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i It i BP 1 t in- jgt: L.1 Re.-. if?- I5t IK- Pyrography Just arrived from the East, a large and complete stock, including Burning Out fits complete. Pieces for burning, stamped and unstamped, Nut Bowls, Picture Frame,Tolacco Jrs, Taliourettes, Bread Trays, Pipe Rat.ks, Steins, Etc. These pieces are made from genuine bass wood and are very fine. BROCK & McCOMAS CO. DRUGGISTS WEDNESDAY, FEUUUAUY 11, 1903. The Chaldeaus and Egyptians used bricks and the Greeks and Koniaus used stone for writings. It our race were destroyed to day and the earth should be visited from some other planet, Ave hundred years later, our pa per bool3 would have perished and the Roman Empire would be accounted the latest and highest stage of human civiliza tion. Edward liellamy. THE HAND OF A MASTER. The house committee on railroad and transportation showed its hand Saturday, when It reported the state portage bill to the house, without re. ommendatlons. Too servile to the Interests of the strong railroad lobby at the legist ture, to openly oppose it, by a favor able recommendation, and yet too fearful of the voters of the central and eastern counties of Oregon to report unfavorably upon It, the com iulttee took the lake warm, middle ground, ready and willing to fall over on the winning side, which ever It might be. The hand of the mastertu railroad attorneys is seen plainly In the play. They seek to keep the barrier of the Cascades and the Dalles between the people or Eastern Oregon and cheap transportation. They virtually name the railroad committees in advance of legislative sessions u.id go into the fight against the people, with all odds on their side. The abjeot slaves of corporation in terests who- are so blinded to the needs of the state as to be silent on the subject of such vital Importance to the people of two-thirds of the state's area, should be remembered and turned down by the voters. It Is a vindication of the people, and a just rebuke to the committee that the portage bill passed the house in the face of the lobby and its com mittee on railroads and transporta tion. . The construction of this portage road, owned and operated by the state, is one, of the greatest steps yet taken by Oregon, toward the recla mation of Idle domain of the interior. It will develop the state and leave the profits In the pockets of the peo ple. PENDLETON'S WATER SION. CO MM IS- The afvs comes from Salem that a change In the charter, involving a complete revision of the present method of choosing the water com mission is incorporated In the charter revision bill. There Is no demand upon the part of the citizens of Pendleton to have the water commission question touched. The past year has been one of the most prosperous in the history of Pendleton's water system. The In come, the management, the cost and the usefulness of the system for the year are sources of pride to Pendle ton. The present law, which provides for the retirement of one member of the commission, each alternate year, the eldest remaining member of the commission becoming chairman of the board successively, keeps an experi enced man continuously at the head of the commission, and Insures uni formity of management. This present law is satisfactory and profitable to the city. It is a fair, Pyrography honest, open business proposition. There is no chance for politics to cieep in and weaken the usefulness. The commltsion Is the choice of tho people. They are absolute masters of the water system and cannot be re placed by inexperienced men, until their term expires. The proposed amendment makes the mayor chairman of the water com mission and provides for the appoint ment of a commission by him. The mayor's hands are full now. If he appoints tho city marshal and re corder and meets all tho numerous demands that are made upon his time he cannot reasonably act as chairman of the water commission, which is one of the busiest positions connected with the municipal government, "it requires practical experience, close attention to details and cndltfs vigi lance on the pait of the water com missioners to keep the system at its full height of usefulness, extend it as the needs of the city require, and make It pay. During tho year just ended, from December 31, 1901, to December 31 1902, the income from the city water system was $13,490.82. The total ex pense of the system for the ear, in cluding $2,255.00 interest ou water bonds, was $7,740.60. During the year $5,S24.02 were spent in laying new water mains and $930.88 were paid into the sinking fund. In 1898 tho expenses of tho system were $11,102.15 and tho income $9, 977.98, under the old system of man agement. Since the present law has been in effect tho profits of the water plant have steadily increased and the expenses have decreased. It seems that it would be destruc tive to the usefulness of the commis sion to undo the satisfactory work it has in hand and throw the manage ment back into the old methods so re cently -U'carded. Whit demand is I here for change? Is no: the pres ent law satisfactory? Is not the rec ord sufficient to satisfy the people and the legislature that no change is wanted now? OFFICIAL ANARCHY. The people ate always ready to con demn Individuals who break laws and to point the finger of indignation at anarchy In whatever form it appears. Oregon has an example before her which 3hould cause thinking men to stop a moment and wonder what tho object of law really Is. Tho scalp bounty law has been up on tho statute books of this state for four years. It was passed and in grafted Into the code of Oregon and became equal in force and execution to the law against murder or theft. First one county dared to repudl' ate it and refuse to comply with its provisions and then another, simply because It was not directly beneficial to them. A reign of anarchy net In. This law was wilfully set aside by the county courts of various counties of the state. Although It was a part of the codo of Oregon, these very men who are supposed to be watchful of good government and In whose hands is placed the execution of the law, set a portion of that code aside and refus ed to comply with It Another law on the statute books of Oregon says that no county shall go In debt to exceed $5,000. These very county courts which are the guardians of the people's rights, and whoso duty it Is to be watchful of the Interest of the state, wilfully violate this law month after month. Can you blame Individuals for breaking laws when these examples aro before themT Is It any wonder that lawlessness is on the increaso In society or that anarchy Is thriving among the Ignorant classes, when ihoy sco it patted upon tho back and warmed at the bosom of official actions? There should be a fow penalties meted out to official anarchists. It might have a good moral eifect on the people. The announcement that n half mil lion packing plant is to bo erected in Portland, Is encouraging news to tho stockmen of the Inland Empire. More alfalfa, more beef, more profits. The true business era of tho North west Is just beginning to dawn. Senator Justus Wade, of Union county, has not yet Introduced one bill or resolution Into the legislature. It is a distinction seldom achieved. It might be better were there 'more like him. "May his tribe increase." Oregon Dally Journal. The state senate spends about half its time in leconsidering questions hurriedly disposed of. What would be said of a farmer who would spend half of each season tearing down his hay stacks? When the wires announce the slightest illness of Senator Mitchell, Immediately the machine politicians of Oiegon begin to rummage tho list ol ellgibles for a successor. SENATE'S ANTI-TRUST BILLS. In passing without debate the El kins anti-rebate and the Hoar general anti-trust bills the senate has done1 nothing that need make the trusts trouble. It has simply done Its part, in "making a record" for use In tho next national republican campaign j text-book. , i The bills go now to the house, where the Littlelleld measure, con taining about the same provisions, Is pending. Not improbably the, house will pass one bill, tho senate another, and both will be "lost In the shuffle." As for the merits of the Elkins bill, it provides for nothing already cov ered in the Interstate Commerce act. It does not, in fact, provide such se-J vere penalties for tho giving of re-1 bates by railroads as does the present law. It entirely abolishes imprison-1 ment for such offenses and makes , fines the only punishment. Who Is verdant enough to believe that a rebate system of which it may truly be said that "there are mil lions in it" could be broken up by an occasional prosecution and a fine of "not more than $20,000" even If a conviction were over obtained and sustained by tho highest court, a thing that has never yet happened? New York World. SOMETHING DOING. A bill lias been introduced In tho Illinois legislature providing for the municipal ownership of railroads. Every city In the state Is authorized to own and operate street railways, and the right must bo expressly re served In every grant of franchise to purchase the plant. Proposals to pur chase street railway property must be submitted to the people. An af firmative vote of two-thirds is re quired to pass tho measure. This amounts to full municipal con trol and puts affairs in such shape that the city can act at any time. Only a week ago tho republican ma jority in the legislature sat quiet while the democratic minority passed a resolution binding the United States senators to vote for a constitutional amendment providing for the elec tion of senators by direct vote of the people. Things are doing in Illinois! Boise Capital News. WHAT MORGAN CONTROLS. In September, 1902, the Morgnn In terests controlled 55,555 miles of American railways, or more than the mileage of Germany, Great Britain and Ireland combined. These lines have a capitalization of $3,002,949,571, which is moro than three times tho total Interest-bearing debt of the United States. In addition, the Mor- "EL SIDELO" "EL SIDELO" Is Manufactured bv SAM'L I. DAVIS, Y CA ASK FOR "BANKER" SIZE 2 few? 25c ALLEN & LEWIS, Distributors PORTLAND, ORE. gau influence is poworful in almost all the other important railroad sys tems of tho country. The direct Morgan Interests include 18 railroad systems, one monster steamship company, 13 industrial combinations, seven banks, three tel egraph and cable companies, seven great Insurance companies and in numerable smaller corporations of divers kinds. The total capitaliza tion of these various combinations is $0,448,500,000 an amount greater than tho natlonnl debt of any coun try In the world, and twice the debt of Great Britain. The capital of a single one of the .Morgan companies the United States Steel Corporation Is equnl to about twice the cost of tho lioer war, and its net profits for tho current year are estimated at $140,000,000, a sum about equal to tho annual cost of tho British navy, nnd but llttlo short of the total revenues of Spain. But Mr. Morgan does not depend on tho dividends of his stocks for the bulk of his Income. HIb chief busi ness, at present, is promoting ou a gigantic scale. When ho organized the underwriting syndicato that launched the United States Steel torporation, the subscribers wero pledged, If called upon, to pay iu $200,000,000. Thoy actually advanced only $25,000,000, and that was return ed In the final settlement. Tliolv ninrtt nn this Investment was $50,000,000, or over 200 per cent. Tho siiaro or J. J'. Morgan uo wan iihnnt. S1 1.000.000. Everv romiiany Mr. .Morgan floats and tho number Is large yields profits proportionately. Often ho has no need to advance mnnnv. Thn mem manic of his IianiO floats a company, and his clients gladly pay him half a million, or a million, or ftvo million dollars for tho service. Success. The government of Persia has re cently stopped all Importation of scriptures in tho Persian language. Of DANDRUFF FALLING HAIR and BALDNESS Kill th Germ that is Destroying the Hair Root. NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE IS THE SCIENTIFIC REMEDY THAT KILLS THESE PARASITIC GERMS. For .Sale by Draughts. Price $1.00. Gray's Harbor Commercial Co. 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