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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
AN INnni'ENDHNT KKWSPAPBn
PUUMHUfM) BVKIIY AKTKIINOON
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MEDKORD PiUNTINO CO.
Office Mall Tribune Hullillruj, 2S-27-28
North Kir street; telephone 76.
The Domoorntlc Tlm", The Melforil
Mall, The McOfnnl Tilmiie, The (South
ern OitKonan, The Ashland Tthune.
BUEBCUU'TIOS EATSa
On year, by trial - - -.f5.00
On month, by mull .&0
Per month, clelleroil by carrier In
.Medford, I'hoenlx, Jncksonvlllo
oml Central Piilnt - , SO
Hnttmlny only, Ly nmll, ir year. 2 ou
vvivkly, per year 1 80
dfflolnl l'nper of the City of Medford.
Official l'npcr or
Kntared nti wtnllil.olBMH lliatttr fit
T III .IHl-ftlHJII .UUIl.J.
Metlford, Orrflon, liudi-r Jhti net of .March
S, 1ST9.
Sworn Circulation for 1DH, 2CS.
I'ull Iraseil wire Associated 1'ress din-
atcbeM.
smwi&
BubBcrlbcru falling lo receive
papora promptly, pliono CIrcu-
latlon Managor at 260-11.
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HONG KONG KOLUM
IIOIIAHT Hiiro You llKht, Lon
ger iiiliui innllled less Hceiuco to
liillnd It. ,
TIlll'O Pint SOU
I Ilo spoke
"May I amoko?"
And lto mulled at IiIh treasure
They wore nuwly oiiguKed;
Anil hIio rinswoicd
'U "With pleasure!"
Ho spoko
V"May I smoke?"
(Ah lit) Htartoil tlm action.)
Tim lionuymoon aturtcd,
Slid smiled
" T Satisfaction.
? He. spoke
' ' 'Winy I mimko?"
ljuL uliu reached for tlio poker
Thejd Iwoii nuirried ttomn time
; V. Ami Mlio yollnil
II won lit rliokn lior,
Anil lin rorvnntly hoped that II would.
It'll up to Amerlen lo put Iflnrnpo
on lig loud. Already American fao
torloa luno undertaken n contract
for f l,000,ono woith of urllflolul
onofl,
TndujV Itclli Inner
fty ilo Vry. veteran keopor of Ihc
tinlumU In Unroll) park aoo, Ohlriign,
once liuil ii hyena which was till
apodal pet. Olio lialiuv aftnrunou
rlioii Im had eagod th heast. m jouiik
ehapplo edged up to lht keeper mm
limy stood near the hvna cage.
"TIukh) bars arc too far aimrl," he
jwiil, tlmt hyena miRlil wuhii
(hrouKli If lie took tlio notion
,. "Vri tlmt' ulmt ' lauliliiK
fit." ropllwl tie Vry.
Slollns' IIjiihhIii ("iiinili'i
Voj. 11 lmiior to Imvo "Invwl nud
lout thuii novnr to Imvc lovi'd al ull."
llltiltnr for tlii tajkl ilrlvor, tlio fliif
m ami the ramly innhor.)
Wiiiiilii f tlio ii-o,oiii "nl III-. Suit-
.riiplloii .lttr Tills Ciiiiio Out
ll'roii'i Now nrleana Dally Stnt()
KUNKIUN XOTICK -Uiiluwlliiii.
aor .Marrlaae of l'nnl Iiftliira and
Mlaa Lillian Diunor. - ronni'd Oft.
X liy Juilt) laiinltau r waa hlaaed
and t'tlt'brwld Ort. 1 ii frleuila.
,Oa ril of LynolilMir', 'a . firm-
.
, DANt'B WAlUtLK
, UriigRiata
.
JliirVa aiiothiT touniH twlar
"QtriM.. Hironc tpknn tiHuaor
Hiuviml alcklv alx atrkb allky naka."
lli-luv ItlKht In tlio MWo. Alloy and
Conic Into thi I'ttehw anil WVH
(Viiim Vitiiioiii. Ill lutoa)
AVA.NTttD To kHdk the nam of
IHirt)' ouUtiftlH oU irofr aeMUNt
from mi' u1f iuli I wa la Orcgn.
V. IC. A LBN.
H(Jto VMrd tl ' -Na. Rub,
lmv (u wr aayi hm iwfnrffr
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SUGAR BEET
IN order to secure a beet sugar factory, entailing an in
vestiiient in plant and operation of over a million dol
lars, it is necessary that 5000 acres of laud be signed up for
sugar beets. There is no question but that the valley needs
the payroll that, the industry will furnish, and that the
farmers need the market that the factory will supply, and
that the country needs the distribution of the million at
this time. More di verified industry is a necessity for
prosperity and a beet sugar factory is a stimulant to
stock raising and dairying as well as to farming.
A five-year contract is offered local beet growers,
which provides for the payment, f. o. b. cars, of $f per ton
for 15 per cent sugar beets, 80 per cent purity. For beets
under 15 per eent, $'125 a ton is paid. Heed is furnished at
15 cents per pound, and experts supplied to direct field
operations, lixtra labor, if desired, will also be supplied.
The contract is made for five years in order to justify the
investment and staplei.e the industry. The tost made of
beets grown last season show an average! of over 15 per
cent sugar and 81 per cent purity.
In order to compare the contract, offered growers by
the Oregon-Ttali Sugar company with that offered grow
ers in other districts, the Mail Tribune sent for copies of
contracts offered in other districts. All of the contracts
stipulate that the beets must average B0 per cent purity.
The Amalgamated Sugar company contract pays f. o. b.
i act ory.f 1.25 per ton for 12 percent beets, -i' 1.50 per ton for
',) per cent beets, $1.75 per ton for l-l per cent beets, $5 per
ron for 15 per cent beets. Seed is furnished for 15 cents
a pound.
The Uillhigs Sugar company of Montana pays f. o. b.
factory $5 pel ton for 12 per coilt beets and a sliding scale,
for increased percentage of sugar, .f5.50 for 15 per cent
beets, $5.75 for 1(1 per cent beets, $0 foi- 17 per cent, beers,
etc. Seed is furnished at 10 cents a pound.
Tlio San .Joaquin Valley Sugar company of California
pays 5 per ton for 15 per cent beets, with an addition of
MO cents per ton for each additional percent of sugar above
15 it r cent, and a deduction of 25 cents per ton for each
percent under 15 percent down to 11 percent. The fac
torv will pay railroad freight charges for delivering beets
to the factory up to but not to exceed 50 cents per ton.
Seed is furnished for 20 cents per pound.
The American Hoot Sugar company of Ohino paws, f. o.
1). cars where it operates a dump, $1.50 for 15 per cent
beets, with an addition of .'50 cents per ton for each 1 -per
cent of sugar above 15 per eent, and a deduction of 25
eents a ton for each 1 per cent below 15 per cent down to
and including 11 per cent, fractions in proportion. Seed is
iurnished at 12 cents a pound.
Other provisions of the contracts are virtually identical
so that the local contract does not differ materially from
those offered in other localities, except in the adoption of a
sliding scale for percentage
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menial leauuoN aim riu ui
fair contract is offered local
SHACKLING MEDFORD
T1IK word bond originates from the Anglo-Saxon
bouda meaning a vassal or serf; a slave.
To bond means to inflict bondage upon.
llond as a noun also means that which binds, ties, fas
tens; a shackle or a manacle. In the plural it means the
state of being bound, imprisonment.
In another sense, it means to mortgage.
Mortgage is derived from the Latin mori, death, and
gage, meaning pledge u death pledge a death grip.
To bond the city for a million dollars to refund prop
erty owners along paved streets for individual obligations
incurred without the city's receiving any benefit there
from certainly makes the city the vassal and slave of the
individual, puts the city in bondage for thirty years, binds,
ties, fastens and shackles its development mortgages its
future with a death grip.
Mod ford during the period of its rapid growth o.v
panth'd too much. In making improvements which its
amazing development seemed at the time to .justify, the
it v went heavily into debt. Had the worldwide depres
sion not followed ami checked the city's growth, these ex
penditures would probably have been .justified.
It is a foolish community that will not learn from mis
takes of the past. Hecauso the city has gone too heavily
in debt in the past is no excuse for plunging still more
heavily at present in order to afford financial relief to a
portion of the property owners.
There is this about the indebtedness floated in the past
the city received the benefit of the expenditures. The
water system is a jming investment. The storm and trunk
sewers were public necessities. Other indebtedness repre
sents needed improvements. The Meduiski bonding pro
posal means nothing in the way of development, but is de
signed as a relief to those hard up, those who have been
aught by their greed in speculation, and those who are
well-to-do, but seek to shove their personal obligations
onto the community.
We cannot build up a city by exhausting its credit for
the benefit of individuals. We cannot atlitiet industry
and population bv high taxes and bankruptcy.
Kvon thoH who seek temporary financial assistance
will be losers in the long run. They will have to pay their
bills by direct taxation. They will not only pay the prin
cipal, but pity it two and a half times in the thirty years
b interest. (July narrow visioucd. selfish expediency
would counsel such a move.
Cra.ed, impracuVnl. wildcat finance has brought thv
leity to u serious cris,is and
iuig future by inukrupicy -
only the rum oi tlio city, nut
it, for the reaction tlmt will iollnw will engulf ev !oiio u:
the eouuiiuuity.
1-iOt every citiien Imutd and public-Hpirlted enough to
hvt tlit welfare of the cotimiuuhv at heart constitute
hiiiiax'lf m committee of one
ItluU the AiedyiwKi wattiti
MEDFORD MTL TRIBUNE.
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CONTRACTS
of sugar. When the oxpori-
aY,.istmj .. ,.i I 111 I II tnnl al
unrauus iiru cuu.iiufiuu, a
growers.
threatens to destroy its prom-
a bankruptcy that moans not
or uie individuals omprismg
Ui work HiraUiet the tuitiunitv
wul htfiig uhi Aleufuiil.
MEDFORD, OKrnfTT
. "
COMMUNICATION.
To tlio Kdltor. ' Poverty acquaints
tl man with trani;e bed-fellows," nay
wise Shakespeare. So also does tho
Mcdynskl plan, In Instances where- It
promises a big rake-off In the name
of a refund.
Thu consider the canea of J,awyor
W. K. Phtpps and "Father" J. S.
Howard. Heretofore txolf relations
hare been like that of two aarago
tomcats moetlnp; on a backyard fenco.
Always till now Mr. J'iilppa novor
bobbed up in the newspapers, nnd he
has been a right frequent little bob
bor-up In that way, whother It was to
try to wreat tho title of "Fathur of
Metlford" front Mr. Howard or to
nrutio against 101110 seworo nssosa-
ment or other on Mr. I'hlpps prop
erty, then Mr. llownrd could ho
counted to bo right nfter hi in In the
next paper. The old warrior seemed
to have his permanent camp tight on
Mr. Phlpps' trail, In jtolnt of fact
And probably no one realised more
clearly thnn Mr. Phlpps himself, that
the old warrior put It nil over the
young bravo, over) time they met.
And wo fancy the old Father's
writing fingers must Itch to get after
his old onomy right now, to take a
few suuaio Indies from the legnl
gentleman's very vulnerable cuticle.
Hut tho Mcdynskl plan has lined
thorn up together now, and thoy aro,
for the time being, "Two souls with
hut a single thought" and barely
that, or otherwise thick as threo In a
bed.
Hut wait until after the coming
election and wo wlmt happens when
the lawyer brave agHln ventures to
stick his scalp locks out of tho col
umns of the newspapers.
Mr. Philips, In his letter Just pub
lished, thinks that It Is "very doubt
ful," only very doubtful mind you,
If the pnvlng dobts enn be collected
from tho proporM owners, as asses
sed. Not but that the Bancroft art Is
"perfectly legal," a" he says himself,
but that the Mcdrord charier amend,
merits regarding this Ilancroft act aro
"ambiguous and defective," nnln to
use his own wools.
Surely Mr. Phlpps Is lawyer en
ough to know tlmt every reasonable
probability favors the view that the
supreme court of Oiegon, which he
says has sustained I'.io legality of the
Uaiic.roft act, would brush theso al
leged "ambiguities and defects" and
enforce tfic plain Intentions of both
tho law nnd chnrler amendments, and
enforce the collection of the paving
asesHinonts from tho property own
ers. Mr. Phlpps has a long string of
pnvod street frontage, mostly vacant
I understand, and has paid on this
paving right around ?2SO0.
Strange ho astute u lawyer as ho
should uover.hivn found out about
the nlloged ambiguities and defects
until artor he had let go or all this
good cash.
Strange, loo, that ho never found
out about them until about tho tlmo
tho Mcdynskl plan duuglud before his
vision a ehanco to got that little old
$L'S00 hart: again, under the gulno of
a "refund.
Oh ta! Mr. I'hlpps has decided to
support the Medynskl plan.
Sure tiling, J'JSOO all clear volvot.
Is a ptott good reason for support
ing most nn thing these days.
Well tho kind of help ho gavo It In
this letter of his will probably make
a blame sight morn otes against It
thnn for It
Mr. Phlpps' phraio, "so-called
Mcdynskl plan" perhaps Implies a
pietty wise reservation bh to who ho
thinks Is the nun author or said plan
Perhaps ho shrewdly gueaneH that It
dans not hoar the name of Its true
author or authors.
Ilo that us it may, Mr. Karl Fohl
told mo with his own lips that Mr
Medynskl wn not Itn real author, but
that "some of ua" or some such ex
pieaslnn, weie Its true author, and
that Mr. .Medvnakl happened to drop
around ami having picked up the
aoneral femur of tht plau, ho slip
ped It Into the uowppapers, thereby
depriving the real authors of the
glory of Itw authorship. Probably
tho did not Iom much. In tho long
run.
Mr Kehl also in Id Mr. Medyuskl
sprung tho plan before they wore
quite reuth porhniM the bumh
wantwt a Httla worn irni In whlih
to pick up same more paid up imved
WIVUS AXO MOI'IIKUS
Have ou ever atopped to lealiao
how uiuih the health of Miur fain
tly dopttndk 11,1011 you? For lustame.
diet is a groat factor In hnalth. ami
)oh are reiou.ihltf for it. then again
when auv member of uur famib
gets Into a inu-down conditio!!, when
the children art delicate, cross aud
develop a cough, tlltty look to ou
for help IH you know taht our lo
cal diugglstt have a uoH-ecret con
stitutional rnuedy known ua Vluol
which the mmruate for Just iuh
condition Many famllle la thix
vlcluli) hc round It so reliable th
at nivr wMhtiui It.
John A. Perl
UNDERTAKER
Lady Aisutant
sn s luirri.HTT
I'hontM M. 17 aud 17-Ja
AmIiuUiioh trtlo Corour
yrw" vnVT!R 3' m
. r .... Imivht sacrifice
vacant lots, while tho picking was
good. Thus putting them In better
to pick up a big bunch of .easy money,
when the refunding Jack-pot was
opened up.
Anyhow at tho time ho told mo
about the authorship of the plan, ho
alio mentioned certRln recont pur
chases of city property, of which 1
only remember a stretch of vacant
frontage near St. Mary's Academy,
and at a price which, after the rofund
was rakod In, gave thorn tho lots for
about nothing.
I supposed then that It was Mr.
Fohl nnd his brother who had bought
theso lots for thomsolves, but he
might easily havo meant some one
else he was acting for.
In fact I now think ho wns acting
for a certain combination of lending
olttfons who would rather lose n
front tooth or softer a contusod
wound In their pocket-books, rather
than have their Identity known at
this time. And by tho way, somp of
them ought to know "jolly right
well." what a contused wound Is, for
they pass among men under the tlllo
of doctor.
Hut to return to Mr. Phlpps, before
ho baglns to feel neglected.
Uo says, for Instance, that property
on the paving should bo assessed
hlghor. and off tho paving lower, to
equalise tho workings of the Medyns
kl plan. How he expects to "deliver
the goods" In this respect he does not
sav. Hut as tho residents oT the clt
hnvn no control or assessment ror
taxes, wo can take Mr. Phlpps' fiig
gostlon nt Just what It Is worth wlilrli
Is Just nothing at all.
And Innaniurh as tho niaJoilt or
home owners In Modfon! will pav
more for their paving, nfter Medynskl
than as now aseed against them,
and In many case threo or four time
as much, It can be readily Imagined
what kind of a howl would then go
up If the homos were assessed still
hlghor.
Of course a little Increased assess
ment of paved vacant lots would not
hurt their owners much, considering
how mighty little their paving will
cost theni under Medynskl. And Mr.
Phlpus la some vacant paved lot own
er himself, If you nsk me.
Mr. Phlpps says further that all
rut are public improvements nrc to ho
paid for by a general tax. Ho does
not tell us, however, thnt the Moilyns
ki act plainly and unequivocally pro
vides that no such future Improve
ments shall bo mndo until such time
as an IS mill speclnl tax shall pro-
vldo money onought to keep up tho
annual payments on tho Mcdynskl
million dollar debt, and also to keep
up tho present paving. When this
time comes, nnd not till then, tho IS
mill tax surplus, If any, could be per
haps mod for now paving.
It must he out of thnt same IS
mill tax surplus that Mr. Phlpps' very
nebulous city pnvlng plant must ho
lustullod and operated.
Mr. Philips alio says that those of
us who venturo to toll tho peoplo ot
Medford what kind of a fearful dis
aster tho Medynskl act Is leading
them Into, "dlie predictions" ho calls
It "had bolter sell their property If
they have any, oven at bankrupt
prices, and get out." It certainly
would be bankrupt prices if we sold
nt nil. Mr. I'hlpps.
Mr. Phlpps adds that It he did not
believe that in thirty years Medford
would not havo a population three
times as largo as now, he would sac
rifice his property nnd moo to some
new tow n
Well, it hi belief Is no strnnuer In
thnt resent than 1 think It I". t nn
Rive htm a tli .is to where I think he
GOTHIC THE NEW
ARROW
2 for 25c COLLAR
IT FITS THE CRAVAT
HOTEL OXFORD
Newest and Best in
GRANTS PASS, ORE.
FnibodieH overv convenience and
comfort found in a modem hotel.
Mot and told wntei, sttttin heat and
telephone In eer room, ltrge
heerful loll' w tii open fire, Well
Lighted Sample Itoonis, Hates
moderate Auto-lni to all trains.
Medford trade eteiidllv solirited
F. W. STREETS, Prop.
SAN FRANCISCO
Corner Grary and Jones St.
HOTEL KENSINGTON
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' RMCS: M la 2 50 a day I
twin t'Ttrnr Vi,tt tui I
I ll Kk-M HI at in i , i p., ,,r I
.ai -Itliur pa.. II., ,,.
Wtaw fcw BrtAUa I
. i. ..i.i mi vnenni
might sacrifice w !' "
,ot8, and that Is around right near
the corner of Fir nnd Sixth streets.
Hut It would bo no half wny sacrifice,
Mr. Phlpps.
Mr. Phlpps "does not believe there
will be any difficulty In selling these
bonds at face value and accrued ln
torott" to quote his own words. ell
the views of molt of tho well known
and reputable bond buying houses In
the east so far as hoard from, by no
means Justify Mr. Phlpps' belief In
this respect. Tho weight of tholr
opinion was decidedly against those
of Mr. Phlpps. .Neither doos that
optimistic Idea of the snllblllty of tho
bonds seem to have prevailed among
the ndvocatos of the rebondlng plan,
boforo the plan wnrf'forced to a vote.
They fought moat determinedly and
also successfully, against tho effort
to find If the bonds would sell before
tho plan was oted on.
We wonder If the wealthy Mr.
I'lilpiw and tho other rich lawyers
and bankers now backing tho Me
dynskl act, would bo willing to Join
and make u valid offer right now for
a good block of those bonds, at par
and accrued Interest? They havo
wealth enough among thorn to easily
take csro of $100,000 worth.
He good sports, gentlemen, and
back up your words with your dol
lais Don't forget to enclose n certl
ried check with your orfer.
O. K. MARSHALL.
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Note
Tonight's
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Men Cannot (lo to the
STAR THEATRE TODAY
Matinee. "We are giving a special matinee for ladies
onlv through court esv of the Mav Companv.
' BUT
lie r
- y;ni Mnojmpi iy at i lor everybody,
ms of the season.
s greatest western actor,
h Drama,
"A IVnignt of the Trails"
A One-! 'eel le stone Comedy
"Peanuts and Bullets"
A laugh from start to finish.
Last But Not the Least
The 2Md Chapter of the DIAMOND FROM TIIK
SKY. The management wishes to call your particu
lar attention to this wonderful serial. They arc bet
ter than ever before. See one and you will sec tlm
other seven episodes.
Admission Tonight, 5 and 10 Cents
COMIXO TO.MOU'UOW. a big double Paramount
program, showing two separate subjects of t lit
Avorld's j real est pictures, made by the best picture
producers of the country. There will be seven reels
tomorrow.
"Booties Baby" and
"The Man On The Case"
Ifeiiieiiiber this will be two full shows ill cue. D'Hi'l
miss a good show.
BOX BALL
A New and Popular Game for
Ladies, Gentelmen and
Children
Has Been Installed at 28 North Grape Street
Opening Day, Thursday Nov. 4th
Ladies Play Free on Opening Day
eOMK IX AM) KNJOY
A C1.BAN AMI'SISMHXT
A Sl'LlSN'Oin HICCitKATION
A UKALTUKl'L KXBItCISU
M. n like BOX BALL beoauae it (a a game requiring skill, '
''liiu ihem a rhaiw lo damoustrate the aeotiruey of their aiai
", 'h.-ir uirlrlty at bowling.
' ! like OX HALL k"aiiM it la ag aUHsilo ntwe In "
' ' ii' iiariiclpata la cmnpotlllon, affording tkaniopportiiDlifof
'. lgoraiia. but not too airaaugua.
iren arc tottgbUd with tbe gam.
!l)lHMly like H Hull, liettlllsu Uiuj' ,,! Iuji It. "''
I'iniic jour lilan.K tmil nuleli llm hhhm.
VI. trol music will b ruralabMl h Hal' PIum Ho.
Tne mauagatnaBt pMm that very t blag will bo eoaattcted i
dean and orderly uaaaar.
25CENTS.DESTR0Yri
YOUR DANDRUFF
STOPS . FALLING HHi
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W'nvy nnd Uiiiutlrul Tryflii, j
Thin, brittle, colorless and jcra.
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scurf.
m
Tiiero is iioumiK so (ic-t rtlcitta J
tho hiur ns tinnurutt. it robs tb
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ii oss nnd Itching of tho M?nl, jj
If not remedied caiiBosi the lintr r
to shrink, loosen una du then i
hair falls out rust. A little DaB
Ino tonight now tin time J
surely, save your hair.
Clofa 25-cent bottle or Knovrltn
Dnndorluo rrom nny ding gt0re.
toilet counter, nnd nfter the tlm,
pllentlon your hnlr will take on t
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flurry nnd havo tho nppparantti
abundance, un lnoonipnrnhlo Sa)
nnd softness; nut what will hi
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week's use. when you will actnJ
see a lot of fine, down halrt(J
hair growing ull over the scalp.
TON Hi I IT wh
will show oiie
of the best pro
grams of the
season.
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