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Show - i THE PROVO POST RURAL COMEDIAN At Tie Theaters M MAKES HIT WITH VAUDE PATRONS East Times Tonight FRANK MAYO in DR. JIM And LARRY SEMON in THE HIC1 , ' Wednesday and Thursday Viola Dana Watch This Page i I The Fourteenth Lover 99 THE PICKANINNY N Coming . The Flower of the North 99 ''C t J By J. O. Curwood SENSIBLE ADVICE I said General Herbert G, Maxwell at a banquet In Chicago, that it was a war to endj war, and now, for all their peace talk and conferences, they are arming yorse ' than ever. me of remind the They chap who was asked for advice. George, a married friend to this chap, my wife broke ajhina dinner plate over my head last night. What would you advise me to d? Theres only one thing for; you to do, said George. And whats that, old man? the married chap eagerly. Buy tin dinner plates, They told us, , . George. FIFTY An enterprising tradesman sent a doctor a box Of cigdys which had not been ordered and a bill for $6. The letter stated that I accompanying have ventured to send "these on my own initiative, being convinced that you will appreciate their exq4isite flayer. course the doctor replied; .Vlnue You have not sked me for a c5r jmltatiob, but I venture to send you three prescriptions, being convinced that you will derive therefrom as much benefit as I shall derive from your cigars. As my charge for a prescription is $2, this makes us even. The Great Pother, Again Scores in ,rhunderclap - William S. Hart su-5- d, Mc-Ew- an pffice step-fathe- Auto Electric Supply Company Phone i representing Willard Batteries I rs -- JUST In !!' TO WORD MAKE YOUR BRAND THURSDAY and FRIDAY Matinee Daily ,j 4 P. M. Regular Prices NEW YEAR HAPPIER WILLIAM FOX 1 presents CHARLES ALTHOFF K j ' U- - STAFFORD AND DE ROSS j A NIGHT YOU ? s' JONES & YLVpSTER to rj: MISS t s . H J V 5 Directed by cenano by UaAfOL RICHARD H. SLOANE V f THIRTY PINK TOES ama Ever Staged Greatest IaceTracJ 4 S STANTON MARGUERITE; & ALVAREZ ' r : -- MACK SENNETT COMEDY TONIGHT Thomas Meighan In CIVILIAN CLOTHES GEE! BUT , BUSINESS IS GREAT WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY TOM MIX In HANDS -OFF COLUMBIA I I What Others Say PLANS TOMB Of Hands Off Picture, Thunderclap FOR COLUMBUS Tom Mix, his trusty six, his The greatest! race trackv drama ever lariak Tom Mix Due in New j and his famous horse will be the feature attraction at the Princess theater commencing Wednesday and Thursday, in Hands' Off, which report says is one of the breeziest action pictures that this William Fox western staivhas appeared in. It is a story of Texas from a novel by William McLeod Raine and was directed by George E. Marshall. From the time Mix tosses his hat into the picture while watching a duel between two tarantulas on the Texa& sands until the final fadeout, the picture is packed with speedy drama. Mix takes the part of a roving cowpuncher who drops into the fighting frontier town of Tascosa in thunderclap WIUIAM POX MtOOUCTI time to become mixed up in a number of stirring adventures, including a gang fight, a bank robbery, an atAt the Columbia, Thursday and tempted lynching, a murder and a Friday stampede of wild horses quite enough to keep even him busy. WELCOME TO STAY Pauline Curley, though only sixteen years old, is Mixs leading womHe was lost in the wilds of Con- an, and has a very charming part in nemara, and after being bogged sev- Ramona, a ranchmans daughter. eral times arrived outsidea cabin at 2 a. m., wet and shivering. He HOMICIDES IN UNITED STATES tapped several times at the door, and a shutter was raised and a Homicides in the United States fltjast head protruded. during 1920 totaled approximately What is all the noise about? 9000, a decrease of 500 from the asked the owner of the protruding 1919 record, according to a compuhead. tation by Frederick L. Hoffman Im lost, explained the wanderer, third vice president and statistician and .want to stay here all night. of the Prudential Life ' Insurance ' Well, rwhy dye wake me up? Company of America. , retorted Pat, as he prepared to bang Ye can gtay a m,enth the window. Moe modern matches are. made in if ye loike. haste than in heaven. -- Staged. r j. DIMjLE CANT , t - IN of her , JLf 20c, 30c Matinee, 3:45 55c Evening, 8:15- - 25c, 40c, AFORJ) Mary Oarr. who, becausesplendid portrayal ofthe mother in Over the Hill, has cone to be recViola llainrin 1111; FOURTEENTH as thetereat mother, comesi ognized LOVKK, showing at the Strand to the Columbra theater Thursday1 and Wednesday' Thursday. . '3lfd Friday In A he William Fox perphotoplay, STORM FELLS FOREST GIANTS Thunderclap, billq as the greatest race track photodrama ever produced. The Rainier national forest has This time she has a mother part, lost a king. A giant spruce tree esbut an entirely different one. She timated as 4000 years old fell a vicportrays the character of a paralytic. tim to a recent northwest storm. It seems that Mr. Fox, in his enThis specimen of the earliest of Padeavor jto turn out one of the most A LIVELY VACCINATION. cific coast trees measured nineteen talked of pictures for the year, spared feet thick at the place where it was broken. Mother, my vaccination doesnt nothing in the way of film notables spectacular scenes. He set the 'Not for years have so many gi- - hurt awful bad, said a Topeki 3 and of writing the scenario for Paul but it wants to shimmy1 all task gantie trees been lost as in the re- year-olH. Sloane, who has written many of cent sleet and snow hurricane. the time. the big William Fox scenarios. Richard Stanton was entrusted with the direction, and those who have seen Mr. Stantons former work know that he knows how to put on drama. George Lane, the cameraman, who is now engaged in filming another superpicture for Fox, caught some of tire most spectacular screen bits that ever were thrown on the sheet. Paul Willis as the hero, Violet Mersereau as the heroine, J. Barney Sherry as the gambler, John Daly Murphy as the Chinaman, Walter as Foster, and Thomas McCann, the colored lad, who plays the part of Gunga Din, are the other notables that make up the cast. The, picture is a slice of lifeSome figures are cleansporting sports and some are not. In the end the true sportsmen win. In one scene the hero is blown from a bridge into rapids real rapids and carried down towards a waterfall. How the cameraman managed to get the shots that he did is beyond comprehension. In the great race scene come the biggest thrills of the picture. These are not all the intense moments of the story, but it woujd not.be fair to those who intend to see Thunderclap to record them here. Let It suffice to say that at no time is there a dull moment. The picture tells the story of a paralytic mother, an orphan boy, and a convent-bre- d girl, whose lives are influenced by gamblers. Gambling almost ruins their lives, and when they least look for it they find happiness through the winning of a horse race. The girl is brought home from the convent to act as the hostess of her fashionable gaming house. She finds her mother paralyzed and unable to move or speak, but does not know that tfc had been caused by the cruelty of her stepfather. The hero works as a servant to the gambler, and his sole worldly possession is a race horse, Thunderclap, which had been bequeathed him upon the death of the only kind employer he ever had. He rides the horse to victory and preWILLARD BATTERY STATION vents his sweethearts marriage to the gamblers friend. A - customer SEE US FOR WINTER STORAGE ho kftows of the crooked methods of the gambler shoots him just as 484 the brute raises a revolver to kill the paralyzed mother. Plenty of emotion is displayed and a throughout the super-dram- a variety. Laughs and thrills and thrills and tears fill the evening. Little Carol Chase will win her way to the hearts of those who like children and Gunga Din will cause many A broad smile. JUBL W ednesday The Place To Go TONIGHT, 7:30, 9:15 - t v Columbia f t for Review of Coming Theatrical Events Each-Issu- e i in And Charles Althoff, the sheriff of Hickville, who leads the troup of vaudeville performers at the Columbia Wednesday evening, is an artist. His artistry is confined to selling his offering before the footlights. A perfect rural character, uncultured, and without the polish of the city, is the role that Althoff assumes. His antics in the fulfillment of thd" character are pleasing. After toying1 with the attitude of the audience until he almost has them believing that he cannot play a violin, he renders a series of three standard selections that are a treat to hear. This headliner is supported by five other acts, the entertaining qualities of which make them close contenders for the tpp position. Stafford apd De Ross furnish a lavish song and dance repertoire. The number is staged in an elaborate setof ting befitting, the presentation as sUch terpsichorean capabilities The Frolic Miss Stafford 'possesses which is presented by Candle-ligh- t, by the two members of the companyJJ is very well received. Thirty pink Toes is the name of a novel gypmastic feature. The three members of the troupe, performing feats of agility and strength,- Interf spersed with comedy, present a very clever and original skit. Sam Gilder, the Mast Kiddie and Happy Golden present A Night ip Dixie, one of those sketches that seem to transplant one from the present to the time before the Civil war. The kiddies, three of them, are all Skilled in dancing and singing and uphold their part of the program yery well. ' Sam Gilder is a remnant of negro minstrelsy and Happy Golden fills thd part of the old negro mammy to perfection. Jones and Syl vested score in their The men have' Catching a Train. voices of excellent range and tone. Marguerite and Alvarez are aerial entertainers of ability. Their feats on the tight wire and trapeze, though seemingly very difficult, are performed with apparent ease. The film portion of the prQgram is one of those immense Sunshine corqedies that never fail to put the audience in the best of spirits. Altogether the first bill of the New Year promises to be one of the best that has. been here during the entire season. . I- ) - I One of the most interqstfpg underExposition qf life in the sporting takings interrupted by the world. that f building a great tolnb and Picturization of a circle whcflive lighthouse over the remains of Chris- by their wits. topher Columbus in Santo Domingq. A photoplay that makes the blood It was the idea bt William E. Pul; liam, then receiver tingle with the thrill of it. general of customs of the Dominican republic, and A drama bringing to the screen a his wife. When Mr. Pulliam left j glimpie of turf life. New York a few days ago to resume" The story of a great gamble and: that post he said that the plans for "r would be taken up,! an astounding success. .. j nfJtV1' I1 V167 are carrIed to com- a lofty mausoleum,- - like thal A thrilling storyof the race of the of in Les Invalides it Paris Napoleon age. r wiiPra4nts Tomb'n Riverside over the remains of CoA drama of fortunes won and lost on the speed of a horse. beacon crowning lt wHMiSIt hgint of boats plying way A terrific punch in every scene-th-rills the Caribbean sea, , The total cost of the follow thrills. tomb and lighthouse Mri memorial Pulliam ' placed in 1914 at about $500,000.' JOS REBOUND. Whatever the present outlay would t0 .be !t 18 hls and Mm To do his duty was the assessors vIe.w tbat every individual. in sole aim, but the farmer could not 8bi?ult have his or Jier ' see it that way. How much land have you . got Hha1ner,dtwtrIUte to the momo-U- fi a levy. of. 50 cents on a?Jhat there? asked the official. . would person Oh,r about twenty acres, was the in probably , bring enough money to see the building offhand reply. Provide a fund for. exclaimed the tenance and Twenty acres! and upkeep. His planmainassessor. has more Why, theres than enthusiastic that .in those five fields alone, isnt mntVedr t there? Suppose you stretch it a American leaders throughout the continent and in the Do- . . . little. Look " here, said the farmer unofficia1.republIc' apd he says that approvai of the scheme irascibly, this is a farm,, not a, rub- had recently been expressed by the ber plantation! government at wards' I J : , i 4 j 1 f , Pul-!lam- .8 ( -- Washington. 7' |