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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Sugar $1.00
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THEATRE
Tin1 pbiie when joii breatbo frob
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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"
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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.
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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,
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