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PAGE FOFR aiEDFORD MATTJ TRTBTTNE, MEDFORD, ORTCCIOX, SATTTtDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1913 a i ;tf u t 4 9 ' . - , - i m I MEDFORD" MAIL TRtBUNE AN INDHPUN'DK.NT NKU'SI'At'Kn PUliMKKKO KVKTU AKTKIINUON KXCKPT HUN DAY XIV TJIIi MICDKOHD I'JtlNTINCJ CO. .Office Mnll Trllmt.'i JJulMlmr. 25-27-29 North' Pit Btrcof; (cltiptionr 76. The Democratic Tim"!. The MoilforJ Mftlt. The Medford Trbuni. The Houtle cm OroKonan, Tlio Anlilnna Trbune. BUBSORIPTIOW RATES Ono year, hy tnnl fS.OU One month, hV mull 00 1'er monlli, tlUvorril by carrlur In Medfofil. I'hsfhlx. Jnakidnvllle nnd Central Point .. GO PnturJAy only, by innll, pet year..- S.UU Weekly, per ycaf J. GO HASTE MAKES WASTE Official Pnpr of the City of Mcdford. Offlelnl l'niifr of JiioXhoii Codtitv. lintired nH Recondolajtx mutter at Merito'd, Oregon, undvr tho act of .March 3, Il. Sworn Circulation for I9K, 2G88. I'tll I leaned wlro Aasoolatctl Prent din pat alien. Subscribers falling to receive naners nromntlv. nlmnn Clrru. latlon Mnnnccr at 2C0-TI. HONG KONG KOLUM IF you wore gdin&lo' tiy and borrow s6r7i? money, would you fii-st place a blanket mortgage on your home and then try to peddle it V Or would you first secure the assurance of receiving the money, and then make the mortgage, confirm to the terms of the loan? "Which would be flic business-like procedure? If you followed the first plan and could not secure the money sought, your home would be uselessly encumbered You would have to undo what you had done to free your home and your credit would suffer by the useless trans action. To plaee a blanket mortgage upon flic city for a mil lion dollars without knowing whether or not the money can ))(! secured, without adequate legal advice to govern the transaction, is the attempt of those who are initiating the move fov a special election to submit re bonding to the people. Leaving out of question the; question whether the re bonding is advisable or not, it is certainly follv to act be fore it has been found whether the bonds can be sold and at what terms. Hacked by the unlimited credit of the British empire and the French republic, which have never defaulted in meeting interest or other obligation, the five per cent bonds ol the war loan are oliercd at 90 cents on the dollar. What would be the price of a million dollars five per cent bonds of the city of iMedford, making a $1,800,000 obliga tion upon an assessed valuation of .-H .-00.000 ! Let us find out before we involve ourselves in a needless legal tangle and destroy the city s credit. There is plenty of time for a rebonding election after it has been ascertained that the bonds can be sold. It is a case of haste makes waste, it is neither good business nor horse sense to proceed before the money is assured. J1 is the rankest follov and can onlv lead-to disaster. SQUIRREL FOOD "DREAM DOPE " BY AHE.RN uNcua iG.WA.-rz. sror gave Me -mis AY THE plNNER TABLE' ifo eJoT Goirvj& ro sperJD the monev foolishly FOR ALL DAY 5UceR5TrJEY sMoais, PAFFY APPLES OR ANY OF THAT VONKl l'rA (50IM6 It) PUT T IfV fAV LITTLE PANK ND SAVE- T Some inln who workoo Moo hnnl with oilier people infancy nlltiHiinieo need nrrcnt ((tint; tiud Comlti-; (From Ilrnncli, Ark. Argun) Monday I look n 4 hour leaaon Id hotnny picking berries. Wife iih tencher. Monday nlclit I took an 8 hour loMon In HoratcltlnK. No touch or roqtilrvil, liu.ninlIo Suld tlio Wiilior to n noly cnnl parly In a hotel bedroom. "I've boon Hont to ask yon Itr innkft long nolso, Kentlnmcn. The gentleman In the next room Brtyx tin enn't rend." "Toll him," waB thi reply of the host, "tit At ho ottRltt to bo nHlinmed of hlniKOlf. Why, I cqtild read when I wn flvo years old." V To-nny't llelliliiKei In n Maine towiiHhlp, ono of the old r oh (limit h havltiK died, u funeral of notno slzrt was urrAiiKed. The lino of vehleleH was Hlowly proceeding down the main ntrcet when u UO-ycar old citizen, slowly trudging along the fjilo walk, approached n bystander. "Wlint be this?" he asked. "Joe Johnnon'8 funeral," respond ed the li.vHtaiiilor. The old itinit look r'd piiMlod. "lie Joe Joltnion dead?" he nuked, "Htiro do ye Chink yo're reKenndn with him?" canto the rupanie. Stelhi'M lluigitln Cidiitmi Muny humorlsu are extolling the vrooditiNii to Npnro tint 'nlietiiiit'' tlH. CIIvIiik hiiltU)' a now iKtlr of hup pcHiUr la often a "hqld-up" gatue III till' VlMII- 10.10 Hut tlio vmt nwouililnao of women. Than mutt Iih fully five thousand of tlttitt. Vm, tltwre are wtilly five thousand, It Is nn nnniisl ronvontlon. nnd women liavo come from nil parts of the rutted StutM to Mttend It. Do they wMtn to Im harltiK a pretty lively time? They do. Thwy are holdluK the annual election, mid It l nutter of grant moment whether Tin. Henry OuufoddAr of rituburgli l., or ilm. ,1. Clatence Swntt of 5lMteliHfitU, la ehoten ntealdent. Uy the way, what It the name of tht urganlaatlMU of which iliw five thousand nomen are Membera? la It n body of ear neat worker in a throat and unsolttah anao- No, not precisely. Xpt au that ytnt mull) uoilf it H Ih tavc HaiiKMtara of tho Aroarlean Mn'nltliJU Makers of till. It la wn BjdsirOd a giest. a very great, honor to Judoni to it. Puck. KUROPATKIN Titti Iyctrograd annonnceinent that General Ivuropaf kin has been placed in command of the Wussian arm ies shows a surprising reversal of public opinion in .Russia for Kuropatkin iui been in disgrace since the defeats of the Russo-Japanese war defeats for which Kuropatkin was made the scapegoat for an inefficient, corrupt bureau cracy. Ivuropatkin is a fitting successor of the Grand Duke Nicholas. He is one of the world's military geniuses, 1 hough he lacks the position and iron nerve to defy the czar and the bureaucracy as Nicholas did. The German influ ences surrounding the Russian court are responsible largely for the failure of Russian munitions, and Nicholas has evidently been sacrificed to shield them, as Kuropaf. kin was ten years ago. Russia's need is great. Kuropatkin is patriot enough to forget lite undeserved humiliation of the past for his country, as Nicholas is bearing his own humiliation today, for Russia needs both. lexei Nicolaievitch Kuropatkin is a man of many ac complishments soldier, scholar, histerian: geographer. statesman and administrator. Tie is 07 years of age, an hereditary noble of Pskof, descendant of the ancient czars of Moscow. lie entered the army at 18 and has seen ac tive service in every part of the great empire, from the frozen Arctic to Arabian deserts, from the Halkans to the Pacific. I To has received everv decoration Russia bestows for valor, is a born leader of men and au idol of his army, Kuropatkin fought throughout the Russo-Turkish war after helping reorganize the French cavalry in the years following Hedan. lie was the first successful governor of Trans-Caucasia and pacified the wild tribes of Turcostan. His record as an administrator is as brilliant as his military Career, He is the author of several books and has added materially to the scientific knowledge of the age. It niavbe that Kuropafkin is destined to lead Russia fo victory for Nicholas left the Russian armies intact; though sacrificing subject border districts to military strategy. The new life and energy of the Russian armies in halting the German rush, at any rate, indicate a master still at the helm. ' , "i ----- j ; -vl ?a mif' l ft ' ' " I'Ai JR88R l lxs ) ih ' aLB af . I UbV aBaBalBW ' PHI P" !$JBr k. 1?CZ i ROCKEFELLER'S Painless Dentistry NDUSTRIAL PLAN IS APPPROVED Now a Fact Paving Debt Is Debt of Gity Says Mrs. Poe A Slax l'rfjehl UfiOti Uio atane Miaa lipay-toes hooks foaoinatlNii alt; Jltli on tlio t root, oh looatBeaa knows! Slip mirel' 1 frtajit. -XonnaaUKu TeUtram ! And yot, no duutit tu ?nm wrae, If in her boudoir e al)U nr Jler looksd doubtleaa ' . As bad u all wo '"' ABANDON SUNG GERMAN REPLY L E ARABIC CA E W IS SAVED SA.V KIIANCISCO, Oct 2 The GIVEN ANSING XK.W OUK, Oil. J. (i.nt.t Von wooden stoain schooner Uraynood Bi'itwloill, the Clriiti.ni uttilmsat(r, was nbamloned today In a hIuKIiik dcliveivil to Secretary I.mimiik' todnv eondltlou luoliably off the Oregon .a nolo fnun the (ieriimn Kveiitnuitl i-oAst, mid her oiow of about thirteen men tttko'n utioard the steamer llilotu Ian, HfeonUiiK to a wlreleaa iuesui;e to the ohamber of canunerre hero. The Hllonlan. which left Seattle i tnnU for this lHrt, was iiroeoedlny; here, a uieasan from her cuutulu lanlii. eoneernitiK tlio Arnhie eitM, which, it is unilerato6il, att'onU it negotiable hasio for the setflemeut of the n,ne lion. I .on Mug; attfppil lieiv while ot route to 'nliinxlon. Tlio content of the note vfc no? ilii,eloil. It ih iiiiileivtootl Hint (lie se'retor.v will tithe it with him to 'ti!iinj;tAii, nnd aftertlUeithnimf it w'itlt IMvtiMont Wilkin, will indieut whether or not it t xutthtuetoty. It wit Itmiued tvlialilv tlmt tlJ note furninhen a huiK for further tie Xtitiatiolia;, nnd fnun tin it was iu fotn-il litnt. while ailinitliiur the mill- au unldentitttHl etoawer was taVlua leiiile that werelianttilVii would not he ort the orw. jtnruloed witiMMit wontinit, Oennniiy SBArrLK. Oet. t The Antorlcan Hawaiian lluer llnnululan reported to Hie Aaloria, Oroon. wlreUVae sta MttH at at) thUt HiaralUK that the American steam sokoener Oruywond was In a alnkittc; oqndltlon and that To the editor; I noticed in II. V. Wilson's letter to tlio Trillium, my pinto was mentioned, o I will stato to tho people, my condition for the past five years. I had two smalt Houses, j rented one and lived In tho other, they came to mo with a petition to pavo tho street, I" would not sIkii It, I know r could not pay. for ifivltiK, hut they paved Just the same nnd said I owed the city about $800 at 0 per cent. What could 1 do? I will tell whnt t did do. I nioVed Into a tent ko 1 could rent my home, when the wlndljlew, I was afraid, but I thought (hat pavliiK must bo paid for, ovor $40.00 a year Interest and a payment of nearly $80.00 making- over $120.00 a year besides my $20.00 sower assessment and about 1 10.00 goneral tnx. Then I went to work in tho country at $12.00 per month, or worked at any other kind of work I could not to do. When 1 was In my tent I drank hot water for, tea,. If I had coffeo I could not afford any crenm or milk In It, I did not buy what I needed to oat or wear, I bollevo I paid about $!G.00 for clothes In Ive years, I had to savo every nickel to pay for that street paving. I was worn out with hard work and worry, 1 saw I could not pay any more. I thought they would take my homo and the tears rolled down my cheeks. A lady friend cnitio in, she said: "Stop work, lug out when you arc not nble; top worrying over that paving, they enn not take your homo. Thou 1" found that wealthy people wore, not paying and that aftor I had paid initio tltoy had put 2 mills In my taxes for delin quent interest. I nm slxty-nlno year of ago. Js this justice? There ar many flttBH over our city, tho Stars and Stripes nro floating in tho air, hut do I fenl I have been liv ing In a froo country, to bo bowed down with tlobt for tho benefit of the public, for five ytKtraand would have been for five more, If sonio one had not opened my oyHj, hut I could no longer pay for I linve nothing to pay with. While I wan paying all my monoy to tho city, my houses got out of re pair, so I could not rent thorn, and I am down and out. 1 did not need this paving, the city nt large did need it, and 1 am willing to pay my part' In taxes the same as I do tit-hoo! tax. 1 do not need tho schools yet I never try to get out of paying my share per dollar for building nehool hottstM and keeping up (he schools for the public. I am a loyal cllliqn, 1 will pay my part of all public tax, but I nm not willing to be. murdered' by Inchos try ing to pay this unjust dent. Mr. Sargent spoko" of men with $40, 0(10 having mi lnuolt tav. One dollar of their property Is worth just figure and will find that tlio pcoplo In common circumstances will not have to pay very heavy tnx. Howovor Lwhen you got It figured, ploase com pare what yon will pny each year, with what I have to pay not Including Uaxes, iim I pay over $160.00 bealtle my sewer anil water, my valuation Is about $1000.00. If J should bo drowning In tho wnt- .er of Hoguo river, would you pull ,tne out? Certainly, you would hear my cry, then why not help mo out of this drowning condition and pay your own part of the city debt. Look up tho law and see what It' says about paving, where the paving Is more than tho valuation, then yoti will know whether tho city is in shnpe to law It over tho people. J)oes it riot look as If some people hnvo a caso against the city? Hid you read the letter from tho Willamette valley? no you think any more peoplo from that vnlley will buy in Mcdford? If the forefathers of Mcdford did wrong, tho people on the pavomont nro not to blame, all will have to liolp right It. Mcdford Is a fine llttlo place to live In, good people, good schools, good business men, good cllmato nnd with Its lovely flowers nnd fruit sure ly It Is idoal. It Is too bad to let the news go abroad that some of the council want lo commence suit on sonio of Mod ford's good cltlzons becattso they have not got money to pay their own part of the improvements and others too, that kind of news will sail through the air llko tin airship nnd peoplo will shun Mcdford as tlioy would the poison gorm of sinnllpox. Ilyron said: "Spend money to make peaco not to forco trouble." You sponk of all wanting paving In front of thorn if It. is paid In taxoa. We wish nil could hnvo It, but, did. you ever see a county or city where thoy all paved at onco All can uso tho paviiiK the same as all use the brldgo, you tlon't build a hrltlao near ovary one that Uvea on Hear crook. They do not build a paved road out to the Applecnto yet thoy all pay taxes. People of this city are Intelligent nnd know a city debt Is their debt as much as a school debt Is mine. MHS. JOSKI'IIIXI1: POK. PCrcm.O, Colo., Oi-t. 2. T'' Kockefellor itnltiHtrinl plan wn "Im proved by tinniiimouH vote nt a incit injr ol mine officer nnd miner' rep resentatives hero Jortny, The. plan will be submitted to the board of di rector of (he Colorado Piwl & Iron company nnd to it referendum vote ol the miner ttt till the fnini for linn! adoption. The hoard pf diroe(6mi will meet in flenvcr Mnntlrt'y. The tlotnil of the plan will not he tnn'de public ttnti' tonighl. ' About tliitiy nVhynites from (Ik- coal cnmp. uperiniPitopni irom fif teen mines nnd n hnlf dozen ooiniwuiy officers were in the clubrooin when President Wclhoiti culled lite inecliiip to order, to leave .1. I). Kockcfeller. Jr., to explain tlio new plan for tlcnl inp with the men. Auioinr the minora' dclejrntes were even from Froinnht county, nil of whom ilcclnred thenmelvo Member of the raited .Mine Worker of Amer ica, nnd former ulrikor. Practically nil tho other ilelejrntos were non-union men, most of them hnvintr worked for tho eompnnv dur ing the at tike. Mr. ltockofcllcr in epening: hi nd tlren to the nteetinir flid: "This i it red-h'tlcr tiny in my life. This is tho fiiM Mine T hnvo ever hud an opportunity to spenk to the dele jmtes or the miner nntl lo the offic ers of the compnny tonothor. This c n day which I phnll remember to my dyinp day." HAITIEN REBELS TO GIVE UP ARMS TUESDAY GOOD TEETH ?SAV mr i ot y a Lyt U 3 J fit . I jgjriiiai DOCTOflS BILLS CAPE HAITI KX. Oct. 2.-In con nctpteiice of the njrr.-emcnt between the Ilaitieti rebel- and the officer- of the American expeilittoiiary force, tli lebel- will deli or their arm- to the American- on Tuc-dr. With Medford trade is alcdfortl made. All fear and pain of tlio (loiilnl chair banished. You got tlio benefit of our long experience. We execute your work wilh cure and skill. Special low rates until Oc tober 15. $10 GOLD CROWNS....$5.00 $15 PLATES $9.00 $2 FILLINGS $1.00 $2 CLEANING $1.00 Dr. Jones 102 .Main Si. Mcdford. -SS20' America's Greatest Cigarette .MtniiHhtU.s(k&kTiAah Deep Well Drilling Oil, gas, and water wells, 12, 13, 14-Inch to 1G00 feet. For prices' soo J. STKVUNS, 233 North Contral WESTON CAMERA SHOP 808 East Main Street Medford Tho Only Exclusive Commercial Photographera in Southern Oregon Negatives Made any time or place by appointment Phono 147-J We'll do the rest TR TV WT.STOR Prnu StarT!? WHERE THE CROWDS GO With Medford.trarte y Medford made. Tit pgalttoM of ih Ora)Wotl was uoi Kitta ly the daatoh. but proa abl wak lea titan tu mil wulh of Cuita Klutltr, aa the UonftlMkiH lalt Saalila rwtwrdu.y. Tha Orywol vm hM (ran San FMgatattt for Vaarouvar. II. C, with tttttki. Mm wuji a wolea ieaal of Lit I Kg vm. bm Fairta. Cat., t (Mfeait.lBaV 9 rranehiM, atftl ttMmi.i . Uo Jftft, aM awt hy iMM fwus Ati.MHiia to Mtlinrtl to acbitration tho itMMilion of foct to whether or not th Arafeie wa. cHitagrd in a ho tik' act m the time ahe wa tor)edoal nnd how MMich MidciAuity iswat h Miitl a a pHiiiiHonc, it; the verdict I aKaiat tho QatuMUi -tii!nantcr. t v iTt rrfl-ajuA i.a US' inueli as a dollar of mine, perinp he thinks John II. UocV&fellor oitKht not to be ta.ed at all for nuiely hU tax would ho lilpb. 1 nst the people of .Meitford to first remember the Kolden rule, and next remoinber thoy uo thin iuvIhr and their part of the i nt artist on the bonds would only be juat tholr iart of the rent of the navin each year, nnd any man can take Iik own valuation and THE PAGE Medford's Leading Theater JoHr A. Perl UNDERTAKER Ladr Aintatant tH S. ll.OCTLRTT I'lmnea M. 17 atid -17J at?ulaM6 8rlf Ooroaw FltlOAV AM) SATl'RDAV "THE WHIRLPOOL" Three Part Kssanay Drama The Lesson of die Narrow Street Wliii'- KamhlltiR In Wall etreet dooA to. a man h atronxly lnuiren.se t upon a youtiK ai'tst. lie leernti hm ltbon and much hi.plness - u:tK l-Mwar1 Klkns, S. Ilankln V'tw and .Mary Maurice nrt tho cant. Vitbgraph O-ie Part "Back to the Primitive" With Vr. and Mrs Sidney Drew One Part Comedy "THE WANDERER" One Part lllofnak AdmlaMon 5, 16, He. CO.M1XQ rlotchof Pish In ropular aoaga, Uan4ay aa Tweed a jr. Th4a Bur, Wa4ta4a wti ThurwIoY. OtMrtlA CaA4t. Ft m4 ftai TODAY ONLV The Last Episode of the Romance of Elaine Those who have not mmmi all of this Korint will find fcomethliiK very In terofithiK lu thU Ihsi oplaodo. Photo of Mlsn Pearl WUIto will l.g islven to each imtrou today. "A Itl.Vf.'Ki; von .MAX" A Two-lteel Commly, anil PATIIK NinVS Malie a Reed iiroernm today. 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