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MEDFORD MATE TRIBUNE, MEDFORD; OREDON, TUESDAY," SEPTEMBER 19, 1916
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OEOnOIO PUTNAM, Editor.
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Official Paper of the City of Medford.
Official Papor of Jackson County.
Kntered a jecond-c)8B matter at
Hertford, Oregon, under Uie act of March
I, 187".
Sworn Circulation for 1918 4C.
Full lnaacd wire Associated Preaa dla-paichtsa.
EM-TEES
Physician (lookliiK Into his ante
room, where a number of patients
are waiting) "Who has been wait
ing longest "
Tailor (who lias called to prcBont
n bill) I liavo, doctor, I delivered
the clothes to yon three yearn ago.
Horrible Crime t
"Not long ago," wild a judge, "a
colored woman came into court to see
what could be done -about securing a
pitrdun for her husband, who waH In
J nl 1 .
" 'Wlint you your husband sen
tenced for?' I asked.
" 'Ah nln't shtiah, ndge, but Ah
thlnkB 'twill! emblanzonnient!' " was
the reply.
a
Sympathy.
Deggar I haven't tasted food for
a month.
Dypeptlc You ain't missing much.
It's tho same old taste.
Vain Words.
"Hnvo you anything to say why
sentence should not bo passed on
you?" asked the Judge.
"Not xt word. I miulo speeches the
InHt three times I was convicted and
they didn't seem to do mo any good,"
replied the prisoner.
...
Ilio Worst of All.
Son Despots don't get much com
fort out of life, do thoy pa?
Father Well, your mother seems
tolurably happy.
(ilvo Hint a Clmneo.
"No, 1 can't get out of town now
for even a day. I might lose ono of
my patients."
"Aw, como on! . Kven If ho does
got well you'll got unother some
time." Baseball nnd tho Fan.
A. woman who had some knowledge
of baseball took a friend to a champ
ionship contest.
"Isn't that flno " snltl tho first.
"Wo have a man on every baso."
"Why, that's nothing," said the
friend, so have they."
Would (llvo It Away.
DeWIlt What Is tho senso of that
xule forbidding an athlete to sell his
prizes?
Winks They are afraid some fel
low might find out how much his
9110 gold watch really cost.
REPUBLICANS OUTNUMBER
DEMOCRATS IN COUNTY
THE LAST RESORT
I COUNTY CLERK'S SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE SIX MONTHS
THERE nre a good many political partisans who have
boon so long engaged in whooping up their own
party and crying down the opposition that they have
ceased to think or reason. The habit of seizing upon
every condition that may he used to arouse prejudice has
become so fixed that thev simply open their mouths and
"let her rip."
"Free trade did it," "what can you expect but hard
times," "remember Cleveland's administration," is the
burden of harangues and the limit of the reasoning capac
ity of many ardent republican partisans iu the present
campaign.
limes have been hard in the Rogue River valley be
cause of local conditions. Three years of drouth and
absence of intelligence sufficient to realize the necessity
of irrigation can hardly be laid to President Wilson. The
vallev does not and is not Tiroducing enough to become self-
sustaining. It produces less fruit per acre than any fruit
belt in the country because it is the only non-irrigated
section, (hven irrigation, and problems will work them
selves out. (liven irrigation, and canneries and sugar fac
tories and other industrial enterprises will follow. No
national administration will bring or can bring prosperity
to the valley it is simply up to the people of the valley to
realize their potential possibilities.
let we have local standpatters daily holding forth the
buncombe that the democratic administration is the cause
of our hard times and that the democratic tariff is the
root of our depression. This is a stock argument of repub
lican morons who say of any calamity, "the democrats
did it."
This was exemplified in 1890, when a worldwide busi
ness depression began, the republicans claimed it was the
danger of democratic victory. What a defective economic
system must the republicans have 'constructed in their
years of power that can be dissipated by even the thought
of a possible change of officials.
; The beautiful part of these partisan prophets is their
ignorance of history. They know nothing of the panics
of .1873-1878 and .1890-1894 and 1907. Here is the state
ment, of failures during the panic of 1873 to 1878: 1873,
$2138,000,000; 1874, $ir5,0(X),000; 1875, $201,000,000; 187G,
$191,000,000; 1878, $234,000,000; total, $1,199,000,000 an
average of $199,833,333. Considering the wealth of the
country, which was about one-third of what it is now, this
may be considered a pretty fair sort of panic, even under
republican rule.
The next panic began under republican rule in 1890 and
continued till 1894. According to the government reports,
the commercial failures between January 1, 1891, and De
cember 31, 1894, while the McKinley tariff was in exis
tence, were as follows: 1891, $190,000,000; 1892, $114,000,
000; 1893, $347,000,000; 1894, $173,000,000. total, $823,000,
000 an average of $206,000,000 per vear.
J lie same government authority shows the failures dur
ing the Wilson tariff law of 1894 to have averaged $184,
333,000 per year. Tho Wilson tariff was not enacted until
the Jatter part of 1894, but so persistently have the tariff
beneficiaries shouted and lied that the republican camp
followers are convinced that the distress of 1891 to 1893
was caused by a tariff law THAT WAS NOT PASSED
till 1894.
But what about 1907? The commercial failures were:
In 1907, $197,000,000; 1908, $222,000,000; total, $419,000,
000. The bank deposits of the country declined from
$13,100,000,000 in 1907 to $12,78.r),(X)0,000 in 1908, a loss of
$31;j,000,000 under the gentleman who picked Taft for us,
and who is now shouting for Hughes.
The brazen assurance of partisans in reviving this
worm-eaten campaign bunk has no counterpart in political
history, and but serves to reveal their moral and intellect
ual bankruptcy. . '
The following Is n complete list of
registrations, showing tho number
registered In (he various parlies up
to tho week ending September 16,
lillli.
Mnlo r'm'lo Total
Itepuhllrnn 2070 5007
Democratic HSS 930 24 IS
Progressiva 2 8 10 3S
Prohibition 4S 131) ICS
Socialist 147 Bit 210
Mlsc 179 113 322
Totals 1S27 3330 S1G3
Those who registered for the pri
maries do not have to register for
tho present election. Any American
having resided in Oregon for six
months, Is entitled to vote. There
are no precinct or county qualifications.
WEDDING- BELLS l
Friends In Medford have just
learned of the tnnrrlnge Inst Thurs
day at Kuivka, Cal., of Mrs. S. A.
Messier and A. O. Ilennett of t lie
llonnett Investment company. The
marriage was n very o,ulet affair and
nil announcement has been made only
to a few friends. J. O. Adams was
tho only friend to attend t lie cere
mony. Mr. and Mrs. Ilennelt have a
host of friends In .Medford, who wish
them every happiness in their mar
ried life.
TALENT FAR
SEPTEMBER 20
Tho Talent Industrial School Fair
will be held at the high school build
ing Wednesday of thiB wook. All
garden products, ranch displays, and
exhibits In other departments where
prizes nro offered will be placed on
display In the gymnasium but the
school exhibit will be In a separate
room ou the tipper floor.
The study club will serve Ire cream,
cako, coffee and sandwiches so thoso
wishing to picnic ou the lawn during
tho noon hour need not bother to
bring lunch. Tho community picnic
will be o special feature of the fair
nnd all are urged to spend tho noon
hour w ith the children, not only from
our own school but from schools
about us. Wagner creek, Andorson
creek, nnd Valley View will ho out in
full force for picnic dinner, program
In tho afternoon, as well as prizes.
School will bo dismissed nt noon to
allow all to attend the noon-clay fes
tivities and program being arranged
Tor 2 o'clock iu tho afternoon. Tho
program will consist of speaking and
stcrooptlcon lecture pertaining to In
dustrial work and a few sports where
old and young will compete for honors
of tho day.
Kntrles must he mado Monday or
Tuesday as all entries close at 5
o'clock Tuesday evening when Judg
ing will be done. The officers will
hove complete charge of their de
partments and wish to co-operato
with you In making the fair a suc
cess. The general officers are: Pres-
County court and commissioners
Circuit court ;
Justice court ..................,
Sheriff's office ..
Clerk's office ,
Treasurer's office .........
Coroner's office
School superintendent's office........
Fruit inspector's office ...................
Asessor s office .
ENDING JUNE 30th, 1916
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
General Fund
March. '
Collection of taxes ..... :.,............
'i ax rebates .'. ...........................
Widows' pensions . .
Court house expenses .............:.. ....
Jail expenses ...
Care of poor not at poor farm ... . ,.
Poor farm expenses ...
Juvenile court, reform school, committments, etc....
Water master ......., .............
Indigent soldiers
Election expanse
World's fair advertising
Roads and highways '. ....
Recorder's office .....
Surveyor's office
Health registrars
Advertising and county printing .
Stock Inspector
Premiums on county officials' bonds.
Insane .
County attorney's office
January. February.
I 10.31 8 6.28
. - , i.. 8.90
. 134.85 ! 143.75
84.59 196.60
143.88 60.10
3.75 3.10
69.40
137.72 32.46
. , 1.11 1.20
66.89 70.76
40.00 100.14
. 247.77 88.61
675.00 617.60
. ' 18.68 46.07
240.41 202.03
. 1,036.89 81059
343.10 282.60
106.65 99.76'
185.60
90.00 110.00
94.60 24.20
. 468.45 i
.65
87.75 18.25
88.35 17.45
2.75
85.57 1,706.30
. 279.40
93.i
184.00 245.60
6.09
.-jj. 68.70
8 4,789.77 f 4,958.83
April.
x?v; , . ., , ,
May. June. . ' ' 4
211.00
I 211.00
S 133.60
8 133.50
$ 61.00
TsTe'o
8 685.60
31.00
$ 3100
'r Total.
16.69
3.90
278.70
281.19
203.98
6.85
. 59.40
170.18
2.31
126.64
140.14
336.38
1,192.50
63.76
442.44
8 1.846.48
625.70
206.40
105.60
200.00
118.70
463.45
.65
56.00
115.80
2.76
1,740.87
279.40
93.75
8 856.00
6.00
603.30
110,709.70
..810.709.70
Totals 4,789.77
Total exnanriitnren (General Fund) for the six months ending June 80. 1916. as Dor foregoing report .
Total warrants Issued (General Fund) for the six months ending June 30. 1916 10,709.70
STATEMENT SHOWING OUTSTANDING WARRANTS DRAWN ON THE GENERAL COUNTY FUND OF JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON; ALSO THE
ACCUMULATED INTEREST THEREON ON JUNE 30, 1918
Issued.
January 1st .
January ... S 4,789.77 ,
February 4,968.83
March . 211.00
April 133.60
May . 686.60
June .. 31.00
Totals '. 810,709.70
Paid. ;
f D!ii32'u8
3,674.20
18.323.19
7,041.06
3,313.96
1,468.15
139,252.64
Balance outstanding.
$432,468.28
431,716.97
433,100.60
414.988.41
408.080.86
406.362.49
403.925.34
8403,925.34
Interest.
Interest paid.
I 2,240.16
2.241.64
2.232.44
2,139.01
2,112.62
2,106.26
813,071.13
I 1.370.45
718.86
, 2,728.93
960.19
301.84
114.02.
8 6.194.28
Accumulated
Interest.
869.5G3.83
70,433.64
11,956.33
71.459.84
73.638.66
74,449.44
76.440.68
870,440.68
Road Fund
District No. 1 Labor
Material
District No. 2 Labor.
Material
District No. 3 Labor
Material ..
District No 4 Labor.
Material ......................
District No. 6 Labor .
Material .
Hauling gravel .
District No. 6 Labor...... . ,
Material . . .
District No. 7 Labor. ....... ,
Material ; .'. ..
District No. 8 Labor... ....
Material ...
District No. 9 Labor
Material
District No. 10 Labor.
Material i.. ,.
District No. 11 Labor
Material
District No. 12 Labor .
' Material
District No. 13 Labor
Material : ,
District No. 14 Labor... ........i.......
Material
Bridges Labor
Material ..
Jannary.; "Febrnary. --March.- April. ' . v May. -June.
I 143.00 ': 241.00 ' . 8.; 632.60 8 531.00;, 604.00
10.22 21.76 11.60- . 62.07
201.00 ' 41.00 211.1)0 " 206.00 " 606.00 ' 414.00
" 72.45 4.35 34.66 60.80 . 61.34 39.66
'28.00 ! - 81.00 166.00 246.50 184.60 322.00
. : 2.60 6.66 12.40
267.60 103.60 216.00 196.00 424.00 703.00
63.30 . 2.60 8.00 ' 114.95 . 172.90
29.00 4S.00 j35.7o 181.62 190.60 172.62
.6.53 6.86 o.tia i0.75 68.70
... 233.02
': " is.io ZZZZ "ioi'bo '"s6 "94.66 256ioo
7.04 14.75 6.00'
. 29.00 15.00 154.00 136.60 284.50
. - 2.40 1.60
305.00 .34.00 221.00 . 253.00 612.00 581.00
.9.00 .. 6.50 2.60 257.29 ' 41.35
131.00 87.38 173.76 366.60 624.12
11.80 ' ...I.. 18.00
. '28.00 15.00 212.00 412.00 376.00 243.00
64,69 "' .' 4.66 68.06 '10.30 .38.51
, . 84.00 ' ' S2.50 184.00 ' 856.00 630.00 : 608.00
8.40' 6.00 83.30 ' 4.00 '28.65
.'"' ;i00 ' 244.00 ' 158.00 . 457.00 317.00
. -13.85 10.20 ' ''"' 6.95
86.60 "; " 6.7:60 866.60 , 231.00 " '. 706.50 ' 1,366.50
' -'6.00 . -1.60 - 8.36 .10.10 86.467 219.62
. ' 3&2.00 ' ' 30;00 -1 .'.) i 17.60 ' -, - -411.25 : 648,00
. -i.OD '-l..-....;, io.oo . 6.65 17.40
;'s;B6 ' . iijii: ' -i .' . '.&...;. ' '
. .'s:a6 :' ,
i- ' ' - - . General Road -1 5 . ' ..
.--149.00 , ' 50.00 -. .'60.00 "' UT26 . . 74.00 r-78;00
. . 250.47 ' 7 -26.30 ' 7- It.U... - -23.58 ' . .. . .321.00
. J--:6.83 ' .22.89 .69.40 ' 22.32 ' .60 , ,7 3.45
.".:....... 1.04 1 - .57
6.00
60.00
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS
SLIM ALfRACTICE
Meill'ord's chances of winning her
games the forepart of the senson
seemed slim nt the first football prac
tice of (he season held yesterday af
ternoon. Seventeen candidates for
i;ridit'nii honors appeared. The ma
jority of them were soil, and with
the exception of four or five men,
were raw.
I'sunllv fwo weeks nre spent at the
liegitinini; of n season without n sin
gle si-rimtnnsre or lineup, the time be-
: devoted to working up wind nnd
Inking oil' extra weight, . Lust night
the men shuweil the effect of the en
forced program of handling tho ball,
starting and kicking, n stiff begin
ning necessarily, for Medl'onl is .just
two weeks behind her adversaries in
training. It will he necessary for
Couch Klum to grind fundamentals
into the man at the same time he
puts them through the finer plays in
the scrimmage.
There are a number of young husk
ies n round the high school who failed
to turn out, it'nd for these men there
is n good opportunity lor winning
tirsl learn honors.
Labor :.,
Material ' ..
Ashland refund 1912 road tax......
Light for P. & E. crossing
Crater Lake road survey........ ................. . ......- .... 70.00
Rent of shed ta r road machlnerv
Land deeded to County for road purposes......... : , -"-' 800.00
Freight on culverts.... . . :. . , . . 160.44
Culverts .;... :. .- r.. ; 8.180.84
Medford-Jacksonville road ..i.. -
Building ferryboat .. .. -
Eagle Polut-Brownsboro road -
' Totals 8 2.463.33 8 693.07 . t 2.644.10 8 3.811.28 . 6 9,663.41 6 9,699.86
Total expenditures (road fund) for the six months ending June 30. 1916. as per foregoing report . t 28,665.05
Total warrants issued (road fund) 189 for the six months ending June 80, 1916 .... - .U. - 28,666.05
Amount warrants (road fund) not presented for payment up to July 1, 1916 .......!..., 1,261.90
Faolflc Highway Road Fund
January 8 2.114.23 Total expenditures (Pacific highway road fund) for the six months
February .i d,(id.a
March 1,834.62
123.24
'i'SoTi
355.00
576.00
Total.
; 2,051.60
: 96.66
1.679.60
263.04
1,027.00
20.55
1,909.00
351.65
767.99
98.42
233.02
685.75
26.79
619.00
4.00
1,906.00
316.64
1,271.76
29.30
1,286.00
174.10
1,793.50
80.35
1,229.00
SO.QO
2.695.00
271.02
1.6U.75
.85.05
33.25
'. 42.25
:.!i
518.26
' 621.36
7 95 39
1.61
70.00
6.00
60.00
300.00
273.68
3,180.84
190.11
356.00
675.00
828.665.05
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it 25cat all druggists.
ldent, Prof. F. C. Itelmrr; secretary
treasurer, C. W. lloldrldge: general
superintendent, Mrs. C. W. Itoldridge.
Division, suiierlntendonts are: Garden
products, W. J. Dean; cooking and
baking, Mrs. J. S. Crawford; manual
training, C. E. Froman; sewing, dolls.
etc., Mrs. K. B. Adnmson.
No charge for admission.-
JOHN A. PERL
UNDERTAKER
Lady Amlstant
BM 8. ItARTLKTT
IMione M. 47n nd 47-J-9
Automobile Hearse Service.
Ambulance Service, , Coroner,
April - 11.430.63
May - - 2,S46.1
June .. .. . ...... . 4,332.63
Total
ending June 30. 1916. as per above report..-.. '. i. 826,071.67
Total warrants issued (Pacific highway road fund) 114 for the six
months ending Juue 30, 1916 26,071.67
Amount warrants (Pacific highway road fund) not presented for nay
ment up to July 1, 1916 ....
1,599.46
County court and commissioners..
Circuit court
Sheriff's office
Clerk's office . , .....
Treasurer's offk-e
School superintendent's office...
Fruit inspector's office
Assessor's office ........
Collection of taxes
January.
.. 263.84
16.00
.. 338.64
386.26
180.00
415.00
.... 184.60
348.00
266.00
60.00.
60.00
Courthouse expenses ,
Jail expenses .
Poor farm expense us.jj
Ferries , v ,. 26.00
Hecordor's office - , 246.66
Surveyor's office ........... ................ 211.60
fjealer of weights and measures. , .'..... 44.84
County water master .
..126,071.67
County 8alary Fund
February.
$ 199.37
18.00
. 336.30
387.66
180.00
363.75
75.00
498.00
136.00
60.00
50.00
208.33
25.00
241.66
81.00
30.14
I 2,890.21
Totals , : 7 I 3.232.68
Total expenditures (county salary fund) tor the six months ending June 30, 1916, as per foregoing reports
Total warrants issued (county salary fund) 243. for tne bix tnonins ending june au,
Amount warrants (county salary fund) not presented for payment up to July 1, 1916 .
March. April. May. June. Total.
I 189.6G 8 285.50 $ 226.31 197.81 8 1.364.39
30.00 . 69.00 . 18.00 104.00 254.00
333.33 336.29 : 336.76 ' 335.83 2,017.15
367.66 ' 389.63 386.26 ' 389.68 2,296.02
147.00 120.00 136.00 133.00 896.00
316.00 302.50 312,50 300.00 2.008.75
192.25 1,259.34 409.30 497.60 2,617.89
411.00 . 438.00 640.00 637.00 2,872.00
407.28 607.88 476.00 383.50 2,215.66
60.00 60.00 - 60.00 60.00 380.00
56.00 64.00 69.00 70.00 339.00
208.33 208.33 208.33 208.33 1,249.98
26.00 26.00 26.00 25.00 160.00
241.66 241.66 44.16 241.66 1,456.46
43.65 86.90 ' 47.36 75.65 645.55
30.60 S4.30 32.36 31.11 . 203.85
166.66 166.66 83.33 . 416.65
8 3,214.37 8 4,468.23 8 3.783.93 3,673.40 ' ' 821,262.86
121,262.85
21,262.85
' 250.00
January. February. Total i
Circuit Court 8 8 00 I -
Sheriff's office 8 16.00 16.06 ' W.06 !
Clerk's office 23.00 ( . 11.60 34.60
Treasurer's office .62.00 .:...:... 62.00
School superintendent's office. a.. 20.00 ,. 6.94 - 26.94
Assessor's office , 2.00 "6.00 .7.00
Recorder's office 6.00 4.40 13.40
County Attorney's office 3.00 300
Totala 8 125.00 8 60.00 8 176.00
County Stamp Fund
No warrants drawn on this fund after February term."
Total expenditures (county stamp fund) for the six months ending
june 30, in, as per roregomg report . 8
Total warrants Issued (county stamp fund) 2 for the six months
ending June 30, 1916
Amount warrants (county stamp fund) not presented for payment
up to July I, 1916 .
176.00
175.00
None
First warrants were drawn on this fund at March term,
County Court and commissioners .............
Circuit court - - ,
Justice court M...... .'
Sheriff's office
Clerk's office . ........ .
Treasurer's office
Current Expense Fund
there being no funds on hand prior to that date.
Stock inspector's office .
School superintendent's office .
Jackson county's share of forestry department expense 1915
Assessor's office . ...... . .
t'ol lection of taxes . . .
Widows' pensions .... ..... ....
I Court house expenses .... .......... -
Jail expenses ,
March. April. May. - June.
21.29 8 9.24 8 22.45 8 6.46
321.65 670.9t ' 42.50 93933
86.55 106.30 84.40 24t 00
M3.64 142.95 126.62 143.38
128.25 181.66 419.09 82 40
14.00 15.30 7.25 16,78
6.00 69.60 .... ''
39.65 110.02. 57.45 "iwJi
472.08 '
374.70 - 207.60 9099 fg'9'9
1.207.75 42.00 jgj'oo
40.47 liS.61 179.47 44 38
6011.00 627.50 67.50 665 00
76.22 70.38 14.80
lw 211.24 86.06 124.50
Total.
59.44
1,974.39
626.25
636:69
811.30
223.33
64.60
307.70
472.03
752.28
1.644.75
389.83
2.650.00
211.07
619.36