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rrpHAT means one-sixth of the price off on .goods. Sharpen your pencil and figure how a merchant can live and do business that way.
t Jl But we need more money right now, and besides it is quite in style to put on a big sale if one don't make a cent. But coming to
the point, here are but a few. of our many bargains, as space and time forbid mentioning more.
Everything in the Dry Goods Department not marked with a pink ticket will take a discount of 16J per cent.
Bargains in Dress Goods
!j! Heavy reversible goods, 56 inches wide, for coats and
fr suits, $2.00, now
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Heavy plaid niackinaw, fiO inches wide, just right for
J jackets and coats, $2.75, now
X Broadcloth, all colors, 50 inches wide, sold for $2,
? now
French and tissue ginghams, 25c quality,
T now
All suitings and dress materials 16 2-3 per cent off.
$1.78
$1.98
$1.68
19c
Bargains in Blankets
Unsurpassed bargains in blankets, wool or cotton. Heavy grey
wool blankets, 12 quarters wide,' $4.50, . An io
now bJ.TO
$4.68
$2.27
$1.63
97c
Heavy wool plaid, 70x80 inches, $6,
now : . .
'Beautiful heavy wool finish blankets, 64x78 inches,
$3, now j . . . .
Grey,-tan and white wool finish, 60x76 inches, $2.25,
now
White cotton blanket sheets, size 80x90 inches, $1.25,
now
Bargains in Shoes, Etc.
Our shoes, big, little or indifferent, are ready for slaughter
on the bargain counter.
Men's and boys' hats, 50c per hat off.
Men's shirts, the regular 18 2-3 per cent off.
A few boys' nightgowns, 60c values,
now at
Canvas gloves, four pairs
at ;. .
$3 sweaters
now . . . .
42c
25c
$1.98
Remember this sale only lasts a few days because we have to start invoicing soon to find out how much money we have made or lost.
Come fiarlv and avoid the rush. Sale onens Fridav. Januarv 10 1913.
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EXPERT'S REPORT ON COUNTY BOOKS
COMPLETE REPORT OF MAN SELECTED TO EXAMINE INTO JACKSON
COUNTY FINANCES BY THE COUNTY COURT
Report of J. II. Wllsoiu on exami
nation of officers' books and ac
counts, for Jackson county, Ore.,
from July 1, 1912, to January 1,
1913:
Jacksonville, Ore., Jan. 3,1913.
To the Honorable County Court,
Jackson County, Oregon:
(lentk'inen: I have made an ex
amination of the hooks, accounts and
vouchers of the several county of
ficers handling county funds, from
July 1, 1912, to January 1, 1913,
and report as follows:
The ScIkmiI Superintendent, J. 1.
Wells.
The superintendent has received:
From permits $60.00
From examination-) 92.00
Ayhich amounts he has forwarded
to the state iiuperlntendent of public
Instruction.
He hus received from the treas
urer, J. M. Cronetniller, all school
superintendent's appointments' or
ders and duly receipted for the same.
as by law provided, except the or
ders redeemed in December, at which
time the superintendent was absent
attending a meeting in Salem.
The County Recorder, Fred Colvljj.
The recorder's office earned and
collected fees from July 1, 1912, to
January t, 1913, as follows:
Month. FeeB. Indent.
July $447.95 $ 6.00
.25
August 587.77
September 467.40 20.00
October , 571.63 15.00
November 431.10 6.50
December '. 454.65
Totals $2,960.75 $47.50
These fee have all been deposited
regularly iu the treasury each month
:as earned. '
The recorder Is much cramped for
room in his office.
His office force necessarily occu
pies much of the available office
room, and desk room for use of the
public Is very scarce. This works a
decided inconvenience on the public,
and is a source of constant embar
rassment to the recorder.
The recorder's vault is too small.
It is filled with books, many of which
ahey are compelled to pile on the
floor, resulting n the certain de
struction of these invaluable public
records.
If the public records of Jackson
county are to be preserved from
mouldering and decay, some ade
quate arrangement will have to bei
made for their better protection.
This is especially the case with the
city maps.
It would be possible to rearrange
the offices in the court house at
Jacksonville with very small expense
and without making any further ad
ditions td the building, by utilizing
still further some court room space
and placing the assessor upstairs
where he would have a much better
of five than he now has, and thus
make room for the sheriff on that
side of the building downstairs. As
I have had considerable experience
with court houses, 1 will add a page
suggesting how the space In the
court house could be made to serve
all purposes of Jackson county for
many years, without any appreciable
cost.
The recorder keeps his work up to
date, or nearly so.
He has been fortunate in the se
lection of assistants, both of whom
he has trained to a high degree of
efficiency. I think I am safe in Ray
ing that the recorder of Jackson
county and his two .assistants do as
much work as four copyists ordinar
lly perform.
The Comity Clerk, V. H. Coleman
The county clerk has earned and
collected as fees, and deposited each
month in the treasury from July 1,
1912, to January 1, 1913, the fol
lowing amounts:
Month. Amount
July $ 495. So
August 441.80
September 4S9.40
October .' 436.60
November 388.05
December 478.95
Total $2,694.65
The county clerk has been ljeeiv
Ing his work up . to date in good
shape. The circuit court throws a
largo amount of business on the
clerk. The probate court, the coun
ty court and the public generally
keeii his attention fully engaged all
the time.
Ir. addition to these duties, the
clerk has naturalization business, ai
M-between the circuit court and the
department of commerce and labor.
He has a considerable volume of
scalp bounty business and registra
tion therefor consumes niu;:h time
ard labor. He has the commutation
of the levies on the tax rolls, which
with 15,000 or 16,000 different com
putations requires much labor, and
he has the issuance of game licenses,
which lays a burden on the county
for which there is no repayment.
This game license all goes to the
state. It is placed in the hands of
the county clerks for convenience,
but it costs Jackson county several
hundred dollars for the state's con
venience, which is not right.
The bulk of this labor returns no
money to the county, but the law
imposes it, on the clerk, and there
fore the financial returns of his of
fice are Mio criterion to the amount
of work accomplished in the office.
The hunters' and anglers' licenses
issued during the year amount to
$6,542, of which $5,110 lias been
forwarded to the state treasury, as
evidenced by his receipts Nus. 15302,
18627 and 23971. The balance has
been deposited with the treasury and
receipt on file.
The county clerk's scalp bounty
warrants issued agree, according to
their stubs, with the reports sent to
the state treasurer, and amount to
$342. State treasurer warrants for
$44.25 have been received and de
posited in hte treasury by the county
clerk, and $126.75 is still due from
the state treasury.
I have examined and compared
with the warrant register the list of
county warrants ordered canceled by
the county 'court on September 4,
1912, and find that the county clerk
has correctly noted the cancellation
thereof on his warrant register.
I have compare! al! bills audited
by the county court from Julyl,
1912, to January 1, 191;:, with the
warrant register, and find all war
rants registered in the amounts au
dited by the county court.
The county clerk on January 2,
1913, deposited in the treasury the
following amounts:
Amounts of fees due from
him by my report of April,
1912, due Jan. 1, 1912. . .$302.78
Amount by report of July,
1912 35.00
This report does not include the
money on deposit with the clerk
which will be turned over to' Mr.
Gardner, his successor.
The Sheriff, Wilbur A. Jones.
The sheriff ha3 collected from
January 1, 1912, to January 1,
1913:
Mileage fees,' $203.20, which
amount has been deposited 'in the
county treasury, December 31, 1912.
From July 1, 1912, to January 1,
1913, the sheriff has collected taxes
as follows:
1909 taxes, page 24, collection
register, collected prior td July 1,
1912, $584.19; deposited July 2.
1911 taxes, page 21, collection
register, collected prior to July 1,
1912, $12,876.30; deposited July 2.
1911 taxes, page 24, collection
register, $24,779.8.0; deposited July
30, less $124.28 error allowed.
1911 taxes, page 63, collection
register, $14,676.05, less $121.28 er
ror allowed; depouited July 6.
1911 taxes, page 67, collection
$5,994.09; deposited July
taxes, page 15, collection
$49.20; deposited August
Total $337.75
taxes, page
$3,529.01;
taxes, page
$160.49;
taxes, page
$15,873.47;
page
$3,357.13;
53, collection
deposited Au-
59, collection
deposited Au-
84, collection
deposited Sep-
26, collection
deposited Octo-
register,
19.
1909
register,
15.
1910
register,
gust 15.
1910
register,
gust 8.
1911
register,
tember 27.
1911 taxes
register,
ber 10.
1911
register,
ber 29.
1911 taxes, page 91, collection
register, $14,382.62; deposited Octo
ber 10.
1911 taxes, page
register, $26,811.98;
vember 12.
1911 taxes, page
register, $24,393.26;
vember 20.
1911 taxes, page
register. $12,788.10;
cember 7.
1911 taes, page
registerlf;$10,207.96;
cember 24.
The above amounts duly deposited
in the treasury as indicated above on
the dates shown.
The following amounts were due
the treasury on January 1, 1913:
Receipt No. 16744 $ 35.51
taxes, page 33, collection
$14,000.40; deposited Octo-
36, collection
deposited No-
4 9, collection
deposited No-
59, collection
deposited De-
108, collection
deposited De-
Certificate of delinquency
245 : 1.04
Certificate of delinquency
246 41.15
Certificate of delinquency
184 18.40
Certificate of delinquency
186 9.94
Delinquency certificates
as shown by page 129
(1908), register 493.83
Redemption certificate No.
529 26.37
Redemption certificate No.
530 8.55
Redemption certificate No.
601 7.14
Redemption certificate No.
602 17.28
Redemuption certificates
Nos. 525, 526, 527 17.92
Redemption certificate No.
90 40.27
105 taxes, page 148, col
lection register 75.89
1906 taxes, page 123, col
lection register 193.83
1907 taxes, page. 129, col-
lection register 8.61
1908 taxes, page 133, col
lection register 133.66
1909 taxes, page 4 8, col
lection register 306.77
1910 taxes, page 16, col
lection register.. 22.02
1910 taxes, pages 54-55,
collection register 2,083.09
1910 taxes, page 60, col
lection register 15.68
1911 taxes, page 51, col
lection register 1,091.78
1911 taxes, page 52, col
lection register. 784.69
1911 taxes, pages 68-69,
collection register 1,548.77
1911 taxes, page 106, col
lection register. ... i . . 11,079.24
(Deposited Jan. 2, 1913)
1911 taxes, page 111, col
lection register 1,122.65
1911 taxes, pages 112-113,
collection register 2, 2 39.34
Total amount due coun
ty .$21,423.42
Less receipt No. 15873,
which was deposited
twice $ 4 4.35
Balance in hands of
sheriff Jan. 1. 1912. . $21,379.07
Deposited Jan. 2, 1912. . . 11,079.24
Deposited Jan. 4, 1913... 10,299.83
As soon as Sheriff Jones ascer
tained his accounts were short he
Immediately procured the amoifnt
from private resources and deposited
it in the treasury on January 2 and
January 4, 1913.
I will state that in my opinion the
bulk of these delinquencies occurred
prior to 1912.
On January 1, 1912, I had against
the sheriff $21,095.01, and these
amounts were deposited between
January 8, 1912, and April 13, 1912.
There were numerous tax collections
showing date of collection a number
of months prior to January 1, 1912.
At the time the money was de
posited taxes for 1911 were coming
in freely, and the sheriff had on
hands a large sum of money from
1911 collections.
It became known that this short
age was evident January 1, 1912, as
soon as my report was published, and
consequently I came down to Jack
sonville In June, 1912, voluntarily
to investigate to the first of July, at
which time the sheriff and treasurer
both showed me statements from
their banks showing the deposit to
their favor July 1. 1912. The sher
iff showed me bank balances of $63,
943.49 cash and currency and checks
of $2,695.55 and two deposits dated
June 28 and Juno 29, according to
the sheriff's deposit book aggregat
ing $13,460.49, or a total of $80,
099.53, as I had charged him on
July 1 with but $79,214.50, the over
plus being money en hand for which
receipts had .not been written. I
was satisfied that he actually had
the county's money safely in the
banks and treasury. I notice, how
ever, that the deposits were made
July 2, which in the event the money
deposited was drawn from the banks
that day, would diminish his balance
on hand of actual cash and bank bal
ances by that amount. That, how
ever, does not affect this report in
any way.
Changes Recommended.
I would again urge upon the sher
iff the importance of complying with '
the letter of the law in making de
posits, which cal's for all taxes col
lected to be deposited every week.
It would be bettev to deposit every
day, and for the sheriff to keep an
accurate daily cash book or a cash
book in addition to his tax collection
register, which is a cumbersome vol
ume and Impossible to be written as
rapidly as taxes are collected.
In order to deposit daily collec
tions the treasurer will have to open
a special "sheriff's daily deposit" ac
count, which will not be distributed
to his funds, but the distribution
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