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is PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AN INDBPENDENT NEWSPAPim PUBLISHED KVKIIV APTIJIINOON EXCEPT SL'NIiAY I1Y TUB MEDKOnU I'ltlNTINO CO. Office Mali Tribute Building, 2S-27-29 North Fir stret, telephone 76. The Dcmocrnllo TlniM, Tho iMlford Mall. Tlw Medford Trbuna, The South ern Orgonan, Ttie Ashland Trbune. BUBSCRIFTIOn BATES 8ne year, liy nn month, by inal .....lt.00 nt month, fiv mall .BO I'iF month, ilrllver"rt by carrier In Mwlfonl, Phanlx, Jacksonville and Central j'oliit .. ... 60 Saturday only. y mull, pr year 2 wkty, par year ..... l.aO Official Papor of the nty of Madferd. Qfflula) I'atwr of Jackson Cminly. , tiulerad na snn.nd-rlaa matter at Mwlfcrnl, Orvgon, under lit act of Mareh 3, IST9. Swern Circulation for 191 . 2I8S. Hull leaanl wire AwKwHated Press tils-pntCh-. S Subscriber!! falllns to recelvo papers promptly, phono CIrcu- latlpii Manager nt 250-11. HONG KONG KOLUM JtfftRtAT.M m CO It A Yci, ntlany loddlos shocked nt bmu idea of now low cut dless. Isn't t .lust 1'oh.sIIiIo Tlutl the Ihvs i n ;lf Hug? (From llnrlior SprlngB Republican) Dr. Orahani announces that his dental offlco will bo closed for vn cta'Hq'n when tho weather In nlco and open for buslnuis when tho wonthor ' llfttinil during several weeks this rail. ji, ' ' "Children should ho horn not oftaucr Hum onco In three yoors," saya it writer in Hnrpor's Weekly. Tho, Trim Typo Hon I'n, whnt Ih n dlplomat7 l'n A diplomat, son, la a young man who roummhora n lwily'a birth day lint forlH her an. Philadel phia Lodger. A- "'Isor, while counting hi" Kohl, IaIM rt ftve dollar wlllliiiu, I'm told; lie hunted nil night For that little old mile, Anil tho next day tie died of the cold! ' TimIiij's ISolliiugci' Tho colonel of hii Irlih riinlinout iioIIoihI tlmt Piivnto Hooimy Mtuok to llliu oloiioly at every ndvunno. Finally, liniiollml by rurloilly, ho brought Itoouoy before Uliu. "Itoonor." btgnu tho eolonol, "yoii'vs tuck by m woll thU tiny?" "YU r," rilll Uoonoy, unlut- ' lH, "wo old HMitber ht to m' il8 by. ttck (o th colonel nnil ye'll ' h HH rtht. thtmi eolonla nlvar sit Slella'M Itamttlu CVtunler Jinny liDiiiuly girl aie impnlar ho OHMin tho ehle OHa llkt ( ntft them km n eontvMt. "Ituy a balo or bomla and help tho iliM."-Cltleio TrlbuH. The llnmniei' Slilkiv. ontl Hie Simk- or Is DonmnI (frem Itarlnr, Wla.. Journal-News) JttMph lMtwi, who runt the apriakllnii earl, had Harry llawmer arratU eaierdv ou aa'aaaault and tailor? ehai Our Siivei Cmi' MuitAkwrjiw "I'll MWr heur Jark'a foUtl H tku JHerck ka tb elrk attlliM tUlkt. MHIlH1" "QrnaliU. aaatuV "Ajtl th partor lamp will Hvr bMrt Idw for blm again I" "Ynii dHH't waM It?" "II will Hvor ait en tka aid g4uak aofg agulH aiMi ctlt nt t WMHyaf "Hufrid. girl!" 'ToBlgkt I'll bunt H that U Imvi hHlaw Im My btw drv.-art" WUl agrtk 4M ha iat" "I'm gulag to rhurrk my wwt hart -I'ui- I - " Miy. old girl, liy?" )i. nine Tin goiug to nurry him' ' UMMty LlHteHrU An invwMtor (avenud a fvatbar JI uhlclt he iH)uld govtra Ik wtnuliwr: The If. i biui up ttajkt In a U vory mlgU. in.l in daxicii ii. pull glfjglir WlM . mm ?MXE i. ' .i ,. 1 1 . ' " 'Jim A WHITED THE loudest advocates of tho Medyuski vchonding plan whereby it is proposed to issue $1,020,000 bonds to reimburse property ownei's lor improvements made under the Bancroft act, are the very men who clamored loudest for the paving, and are directly responsible for so much being: hud. They sitritcd and circulated the petitions. When an effort was made by the council to cut down the width of paving on North Riverside, West Jackson .and other residence streets, the property owners, it was violently opposed by the same men who now want to shove the burden of payment onto tile community. Many of the.e ardent advocates for rehondinj; bought acreage," laid out additions and secured the paving as a speculation in order to enhance the value of their prop erty and effect iis quick sale. Because the were not suc cessful, they ask the community to reimburse them for their failure. Other of the prominent bond advocates have recently acquired, at a nominal price, vacant lots upon payed J. .....4.- ... ir li irltailaiiM i,illitlni mt tllnivri tall lif, lintlll jSlreeis, jlJUl ll nic lL-wuuuiiin bursed enough to pay lor their speculation. AVe hear much of the hardship entailed upon the poor home-owner. There are. of course, such instances. Hut a "lance at the delinquent, list in the city recorder's office shows that it is not the poor home-owner who is delin qiu nt as a class. They lmv.o paid up better than any other dass. It is the wealthy or near-wealthy, the automobile owners, and principally the speculators who own vacant lots, that arc delinquent. The greatest beneficiary of the rebonding scheme will he the Southern Pacific, which has paid something like $50,000 for paving assessments. The city would of coui'se refund this with b" per cent interest, and the community pav the bill in taxation. The issue raised as to the bonds is an eleventh-hour evasion. and sold in trood faith. The tained in the supreme court. The bonds are valid obligar tions or they would not have been purchased. Thev con stitute a lien upon the property affected that cannot be lifted save by payment of the principal. The bonds and interest can be collected. Those who now assert they are invalid themselves paid part of their assessments. The fact that the council has never made a ousinesslike effort to collect either principal or interest, and that people will not pay unless pressed, is what has brought us to the present crisis and given birth to silly schemes to avoid payment of legal debts. Tiebonders are deploring the publicity given the city's finances in the press, claiming that it "injures the city." They should have thought of this beforehand, like good citizens, and not forced publicity. Had they paid the obligations they individually contracted, and not tried to make the community the 'goat,'' they would have been spared the agitation they themselves created. Nothing could possibly injure the city more than springing a crazy scheme like the Medyuski plan, that will make Med ford the joke of coast finance. Publicity is necessan, even if it "injures the city" to let the people understand the situation, so that they may not still further complicate a difficult situation. It is nec essary to prevent the greatest possible injury to the city by plunging it needlessly into a maelstrom of debt with no resultant development benefits. It is necessary to prevent a blanket mortgage being placed on the community that will retard progress and entail smothering taxation, drive awav enterprise and population. If the bonds are voted, The muddle created will be thrown indchnitely into the courts. If eventually held valid, they cannot be sold ex cept at heavy discount. The paralysis of the city will re sult the paralysis of death. ' The future prosperity of .Mcdftn'd isat' stake and de mands the defeat of the Medyuski rebbudiiig scheme which, like a whitcd sepulchcr is fair to gaze upon with out, but within full of dead men's holies. BILLY SUNDAY'S NEW ROLE R KV. W'M. srXDAV. who considerable criticism agitation, will take up the light against child labor. Hack in the cranberry inrushes of g.iod old .lersey; in the fac tories of enlightened Pciinsvlvauia and the grand old I'm pi re state of New York, where they spurn, so Mr. Taft chuckles, to try any of the epcrimeiits of the Oregonuuis in government; the employers systematically rob the nursery and primary school of little tots and put them to iweful labor, as earlv as their fourth year. 'Hiis ih done to earn larger dividends for coupon clip neTx ami stockholders to blow in extravagant and luxur ious living. The employment of children as they are used in those states would invite a lynching bee if perpetrated in Ore Kim. Mr. Sunday had his attention called to these condi tions in I'iltaUmrg and I'ateivon, and declares that he'will iwe all hi nbilitv in fighting for the laws to put the baby killers and cradle-robbers out of business. Heretofore Mr. Sunday has contented himself with fighting the devil. On iiuuiy occasions he has laid face Uowu on his stage tutd with voice directed to the centrr of the earth, dared and defied "old devil" to come tip and fhjht like a mail. I hit old devil never came, h is a way he ha. FioiM the day Martin Luther threw hi iul. bottle, at Malau to I be pnmMrt hour ttirrv ih ih ivconl ot .-Itl tlevtl fWrlitinir buck r even defc iiiiinur hiiuwli in i'rii Tbj? mn tar thin w that Satan dwioa iiinaarir a8iv rrigtta kiiifc or emperor. He figfeU like ilte kai4fr liUMUC ll UN HMtljlK NtMl Mlllti'lN. UftV Uatf KAtacr "F ltt' wtr, we i utuMnlwJ tiny and nigbi. MEDFORD MAIL' TRIBUNE, SEPTJLCHER in order to reduce the cost to si - ju - iih; rii riiv, win in- ii-nii- vn if lTv rii i no I. micro r :iei F Ait -- J(i 1 The bonds were issued Bancroft act has been sus- their legality is questionable J has earned nuiclj praise and bv hw'meth'oils' fit religious MEDFORD, ORKftQX, In spite of all his challenges and "defis," lr. Sunday ever able to eoke a word of retort from his sataiiic wns IfCV majesty. Jiut now that Mr. Sunday has grasped his grenade and gun to attack the followers of old devil in their entrenchments we predict a different kind of a con test than the shouting of anathemas against Old Xiek. We pray for the success of Mr. Sunday in battling for the little ones. His efforts along this line will in our opin ion produce more lasting good than the so-called convers ion of sinners. Jf the world improves it will be because the children of today and the next generation will be born, taught and trained in a better environment. Let the dead bury the dead. Give the old sinners to old devil, but the precious little men and women in the cradles and nurseries today are the men and women who will rule twenty years hence. Mr. Sunday can do much good. We believe he will. His work along this line, we believe, Avill open a new life to bini. Ife will soon see the cloven hoof and smell asiihyx- intiny mises. Jle will find closed and barred. Newspapers that praised him for his work that kept the proletariat so tremblingly in fear of Clod, that thev forirot the natural rights of man, will deride him as Ji dangerous demagogue who is trying to stir up class hatred and foment discontent on the part ol the working class against capital. As a result, Mr. Sunday's salary will decrease, but his spirit may -wax stronger, and he may be able to drive the money changers and hypocrites from the American tem ple of public opinion, as his Master did from the temple in .Jerusalem. We predict for Mr. Sunday a hard fight. Calling old devil hard names may seem a little rash, but he will find it innocent pastime compared to conflict that he will arouse bv threatening the incomes of old devil's chief re tainers. ' jv COMMUNICATIONS Fellow Cltlzenir I am sorry there linn been ko niiith IdttorneaH over thin bondhiR project. Had 1 thought In tho beglnulnit It would have rroated bo mtirh nntiiRonlam nnil inallro. I surely would have hesitated low? be fore auKKOMtiug It. I can oHKiiro you, what I hnve done haw not been rrom a neimo of person ality or Reir-nRKiandizoinont but with a Hlneere doslro to help tliofsc whom 1 felt were belnR opproned. I am free in admit that after pay ing my paving aaeimnicntR for sever al years, anil on aomo of my property paying the whole amount (In the mis taken belief that thus I was clearing this property of Indebtedness) I found this same property was still held un der "general obligation bonds" (vir tually a blanket niortgage)and would continue to bo no held until nil dellii ItivnclvH of other property owners was paid. Now thoso "gonernl obligation bonds," cover every foot of land wllh or without Improvements that Is within the corporate limits of the city of Medford. Thus proving n cloud on nil title nnd n rich harvest for thoso who participate In clearing those titles. And that was not nil, tho taxea on my proporty was rontlnually being Increased io maUo up them do llniiiencle: than when I looked around anil found numbers who were bettor able to mnko their payments than I was, and who roftmed to do so on tho ground they did not havo to, and used their money for speculation, it dawned upon me that here was n distinct Injuatlco not only to myself but to manv others, who, laboring under the same mistaken belief ns mjiolf, have pinched and scraped to keep up their assessments. Since I have been yom councilman I )uo endeavored faithfully to do my tluur for tho maaaea. not ror the classes. My platform Is "JiuitlQo to all favors to none". Thoreln I sup polo has been my mlstaka for had I been willing to play tho political game, and consulted and worked for the ravoied few. by advocating the rebonding without the reimbursing, thus making thoso who had already paid, pay tftic by taxing thorn to pay ror tho dolliKiuents. douhtl 1 could have aavnl myself,- anil would have been commended by thorn and tholr allle tli h.h uppers; so proclaiming peaie when there Is none, thus allow ing the smull property holder to he swallowed m without a protest. M polio has alwajR been to pay tbe same ratio as others, and not ask or rovfhe ant more for my money than others Kt. Not pull a political wire so as to get the us of a publle utility isiuMi as water) without pay ing In ath.ui, and only paying sums sfler blu discovered. Not tut vine acreage at a nominal prl. then immediately cutting It up Into lots n beonufo the bottom dropped out of tho market ami the lots caanot cqhIIiuio, to lie sold for twice as much us wns pai'l for an acre. iHjaesl. lImr, giitl spew forth srlee. bs. i no aKd to piy a fair tuxatlaH. . Miiae am del$- I deplore the p,awonfiUly tkat erpr into Una onjQV,rsy aad sIn- ' etlv hop. to bo (prlViM If I hai Imrt a i.nen fM&rfel, I raa truly ' ay I hold mo mulitn toward aayoe. tar wh ha- Hshl te "W opln- (BH, t luf trtri IH JI awwni fMfcMIs to tut fgg Jgm I M fMUMi thm not itaaiae fr " lUsiihib ii flat la MWr tf theaa fart. i ovl a tm U n.e M ttv have l Us Ml, tbcH whttas loudly t H t ." Ikal a mat m taaUjfc DfcU isHanr IH f ahum tf JM fWs TnTRRDAV. NOVEMBER doors formerlv opened to hinfl on Its own merits fei:ow citizens and j as you havo endorsed It both oii.tiirtfwm j mid by appointed comiulttee, if It also meets our approval I should much profer to efface nil personality from It anil name It on the ballot as 'The People's Plan". However should this not meet your approval I am ready to stand or lull ulono with It; then should It bo defeated no one else nerd feel humiliated. I want to thank the citizens committee nnd other friends who hnve so faithfully worked for this measure since the mnss meeting and hope they will never regret what they have done. Now I am not seek ing any office, as has been Insinuated, ror I do not like politics, and will be glad when my lerm ol office expires. Let thoi-o who wish it have the empty honors of office, as for me, If through my endenvors only one, poor, honest ninn or woman hns his home saved to him thereby, 1 shall feel rally re paid. If I did not feol this monMiro to bo the most equitable way out of a ser ious dilemma, I should nevor havo roumoled Its adoption, but I truly bolleve that II It passes our town will begin to look up again, and as our towns people reallzo their bunion has been divided, and through this divis ion they are able to walk erect with each portion, thou thoo who havo been so desperately rrlghtenod at the bogey they have conjured up. will come sn Ing thoy nre glad It passed. The budget commltteo which Is com posed of the council finance commit tee, the recorder, nnd the citizens nuxlllary. committee, Mossrs. II. An derson. 11. A. Thlerolf, .1. A. Perry, K. II. l-'ehl. A. C.,Iliibbnril and II. V. I.nmsden. met last Friday afternoon to make up the budget for tho ensu ing year. Tho budget for 10 IS wnH: Mills. State ami county tav School City . . IS 1-8 10 ... in a 10 Total 33. S The builgat for t!)lti will approx imate about as follews: State and county tax K School ..... , 10 City 10 Saloon dortelt .. ..- 3 Interest on prosent bonds . S Total.. Hi Now pbwse to romember. the equi valent nt ID mills must be met .mv how whether the rebonding plan car rlfvrt or not. If the lebondlng plan carries then au additional I'.' lull'-' will bo all we will Imvt) to add to tbi owing to the tact that we will save' I per rHRt Intenwt w tho pict'iitj bonds. It has buon stated by the opponents J to this moasuio. that we would hae to sell tho bands to the highest bid I dor rogttrilloM ot what their offer i might be. That is an absolute falsit ' If this monaure carries it is m desire ' to cull for ooalod bliU. If bids should f pree iittsatWfurtort tha count ll h.isj tho right to reject an) and all bid , Through this tafoguard we will not have te Mtcririre tbem. It has loi bMti hariMst an h) man), thai w wore RolHf to put iha city In debt one Million dollars more This is also .i falslt v and Known to b sutii h thoe who make tb aaaerttou, for th ar. f tilt v awar that this patina '"-t (be neighborhood of on. million ' frKn A Pl O w UNJJEKTAAUK Lady Anlllant , . n-Mt'i i.nrr I'lumca M. 47 and 17 J j.bUno. rVrlo. Ismisitr A. 191") lars $4 70 000 has been paid leaving a balance (still unpaid and covered bv bonds) of $f.r.o.ooo. This draws r.',x interest. Now, If we bond for J 1,030.000. we will Place It at 5 per cent and this will save 1 per cent on JSCrf.000. Than with the remainder we will pay back to the people tho $470 000 thev have advanced to the city. Some say this $Bf,0.000 Is not owed by the city. Pray hat Is the meaning of n general obligation bond? I have alroady told you in this same article, but will here repent ii nmiersl obligation bonds" covers overy foot or land with or without Improvements within the corporate limits or the city of Medford. There fore not one root or property either on or orr the pnvetnent Is exempt un til these bonds are cancelled. I have tried to slmpllf these mat tors so that every one can understand and have not tried to magnify or complicate by wild figuring and Irrel evant comparisons, as the opponents of this measure hnve done. Citizens, I want you to think ser iously of tho principle of this measure forget me entirely for It Is not person but principle you shoulil work for, think of the hundreds or homes this measure will save, and the hundreds or thousands of dollars It will prevent being squandered In litigation. Now citizens, plense read this over caroful y and give It your iteepi'st considera tion, do not let tho hareface ralsltlos and scurrilous personal attacks blind and deceive you for on know If you step on the tnll of n venomous ser pent he will writhe and throw his venom In all directions. Ho not let such things distract you from tho true Issue of this measure, which Is not a selfish one. hut "tho groatest good for the greatest number". Don't look at and Judge this measure from a tr rsonul standpoint, but think deep- l o' what It will do for the mnsses In helping them out or their present deplorable condition. Thou don't rorget to go to the polls on November Oth nnd vote according to your host Judgment. F. V. MHDYNSKI. To the IMIter: Your Issuo of Wednesday evening. Oct. 27. contains an article from our friend and city rancher, Mr. 0. K. Marshall, In which ho seems to take exceptions to a few lemarks I made In answer to u previous artlclu writ ten by him. I rirst want to thank hint for giv ing me some or the credit with Mr. Meibuskl, ror the origin or this most popular rchoiidlng nnd refunding plnn nltho I do not think I deserve it. Mr. Medyuski is iiiite able to rather this much loved child. When I sny much loved child, I mean It and can prove It, as we havo the nmnos ol nearly S00 property owner nnd voteis In our oMce, who wish to see the Medyuski halie adopt ed on Noomhor fth. Now I will heartily ngroo with Mr. Marshall that the taxes In all will be raised to pay the interest on the whole bond Issue It this plan Is ndopt- od. but I stated facts Mislerday and when I say the budget will earn onomeh inlllnse to nay the Interest on the present city paving bonds or enough to pay ' percent on approxi mately $570,000,111) I moan It. I also will state that I think Mr. Mnrshall is taking for granted too much when he says the people will bAglu to pa again under the present assessment plan, If the MedMiski plan Is defeated. He (Mr. Marshall) has not paid In the past, as he admits, and the reiords show approximately a couple of thousand more, proper owners that are In the same fix. These delinquent people all know now. that the present plan Is illes.il (Paramoiipichire Pi rfcTK iatuaZ. TODAY ONLY Twp Shows In One "The Man on the Case" and "Booties Baby" Tvn I'araiiMUintsliiiwiiii; the nuihmIjiv. If .ii ,,.i- tp.t a iKttcr sl,w I'm- the nidui u lulu t get it in Meilinril. lnii.ssi.ii, Chihlivi,, ki,.: Adults 1.").-. ('(Miiinjc Sunday "Via Wireles" A Fiva-Pnrt Gold Rooitur Piny i i- ih ih firwi nuhject on thU uaw i.-c.i.,i,. u In tfhiiun in Mcdrnnl. nnd unjust, nnd they will not pav hii moru under tho present si stem ir the are wses as they get-no In. dividual credit, nor can they ohtaijj a release, or thjlr property v,A paid In rull. ir the present plan was If ,,a t groat number of them -would not pjj either, WHY because thev nre Ilk, Mr. Marshall, thev are Hard u land poor or town' lot poor, nnd can't pa? and ir Mr. Marshall don't knot this. he had better talk wltli soiuc'ioiIt besides his triond tho Colonel Now as to myself. I own Jp i m lot on a pnved street. In Medford nnd that Is my Home No. S04 Soutli OaV dale Ave. which has 114 ft on rave. ment. Now I have been hard c , no; due to crop failures on the ranch is the rear, but due to mv in.iiuii'. t0 make lots of money. In n coinii, miv thst Is aasoasod to iieatn, to , nj logal and unjust burdens. Tint I will sar nnd the n.,rdi show, that I havo nlwnvg met ucr paring assessment, that has 1 ten charged to mo. on propertv tli.it I own except this last assessment tl t Ii now due on Onkdnlo Ave. nnd as i have said beforo publlcallv In tl.. Col. umns of tho Paper, that I wan done palng this IIIbkrI assessment, ml mean It. MvseK whO'Mr. Marshall call Mr Fehl (Thanks I and mv as'ci'nttu which I will say right here V. ,t i havo none, and I have no crowd nnd this wliolo bunch, owns no o1ir property In Mwlfonl on tho lui.Inir, except my Home so, Mr Marsh dl Ii stung again or has been misinform. ed. Now as to tho water ronirrixusr. 1 would like tn'ask Mr Mnr.-dt II to explain ror the bonerit or tho p i'.IIo, whv he wns permitted nnor ijfit - i delinquent or over a onr tl i 1 Ii water bill, to still have the use of the water bv wholesale quantities rora the FlItK UVmtAXT on Soutli H M St.. which I can prove liv n it'll 'icr or reliable Citizens when n !oor widow womnn or any resident's w. iir supplv will be shut otf If not i Id In advance? There Is n reason Mr Marshall. What Is It" I obtained my Information from (lie City Hall and from personal Inspe t lon with a number of other tnxp.. ors. Now I am quite convinced from whnt a number of prominent CltUent tell me. who are also posted, that water nrter this year, wont be ko cheap, and running from open IP- drnntH, to pnrtlos who nro delinquent with their water rent, but bo that ns It may there Is surely going to bo some reforms In the old town. So tho partleu who expected to ritap tho biggest reward, by having City Improvements, placed so as to benorit lnrgo tracts ot land, which thev liitended to place on the market ami sell at fabulous prices, will have n ohwneo to help pay, for tho muM . Now 1 want to thank tho IMItor for this space, nnd if Mr Marshall cares to call the Incident closed, P right, ir not we will, thin the court! or the paper, exchange (-hots fron time to time, until the Mwb nskl II ie Is legall.v adopted which won't 'e lo"K- lllnnk tiod, "" ' ' p.Menie '''' reader KMtl. II FimU Looking Forward to EWothorEiood r.ttwrltiK'ed inutheit fTerywhcro are rwoow tneinlim: 'Mutter rricuil. a womlrrfut Ms to .ill nixitii.t motlicrj. It U jrotlf at pllml niirr lite muM.li;, msLot tbrm IUn and pllutit to uixummocUtt; civn.ilon wltlc iiul Die mil il ttram ana pjui This a.,0 oi rrronm- n.nirii. It I. u mut rniMrVtt) tuotWus InHueiK-e aud U dccUrwd one of V.x rrratot uiJ w liutc fnr rSe motlicf to-to-f)uirt fail to ct a buttle of "MuUkt Krlcau" UnUy uf any ilrucl.l Thcu write to BruJ DeM Krfiilator Co, 10 lunitr llMc. At Until, l,i fur a liaiidrfimr I xk that )JU uil (i. i' ci in Ma ,,( frrf aowpf coS m JWMS