
I actor, the managers of his progress
ought to single out, for the respond
I bllity of historical adviser, that one
j of his literary entourage who is heal:
equipped with historical scholarship'
and who is fumil.ar with the lltera-;
ture of American history. Anyone
who hits seen tin late Edward Gay
lord Bourne's The Legend of Mar
ius Whitman,' would unhesitatingly1
have advised against the acceptance
by the president of the paper sup
piled to him lor 'lie Meacham on a
sioitiy
GIVE $25,000 TO PASTOR
! r.os ANGELES July JT.- At tin 1
I close of the recent dedication here'
! of file new $1.5im,0ll0 First Mat ho
(list Episcopal Church of I»s An
KcIm, Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Helm;,
pastor, was presented with a purse
oT $2(1.000 III appreeialioii for his
services to the church. The new
'■hnrcli housed in a four-story build
in;:, has. a capacity of 8,000 p.uvin -..
aid a $65,000 organ, said to he the
urge.-:! in the I’acttic Coast.
FINDS SAVING IN COST
OF MAKING ELECTRICITY |
WASHINGTON, duly 27. - Tin
United Stales is becoming an in-1
cituringly.heavier user of electricity,
bin (hr.pUi the inountiiig power to
tals, the consumption of fuel to in -
duce it is decreasing in proportion.
U< illogical survey figures show that;
thu (•onstiinplion of coal for that]
purpose in 1022 was only 2.5 pound;,
i kilowatt hour, at compared with
3.2 pounds in 11119.
A tidal of 47,659,uuo,000 kilo :
watt hours was generated last year. |
Of tlii.s umouilth 36.1 PCI' era- v.m
generated liy water power.
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i SAFE INVESTMENTS |
I City Ronds, Improvement j
I Bonds, School Ronds. El rat j
j Mortgage Loans. County War. •
t rants. To net 6% to 8% Inter- |
| cet. Correspondence solicited. |
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! - I
| Wm D. Perkins & Co. ,
itaafeme, Seattle, Wawn
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Former Governor Quizzed
in Wall Street Crash.
John Hurler. three uni i On*- i
enter of North Dakota anil for J
years Treasurer of I ho L'uited (
Slates, during which service ho j
handled $227.0O0.iMMl,i|0u of Inclo ,
Sam's money without !<- s of a
penny, has offered to appear be
fore a New York Grand Jury and
testify, und 'r waiver of Immunity,
in the investigation of ; he -
(100,000 failure of Kurdo. .v
Burke, Wall Street brokers, in !
which lie was a partner. Me lays j
the alleged bucketing of orders to j
his partner, declaring Its knew j
little of the business, into which
he asserts he was drawn merely |
for the use of bis name, lie told j
the District Attorney hD entire ;
personal fortune, including l)ii life :
insurance bad been It t jn the jj
crush.
ALASKA FEATURED IN
VERSES BY “COL^UM”
CONDUCTOR IN EAST
Recently in "Shooting Star,” the]
daily "eolyum" carried in the Wash-!
ingfon, It. Evening Star, ithero'
appear! d two ver.-t • under the cap-1
tlon, "ALASKA." I w. a written1
by Philander John on, "conductor of j
the eolyum," an old friend of Gov.*
Scott ('. Bono.
Mr. Johnson, who is one o thej
loading "eolyumists" of the country,!
rlarted on the Washington Pont dur
ing the pencild Gov. Bono was H i
editor and his "copy" bee imp very ]
familiar to Editor Scott Bono.
The fact that his former editor isj
now Governor of A"’ lot may have
bed something to do .Hh tha writ
ing of the ve rse-,. At any rate tit y
brought buck n.cmorii , of former
day- and Mr. Johnson forwarded a
copy of them to the Gove .-nor with a
notation that it had In n a long!
time since I h.iv sent you anj 1
copy.”
They follow ns they appeared in]
"Shooting Star:"
ALASKA.
Alndta! Alaska!
The home of ice end snow!
The silvery land of promt <■
Where golden nuggo. i gr nv.
The home of splendid forc-ts
And stre, ins of mighty pow'r
tt'lmt once wo thought a wilderne' !
Became Dope's choici t ll.r.v’r
Ala.ka! Alaska!
The litre that you extend
Brings men elo. ■ back to nature
To call i aelt other "friend.'’
A ymbid of the future
Which tills, whole earth will view:
A land that’s now awakening
To hid gp-at droaiT: come true. !
THAT SPARf;. ROOM T« a cash
asset- if you use the Kmplro classl-l
fled. You can rent it to a desirable
tenant at a good price, thus iiween-*
tn« your own rent-tiurdan
TONIGHT. SATURDAY MATINEl
AND SATURDAY NIGHT
!F ' 9U CANT LAUGH
THEN DO NOT SF E
THIS FEATURE
FORTUNE KNOCKS
and F hen Runs Away — so
Billy Jenks Chases -
After Her I
ALL-STAR
CAST
You’d Never Think So
Many Things Could
Happen Together
Directed by CHET WITHE Y
From the IFhimsical Story
by Howard E. Horton
There will be one cf the ever
popular fables
‘ The Lion and the Mouse”
* And another chapter of
“Adventures cf Robinson
Crusoe”
GET THE HABIT
of coming early and en.i'.iyinjf the
crchctra concert from 7 to 7:30
o'clock each evening'.
ADMISSION 10 20-40 CENTS
Coming Sunday
Jack Holt and Hedda Nova
in “The Mask”
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