1908 HORTICULTURAL EDITION OF THE DAILY TRIBUNE-10,000 COPIES-READY IN JANUARY
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THE WEATHER.
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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.
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