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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
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U. H. WAKICMAX, Cashier
h. U JacotiN, Att, Cashier
FARMERS AND
FRUITGROWERS
BANK
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Medford, Oregon
Capital Stock $5o,ooo
f The Finest Furnished Banking House
in Southern Oregon
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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.
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