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MONDAY, MAY 13th, 1918 FIVE-PART COMEDY DRAMA, starring MARGARITA FISCHER MARGARITA FfSCHER jumped right into the hearts of Chrisichurch picture-goers by her marvellous performance in '• The Pt-arl of Paradise," "The Girl Who Couldn't Grow Up," and " Miss Jackie of the Naw." [Great Double Programme GREAT SPECTACULAR CHAPTER PLAY OF THE NORTH WOODS A Lass of the Lumberlandsi A pretty girl-alcn. FIRST CHAPTER h.niTikis r ° U flrthnlTj "Dollar" Holmes, so-called because of his greed of nionev and power, is a small oerjacKß, Tignung timber landowner in a region where both the trust and a tribe of Klamath Indians hold gamely against the similar lands. He is under contract to the combine to deliver to it 10,000,000 feet of mighty Lumber timber by a specified date. It is a rich deal. His wife is about to become a mother, and Trust, that, in bri«f, Holmes has set his heart fiercely on a boy to inherit the fortune he means to pile up. is the bas'c situa- A forest fire sweeps away half of Holmes' standing timber. Greer, president of the tion In this big new trust - learning of this, writes a sneering letter, hinting at Holmes' ruin unless he fills his "Mutual" <?nnlnl contract in time. This he cannot do unless he obtains possession of the Indian lands nnuiuai ob ai. adjoining his. Sleepy Dog, the chief of the tribe, refuses to sell. Holmes'wife gives birth to a daughter, and lie, in a wild rage of double disappointment, Notable for its curses her and the babe, and rushes out of the cabin into the woods. He comcs upon action, thrill*. DiH : * bootlegger, surreptitiously selling wh sky to the loggers, Holmes promises to forbear punishment if he will go into the Indian camp, from which Sleepv Dos is absent on a trip, and breatn>tak anc j to t^e savil g es> Ing climaxes in The Klamaths-arc made drunk, and when they demand more whisky, Holmes offers Lighting Effects, them 100 dollars a piece if they will deed their timber lands to him. They do so. and " The Lass of the Holmes wires Greer that he will fulfil his contract ; also, that with the acquisition of the Lumberlands " is as Indian lands he had obtained exclusive right to use the region on river for log-boating nnußunl and .une purposes, thus cutting off the-Trust's land from the market. The Trust capitulates and U.HU luyc- accepts Holmes' terms, by which he is given a heavy interest in the combine and made rior to other Serials Director. as it is in plot. Sleepy Dog returns, Holmes quarrels with him, and throws him over a cliff. The action, and enact- crime is discovered by Holmes' wife, a fact which he discovers. In terror of her life, the ment. Some of the woman flees to the cabin carrying her infant in her arms. In trying to reach the further wonderfu I night hank of the river over a/jarr. of logs, she is hurled into the stream, when a blast of dynamite » ««.„♦«> .... i blows up the king log, and she is whirled away in the current, clinging to the log, and holding effects are . posi- the babe in her arms ° tively startling. In addition to these Two Great Attractions, Next Week's Programme will include . "GETTING IN WRONG" Beauty Comedy " PITCH O* CHANGE " Western Drama NCJING MONDAY, MAY 13th, 1918

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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16209, 11 May 1918, Page 6

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Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16209, 11 May 1918, Page 6