8 WTrtn nim-nvYrr rATT mnmrrxro xn?.ni?niJT rnyirrtAvr crmnAv tamitauvo 101 n LEVY FOR COUNTY AND STATE 8 MILLS Ijcvy for 1000 Is Increased by the County Court 1.0 Mills Over Hint of 1000. The county court mndo the tax levy on tho 1909 assessment Friday, at S mills, segregated of follows: Mills. For atnto purposes 2.0 For school and library funds.. I S General county expenses 2.0 llonds and bridges ...2.3 Total S.O Tho following appointments were mado for raid supervisors for 1910: District No. 1. W. P. Hulbcrf, No, 1 A. Roso; No.' 3, A. Throckmorton; No, 4. It L. Qrcgary: No. S. J. R. Morrison No. 6. Geo. W. Stevens; No. 7, Thos. N, Cry; No. S. L. C. Smith: No. 9. Cleo. W. Stacy; No. 10, W. R. Garrett. Special levies were made by tho county court In school districts where no levies "hnd been mado and wherft tho stato up. proprlatlon did not come . up to tho minimum prescribed by tho law which provides that tho county court shall ranko a special levy for school purposes when tho soma Is not made by tho dis trict, and tho state appropriation Is less than S300. as follow: District No. 11. 1 mill: No. 3, S.l mills; No. 37, S mills: No. 39. 1 mill: No. 50. 3 mills; No-51. 2 mills; No. SI, 1 mill: No. 54. 4 mill: No. 63. 2 mills; No. 6S, mill; No. 89. 5 mills; No. 90. !i mill. An order was made that tho report of Joseph Wilson, on the matter of expert lng tho books of tho county off Icllas, he accepted with the exception of that In regard to Alex. Orme, ex-shortff. In which caso reductions had been made. and It was ordered that the bondsmen of the different officials be notified to make up the deflclcnlcs. The delinquencies amounted In total to 31639.14, and the cost of expertlng 31300, netting the county 3339.14, less therebate to ex-Sheriff Orcno of 342. Tho amounts charged to tho several officials tire as follows: Peter Applegato, recorder. 325.95; Gus. Newbury, clerk, 3151.11; Alex. Orme. Sheriff. 3211.00: J. a Orth, clerk. 3407.59; J. M. Rader. sheriff. 360.08: R. B. Daw, recorder, 367.48; R. G. Burnett, recorder. 3165.63: W. R. Coleman, clerk. 3160.Si;' D. H. Jackson, 3379.54. With the exception of ono or two. all of the officials have paid up. HUNTERS TO SLAY County Clerk Pays Out llountles on Predatory lleasts In Excess of Former Records. Since July S. 1909, the county clerk hns received scalps nnd paid the boun ties on 67 coyotes, two Canada lynx; 50 bob-cats, two gray wolves and soven cougars. The two Kray wolves were killed by Henry Wilson, of Jacksonville, and were captured In the ApplcgAte, section. Tho number of predatory cats killed shows why tho deer nnd other game Is decreasing. There wcro 57 coyotes, only dangerous to chickens and sheep, and two gray wolves, which will tackle al most anything. There were 50 bob-cats. which animal Is deadly to small gamo I and fnwns, nnd sovoft cougars or panth ers, ono of the most destructive of the ; predatory cat, ns nothing stops tho ' big cat when he Is hungry. j Tho killing of this number of preda-; tory animals does not comprise the run number, as the hides must be brought In i whole to the county clerk and are mutilated before tho bounty Is paid. , For this reason a man who gets a flno hide would rather take chances on sell-j lng the perfect hide than to have It de-. stroyed In order to secure the bounty. I Tho bounty has resulted, however. In many people trapping' for tho predatory animals, as witness tho record for the past six month. You Certainly are Missing the Best Bargains if You Miss the MAMMOTH UNLOADING SALE- You are Going to Need the Goods we offer Buy now and save Ask anybody on the street and if they m o nt nil familiar with conditions they will toll you that everything is on tho advaneo. This is the only women's storo in southern Oregon that is actually reducing pricos on most ovorything in dry goods, notions, roady-to-woaro, fto. 2Tever again this year will you have tho opportunity to supply.your needs at the prices wo aro offering now. A look through tho store will convince vou that wo are linmini? nriccs that nrn nnhinliv hnlmv mvf. nP lu-nilmW inn - ' - v - - - - ---w .xb V V' J ' WS. . IV lr'lll WIJVP wult to ot tllc wMwy out of tho goods on hand in order to put it into new goods for spring. This storo docs not bo- T JLJL JL will convince vi lievo m carrying coods over from ono season to another. You have full half tho season loft for whit or mUun and w nrn offering ALMOST EVERYTHING AT A SAVING OP FROM 25 PER CENT TO CO PER CENT. All Suits Sacrificed 810 A WEEK DRIVES OKCE; RETIRED XXnnONAXRB JTOW BOY WATCHMAN KILLS TWO YEGGS CHICAGO, Jan. 8. From driver of a bakery wagon at M0 a week to retired millionaire Is the transition of 'William McCoy, who "has Just turned over tho hotel property that for twenty-five years boro his namo to tho Victoria Hotel Company. On his arrival In Chicago, from Ire land about forty years ago Mr. McCoy obtained employment as a driver. A few years later he engaged In the livery business, which gavo him his Btart on the road to wealth. About thirty years ago he went Into the hotel SAYS RAILROAD LAW IS MERELY A SHAM .Member California Democratic Com mittco Scores Present Statute. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8. Declaring that the law for the regulations of tho railroads made by tho Republican party aro Inoperative and a mere sham, Judge Joseph H. Call of Los Angeles, In a pa business, and was successful from the per read today before tho Democratic start. stato central committee made a severe attack on tho railroads and outlined tho Miss Elizabeth Parsons of Putte ! P'cy wnicn prooaoiy win do nuopieu Falls Is visiting a fow ford. days In Med- "FIXING" JURIES SAD EVIL SAYS DUNNE Pound Men Preparing to Dynamite ' Sm Franclsco judRe Scorcs jMry Safo nnd Kills Then Both. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 8. Two yeggmen were shot and killed early to day by Paul Sauls, a 17-year-old night watchman, who surprised the men while they were preparing to dynamite a safo In the business part of tho city. Sauls ordered tho p&lr to hold up their hands and was answered by a pis tol shot. He took refuge behind a counter. As the bandits left the building, Souls emerged from his hiding place and shot one of the men dead. The second yeggman fled with Sauls after him. A revolver duel followed. The bandit was killed and Sauls was slightly wounded. HAYWOOD BREAKS OUT WITH VITRIOLIC SPEECH LYNN, Mass., Jan. 8. "Theodore Roosevelt -would shoot a Spaniard in the back and then write a book about it." This and many other declarations were included iu a speech mnda here today by Wm. D. Haywood, formerly Kovernor secretary of the Western Federation of Miners. Haywood 3aid Governor Draper of Massachusetts as a "pink and white politician" and said : "Draper is pink nnd white, !ik3 some of our former executives in Idaho. Also like them, he lacks nerve, no didn't dare romnin in Massachusetts during the crisis of the strike at Ludlow, but quickly beat it for Chicago." BIG FIGHT NOW OH TAP. (Co tin and from p J.) the more conservative members of .the administration .party are wondering Just bow effective will he the cry of "mar tyr to the Roosevelt policies." It is expected that the much-talked-of "Back from Elba" movement immediate ly will receive new Impetus. The congressional investigation of the forestry service will now be only pre- f unctory, as the three men against whom It was directed aro now out of office, rinchot on 8 tana. Plnchot, Price and Shaw will appear beforo the Investigating commltteo ses- nlons nnd being relieved of any restrle ' lions to urge upon the probers of tho department of the Interior. Assistant Forester Potter, who has been placed In charge of tho bureau tem porarily, was recnlled from Ogden, Utah, whero ho was nttendlng tho national wool growers' association convention, to take Immediate chargo of the office. Tli Washington newspapers today tnko the altitude that Taft followed tho only possible course, holding that tho letter to Dolllver "was too flagrant nn offonso to bo over-looked." Potter Successor. OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 8. Albert F. Tot ter, who hns been designated by Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson, ns tho tem porary successor of Chief Forester Plnclipt, Is preparing today to proceed Immediately to Washington. . Bribing nsMost Flngrnnt Evil In United States. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8. Judge Frank Dunne, of the superior court to day Is taking under submission a mo tion to place on probation E. A. S. Blake, convicted of attempting to bribe a Juror, declared that Jury bribing Is one of the most flagrant evils In the coun try today. Judge Dunne added: "When Juries are fixed the work Is done by the rich and ont the poor. The millionaire cannot be convicted. "It seems that our bar association Is not going after these men accused of fixing Juries." Bom Utah Weather. The following Is from a Utah paper and gives temperatures over that state: "Mantl, 18 degrees below zero. "Heber, 26 degrees below zero. "Green River, 23 degrees below zero. "Loa, 26 degrees below zero. "Annabella, 19 degrees below zero. "Thistle, 22 degrees below zzero. "Vernal, 18 degrees below zzero. "Kelton. 13 degrees below zero. "Mlllvllle. 14 degrees below zero. "Pinto, It degrees below zero. "Park City, It degrees below zero. "Levan, 14 degrees below zero. "Sclplo, 27 debrees below zero . "Richmond Bridge, 22 degrees below zero. "Henefer. 22 degrees below zero. "It Sal, 11 degrees below zero. "Jit Ncbo, 10 degrees below zero. "Lucln, 12 degrees below zzero. "Provo, 7 degrees below zero. "Theodore, 34 degrees below zero. "Utah Lake, 14 degrees below zero. "Castle Dale, 35 degrees below zero." Now ain't you glad you live here? INSURGENTH SCORE. Continued from Daee 1.) and which will contlne In effect when ever the speaker Is attacked, or the Balllnger Investigation matter comes up for action. The insurgents say that the over-rid- lng of the speaker yesterday was the first time that such a feat has been ac compllshed In 32 years. If the amendment to the Balllnger In vestigation which the Insurgents forced, taking away the power of the speaker and the vice-president to appoint the In vestigating committee. Is not concurred In the senate, the Insurgents declare to day that they will put through a resolu tion providing for a separate Investiga tion to be conducted by tho house alone. Anothtr Clash Imminent. WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 8. A res olutlon providing that the vlvo-prosldent ond tho snenker of tho houso shall ap point members of a committee to Investi gate tho Interior department was report ed today by tho senate commltteo on public lands. This Is In direct disagreement with tho notion of the houso yesterday when tho Insurgents succeeded In amending the resolution to read that tho members of tho committee should bo elected. It Is bolloved this will rosult In an other clash between tho. Insurgents and the regulars In tho senate. by the Democratic organization tho coming state campaign. Railroads Absorb Profits. "Tho railroads and other trusts are now absorbing more than the earnings of tho whole people," said Call. "There can bo no regulation of railroads until the government and not the companies, make tho rates. The Democratic party has demanded In the past, and demands now, that to meet government expenses, there should be a graduated Income tax and also a tax upon cstatesand a cor poration tax." ' Sate Making. In reference to rate making ho said: "It Is a matter of common knowledge that railway rates are made by a com mission of all the roads, controlled, as to rates, as a single system. There Is no competition between them. The only competition they meet or fear Is foreign water commerce and foreign ships. For eign goods coming here must pay a cus duty, so that the higher the tariff Is made, the higher aro tho trans-continental rates." STATE LEVY IS THE GREATEST IN HISTORY Total Amount of State Tnx to Ho Paid by Jackson County Largest In History of County. The county of Jackson will pay Into tho state treasury $52,561.70, as Its quota of the taxes levied for state pur poses this year. This Is the greatest amount of money yet demanded by the state from this county, and tho increase from year to year shows not only the constant growth In wealth of tho county, but how the proportion has Increased during the past years: In 1907. Jackson county paid to the state $36,110 as Its proportion of taxes. In 1908, $38,250 was tho total sum, but for 1909, tho stato asks $52,- 561,70 as Its share of tho taxes due from this county. That the amount of stato taxes Jumps $14,311 In ono year shows that there has been an almost unprece dented lncreaso In values In splto of tho fact that valuations were materially ro duced in 1909 by the state board of tax commissioners. WOOD WITHDRAWS. A. n. .Immorman Jh the new sta tion ngont at Englo Point on tho. Pa olflo. & Eastern. Continued from mm .!) stream," thus guaranteeing a contlnu? ance of the'pollcy of advancement .which has been so pronounced during the past year. Mr. Wood has placed the city's Interests above his own ambitions, The Candidates. This leaves as candidates for election on Tuesday: First Ward F. E. Merrlclr, Dr. A. B. Sweet. Second Ward Harry O, Wortman, Horaco Nicholson, Third Ward W. W, Elfort. Recorder- Robt W. Telfer, Bob Taylor. Treasurer Leo L. Jacobs. From present Indications all of the present officials up for re-election will bo held over. For tho past year great strides havo been mado In Mcdford in tho matter of municipal Improvements nnd In order to Insure against a change in policy, whore by headway would bo lost, it seems cor taln ttmt tho election rosults Tuesday will bo gratifying to Med ford's citizens who aro nothing If not progressive. J. W. Ilrown of Gold IIIH was n rocont Mcdford visitor. The Hutchascm Co. Formerly BaKer-IiutchasoriL Co. All Coats Slaughtered O. L, DAVIS, President I. XIKDKltMEVEK, Vice President ui MM U. H. WAKICMAX, Cashier h. U JacotiN, Att, Cashier FARMERS AND FRUITGROWERS BANK t X Medford, Oregon Capital Stock $5o,ooo f The Finest Furnished Banking House in Southern Oregon 2? Our Deposits at the End of the First Two Weeks . ' $94,527.27 We Cordially Invite Your Inspection and Solicit Your Patronage TARIFF WAR WITH FRANCH HKKMB TO UK INHVITAIJLE PARIS, Jan. 8. Commenting on Am bassador Paeon's speech at Elysce Pal ace, where he was received on Friday by President Falllcres, the Journal dos Debates ozpresscs rcgrot at the absencoj of any referonco to tho cconomlo rela-' tlons between Frunco and the United States. It says: "If no agreoment Is reached beforo March 31 a tariff war appears Inovlta blo. Though President Taft's last mes sage bold out liopo of a settlement, n further corlrmatlon of tho dcslro for an arrangemont on tho part of tho Wash ington government from tho now Am bassador would havo bocn particularly npproprluto. Tho Journal dei Debates conoludos by doprccatlng tho attltmio toward Franco of ultra-protectionist In tho Amorlcan congress, which Is disastrous In Its ef fects hero and Is undoing tlio efforts of the modorates to diminish the exag gerated proposals of tho tariff commission. CENTRAL POINT POSTOFFIOTJ SIIOWH A ORKAT GAIN Nobottor crltorlon of tho gonornl growth ot ft community can bo found thnn that (urnlnhod by tho pontofflco rocoIjitB. That Contral Point hon boon making llvoly utrhlnH along tho path ot program hi hIigwh by fltfuroB furnished by PoHtrnaHtor Tox which bIiow an liicroauo for tho pact year of 3,1,25 por cont ovor tho year 1908. In oxact figures tho recuIptH for 1008 wero I221C.87, for MOD 12882.79, an lncreaso for tho year of $000,81, AMERICANS IIUYINO MORE DIAMONDS THAN EVER Clmrleu Llndmiy of Auhland waH In Joc1koiivIIIc) Batunlny. Ho brought ; In throo coynto hldou upon which ho! collected tho bounty. WASHINGTON, Jan, 8. Prosporlty has returned, according to tho llurcau of Statistics of tho Department of Com murco and Labor, During tho first eleven months of ISOD tho Importation of cut diamonds amounted to 125,214,541, throo times mora than during tho sumo porlod last year and almost 16,600,000 mora thnn during that tlmo In 1007, On theso cut diamonds this year tho United States government collooted 12,500,000 in duties. . ' Over $10,000,000 worth of diamonds nnd othor prcalouH stones woro Imported tho first olovon months of 1000, an In crease of $28,000,000 over 1008 nnd $8, 000,000 ovor 1907, this country's record your for Imports of Jnwols. During tho calundnr yonr tho foreign commerce of tho Unltod States ex ceeded In vn 1 no Unit of any earlier year, oxoopt ID07. Tho Imports woro larger than for any provlous twelve months, but tho exports will fall somewhat bo low thoso of 1908 and 1007. UHCiU NEW RRIDOE OVER ROOUE RIVER NEAR OAMOE Tho Josophlno county commlsslonerH will bo strongly urged tho coming spring by tho minors In tho aullco district to put In a brldgo across Roguo river In tho vicinity of tho Oulloo ferry. It In vory Justly claimed by tho mlno owners of that district that thoy havo don6 their full slinro In tho way of publlo Improve ments, having spent over $100,000 In building roads through tho district, which roods aro used by tho publlo, Tho building of a bridge will Inoroaso tho tnxnhlo wealth of the locality to pay tho cost on tho Improvement In a vory fow years. I