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PAGTJJ TOUT MEDFORD MATTJ TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SATURDAY. dUNR (1, 1f)M MEDFOttD MAIL TRIBUNE AN INDKPKNDHNT NKWBPAPBn rUBWHIIKD KVKHT AKTHIINOON EXCftrT HUNDAT 11V TUB MKDKOUD rmNTINd CO. The Democratic Timet, The Mutford Mall, The Modfnrtl Tribune, Thn Bouth rn Ornjonlan, The Ashland Trlbuno. Office Mall Tribune llullilln, 35-x7-If North Mr street! telcnhoms . Official rarer of the Cllr of Madford. Official i'apcr of Jackion County. Entered ss scowl-eIass matter at Hertford, OrrRon, under the act of March . U7. TBBCRITTIOH XATEI One T'r, by mall 18-00 One month, by mall , .50 Ter month, rtellverrJ by carrier In Medfonl, -Jacksonville and Cen tral 1'olnU. .g rUturrfsy only, by mall, per year J JO Weekly, pf year .-. 1.S0 Villi Leased Wire Assorlnted l're's With Mcdfor. Stop-Orer COUNTY CENTRAL E The following Is n list of county central committeemen elected at the primary nominating election, May 15, 1914: ItcjHiMlrnn Party. H. K. Pohland, Ashland Boulevard. J. M. Wagner, E. Central, Ashland. M. Van Gordcr, Applegatc. J. W. Nfcrrltt, N. Central Point. A. J. Klorcy, Eaglo Point. S. S. Aiken. Flouuco Rock. li. Miller, t'oota Creek. W. S. Hammond, Griffin Creek. Rllcy Hammersley, Gold Hill. D. W. nagahaw. North Jacksonville K. Drltt, South Jacksonville. A. It. Chase. Mcdford, North Main. Chas. Gay, Mcdford, Oakdale. Itobcrt Klncald, Mound. D. K. Cottrcll, Meadows. Ira J. Dodge, Perry dale. K. A. Woods, Roguo Illver. I. T. Gatlagcr, Rock Point. E. E. Dlrulck. Wlmcr. Democratic Party J. R. Hunter, South Ashland. E. J. Kaiser, Ashland Houlcvard. Frank Jordan, West Ashland. W. II. McNalr, East Central, Ash land. Geo. Hoffman, Applegatc. James Ilarrctt, Uarron. Geo. Nell, North Central Tolnt. Thos. Nichols, Eagle Point. T. D. Hlgglnbotham, Flounce Rock. W. S. Hammond, Griffin Creek. H. D. Reed, Gold Hill. Chris Ulrica, Jacksonville. H. D. Manning, N. West Mcdford. Mosc Uarkdull, Mcdford N. River side. "Wm. M. Campbell, Mcdford, Oak- dale. Leo V. Hclsel. North East Mcdford. Fred Furry, Phoenix. IJob Cook, Roguo River. Jay Tcrrlll, Talent. T. C. Gaines, Trail. Miles Cantrall, Union. Rcrt Harr, Watklns. Ed E. Dlmlck. Wimer. I'rogreKtlve I'nrljr James Barrett, Barron. James Wilson, Griffin Creek Col. Sargent, Mcdford, Oakdale. This is tho completo list except thoso that nro tied. The selected time for drawing lots for thoso tied Is Saturday, Juno 13. MEET JULY 4 As there si to be no Fourth of July celebration in Ashlund or Medford this year, tho Mcdford Driving club, nfter taking the proposition up with At-hlanil, held u meeting recently and decided to give a race meet on that day, mill the lovers of good racing are promised one of tho fiibte&t con feits in tho free-for-nll pnee ccr seen on thi tnu'lc. Alliiu and King Seal, yw aro both ill fine bhupc, will he in thin race, hobides l'ivo other who carry equally good record-. And theiu will he no doubt us to the own erti hecing Unit their horses do their best, for, n wo all know, there ex ists n fctrong rivalry between them as to which one Is the l'nbtor. Tho progiaiu will coiitfibt ef: l-'rco-for-nll pnee, $200. Kico-for-iill trot, $100. (Jreen roeo for colt, .'J3. Diiggy race, 50. Free-for-all running raee, ij.'iO. Free-for-all pony men, j2.". Conditions for buggy nieu are that lioincs shall he hitched to Initios, hopples are Inured and no horo with a marie foliall he allowed to compete. All IniriieHK nice tihall ho three linlf-iiiilu licntx, every heat n nice, diaw for position nt end of each heat. Money divided ill liuriiom wren, GO, 'Ji, IT) mid 10 per m-nlj in running nice, 70, i!0 mid 10 per H'nt. No t'lilijuii'ii fee. III COMMITIE MEN DRIVING CLUB Jfiirea will ho culled t '2iid xliiup. J'lepure come to Meilford for a Jk'OOil lilllP I'll Jul) I. CRUISE THE A DECISION written by ,lustiee 0. U MeNary of tho Oregon supreme bench, delivered this week, is worthy of attention. It was rendered in a suit brought against tho county commissioners of Clatsop county, involving pay ment "for timber land cruising. The suit was brought to restrain the commissioners from allowing claims for cruis ing the land, alleging that the constitution prohibits the incurring of a warrant indebtedness of more than $"000 by a county. The supreme court held that the commissioners, as bus iness agents of the county, were compelled under the con stitution to provide a fair and equal distribution of taxes, and that, under the circumstances, the debt incurred for cruising the timber was not within the provision of the con stitution prohibiting counties from contracting warrant indebtedness of more than $,"000. The decision calls attention to the fact that it is impos sible to provide a fair and equal distribution of taxes, with out cruising the timber land. A flat valuation is unjust, as some acreage is likely to contain several times the amount of timber that another acre does, and hence is worth much more. The forfeiture of the railroad land grant brings Jack son and other counties face to face with a serious financial condition. Taxes amounting to $712,000 are unpaid as a result of the federal court's decision. Not only this, but the proportion of the $72,000 due the state, as state taxes, over $19,000, has had to bo paid the state. The .Jackson county budget is therefore )rS9,000 shy of estimates tlirough no fault of anyone's. This amount of taxation for future years must be made up some way either by higher rale of taxation or by a reassessment that will provide a more equitable basis of assessment, and hence an increased assessment, and the cruising of timber lands affords the correct solution. The timber lands arc held almost entirely by non-resident speculators, who will neither develop nor sell their holdings at a price that will permit others to develop. They arc holding for the unearned increment. A cruise of the property so held would show its actual value and enable a just assesment to be made. Cruising of timber lands is a subject worthy the atten tion of the eonntv court. "I DONE nplLE " done it" proclivities of Congressman llawley .Jkjfc, arc again in evidence, as witness the following in the .Mcdford Sun: " . Washington, D. C, Juno 3. To the Editor of the Medfonl Sun, Medford, Oro. In sundry civil bill Just reported 1 have S7r.000 for road construction In Center Lake National Park and J7.140 for usual administrative purposes In park nnd also $24,000 further for construction of federal biilldiug nt Mcdford. W. C. HAWLEY. Mr. llawley says: "J have $7f),000 for Crater Lake roads" in the sundry civil bill that 4,I done it." The truth of the matter is that Senator Chamberlain secured favorable action in the senate for $100,000 for Cra ter Lake. The bill went to the house, where the appropri ations committee has just reported favorably upon cutting the amount to $70,000. Instead of getting $100,000 i lain got from the senate, llawley gets only $75,000. 1 low- ever, as Chamberlain is on the senato appropriations com mittee and likely to be one of the senate conferees, he may be able to put through the original $100,000 asked. Mr. llawley can then claim that "J have $100,000." Two years ago the senate twice passed the Crater Lake appropriation, which was twice killed in the house. Sen ator Bourne, as a senate conferee, forced the house con ferees to pass the bill, upon threat of deadlock. This, how ever, did not prevent Mr. llawley from grabbing credit and claiming"! done it." Mr. Ifawlcv is entitled to but he claims everything in sight and greedily hogs to him self the work of the entire Oregon delegation. The parrot-like "I done it" reiterations of Congress man Uawley arc false and discordant notes in the sounding brass of a congressman who deliberately filches the fame of others. THERE'S A T111C Chicago "Record-Herald recently announced that it would hereafter refuse all liquor advertisements, As a result of this announcement, the Anti-Saloon league has undertaken a nation-wide campaign to secure circula tion for the Jiccord-llcrald, sending out the following cir cular: Tho effect on tho Record-Herald will bo closely watched, not only by tho public but by other newspapers who aro likely to bo Influenced to n like, "onri-o If the move proves profitable. If It proves unprofitable our cnuto will bo Immeasurably fcut back for many years, for we need the help of nil great newspapers, Iho most significant effect will bo In circulation, Tho Record-Herald's circulation must be quickly increased by many thousands, mid wo must bo able to show the pupcr that It Is tho result of this move. We want you, therefore, to send us your subscription to the Record-Herald and to get all oii friends to do tho same In order that wo may turn over to them con vincing approval of their stand. If the nation-wide crusade for Record-Herald subscrib ers brings in expected results, the Anti-Saloon league will bo able to force the Record-Herald to champion tho dry cause, regardless of convictions, under penalty of losing its subscription list. Indeed, with dry readers, the paper, catering to its constituency, will naturally fill the field of the great metropolitan prohibition daily of the nation. Not to bo behind in reform, Hearst's Chicago ICxaminer has also seen tho errors of its wjuKKy mm strong nriiiK aos noiiiing stronger man neei and wine. This reform is being followed up by a national campaign to make the Examiner the favorite advertising organ of the wineries and breweries of the country. Hup- pip-nig itri main revenues, mo wjiic-hirkoi's ami nrowcrs will naturally dictate its policy. These "reforms" aro shrewdly calculated business iijovch planned to bring in increased revenue, "There's a reason," TIMBER LANDS IT" AGAIN from the house as Chamber- credit for what he docs do REASON way. No longer will it print What It Costs to Do Business A Scries of Huslncss Talks by A. M. llurrotiiilis, of tho HiiitoiihIih Addlim Mui'liluo liniinh Copyrlithtml, A Cleveland grocer thought ho was Hearing $100 n month, 1200 n year, over nml aliovu his expenses. lint the J100 a month Included hi own salary, tho Intercut on his In vestment, the salary of his wife who spent most of her time In tho store, and i number Of other Items. If tho grocer had allowed himself Interest on bis Investment, thrtl alone would have produced $50 n mouth without risk or worry. Another $25 n month of his "pro fits" rightly came out as expenses In- currvd In running the store. He bad charged several expense Items as "In vestment." Instead of making 100 a mouth clear, ho was not only falling to make anything, but he and bis wlfo were both working for almost nothing. It they bad both worked In some other storu they might havo earned 100; so Instead of making $100 they were losing MOO a month. A grocer In Pittsburgh was Inter ested In politics. Last jear he suc ceeded In landing a city Job, paying his 2o00 a year. When ho got this Job he decided to sell his store. He placed tho storu In the hands of a broker, and had nn ac countant go over the books to placo a value on the stock and to scu what the business was worth. Tho accountant's report showed that no chnrgo had been made for salaries. Tho grocer, his wife and four children ran the store. When proper allowance was inado for sala ries, tho store was found to bo paying a traction over one-half of ono per cent n ear on the Investment. Instead of a fairly profltablo busi ness, ono salable at a premium for good will, It was found to be a busi ness so nearly unprofitable as to be unsalable. Fixtures nnd stock wero finally sold at a loss. Nothing was received for good will, because thero was no good will only a chance to work for nothing and take tho ordinary busi ness risks besides. In scientifically managed stores It has been found that tho salaries of tho clerks nvcrage around nlno per cent of tho gross sales by those clerks Tho salaries of managers, book keepers and other employes, who do not sell, run tho average, cost for salaries up to about 13 to 1 3 VI and a half per cent of the gross sales. Rent Is likely to average- nround four per cent, delivery nround ono Famous "Prayer The I'nmoiw ''Prayer from Ilia llilln," mentioned in the recent ex nminutiou of ev-1're-ident Mellen of the New Haven line, purport to come from the xeoninnry and farmers of MacsachutfttH. For writing it. Sylve-tter H.ixter, u IhiMoii reporter, U fiaid to he reeeixed .:I8I from the N'cvv Haven. The "I'rnvcr" was intended to in fluence sentiment in fnvor of n hill before the legi-lature permitting the New Ifnvcii to gniu control of trol ley lines that the stntc hud com pelled it to hell. It follews: "A Prayer from the Hills." "The liilllomis of MnhsnchuiclU to their hixtcrs, (lie cities; ''I will lift up mine eyes to the hills from whence eoineth my help, (food reason have vou of the eitie-. to remember these words. Not in vnin huve vou lifted up jour eye to our heights To you of the val leys, of the plains, of Die const, our help him gone Mcndilv forth, our hct young manhood hns kept vou, while our blond, our character, has mudo New Knglninl. Wo lake jiride in you, ye teeming cities nil. Often have you (.ought our assent to costly promotions for your advancement; time nfter tune have you hnd our support. "Hut we have sacrificed much -our population hns dwindled, our herds huve ihiuiiiiNhrd, tho woods have grown nl our cost; we huve bowed to our fute. Our youth have fornkeii the li'imesleadr,; our elder We Answer All Calls for Help IT"-' m inm H. WEINHARD'S M DEPOT and n half to two per cent, light mid bent from ono to two per rout, mid so mi down the list of expenses. No merchant, us ho so freuuontly does, should nssumo these percent ages to be bis costs. Ho should net his own costs from his burluess, con sidering these percentages only as standards by which to Judge whether he Is higher or lower tlinu the ivver nge. Tho merchant who would, know his cost of doing husliiesit should classify bis expenses Into such accounts as will give him tho Information he needs. Ho should Install n cost s)steui that w III search out all of the expenses mid enable 111 in to know, not merely n few of tho things which he pnjs for, but all of the things which enter Into bis cost of doing business. Hero Is a list of the expensei used by one wideawake merchant; Rent If the building Is leased; de preciation or upkeep If It Is owned Salary of nil employes, nnd the manager, Delivery Expense Including ro palrs to wagons, harness, shoeing of horses, grease, feed, barn, rent, etc. Light- Including light In barns, etc. Heat Including coal, fireman, etc. Ire for drinking fountains, refrig erators, soda fountains, etc. Advertising In nowspapers, circu lars, etc. Printing stationery, blank books, bill heads, etc. Gifts presents, donations, otc. Telephone nnd telegraph tolls. Insurance stock, fixture, burglar, etc. Taxen on fixtures, stock, etc. Interest paid out. Paper Hags wrapping paper, twine, etc. Ilreakngo nnd spoilage of goods. Repairs on fixtures, etc. Depreciation on merchandise. Shrlnkngc of mnrch.-widUo. Depreciation im fixtures, furniture etc. Had Accounts. Goods stolen from stock. Depreciation from cost price by change of st)le and by the purchase of unsalable stork which makes It nccosaary to roduco prices. Some merchants ndd freight nnd cartago to this list but It should not be barged ns an expense. It Is a part of the original cost of the goods and should bo charged to goods and not to expense. From the Hills11 nre gray and di-lienrteneil. We now in turn make our appeal for help The boon we crave, though gieot for us, is t-light enough for ou to grant Opportunity, long n Mtrauger lire now knocks nt our doors, lendimr pro-perity buck to these hills. We only iisk your leave to hid her enter "Wherever modern trnnmt !n its course there dawns the age of a 'olden' Nvv Koglmid; cult iv at ion thrives; new orchards nre planted, industries develop; summer guc-' uriive; xn Ino rejoices the I.uhI To make these benefit our own we n i-k not that the puhlie put m he op cued mid millions poured for our ml vantage. Wo only prnv that other he allowed to help us; Unit vou dou'l bur our gnli against their emuing that helping hands leaehed out lo serve us he not stayed ; Hint Ihev. with fuilh in us mid in the potent promi-e of our Massachusetts hills, be not rebuffed, they who would huek their faith with work. And we well know v ' t a refusal means; that you would thrust us hack again, iiuhop ing, down In the slough of despond, there to decline and vanish from the laud where once we counted with the forcum-l there. John A. Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Assistant OH H, IIAHTI,KTT. Phone M. 47 n 47-J1 tinloiUnrn Korvlr llniiiitr Coroar from tlioxo who mo suffering per sonal discomfort or loss from tho heat. Our leu will ho sunt at onto to tho relief of thoso who mod it. And that Is practically everybody In cluding yourself, If you aro not tl Ink our Ico you ouiiht to for the sake of your i.oiiifort, your Health mid to prevent tho spoiling of foods. For (Julck Dullvoilc I'hoiiu fil L E I NSS THEATRE .LOTHES .M.ll'l, I 1 'lliWt'WIl. till IV IIMtl.SIIMk Not door to Mist Nnttoiml llmtu. upstnlis .MI'.IM'OltO TWMHtH msr:: vtto3r KCZKMA AM, GONE? If ,vou nre troubled with nny form of ei.'ctiuv oti can relievo ourself of this mi no) lug ailment by using MKIUTOli M KCZKMA IIKMKDY ' This Is a scientific pre imrntloii that directly coun teracts and eliminates tho causo of (hi) nllineiit, and aids unturo in restoring healthy conditions, a re liable remedy, whUh wo imsltlvely guarantee; also endorsed by American Urug nun ires aphui.ihiou i Two sires, r-0c mid J t 00. t l'or sale by 1 l II. II.SKIS I Kxclushe Agency I , - A Plate Ice Pronounced lv Dr. Calvin S. White, State Health Officer, and Dr. M. 11. I'ickel olWIed fortl, President Slate Hoard of Health, to he Absolutely Pure A trial will convince you thai plate ice will outlast any other make of artificial ice. ULHAU IIAK'D piup: .Morning Deliveries Medford Ice & Storage Co. I'hoiic Ufil Thirteenth and S. I'n ,sK .si Mif NO BETTER PROTECTION Kor your iluahhs can he found than our Kirc mid Pur'lar Proof Vault. 'I he cost of a Safe Deposit Uo here is not luh only $2.00 and up por yoar OVER PZ VCARG UNDER ONE MANAGCMCNT m STAR THEATRE TODAY l.MHI I'JIOIIMA.V I'llKSIINTH Till! (KI-HllltATlIO HI.M IWVOItlTi: Mary Pickford IN "Hearts Adrift" A rWI'KIIU I'OI It IWIIT "iniOIH I'MVKH" HI'IMKtT, MINK I'lUHI'OIID ATTAINS A 111(111 JIHAM.VI'IO POWKIMN 'I'lllH niOIIIIOTION I'HOroi'lt.WS TllAV The Perils of Pauline" I'li-l KplMule In a pints OI.AItKNt'i: AM I'HItOV'.S ri.MI.I.N'O I'AIITV Kdlsoit Uoiiiiuly t'OMINO HONDA Y, THIt UOOT Ol' ICVII. 2 reels WESTON'S CAMERA SHOP Itecoutly remodeled and enlarged, added new cameras and Apparatus and Is now strictly up-to-dnto In every way. Ciiimiierlrnl Woik of mII Kinds Including copying and enlarging of pictures, IokaI documents, etc, lira uildo enlarging, any slio, mid kod.ik flnWhlm; of every kind.' 1'rofrsitonal nnd amatuer photo Kraphlc supplies. I, M. Hnriuoti Associated Willi Mr. Hbop over Isis Tncater, I'hotie 147-J When Buying Coffee Call for The lvMtcway Coffee It's fresh roasted ami of tho hettt quality. ROASTED and BLENDED IN MEDFORD Guaranteed to give perfect .satisfaction or money refunded "Why patronixo San Francis co, Port land and Seattle when you can patronize a home industry that is just as i;ood. Ah I; otir dealer for i The Rite way Coffee I -: &L. ..-