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MKOFORD MAIL TIMP.UXF!. MKDFORD, OKKCION". "MON1 )AY. J ANTAIfV 8. lf17
PIERCE EXPLAINS
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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,"
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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.
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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.
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HELD TO ANSWER
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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
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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
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in Location. Quarters, l-jquipineiit,
Facilities, Services and Manage
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Whi'ther you are riKht in Medford, or
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MEDFORD
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triiiiiiiijgmssZMregaagaH
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'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
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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
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