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TAGK RLT MKOFORD MAIL TIMP.UXF!. MKDFORD, OKKCION". "MON1 )AY. J ANTAIfV 8. lf17 PIERCE EXPLAINS E Medford has o ::eavy imvin debt In addition to a general cntiinKlt'inint of flnunclal affairs. Tin- debt must be paid and tliu nffuirs untanKled. Six hundred Medford people Satur day (iveniiiK listened In the Xatator lum to John O. Picreo explain how affalrn might 'best be straightened. Karl II. Fehl, who lino Binned a bom bastic challenge to meet .Mr. I'leree or any one else, anywhere, at any time after Friday evening, did not appear. Mr, Pierce, who assisted Colonel Howard A. Hanson of Seattle, In the preparation of the Hanson plan, analyzed clearly the advantages of the Hanson plan, s compared to the MedynskI plan. He showed that Medford has a bonded general Im provement debt of jr. KI.OOO which must be paid. The .MedynskI plan, Mr. Pierce explained, cannot hope to clear up this debt without undue hardship on tho taxpayers of Med ford, Inasmuch as it proposes paying our present debts by going yet deeper in debt. No Undue llni-iLsliijkS, The Hanson plan, Mr, I'leree ex plained, proposus the payment of paving dobts by the properly owners on paved streets, as the class directly benefitted by tho laying of thu pav ing. Such pavement, he continued, will not work any undue hardship, Inasmuch as tho time for payment Is extended. During the first three years only interest will be paid and during the noxt ten years the assess ments -will be paid orf in ten yearly Installments. The Hanson plan of fers the lowest and most eiiiiitnble form of payment. Another Item to be consulted, stated Mr. Pierce, is tho question of the sale of the city's bonds. The Hanson plan will keep the bonded in debtedness of tho city down within tho limit of safety, recognized by bonding houses and in many in Rtnncea prescribed by stalo laws. Keeping down tho proportion of 'bonded Indebtedness to assessed valu ation, means a more ready snlo of the city's bonds at a lower rate of inter est, lloliri Hale Impossible. In tho event the MedynskI pliin should carry, the proportion of In- idebtedlM-ns to assessed valuation will bo boosted outside the limit of safety 1 and the sale of the city's bonds would I bo difficult, if not impossible. Many . bond houses have already made this I statement in writing concerning the I present authorized f:iu,V00 bond is 'sue. ! Following UiH spt'oeli of Mr. I Fiercn, Delroy (ietclioll, diulnmin of 'the int'HinB, called upon Karl 1-VhI to ! appear and doi'mid tho MedynskI 1 plan. He wok not In tin; uudiiwi;. I C. 13. Gates, candidate for mayor, the next upeaker, outlined liU noll- I eW's, stilting that lie In u fret candi date, not hound by any proinlKes or I bond h, except as to a Htrkt enfon.-e-; inent of tho law. This point, he 'stated, he will adhere to, and will Bee ; that his officials adhere to also. IIIk Interest, In bccomiiiK city offfelal, stated Mr. Ciates, Ik that he might protect the people. A strict business administration will follow his elec tion, he stated, with an accounting to the people of all city affairs. Following tho statement of his policies. Mr. (iates spoke briefly on tho benefits of tho Hanson plan, us tho only just method of the settle ment of the paving question. Wwbiiry Speaks. Attorney Gus Newbury, the last speaker on the program, stated that the hiring of Colonel Hanson by the city was a move of wisdom on the part of the city fathers; that his only regret is that the payment of a feo to a municipal expert had not been made several years ago, before the city hecume so deeply Involved. Several statements mado at the MedynskI meeting at the Page theatre Friday night were comment ed upon by Mr. Newbury. The rais ing of the assessed valuation of the city from M. 000,000 to $X. 000, 000, as proposed by W. 13. Crewe;-, at the MedynskI meotiug, will work an un due hardship on the taxpayers, luus- ; mich as they must necessarily pay excessive county and state taxes In addition to settling their paving I debt. The setting of a penalty for non payment, which was characterized by Mr. Crowes an usury, as with Interest, it amounted to 1 r per cent, and which he called "the greatest crime since Christ chased the money J changers out of tho temple." Is strictly legal, Mr. Newbury stated. Tho law of usury, he explained, ap plies only to prlvato transactions and tho penalty systom Is now in use by all Oregon counties to enforce tax collections. L NDIDAGY The fourth jnil break in the mt five years occurred nt Jncksunville Saturday evening when tJeorire Holts and l.ouis l.aviiic, held for slmotiii',' at !i bnikeiuun when they were put off u train in the KNkiyuu, worked their way mil Ihrimgh Hie roof of llic county jnil. Hulls ninile his escape ami i.- now ai lari'. I. nunc, in iiimi in: from I lit roof, fractured his hip ami was found lyin;.: in the snow tit the rear of the. jail by Jailer llusye. Sheriff Jcniiinns explained Ihe manner of their escape us follows : "About 7 o'clock Saturday evening Jailer Idiyse, hearing ,i lmni moaning, went to the back of I lie jnil anil found Louis Kavine lyimr in the snow with ii fractured hip. invesliation showed that his partner, (icnrwe Units, IumI escaped. When las heard of he was walking down the (rack to ward Medford. "The prisoners were allowed the use of the corridor during Ihe day and were locked up each night al ! o'clock, us is the usual custom. In vestigation showed thai the man had climbed up the bars of llic new cells and from there had climbed up llic old cage, which is pli d on top of the new cells. They were then within four feel of Ihe eciliui;. The ceiling, I which is ordinary lulh anil plaster, was broken throuuh, a hole liirjjc enoiii;h for Ihe men to crawl through being ninile. "The slicclin;;. one-half inch thick, was next worked through, after which the tin roof was raised. "llotls jumped from the jail roof to Ihe roof of Ihe Indies' toilet, and from there to the ground. Luvine missed Ihe toilet roof in his leap and landed on the ceiucut walk, the jar breaking his hip." Luvine is being cared for nl Ihe Sacred Henri hospital. A vole for Nordwiek Is a vole for .MedynskI. I were In my Colonel II. II. Sargent, former councilman at Medford, has written to ('. K. tiates as follows: "Dear .Mr. dates: "tiood for you! T wNh there to help elect you. opinion, it will be a calamity, the 'greatest calamity to .Medford linagl 'nabie. If you are not elected. If you 'are, and the Hanson plan of ivfund ;lng the city carries. I expect to see ;. Medford get on her feet again, and I go forward to renewed prosperity. I am hoping, almost praying, for your success and the success of the llan j son plan In the forthcoming election. ".Most Sincerely Yours, "H. II. SAItCKNT," E A vote for Nordwiek Is a vote for MedynskI. FEHL fU SPEAK AT NAT TONIGHT In compliance with a reipiest from Karl Fehl, Fehl was grunted fifteen minutes nt the Hanson meeting at i tho Nntaloriiiin tonight in which he will answer points of the Hanson speakers and defend the .MedynskI ! plan. The time was granted this morning by the Hanson plan com mittee. ! The conditions asked by Fehl and ngrced to by the Hanson committee are that the Hanson speakers will not be interrupted by Fehl and that tho Hanson speakers, in turn, will not in terrupt Fehl. To tho Voices of the Second 'Wimi 1 am in favor of the Hanson Plan, and a candidate for the council. 1 1(1 JOHN II. CAUKIN. A vote for Nordwiek Is a vote for MedynskI. The report i. being circulated that I am opposed to Ihe Hanson plan. This is absolutely false. I am heart ily in favor of Ihe Hanson plan mid believe the MedyuHki plan, if carried, will mean ruination for the city and confiscation of property on account of increased luxation. V. J. I'.MKlilCK, Mnvnr. T TO STATE ASYLUM FOHTl-A.VlJ. Jan. 8. K. L. Mi: Clure, author of "Scientific Money," whose demonstration with a pocket knife in lii.-s effort to gain control of the meeting of the '"Forty-Five Kffi ciency Club" at the Central Library Thursday night almost broke up the gathering, was pronounced Insane and ordered committed to the State Hospital at Saiem Saturday. Drs. S. 13. JoHephl and .1. J. Ma honey examined the patient and de clared him to be a paranoiac o'f a vio lent nature. County Judge Tazwell signed the commitment. "He had a systemiti.ed delusion that he had a great mission to per form," said Dr. Joseph!, after the ex amination. "He was obessed with the idea that the only way to save the nation financially was through the demonetization of gold. "He thought that he was destined to organize, a large body of clubs throughout the country, of which the one in Portland was to be the chief one. The presiding officer of the Portland club was to be a young man, 'clean as a hound's tooth,' who, in I'JZO, was to ho the president of the United Stales. "Ho bail vaguo ideas regarding plutocracy and democracy and of problems to solve vt'..Vn, he repeated often, he would wade through blood and hair." Mr. McClure is (J7 years old, well preserved and of good physique. He is married. Uc came here several years ago from Medford, where he was well known. E HELD TO ANSWER J Mrs. Mary Coppuue, urrested last week on u charge of attempted brib ery, Saturday waived examination beforo Justice Doxford at Jackson ville and asked to be bound over to the grand jury. Mrs. Coppage was released on $-'.'u ball to await trial before the grand Jury, which meets tho third Monday in February. Mrs. Coppage came to Medford only a week ago, and took over the management of the I'alms ronifi. She had formerly been in this city where she had operated other room ing houses. Chief of Police llittson Thursday morning received a letter from Mrs. Coppagc containing lour five dollar bills. The letter, which is being held to be used as evidence in the case, was a veiled statement, hinting sit bribery. llittson, who opened the letter in the presence of Constable Al Hammond, swore out a warrant for the woman's arrest. Investigation into the conduct of affairs at the Palms Is thought to have led to the attempt to silence Investigation. CITIZENS GREET E Tho belief thut the old world isu't such a big place after all was planted In the minds of many who witnessed the arrival of the Inland lOmpIre ex cursionists In the city Sunday noon, and saw the greetings between Med forditcs and excursionists that fol lowed. On every hand were old friends meeting once again. There woro those who went to Hie station expect ing to see u familiar lace among tho 210 on the train, and found folks from the home town, not one, but several. Aside from the greetings, perhaps the pleasuntest sight was the manner in which the residents of Albt'a, among tlte travelers, fell upon tho pears which were donated by local packers and were distributed through the crowd. About 100 Medford citizens, in all, greeted the train. A committee of them assisted in distributing tho pears and apples, another gave out booklets concerning this section, while a third explained the mineral resources of Southern Oregon. A vote for Nordwiek is a vote for MedynskI. Relieved in one minute. Get compli mentary can of Kondon'a from your druRHist. Or buv a 25 cent tulif. If it doesn't do you worth of good in a jiffy, you c:in cet your 25 cents back from Ihe A tl, U' ( i Minneapolis, Minn. tlsesomequick. Forcotds,cntarrh, coukIis. nasal headaches, elc. Re sure it 3 we Kind mai s txien used for 26 years and by 50 million Americana TO "CATARRHAL JELLY new IP ii IT Pill Kill II jiapiiji P $100,000 &JI!ullll A Basis for Choice Will LI' (lovt'i'iinic'iit Supervis ion and llic Federal L'e serve Syslenfs protection extend o all National Lanks. one huiv lind in Location. Quarters, l-jquipineiit, Facilities, Services and Manage ment, sufficient reasons for select iiur the First National as liAXK INC! HFADQUAL'TFRS. Whi'ther you are riKht in Medford, or niiU'H away on ranch or farm, It will be possible for you to utilize this bunk to good advantage. stNaiionaiBank MEDFORD r---:j - JB -M triiiiiiiijgmssZMregaagaH t -I(jr i '4 at the Natatorium Monday Evening Discussions by 1 Attorneys Candidates Citizens I Heart-to-heart talks on the financial condition of Medford by experienced and unprejudiced citizens, among whom are V A. E. Reames Gus Newbury Porter J. Nef f F. W. Mears E.E.Kelly T. W. Miles Come with your friends. You can learn more about the important issues before the people The Medford Band Will Also Furnish Entertainment T V
