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PAGE SEC MEflFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, 01? ECION. WMONKSOAY, .VRl)lJtT AHY 10M. -r -,J-JL-1 -"I4J-,. 3li irr mTWmxifWX'Vfi4TfmV IIIU1 I li I MP i' J. ' IJ'I'L1 I- ' i JI1I.1 BUDGET PLAN IS FAVORED BY MAYOR PURDIN In n letter to the city council Mayor I'urdin Tuesday nic;lil recom mended the adoption of a budget sys tem, Dip establishment of n purchns Ihr department, systematic enro for tlio poor of tlio city nnd municipal nid in the proposed pprinjj snnitnry clean-up. The budget nytc n v hold tnxpnying citirens, appointed, who would hnvc n voice in fixing tlu city expenses for the year. The pur chasing department would buy the supplies for the city departments, Tho mayor's recommendations fol lew: Tho following recommendations for Important changes In tho city ad ministration were made last night by Mayor Purdln: To tho city council, Mcdford, Oregon. Gentlemen: With your permission I proposo at this tlmo to submit some things that wo might do that t be llovo would benefit tho city. Budget Committee I would recommend that an ordi nance be passed empowering tho mayor, with tho advlco ot the council, at tho first rogular meeting ot the council in October ot each year here after, to appoint a commltteo ot lx citizens to act In conjunction with tha finance commltteo ot tho council and be known as tho nudget commltteo it tho city and tho duty ot which com mltteo would bo to prepare and sub mit to tho council at tho first regular meeting tn Novombor ot each year tho annuat budget ot tho city, show ing a conservative est I ma to ot tho expenses ot each department ot the city for tho next ensuing year, tho same to serve as a basis for tho an nual tax levy for the next year there after, and tho expenditures ot thn several departments to bo kept with in tho cstlmato of tho committee, savo in case ot some unforeseen cal amity. Purchasing Department I believe thoro should be a pur chasing department ot tho city, to consist ot such membors ot tho coun cil as may seem best, and to which committee should bo referred each item ot expenso proposed to bo In curred for the city. Supplies tor tin various departments ot tho city to be purchased by tho committee on writ ten requisition from tho heads ot tho respective departments, and the commltteo to examine carefully Into tho necessity for tho purchase and the price to bo paid. Whllo there may como tlmcB when an emergency will arise when some expense will bavo to be Incurred without the ad vlco of the committee, I bellevo there will bo money saved the city by tho committee, and having talked this matter over with members ot thj previous council and this council and bo mo ot the heads of the departments of the city, I believe the suggestion is practical. Aid for the Indigent Wo have no provision for this pur pose, and as there aro many roiuests for assistance. It would seem to mo that a relief committee should be ap pointed with power to pass on all such applications, which should bo roferrcd to them, this commltteo to consist in part from tho council and In part from tho citizens and no ro ller to bo granted only when recom mended by this committee. Clean Up tlio City I would earnestly recommond to tho council the necessity ot having all places where stable manure and other filth has been allowed to accumulate given a thorough cleaning up, and thereafter to be cleaned as often as once each week, as the time will soon arrivo when all such places will bu brooding places for tiles and othor pests, and if this matter is attended to now, it will result in great benefits to tho city in tho bettor health ot the people. Thero 1b nood also that wo glvo clono attention to tho condition of tho streets and alloys and sewers, that they shall bo kept In sanitary condition. The 1'ublic Muikct Whllo there Is a groat cry for econ omy, I think that tho grounds ad Joining tho public market should be covorcd with concrete with a smooth mirfaco, so that thoynnay be flushed regularly with water and kept more cleanly thau they have been and now are, as tho condition at this time to say tho least, Is most unsanitary. Respectfully submitted, MAHLON PURDIN, Mayor. ECONOMY POLICY OF NEW COUNCIL PUT INTO EFFECT PATHO LOGISTS OF PACIFIC COAST PLANTOORGANIZE Economy measure?, conolidiitiiiR offices, dippini expenses, nbolihitii "luxuries'' to rtty cnittlovps nnd in ervasinu duties of oily workers were adopted nt n meeting of the city council Tucdny night. Free phonw to volunteer fire department mem bers, nine in number, nnd the can celling of the insurance on the ot hnll on the grounds it was the height of precaution to insure n tire stntion were dUcoiitimicd. The follow mg is n suiumnrv of the action of the council nlong econom ical lines; Office ot street commissioner abol ished and department transferred to city' engineer with no Increase In salary. Office of plumbing Inspector abol ished and work to be dono by water superintendent, with no addition m salary. Salary of city attorney reduced from $75 per month to 150. Merging of offices of building and electrical Inspectors under ono head. All orortlmo to bo abolished In city work. City pay for S hours set at $2.50. Whcro extra work has to bo dono let work to needy residents at this rate. City employes to have no pay dur ing vacations. Police auto to bo abolished and city engineer and pollco to use ono auto. Bids to be received for street cleaning to reduce expense. Firemen to bo deputized as special policemen. Councilman Sargent also announc ed that Chief ot Police HIttson had agreed hereafter to look after th: sanitary Inspection ot the city and see that garbage cans were covered and stables cleaned out at least on in a week. This would savo the cost e: a special sanitary officer. JIio mayor in his special message also called at tention to the deslro of the adminis tration to clean up tho city. At the close ot the meeting Mayor Purdln following a ballot appointed W. H. Crawford a member of the police force. Stnt.o Commisioner of Horticul ture A. J. Cook of California is now ninkiug nrningemcnts for the forty- fourth California stnte fruit growers' convention, wh'ch i- to he helu nt Davis, dune I to 0, inclusive. It is expected thnt this will be one of the grentest meetings of ils kind ever held in the eotmtrv. There will he ninny new tentures, and addressee will be ninde hv ninny of the nbles' men in the United States. At this meeting there will he in attendance rrprecntntUo horticul turists from nil jtar.s of California, and a notable gathering of men prominent in horticulture, iiicludin growers, college profe-sors and oth ers from nil over the count rv. The idnee of meeting being cut nil, it ha"1 been chosen ns the best imint for the initial meeting of plant pathologists who have been invited to attend in the interest of tho formation of "The Association of I'lnnt Pathologists of the Pacific Const States.'' This new organization tins been in contempla tion for some time, nnd through the efforts of Professor Kalph E. Smith of the University of California, pnth ologists from Arizona, ItritNli Co lumbia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada. New Mexico, Oregon. Utah, Wash ington, Colorado nnd Wyoming will be in attendance. HesJdcs the mnt'er of orgnniznt'ou, the particular subieets of pent blight, crown gull and physiological plant disease! common only to the Pacific slope, which will come up for discussion. At .the meeting. Profes sor P. J. O'Oara of Mcdford will lead the conference on pear blight, it be ing conceded that he bus had more experience with the wirious plinsci of this disease than any other path ologist in the country, and has had tho opportunity of studying it throughout every fruit district in the United States. The renuest that ho lend the conference on this subject '.v? -'Jf was Hindu by Professor A. J, Cook, state eoniniissioner of hortioulluie, HOUSE TAKES A JOLT AT PLEA FOR SUFFRAGE WASHINGTON, Fob. t.Tho hound dumoeratlo caucus taut ulitht went on record nmilimt creating a hotiso wont nn suffrage commltteo. Hy a vote ot 123 to r7, tho enucus ndnpted a reso lution declaring this wait a statu iliiestlou, rejecting tho llakur rcHolu. t ton to create a committee Every Street in Medford APPLES MAKE A HIT Chancellor Avery of the University ot Nebraska, writes as follows to Pro fessor O'Gara: "Wo have been enjoying the box ot splendid apples that you sent us at Christmas time. Dr. Bessoy and 1 agreo each year that the apples from Oregon make the holiday season more than worth while. Tho big ycllo-v fellows were especially good. I do not know that I have ever seen such a combination of crlspncss, mellow ness, size and flavor. "I have on my desk a copy of the Mcdford Mall Tribune, and I have Just been looking over page four of tho edition ot January 1st. We had a good tlmo with tho botanists when they were In Kobraska, but I fear Lincoln seemed pretty parched an j hot with what they had In tho moun tains and valleys ot Oregon." TOMATO GHOWKHS ATTKXTIO.V. Tho Ilagley Canning company want to contract for 30 acres ot to matoes this coming season. Growers who contemplate planting for tho cannery should communicate with us at one. (Hot-beds for growing tomato plants should bo started this month.) 11m Its Share of the Proof That Kid ney Sufferers Sock nachacho? Kidneys weak? Distressed with urinary Ills? Want a reliable kidney remedy? Don't have to look far. Use what Mcdford people recommend. Every street In Mcdofrd has Its cases. Here's ono Medford man's exper ience. Let C. C. Krlbs, 33 N. Grove St.. tell it. Ho says: "Judging from personal experience with Doan's Kidney Pllli. I feel Justified In recommending them. I suffered from a dull ache lu tho small ot my back for months. Tho kidney secretions wcro also un natural and at times retarded. Upon learning of Doan's Kidney Pills, I ob tained a supply and began using them. The contents of two or tbrco boxes entirely rid me ot the trouble and improved my health. I know that Doan's Kidney Pills can bo ro lled upon to give relief It taken as directed." Kor salo by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Koster-Mllburn Co., Iluffalo. Now York, sole agents for the United States. Remember tbo name Doan's I and tako no other. There is no substitute fo Royal Baking Pow der for making the hest cake, biscuit and pastry Royal is Ab solutely Pure and the only baking powder made from Royal grape cream of tartar. f when you tire of rough, strong high proof whiskey Cyrus Noble bottled at drinking strength W. J. Vun Schuyvcr & Co., General Agents Portlund, Oregon A $1.00 SAVED Is a dollar made. You can anvo ninny a dollar on high shoos at Healing's If you areJfot i SHOE SALE In need ot hlg h shoes wo hao tho latent In fash- lonablo low footwear arriving d nil)'. Don't forget you aro always w oleoma whether you buy or not. BEHLING S hiiei: steui: jooii FIT vv " Take Vinol t M "When tho blood is poor. Ml "When more flesh Is needed. Vm Ml "When the weak need strength. Ml When the throat and lungs are ! Uri Warranted to Holp You TmM mM $1.00 tho Bottlo IF I MEDFORD PHARMACY 1 ml Noar Fostoffico M Mi finM? '''u on'v ,nkr K'oro VmV Ml y9 in .Med lord that gives Ym Ml DQ h. & 11. (liven Trad- X MM$$M$M$ COUGH TWO YEARS OLD Vlelds to Vinol. Head Why. rivr iif ft nrATH in W MINNESOTA HOTEL FIRE UEMlDJr, Minn., Feb. 4. Five persons met death in an early mora injj firo whiuh destroyed tho Hotel Kdliher nt Kellihor, near here. Seven others were deriously burood. Tho origin of Jho firo was not known. , Strong vigorous men and women hardly ever catch cold; it's only when tho system Is run down and vitality low that colds and coughs get a foot hold. Now Isn't It reasonable that the right way to cure a cough Ik to build up your run down condition again? Mrs. I). A. McGco of Waycross, Ga says: "I bad a chronic cold and cough which kept mo awake nights for two years and I felt tired all tho time, Vinol cured my cough and J feel stronger in evory way." The reason Vinol la so efficacious In such cases is because it contains In a delicious concentrated form all the medicinal curative elements of cod liver oil, with tonic, blood build ing Iron added. Chronic coughs and colds yield to Vinol because- It builds up the weak ened, run-down system. Vou can got your money back any time if Vinol does not do all wo say. Medford Pharmacy, Medford, Ore, P. S, For Itching, burning skin tryour Saxe Salvo. We guaraiiteo It. To the Milk Consumers of Medford Why not buy your milk and cream from thodalry that has tho highest score of any dairy in Mcdford? Wo sell milk Just as cheap as tbo lowest scored dairies and guarantee It to be pure, clean and rich of butter fat. Wo make a specialty ot milk for babies. Give us a trial and you will always bo our customer. We mako two deliveries dally. Medford Dairy J. W. Snider Phono 201-J.l The ALCO t T ? t t ? T J i i t f T ? ? t T t f t T ? t t T t 1 1 New Grocery . OPEN TOMORROW OUE STORE WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINE SS VISIT TJ& THURSDAY AND WE INVITE YOU TO . t ' . , A FEW OF THE LEADING BRANDS CARRIED WILL BE: PREFERRED STOCK AND ROYAL CLUB O ANNED GOODS. GOLDEN GATE, HILLS BROS. AND ROYAL CLUB COFFEE. LIPTON, GOLDEN GATE AND RIDGWAY'S TEAS. FISHER'S BLEND, DRIFTED SNOW AND CROWN FLOUR. AND A COMPLETE LINE OF ALL STAPLE GROCERIES. . WE WILL GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO DEAVOR TO SUPPLY THE TRADE WITH THE THIS LINE WATCH OUR EAST WINDOW. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND WILL EN VERY BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS. FOR Is the new name for our confectionery and cigar store, corner Main and South Central. Sovcral appropriate names were suggested, tho one se lected being sent in by Mrs, Maude Woods, who received the prize of a box of candy. WEST 6 WHITIWEAN 5 T t t T T t t I ' '.1,v!fr.,.,i4 PHONE ORDERS WILL RECEIVE CAREFUL ATTENTION. SOUVENIRS FOR THE LADIES ON OPENING DAY. MARSH & BENNETT SECOND DOOR EAST OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK. 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