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MTCB-FOTyD MATL TTNBTTNR OT,nKOT?D. OTF,aON, "FRIDAY, NOVFAmER 5. 1.015 PAOE fttt; Fl GURES SI E 1 Colonel Sargent In Black and White Tells Cost of Relioniling to Prop erty Owners A $2000 Home As sessed for $200 Pavinu Would Pay $950 In Principal and Interest. In a clear and forcible exposition of tho fnllncles and impracticability of tho Medynskl rcbondlng schemo nt the Nntatorlum Thursday, Colonel II. II. Snrgent showed by Irrefutable fig ures on a chart iinft cold facts, tho folly of Us 'adoption, Over 200 peo ple heard his address with close at tention, and nt Its conclusion, a ris ing vote of thanks wns given, upon the motion of Attorney V. I. Vawtcr, It Is probnblo that tho address, be cause of Us lucid explanation of the Medynskl scheme will he given again before the election next Tuesday. At torney Gmh Newbury Introduced Col. Hirgent. Col. Sargent announced If there wns anyone in tho nudlenco who doubted his figures thoy were Invited to come upon tho stage and cipher with him. A number of women at tended tho meeting, and several times the speaker was Interrupted with np jiliume. In his speech It was charged that tho Medynskl sclienie was unjust to Iho small home owners, and tho chief beneficiaries would ho tho real estato speculators who were buying up city lotr In the hope that they would reap a harvest with tho passage. Tho weak points In tho Medynskl plan were attacked. The sincerity of the so called father of tho schemo wns not attacked. Col. Sargent's speech In part Is ns follews: Take for Instance a houso nnd lot assessed say at $2000; houso at $1(i00, lot nt $-100, frontngo fifty feet and cost of pnvlng $200. If the Medynskl plan passes the owner ol thin, place would pay In the noxt thltty years as 'follews: llylMedynskl Plan A home: nssessed vnluo cost of paving $200. $2000; NCR ASEOCOS MEDYNSK NUN Int. $25.00 Prln. 00.00 00.00 00.00 00.00 00.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20,00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 Total $25.00 25.00 25.00 25,00 25.00 45.00 41.00 43.00 42.00 41.00 40.00 30.00 3S.00 37.00 30,00 35.00 31.00 33.00 32,00 31.00 30.00 20.00 28.00 27.00 2 COO 25.00 24.00 23.00 22.00 "i.OO 25 00 25.00 25.00 25.00 24.00 23,00 22.00 21.00 20.00 10.00 1S.00 17.00 10.00 15.00 14.00 13.00 12.00 11.00 10.00 0.00 8.00 7.00 fi.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 20.00 21.00 1 HB0!00$500'.00950.O0 Total That Is to say the owner of this houbc and lot would pay $U50 by tho Medynskl plnn for $200 worth of pavement. Uxamlnlng this tublo fur ther wo also seo that tho ownor would pay In the first sovon years $211 for $200 worth of pavement and Mill have to contlnuo paying for that pavement for twenty-three onrs. RxamlnliiK these figures onco more nnd comparing them with a ten year payment of thin $200 worth of pave ment under tho llancroft plan ns sot forth In tho following table: lly llunriiift Plnn Same home, cost of pavemont $200. Interest CW. Yr. 1 Paid Int. Total rnpnni 20. U0 $00.00 $20 00 $1SO.OO 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20. Q0 20,00 20.00 10.SO 30.SO 1 Gil. 00 110.00 120.00 100.00 SO. 00 CO. 00 40.00 20.00 00.00 3 A r. c, 7 s 0 9.00 S.40 7.20 0.00 4.S0 3.00 2.-10 20.00 2S.40 27.20 2C.00 24.80 23.i;0 22.40 21.20 10 1.20 Total$200.00 $5t.OQJ2r.l.OO vv fin.i that l.v th.. Medvimkl nlun Yi 1. Mills 1 12 Vt 2 121 :i 12", I 12 '4 r. i24 li 22'j 7 00 8 2lj 0 21 10 20j 11 2 . 12 1014 13 10 14 IKK 15 IS 1 fi 1 7 Vi 17 17 1 S 1 tl Vi 10 10 20 15j 21 15 22 llVi 23 14 21 13'j 25 13 20 1216 27 12 2S 11 i!0 1 1 30 10IJ there would be paid $310 In the first vatlve course; thut If they signed up ten enrs for this pavonient nnd and had their streets paved thoy thero would bo twenty yourg more of I might not he able to meet their okll pnylng before the completion of tho j gallons W oui ln,r l'r luiyi.iont. Hut by the Ilanoroft plan 'to pay. the Uil ' Uki' ire more nt the end of ten yrs mere wown he paid onl a total or $151, and the paveinwiit would be entirely paid for. 1iiin Up l"" X,," Or course U should be apparent to over) one that laosmuch as the total amount or Uxs to b raised yoarlr to meet tho laterost. er mtoreet anJ prliieliuil. of this Medynskl band Usuo, Indehtediioss will i.e fixe p.irh e.ir. Hie ln-ieaiiig property would result In n corres- lontlliiK decrease In the amount of taxes on soino other city property. Take Tor InMiuico the first year In which $51,. "MO In Interest has to he raised. If the Med ford Hotel and your homo have to pay a cood deal ', , more than their share of this $51,500, , other propei ty In the city would pay1 j a great deal less. What Is taken I i from one Is necessarily Riven to an ' other, nnd the man who owns vacant I 'otH ahuttliiR on paved streets Is tho jono to heneflt. Ills lot may not he' ' worth more than $200 and his pave I mem may have cost $400, and Is, worth tho money, for he himself could not have put It there for less money, lly this plan you make him n present or tho pavement and his lot Immediately becomes worth about I $!0(). You have Increased the value of his lot by $100, and this Is why j thoso who own lots on paved streets will ho at the expense of other city ! property ho really benefitted: nnd j this Is why the real estato speculators : have bought up and are still buying up a lot of these vacant lots abutting ' on paved streets. They feel confl-1 dent that tho Medynskl plan or re- j bonding the city Is going to pass and they purpose taking advantage of It to reap u rich harvest. And what do they euro If It does ruin tho city financially, so long as they mako a rich haul. They are not tied to Med io nl; they can go to another city nnd perhaps mako another haul by fooling tho people there as they have seemed to fool n good many people here. They might possibly fool another councilman, but I seriously doubt It. J low About .McirtinntH Now take tho caso of tho merchants who rent stores on paved streets. Tlioy have to pay an Increased rent for their stores owing to tho fact that they are on paved streets. The ownJ era who paid for tho pavements, or ought to have paid for them, get their cost refunded to them from tho mer chants In the lurrensed rent. Hut along comes the Medynksl plan and places upon tho merchant who for years probably has been paying for his pavement In Increased rent a tax of from twelve nnd one-hnlf mills to twenty-two and one-half mills upon the nssesscd value of his stock. If his store has a frontage of twenty five feet, the pavement worth two hundred dollars, and the nssessod value of his stock say eight thousand dollnrs, ho would pay in the next thirty years for this two hundred dol lars worth of pavement three thou sand eight hundred dollnrs. And what would tho merchant do? Ho has to live. He must make a llttlo profit, so he rnlses the prices to cover this extra tax, nnd you and I, and every man, woman anil child who buys from him foot tho hill. And this Is only one of tho many things Hint will kill this city If this Iniqui tous measure U approved by tho peo ple. Merchant! at Central Point, .Jacksonville, Ashland, anywhere, can and will then undersell tho merchants of this tax-ridden city nnd the days of Medford will bo numbered. Dee any sane man believe that pcoplo will havo so llttlo senso ns to come here to live with taxes at sixty mills on tho dollar, and groceries and dry goods, and clothing correspondingly high? Not only will they not come, here, but muny that aro hero will go away ro probably to tho surround ing towns whore, the cllmato Is Just as favorable, where the taxes nre only about half as high, and where provis ions and clothing aro much chenpor. High CM of Living. Can not )ou men and women who nre to decide this vital question by your votes soe. can not anyono seo thnt witu taxes ai sixty inu. u dollar, ami wnn provisions, ur rhumb nnd clothing correspondingly hluli there will ho little or no chance to obtain any new enterprise for this town? What chance would there bo for a lumber mill, for n box factory, for (i meat packing house, Indeed for any kind of a manufacturing es tablishment having n pay roll in this town If the owner had to pay from ton and one-hulf to twont-two and ono-half mills tax on the assessed value of his property for the next thirty years for other people's pavo niont. No chance whatever; nono, ab bolulely none! I'lljusl to the IVople on l'iiUel Klift The Medynskl pun for rebondlng the city is particularly unjust to the owners of hoiuoson unpsved streets. Look at their enke for Juht n momont. Had thoy potltlonod, they, too, could have had their streets paved, but feeling Unit wth their limited moans I they could not bear the expense, thnt I . ..tt,.... . .t.fn w1 anniini1. they must follow a safe and eoimor- iw..w.i.i.i i-aiime mi rommueu 10 live on impaved streeu. Iu along oohim the MedBi.kl 1U and not uhI allows, but auihorltea b lv Ins, on pavssl str.- iio h-v- -lunml a etinlrat to pa ,ul 'hwn te tTak their eoatraPt .''' r-iudiat- 'li'lr Mine Hpoii the 1 .4 k t st . 1 !,.- on deht and thro n i:i.-i" "' "" nun iihah ih rii.. lkllLL. ! . ' "" 9WMW J.. -- w tiunll 'b nt iri'OMloii hU.it iori"i'"r - 1 of the I'm-1 on ia-d ptrwt A SCENE IN "THE REAPING" AT erty. Making them pay equally, al j though their house on nn uupaved street would not rent ns high by sev-l nnl .tlt.... .. ...-..,1. -.. 1I..I. u..l.-l.(l I ernl dollars a month ns their neigh'. bor' house of no greater value on n paved street. Making them pay equal ly although the street In front of their hoiiio was for several winter months almost Impnssublo, while the 1 affairs; ami during our flist year wo street In front of their neighbor's cut down the expenses of tho previous houso was a dally thoroughfare for 'year more tluvn $10,000, ns the record automobiles nnd clenned every few shows. And approximately a llko days by the city employes. j amount will bo saved this year, mnk- And who are these people against" ,MR n ,otnl of n,,0,,t H0.000 saved whom this Injustice Is to bo done? . t0 '' -"' ln tll08 two vciir8- A"J They are mostly hard working men ' now' Jst nt ,ho 011d of ollr tnrm' n end women, honest. Industrious, nnd ' lnrc "Mmhcr of the cltl;.ens of .Med frugal, and though not many of,rm "rP niaklns a most horlous nnd them spend much for gnsollne they , tlptcrniliioil effort to put upon the nearly all pay their Just dobts. In rll uc" n onormoun bonded In these hard tlmos they nre often hard , utcdnesu that oven tho yearly In pressed to make both ends meot nnd 1 u'n'Bt on ll amounts to several thou wlll no doubtTnvc to deny themselves j nmniollnrs, moro than wo have some or even the necesmuies of life to! p''1 In the pnst two yours. Such meet their Increased taxes ir this In- n('""" " ,hn l,nrt of ,Ir'S0 i'IH", IqultoiiH bond measure passes, i.j mnny of whom only n couple of year creoscd tnxes means to them much , n wpr ,',l, for 0,,0'' ' more tlinn It does to the wwiltl.y and c,l''" '&". nl" " heartsick, well-to-do. njHHtlcoDRalnitnnyonn!niul aln,0Ht KlmU'H h, fnU" '" tho Is of course to bo deplored, to bo con-' average good sense of his fcllownien. demned. but It seems to touch more ' s,lr0'y n majority of the good people deeply our feelings for our brother man when It Is aimed ncnlnst the t.uor man who Is having a hard struggle'01 nnnncwi extravagance, aurciy 1o ..., I they will not cut off nil hope of any Much has nceu said along tho curb-, stones nnd In the newspapers by those favoring tho Medynskl bonding 1 scheme nliniit tho poor man on n paved street losing his homo as n result of his paving assessments, but I I want to say to you Hint If this bond-1 lug schomo passes, fully 05 tier rcntj of time owning houses on paved I streets would hnvo to pay moro than they would havo to pay under the llancroft Act. j It has been reported lo me from a number or reliable source Hint thore nro thor.e In this town who havo recently bought vacant hits on paved streets, taking options on others and bought up delinquent taxes on still other lots on paved streets, expecting and hoping the Medynskl plan will pass and knowing, If It does paw, they will reap n ilch harvest. And they cortnlnly will, and you who own your own homos, modem though thoy be, If you do not seo It now, will, ns the taxes aro piled upon you In tho yenrs to come, realize the truth of these things I urn tolling you tonight. Hut the Injiistlco to tho morchnnts, to the owners of business property, (escaped wan due to zig-zag rnanouver and to the owners of homes on both ng nnd the fact that tho aeroplnno paved and unpnved streets Is not nil. If this bonding scheme pnssos It will ' saddle upon our children and oiir children's children an lmnt.nn i bonded Indebtedness. And the woit 'of It Is that after every foot of the ; proseut pavement is worn out, nnd ninny of us nre also worn out and 1 havo reached our Journey's ond; and 1 our postorlly are called upon to pay a tax for. new pavements, thoy will still J havo to continue psylns; for this olo 1 pavonient ten or fifteen years longer. 1 What light have we, what right have 011 to pass onto posterity this ureal 1 burden. "Stifllclent unto the day Is the evil thereof." Your children nnd onr children's children will have plenty of problems of their own to solve, plenty of difficulties of their, own to meot without being burdened ith your debts. I.et us bo men nnd women and bear our own burdens while we aro allvo. and not like weaklings pass them nn to future generations to bear after we aie dead. Lot us bo honorablo men and women, carry out our contracts, fulfill our aureenionU and poy our dubts, and not by repudiation and a bond Issue plaee upon posterity the burden of sottliHK thorn .,' . ,. . lluu About llonds SslliiiK Itut the instlEUiore of the Mmlvnk ! rcbeiullim plan evidently Uo uot es- Ipct to soil at per. else they would ! not hate provided that the special 'ux of eiKhteea wills aulhorlsed in Ketloa I3-A for the roasirurtlon and malHlaMiice of nea puvlm could I " Z iST.r ptxioa hMh paid up ' Tluir IdVa la lo sill tb bond. hal - ... .h. ror ih.i.. luiniimm, .. 1. 'ii titeni. 1! t htMii at Mil '10 BOt I ii. i. M ll.l' III i ' li! I ! their ,'". bat kptirove si , ',Mtf. .. , ll . I for me. rath, r ibsii III! l I u'llH lllPtf i ' l,u .41 THE PAGE THEATER TONIGHT im w m 1 11 1 nun in 1 11 1 ini film 11 1 would not bo a parly to a crime llko this against thin fair city, Conscientiously I havo labored 1...-.1 r..u n.yl ...... . .... I.--. hurd for nearly two cars to savo money for this city. With other coun cllmen 1 was elected on n platform whose principal plank was economy In the administration of the city's of th'8 pUv wlu not "mko tho '"I"1""0 ol approving 11,- uieir vines uns piece niiuro prosperity lor uieir uomo cuy by placing 011 It such nn enormous burden. IAIR ATTACKS NEW METHOD i GERMANS USE ON SHIPPING LONDON, Nov. 5 Oorinnny ap pears to be trying1 a now method of attack on llrltlsh nlerclinntmen with aeroplanes. Tho Cork steamer Avocet which has arrived at Manchester tells a .itnry, according :o tho Liverpool Journal of Commtice, of a 35 minute engagement with three hostllo aero planes nt It o'clock on Iho morning of October SO. Ono of the noroplaues wns u largo battle piano which diop ped .10 bombs, soma of which missed the steamer by not moro than seven fot. When the bombs woro nxhnusted tho battlo plane fired on tho Avocet w Ith a muchliie xun. The ship's sides and decks were struck by bullets but nil tho cruw escaped Injury. At n holuht ot from eight hundred to one thoii.sjr.d feet all the aero- planes diuppl bombs nnd attacked the Meamer with rlflos. Tho Avocet's dm oil not fl V rre MOTHER OF SCHOOL GIRL 'fell How Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound Re stored Her Daugh ter's Health. I t'lovcr, Iown. -"rrom a small child rny 13 year old daughter hud femnlo wenknoss. I siwkv. to tli r 00 doctors ubout it and they did not help her any. LydJu E. Pinkhum'd Vogotuble Com Ioun(l lmil Ik'oii of great InMicflt to tne, so 1 decided to havo her give it a trial She has taken fivo bottles of Uie Vege table Compound uc- 'conllng todirscMons on tho bottlo und slm is cured of this trouble She was dl run down when she started tnklnff tMd Compound ami her jwriods did not come right. She wus so oorly and wguk Umt j ofu.n ia(1 jo )olp ,lor drtFS :riolf. but new the is regular unl ! itrowluj; stroiiK ami heulUiy." Mrs. JUirrtN Hkiuo, llover, Iowa. j Umvdmls of such letters aznrtMsh.g ;nUiUMle fr the tfuotl Lydia K. Tnk Iwtw's Vegetable CwnjKMJnd lias arcom plkeil ore lonstaoUy Mng recei.el, Pvtotf v"Wlty ot U.I. Urand oil 1 If JW ar.- ill do not drsfc- akmir snJ yxisiias lMm CtMMMOlii uVtvmui' rmm i- vromun's til. l; jnu Irani ipcclal fldrlie urlle I l.yilld 1- I'lHkliaai 3lcdlcliie Co. (eoiill dciillali L)iiiii.Mk4. Your Idler ulll he onriirJ. rt-sd and atiknercd b) , viuuiau sua held iu alrkt uaUUcucw I m mXiir8 WILSON OPENS CAMPAIGN FOR iffiR AIY Plea for Preparation for National De fense Mat'e liy President No A(j yresslon, But Defense of Liberty Hyphenated Citizens Scored liy Ex ecutiveEfficiency Is Souflht. NKW YOItK, Nov. r.. President Wilson opened the ndmlntstrntloii campaign for Us national defense pro gram In n comprehensive and care fully propnrcd address delivered hero last night at the Manhattan club ban-; quct. Ho declared solemnly thnt tho Outlining the dofonso program, the United Stntes had no nggressivo pur-J president snld It Included nn Incrcnso poses but must bo prepared to defend 1 in the standing army, the training Itself to ussumo "full liberty and self 1 within the next three yenrs of 100. developineut." Significantly, he snld, I 000 citizen soldiers to bo raised In that "with ourselves In this great ' annual forces of 133,000 and tho matter we assorlato all tho peoples of ' strengthening of the National tluard. our own hemisphere," adding thnt He laid 1 articular emphasis on tho "wo wish not only for tho United 1 need of nmple equipment. States, but for them tho fullest free-1 dom of Independent growth of ac tion." I The president won received with ' enthusiastic npplauso as ho entered , Mm limwiiinl lmll nmt ilitrlntr Ills nd-l (1...cii MMm lifill 11.11a .lnnnrfi Iml u llll American flags and filled oven to tho gnllerles with democrats hnppyj over their victory of Tuesday In New York city, Whon tho president aroso t to speak everyone Jumped up and ap plauded until ho wan forced to signal for quiet. "Within a year," aald the presi dent, "we have witnessed what wo did! not think possible a great Kuropean conflict Involving many of tho greut est nations of tho world. The In fluences of the great war nro every where' In tho nlr. All Kuropo Is In bnttle. l'orco everywhere speaks out GOTHIC THE NEW ARROW 3 for 25c COLLAR IT TITS THE CRAVAT SATURDAY SPECIALS Turnovers 3 for 10c Orcnm Rolls, onch 5c Napoleons, ench , ..5c CYciim Puffs 3forl0o Try Our- BUTTER ROLLS They are tlu? most delicious for your breakfast Suiuliu morninjf, only lGc cloz. Nurmi Baking Company Let U.s Do Your Baking ir H III li lleilily llU II ll Itlttlll I CLUCTT, HCADODV . CO. Inc. wWCB9 MARTIN J. REDDY, The Jeweler, 212 E. Main St. with n loud nnd Imperious voice In tho titanic struggle of government nnd from ono end of our dear country to tho other, men nro asking ono an other what our own force Is, how far 1 we nro prepared to mainmin our I selves against any Interference with our nntlonnl action or development." The president called upon "men of all shades of political opinion," to j rally to tho support of tho program. I Ho said It reprosontod "tho best pro ! rceslonnl and expert opinion of tho 'country" nnd gnvn warning that "U 1 men differ with mo In this vltnl mnt 1 tor, 1 shall ask them to mako It clear how fnr and In what way thoy nro Interested In making the pormnnent Interests of tho country safe against disturbance." Thcro Is no renpon for tho country to feel panic-stricken, tho president declared because It standi on friendly rotations with tho world, lie spoke of tho United Stntes as a nation "too big and generous to be exacting, but yet courageous enough to defend Its rights nnd tho liberties of Its pcoplo wherever nssalled or Involved SJMi i IW I M WeWould Appreciate nn opportunity to prove tho many wnys In which your banking InteroatH could iu better surved by us. A Commercial nnd Savings Department under Oov crnmeut Supervision. M OVER S2 YEARS UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT The Morning Cup fljsssrt tisssTT" 1 ijmBThB Other Tilings for Breakfast f'hoiee Bacon and Ham, Pancake Flour, Muekwhcal, Pure Maple and other syrups. (Jive us your Satur day order early. MARSH & BENNETT Set ond door east of hirst National Bank. Phone 2o2, I LsetaWi 'ialaaslsaaai LHH ' aV w Zd fl LB BBBBH' LVHk I 'l iJB BSWBbMUI BsLB bHnBLV Few Lei . oil aWBHsBal LbbbHI ' syaBl SJriffSBHBiBBBBH AN ARIA Is best accompanied on a grand piano. 1 f your wire or daughter is the possessor on an un iisual voice give her the advantage of THIS KM (HIT P1AXO, which is tho I vers iv Pond llrand, sold by PALMERS PIANO PLACE IT North Central Ave., near the Postoffiee. THE MERE RE-CUTTING of the famous Kohunnir PiaiiMUul is s;iid to hnvo cost The Diamonds You buy here are mi U'liutifully cut thai nothing moro can Iju wbli'cil unleitM it be tut appropriate Heltinj;. Thiit, tun, we are will itjtlifietl to take tare of. lu addi tion lo lieiiiif the luliug diaiiuitid uu tvlumts iu this city, we have the unt up-to-late chiIIih-Uuii t eliwiie jowolry oiiUidc of Portlmul. If you wunt Quality, I have it. EAI LESS MO TAKE SALTS FOR KIDNEYS Take a gins of Salts before breakfast if your Hack hurts or Bladdor bothers you. Tim American men anil women mut cuard constantly ogixlnnt Kidney troubl, Ltcauso wo cat too much and all our food Is rich. Our blood Is filled with urlo acid which tho kidneys etrlvo to filter out, they weaken from ovorwork, becomo sluggish the climlnatlve tissues clog nnd tlio result Is kidney trouble, bladder weakness nnd a gencrnl dcclino in health. When your kldnoyo feel liko lumps of lead; your back hut Is or Iho urine is cloudy, full of nediment or you aro obliged to seek relief two or thrco times during tho night j If you suffer with sick Lendnclio or diiir, nervous spells, acid utomach, or you have rheumatism when tho weather Is bad, get from your pliar mnclst about four ounces of J ad Saltst tako a tabtcspoonful iu a glass of water Moro breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then net fine. This famous salts Is made from tho acid of gropes and lemon juice, ooniblnftd with ltthla, and has been used for generations to flush nnd stimulate clogged kidneys j to neutrally tho acids in the urlno so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending blndder disorders. Jud Salts is Inexpensive: cannot in jure, makes a delightful effervescent llthla-wnter beverage, and belongs In every home, because nobody can mako a mistake by having a good kidney flush lug an) time. -i Ji Of coffee has a lot to do with starting the day ridii. If tho coffee he rich and fragrant it starts you out feeling fit and fine. "For such a coffee. try IJurriiigtoii Uall. This coffee is carefully selected and expertly Mended. It charn - by ils golden hrown ne.ss and enticing fragrance, satisfies with its richness and hodv. 1 -a amount ' imm on an, n.f oi cit . Iv. the .s.ftd m r th ir ry' I