1908 HORTICULTURAL EDITION OF THE DAILY TRIBUNE-10,000 COPIES-READY IN JANUARY y tribune. THE WEATHER. Fair, slightly colder tonight. "Wednesday, occasional ruin with northeast winds. Associated Press Dispatches VOL. II. MED FO HI). OR., T F KS 1 ) A Y, J A X UARY 14, 1 90S. NO. 250 WHO'S 10 : ON TAX LIST Wealthiest Citizens of Each Precinct Shown by Assessors' List Taxable Property. ;i Who's who in .Inekson county? How much is your neighbor worth? " How 'much is he paying taxes upon? Bond the following list anil sec. All who have $S0o0 nnd over are here listed. Who is dodging? Medford. 13. P. Adkins 49,483 Angle & Plymale 16,6(i(i Fred Barneburg 49,433 M. Bellinger 15,600 S. L. Bennett 13,(175 jH. E. Boyden 20,333 (Big Bend Milling Co 153,867 ' L. B. Brown 12,867 W. S. Clay 14,125 Mrs. E. M. Cox. 22.217 John W. Cox 8,750 F. L. t'rnnfill 14.85S A. A." Davis 33,033 'Alexander Buff 8,583 , P. K. Deuel 22,01(i Deuel & Kentner 20.000 E. J. De Hart 26.666 J. T. Ends 12.900 J. rr Emeriek 12,366 .1. E. Enynrt 14,000 W. li. Ewbnnks 11.075 ' First National Bank 50,000 F. Frideger 9,617 H. C. Garnett 8.883 E. P. Geary 10,333 AVi'fiam E. Goodfellow 5!l6,050 Mrs. 1?. W. Gray 12.950 R. II. Halley 15,833 E. E. Hart 64.666 Mrs. H. L. Haskins 13.250 V. L. Harkness 100.000 D. K. Hill 34,633 S. T. Howard 19.250 Hubbard Bros 8.417 Polk Hull 9.923 Hutchison & I.nnifden 46.333 I Estate G. . Isaacs 22,000 .Tackson County Bank 100,000 W. A. .Tones 23.050 Edward Judy 13.716 Thomas P. Kahler S.oon Karnes & Ritter 11.667 J. F. Kelly 12,250 C. B. Kennedy 8.1S3 J. M. Kilgonr 1 1.33 W. G. Knips 9..15S P. T. !,nwtnn 12.517 August Laurentz 15.658 Mrs. E. .1. Lewis S.85S J. M. Lofland 12.150 J. A. Lyon 8,833 F. E. Martin 13.93 Medford Brewing & Ice Co 10.000 Medford National Bank 60.OH0 Medford Furniture Co 12.503 W. II. Meeker 11.607 Julia Miles 17,750 T. D. Minenr 24.947 M. I. Minenr 13.928 Thomas H. Moore ... 23.167 C. T. nnd E. E. Morrison 8.025 Thomas MeAndrews 32.842 .1. C. T. Nash 30.000 George V. Nichols 13.461 F. Ossenbrugge 13.700 Fred C. Page 17,200 Palm & Niedermeyer 20.666 Mrs. Eliza Palmer 12.458 .7. A. Perry 16.583 Mrs. A. R. Phipps 22,416 I. J. Phipps 24,842 Dr. E. B. Pickel 26,533 I,. G. Porter 9.883 J. F. Roddy 11.900 William Rose 8.63 T. D. Sage 8.216 A. M. Short 11.750 Eliza Stewart 13.100 Mrs. ,T. II. Stewart 10.000 Charles Strang 12.742 M. W. Stnrgis 12.353 OF COUNTY Smith & Malnney 10.000 .T. Taylor & Sons 12.242 A. P.' Talent 14.067 B. P. Theiss & Co 9.050 J. W. Thomas 25.708 J. P. True 8.375 J. G. Van Dvke 12.920 J. G. Van Dyke 9.107 W. T. Vnwter 1 1.107 J. Walz f."l" E. N. Warner 10.367 I. A. Weld, 14..V3 Alinirn Whitstone !'.'Ji''l Ed Wilkinson 14.11" V. ung & Hall '.Oiv, A. V. Allen 19.'.'2 Hester Galloway 12.70 i lni I.-ieler i T., ('n 31 (' 'ntlTillOed en I'HL.'e e. ( LIGHT ON HOW TAXES ARE LEVIED Jud ige Dunn Explains Taxation as Prac tised By Officials in Jackson County. Jacksonville, Or., .Tun. 30, 190. To the Editor: There appeared in your valuable pa per a few days ago an nrtide 'in re gard to the amount of taxes that would he raised by the county court for the coming year. I thought that it would 1.1 n .-. ,... i J I'C J11H-1 fl lt UUI (Mil ri'UUlTH ro Know just now much money is to be raised nnd where the money goes after it is collected. You stated that the board of equal ization had seen fit to raise all assess ments 40 per cent and that therefore all county taxes would be higher. The horizontal raise made by the board of equalization was not mado for the pur pose of raising revenue at all, but was made in compliance with the law un der which the board of equalization was aeitng, which required each member of said board "to take and subscribe to an oath, to be administered by a mem ber of such board, and to be filed with the county clerk, to faithfuly and hon estly examine, correct and equalize at full cash value such assessment roll nnd all property so returned by such as sessor" (see Session Laws, 1907, page 450). Raising the Assesment. The assessor informed the bonrd of equalization that he had attempted to assess all property at HO per cent of its cash value, and an examination of the rolls disclosed the fact that he had done so in a general way, and after due de liberation it was decided to add to tfhe assessment roll the additional 40 per cent, making the assessment stand, when eqaulized, at its actual cash value as near as we could estimate. Now, the amount of tax required to be raised by the county for state tax is a fixed amount. That is, it is ,0:il4 per cent of the total amount of the state tax, nnd this year the estimated amount for Jackson county was the sum of $.'10,110. This sum we are com pelled to raise for state purposes, and it does not matter whether our prop erty is assessed for $13,000,000 or $'22t 000,000, the amount that each taxpayer will have to pay will be just the same, provided that all property was raised in the same proportion. The same is true of the amount of the school tax. We have to raise a sum that will equal in amount n sum equal to $7 for each child of school nge as shown bv the last school census. The county school superintendent certified to the county court that there were 5014 children of school age within the coun ty, ash shown by the last census. This would require us to raise the sum of $:iP.2!tS. to which we must add the school library tax of 10 cents per child, or $502 more. Needed for Roads. The court estimated that we could get along tiwh $:i0,05 for roads and bridges, and this amount will be divided equally between the county court and the several mad districts. This is not one-half as much as the eountv should levy and expend annually on the roads, but the court felt that it was under ob ligations to the taxpayers of Jackson county to make the tax levy as light as possible, as the larger towns nnd very many of the school districts of the coun ty have, to say the least, shown no mercy, nnd have, in ome instances, made levies that will cause considerable '"cussing, I am afraid. j We had to provide for three election I this year, which will cost in the neigh borhood of 5"ito. The regular salaries fixed by law amount to the sum of $1S,904. We expect to get along with .f4nii0 for the maintenance of the county ! poor farm nnd paying all other ex 1 penses incidental to caring for the pmi ' iters that are always with us. We should expend at least $1200 in repairs to the courthouse in the way of vault fix '. tore, painting the woodwork, etc., and also for additional jail accommodations. 1 Levy of Seven Mills. 1 To meet tho payment of all those shims, together with the incidenlal and ne.-ef-.trv expense., it will require the -urn ..f 1.V.!t'!UO. The total value of i!w r.-i--:tlde property in the cnntv Mi7. d bv the board of eqtialin iniie. un I 'age .1, LIGHT VOTE BEING PO LED AT ELECTION Little Interest Mani fested in Outcome- Fitzgerald, Bundy and Eifert in Lead. One of the quietest elections on rec ord is being held today. Outside of a few of the candidates themselves, no one seems to be taking any interest in who will rule the city. In some of the wards the candidates are not even in evidence. The vote polled at 2 o'clock was a light one, less than half the total vote of the city being recorded. Indications point to the re-election of Collins as recorder, Jacobs as treasurer and Fitz gerald, Bundy nnd Eifert us council men, though later balloting may change the results. INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS IN ODD FELLOWS LODGE Installation of officers in the Odd Fellows lodge occurred Monday night. The following were installed: J. W. Uiwton. N ti.; L. M. Lyon, V. 0.; Volney Dixon, recording secretary; K. C. Caddis, treasurer; II, II. Harvey, financial secretary; F. W. Streets, 1(. S. N. G.; J. W. Mitchell, L. 8. N. (i.; Charles TI. King, warden; J. L. Dem- mer, conductor; Charles O. King, I. O.: P. True, O. .; J. E. T)ay, R. S. V. O.; W. H. Meeker, L. S. V. O.; C. A. Meeker, R. S. S.; Fort Hubbard, L. S. S. YOUTH SHOOTS LITTL7 GIRL INSTEAD OF DOG CH EH ALTS. .Ian. 13. At Alpha, 20 miles east of ChHialis, yesterday, Victor Smith, IS years old, shot Etta Fink. iged 10. Smith had declared his in tention of killing Mrs. Fink's dog, but when the little girl ran from the house it is alleged that he changed his aim t A ward her and shot her. Smith es caped to the timber. A posse uf farm ers and Deputy Sheriff King are in pur suit. The girl may reocver. HALL CASE POSTPONED, PROSECUTION NOT READY PORTLAND, Jan. 11. In the case of the government against former Dis trict Attorney John H. Hall, today the prosecution announced that it was not ready to proceed and the case went over until tomorrow. German Discount Reduced. BERLIN. Jan. I ill. The Imperial Bank of (iermany has reduced tin? rate of discount from 7 to 0 per cent. JACKSONVILLE ITEMS. Miss Maud Prim left for Butte Fall" Friday, where she has been engaged to teach a five months' school. Mrs. James F. Buckley, who has been quite ill, was sufficiently recovered to leave for her home at Ruch Sunday. Mrs. M. M. Taylor has sold her resi Tence property on Oregon street to John Marsh for a consideration of $500. Reuben Robinson and family, who have been "pending the holidays with Mr. Robinson s parents nt Junction, are home again. Attorney R. O. Smith returned to Grants Pass Saturday after being busy at court for about a week. William Hundley of Medford has filed hi" intentions to become a citizen 'i the I'nited States. He, in company with his witnesses, were nt the county seat Satnrdav. "The Mascot." Final rehearsals for the TInzelrigg Andrews production of "The Mum cot ' ' begins tonight. Between now and the five complete rehearsals will be held, and with The progress nl readv made, a finished performance is asnrel. The chorus w.-rk will be a feature of the prnduetion and the ce. tinning will be a revelation, according to Madam Jnhns, the cistumer of the Tivoli Op.-ra ILois.-, ;ni Era fi-ico, who is dre-dng the pie.-c. Q The .ale f s,.;,t, b. gii, at Ha i n drug store tomorrow f Wedin dnv) morning M oVh-i-k. !i-tf r nrh in order to g.-t choice s-n.0 NEGOTIATIONS ON FOR SALE Hunt Lewis May Pur chase Pacific & Fast ern and Complete Line to Timber Belt. Mayor Roddy is in Portland con ducting negotiations which may result in the sale of the Pacific & Eastern railroad to a Portland syndicate head ed by Hunt Lewis, the well-known hor ticulturist, who owns one of the larg est orchards in the Rogue River valley. Mr. Lewis is closely associated with the ruling financial interests of Port Inud. Himself a member of one of the oldest and wealthiest of Oregon fam ilies, ho has ample means to acquire and complete the railroad, extension of which was stopped by the failure of tho Oregon Trust & Savings bank. On Sunday, Mr. Lewis made an in spection of the road bed nnd track, from Medford to Eagle Point, and left in the evening with Dr. Reddy for Portland to conclude negotiations with the present owners, who since the bank fnilure have not been in financial shape to carry out original plans. Tt is likely that with the reorganiza tion of the failed bank nnd its merger with the German A-niericnn, that the money paid the receiver, eighty-odd thousand dollars, will be released, nnd that local stockholders will receive back the monev advanced. Should the deal now pending be com pleted, it will mean more for Medford than any one other event in its his tory, ns it would insure the erection and operation of large lumber mills and place one of the largest timber belts in the world on the market. INDIAN WAR VETERAN IS BURIED AT PHOENIX William Hraniblett, a veteran of the Indian wars of the Rogue River valley, died at Phoenix and was buried there Monday, January lit. Mr. Hraniblett, when a mere boy, with his father and mother and one Hister and a brother, roused the plains in 1S52. While en route for the Willamette valley, his fat her suddenly died and was buried by t he road Hide. The following day, while only a few days' travel from the burial place of his father, his mother lied nnd was buried by the roadside is was the father the day before, and the train moved on to its destination. I u later years William became a miiier. then a volunteer in the warfare against the Indians to protect the citi zens of the liogue River valley. He made and lost several fortunes, was a k ind neighbor and a steadfast friend. leaves one daughter, who was not present at the funeral. He gave his life largely for others, but was himself laid in a lonely grave, unwept and un sung. NO BLIND PIGS TO BE OPERATED IN ASHLAND The ordinance adopted by Ashland new council hist week to enforce prohi bition of the liquor traffic in this city for the year 11'iiS, in accordance with the edict, of the voters at the December polls, is more drastic than any here tofore drawn and adopted in this city luring previous regimes. In addition to the prohibition of saloons or tippling houses, the storage of liquors in store or buildings is prohibited, this feature being particularly directed against the possible attempted operation of "blind pigs " after t he new order of t hings goes into effect of in id night. next Wednesday. Drug -ton s selling intoxi cants upon physician ' prescript ii-ns are required to kep a bo, J.: to r gistcr such preweript ions, with the namca to whom issued, etc. A-hland Tidings. ORCHARDISTS LEAVE FOR HORTICULTURAL GATHERING Several prominent orcharding have left for Portland, where they will at tend the tm-ting of the State IJortienI t oral soeirt v. Among ' ho.- who will fa U pa rt in t !i" tin ' i"L' from Med lord a'-.- J. E. W: M. J E. M-rricI;. L. ! I. Harris. II, 1,. wjs and W. It. Nor n..- and J. A. I ' rrw Tlie C I ear dat,, oro-it riv 1 1 1 I i., el-ib will give a J.-ap :t the M. df.,rd p'ter:Ohoise Wedne-dav I A good ALL MEDFORD TURNS OUT TO 01 Prosperity Meeting a Huge Success-Pack ed House Cheers Op timistic Speakers. Dawn of n new era for Medford, be ginning of a period of good feeling, the rising of the bright sun of prosperity for a prolonged and steady shine over the Rogue Kiver valley was signalized at the Opera House Monday evening, when all the various and hitherto con tending factions got together to bury tho hatchet, ax and hammer and work together for the common good. Speeches All Optimistic. Optimistic speeches were made by leading citieus while musicians enter tained tho packed auditorium between the talks. Any one who listened to the oratory of the leading business nnd pro fessional men, to the array of facts and figures presented, would have gone away convinced that Medford lias as yet hardly started on its path of growth that will eventually laud it among the few large cities of the west. Judge W. M. Colvig opened the meet ing nnd acted as chainnnn and in characteristic manner entertained his auditors with stories replete with hu mor nnd fact about city and valley, and the natural resources of both both of which are practically unlim ited. II. C. Garnett spoke entertainingly of the growth and progress of Medford since his arrival three years ago. Ho told how he first came to select this city as his home, after visiting every coast section from San Diego to Se attle and precidted that nothing in prospect could cloud the future. Bright Banking Prospects. Hon. W. I. Yawter spoke of the pros pects of city and valley from a bank ing standpoint, told how the wealth of the country had increased during the past 20 years and what the prospects were for a much greater increase in the next few years. Deposits in banks have increased faster than the popu tat ion and there was every prospect, he stated, that this region would have the greatest per capita wealth of any place in the land. John J). Olwell marie an interesting talk on orchards. He stated that the present prosperity of this r"gion is based upon "000 acres of bearing orch ard. In addition, there are 25tonii acres of young orchard soon to come into bearing, which will mean from SOOO to 25,00(1 cars of fruit annually. Each year, he stated, saw a still greater ad dition to the planted orchard area. Old eastern orchards, he stated, were being wiped nut by Hie San Jose scale-, and this section would soon supply the en tire world with fruit, and a constant stream of gold will be poured into the Rogue River valley. Schools to Lend State. Professor M. li, Signs spoke on the 'Ideational interests of the city, their growt h and prospects. 1 n three years school attendance has nearly doubled and t he rat io of increase still con t in ues. He called for a liberal expendi ture for education in Medford nnd said thai soon this city will lead the state in school facilities for places of its aize. Rev. i. I-. Hall spoke entertainingly on " Look ing Forward. " He looker) forward to a genuine I'topitl ami illus trated his hopes of n nod ropolis by humorous stories and illusions. Kelly Makes a Hit. E. E. Kelly spoke on the "Cogita tions of a Tenderfoot," and made a de eiibd hit with his appropriate stories. ile li'-l' "It hi' greatest confidence in city and country, asked that the an vil chorus be suppressed for the bene fit of the tenderfoot who might become a settb-r and mad'- a strong pb-a for unity of effort with which the growth of Medford "enn't be stopped." Rev, M. E. Horn spoke on the opti mist as a citizen nnd sounded the key-not'- of the meeting in his plea for a bright outlook on tie- future, C. H. !jiTi-e ros. d the addresses with a brief resume uf the Worli of the Ctiimercial (dub and voiced the sr ttt i men l s of those present wle-n he ai;ed that I he public lend ifs moral support in its organized efl'.(M f..r boo. ting for a Cpaler Med ford. Musi,, was farm-lied bv tie- M' ford band. b I'jot..r John Norling 180 PERISH IN BURNING E Frightful Holocaust at Boyertown Penn. at Sunday School Benefits Hurt. HOY7RTOWX, Pa., Jan. 14. Wheu daylight dawned the full extent of last night's fire, when the Rhoades Oporn House burned, was fully apparent. Tho death list is placed at ISO, the injured at 75. Exactly how many were killed will never Ik1 known, for among tho victims are n number of visitors who may hnvo no relations to trace- their untimely fate. It is estimated that 400 were in tho playhouse when tho explosion of tho gas tank occurred. At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon 105 bodies had been recov ered. The tank was being used in connection with pictures in connection with an amateur performance, "Tho Scottish Reformation," for tho benefit of St, John's Lutheran Sunday school. Instantly after the explosion oc curred some one yelled ' ' Fire! ' 1 and i:i almost less time than it takes to tell the center of the opera house was a blazing furnace. Rapidly the flames spread, caused by tho upsetting of coal I bii"s m-ed as footlights by persons on tho stage in their eagerness to allay the alarm and' restore rpnet in the audience. Pandemonium reigned, even the men lost control and fought with tho women nnd children t escape to the street. Th mad scramble for exits was simply indescribable. Tho weaker wero brushed aside and in many instances trampled to death. Scores of persons on the second floor, witnessing the horrible scenes on tho ground floor, risked their lives by jumping from the windows. Several were fatnllv hurt in this manner. I Boyertown has 2500 inhabitants and ! scarcely a house in the little town is not afflicted by last night's cat as 1 tropin. i The fire was not brought under con ' trol until early this morning after the ! arrival of nssistance from Rending and Pottslown. Physicians nnd nurses were also .sent fmm other towns to care for the injured. About 50 members of the constabu ' lary have come here to maintain order. .The work of recovering bodies is unusu : ally tedious and hazardous, owing to the fact that in the rush to escape, tlx floor gave way, precipitat ing many persons to the basement, ami their bod i v.a were buried among charred timber nnd tons of brick from t he col lapsed I walls. In addition to the opera house, t he Farmers ' Nat ional bank, Erhan 'h : hardware house nnd three dwellings I were burned. The loss Is ff75,(iO. ami his cornet and by the (Jure brothers , rpiartet, all of which the audience showed its appreciation of by numerous encores. Judge Colvig made a plea for public suppoprt for tho band by a series ' of concerts this summer at the park. The musical hit of the evening was the following song, sung by the (lore broth ers ' (piartet : KNOCKING. f Writ ten especially for " The Pros peril v Meeting. " .lanauarv El, UMiS, by II. Wittiiigton. Music (stolen) by William M. ' ..Ivig, author of " Beau tiful Snow.") I. Knocking, knocking; who is there f Wniting. waitii g. full of care! Tis a innf-bar !., always k irk ing, Many such We've seen before; If he will not tnlte his licking Let us throw him out Hie door. U. Knocking, knocking, now is done, And the boosting lifts begun. Now the knocker sees his error, Throw his hammer far away, And is ) sting for Hie alley. In the ruoki that I-ad the way. Knocking, knocking: mi,j it bv! Hooding, boosting, n our cry! We can I -t up to the limit And we im'i d not use hot nir, For ii climate and our products i 'an 't l,e b- ali n im wle re. OPERA HOUS o o o O