STFDFOttt) WKVTj TRTBTJNE. MEDFORD OKEOOST, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1015
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(ContlnuoiJ from yesterday)
(Hy Col. II. II. Sarsont.)
Now, Hicso figurm cMiimul lint mcpiii
startling and may porliapi enmlu In
tins minds or sonic th tlionlit tliat
there must lie a inintnku in the enl
dilution. Unt tlioro is no mistake,
and in order to make sure of thm
i'net let ns approach the mutter from
a different tingle. The inteieal on
.f 1,000,000 of IjoimIk nt " per cent i
.f'iO.000. This is the niiioiint Unit him
to lie ruined to pay the interest each
year for the first five, years. Hut on
an nss".HHed value of $4,000,000 the
tnv rate necessary to raise jf.'O.OOO
will he l'j per eent, or !:.'; mills,
eaeh year for (lie lirst five vears. Af
ter that for a time it would he much
f-reater. The i.th year there would
he .10.000 of the principal to he paid
in addition to the .$."0,000 of interest,
making $00,000 in nil. The tax rate
the sixth year would therefore he
IWVfc mills, on petrnt nssehsod value.
Of course, hy that time the as-essed
. value would no doubt be greatly in
creased, uliieli would lower the rate,
but it would not in any way change
the amount, $00,000, to bo jmid.
liinonsMl Taxation
Now, as the assessed villus of the
bunk is about .l.r0,000 the lax of
3l',! mills the first jear would
amount to $18.7."), and for thirty
yearn if simply the interest on these
bonds were paid and no principal
whntcer, the amount would be $.10,
iWO. The first year thin bank would
lny $1875 more than nine times the
cost of its pavement; the sixth yoa'r
it would pny $.1:175 more than six
teen times the cost of its ptivuinou:.
In the Unity years it would pay more
than ;I00 times the cost of its pave
ment. In one year it would pay on
an nveniHi) more than ten times the
cost of its pavement. And what is
true of this bunk is iwpiully true of
the other banks, except a to trie
ratio due piiueipally to their each
having u greater amount of abuttiiix
pavement. And the .nine thing In
true of every store on Jlnin streer.
i Tll ClIKUlOf Ainj'.s Mock
Take Mr. Amy's touts, occupying
titty ictt 1 1 out and asusutt at uiieu:
$10,000. His pnveuient, if all paiil
up, would cost something less than
$100. Hut the tax to pay thU bond
issiiu on $10,000 nt l'J mills would
be $1'J.", and for Unity yours would
bo $.'l.)0, even if none of the piiti
ei)iil whatever were mid. A u mat
ter of fnct, if this bund issue pusses,
Mr. Amy will have to pay lor thi
IMivoinent in the next thirty jrnr
about $0000. That is to say, wi;:
have, to pay just lifteen times what
the pavement originally cost. Long
before the thirty yearn bus elapsed
this pnvemout will be worn out ami
the property be called upon, no doul t,
to pay for another pavement, but tint
imyiuiint for this niigiuul pnveuient
will not cease until lb end of the
Unity veuix- it will not ceae uiitill
it ban been paid for the. lit'tecntn
time. Tim fact of the matter is there
if not a jingle fctoro building on Main
bh-ijet hi tin biiHiness portion ot the
town, that will not, if this bond iuc
is approved, have to pay at least
eh; lit or tun times what tin piivcaienl
uetiinlly cost. And if any one doubts
this let him take the present assess
ed value of hU store iuiiI lot ami lim
ine up tlin tux that he will have to
pay in the next thirty your bv the
increased tax rata of fiom V'K'i to
liiiVa mill per dollar on present us
fcusfeiHl vhIiid duo to this million dol
lar bond issue. Of couise, i I liuvo
biiid befoie, if the assessed wiliio
bhouhl increase from er to year n
it undoubtedly would, tin: Ih. laic in
mills would be less, but the amount
to be ruied in interest ami pimeipal
would be the same, hi other woids,
no pntsperity, no iucruuc in assess
ed value would lessen thu actual
amount of money to bo paid. Hven if
this town goc to a population of
60,000 in the next fivo ywu-s, Mr.
Amy will have to py the $0000 for
bib I'lOO iavumimt, just the suiue.
- IIoiim" anil liOt Case
Second As tu a hone and lot on
1U UJipnvod struct , it lurtuiitly is not
ndr-to muke the owner my exactly
tliy sino tax n lii neighbor no a
lvpd ttivet wUh a Wihish and lftt of
yv0tly the same vulue. Although he
ijS9i tbt jmved -.trwits WhtiM m
iJMWk s bis neighbor, h- has nt a
lkvd atiwt in front of hi kointr,
HjttTthis tuet will pn-veut lu n-ttt-JHf
ItU 1mmis at as hieb a ttgiire. I
hHBW liwt mtmy poplo living on uu
paved slrMtk fsl dswpJv til inris
tsM ot this utupofcition of a bond i-
isstie passes there will ccrtainl.v be
petitions sisned by jiraelieally every
citizen on iniproved streets request
inj,' that their streets be paved. And
1 ak in all seiiousness bow ean these
matters be settled? The council cer
tainly cannot take the position thut
it will nexer pae any more slioct,
for if the city increases in popula
tion and prosperity, us it Hiirely will
in u few years, other sheets will have
to be pnved. As to what treit,
would it not be a very difficult' thing
to decide nnd would it not lead to the
election of men ns eoiinciluieii who
would fax or the paving of ccituin
streets i-.'pirdlcss of their iiuilit1cii
tioiis anil real fitness for the posi
tion in other respec's.
Mr. .Marrdiall's Case
Now. us to the thiut case, that or
Mr. Maishall living in the southern
pint of the city, lie owns two or
three houses, two barns, a lurjje or
chard and some fnnn land, nil lying
within the city limits, and a i;outl deal
of this acreage is oven now heavily
taxed because a coiiMilornltio pint of
it is divided up into eitv lotsaud
taxed as such. Mr. Marshall - bus
nearly U00 fret of paved struct ill
I rout of his dwelling house ami no
other pavement. The cost of this
pavement was $.".o0 a front foot. If
paid up in full the total amount would
be iihout $1100. Now, if this boiul
issue pusses his tax the very llrwt
year will be iiicnuisuil 12l mills per
dollar on his nsscsscd vnluv, mid thif,
hiili rate of taxation will continue for
thirty years with a la. rate increase
on the piosent assessed value over
tho present rate of fiom 12 Vi t'
22 mills yearly. His prsent as
sessed value is about $20,000 and n
tax rate of 11 V miHn thereon would
ninount to $2.r0, and a tax'rato of
224 mills would amount to $1,"0, no
that if this bond issue should pass ln
would have to pay in nioroased taxes
lor Ilia next thirty years from $2o0 to
$150 yearly, making all told a sum
more than ten times us grunt as bin
pavement cost. Could you well iiti -ugine
anything more unjust to a hard
working and icspccled citizen of this
town who, under even the present tux
conditions finds hind work to meet
his liabilities?
luri-caslng Taxation
Of course, it should be apparent to
everyone that iiiusinuch as the total
amount of taxes to be raised yearly
lo meet nils mum issue indebtedness
is n fixed sum for each year, the in
creasing of (he amount of taxes on
nny bank or other propel ly would re
sult in a corresponding dccrcusc in
the amount of taxes on some other
city property. Take, for iiistiinco,
the first year, $50,000 has to be rais
ed. If the banks and stores on Main
street and in the business section pay
a good deal more than their "liaro
of this $50,000, other propeitv in the
city would pay a great deal less. What
is taken from one is necessarily givtn
to another; uud the man who owns
vamlut lots abutting on paved street
is the one to benefit. His lot may
not be woith nunc limn $100 and his
pavement may have cost $500. Hy
this plan you virtuallv muke him a
present of thu pavement and bis lot
iiiiniediatuly Incomes woith' about
$000. Hy this plan you would give
back to the Southern Pacific prac
tically $10,000, which von would get
I'loni the banks and other .Main street
propel ly by ovor-taxntion.
Injiist anil Inciiltaltl)
This method ot luxation resulting
from this bond issue to pay I bene aa
si'sMiH'nts is unjust to the mini own
ing u home on an itiipuved si reel, but
it is much nunc unjust to the owners
of hanks and stoics mi Main at reel
and in the business section of the
city. It is particularly unjust also
to the uwucr of largo tract of va
cant laud within the city limits witl
little or no abutting mvnm-.'iit, but
will fie of the greatest benefit -to llwt
owner of vacant lot abutting on
wved streets, and since tlhu beiiefjla
they loceiye must fiom the very na
ture of the ease bo taken rioni oth
ers, the injustice in all these oos Is
apparent. Indeed, in many casus It
is so great, mo overwIiMiiiiag Unit I
vuiituie the opinion that no just judge
would sanction such a tax law. hi
fact, in certain cases is it not so
urrcnt, so overwhelming Unit its en
lorecnicnt would be virtually oiimi
lent to taking propctty without du
compensation .'
TURKS CLAIM VICTORY
QUAINT DANCE FROCKS MADE IN STYLE OF PICTURESQUE DAYS
VICTOR GEOG JwA k
BUSH ORGANlZtD
KAISER
REFUSES
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roXSTANTIMilM.i:. Sept. II, ua
limlou, Sept. lit. The IoIIomiuk of
ficial Htalttuient was iufl tutluv Ml
th Turkish war effie:
A AnafaHu uitr artitlacy fin-
agalllt VNMBV IMNtUMM OUtk
llasnuik !! mummI &mtitm f
vt and I have heard n duiiiImt of i wiuiu'iiiiIkmi mid awila in rnWi.T
assort thut it tin- lend isne I Ireofbt-s Wi lnflv.
llirmiKli tlif it ouulit in ptivt'! "At An Hcniii lUtt anuaiy -
their -trii, ino.-f.l lit ! iim- I i! dpiKf) hHU oa Mir hf
II ihc iir''i- in il' it, -oi' .ill ma "
tu av torth pavmu'in.. i currl ' dfn U also the flrtt taw
ruuin iluicu knM MmI Ihu -.uM J ' tb "u.aiie. Thr U ao biir
ni.l s-il.l !.. I. mi. I'm! ,i ill l... a"''' an' l..vr ill affirm
TO PA1
DAMAGES
E ARABICS
LOSS
LAST SURVIVOR OF
LABOR REJECTS PEACE! LIBBY PRISONERS DEAD
nillSTOL, KiiKlnml, Sept. 10.
The Trades Union Conereaa, reprc
suntlng moro than threo million or
ganlzcil KukMbIi workmen, rejected
by nn ov-rwbolinlng vote today n re
Bolutlon calling uuou thu parliamen
tary committee of the laljor party to
formulnto und advocate tenna of
pence satisfactory to tho working
claaioH.
JIN Wiiy
Pat (to his pul) Tell mo, Uoilney,
how do yo toll tho age of a fowl?
Itooney Hy tho tooth.
I'nt Put n fowl has no teeth?
Hoonoy Shtir. hut 01 have.
J PIIII.ADKMMJIA, Sept. 10. Gen
, oral Ilenjamlu Kronklln l'luher, who
was chief signal o'flcor of tho United
States army durlnu the Civil war, died
yesterday aged si .vearH. lie was
I yio last siirvlvon of tho It) Union
soldiers who tunnelled their way out
if I.lbtiy prison wid mndo tholr way
, back to their own Iluea uftur groat
hardshliw a
Itcoicdy AVanleil
(Ad In Huron, S. I). Huroiilto)
Will the par( who complained
about a row hollowing for hor calf
lilooat give police n remedy for tho
same, as I would like tu have It.
KI.IKAIIKTl'l VAN IIOUNK.
llKIM.IN, Sep in Germany's noto
to the I'liltPil St.iteti bearing on tho
sinking of tho White Star line Bteain
or Arnblc on AiiRiist It) which wna
communicated to tho American am
bassador, Jnmcn W. Gerard, for trans
uilaslon to Washington, is In tho form
of a memorandum under dnto of Sep
tember 7, the text of which follews:
"On August 19 n Gorman siibmnr
Ino atopped tho KiikIIhu Bteniner
Dunsley about 10 nautical iiilos south
of Klnsalo nnd was on (ho point of
sinking tho prl7o by gunfiro after tho
crow had loft tho vossol. At this mo
ment tho comnmndor saw n lnrpo
Btonmer mnkliig directly townrd him.
This steamer, ns dovoloped Intor, watt
the Arnblc. Shu wns recognized ns nn
enemy vessel, as nho did not fly any
flng nnd lioro no neutral innrltlngs.
"When sho npproached, sho altered
hor original course, but then ni;nln
polntod directly toward tho submar
ine. I 'r oin this, tho coinmniidor be
cnino convlncod that tho steamer had
tho Intention ot nttncklng and ram
ming him.
"In order to nntlclpnto thin attack
bo gnvo ordors for tho submnrlno to
dtvo nnd fired n torpedo nt tho stoam
or. After firing he convinced hlinnolf
that tho people on board wcro boltig
rotcued In flftoou boats.
"According to his Instructions, tho
commander was not nllnwod to nttnclc
tho Arabic without warning nnd with
out saving the lives of thosn on board
unlosB the ship nttomptod to oscaio
or offered resistance, llo vvnn forced
howovor, to conclude from tho ntton
dnnt clroiimstnncoB Hint tho Arabic
planned n violent attack on tho sub
mnrlno. "This conclusion Is nil tho mora
obvious nn ho hnd been flrod upon tit
n great, dlstnnco In tho Irish son on
August 1 1 Hint In u fow dnys before
by n lnrge pni8ongor stonnior tip
parcntly belonging to tho British mnll
pnekot company which ho hnd noltltor
nttneked nor stopped.
"Tho (lorinnn government most
j deeply reprots Hint lives wcro lost
j through tho nctlon of tho commander.
' It pnrtloulnrly expresses this regret
to tho govornmoiit ot tho United
Statofl on account of tho death of
i American citizens.
I "Tho Goriunn government Is unable
hoWover, to ncknowlodgo nny obllga
1 Hon to grant Indemnity In tho mnttor,
oven If tho commander should hnvo
hoon 'mistaken ns to tho nggrostilvo In
tentions of Hie Arabic.
"If It should prove to bo tho case
that It Ik Impossl'ile for tho Gorman
and American governmontH to roach
a harmonious opinion on this point,
Hid German govoriimeut - would be
prepared to submit tho dlfforencp of
opinion, iih bolng n question of Inter
national law, to Tho Hnguo tribunal
for arbitration, pursuant to nrtlclo .'18
of Tho Hnguo convention for tho Pn
clflc sottlomcut of international disputes.
Familiarize Yourself
' With This
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Snowflakes
Ani look for the new sunburst label on
the ends of the packages.
ij gmtrom 10c an J 25c fittckagtu
SUd i bulk, too, tit all grHcn.
Pacific Coast Biscuit Company
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Is it possible there is a woman in this country who con
tinues to suffer without gi ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound a trial after all the evidence that is con
tinually being published, which proves beyond contradic
tion that this grand old medicine has relieved more suffer
ing among women than any other one medicine in the world ?
We have published in the newspapers of the United States
more genuine testimonial letters than have ever been pub
lished in the interest of any other medicine for women
and every year we publish many new testimonials, all gen
uine and true. Here are three never before published:
From Airs. S. T. Richmond, Providence, R. I.
I'ltovtriKNcn, I. I. " For tho IkmiciU of women who Buffer ns I liavs
dono 1 wish to stnto what lydia 13. Pinlchtim's Vopctnblo Compound
lms dono for mo. I did gomo heavy lifting nnd tho doctor said it
cnasod a displacement. I hnvo nhvayti boon weak nnd I overworked
nftcr my baby wan born nnd inilammntion set in, then nervous pros
tration, from u hic.lt I did not recover until I hnd taken Lydi K. Hnk
lmm's Vegetable Compound. Tho Compound is my best friend and
when 1 hear of n womnn witli troubles liko mine I try to indueo hor
to tnko your medioine." Oilrg. S. T. Uicumond, 81 Progress Avenu,
Providence, K.I.
From Mrs. Alaria Irwin, Peru, N.Y.
1'r.ur. N Y. lloforo I took Lydia E. Pinkham's VegctaWe,Coni
pound I wns very irregular nnd had much pain. I hnd lost threo
children, and felt worn out nil tho time. This splendid mcdiclno
holiK'd mo ns nothing clso hnd dono, nnd I nm thankful ovory day
that I look it."-:.h. Mauia Iuvvin, ItF.D. 1, Peru, N.Y.
From Mrs. Jane D. Duncan, W. Quincy, Mass.
south Ql'Jnov, JIass. ,rno doctor Bald Unit I had organic troublo
nnd he doctored mo for n long timo nnd I did not get nny relief. I
saw I.ydla K Pinkhnm'rt Vcgetnblo Compound nd- -vv-ss-sv-s.
vortiscd and I tried it nnd found relief before I hnd
finished tho ihyt botllo. I continued tnking it nil
through iniddlo lifo and am now n strong, healthy
woman and cam my own living." JIr. .Tank 1).
Duncan, Forest Avonuo, West Quincy, Mass.
RMB1Trlto to TiYDLV K. PINKIIAM MEDF CfNE CO.
iV ((M)NF!lKM'IAL)I.Y,N.V,MASS..forntlvlco.
xmir letter will bo oixmkmI, rouil anil answered
by u womuu uud held In ulrlct coatldcucc.
w&ms
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AND KVKNINU SliSSlONS.
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McilforJ, Oregon
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1 Hi. Vory lloHt Coffee, vuluo $ .10
1 I.ndlofl DrossliiK TaMu C'oiiililiiutlon, vnltio 3.3S
1 vnlunlilo Coupon for 42 ploco China Dlnnot Sot Fit 10 H
Tho nbovo coinliliiatlon confllsts of 11 IiIkIi khkIo toilet articles, as fol-Iowh-
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IiIkIi urnilc I'orriiin. . 1 pncknKo Pcnrl Dentifrice, 1 bottlo Moilco aiinmpoo,
1 bottle C'ucuiiiUnr ( cam, 1 Imr Complexion Honp, 1 bar Cutlclo Soap, 1
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