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Newspaper Page TextHhiyM'M'jIINui 1W 3 tAniB JKHXrl WT5DK)RO MOTi Tttmum MErWORT), OttttflOX, SA'ITKD VY. MAHPir 20, 1915 L. P V In t i V Mi. r v- !,. 4 MlDtORD MAIL TIUBUNS AN JUtDMPBNDKNT NlWarArRrT" HXVm'T? HUNIMT IIY Tllh) MKDFOItO 1'IUNTINCJ CO. Offlco itnll Trlbitna IliilMtnr. 39-27-29 North JHt lrot tolcpliono 76, The, Democratic Time, Tho Mttlford Mall, Tho Medford Tribune, The Houth cm OreicoalniJ. The AnliUnd Tribune. UBBOMPTXOir SJLTXI Ons month, by mall.... l'er month, ullvna by carrier in Muora. woonix, jocxsonvina niul Ccintrnl I'utnt -.,,- ,-.,--a Kulurilny only, by mall, per year Weekly, per yr. .. . 5.00 ,cu .(0 1.00 1.50 Official I'aper of tha City of Mcdford Official Vapor of Jnekaon County, linton-d or aeccmd'Clntui matter at Mciirord. Ordon, under the act of March I, 1179. ' tiworu Circulation for 1914, SSS8. I'u 11 leased wlra AMOclated I'rcas Ul patclif. " Subscribers falling to rccelro papers promptly, phono Clrcu- latlon Manager at 2G0R. i' ' ' ' ' ! J' frZfp ' '-0Slmi WiscfllP; "Tobo Smallacrft skidded Inter th' Jitney trade Wednesday "with his 1S90 Itainbler. Besides which sev eral others are ransnckln' their attics." LAUGHS A New Ailment Ho wan middle-aged nnd un trav eled. For -IS years ho had ltcd In tho country. At last he made a trip to' tho city. There, for tho first time In his life, he saw a school girl go through her gymnastic exercises for tho amuse ment ot tho llttlo ones at home. Af ter gazing nt her with looks ot In terest and compassion for somo time ho asked a boy who was standing near If she had fits. "No," tho boy replied. "ThemV gymnastics." "Ah J how sad!" said thu man. "How long's sho had 'cm7" Now "York Times. Ills Sole Comfort "Wombat Is ihard to please. Wants everything different 'from anybody else." "So?" "Yes; tho only thing ho Is satisfied with Is his telcphono number." Louisville Courier-Journal. Hot Sho Could Do Miss Young I warn you against marrying that man, dear. I'm sure ho will lead a doublo life. Miss Older Well, If I don't mar ry him I'll havo to lead a slnglo one. and that's worse. Omaha Bee. Settling It They were Just about to get mar ried, and were discussing the details of domestic economy. "Utit I'm afraid, dearest, wo shall not bo ablo to afford n servant at first," ho said, lookiug tenderly at her. "Oh, Harry, what' ever will tho neighbors hay when they see mo do ing my own work?" "Why, darling," replied Harry, genuinely puzzled, "whoso work do' j on want to do?" llliprCfeMMl "How do jott like my two friends? Wo wcro in tho samo class at col lege." "I wouldn't havo suspected It. Thoy appeared extremely educated." Tho Difference Mother And you say you saw aunty In a limousine! Aro you sure joif know llio dlfferonco between a JIuIouhIiio and another kind of car? Wllllo Sollonly I do. It smell twice as bad. An Overnight Kntry V I to Any fashions In that paper, Jack? Jack (who has Just settled a drees- makor's bill) Yes, but they aro no uso to you, dear. It'a yesterday'.! paper! London Opinion. Fortunate Stay DJobbs Djoncs Is tho most un lucky fellow nt cards I ever met. 'Slobbs Then I suppose ho is lucky in Jove. rJJIobbs I supposo so, At any rate, ho's never been married. Piill udelphla Jtocord, y Tho (ii-ogmphy Class 'Teachor -Now we will have John nlAull jis what a strait Is, Johnnie (n saloonkeeper's sonj A "straight"? Why, that's Just tho plain dopo 'thout uolhln' in It. RAISE THE TACES flfl TjBE GlSOmiK W. PKRK1N& pm-tuer ol tho Into .). l .Mor gan, dn'octor in thiHlInvvostor ami other rusts, and ono oi' tho conunittoo appointed by Mayor Mitt'hol to solve tho unemployed problem, recently inado a remark to tho offoot that an airship visitor from somo othor plnnot, seeing people idle and starving in tho oitios while vast tracts of land that would furnish work and food, remained idle, would think tho earth populated by lunaties. The airship visitor would bo correct. These results are due primarily to the system of taxation in vogue, that puts a penalty on industry and enterprise and provides a re ward for lethargy and inactivity, that robs the developer to enrich the speculator, by presenting him profits created by the community. Tho man who builds a building pays additionally for his enterprise. Tho farmer who redeems the wilderness is forced to pay annually for his industry. Tho manufac turer who erects a plant is levied upon for his development. Tin) holder of idle land does nothing, sees it increased in value by the new building, by the improved farm, by the factory, and is permitted to pocket this increased valua tion, due solely to the efforts of others. Tho science and thoroughness of the German has par tially solved the problem in Gorman cities. The owner of unimproved proportv is forced to divide the increased value with the comnmnitv. As population increases, the value of property also increases. The connnunitv confis cates part of the value it has created. As a result, there are no idle tracts held for speculative purposes and no bread lines in German cities. Jackson county has always followed the beaten path of illogical and unreasonable taxation a policy that pun ishes tho developer and rewards the speculator. The en terprise that redeems a barren brush hillside and converts it into an orchard is penalized by having an extravagant valuation placed upon tho orchard, although it can yield no returns for vears to come. The same is true throughout the valley the orchardists have boon paying on too high a valuation, a valuatipn based on boom values a valua tion that works a hardship. The owner of the adjoining brush hill or idle land raises the price of his property because of the improve ments made by enterprising neighbors. He will not im prove himself and demands such a high price that no one can afford to buy and improve. The land is withheld from development, but constantly increasing in valuation as the adjoining orchards reach maturity. ' Hence we have vast stretches of idle land land withheld from development for speculative profits, unearned increment. But outside of the valley proper are vast areas of valu able property held for speculative purposes alone, which are as much undertaxed as the orchards are overtaxed the timber lands. The bulk of the timber holdings are hold in large tracts by non-resident syndicates, who will neither manufacture nor sell except at exorbitant valua tions. "With thirty billions of feet of merchantable timber in Jackson cbunty, none of it is utilized. All the lumber that we use, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, has to be imported. The valley is drained of money, even for fruit boxes, which go.es to support payrolls in other localities, a condition materially militating against prosperity in the valley. The timber laud is assessed at from $10 to $20 an acre. The price asked is from $30 to $(50 an acre. One tract of over 13,000 acres is assessed at $15 an acre and is known to be bonded for $30. One tract, sold last fall, of 11,000 acres, was bought from an estate at the bargain price of $42 an acre, though $50 was refused during the life of the owner. It is assessed at $lo and iflO. In Jackson county there are, outside of the O. & C. rail road grant timber lands, 250,000 acres of valuable timber land in large tracts, owned outside the state. Tn addition there are 150,000 acres, in smaller tracts, owned largely outside the -state. None of this is assessed at half its mar ket value. The farmers and fruitgrowers have borne the burden of excessive taxation long enough. Ji'air pjay and busi ness sense calls for shifting a portion to the speculator, who does not develop and whose inactivity is'a blight upon the community. Why tax an orehardist on an $800 an acre valuation and the timberman upon a $15 valuation, when the or ehardist is creating pay rolls and improving the country, while the AVeyerhaeusers and timber trust are doing noth ing but "sitting tight" for unearned increment for the ben efit of future generations ? The timber holdings should be cruised for exact valu ations. Until this can be done, a blanket increase should be made to make tho speculator cash in part of the un earned increment he seeks, if he cannot afford to hold it idle longer, then let him manufacture, or sell at a price that will permit others to manufacture. "PEG 0" MY HEART" AT VlNlNG THEATER, ASHLAND, MONDAY KhSBBflBBBHS mR jSBBbbbbbbbBBbbbBBbSBbbbbbbBBbbbbKLSIBBbbbbsBHBBbbbbbbI iiiiBlil t iiiiHA'aHnsiiBSiKk Oliver Mortwi'ii will prcnont In-, production ot the J Huillvy .Muu ner' eonictly f hiIi, lvo mid Inughter, "Pel; ' M llettit" nl the Viniii'' theater. A-lilimd, one night only. Mtuultiy, Altirrlt '2'2. This is the miiiio uinpuny with I'eeirv O'Keil that made n uulilV ret'Aitl run of two oai- in New Voik. the Itnt rim of tlii etton in Cliii'iigu, niul ut tlie -nine time eclip-eil nil other nttru tioic fiiiuu cinlh ilsinii!; tlie p.i-t lilu'cn iIiin nl the (it tlu.iter, S.in Ftniii 1-10. I'tV i- n little tri-li-Aiiiorif-iiii girl, ns witty tin a clutraitor of Tliueker u pru. She i km pliiln-opliifiil it. a Ihilrtte jeiiue ill If. who liu, till the pathos of h Diekeii"' pei-xon- u being from the lutul wot M of fui-t.w, eertnin xornnvs niul cwiiu'M'mit jov, uith n touch of meliini'liolv iiiliftinir the liriplitiic-s of lift- lmililt'i- niul with ximlts that ti'i'iuble tor the imill ir-iv-poiixilile tears lirlnml lliciu. An nltom'tlier liumiin cliiiiii.tcr with it ileliuhtlul uipwtl. ALL OVER PRUSSIA I.OXDO.V. March 20.-A liliiard raped Friday In Ilerlln and over the Kreater part of I'ruisla accordltiK to u dlspateh trom Amsterdam. Traffic In Ilerlln and elsewhere was brought to a standstill mid In tlie approaches to tho Kiel canal there were several accidents to shipping. 110MB, .March 20. Tho military authorities havo caused to bo dis tributed to Italian soldiers the iden tification cards or badges which aro worn customarily only during an ac tive campaign. Tils Incident la re garded In somo quarters as highly significant of Italy's preparedness for any eventuality. ELEVEN INSURANCE CONCERNS BARRED FROM ILLINOIS SPKIJKIFIEM), HI-, Mnrgh 20. Hitftta M. l'olth, fctuto superintendent of insurance, today lovoked the Illi nois licenses of eleven fire insurance companies for failure to file their an nua! btlltClllflllb. IS KORTII YAKIMA, Wnrti., aiurpJi 20. The iiBscts of the Hanford Ini fjalion & Power company, estimated to he valued nt more than $1,000,01)0, wero wold today to Henry K. T. I.j' oiik of Denver, who was repicented by J. .J. IJInko of Hoise, for f (80,000. Tho suit wns conducted by u icccivcr under foieelosuro iirocccdiiiKs which wero begun in the United States court, jiiiiiling was spiiited. JoHn A. Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Assistant 28 S. IJAHTMCTT l'honeH M. 47 and 17-J2 Aiiibulauco Bervlco Coroner THE PAGE Mcdford's Lcatlinn Theater Last Time Tonight CHARLIE CHAPLIN -IN His New Job Broadway Star Feature (Vltagrapli) The Radium Thieves Three Parts Sellg Drama Slim Higgins Sunday Afternoon, 2 o'clock Evcninii 7 o'clock Helen Garden The jrcat moving picture favorite, In the TWo-Part Melodrama Extravaganza Snatched From a Burning Death Luliln Drama A Siren of Corsica Featurir.2 Lillle Leslie, Jack Stand ing, Florence Hackett, Raymond Hackett and others. Vltagrapli Comedy Cupid's Column Sidney Drew as the Gay Qeccivcr Music by Wuflitzer Orchestra It's Always a Big Show at the Page, Admission 5-IO-l5c E IN BERLIN WORKING FOR PEACE HUIU.IX, March 20. Colonel K. it. House of .Vow York and Texas re ported from l.oiit-ou Frlcay and nt oni'o wont Into a conference with JomoH W flerard, the American am- thaxsador, Colonel llottro will bo the FORCED SALE ATTENTION! A wod hotifu A Kod lot III A good neighborhood l.awn. Kardtin, fruit Flowers, chicken pun, etc. I.IkMi, Mater All elnr and In full OM,V 9(100.110. Heat buy we know. Vou will think so wlion you see It. WYNKO0P & CO. Palm IIIiIk. Uvory round of DAISY Cmunci-y Itiitlcr Ik made from Jackson County Cream at our factoty In Mcdford, That Is why It liaa that miperior ipiallty. The White Velvet Ice Crenm Co. .McOford, Oro. iu fl, e IIOCTTiOllHJAV Imnortod Perchoron otalllon owned by Waltor Kitto, will njako tlio sea ) MondayH and Tuoflday at Ah laud livery xtahle: Woilncduyfl and Thursday, at H. K. Itoblueon'fl, Tal ent; jTiuayaaiKi suiuruayn.sviuceui a Darn, Mcdford, l'hoho'42, Jael(Hon-J vlllo, Ore, UnilmHHhilnr'n itucut while In Ilerlln M (I l.owerv, nttiieheil to tho Ain (t Ih nenornll)' hnllvved that (Jolonel inrlrnn eiiibitNHV In I.iiihIiiii, In ut iton IIdumc Ih m)I(Iiik lit the littei'OMt orient III Merlin In Ih eliitiinmtii of (tor liONNltite iieiice, Juutu ii'Ihoiiiiii In Knuliintl, ' t. ' -.,-l- rr HVNOI'SIS OF TIIK .XNNI'.Mi STATIXMIINT OF Till! London Assurance Company 1 H. Ilntncli or London, Uuifimul, In the Kliimlom nf (treat lliltaltt on tho JIlKt dm or Difiiiiihei', lull, iiimlc to 0 liitiuiiuioc Coiutillhiiloiier or tint Htate ot Oicroii, ptiiHiiant to law: ' ' (Vital Vmotinl of l.odBtr itHHwtit liecomber :ilht, of ptevloiiM ,ear . . J.'MMin.lirtR.llls Inroliin .Net iiienilitliiH recelvml durlitu the Sear L'.75l,fi"7.ii!l Intereitt. dlvldouJH, and teiitM let'eltetl diirlitr. the y(al'... I lR.fi7 17 1 llicoitie froiii tillief nourceH recehed dmliiK tho jear.. 1 07,R !! IS .. i...t Mj Total Income lil.UOI.ilDfUn DNhiifNCinciilH NVt Iouhck pitld lurliiK the car . $l,riS7,'.,;tS.ir CoiiilulhuloiiH and MtlnileH lutld illttliiK the jcar SI 1,758. US Tiinch ItiiMiNCH, nail fccii paid dttrlnit the year t fi,ii:if).:in Ainoitnt of all other e.pendlturo ......, USS.aai.ll Total epoiullturort .. .s.cN Value of utocka nnd IioiiiIm owned (matlict vuliio) , Other miti-lcilacd itntoiltt, Icon oieiiHt .. CmhIi in ImttUs and on hand I'rcinluniH In coune of collection wilttuu Mltitio .Siijilituli!i' :lti. toil luteiett and renin due and acarited Total linnet I.CKrt market aluo or Hpeclal diipiiHltn lit uacom of eorioKpoiiil I ins llnlillltlim In any State (If any tlieru lit) Total imxetK in Aulttml In Oieiton . . 1 l.llttllllllCt Ciokh chiluiH for lo'N'W unpaid Muotiiit of iiiioanied pieniluuiH on all otltHtaiidliiK rlsl . ... Due for coiiiiiilmlon and hrnluMituc All other llnhllllleii $.,ioroi)i.iP ,:j,i a i.iMo.op n.Mi.sk . aox.iln.rii . l(l;t.H79.ll t2,iiat!.ni -i- fu7.inii.lt6l.il I7,l8tf.0!l 3.tua. isti.it 6ar.,sui.io , i,ft!..7Tfc.Uti in. ii .wi r.p.isn.ar, , ! .'J,tH3,IS:i.l7 H,i7i.ajfi.ar, . IMHV.lftl.KU Total HalillltleH cncIiihIvc of capital utoelt . .. Total iireinliiiiiH In force Dccittuber :tl, 1911. fire .. Total pteiuluma tn force Deceuilier :tl, 110 I, marine HiiIiicss In Oicuon for ilie Vcac Total rliU written dttrltiK lli ear ,"W,uaa.0 (iroiid priMiiliimn received durlnu the iar 'J'!!!'- , 1'reniliiinH reltirncd ilutlni: the year . '. IS.I7S.72 London p.ild durliiK the year 2I',0U8. 1(1 l.omeH Incurred dtirltm tho jear ... 41,02(1. Id Total amount of rIMtH outntnuilluK In OieKou Dectiniher n i, ion r..3RS.a7.oo it .. v TlloltTo,. Pacific Count Mauimer ami Atlorney. Statutory renldcitt general uncut mid nltonn for Nervlrc Ohm ,1 lloth, Portland, Oickoii. I. It. VOUI .V CO., AllKN'l-S, .MKIll'Oltll. OltlKiOV. THEATRE ASHLAND VINNING One Night, Monday, March 22 Oliver Morosco's Production of J. Hartley Manner's Comedy of Youth Peg 0' My Heart With Peggy O'Neil and New York -Chicago Cast Seats on Sale Now. Prices 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. Curtain at 8:15 Sharp Tills Play Will Not Come to Mcdford 8 I m Twenty-seven Years of Progress For 7 yenm thu Jackfiou County Hank hax coiuUtintly maintained ItH well earned reputation for careful manage ment, prourcHiilvo methoda and HatlRfactoo xunlce Wliun xcekliiK n depottltary for our fundii, atau an account with UH. l4T.MJI,IHlli:i) IKHH OVER CCVCAnSUNDCP ONE MANAGEMENT 1 l''''lll''''''''''ammmmMmmmmHmmnrm'X J Tho Ford In lluhtor than nh tUlior car of ItH h!?o njul power. Yet Htronnor, nturdlor, lonKer IuhUiik. Vaudaliiiii Htoel, thafa why, Vanadium Ih thu haul cut, (itroiiKCfl!, (otiKheHt uteel made, It Ih tho only Htcel that in hard and touli at tho nntno lime. It Ih ho hluhost jiriced uteel that lit iihci! In aiitomobllii coiiHlructlon. Yot thu Ford Ih very low In pilce I tn quality, terniH, price and Hiiiall emit of operation ulid upkeep, loan than two cents a mile, have mado It tho uniVcina) ncccHuIfy n town and country, UuyorH -will ntiaro In proritH If wo xoll at iclull) 300,000 now Ford cam between Aui;unt, 1911, and AllRtlHt, 101D. Hunnbout, f 1 10; Totirlnn Car, flUO; Town Car, JflJlO; Cotipohit, ?750j .Sedan, $975; f. o. b. Detroit with all equipment, On dlnplay and sale at C. E. GATES A V wL ? .