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Newspaper Page Text1 a PAQW ifOUM 4MriMMitfUUMiMMkMlUMi fttlfitedtH MAIL TklBUNR -AN INbKlJtNI)nNT. NWVHt'APBn TtXCKI't HUNDA? 11Y TUB PU Miiuruuu riuaTimi uu. , Of ne MMl trlbufu! 'niilMihjt, 4R-97.at North Kir street) tcnsnlitme lb. Vli Uonirr7t)a"tlltif'lrTl"Mrti?or.l Mull, The MnHdril Tribune, Ttt Houth ri UrOsdiilatt. Tint Atiltitul Trlliiini" oU. .Hi,.... ?.... ...n- J.. . - - lHtniROHiFTZOIt BATE tii vpAr..liy mnll. . . .. l&00 una month, by. mall. - . . .80 I'er tiiiiii Hi. iilvcrrii by cmrlar in Mf-ntViftl. t'liiMMilx tiiUtsonvtllo , niiiLticntJ'nl t'ulnl ,,-...., .SO HttluttiAj- ohlv, ) until, per year 100 Weekly, MT yr .1.60 Mfflolal I'iiiiJt tit the buy of Medford Official Vitpr ot.Jackson County. Rnteieil nit soctmil-elnss matter Rt Mftfnni, Orl'con, under tho act of March . 1879. tMvorn Circulation for 19H. M88. t"i;ll lcastd wire Associated Frees dis patches. Subscribers falling to receive papers promptly, phono Clrctl- ialiou Manager at SSOlt f B'Gollr tho best way Ter a foller tot Improve his temper is to not uso It. Gcorgo Washington never told a llo. Dut Gcorgo wasn't an office boy and there was no baseball In tlioso days. LAUGHS A Humtuto Ace A man travelling on horseback en mo upon an Irishman who was fencing In a most barren and deso lato plcco of land. "What are you fencing In that lot for, Pat?" said he. "A herd of cows would starev to death on that land." -"And Bhure, your honor, wasn't I 'fencing it to keep tho poor bastes o(u of It!" Why Ho ColUnsod "And what," said tho great spe cialist, "do you consider to havo boon tho causo of your husband's sudden and completo collapse?" "lie Insisted on trying to follow a story In tho moving pictures." Puck. A flirted Woman "Is .your wlfo so very economical, then?" "Oh, yes. very. Why, my wlfo can tako an (old worn-dut-hat, spend $15 on It and make It look almost as good asnW." Puck. Hatcn't Got Tlint "Is your husband troubled with Insomnia, Mrs. Nurlch?" "No, Indeed. Ho doesn't sloop very well, but otherwise his health Is per fect." Unffalo Express. Tho Iluxli Hour Johnny was putting somo ques tions to his fathor on tho subject of astronomy, in tho course of which ho asked if tho moon was inhabited. "Oh, yes," said tho parent; "there aro people living In tho moon." "Aro there many?'' queried tho ypungstcr. "Yes, lots," was tho roply, "far moro than in this world." "Why, then," said tho youth, "aron't they crowded a good deal at holf-moon?" Olio IlnclciM Out "I was greatly mortified. Whon thoy called for nurses to go to tho front I volunteered." "Very heroic." "Wasn't it? Just llko a play. And then my nfcan chaperon wouldn't go." Kansas City Star. Itcmarfcatdo "Is there anything Hpeclal in tho case? "asked tho reporter of tho hank president whoso cashlor had stolen In.1 v "Yes," mused tho president, ''you may say that wo- did not trust him implicitly." Philadelphia Ledger. ' ' Mutual Tiio Iidre .Thoy told me a moment ago that ybu wore nat at home when I called al your hotiso, so I was rather surprised that we mot you as you were, coming out. The Glrt-8ownfl I 1 Going ta Prove Ft ,Dridgel -Well, Pat, whai kind of a bird have you brought home In tho cage. Pat Well, It's a roVen. BrldgeU-JA taven? Arid what did you bring homo a bird like that for? Pat Will, I read In a paper the eter night that n raven had been kHew'n'lo live for 300 years. I don't lJfTtt U. ho t 'rtlii going to pili ll H 'M t. ' ' iJOSH SM! 0 SAYS A TIMBERMAN'S protest VlMV naturally the timber speculators who hold large ureas of Jackson county timber land idle Tor unearned increment, are loud in their protest against the movement to eomflel them to pay taxes upon a fair valuation of their holdings. They will not operate, nor will (hey sell at a figure that will permit others to operate. They are holding their property simply to reap the benefit of increased valuation, caused by the depletion of timber in the nation at large. The less thoy pav in taxes, the greater their profit. ' A very plausible talk is made by the timbermen. They say they cannot operate because' there is no outlet, for their timber and no local market, yet the valley has to ship in an average of over a thousand ears of lumber annu ally. The Pacific & Eastern has been extended to the tim ber belt upon the promise of the timbermen to operate, yet they refuse to turn a wheel. Elsewhere the timbennen build their own logging roads to operate. As a matter of fact, with perhaps one exception, the timber owners of Jackson county are not operators, but speculators, and their holdings in Jackson county comprise but a small portion of their total timber holdings bought cheap, much of it acquired by fraud, and held for in creased valuation. A sample protest against increased assessment is tho following letter from AY. S. Dwinnell of Minneapelis: To tho Editer: I have had forwnrded to mo two clippings from your paper under dato of tho 20th and 2Cth of March, relative to an Increase of taxes on timber land in Jackson County. Somo five years ago, myself and associates, being business or professional men of modornto means, purchased some 6,000 acres of timber laud in your county. o were induced to mako this purchase on tho representation that tho development of tho fruit lands in tho vicinity of Mcdford would furnish an nmplo market for tho low grades of 1 limber, and nlso, that tho Pacific & Eastern would 'doubtless bo extendod so that wo would hnvo direct connections with tho East. Thcso representations were mado by many of your leading citizens and relying thereon tho purchase was made. You, of course, know that neither of those prophecies aro ncarlng fulfil ment and that, therefore, there would bo no warrant or Justification In un dertaking tho manufacture of our product at this time. In fact, tho manufacture of lumber under existing conditions In Jackson county can bo carried on only at a loss. I appreciate full welt the problem of raising sufficient revenue to meet current expense and also somo of the condi tions in Jackson County but you must bear In mind that tho peoplo living there havo brought these conditions on themselves and not through any action on tho part of timber owners. In fact, we can get no fire pro tection unless wo furnish It ourselves or submit to a special tax for this purpose. Now, regarding tho Increment, would say that there has been In Unto past, considerable Increase In timber values, but this Increase has not taken place while tho timber was owned by the so-called "non-resident." Tho timber which wo purchased camo from residents of your section who had acquired tho timber at a very low prico either from the railroad or rmm ihn i-nvnrnmnnt nnrl thnv received nil of tho Increment. In tact, we would bo very glad to dispose of our holdings for $25,000 less than thoy cost. Tho Stoto of Oregon profited tremendously through money which was brought In thero from tho East during tho period from 1900 to 1910. and I am quite suro that If this prosperity Is to continue, still more money will havo to bo furnished. Those of us who have sent our money out there aro not all of ua bloated monopolists but aro of tho same typo or pcopie as have settled your county and wo bollevo that the Interests of your local ity and your state will be best served by treating property ownors with absoluto fairness irrespective of their placo of residence. ou can readily iruaglno that wo foci we aro paying all of tho taxes we should In yew of the fact that our property Is not Increasing but rather depreciating In vajllc Yours very truly. Minneapolis, April 12. W. S. DWINNELL. The letter reads as if there was considerable justice in the plea. The Dwinneirs were not ground-floor men, but seeond-storv operators in the speculative edifice, and ii..tw.n in tint ctntwl in venn us L'reiit a M'ofifc here as the bulk of the speculators. A apropes: ..-. P On ray 20, 1910, the Dwinnells bought ulOO acres from the Trail Creek Lumber company at from $18 to $2u per acre, a total of $118,000. The same mouth they bought from small owners 900 acres for $15,000. They agreed to pay for their total holdings $133,000 and arc assessed upon a valuation of $79,000. They have refused an option upon their property several times for $180,000, once no later than last fall. , , ,, ., The Dwinneirs made the first payment to tho Irail Lumber companv, part of the second, "part of the third and refused the finuf payment and forced the only lumber man ufacturing enterprise in the county into bankruptcy. In the settlement, the banks that had backed the lumber com pany in acquiring the timber were compelled to stand a loss-of $9000, and the Trail Lumber company a loss of $12,000, the Dwinnell's thereby securing the timber land for $21,000 less than the original purchase price so that if the property has depreciated since the purchase they have, offset bv' their methods any possible depreciation. As to the' Dwinneirs or any other timber speculator having made investment upon the recommendation of any one in Mcdford that is a joke. Timber buyers are never guided by local representations nor conditions. The Dwin nell's are not operators, but speculators. They own a large bodv of timber in British Columbia and another tract in Siskiyou county. Thev thought they had bought a snap, and as soon as they found they had got something they could not move in ninety days, started to hedge. If the Dwinnell's paid too much in the first place, it is merely a case of speculators getting caught at their own f?nm'o. But the fact that thev have refused an option on tho uvnnni'tv nt. 50 ncr font docs not look as if they really considered this the case except as a plea to keep taxes low. The object of the proposed increase in timber land as sessment is to force, the timber owner to pay in proportion to the balance of the county to equalize taxation. Let him rviv nt tho vntf others are navimr. and if he can't then afford to hold fpr Speculation, Home From School (Ben Lnmpinan in Gold Hill News.) Let Us piny nwhilo nt Hvinjr, you imd uioj in laughter und labor let tho fleet years flee for the happy heurt can hold just to much of (thriven (,'old hs buyrf u rood of plover in the far pounlrce. There are cupH tho wrens offer, brimming o'er, flowing eleur nil muy quaff of folly, though ihc price bo dear; there are roads tho Bngcs traVol to tho Dead Ben shore, where the fair drams ravel to en wen vo no more. Let us think tile Mars at veiling, yim niul mo, from lliD On) i tliv spring lluth fnfllioiieil, MEDflORD MATE TRTBUOT), . history of their purchase J3 more than their investment let him operate or sell. flowing free; let us hold our dream nwhilo, just (o wulk a pleasaut milo bv Ood'H clean, open meudow und the good green tree. lA't us piny nwuilo nt living, you and me; till the twilight shadows lengthen by the tree it is something just to keep to tint lust the boon of sleep; it is something just to labor and be free. Lot the cynio and tho bt'offor, doubting hope, railing fate, measure leagues of world together by the scale of hate wo will greet the April weather wild Ilia wixdoiii of llict fool, mW; tlw )li'n$mit jmlli together tofeOTOltD. OKfiGON, ftlfiSPAY, 'APHTL 20, 1915 WOMAN MINE OH OF ALASKA ROUTS RENEGADE WITH GUN ? 1 afl "" iMMrwpiwgT'' " ' ' mini. i. n iniPMiii.Mii t pj,. MKs Aiiiiii Durkcc and tno men cmplo)il, and Im-Iiiw, a view SAN FliAXCISl'O. Out., April 'JO. Her reoent Oneoiinter with one of tho imwt notorious plnim-jumpcht of tho iitirthlauil, whom f-ho tlrovo from her property near Wrung'!, Alnkn, at the point of a lovolver, linn initi ated M'hs Anna K. Darkee, mine owner and well-known limbless wo- man of this nly, mlo tho "tour dough'' fraternity of the Arelie, where nenc it the retpiitiie of urvtvnl. Suspicious of his motives, .Mis- Darker, with her weapon bulging from tho ockct of a kitchen apron, followed the renegade Into the fort'tt, discovered hitii among the ledges of the gnrnet mine, etui fronted him aloun in the wiiilerneii mnl toreeti mm to flee after tlii Imil shol twit'e to frighten htm In proteeling her nun rurltute from eoiiliier-filiiig, Mi Durkee tu safe gunrtled the interest 'f fifteen other wonten ftsocintetl witli lu'r as own ers of the Alaska (tiiruet Mining & Mauufnetiiring company. It took tpiiek thinking nud prompt action. A few yenrh apt Anna Durkec was afraid of her shallow. She wept nt a harsh word. Todnv the former country store n'Kirl who has be t'timo mining miiL'unte is known up and down the Slicklne ricr as "I he shooting woman,' feared by the unscrupulous- ntiil respected by rough men who judge fitness in u land of hazards by a stern code. The "lady tenderfoot" of Wrnngell mountains ha inudu good, without losing nny of her femininity. A few j ears agy Miss Durkeu was helling copier mine stock. She went to Alaska ami got nn option from n Frcncli-Cnnatlinii prospector on n garnet lodge. To raise tho purchase prico she enlisted thu interests of fif teen of her iatimato women friends. Tho Frcnch-Cniiadinn. chuckled when ho got the moiu'v and told what a fine deal ho had put over on a "bunch of women teudcrfcit." Hut the laugh was on him when Miss Durkcc ami her associates began developing the prop erty nrtd found that tho origiiiuMcdgo was but a small part of a veritable, mountain of precious stones lying tin tho premises. From that day tin unscrupulous men began to scheme how they might gain possession of the garnet mine. Of that stripe, says .Miss Durkce, was tho man whom she drove away with her gun. "The fifteen women stockholders, and I bad put our all into this ven ture money, courage, hanl work. 1 didn't propose to bo rubbed of all and come home from school. Let us journey homo ut evening, you mnl me, by the timl across the meadow, where tho first flowers be with the lesson just begun, watch the low de scending sun flood across u rood of clover in the far countreo. Mother Tells How Vinol Made Her IH-llwito Hoy Strong Now York City "My llttlo hoy wan In a very weak, tlollcato condition as a result of gastritis and tho iiioubIcb and thero noemcri no hope of saving his life. Tho doctor prescribed cod liver oil hut ho could not tako It. I decided to try Vinol and with ujilon did results. It scorned to agroo with him so that now ho Is a strong healthy boy." Mrs. Thomas Fitz gerald. 1090 Park Ave., N. Y, City. Wo guiirnnteo Vinol, our delicious cod llvor and Iron tonic, for run down conditions, chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis. Medford Phar macy. Adv. John A. Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Assistant 28 S. nAKTMJTT Phones M. 17 anil I7-J3 Ambulance Heivlco Vototfr kciu'i hi tlio gat-net initio Uc uitinnv. Almo, iihmIoI rtmUsliiKlc fur tin of tho Stlckluo rltr ulilrlt Uulutett tlio PiiijktIj- lit muuli t en I her. this, even if the issue hud to ho des perate, as I felt it might be when I confronted tho suspicions stranger. "Slipping along the trail I discov ered him crouched upon n ledge, lie appeared to bo consulting a map. My shouts of warning elicited no re sponse. Kit her ho didn't hear or lu was feigning. "Then I shot twice into the creek bed to frighten him. He came down with alacrity, hi hands over his bond, whining that he had not taken any garnets. I never saw a more surpris ed man. " 'You get out of her, and get tpiiek!' 1 ordered. And ho went at a tiot, oft thioiigh Hie trees, bin hands up until he was. out of sight. "My suspicions wcro fully verified some days later in Wrangle when I J learned from a missionary that the i Bltf rt OM Cllr rf TolfiK tJl- Crttltllr. 1 rrank J. Itrnrr lnkr aalti tint 1- l nl irtnrr o( lb- Orin ot ' J I'brnty A Cx.. ita a( Ujtlnoi In IIm I llr a( Tnlnl-H Linlr in.l . Mt fri-IJ. 10I that tal.l tltm will a ( lb 'im or om; ni'.-iiinr.p immjiim i.-r rafh an.l rrjr raM of Calarth that raniwl l0 mrnl tij tb h vt lliU'a Caliitti Cutr. i a.vNi: j. cnr..sr.r. aworn in lforc m anl otrwrltl In mr pmtnrt, tbU r,it dar of lrrwml-r. A. I., Itvi at. A. W. IlLKASOV. .Notarr luMlf. Ilall'a Calarrh Car ll takffl Inlrroaltj anl art illmilr uimmi Ihd MamI an 1 tnunnta anr. ttm uf tli aitru, Sa4 (or iMtlmuolals "' j. ciu:r.r a co. tii. o. I HoM tr all iTorrt'li. tic. i Tala Haifa I'atnll I'llla tit roDitlpalluo. J Theatre! TOOAY VANDERBUILT CUP RACE EXPOSITION BALL ZIGOMAR Threo part French Dotoctlvo Story, I2T..O0O production; Also Funny Comudy. 10 and 15c I STAR THEATER I TODAY "The Christian" ! EIGHT PARTS i t X Reserved Seats Now on Sale. ?! First Show 2:15 Second 7:10 Admission 25 Cents, Children stranger was oil" of the most notor ious ami shrewdest claim paupers in the north, that he hml told of being shut at fic limes by nn Amuxou of the mines- meaning mo -anil that I had suddenly gained (he reputation of a 'shooting woman.' "We now lime our mine palealcd, so (hat theto is no longer any tlaii. gcr of losing it." THE PAGE TWO BIG DAYS aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaPt HJRBIMl' i BBrSblBBB''w .LHHH&BKti3aiLJ& V m l-'lt.WCIH X. M'HHMAN nnd Until SonohoiiKO In Till: ll.V'lTM: OF MVK. Tlireu part L's mi nay prlzu story published In Jnuunry Lutllcs' World, Two act Knleiu Drama , , t POISON VltnKraph Comedy With Tom Mooro and MarKiier- MR. JAIUl AND THE it counot. LADY REFORMER WEDNESDAY ROBERT WARWICK in THE MAN OF THE HOUR Flvo parts. HEARST SELIQ WEEKLY MUSIC BY WUBZ.XTHEK OBOKSBTBA, No chango In admission, fi-Hi-lfic. FORMER PREMIER " VENIZELOSOFGREECE T LONDON', Apul 'JO. An Alexan dria, dhpilleh In Ifeillcl's Tell'glillil eoinpliu.V sum p'oniicr Pi cutler Will reins of (lit'cce arrived Iheio IhU nifi-iiiiiK mnl a gict'lcil at the ipiay by a wildly eiilhiilnstiu eitiwd. llo wa welcomed nlTidally by Prince, l'liad, hiotlier of Prince llusneln, Ilia Hiillmi of Kgypt, togelhlT with lliit ish and Pieiieh officials. No piclhiiiaarv atiiioiinccmcnt was iiiatle of M. Vcnuolos' decision lo Uit Alexandria. The Athens corre spondent of the petit .loiiiuulo of Paris, hi a iliputch scut Kniidav, said the foimer ptcialcr hud iiifonnod him he proposed to spend a fortnight on the Island of Sainos, alter which he would leave for America. M. Venuehis hilt (lieccc because he regarded as an insult tho icccut denial by the king of certnjn state ments which the ionaer premier hml made icgnrdiug his foielgn policy. The Venirelos cahinel favored tho inlet vintion of U recce in the war ami teslgncd whin King Coiislaiitlui) ntul bis advisers decided to mllterc to n policy of neutrality. Nciti:i:. If j on want Reed window anil donr ttcrcea hnvo us mako tliciu. PACirit' I'UH.V. & FIX. IWCTOrtY. "Ilomn of tho Pacific Ccilur Cheat" 2C Medford's Leading Theater WELCOMED IN EGYP SPECIAL FEATURE PROGRAM 3 Third 9:00 p. m 2 ' 15 Cents 'JXL ( Nl s fj