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- ;Kj xtJ.J!'-1? j'-h s; h irttote iftii!WATfmfcWWataror -r" f 7 PXGE frOUK MEDFORD MATT) TOIBUNTO. MEDflOUP, OKIWON, FRTT)AY. MAY U 1012, t-;' . !!! ? f 1 I.' if. If Li t I 1 Medford Mkii Tribune AN INDRPSNDKNT NKWAPAMCTl ium.imhkd nvKitv akteknoon MKDKOIID 1MUNTIKO CO. . The Oomocrnllo Time, TJi A toil fori) Mull. Tlir .Mctlfonl Tribune. The South ern OrrRontan, Tho Anhland Trlliuno. . Orflcn Mall Trlbtino HulMlr.fr. 2S-!7-!S North Kir Mroot; phone, Mnln 8011 ; Home 7B. OGOItdM PUTNAM, foil tor and Manager Entered ns (ttcorul.felnsa mntter t MimUomI. OrvRon, under the net of March S, RT. BORROWING FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL Official Paper of tlio City of Me.lford. Official taper of Jackson County. EtTBSCRIPTIOH XATES. On year, ny malt ,S.oo One month, by mult... .60 Por month, delivered ly currier In Mmlfonl, Jnckponvllla nnd Cen- trol lolnt ... ,Ko Saturday only, by mall, per year.. 2,00 Weekly, per year 1.60 bworit cntcmi.ATioi. i Dally nvernprt ror eleven month! end- inn November 30, 1911, 1761. rnll &aitd Wlr United XTrtsa SlipatoatR. The Moll Trlbuno Is on Bale at the Terry News Stand, San Francisco. Portland Hotel News Stand, Portland. Hotvmnn Newn Co., Portland. Ore. V. O. Whitney. Seattle. Wash. asssroKD, orsqox. Metropolis of SouthM-n Oregon and Northern California, and tho fastest Krowlnc city In Oregon. Population U, S. census 1910 SS40; (tttlinntptL 1911 10.000. Five hundred thousand dollar Gravity Water System completed. Riving finest nuppiy pure mountain water, ana it.s miles of streets paved. .Postofflco receipts for year ending November 30, isii, snow increase of 19 per cent. llanner fnilt city in Oregon Itoeue Itlver SpUxenberjr apples icon sweep Btakett prlza and title of "Apple acta; of the World nt the National Apple Show, Spokane, 1909, and a car of XAWtowna worn rirrt jpris tit 1910 at Canadian International Apple Show, Vancouver. B, C. tint Prise la 1U at Spokano National Apple Show won by carload of Newtown. Iloguo Hlver pears brought highest firicea In all markets, of tho world dur lie tho tvist six Years. Write Commercial Club. Inclosing C cents for postage for the finest comtnu nltv pamphlet ever published. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brewn f Those Soutlicni lk-Ugn(cs Ho lost In California, And Oregon as well; In Illinois they swamped him. In Ohio ho fell. And yet hq has the awful norve To come out spanking flat And say no's nominated if Those southerners stand pat. Cherus: Oh, thoso southerners, by gum, And thoso southerners, by beck; He has armed them all with hatchets To swat Teddy in the neck. The news 'from old New Jersey Where the skeeters buzz and bite. Was enough to mako him lose bis pea co And stay awako al night: But be only said, "I'll get him if Those southerners are right." Cherus: Tho abovo song was written by Prof. Bugg while-experimenting with a pianola attachment for sewing machines. It will be noted that in several qluces tho genial professor dropped a stitch. How They settle It If one wishes to know who is to be the next precedent nil he has to do is listen to the street corner con versations, which nil run like this: "Well, who's going to jet it?" "Well, there's Teddy." "He will he knifed in the East and can't win." 'Unes you're right, how about Tnftf" 'No -show nt nil licked nllrcndy." ' "Iliglit iigiiin, hut there's Wilson." "Clark bus him beaten." "Chirk' made too ninny mistakes. Never will win." "Gucsk you're right. How about Brynnf" "Been licked too many times. But who will win?" "Well, there's Teddy." etc., down through oil the above over again until Liime's called on uccount of darkness. COMMUNICATION. On Publicity Work To tho Editer: Tho publicity methods employed by tho various commercial organiz ations of tho Iloguo river valley may have been well suited to former con ditions, but at present nro not very successful in bringing In settlers and oxpousivo propositions and it is dif ficult to raiso tho necessary funds to publish them. Moreover, they aro soon out of dato and new editions must bo goteu out to exploit changed conditions. Their size precludes anything but tho briefest summary of a- district . i In 6OH10 parts of California book lots nro issued by the county board of supervisors uud paid for out of tho county funds, which aro ulso used to pay tho expenso of answer lug Inquiries ubout tho county's re sources, Tills Is a good plan, but impractlcnblo hero at present, n uccount of tho lack of funds in our county tronsury, Ono of tho best and most success ful publicity plans Is tho. ono employ- M0SKS in mi earlv historic day, smote (lie Imrron rode in the wilderness and water burst forth. In the nation's infancy, Alexander Hamilton "smote the rock of our na tional 'resources and n. stream of revenue-pushed forth. Medford a few years ago, smote the rock of her resources and there has flown forth both the life-giving waters of Moses nnd the golden stream of Hamilton. Medford is proud of its water system, the vitali'cr of the community and its principal source of revenue. 1 1 has .i-ofviinwl tint i.fli.i oli.illi- Sllniri Willi ifu tiiil.'immf I'.nivls Mini tntnliwu trniW into flit Hirivinsr voilllir I'ltW .-..v., ....... ....... .uu ., ,J...,, ...... ... , , ,-, , , with neat lawns and tree-lined avenues. It litis been worth many times its cost in the improved health of the com nnnntv. That it is a revenue producer as well is shown by the receipts, whieli were $29,-IS9.(M in 19 K) and $:W,:)B.!M) in 1911, a total of $(0,SSbf)l. As but a portion of the water is used, and there is sufficient quantity for a city of 25,000 or 30.000 people. The water system is well managed. The expenses of operation are small. There is abundant supply for till con sumers. The quality is excellent. But the method of handling the water receipts is open to criticism, l lie com mon council, in its efforts to make a financial record has loaned these surplus water receipts, which should be used for sinking fund purposes, to other funds, just as the Med ford road" district funds and the bridge fund have been loaned to other funds. The ordinance which authorized the gravity water bonds, and which forms the city's contract with the bond holders, reads as follews: "That for the purpose of paying said bonds at matur ity there shall be set aside out of the gross revenue from said water system in each year hereafter until ssiid bonds are paid a sufficient amount to create a sinking fund to pay tho said IkukIs as the same fall due; there is here and now levied a direct annual tax on all taxable property in said city a sum sufficient to pay said interest as it falls due aid said levy snail be made and collected in each oi tne veal's hereafter until all of the said bonds are paid." ' The report of the experts employed to audit the city books last spring makes the lollowing recommendatiens: "These bonds will have to be provided for and we be lieve that ample provision should be made without delay. This sinking fund when created may well be invested in purchasing the city's own improvement bonds bearing G per cent interest. The original issues of water bonds bear only 5 per cent. The city's financial condition should be considered the same as private or personal interests. We do not consider it good policy to pa) a large amount per annum in interest without making provision for the can cellation of the debt. Refunding has alrcadv been resorted to in the $30,000 issue of 1890 which was refunded in 1900 and again refunded in 1910. "Regarding the annual interest on the $3(55,000 vof water bonds which should be collected by a direct tax as specified in the council records above quoted, and which equals $lS,2oO per annum the interest tax lew for 1910 was .001, from which was realized only $532G.-10J leaving the fund short for water bond interest alone nearly 13,000, which has been supplied bv the water fund. The 1911 tax levy is .002 which should return about .$13,000 less perhaps 10 per cent tor delinquencies; the interest fund will still bt over $5000 short of the water bond interest requirement Iii addition thereto, there are other city bonds amounting to $138,000 on which is $7,lo0 per annum still to provide for. "Thd sum of $28,GG7.44 has been transferred from the water fund to other funds. Prom a reading of the council records, Folio 98, Aug. 14, 1908, it will appear that this amount should be replaced and the same placed in a sink ing fund for the retirement of bonds as noted above. Transfers from the general and the water fund to the interest fund total no small amount, the interest fund being in debt to the other funds $18,771.30. From this it appeal's that the interest fund is not being maintained by a tax as provided in council records of August 14, 1908, but from the water fund in particular, the surplus of which should be distributed to a sinking fund for the retirement of cer tain issues of tjonds. The requirements of the ordinance and council proceedings referred to above should be ful filled." The list Of loans for one year made from the water fund, and not returned, include loans to the Interest fund, the Water Main Improvement fund No. 2, Water Main interest funds, street and road fund, Light and other funds, not properly charged to water funds. There is no question but that in the use of road and bridge, and water funds for other purposes, the intent is to make an apparent record for low taxes, but it is rob bing Peter to pay Paul, for the shortage occasioned in road funds has to be made up by a bond issue as the shortage in the sinking fund will also have to be. It is questionable finance, both on account of its debatable legality and because it is a breech of faith with the bond holders, woo I CUP IS HEAVY IS YEAR Tho wind tlip in JarkHon futility will he between tlitrt mid forty thousand pounds tli vcur. It Is spooled to liriiit botwei'ii $0,000 nnd $8,000. The quality i ut.v I'iuo nnd iwpooted to sell at twenty renin u little Inter. No buyer have been in this locality us yet hat they lire now paying t'iUeen uud hull rents tor the elip iu the Ukeviow distriel, where wool is of le.-w denirnble tpinU itv nnd further from m."kt.t. The I ten-ins eouipWed their shenr inr a week ia Sitlmdny uud the Hurroiw nro now nt it. There nro oevernl other Miuillor herds. The clip niiiouiited to tihoul I'.'.OOO pounds nnd tho Unrroti elip "ill he ubout lo.OOO. The shenrinir erov of six men is ?uid to be the best that the sheep men luivo trothervd together in tho pnst ten yours.- They tiro nil lorn I men -rAI Moone. Tom Murray, (leore Ueitn. Hoy Kirkcr. Clmrles uud Murk Woddy. Thliihl minted threo ore new men in tho valley residing nt Medford hut him- btured in' Kiistern Oregon for yeitr.. COMMITTED SUICIDE BY USE OFOYNAMITE BOMB CAM'.MKT, Mlh., May .11 K ploding !i bomb beneath hla botly wblle lying In a Hold on hltt mother'H farm, Otto Tounale of Calumet Is dead hero toilny Ills left side, was torn open nnd IiIh shoulder xhattorod SYNOPSIS OK TIIK ANMWIi NTATIIMKNT OK TJII-i I'NITKO HTVI'KM UltANCII OK The Royal Insurance Co., Ltd. In tho Kingdom of llreat llrltnlu on tho IllHt day of Deeomlmr, 1111, made to the lusuruueo CommlHidoiiur of the Slate of Oregon, purtmaiit to low OKI'ONITKAI'ITAI. Deposit eapltnl k t . f fino.UOO.HO IXCO.UK' ' PromluuiH reeelvetl during tho year In cash . . . $ 7, KM US I VJI Intel est, dividends, and rents rocoKod llirlng tho year ll7,:iim.:i I Income from other Kourees received durliiK tho year fi lfl.NU l.UR Total Inruiuo j i,oK:i,rioi,iU) .i,. .,,.. ... u.. a.. ,i.J..... .w,. IMMpl'ltSKMKXTS Losses puld during tho year .v t,0SS,'JK7.lr, ConimlsHlniiN and wilurleii paid tli ring die year.. Taxes, lleouton, nud fev paldodurlug tho year., Amount of all other expendltnivM .. . : ..'.....'.;.., Total expenditure U,0Utl,llll.lt! :IU7,821.I7 a,ittft,S7fi.8:t rt J 8,7tl,!S f.7 ...$ I.HO.DOU.OI f...........W. ...... ASNIITS Value of real estate owned Value of stocks and bonds owm-d "&.'.,' O.-'U I ,S l.Ti Loans on mortgaged and collateral, et, ' !l M.tiOO.tiO Cash In banks and on hnmt ....... v. ... ..'...,...,.,..a,..,.. (ilf.,Sl!:i.? I Premiums In coursoof rolloctloienudMu tiniiHiulnslnu..... 1,37S,XU0,8 Interest nnd runts duct and accrued 8 1,0(0. ii I Other assets i I . .VANt n (,3113. SO HnWV4H WHERE TO OO ii .Jhwy-Mwil Total assets II I.N40.202.71 Total nssntn admitted In Oregon ...! 1,8 10,303.7 t I.IAIIII.ITII.S dross claims for losses unpaid . ......? Gl,t!ifi.lir, Amount of uiicnrued premiums ohMII'otitMiihdlug risk 7,fiOO,nri2.IO Duo for commission and brokerage , , SK.UOH.Oli All other lluhllltlo ... ,v :.,, ... ..'.- t riSS.SSU.r.S Total llubllltles . Ji,S02,Ctn.7t I'm The Little Doctor ed by tho Sacrumentoyalley Devel opement As80clatfnnj?wblch fncludeH a dozen counties and maintains headquarters at Saarkmento, whore tho secrtary and manager, Mr. O. )l. Miller, with soveral anslstants Is kept busy attHwerlng luqulrles and sending out literature. Tho chief feature of the enterprise la the pub lishing of the Sacramento Valley Enterprise, which resembles tho Sat urday Evening Post In appearance rand Is filled with Illustrated articles dealing with tho advantages and re sources of tbn Sacramento valley. Is printed each month, giving news of climatic, market and crop condi tions and of such developemont work as. would Interest Intending .settlors and Investors. A special feature Is made of tho experiences of farmers who havo succeeded and inado good Tho circulation Ih secured by small ads in a large number of country papers in tho middle-western states, offering to soud tho paper for 24c a year, The first number appeared early last summer and by February tho paper bad became self-support-ulng tho readers""paylng tho post qgc, theudjvortl8c,rH , the papor and presswork and tno Association fur nishing tho copy. Fifty thousand Inquiries per month wero being -c-colved at tho tlmo of my visit. Tho abovo plan ought to work well hero In tho Iloguo Hlver Valley. iTho chief difficulty, porhnps( would uo to get. tno various communities to pull together. Wo ought to bury potty jealousy uud instead of euch ttcctlon striving to get the advantage qt sonio other section wo should co pperato and work together for tho common good. Ono strong, central organization working for tho entire valley, with a monthly publication representing all sections, could nc comqllbh far more than In being secured by present methods. O. II, IJAHNUILL Ashland, Ore, Muy 38, 1012. Congested lungs? Don't wnlt a mill, lite got Mac LartVs Mustard Cer ate. If there's anything on earth that will head off pneumonia It's the "little doctor" Mac IJiren's Mustard Cerate. (let a Jar today nt your druggist' -ho lias two sizes 35 and CV0 cents. If he hasn't ho will got It for you. Keep MncInron' Mustard Corato In the house ready for Instant use. You run end many a cold ami sore throat before It's really itarted. Insist on tho Original MAC LARE.NS Total In suranco In foreo December a I. l!ll .tlloajJiMIll "0 iirsi.vKss i.v iti:co koii thk vk.aii Total risks written during tho year .-.'A .. ,JU..f ,i;,tr,K.774 oft (Jross premiums received tlilrlngMho ?in. ..w.l....VU.'...... ir.Il.nn 13 PromluuiH returned during the yottr . ..,. 4u.3t'( SIS Losses paid during the year- ' 61,864 (7 Loksob Incurred during tint year , 17,307 47 Total amount of risks outstanding In Oregon December 31, lull . . t 7,377, X03 no ItOYAL INHUItANfi: COMPANY. I.IMITUD lly K. K. IIKDDALI.. Statutory resident general attorney for th Unltei) Klatos. II. It. HUItlCK. Portland. Oregon, (leueral Ai'.eut It A UOL.MKS, Itesldeilt Agent. Medford, Oregon TONIGHT ISIS lOc THEATRE lOc TIIIJ AllltOT-ANDItKWH 'I'IUO Presenting a IiIkIi class comedy sketch, entitled, "Tho Leading Lady." lOllll Kel of IVnlnro 1'lllus Tho plainest mid best pictures pos sible to bo obtained Hpeelnl Mutlnotw ovury Haturdily ami lliiuday at 3 p. m. Kveulug performance, 7.30 S.S.S. REMOVES BLOOD HUMORS J 5 2 WILL NOT DUSTER. Accept No Substlttitu Medford Pharmacy and other druggists. Ernrr noro and eland of tho nklo la omnlovotl In tho noconaory work of, proMt-vtiig Its stnoottt, oven toxturo, sot toning nnd cloanolng It and regulat ing tho tumporuturu of our Iradlus. Tljla U tlono by an ovuporatlon through each tiny outlet, which goes on continually day and night. When tho blood becomes infoctil with hutnorn ami acids a cortalrt percontaRo of thow Impurltioii also paw olf with tho natural ovanorntiou, and tholr sour, Uury luituro lrrltatoa nnd lnllnnwii tho skin, nnd tlrlen tip Ita uaturai oiu, causing pimples, bolls, pustules or nomo Itching rnali, or hard, scaly klu alfectlon. B. 8. S. euros akin troubbia of ovary klml by notttrnllrlng th. nokU and roniovlng tho humor from tho blood. B. B. B. coots tho ncld-hentrd circu lation, builds It up to Ita normal strength nnd thloknoa. multiplies Ita nutritious, red corpuscles, anil enriches it In every way. Thou tho skin, instond of bolng irritated nnd dlsoased by tho oxudlng ncrlil matter, Is nourished, soothed nnd noftonod by till' coollnit, healthy stronm of blood. 3. B. 8., tho groatost of blood rmrirfors, oxiwls all foreign mattor ami ouroly euros Eczoiua, Acno, Tottor, Bait Ilbutiui nnd all other dlsoasos and ultcotlons of tho skin. It removes plmplo. btackheatls, nnd other un sightly blonilshos from tho skin and assists In rostorlng a good complexion. Uook ou Skla Dlsoasea and any medical advlco dealrod fruo to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. XhXhI I t T T t f t f f T T t T T T t t T T Superior Blue Stem Hard Wheat Flour Sack $1.35 v .f lijl..( u 16 lbs. Best Fruit Sugar $1.00 HUTCHISON & LUMSDEN T Y f Y t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y O 1 iTL IV THEATRE Tin1 pbiie when joii breatbo frob i.lr ih ainod 'auilell and Motion Plenties It.,!, -p 1 1 1: WAYMtM IIohIo In a bit of clasy vaudeville, fen- turllg tho polar bear. "Till: HAND OK KATH" An exeltlnK talo of Intornntloiinl romiiuco, lutrlguo and dnrlug "THi: WOMAN IIATCUri'i. This Is a real lesson to woinllu Haters "A NKW ItKtll.N.N'INCJ" A thrilling dramatle production "WIDOW Kits TIIIIKi:" A rip-roarlug comedy, one of tho V real kind AL SATIIKIt In Song WOOLWOItTIIK, tho Miixlclaim Admission 1 0c, Children (in MATINIJKS DAILY COMING- BOON COM1NO Hullg'n Hiibllmo Mnstorpleco "CINDKItKLLA" &&&WfrWMrt&& Medford Parcel Delivery Express and Transfer TRUNKS HAULED 25c PACKAGES 10c, 15c, 25c Phenes: Pacific :H)72 Home 354 Messenger Sorvico Clark & Wright LAWYERi WASHINGTON, P. O. Public Land Matters: Final Proof. Desert Lands, Contest and lllnlug Cases. Scrip. Grand Fourth of July Celebration at Eagle Point, Ore. i. The people of the Rogue River Valley are invited to par ticipate in a Grand three-day, old-fashioned Celebration at Eagle Point Programs will be announced later. MORTGAGE LOANS Money on hand nt all times to loan on improved ranches and city properly at lowest rales with "on or hol'oi'o privilege." JAMES CAMPBELL Phone 3231 320 a .0. Bldg. Draperies Wo carry a vry complete llns of (irupurluH, liuui oiirtoiim, fx tuniH. nla, nnd 4o ull oIuhmou of uiiliolHtiirliitf. A Hixiulnl man to looit ai'lur thin wink nxolioilvoly ii n (I will kIvo aa uood iiervlco m Ih pohnIIiIu to ol Ir uvun tha lurni'Ht olllm, WEEKS & HGGOWAN CO, V vpyiyiwwwtf'iywryif. rn( MrmMsx S5 "Tr MIWmtSSnpnMMWirTiw.