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Newspaper Page TextFOTTR TrKDF01?n MATT TTCTT5tTTF, MFDFOHD, OT?Kf!0. 'IT ESP AY. FHTTRFATiY 27. 1917 Medford Mail Tribune i AN INIlKPIiNDKXT Nil WS'l'A IM-TH PUUl.tSIIKO fcVKfeY AI'TKItNOOr.' ri i:no;ct su.s'ii.AV 11 v villi HKIjKOHD 1'IIINTI.NU CO Office MmII Tribune HtilMlnK. 25-27-28 )1 TilS K'ATIC2:AL North Kir sini-l; iitiln The Pi'moiTJilic Tini.-s, tlm Mwlfnrd II Hull. Thu M.uior.1 Ti ilMin. Tin t-'oillli-,Ini Ortfiummi The Aslihm.l Tiibmio. & GKOIlGi: I'l'TNAM, 1-Mitor Id BTTB SCRIPT ION BATES! i JOne yeur, by until . One tnont h. tv 1 11,1 11 1 T'l-r iiionth, ri'Mvir'd ly mrrl'T Iti T Alfilf'T.!, I'ho.iiix. Tnhnt, Jack- MinvWIu and iViilral I'oint fi-'Llunlay only, by mull, per year..., iwefk.v, por yrar i.u Official Paper of the City of Metlfurd. S.oo yt Offlclnl rapir of Jarknon County, m Knt-red ns Fccand-clan.H malli-r nt m lU'dford, Oregon, under tilt) act tit March Mill I. -2491 rd Sworn Circulation tor 1910- ki; L'i pull loaned wire Associated I'resi dls- 1 1 EM-TEES S No tunn ruleth safely hut that ho "id willingly ruled. Thomas A. Keni- ijr ' . . . SI! The, flag hasn't lii'cn changed to - suit tlio Kaiser, Init the New York . World's cartoonist Iiuh knueked out V 23 of the stHTH. Isn't It about time we liatl u navy ' IjIb enough to enforce our own ("freedom of thu seas" agiiiu.it nil V. comers? n 1 .Might let T. It. trounce l!uli:arla 'Otwhlle. tile rest of use prepare for war t'o'vlth tlie Gcrnutns. ut t8i "Red-hondod t;irls are 1, fronting upnioro popular," remarks a western 'editor. Whadduya mean, becoming? 0: ... O Uncle Sam's array Just nut of Mex HMco Is the finest of Us size on earth, "according to n foreign exncit. Hut a lion can't devour a herd of ole ffpbants. H ... ,h The Altanllc .Monthly believes In writing down" to Us readers. It runs an explanatory note after using the term fifty-fifty. , , ' ; PROHIBITIONISTS SEE f PLOT TO AID DEMON RUM l WASHINGTON, fob. 27.- Prohllii- ,tlon leaders in congress were up in arniH over a report that the conferees on tho postoffico appropriation bill ; Tvero preparing to let tho measure 01 fnil in order to kill tho Itced ' hone ,f dry" Binendment prolilbitlng the u shlpnient of liquor into dry states. lieprosentallvo Hnndali of California aldoclarod lie had definite Information ju that such a course had lieen planned. Ho anil other prohibition champions ,CI said if tho conferees reported a dis ini agroement, and a resolution cuutlnu J0 Ing tho present postotrice iipprnprin- jtlons wero brought In, they would see )rt to It that tho Heed amendment w ent g to (ho w hile house with tho conllnu iv 1nB oreslullou. ict " 1 1 WAGON ROAD TO BLUE -nl LEDGE AGAIN PASRARLF q Mannu'er I'. V. Cainahan of Ihe i Blue Ledge mine annoilmed .Vouilay Dli: t'lKht that Ihe rouil lo the I'lne i.edije lV had been opened after UrU li d Up 'o 'cr a week, j: ai count if jtoii.i (-oi-z-s illtlons. A load of ore leic'ici". senvlllu .Mond.v ntierneon from I ho mine. The oo.-nliiu of tne read will allow a numbers of 1 1 i i 1 1 r - in n,i I rity, Jacksonville and Grant l'ais lo ( ko to the mine to bciiu work, al-o ;ln- hIppiU)J of supplier I'lll-llisll. JlWilifl'd I i!ii lint liCCil 1 his ;u-t, r!., i-f-il :: r ii mm A Iiht- I J - .--lli p ii i ill ilrfiallri' THE sinking t t h- i.,i.-(,i..i:i "(l('l't ai'l " I IV icl'li!.!!! y. however, for (ierninity ii-l iiitlly i iea when war was ilcelare-! iipmi t ol llitel'liai unial law. .Er America to lamely suhiiiil l ( lei iii:m demands, sur render national riyhls at (iermaii 1 i - t ; : 1 i ; i , is national weakness and cowardice, which in ihe end means nation-.1.! Iiuiniliat ion. decay and dcai'i. For the ('idled Stal"s lo permit the wanton slaughter of inoffensive citizens of the republic to continue, to sanction the wanton destruction of American property n the hi;;;h seas, is to assign our rights and hard-won liherties to the whim of the Pnissiaii juer. Every patriotic American hel'icvi s in Ins country, at least when it is rilit. and their iiiu question hut lh.it America is not only riidit, hut represents human ri::hts in opposing the piratical course of (term, my. If our i'i:;!ils are worth while, we must he ready to filit fur I hem oth erwise we Mill deservedly lose them. I f the president has erred in his course, it is mi the side of caution, lie has now asked coiili ress 1i authorize Ihe use1 of the army ami navy to protect: American lives and properly against unlawful agression at .-.a. lie has asked congress to do what it did for Washing' on and Adams more than a century api, to sustain America abroad and at home. COUNTY CLERK'S SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT For the Six Months Ending December 31, 1916 STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES. General Fund. The only warrants drawn against the General Fund were for payment ofsealp bounties. July August. September Scalp ll'.unly ll'J.OO :iu.un S'0,ui. Total expenditures (General Kundl for Ihe bIx months ending December 3lst, liilii. as per ub ve leport Tula! warrants Issued IGetieral fundi for tile six months ending December :11st. IUIi October Jso.DII November December 73.50 Total. 27S.50 ...$278.0U ... 278.50 STATEMENT SHOWING OUTSTANDING WARRANTS DRAWN ON THE GENERAL COUNTY FUND OF JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, ALSO ACCU- CUMALATED INTEREST THEREON ON DECEMBER 31st, 1916. . , , , Accumulated Interest J7c5,440.08 77.37S.43 79.UO9.01 Sli.73G.15 S2.1 IG.5G H4.0S1.69 S5.355.51 Issued Paid Balance Outstanding Interest Interest Paid Jillv 1st J403.925.34 Julv 19.00 $ 4.213.75 399,730.59 i 2.10S.02 $1,170.27 August 3U.00 1,032.11 39S.12S.IS 2.091.79 401.21 .Seijtember 30.00 2.1S0.25 395.9S4.23 2.091.97 S64.83 Oeinher S0.50 3.411.03 392,053.70 2.090.1O 079.09 November 39.50 f,(j0.9 392,032.21 2.0S0.3O 1 15.27 December - "3.50 2.740.02 3S9,r.H5.72 2.0S7.04 SI 3. 12 Totals $278.5 $14.S3S.12 $3S9.35.72 1 2.5 19.22 ?3.03l 39 S5 .5.51 A'hat is congress v,oin; tisan iolit ics in a time of honor and dignity of the and selfsli ends ,; 1 1 hioks ! par-j Ih.' ; to do I'lay 'canut ant nat ional . crisis ! Sacril'ie I'nilrd Slates to uain personal hat wav. ('om.n'ess has not made much of a record for itself. It quibbles and scolds and sidesteps, and do, .- nol prt'sent the world ihe united front demanded from a united nation in national emeruviiev. A train wt have Ihe peace-at -any-pi ice a?;itat ion. nat ion wide in its scope that we have had at every crisis durimr the past two years. We had it when the president notified (lermany th.-t he would hold her to st i i.-i aecouniabilit' if it torpedoed merchant ships wit houi warniuvc. We had it after the Eusitaina was" torpedoed, and a hundred Ameri cans murdered in calculated defiance of the president's threat. We had il when the Sussex was torpedoed and many Americans slain. We had it when the ennspiracv to dynamite American munition plants was traced to the doors of t he ( iermaii embassy. There is no quest ion but that 1 his agitation was dircd lv inspired by Merlin to neut ralb-.c the rowiu.y; hostility towards (ierinauy and scatter the nation aloiej,- racial lines. It was the same policy pursued for years in England, Mel jiinni, Erance, K'ussia and Serbia by Merlin in its efforts to divide the world as (iermaii su"tls. Iv de, essly at- iared w.ir lij'O',; thi1 uuirderiiit;' Ameri Mi --price agitation Xov that flei'iuany lias virii I'nited States and is a'-tdn ru cans upon 1he sea, the present pcaci comes close To treason. Its oi jeri is to divide public senti ment, and handicap the president in his efforts to protect American lives and property from (ierman fright fulness, to create a division in congress thai will either refuse the president the authority he asks, or Lira.nt it so urudejmvly that he will hesitate to act. fearing t ha! he wi'.l not be sup ported. The peaco-at-any-price agitators aiv not ad working in ("lerinan interests. There are man;.- fad, lists and idealists anions them. The Mryaus, l!i'.;elows, Mim-hots atid others are sincere, but so infatuated by pariiist ideas that thev have lost sense of proportion and see only a distorted per spective. They cannot realize that the fui'ire '-afet v of the nation depends upon unanimity and i-or wit .1 which Ihe president is supported, in w ha. lever a-t i"u ( iermaii v bu'i-es. There is 110 surer way for any nation to be dra-ued into war than to advertise t cowardice. When eoni dent and peace-in-spito-, im;- through the country uirijressiou and oppress'r necessit v and force. ot her nrt ion s hesi; a ' es-i , -nat ionakor.t it is ,pe!; ho-i . I L'' Wl lie i v.-ea k up dan !oor ness ami he presi r is riiiL,' r fut ure Comity Court and Commissioners . CirculL Court Justice Court Sheriff's Office Clerk's Office Treasurer's Otflco ( 'oroner's office School Superintendent's Office Trait Inspector's Off ice Assessor's Office Collodion of Taxes Tax Rebates Widuws' Pensions Court House Expenses Jail Expenses Cave or poor at poor tarm Care of poor not at poor farm Juvenile Conn, reform school co Advertising and county printing . I Diligent soldiers Registration of voters Ka-ct iou expense Koads and highways Recorder's office Surveyor's oflice Water master District Attorney's office Advertising county resources II, .tit li Registrars Sloeli Inspector Totals Tot;,! expenditures (Cur July August $ 4.00 J 10.S7 44.55 12.45 7S.15 57.45 132.98 9S.25 59.311 51.55 15.90 9.35 50.30 30.05 132.05 25.90 120.50 93.75 SS.75 1S9.70 ' 42.75 6.20 47.47 075.00 735.00 S0.77 12.59 47.25 44.51 271.53 495.S7 558.50 0U7.lt; etc 69.30 109.45 18.64 100.15 15.00 35.30 5S.9S S.50 0.75 6S.40 20.50 f.7.20 54. S5 44.80 35.00 20.31 0.15 25.00 2175 50.00 $2,918.69 $2,906.20 Current Expense Fund. September $ 3.21 11.22 109.80 129.7S 95.85 66.50 133.90 94.48 22.40 27.22 772.50 54.05 84.45 370.5! 581.05 122.10 122.17 5.00 "":M5 69.S0 38.50 6.63 Total warrants issued i Current Expense I'undl for the six months ending December $2,931.86 it, 1916. as 1st, 1916 C'ounly Court and Commissioners Circuit cutl ft Sheriffs office Clerk s office Treasurer's office School superintendent's ol'tieo l'ruit Inspector's office Assessor's office Collection of taxes ferries : Court house expenses Jail expenses t'aro of poor at iKior farm Recorder's office Surveyor's office ...... Sealer of weights and measures Water muster Totals July 202.50 ' 24.00 336.77 389.05 136.00 297.50 4113.50 915.00 310.00 25.00 611.00 58.00 208.33 241.00 60.S9 2S.7S 83.33 County Salary Fund. August September 1SIS.7 21.00 333.33 35S.74 140.00 290.00 298.00 787.50 235.25 25.00 60.00 50.00 20S.33 241.60 07.50 33.35 83.33 $ 208.12 3,78.33 346.87 100.00 266.25 1.4S2.00 417.00 LSI. 00 25.00 00.00 09.00 20S.33 274.16 14.75 32.99 S3.33 4.177.13 October November December lotnl $ 2.40 $ 10.20 $ 75.70 $ 113.04 5.70 308.32 18.20 " 400.44 100.50 11.90 51.25 412.05 136.10 148.30 126.31 772.05 1 OS 09 91.40 52.05 518.8 IT' 51.00 65.55 38.00 23C.30 22.20 109.15 339 95 i'VHj'o' 83.03 830.53 3.00 16.25 239.50 45.35 74.62 107.S5 (100.75 10.00 82 35 93.86 97.96 29.81 296.32 705 00 797.50 700.00 4.505.00 7.35 9.55 127.32 298.23 79.40 1 1 1.70 92.1 1 , 402.81 388.63 483.30 207.83 2.223.70 583.96 592.00 748.78 3,072.05 106.20 152.91! 115.49 ' 705.50 93.00 .70 50.65 391.31 ;.. 9U.0O 135.00 10.00 84.90 31.70 164.90 39.38 3,418.70 369.0:', ' 3,899.65 1.10 l.no 8.85 ' 63.90 48.95 2.60 206.80 205.11 1IS.30 65.20 570.58 13.65 27.O0 12.50 172.05 5.00 3.35 9.10 56.84 25.00 ! 18.00 39.75 Sll.VU 100.00 $3,317.99 ' $6,849.57 $3,325.03 $22,249.34 foregoing Itemized report $22,249.34 22.249.34 October November December Total $ 192.50 $ 188.75 $ 290.00 $ 1,280.62 21.00 30.00 28.00 124.00 344.58 334.89 334.89 2.062.79 374.99 389,68 388.43 2,247.70 100.00 100.00 100.00 676.00 291.25 285.00 292.50 1.722.50 102.50 I7S.09 250.46 3,374.55 .. 375.25 371.00 403.00 3,301.75 256.0(1 206.5(1 301.00 1,549.75 25.00 25.00 25.00 150.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 360.00 1 1 0.oO 50.00 50.0(1 3S7.S0 208.33 20S.33 20S.33 ' 1,249.98 259.16 241.00 211.00 1.499.96 135.70 87.50 96.65 402.99 46.32 38.27 17.80 197.51 53. 33 83.33 83.33 4 99.98 $3,285.91 $3,241.00 ' - " $3,171.05 ' ; $21,147.91 foregoing itemized report. ,.T. '.!...'. $21,147.94 21,117.94 $3,841.11 , $3,431.74 Total expenditures (County Salary fundi for the six months ending Deceml. Total warrants Issued (County Salary fund) tor the six months ending Dccci: County Advertising and Fair Fund. t ' Pacific Highway Road Fund. Warrants were drawn against this fund only during September. November No warrants were drawn against this fund during October and November. and December. ' July $1,400.40 September November December Total I August 1,478.31 Advertising Resources $1,394.00 $1,000.00 $ 36.00 $2.430.00 1 September 91.00 Total expenditures (County Advertising and fair Fundi for tho six December 495.26 months ending December 31st, 1916 as per above report $2,430.00, Total warrants issued (County Advertising and fair fundi for the six I Total $-..464. 9. nuiiHhs ending December 31sl, IMG ... $2,430,001 Total expenditures (Pacific Highway Road Fund for the six months I ending December Slut, ivlh, as ver above report ! Total warrants issued Pacific Highway Koad Fundi for the six months ending December 31st, UM6 Know 110 law save 110 STOP BAD COUGH STANDARD OIL SEEKS i""1" INDEMNITY FROM GERMANY, .t u WASHINGTON, feb. slight deMniftion of su Cuban te',,-!s in the Ori, a as r ported to the sl.iV dc Ha New voi:k. feb. : M'd ( III Ctllpauv u ,!l m- i't lite lie-true!;,,;, ,,t , ties in ltllliuitiia a' tii, fiu Gorman. ;r, .i-.ioii of 1 1 !;i i yo' " clt , St. ,: I-; :, it'll. lli? Y ! !! 1 -; , iV C.e; !. At. ana. loiram i. tile ! i, .i i; M ini.--te It was the li r,. oil,,!, w el.eis pine con n li e , ir, ;in.; , some cane . v pro it.;-. rtie, in Geie-al, .. .'. ,,1 Throat itli ,. S i.i .. Tbi. 1 11,1 ,'lie.ll e,lieine e Kc.t. il !' '' I '.(-:n- liisliict No. 1. Labor Material District No. 2 Labor Material- - District No. 3 Labor Material Distriet No. Labor - Material District. No. 5 Labor Material Di.-trirt No. 6 Labor Material District No. 7 Labor .Mateiial 1 ist ,-ict No. Labor Material District No. 9 Labor Material r, tgiit 1 usii iet No. 10 Labor Mateiial I'nblM'.iiii; special road tax notice District No. 1 I Labor Material ! list t iet No. 12 --Labor Material I t;i , iet No. Labor Materia! Di.-n u t No. I I Labor Material July 510.00 35.03 716.00 39.00, 63 50 "liiLOO 42 75 402.1S 72.91 274.37 3.30 531.50 Road Fund. August September 569.00 51.11 120.00 20.25 130.00 72.71 Lai. ' lai II! till:; l!)v.t Hi-' r' To Ihe -;,!i:i-: To llio-e wi Tr the tirlieje i.i li houl I lie ra i-i ! '' wi'l itv l i. :l te inehe- w:,:,- i, inches a! !,,: : 0,1 I'roin Tite-il.iv i H' ot la.-t uecL Br tipen, av. :y I r, , 8t I'mliiv cvi il COMMUNICATION. i C-E.aNSTCRI-T AND PATY LEAVE KALITP.X TO Ml GMT Sams Valley-Gold Hill Ituad . ..'e.itoi I .laeKsoaville Road -:t!:,!,u io'Ctiiii 1912 road tax . i 'i ,t( ,'M Culverts .. .. l:a::l" l'oiat-it row tisbot t road Kepairili r tad roller I'ouer l,r I-',.n;le Point rock erut l.il.i (or P and K. crossing Kent ,.f load loller Roc!. Creek road -':i,, lo Co. tel. to app. tor Ctaler Lake Huhway. R.",t ,,i she,! f toad utachluery 517.50 311.80 620.50 41.98 2'9.0O 571.00 LI 10.30 I4S.I0 97X25 I50.S7 899.00 12.20 122.50 61.14 31.25 1.110.10 6. IS 41.31 415.72 -14.01 144.00 21.70 41.00 'io.ob 3 50 310.00 39.17 43.40 117.36 257.00 2.40 195.00 2.30 420.62 60.00 10.37 9 LOO 600.80 37.85 591.50 35.69 6S.50 General Road. 91.00 21 20 1.287.15 1.SS4 61 4.77 20.00 29.61 35.00 22.70 59.00 6.20 133.00 211.50 90.34 October 458.00 41.15 76.00 8.07 30.00 24 "on 31.52 730.30 57.70 22.50 6.60 107.00 261.65 50.00 6.00 2.00 213.00 2S.20 November 650.00 49.45 423.00 28.90 631.00 45.09 379.00 73.30 27S.12 17.40 285.30 1.79 27.50 20.00 133.50 13.90 12S.. 41.00 46.0(1 212.09 .1.1'.!! 742.60 136.08 26.00 79 00 8.2$ 69.n0 176.50 1 17.00 41.12 31.32 994.51 132.00 94.68 220.00 783.50 38.35 176.00 December 355.00 233.31 371.00 20.99 102.50 20. 7S 2 1 1 .00 135.17 408.88 1 2.55 27.50 1.92 31.30 236.00 270.no 71.50 8.00 221.00 132.07 633.87 23.01 381.00 44.20 129.75 190.30 3.H 19.69 $3,4G4.97 3.401.97 Total 2,548.00 410.11 1 .850.00 ' 118.51 998.00 144. OL 835.50 . 286.24 1.479.18 201.70 1.367.27 182.07 908.00 31.70 1.170.50 580.95 1.C27.C2 61.88 2.00 1.007.50 257.32 S.00 1.205.00 - 438.84 2,865.17 209.26 3,479.65 405.19 1.378.25 182.70 l.SS 296 58 317.25 sher 26.21 1.10 50.00 8. SO 350O 60.00 It, a .mi On i.w:. oia; l'i I'ai r-h:a, i-onu oca! r,a,i tax notice Totals Total o;e'lmi!os Total v. arrants is: . $I2.6I OS $6,507 5rt $2,953.50 $3,600.36 tKoad Poudt for the six months ending TVccmiier 31st. 1916. as per foregoing report tied (Road Eitndt for ttte s!x months ending December 31st. 1916 , 373.81 $5,672.13 2.uti 4 90 $8,061 15 926.50 3 214 03 2.312.94 4.991.7?" 313.26 358.56 415.72 41.01 26.21 2.75 50.00 8.80 35.00 60.00 2.50 373.81 2.00 4 90 $39,446.62 ....$39,446.62 ..- 39.446.62 -M d, ,1 a ,1, r. over io-.tr im-lv b Wllttl is the nvernee.' w W. M. KOIiUi:. rt Si-kivou lleiudils. J-.!,. J7. hi . ' (Ivlitor's Note. Mr. t'.o.ie . 'c eet n rain rnuc ,lt!l I'11'1 in- can ; m ceMiitn Ihe dtl lerenec in ,t between liis jdiice ami He " weitllitr huretiti, ui4 nii'iisti''' Bel , -1 , i -ti"t Medt'ot, llietlt In R r,.A rvs ,f--A I Absolutely Kt ;o InJicslion. o . . roves it. .ici.t c: .:. , Jn-TTJ A P7?T?T Jt V. J. iUl.AJ .vr. ift r i. , i err I l.e.-.e ''.. i:-x ml 7-I S-it n -.' lir i-.i-.te J.-. 1 . Phone 64 GUY W. CONNER Lime-Sulphur Lead and Oil Sprays FREE FROM PESTS That's What Your Orchard Will Be If You Use Swift's Arsenate of Lead Rex. Lime Sulphur Black Leaf 40 EARL FRUIT CO. OF THE NORTHWEST J. C. Brown, District Manager. Y A 1 V J. di is gmrwork.) 1