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HOW TO REDUCE TAXES
Office Mall Trlbuno DullillrlK. SS-lMf
North l'lr utrrot, telephony 74.
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Offlolal Paper of the 'City of Mtdtori.
Official roper of Jackaon Countr.
Entered a necond-clma matter at
Medford, Oregon, under the aot of
March 3, 1879.
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ALLIES OCCUPY
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PARIS, Dec. 17, 2:15 p. ra. The
Firntili wnr office jnvo ouV nn offic
inl stnU-iurnt this -afternoon np fol fel fol
eows: ' '
"Uclwccn the sea and the. Lys we
have occupied Several German
trencher at the point of tho bayonet;
consolidated our positions nt Lorn
bnrtzyde nnd St. (leorges and organ
ized the territory taken from the en
emy to the Vest of Gheluvelt: '
"Wo have inhdu Progress) nt sotno
pdints in the region of Venuellcs.
'There has beeu no infantry ac
tion nlons the remainder of the front,
but wo report very effective hhoothi
on the iiari of our heavy artillery in
the environs of Tracy Lo Val, on the
Ainne and in Champagne, n well its
in the Argoimo nnd in the region of
Verdun.
"In Lorraine and in Alsace there is
nothing; to report."
Iim SERVICE FAULT
UPSETS SIOCK DEALS
XKW YORK, Dec. 17. Wall street
was thrown into a state of confusion
at the opening of tho tock market to
day by an almost complete break
down in tho -ticker quotation service.
The machines, which furnished quo
tation to outside source-, were nut
of order and many brokerage houses
with direct cNchnngc connections
M'civ unablo lo post early prices.
The disorganization of tho scivieo
extended to various out-of-town
points, including; Philadelphia. For
tunately trading- was light in tho early
dealings so that the disruption of the
ticker service enured only temporary
inconvenience.
NEW
ABOUT- tnxpaying timo .Jackson county contains a lot
of property owners who spend a hundred .dollars'
worth ot energy protesting a dollar in taxes. This is all
wasted effort and accomplishes nothing.
Now is the time to kick against the taxes before the
lew is made.
ruder a wise state law, the county court is compelled
to advertise its tentative budget for tile ensuing year's ex
penses twenty days before the levy is made December .U.
This estimate is very complete, showing just what the
money will be spent for. and the lew necessavv to raise the
fund.
The object in printing this budget is to give the taxpay
ers a voice in fixing the county levy. The stttte levy is ar
bitrarily fixed by the state board. The sehdol district levy
is arbitrarily fixed by the school board. The city levy is
arbitrarily fixed, under the old charter, by the city council.
In none of them arc the taxpayers consulted.
The county court,alone of the taxing bodies, prints the
estimate of expenses jn advance, and no taxpayer who has
failed to take advantage of his opportunity to participate
in thiv making of the lew has a unlit to protest after the
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levy is made, any more than the voter failing to go to the
polls lias the right to object, to officials elected. v .
The Mail Tribune believes that taxation should be held
down as much as possible the present year. It sees no rea
son for increasing expenditures in any department. The
fixed operating expenses cannot very well be altered. The
road work should be continued, as it is really all the perma
nent development work the taxpayer secures for his
money. Hut other expenditures should be pared, and gen
erally have been.
The estimated' eomitv and state lew is 14 mills, as
against 15 mills a year ago.1 The county is financially han
dicapped by the refusal of the railroad to pay taxes upon
the 0. & C. land grant now in litigation, assessed 'at five
millions, which lowers the total valuation for taxing pur
poses this amount. 'Notwithstanding; this, it' is possible to
cut the levy at least 1.4 mills without impairing efficiency.
The proposed levy provides mills for county school
purposes as against 1.6 mills the present year and the year
before. In other words, the amount per pupil is raised
from $8 iiv pupil to $15, at theToipiest of the county board
of education, which promised a similar reduction in school
district levies.
An examination of the district, levies made reveals that
the districts average the same old levies. as a vear ago.
Twenty-three districts show an increase in levies, which
totals 35.G5 mills. Eighteen districts show the saine levies
as ji year ago. Twenty-six districts show a decrease total
ing .J mills, showing that, with perhaps one or two ex
ceptions, school districts have failed to take advantage of
the increased general county levy, but have made the usual
levies.
There is no sense in giving the county school fund
nearly double the amount given last year, when approx
imately the same revenue is secured locally as received a
year ago. The cost of our schools is high enough as it is.
FASHI
ONABLERESORT
RUINED AS RESULT
OF
GERMAN
Roosevelt and Wilson Cornpared
LONDON, Dec. 17, 0:51 n. m. One
hundred nnd fifty cases of ptomaine
poisoning- ure reported among tho
troojM stationed nt Dluckheath. Med
icat eipcrtd have been sent and arc
taking adequate steps- to cope with
the disease.
Dlnokhcnth Is nn open common,
covering 'JG7 acres, in the county of
Kent, live miles cast of St. PnulV,
Loudon, It is tho favorite place of
holiday resorts for the inhabitants of
the metropolis, but since the war, ac
cording to the foregeing: dispatch, it
luts apparently been turned into it
training ground for new troops.
In the December American Maga
zine Ray Stannnrd Raker, writing; nn
n'rticlo entitled, "Wilson Aftcf
Twenty Months," presents a highly
interesting- comparison of Mr. Wilson
with Mr. Roosevelt, in the course of
Which ho records in part as follows
tho daily life in tho white heuse:
"When Mr. Roosevelt was in Wash
inglon crowds of people always
flocked to tho white house to shake
the president's hand and take his
timo and energy. People now have.
just as free access to the wmto house
as ever almost anyone can meet the
president but the groups 'are. small
and quiet and pass quickly in and
out of tho president's office. One
day'l counted ten people going in nt
tho usual hour to 'pay respects to the
president,' on another day fourteen.
Roosevelt rarely had fewer thnn
twenty-five and often a great many
more.
''One of Mr. Roosevelt's truly ro-
mnrkable qualities was his command
of his energies; his self-regulation.' very regular."
He could bring- his who attention to
lienr irtstnntly ttKin nny subject;
therefore he wns able to accomplish a
great volume of work. In this re
spect Mr. Wilson is fully Iih cqunl.
"Mr. Tumulty Jold. mo that one
could almost set his wnlcli by Mr.
WiNon'h incomings nnd outings. He
has breakfast at S o'clock sharp anil
during the summer, sinco Mrs. Wil
son's death, has usually breakfasted
ulonc with Mr. Tumulty and Dr.
Orayson. He then goes at his corre
spondence for an hour or so, .until his
appointments begin. These appoint
ments vary from five to fifteen-minute
intervals, rarely longer, nnd fol
low each other like clockwork until
1 o'clock, the luncheon hour. In tho
afternoon there are varied special
appointments nnd further attendance
to correspondence, and an hour or .so
to golf, motoring or tramping which
Dr. Orayson often has to insist upon.
This program, of course, is vnried on
cabinet days or to mtust special en
gagements, but upon the whole it is
SCACUIiOllOl'UH, via London,
Doc. 17, S:lf. Tho uuecu of Kni;
llsh wntcrliiK places hns recovered
today from the unexpected bombard
ment ami tho feeling Ik one of bitter
ntiKor nt the town's helidensnerts when
under the aunt of th (lertuitn Kipitttl
ton. The first wnrnlitK sound of tllx
taut firing which attracted llttlo at
tention except from the military au
thorities en mo at 3: IS o'clock In the
morning. At s o'clock three Merman
wnrshlps which the ntnlortty of the
eye witnesses agree were one linttlo
cruiser nutl two lighter cttiliierx,
loomed out of u heny fog so close
underneath the cliff that they vw-re
able to train their guns on the wlre
lc.ui station on the heights.
However, the big resort hotels on
the esplanade and the old town offer-
ed tempting targets and n rain of
shrapnell nnd lyddite shells began to
fall In this section, doing great dam
ago to the hotels and destroying
houses and shops In the .poorer dis
tricts. A woman In one of uh-m shops
wns literally Mown to pieces.
Story of The Attack
Ono of the light cruisers seemed
to be doing most of the firing, l-'lrst
she let go with her stern gunt anil
then, maneuvering further out, de
voted her broniUldcs to the most con
spicuous bulldlugs on tho higher
ground. As the result ot UiIh bom
bardment three shells found a tar
get In the Scarborough hospital, ono
tearing a chimney from the roof, an
other striking the nu.-ne quarters
and the third demolished the orna
mental facade, above the entrance.
The wall of the old castle which looks
formidable, but which has 'been un
occupied for hunted of yearn, was
breached by nn S-lncli shell.
The gunners now got the correct
elevation of the wirolem station, but !
failed to Injure It, tnos; or Hie shells
falling In nn adjacent field, tho turf
of which was comptetol.t ploughed up
by them.
Itcohli-nres ltiiiiiltaiilcil
Some of the better classes of resi
dences now began to stitfor, one or
tho first heluK the homo of ttiinnoll
Ilea, member of parliament for tho
district. His life and that of hU
wife were saved, by tho fact that they
had gone down for an enrly break
fast arid wcro In tho kitchen, the
only part of the house untouched,
tho rest being a totnl wreck. At the
same timo a stnuli Iiouko occupied
by a soldier, his wlfo and their child
and nephew, was struck by an ox-
plosive shell, reducing tho place to
kindling wood and killing tho whole
family.
Tho bombardment had been going
on for fifteen minute nnd tho town
was given, n fho mlntito breathing
spell. Tho streets wrre cleared or
people who the .light cruiser after
turning,, brought a new broadside
Into play. The (iorman squadron
then faced what looked like a desert
cd city. Tho gunneY directed their
attention to the railroad station with
tho result that a whole row of Iiousch
Including tv church In iv nearby utroot
i were wrecked, but wlthotTl 1oh of
life, as the oieupnuts had mmght rof
iiho. Tim second bombardment was
uuiie violent that iu firm hut did
les damage.
I'nudciuoiilmn Itesulted
At tint cxplt-nthui ot this uecoud
minute fifing tlm warships drew off
In a northerly direction nnd when
tlio people of Scarborough again
heard the booming of the dreaded
guns nt P o'clock, the town of Whitby
up tho const wit the victim.
During tho early utilise of tho bom
bardment tho Hcreerhln shells re
sulted' In tin undescrlhnble piuide-
moulum. Later the people became as
quiet its death when tho i-oiir ion to
n crescendo when full broadsides were
fired.
The hlm drew off and the search
ror dead and wounded hetsan. .Many
pitiable scenes were witnessed as
anxious relatives anil friends waited
reiults of surgeons' examination. A
child had Its skull fractured while In
tho anus of Itit mother.
Tho military authorities, assisted
by the police, directed the exodus of
the towns-people from the city. Worn,
en vveie favored with i-eats on the
train, with the result t tint but few
men departed from tho town.
Melphss Kefugee.
. The pathetic helplessness of the
refugees brought home the roallt of
war to this part of Knglnnd .Many
poor people whose homes were de
strojed Bought lefugee-? In nearby
towns. Crowds of these waited about
the station, thinking tlutt tho nceues
of the ladi'iilng" worn nboiif to bo ro
enacted, Ono of tho flint notices posted lit
Hlrm'tcd cltleonii tq hrlilii lo tlio po
lice slntliln nil uucxplodud shells In
accordance with these Instructions n
policeman Voiiglit In n project Ik
Which had been picked up on .the
street. IJMimlmitlou showed It had
not exploded, so ll was plunged Into
a bucket of witter.
H.v tilghtlull tho town bore an out
ward appearance of culm, but
anxious groups lingered about lhj
streets,
.Many of the pervoiiM I:; those
groups vveie unsparing of i-esenttuent
becatiHii the town vvnii helpless to re
taliate on the millers.
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I COLLEGE
WINTER SHORT C0UKSH JAN. 4-30
Agriculture, Including Agronomy,
Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Horti
culture, Poultry lliitrtAtmrv, Insects,
Plant and Annul I)i-,e.ies, Cream
ery .VbiUKrment, AlnrKrting. etc.
noiue i:conomics, iiul'idinc Cook
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Commcrct;, tn.-udlnc HuMness AUn-
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Law, Ollue Training. I'arin Amount
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ShopworU ami Itaadbullding.
PAR.MI-RS Wiii-K-PKllRUARY 16
A general ileiring houfe session of
six days (or the ejuhanice of dynamic
Ideas on the most preisliig problems
of the nmrs. Lectures by leaJInu
aullvuities. State conferences.
EXTI-NSION SCUVICI:
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courses on request.
MUSIC: Piano, String, Hand, Voice.
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COLD WAVE STILL TURKISH VICTORY
GRIPS ENTIRE EAST
ID
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USE PHONE: GEI ONE
Wnnl li wild goose?
All you've got to do is to phone A.
V.. Rciimcs mill get one.
Mr. Retime nnd W. V. Jl. Camp
bell roturned Thuinduy morning from
"Willows, Cnl., wheio they went on it
wild goose cluihC This chase, how
ever, "(is different from tho tradi
tional one ihcy got the goose .-.ov-erul
hundred of him, so many Hint
tjipy don't know whnt to do with
them. After supplying nil their
friends with geose, they Hill) have
enough on hand lo start n goopn shop.
Oel your phono order in early tho
upjdy wm'i lust forever.
W'ASHLNGTON, Dec. 17. Cold
weather continued today everywhere
east of the Rocky Mountains and tho
weather bureau predicted It would
continue for at least thirty six' hours
more in most sections. Molow zero
temperatures were reported In north
em and western Ohio, northern In
diana, northern Illinois, Iowa, Wis
consin, DakotuB, Wyoming, Montana,
and Idaho, wbllo It was below free;
ig as far south as northern Florida.
Tho Tennesseo and the Ohio valloy
It was piedicted that the tnmperaturo
would rise slowly tonight and Friday.
AT
CLAIMED
Portland Livestock Market
PORTLAND," Ore., Dee. l7.Cnttle
Receipts (10 j steady. ' ,
Hogs UeceiplK, "12V lfl cents
higher. O'rililo Jight, .$7.4()(n 7.50
medium,! 7.'.iOK7.;i0; smooth- heavy,
.fU.8."f,7.10;WuRli heavy
O.flO.
Shcep-
.tO.-KKTr
-Steady.
LONDON', Dec. 17, 0:10 n. in. A
dispatch from ConKlnntmopIn via
Amsterdam, to Renter's Telegram
company, gives tho following official
Turkish statement:
"Several days of battle near tho
Vilayet of Vitu have endeij in our fit
vor nnd our troops ha,vo entered
Surni.
"A Ilrilish cruiser unsuccessfully
bombarded n Turkish watch 'tower
between. .lappa and Gaza in Talcs
tine, on the Medilcrrniieun.
"Tho Russian cruiser Afikold snnk
two small ships off Reirut, tSyrin.
"The loss of the old battleship
Mcftstiilich, after u final examination,
must be attributed to u flonting miuo
or torpedo,"
Wit': kedfoid trade Is Medfom madoj
John A. Perl
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