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i n i li il -Our Line of-- Richard Hudnut's Perfumes and Toilet Requisites Is now open for your inspection, including perfumes, toilet soaps, cold creams, satchet powders, talcum powders, almond meals, etc. We will be pleased to show you these goods whether you intend to buy or not. BROCK & McCOMAS CO. DRUGGISTS TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1903. "There should be but one act upon our statute books under which public land can be acquir ed, and that one act should be a genuine homestead act, which imposes a residence of Ave years and continuous cultivation of the soil an act having no commuta tion provision attached to it, an act which will mean to this gov ernment, that a homestead entry made upon the books, signifies that a family altar has been planted upon the soil. Report of Senate committee on public lands. ARE WE SCHOOL BUILDERS? The East Oregonian believes in progress. A city or a country, Mse a man, or an institution, either goe: backward or forward. To stand still Is to stagnate. To halt at expense is fatal, for all progress costs money, costs hard work, costs brains, muscle and vitality. Pendleton cannot expect to be bet ter prepared in two or five years from now, than she is now to build more school room. The longer she delays the greater becomes the necessity. The school population is growing; the limits of the city are expanding, the vacant spots within the boundaries are being filled in, the wealth of the communi ty is increasing. The institutions must keep pace with the growth. "Who would object to putting on another policeman if the needs of the city demanded it? Progress costs money. To patch up the old academy build ing for a year or so, is only a transi tory relief. It is only delaying the work of inevitable improvement, for it will come, very soon, and the child ren of the city might as well be en Joying clean, healthful, ventilated, orderly quarters as for a dread of the beginning, to keep them in the raake ahift rooms. Taxation. It Ir trim lc nnf Ughtiy looked upon, by those who "bear the. burdon of government Vot Ing bonds is a task that must be at tended with serious thought and con sideration. But no improvement comes without effort, no excellence without labor. i -Progress costs money. But it is worth money. If the valuations are raised upon all classes of property, the burden of taxation will not be increased, to such an alarming extent. At the present low valuation of property, the exemption of law removes taxes from fully one-fourth of the actual wealth of the community. Thia wealth must be reached. It mu3t be made to share the support of the institutions of the state. It is said that an eight-room build ing in the east end of town will un justly centralize the school facilities In that locality. There la ground for this complaint The city Is growing westward very rapidly. The west end should not be asked to go across the entire width of the city to school. There Is a way to reach this adjust ment The Issuance of J25.000 in bonds for the building of more school room should not carry with It the ar bitrary disposal of that fund In the Interest of any one part or district of Pendleton. Absolute fairness must prevail, in order to reach the highest standard of excellence In school improvement The one point upon which the lax payers must agree la this: Increased population, health, Banltary iftwa, convenience and congenial surround ings for school children demand raore room: it must be and can only rightly be, a permanent addition to the dis trict that will satisfy the lovers and supporters of the public school sys tem. The entire country around Pendle ton depends upon her public schools. Fanners, stockmen, workingmen. and men in all the various lines of indus try, move here in winter, rent or buy homes, spend their money here, dis tribute their vast stores of supplies from this point. Can this class of residents be forced to go elsewhere? Can Pendleton afford to stop where she is, say she cares for no further school rooms, that as the present fa cilities answered ten years ago, they must answer now? What would this proposition come to, applied to other questions! How would it effect the management of individual business interests? Progress costs money. The west the legislative committee, as a "farce, conceived In envy, prosecuted with malice, and executed with crlm Innl stupidity." It will require more thnn SO pages of vile names, and empty assertions, to convince the people of Oregon that there has been no crookedness in the land transactions of this state during the past four yenrs. O'Dell nor State IjuhI Agent Ceor, may neither be guilty of It. This Is for the Investigating committee to .say. But white hot denunciation of a properly authorized committee, which sought the truth. In the inter est of the people, will not lessen tho suspicion now established in the mind of every man In Oregon ac quainted with the facts, that there was something wrong In the state land otlice and the state land trans actions. The people may be denounced, as an envious, malicious, stupid set by the parasites who are disturbed in their blood-sucking processes, but, right usually comes uppermost and justice Is always done. Crookedness convicts Itself if given time. TRIUMPH OF LABOR. The railroad men of Oregon have just issued a report of their work for the passage of the fellow servant law. by the last legislature. It Is a neatly printed pamphlet of fifteen pages, and thoroughly discloses all the gauntlets run by the famous law. through the ranks of corporation attorneys, railroad committees and anti-labor forces. One of the most interesting portions of the report, aside from its historic and economic value, in the long strug gle of labor in Oregon, is that para graph acknowledging the service of Oregon's governor, in the interest of has always chosen progress, however. ',e masses. This will be no exception to the rule. IMPROVE THE POOR FARM. umatuia county owns the poor farm, and it must put it in condition to yield the most profit on the invest ment, and be of the highest efficiency in the purpose for which it was in tended. The present quarters can be sold and the proceeds applied to making the Chapman place the best equipped farm in Umatilla county. Nothing short of this will satisfy those who believe in county poor farms. The county should own the best, most productive, most profitable piece of property in the county. No expense must be spared, now since the farm is bought. The only complaint ever made on the poor farm proposition, was the initial cost Nobody denies the excellence of the farm, and now that the county owns the farm, the people are unani mous In demanding that this excel lence be utilized for their advantage. In Umatilla county is not found a more desirable building place, for such buildings as will be needed, than is found on the hill, near the road, just east of the orchard, on the poor farm. High, dry, sightly, healthful, well situated for drainage, convenient to the main roads, easy of access to all portions of the farm, it is an ideal site for the house and hospital build Ing or Inmates quarters. wnue Uie farm is in a high state of cultivation, It can still be improv ed. It can be stocked with good breeds of farm animals, furnished with labor-saving tools and turned in to a bee hive of industry, by the !& bor of those who are not helpless and who would naturally enjoy a life of light labor on a farm. Near the best market in Eastern Oregon, It can be made the official market garden and granary of Uma tilla county. It can utilize every foot of land, and every hour of time, in some useful and profitable product Beautiful In the summer season, Its artificial lakes, groves and lawns can be more elaborately prepared and be made a Mecca, in future, as It has been to a great extent, In the past, for tho tired city, thirsting for an hour of recreation In some country nook. The quicker the new quarters are built and the old poor farm disposed of, the more profitable It will be for the county. Two farms are not noeded. Speaking of those who befriended the laboring men of the state, in their efforts for recognition before the legislature, the report says: "Of Governor George E. Chamber lain, in whom the railway employes have always had implicit confidence, we can proudly say: He lias fully redeemed every promise made to the workingmen of Oregon during the campaign; he has assisted your com mittee in every possible way, his sym pathies are with the workingmen and liis actions as governor of Oregon, show that he will fearlessly defend their cause on every occasion." The report does not contain a word of denunciation, bitterness nor pas sion. In the face of the allied oppo sition of ail the railway corporations, the employes made a fair fight won it, and are quietly enjoying the fruits of their labor in the satisfaction of knowing that their cause was cham pioned by a majority of Oregon's legislators. scribe their charm, but the Arctics, too. have their charm as witness the following pen picture from a wander er In the Far North: "A grander scene than our bay by moonlight, can hardly be conceived; it Is more dreamlike and supernatural than a combination of earthly features. Tho moon Is nearly full and tho drnwlng sunlight mingling with hers, invests everything with an ntmosphere of ashy grey. It clothes the gnarled hills that mnke the horizon of our liny; shadows out the terraces In dull definition; grows darker and colder as it sinks into the fiords, nnd broods sad nnd dreary upon the ridges and measureless plains of ice thnt make up the rest of our field of view. Ris ing above all this and shading down into it in strange combination. Is the Intense moonlight, glittering on ev ery crag and spire, tracing the out line of the background with contrast ed brightness, and printing its fnntns- tic profiles on the snowfleld. It Is a landscape such as Milton or Dante might Imagine inorganic, desolate, mysterious. I have come down from deck with the feelings of a man who has looked upon a world unfinished by the hand of Its Creator." It would appear from a perusal of Mr. Bryan's replies to the Tlldon Club banqueters, that the injunction "Turn the other cheek" is not literally en forced nt Lincoln. Neb. Mr. Baer. Mr. President Baer has been talking some more lately, this time about the Civic Federation, and Oscar S. Strauss, a prominent mem ber of the federation replies: "I regret to say that Mr. Baer's statements re garding the federation are Incorrect as to facts and misleading in deduc tion." This seems to be a diplomat ic way of calling Mr. Baer a common, every-dny llnr. The following lines, entitled "A Passing." are anonymous, but do not need any great name to stand sponsor for them: Ton passed in that first sudden flush Of springtide, nnd the eternal hush Fell on your lips, nnd on your eyes The mystery of mysteries. of tho Campbellite church and fro quently preached In its pulpits. Chester Alan Arthur was an Epls copallan. Benjamin Harrison was a Prosby terinn as is Orovcr Cleveland. William McKlnlcy was a methodlst, and a mnn of strong religious sent! nionts. Theodore Roosevelt Is a member of the Dutch Reformed church, and tho first president we have had of that faith. New York World. THE SONG OF THE STREAM. Clear and cool, clear and cool, By laughing, shallow and dreaming pool, Cool and clear, cool and clear, By shining shingle and foaming woir; Under the crag whore the ouzel sings And the ivied wall whore the church bell rings. Undefllcd for the uudellled, Play by me, bathe In me, mother and child. Dank and foul, dank and foul, By the smoky town in its murky cowl Foul and dank, foul and dnnk, By wharf and Bower nnd slimy bank; Darker and darker the farther I go, Baser and baser the richer 1 grow; Who dare aport with the sin-dofiled, Shrink from me, turn from me, mother and child. Strong and free, strong and free, The Hood gates are open, nway to the sea, Free and strong, free and strong, Cleansing my stream as I hurry along To the golden sands and the leaping bar, And the taintless tide that awaits me afar. As 1 lose mysolf in the infinite main, Like a soul that has sinned, and is pardoned again . Undefiled for the undeflled. Play by me, bathe in me, mother and child. Charles Klngsley. We saw the starry primrose break To golden purpose for your sake; The heavy hyacinth became j A herald to proclaim your name. Beneath the shadows of the firs j Bells chimed to fairy revellers. i And where the white narcissus blew, I It scattered all its sweets for you. J We saw; but you, alas! as one For whom all seasons had outrun Saw not, nor hpard the thrushes sing i In tranquil shades at evening. Your hands are folded on your breast Like lilies Joined in endless rest; You feet have climbed the hidden road That bounds the quiet land of God. Tutullla, March 9th. Percy Nash, a prominent football player, of Portland, was Injured In a fall on the Yukon, and lay for five nights on the ice. He had tried re peatedly to get near enough his dog, to kill and ent him, so fierce was his hunger Nash was rescued by a hunter. RELIGIONS OF THE PRESIDENTS. DRIFTWOOD. The following lines anDeared in a New York paper of a half century ago: A hundred years shall roll along WHERE INVESTIGATION HURTS. W. H. O'Dell, former clerk of the state land board ,who has been prom inently connected with Oregon school land, lieu land and swamp land trans actions during tho term of Governor Qeor, Is out with an 80-page pamph lot, denouncing the investigations of 11 cehtury beyond today; But you nor I. nor unvni Now living, shall behold that sun. The .wandering ships shall come and go. But manned by those We tin nnr knnw The breeze that wafts them o'er the waves Shall bend the flowers upon graves. our nations broken The lyre that now through rings, Shall voiceless lie, with strings; But earth shall not be silent then, for coming days shall bring their men. The sceptre, banner, sword and pen ouau mi me nanus or other men; And other feet the earth shall trnnri Above this generation, dead. The plow shall turn the grassy plain iu uicKie reap tne goiaen grain; But those who now the valley sow, Shall each He slumbering cold and low. Where now we sit in twllleht inmn With music, kisses, love and flowers, Shall others call the rising moon To hear their vows forgotten soon. Like shadow o'er tho field of irrnno This living century shall pass And fading, as a summer eve, Tho earth to those who follow leave. One. with whom the hnttio nr ut. had gone hard, and who at last decid ed to quit tho unequal struggle, left this message to a friend on the ove of her departure: "So will I Journey uFi to . fnr country, the Ruler of Which Will know mv nfnrv nnd mill Judge morclfully, and where you, my friend, will one dav enmn nnd ,in know whether I have done well or ill." Tropical climes with thntr of Bhrubbory and sunlight have never lacked for appreciative pens to ,de- Washlngton was a member of the Episcopal church. He often avowed his belief in the direct personal inter position of God in behalf of the Amer ican people. John Adams was a congregational- ist, and regularly attended the First church of Quincy, Mass., called "The Church of Statesmen" because so many Adamses have attended It. Jefferson attended the Episcopal church and subscribed to it. but never openly professed any religion. He is generally classified as a Unitarian, as his writings strongly indicate sympa thy with that faith. Writing of John "Adams shortly before liU death, he said: "Say nothing of my religion; It is known to my God and myself aione. Madison and Monroe were both members of the Episcopal church of Virginia. John Quincy Adams was a Unltari an. Andrew Jackson was converted late in life to the Presbyterian faith, which was that of his mother, and died a "ruling eider" of that church Van Buren had an irreproachable character, but none of his biographers makes any mention of his religious faith. wuuam tienry Harrison was an Episcopalian and had strong relig ious feelings. He refused to fight a duel on the ground that there were "higher obligations than human opln ions can impose." John Tyler was an Episcopalian. James K. Polk professed no re llglon until he was dying, when he was baptized by a Methodist clergy man. Zachary Taylor, old "Rough and Heady," was not n member of anv church. His life was blameless, and his Inst words were: "I am not afraid to die. I am ready. I have endeavor ed to do my duty." Millard Fillmore was a Bantist bv animation, but not by actual profession. Franklin Pierce was an Enlsco- pallan. James Buchanan Joined the Preu- byterian church, but not till after he retired from tho presidency. Abraham Lincoln was not a mem ber of any church. His paronts wore Baptist. Ho himself professed his belief in Dlvlno Providence and the power of prayer In manv of hln nnh. lie addresses. Andrew Johnson bnlnntrrni nr. church, but had Mothodlst leanlnga Ulysses S. Grant was a Methodist So was Rutherford B. Hayes. w 9 James A. Garfield was a member i New.. Goods Coming in dailv. a as Skirts, Shirt Vaist Suits, Muslin Under wear, Shirt Waists, Silk Monte Carlos and fjn derskirts. These are by far the best in style and price in town. Ed Eben 645 Main street. Enjoy your leisure time at ROBINSON'S AMUSEMENT UNDER W. & C. R. DEPOT First-class Bowling Alleys Best Billiard and Pool Tabia snooting and l nrowmg Gills ICS. W . . IU UJIUUI lUltltllblll "icn evening, rSest order maintained Tpmnftranci' refrpshmpnfc 11, cigars. t-v 1 t . urnn 111 ami wime awai- vnr spare time. Physicians are calling attention to the fact that influenza or grip has come to stay. In the larger cities there has been a marked increase in diseases affecting the organs of respiration, which increase is attributed to the prevalence of influ enza. Persons who are recovering from grip or influenza are in a weak condition and peculiarly liable to pulmonary dek ease. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures coughs, bronchitis, lung "trouble" and other diseases of the organs of res piration. It is the best tonic medicine for those whose strength and vitality have been exhausted bv an attack of I It purifies the blood, cleansin? it of the pblftouqus accumulations which breed and feed disease. It gives increased ac tivity to the blood-making glands, and so increases the supply of pure blood, rich with the red corpuscles of health. "A word for your 'Golden Medical Discov ery,'" writes Mr. B. A. Bender, of Keene. .u.tuu w, umg, vrc nave Deen luinr it a a family medicine for more than four year As a cough remedy and blood-purifier there is nothing better, aud after having the srip Dr. i-icrce b i.oiuen Medical Discovery it just the right medicine for a complete bracing op." Accept no substitute for "Golden Med ical Discovery." There is nothing "just Kwu- iur uiscascs oi me stomach, blood, and lunirs. The sluggish liver is made active by he use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets riuotr IX SURPRISES THEM 4 Sweet Potatoes, the good Kind. Celery, fresh and crisp. Cabbage, solid heads. Garden Seeds The kind that grow in this soil and climate. Fresh stock of iant Seeds. D. OILER & SON The Big Store in a Small Room. A1U Street, Opposite S&visgi figik Babbit Metal, beet In that io-Lrf -t bar. Price, S1 per bar, at the Kattf Oregonian Office. 10 near you have not got a Winona Wn Irom sprlDRlnr and mKk it th euleit rai nlng wajon on earth The iteel clad balm;) defiance to the weather. Ther nerer eriUU have loose aptkes. Our haeki and buniMH made by (he Winona Manufacturing ix ,npi In the hardwood belt. Alt air dried U3 used In construction. Call and gee ui tnl 1 the illcaeit plow in earth. We bare It. NEAQLB BROTHERS We cell and guarantee the Btorer OuoUM Auginea. Tons AND Tons Just received another car load of Poultry and stock supplies at the Colesworthy CHOP MILL 127 and 1229 East Alia Streot PENDLETON-UKIAI STAGE LINE fUas teewee Patil1alA itall. avmass faAalaf' 1 7 a. m,, for Uklah and lntermedU t . am. jvruoi noes. 700; ruoiKoc m irn. tl.'JC: laNve.l aA! Nia and MtaAf ' to Rldce, 1.7S: to Klfo and relnrn, ) in, kb: u aid ana reiarn, H.wf w MO: to Uklah and return, M.Ca Omee la (Mdea RtOe HtJ, rW"