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EDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE N "iNHKI'lSNni-INT NEWfPAPFH UX,1HI1I-:U KVKIiy Al'TNUN'OON EXCEPT SUNDAY Bf TUB - MEL1-OII1MjK1NT1NG CO ffleo Man Tribune Building, 25-27-28 'Sih Kli street; telephone 7&. he Democratic TtnifS. the Vedfnrd J, The Muiora rriDune, i ne soma- Oregon iau The AvhlatiU Tiitun. CEORaK"pUTNAMrr:dItor BUBflCniPTIOH BATES! t yt-ur. by mall $E.OO i month, l) mull 6l month, ilfllvtMvd by currier In lo.ir. A l.tli ru.nl I xlu'iri villa nU Central Point. .'. BO urdny only, by mull, per yur.... 2. on ekly. nt-r vear 1.60 'jj'lclal i'aptr of the City of Medford. vifffcJat Paper of Juekson County. JnU-r-f J as Ht-coiul-t lnnH iiiuI!t v t dford, Oregon, under ihv tic I nf Murcli w ie. Sworn Circulation for 1 91C 2 -If 6 "ull leased wir A.sociutod Press dis EM-TEES BY CIIAKI.KS IlltlSOOI.L. ,onk-honk!" mild Johnnie's fast auto outside; ";nt meant that Mary might go for a ride! yhow Johnnie thought that was the way ' cull on his luily unci inulio her 1 feel Buy. 'iry's old I'n, with a slick In his j hand, jne to the doorway had taken his stand; utly ho whispered, ".My daughter, . stay hero, illo I put a word In your Johnny boys par!" era wan much honking nnd flash ing of lights; ' Ighbors were mailing to witness the sights! rgeons were stitching tip Johnny boy 'a bead, ir8i were tucking him Into IiIh hod! iry'g old papa wub heard to remark Ivory dog linn li is own kind of bark ! la may ussomble to uturo at n queen, it, neighbors, tnlio warning by what you have seen! t guy who can Bland outside, bonk ing bis horn my little Alary, has never been born!" 1 Avoimvi.. i Worrying Is working the brain ov- tlmo about something that ain't : t. Worrying can do more harm to ' fellow than a six-day hlko race or rk. The fellow who doesn't wor '.novor says, "Hoo! I used to wear 15 collar and now 1 wear a 14." Bo' like tho fellow who went to t seats for a show. J Jo didn't worry lothor the show wbb any good, lie r lulled when ho bought tho tickets. As the farmer: Ho didn't worry out tho rain coming through the jilo in the roof down on his bed. lie overt tho bed. 'y'f'LIke the girl In Detroit: Her cnl I ant out one night and sho worried pout DO pounds worth. Misdirected iiergy, George. Tho cat sho wort up e next night wlih nil his bulr, two .ra, four paws, and a tail. Ho got fingry. Looklt us. We aren't worrying bother this sermon is any good, if 'me peoplo say It Isn't any good we j ist say, "Aw, they don't know good off when they seo It!" Charles Campbell, who formerly ; ill the Kleetrlc Kitclien, and biter , .overt to Yreka, whero ho engaged i the same Hue of business has re imed to Medford und will reopen 10 Klcctrlc Kitchen In the (letcbell lock in tlio same locution as hbi I .inner establishment. ONE WEAK SPOT limy Mrrtfoi-rt People Have, it Weak 1'nli and Tin, Often It's The I tuck. . Many peoile have a weak spot. Too often It's a bad back. I Twinges follow every sudden twist, j Dull aching keeps up, day anil 'lght. Backache is often from weak kid- . e-ya. j In such a case a kidney medicine Is .eerted. Doan's Kidney 1'llls are for weak ldneys. i Kor backache and urinary Ills. J Medford peoplo recommend the emedy. i W. W. Mansfield, fish and game varden, 121 Roosevelt ave., Medford. eys: "I used to lie subject more or jss lo kidney trouble. My kidneys rtod too freely and during the night t was obliged to get up exery little .vlillo. My back ached and at times s' couldn't get 111 any position to ease bo misery. J'lnullv I begun taking loan's Kidney Pills and I found that hey were all that was represented of iioirii After 1 finished a few boxes, ny kidneys were normal and my hack elt as strong as ever.'' '; Price r0r. at all dealers. Don't Imply ask for a kidney remedy get loan's Kidney Pills the same that .If. Mansfield bad. Koster-M ilbiirn Zo.. Props., Buffalo, X. Y. Adv. PEACE THERE is every reason to believe that the next few mouths will lie the most eritieal since the war begai. for the United .States. Jt is now apparent that the presi dent's peace suggestion was occasioned, as set forth by .Secretary Lansing at the time, by the grave dangers the nation faced in its relations with belligerents. Germany is about to renew submarine warfare upon an extended basis, and apparently without regard to the rights of neutrals, in a last effort to starve England. Such rent-Will will probably be followed by a severance of dip lomatic relations, which in turn will be followed by war. IJrilain is preparing to arm all merchantmen to resist submarine attacks. Armed vessels are regarded as war ships and cannot use American ports except to interne. Hence Jiritish liners will cease to use American ports and ply between Halifax and Liverpool thereby seriously in terfering with foreign commerce. (iei'inany has repeatedly violated her promises given t he United States in Ihe conduct of her U-boats and it has been announced that the era of note-writing is over so that prospects are anything but bright for the immediate future. Jt is now apparent that no peace effort can succeed at present that the (lermaii suggestion was merely an effort to fasten upon the allies responsibility for continuing the war. Tin' (iciiuan reply to President Wilson was an evas ion anil indicates that her own proposal was not made in good faith, but to create sympathy among the neutrals. Whether she has accomplished it is doubtful. Assuming that the neutral world accepts the British-I'Veiich-Uussiai! conception Unit Germany willed the war to enforce her antoeiacy, militarism and kultur upon Ihe rest of the world; that she prepared for the war in cold blood and struck the foul blow at the time when the dis parity between her military strength and that of the en tente was the greatest; that her "frightl'iilness," treachery and disregard of international and humane laws haye been unprecedented in history; that she has deliberately vio lated her treaties and by so doing put herself outside of the pale of civilized nations; that the only secure peace will be one based upon her crushing defeat and adequate punish ment for her crimes; that her plea for peace at this time is simply her attempt to save herself from the defeat and punishment which she knows are inevitable if, we say, the neutral world has accepted this conception of: the war, it is difficult to imagine that any diplomatic move which Germany has made up to this time will alienate neutral sympathy from Great, Britain and her allies, simply be cause they are not willing to patch up a peace with Ger many when it pleases the hitter fo suggest it. Of course, if the neutral world accepts the German con ception that the war was forced upon her and her allies by greedy England, bloodthirsty France, unscrupulous Rus sia and militaristic Belgium and Serbia, the enemies of Germany will probably be held responsible for the continu ation of the war if they refuse to quit fighting when Ger many asks them to. , From the standpoint of selfish national interest as well as froni the standpoint of world justice and interest, we think that it, is tremendously important that the people of the United (States consider all of the facts in connection with the war, from the time the war began, before they at tempt to fix the responsibility for the war's continuation. It would certainly be unjust only to consider that Ger many has asked for a peace conference and that her en emies have refused it. WHAT THE HANSON PLAN MEANS AND WHAT THE MEDYNSKI PLAN MEANS In tho problem now confronting tho City of Medford, und which must bo solved, and correctly solved, be I'oro wo east our ballots at the com ing election. It Is Important that those who vote know proclstly what effect the different financial plans will have upon the city. We must know thai the plan wo support lll bo for tho welfare of tho city as a whole. fWliat Is termed tho "Hanson Plan" Is a true and clearly set forth solu tion of our financial condition. Let us oiilllne briefly the conditions that will exist under the adoption of each of the proposed plans. The l iiuini lul Ciiiiilltinn of the Ciiy. Tho city of Medford has a liability of J.'iCi.OOO general bonds of which . -I r. , 0 0 0 matures March 1st, 11117; JL'.l.ono Kebriiary 1st, 1:1S; $;;, ono April 1st, 11121; I 0,0 no water bonds each year from l!)L';l to I0;!7, to gether with $:tii,noil refunding bonds maturing in I'.KIO. $2u.0uii bridge In I Ma and ? Jir..nou water bonds In lUIIS. To meet bond redempiioii we have less than J IT..000 now available. Our city assessed valuation is (, 000.000 In round numbers. In debtedness, theiel'ure. Is 12V., an amount in excess of that which n city should ordinarily carry. It ls neces sary for us to refund. Our tax bur den is heavy and the debt must be raid. Mr. Hanson's solution pro vides for refunding at the very low est levy of taxes to meet payment at maturity. Iiiipiiieiiient Itniiils Tlu Aliutt lug I'lxtperiy AcsmmI, The oMlc.it Ion for street Im provement was originally fl'fi.lloo of which Ihe bonds now outstanding amount to $;.r,;,uort. Practically all or the bonds mature within the next four or live ears. The illy lias ad- Ivanee-J $11 7,000 In Interest payments ,for the I encrit of persons delllKillent. I In the sen lenient of assessments. There Is due from prop, rly therefore FAILURE ffit;,0un. Under Its already heavy burden of debt the city cannot, from any business point of view, assume this further obligation and depreciate its credit. The obligation ls collect able by law from property nsscsped. Hut, for tho further benefit of prop ertp owners, it Is proposed, under the Hanson plan, to grant an extention of time by which persons assessed may have thirteen years in which to meet Hie balance of their payments three years for the payment of accruing interest only, after which tho princi pal Is lo bo paid In ton mi mini In stallments. The Hanson plan automatically provides for the enforcement of col lection provisions under which large property owners, heretofore letting their assessments become delinquent are forced lo pay. This, and providing an easy and desirable period for bond redemption, is, in hrlol', Hie sulistanco of the Han son plan. SlmuM the City Assume the Citing Debt? The Medynslil plan relates only to our paving trouble und proposes that the paving debt. In Its entirety, shall become an obligation of the city. To accomplish this It Is proposed to Is sue $.'tl0.0O0 in city bonds, to cover unpaid paving assessments, and $::70.OOO In city warrants, to refund to properly owners paid up assess ments. Honds and warrants are to bo issued to mature during a pe riod of 'wenty years. In addition to these bonds and warrants tho inter est obligations of $117,000. advanc ed by the city to individual property ow ners. Is to be cancelled. hu' re- ELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Onepacknge proves it 25cr.ta!l druggists. nulls In the financial condition of Hie city does a rudbal change of this nature bring about? It Is this: The paving debt thus put upon tho city is $1130, 00U, or about 25 per cent of our present assessed valua tion, thus Increasing the total per centage of the city's debt to 37 V4 per cent. The 25 per oent paving obligation means that of every $1000 of assessable property, within the cor porate limits of tho city of Medford, $250 ls for tho liquidation of the paving debt principal. Assuming that the principal of the debt will be paid in twenty annuul payments, at 5 per cent Interest, the total Inter est payments will be $525,000, or about 12 Mi per cent of our present ussessed valuation. This means that on every $1,000 worth of property, under present assessed valuation, $375 must bo taken for liquidation of our paving obligation. Taxation 1'nder Kuch Plan. You must realize that you are not relieved or your personal paving as sessment by the adoption of the Me dynskl plan. You must pay It, then, through taxation Instead of by pav ing assessment. You will pay pav ing tax according to the assessed val uation of your property. Under tho Medynskl plan you will bo taxed for twenty years to pay prin cipal and interest. Under tho T Ian son plan you may, if you deslie, pay principal at once and save Interest. Taxation under both plans from 1!)17 to l'.KIS, will be: Mill Max Mills Mills Medynskl Plan 52 H2 Hanson Plan ns 411 Under tho Medynskl plan the tax, In twenty years, will bo $3ti.87 great er than under tho Hanson plan on each $100 of valuation. Look up your assessed valuation as fixed by tho county assessor. Multiply cvory $100 by $30. 87 nnd you will have the amount you will pay in taxation, tow iird the city's paving debt, during tho twenty year bonding period. N'o Double Taxation. Property owners, delinquent In pnyment of assessments, are in debted to the city of Medford, the siirn of $1 17,000 for money advanced by tho city for interest payments. About half of this sum is the result of taxation, the other portion being ad'anced from other city revenues, principally the water fund. This will be returned to the proper city fund!,, under the Hanson plan, and future tax will bo thereby reduced. Under Ltho Medynskl plun this sum becomes n cancelled debt, n city burden, and will not be refunded. In either case it Is not a double taxation. The property owner, having paid assess ments, contributes only the use of the amount of special Interest tax paid through taxation. Snjo of Jionds. The sale of bonds under the Me dynskl plan is Impossible. The railroad bonds were advertised and no bids were received. Bonds to refund those maturing .March 1st are now being advertised with no results at this time. The possibility of having tho paving debt thrown onto the city is having a bad effect In disposing of thoso bonds. Failure to Adopt Kither Plan. Another condition, and a critical one, confronts the officers of the city in tho event of a failure to adopt either of tho plans subp.iittcd. It Is realized that the funds of tho city have been drawn upon to the extent of $1 17,000, for advanced payment of Interest on delinquent as sessments, and that the limit of re sources of the city for this purpose Is about exhausted? Failure to meet Interest payments will be a default on tho part of the city. Once In de fault the credit of the city Is serious ly Impaired. Hanks are forbidden to hold securities where default in paymculs have been made. In the event of conlinued defaults, securi ties are forced upon the market for whatever price they may bring. This is a condition now facing the A CLEAR COMPLEXION Ruddy Cheeks Sparkling Eyea Most Women Can Have s Says Dr. Edwards, a Wotl-Known Ohio Physician IV. K M. Tv'.wanls for 17 years treated scores of women for liver and bowel ailment-;. During tliese years he pave to his patients a prescription made ot a few well-known vegetable ingredi ents mixed with olive oil, naming them Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, you will know them by their olive color. These tablets are mister-workers Oil the liver and hovd which cause a nor mal action, carrying off the waste and poisonous matter in one's system. if you have a p.ilc face, sallow look, dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head aches, a listless, no-jjood feeling, all out of sorts, inacthe bowels, you take one of Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets nightly for a time and note the pleasing rci-uhs. Thousands of women as well as men take Or. Edwards' Olive Tablets the successful Mibtit:tte for calomel now and then Jut to keen in the pink of con dition. 10c and 25c per box. AUdruggisti. JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKES Laflr A"ttnnt 8. BAKTI.KTT Phono M. 47 nd 47-J-9 Autoraohlla Hearse Scrvlcs. imiulnno IMrrlc. Caronw. city of Medford. Our bond and in terest obligation inusi be met. We must adopt some plan to meet the debt. The Hanson plan clears the way in a purely business solution of our financial affairs. Tho Medynskl plan makes no provision for the tak ing care of general bonds maturing and an interest obligation. Study and know the sound business principles involved In the Hanson solution. You will then, we feel sure, heurtfly sup port this plan by which we will be enabled to meet our Indebtedness by moderate taxation, as It matures, and not be plunged Into serious compli cations. Preserve the Credit of Ihe City. Nothing is more vital to the suc cess of privato persons than the preservation of their credit and busi ness standing. So It Is with the city. If an Individual gradually sinks deeper Into debt, and never makes a payment on the principal, what is his credit standing when he really needs funds Properties are not relieved of a clouded title through the release of the paving assessment. The obliga tion Is simply transferred from the Individual property to the city and becomes a mortgage on your property for another twenty years, provided the Medynskl bonds are sold. Uy tho Hanson plan you arc privileged to redeem the assessment pledge ut any time. If you value your home and prop erty voto 403 "No", 404 "Yes." (ICS NEWIiUItY. E. (!. Ill UDELL. .1. A. WICSTEKLU.VD. OEO. E. 1IOOS. ItOdEll S. DENNETT. V. E. MEfllliCK. E. M. WILSON'. T. W. MILES. E. T. FOSS. C. W. DAVIS. W. A. FOLCEIt M. L. 11EL1N. V. .1. EMERICK. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 3. A Berlin semi-official telegram today says that this year's -bread corn harvest will exceed last year's by 1,500,000 tons. The deficiency In the potato harvest, which Is considerably under the aver age, will be chiefly ofTset by the good turnip crop. The reduction in the use of barley for brewing purposes by fifty per cent will greatly help in overcoming the effects of the bad potato yield, the advices state. Germany's stock of cattle is declar ed to have Increased since the be ginning of 191C by more than 400, 000 and the stock of pigs by more than 4,000,000, so that Germany can reckon wi;h an improvement in the supply of milk and fat, while the Ru manian booty guarantees a great im provement in tho supply of fodder. A RAW, SORE THROAT Eases Quickly When You Apply a Little tvlusterole 'And Mustcrolc won't blister like the old-fashioned mustard plaster. Just spread it on with your fingers. It pene trates to the sore spot with a gentle tingle, loosens the congestion and draws out the soreness and paiu. Mustcrolc is a clean, white ointment made with oil of mustard. It is line for quid; relief for sore throat, bronchitis. nmsihtis, croup, stiu neck, asthma, neu j ralcia, headache, congestion, olenrisv. rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of inc jiacic or joints, sprains, sore muscles, onuses, chilblains, frosted feet, colds on the chest (it often prevents pneumonia). Nothing like Mustcrole for croupy chil dren. Keep it handy, for. instant use. INTEKl ltHAX AITOCAH CO. TIME CAKI). Leave Medford for Ashland, Talent and Thoenix dally, except Sunday, at 8:00 a. m., 1:00, 2:00, 4:00 and 5:15 p. m. Also on Saturday nt 10:15 p. m. Sundays leave at 10:30 a. m. and 2:00, 6:00 and 9:30 p. m. Leave Ashland for Medford dally, except Sunday, at 0:00 a. m., 1:00, 2:00, 4:00 and 5:15 p. m. Also on Satur day nlBhts at C:30. Sundays leave Ashland at 9:00 a. m. and 1:00, 6:00 and 10:30 p. m. ask voris ;uon-:it l-oit SNOWY BUTTE FLOUR Considering price and quality It has them all going;. A l.oxuo Ulver Vnlley Product ItltAXKOV ltltOS., KakIo Point, Ore. Medford I'hone S33-X. TO ORDER $25.00 UP Also Cleaning, Pressing and Altering 128 L MAIN. UPSTAIRS (SUITS(g, e: "WASHINGTON, .Ian. 3.- Pur chases of nearly two billion dollars made the United Kingdom by far the best customer of the l:nltcd Stutes In 1916. An analysis published today by the bureau of foreign and domes tic commerce shows that no other nation bought so much by half. franco, more than doubled her pur chases but still fell a bit short of the billion dollars. Canada was third with $600,000,000. I Hesides the central powers, the three neutrals of northern Kurope alone of all the world failed to re ceive more American goods than in 1915. American exports to Clermany dur ing the year were more than one mil lion dollars. Austria-Hungary took less than one hundred thousand dol lars. Japan In 1916 tool; ninety-four million dollars of American goods against forty millions the year be fore; Cuba one hundred and forty flvo millions against eighty three mil lions; China twenty nine, millions against nineteen millions; South Am erica one hundred and ninety seven millions against one hundred nnd twenty nine millions. Imports from South America dur ing the year increased fifty per cent. Asia sold nearly twice as much to the United States as In 1915. Europe showed some Increase. NEW COUNTERFEIT $10 GOLD PIECE YVAKIIIXUTON, Jan. X Discov ery of a new counterfeit $10 e;old cer tificate nl' Ihe 11107 series was an nounced by the secret service lodny. It bears check letter "A"' and plate No. fl, is printed on two pieces of pa per between which silk threads have been distributed. Tho printini: is poorly done. your Grocer might just as welt fill your orders with Golden West Coffee just nmn GIM CHUNG China Herb Store Herb euro for earacne, Headache, catarrah, diphtheria, soar throat, lung trouble, kidney trouble, stomach trouble, heart trouble, chills and fev er, cramps, coughs, poor circulation, carbuncles, tumors, caked breast, cures all kinds of goiters. NO OP12 RA.TIOX. To whom It may concern: I am free from tho rheumatism. You can bo the same by taking treat ment from Gim Chung, the herb doc tor. My rheumatism was so bad that it made mo so weak I could scarcely get up when I was down and the pain t suffered oi' could hardly know un less one had tho same disease. I was truly disatisfled and disgusted with life In my condition and trying to live. Now to any frlonds that care to he cured and would like to be free try the herb doctor. He can certain ly relieve In a very short time. Very truly yours,, MRS. M. L. KOLE. Mrs. Bertha Remington, Wester lund orchard, had stomach trouble. Tho doctor said she had dead bone In her Jaw and that nothing but an operation could save her, so she came to the Chineso doctor and he cured her in two weeks. Mrs. Fannie Mil ler. A guaranteed Cure for Piles. No operation required. 211 South l'ront st. Medford Ore, MEDFORD Vulcanizing Works All work guaranteed. Auto Tire Repairing. We sell Fisk and Mich el in Tires. 36 South Grape St. Medford Glassy Hot Water Before Breakfast a Splendid Habit -A Open alulcea of the system each morning and wash away the poisonous, atagnant matter, , ."rhose"of us" who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when wo arise, splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, miBtv- breath, acid stomach, lame back, can, .instead, both look and feel as fresh as a daisy ulwavs by (washing the poisons and toxins from the body with j'Uosphutcd hot waler each morning. We should driuk, before! breakfast; a glass of real hoi water with a tea spoonful of limostono phocphato in it to Hush from the stomach, liver,1 kidneys and ten yards of bowels the previous day's indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans-, ing, sweeteulng and purifying tho entire alimentary tract'before. putting more food into the stomach. 1 The action of . limestone 1 phosphnto nnd hot water on an empty stomach is wonderfully Invigorating. It cleans out nil tho sour fermentations, gases, waste nnd acidity and gives ono n aplcndld appetite for breakfast and it is said to be but a little whilo until the roses begin to appear in the cheeks. A quarter pound of llmestono phosphate Will cost very llttlo at tho drug Btore, but is sufficient to nnjiii anyone who is bothered with bilious r.ess, constipation, stomach trouble or rheumatism a real enthusiast on tho subject of Internal sanitation. Try it and you nro assured that you will look better and fcol better In every vay shortly. MEN WOMEW Are you tired of work that offers little or no chances for advancement? Why not become a drugless physician. The field is large, opportunities great and tho profession honorable and lucrative to the trained practloner. Wo offer a thorough course in Anat omy and Physiology, Elcctro-tbeaphy, Phototherapy, Vibration, Massage, Spondylo-therapy, Diosnasls, etc., etc. II you aro interested, call or address Drs. Mac Pherson, Williams and Blew Grand Ave, at E. Alder St. Portland, Oregon; PortlaBclOre&m iAuhn'i'jiair JJ If you contemplate a visit to Portland before or during the holidays, remember that the Portland Hotel is situat ed in tho very heart of tho theatrical and shopping dis tricts. Ladies traveling unattend ed are particularly pleased with the refinement of tho surroundings and the cour tesy of the service Appetizing MeniiH r.ICILYT.D V. C'UILDS, Mgr. Union Pacific System OREGON -WASHINGTON LIMITED Leaves Portland Union Station 10 A.M. Daily n'a Ihe Famous Columbia River Route The onlyTi,rc,,:ch.tohi1-aiTo tnh -electrically lighted, automatically protected. WM. McMURRAY General Passenger Agent PORTLAND v v :zt Go East