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Medford Mail Tribune
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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.
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; 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,
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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 !
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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
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I'ai r-h:a,
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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
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Lime-Sulphur
Lead and Oil Sprays
FREE FROM PESTS
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Swift's Arsenate of Lead
Rex. Lime Sulphur
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EARL FRUIT CO. OF THE NORTHWEST
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