Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 16, 1917, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textr. MEDFORD' MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1917 PAGE TWO Medford Mail Tribune AN INMKPHNIJEKT NKWKPAI'KR PUBLISHED KVKHY AKTISKNOON JCXCEl'T HUNDAV HY Tliifi MEDFORD J'UINTl.NO CO. Office Matl Tribune Hulldtng, J 5-27-2 K .North r lT a i root; toii-pnonw ib. Ths Democratic Times, The Mdford man, 'i ne Ai;Qrra 'j ribunn, -j n bouih mm Orttgonlan, The Ashland Tribune. GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor. UBBCBIPTIOK S&TEII One year, by mull .. .B.OO One month, by mall -60 Pt-r month, 0diveid by carrier in .' Mftdford, Aflhlaml, Phoenix, Tal f ent. Jacksonville and Central - Point - .BO Bftturfiay only, by mall, nor year. 2,00 Weekly, per your. ... 1.60 Qfllcln) paper at the city of Mfdford. t Official paner of Jncknon County. f Entered aa maam-cana matter Medford, Oregon, undar the oat of March V, 10)9, Sworn Circulation for 101G 2,491. Full leaved wire Atmocluted 2'ress dls atoh0. I TAX PAYMENTS WASHINGTON,- Jly 16. lire knots wore tied, in the Oregon and California land grunt tax tangle when the report from the attorney general's office-bocamn public, re vealing that tile interior "department has been advised that no anlhoritv cxistB for paying any penalties or interest on taxes, either before or since the pnssngo of the Chamberlain-Ferris aet. The situation now is so much eon fnned thnt no one will predict what can be done, tl appears certain thai congress will not do anything to re lieve the situation in view of the at torney general's stand, which ' also hns the- indorsement of tho interior department ."officials. ' ' Lawsuit Is Suggested. A lawsuit to determine whether penalties and interest are incum brance on the bind is thought by some to be the only solution. The land office officials are in a iuin dary and have renched no deciw ion. They nro advised that they inn go abend and open the lauds ami let others worry about the payment of ponnlties and interest if the Oregon counties insist they bo paid. An opinion of the department of jns tino is expected ill a report sent to the house public lands committee, written by Assistant Attorney Gen Attorney General Gregory. Interpretations Slay Differ. "No account should be taken of pcnnllios and interest," he snid. 'Un der some cirsmnslnnceHI," bo con tinues,' "Ibu word tuxes might include peuullios n nil iuturest, but not in this cuso where the intention of con gress was clearly expressed." "Taxes arc not due by virtue of Btale laws," continues the report, "but solely by force of an act of congress. The obligation to pay is that of the t'niled Slates, not of any individual, mid it cannot be supposed that congress intended to make such obligation iu n lien upon lands which is assumed ownership. If., .t-ho Male or any uiuuiripulitw fchould be advised it is entitled to a larger niimunl than is ccrtilied for payment, it innv resort to the proper tribunal for a decision on its cl.iims. Wm Mottle gnesllou Alter HiiIch. "I have no doubt tho interior de partment nuiy proceed lit once to dispose of reverted binds and timber thereon as provided ii; tho act, ro dnrdlasH of any iitcstion concern ing the aiiiouul due for tuxes," Tho opinion sitvs that congress in providing for the pavineut of tuxes did so lis a mailer of grace end lib tmilily. The new ile etopmcnl puts ill) end to elianci's for Mounter Cham berlain's bill which has nlrendx passed the Semite, nulhoriing the pnyment of penahics mid interest up to the dale tuxes arc paid. The amount involved iu pi uallies and in terest, computed to aMivh 1, 1017, id $:i7H,mi. " IN I.W.W. SATCHEL JEKOMI", Aii... .Inly Hi. Two boxes of caps used fu dclonatc dy linuiito and enm-pitiulriirc allcu'cd ' to reveal details of Industrie) Vo'k j t'rs of the World plan, to lie up the j copper mining indu-trv in Anona, I wcro found here loduv in a suitcuM' ooiil to belong lo James (lied) 1 Thompson, known here a a h ad r iu l. W. V. activities recently in Yn-h-' jngtnn state. Tlmmpu.n was ,lo jiorted With 0'i "'her men last Tue- lny mi'l s "w 1111,1 ''"'s eott. The snitense and its cun'cuts were turned over lo IVdcial anthini THE CENSUS BUREAU'S JOKE. '-pill'': no 1115 now estimates of population issued by flic fed- nsus bureau, based tion are us far from being which were based niton the population increase from 1900 to 1910, and therefore were incorrect as tar as the Pacific const states were concerned. Population, particularly in new and undeveloped re gions, is based -upon economic and industrial conditions prevalent, and it apparently never occurred to the census bureaucrats to consult local authorities with a view to se curing a correct estimate. The school census and the reg istered vole were never consulted, any more than the con ditions prevailing in the section were studied. The years from 1900 to 1910 were years that witnessed a great influx in immigration to the coast country a pe riod of favorable crops, of development' and exploitation boom years. Following the collapse of the boom came year years of depression and poor harvests, of stagnation in railroad building and the one great manufacturing in dustry, lumbering and hence a loss of floating popula tion that follows a boom. But front one extreme, the cen sus bureau has gone to the other. The census of 1910 gave Oregon a population of 072,703, an increase of 02.7 percent over the census of 1900. The first estimate of the census bureau for military registra tion in 1917 was 802,2 10 and because the military registra tion proved this an over-estimate, the cry was raised that Oregon young men were slackers and did not register. When enlistment statistics proved Oregon led the union in numbers of volunteers, it was up to the census bureau to revise its estimates, and this it has done upon the basis that every section had proportionately the same number of men of registration age. The result is a shift of esti mated population into counties where large lumber man ufacturing plants are in operation, and the floating popu lation large. The new estimates give Oregon 070,092 pop ulation. The 1910 census gave Jackson county 2,7jC. The first estimate for military registration gave 34,558, manifestly too high. It is not claimed that the country's population is much greater than in 1910, when there was more or less floating population. But there has been no decrease. There is a larger acreage under cultivation, and many more mines being developed. The county has held its own. Yet Hie new census estimate gives Jackson county but 14,807 which is ridiculous as it is just about the same pop ulation shown by the census of 1900 with less than half the development now existing. The absurdity of this census estimate is shown by a comparison with the registered vole, 9801, of which 5580 are males. At the usual census eslimates of five to one, this would give a population'of 27,900, probably near the truth. This estimate is also borne out by the school cen sus. 1 Under the new census eslimates, Klamath county is driven II), 17(5 population, or almost as much as Jackson county, altho its registered vote is but 4:00, 44 percent of Jackson's. Malheur with a registered vote of 53.10 is giv en almost as great; population as Jackson by an estimate of 13,208. Other county estimates tell the snme inaccurate story of poor, unscientific guesswork, whereby the tempo rary population of lumber and construct ion camps are used as a basis upon which to estimate permanent population. Jackson ami other agricultural counties of Oregon are shy on the proportional number of men of registration age, because the high wages offered by war industries litis tempted them out of the county temporarily to find more remunerative employment elsewhere. Outside of the slain handed Jackson county by this juke of tin estimate, no damage can result, as it will lessen the number of youths drafted and leave them for much needed work at. home. Start Now GO into this tire question thorough ly you can waste a lot of money if you don't make a careful analysis of the value you get the first price the cost x-r mile the non-skid qual ities the name back of the tire. upon the militarv registra correct as the first estimates. When you yuu pay for Make Your Tire Equipment FISK The man who has made this analysis knows that Fisk Non-Skids are the greatest dollar-for-dollar value on the market. Buy NOW to know real tire satisfaction put a Fisk on your spare rim Renew old equipment with Fisk. risl( Tires For Sale By MEDFORD VULCANIZING WORKS Medford OF APPLE PACKING L WASHINflTOJf,, 3uiy 10.-' Com munity npplo-packing bouses arc likely to solve the problem of labor in handling, in a short period, the increasing apple crop of the Pacific northwest. The success of the cen tralized packing plants in 1910, not previously hied to nny considerable extent, in this region, was indicated by the wide adoption of this plan last season when perhaps one-fourth of the crop in Oregon and Washing ton was packed in community houses. Investigations of the new enterprise lust season conducted by specialists in the office of markets in the United Slates department of agriculture, and now published ns a preliminary re port, make available for interested organizations and individuals, sug gestions us to best methods of con structing, en,uipHng and operating such packing plants. Admitagos Many. The advantages of the community over the individual or ranch plan of packing, according to the special ists, "are better and morn, uniform grading and packing, obtaining ex perienced labor more reudily and using inexperienced Inhor more ef fectively, using expensive labor-saving equipment such as sizing ma chines nnd gravity conveyors which the small grower could not afford, and tho simplifying and facilitat ing of inspection work. The community packing-house scheme is new and consequently nn unperl'cctcd phase of the apple in dustry. Allbo the idea was widely employed last year, its adaptations were largely experimental. Investi gation by department specialists was undertaken to sift from tho various plans tried, the best and most eco nomical method of handling apples thru all the operations of picking, hauling from the orchard, receiving at the packing house, grading, siz on the ems. Sixty Packing Plants. Sixty pneking-honses at or near Spokune, North Yakima, Wenatchee, Cashmere, Kntint, Patcros, Brewster, Okanogan, Omak, and Walla Walla, Washington, nnd Hood River and Medford, Oregon, were included in the study.' Of these lit) houses. 33 were opernted ns community houses, seven wen; operated by dealers some what on the community plan, nnd twenty were much houses. Individ ual or ranch ackingt houses nnd operations were included in the in vestigation so that the efficiency and economy of the two systems might be compared., While the investigators preferred not to draw definite conclusions from a single season's work, the discus sions of equipment, organization and personnel, n floor unit, general operation, and specifically the opera tion in two typical houses, which make up the report, provide for growers of the northwest what should prove a helpful summary of methods that were most successful last year. pay more than Fisk prices something thai dveilwl exist" IEV0LUII MADRID, July 16. Barcelona, newspapers published a note saying that the assembly of members of par liament from Catalonia will be held on Thursday, notwithstanding all de nials, and that the organizers of the movement count on the support of a large part of the army. Various defense committees on the other hand, have held meetings to protest agulnst and such manifes tations. It Is asserted the army will remain aloof from politics and obey the government. Sixty Catalonian senators and dep uties asked the Spanish government recently for administrative autono my for ill provlces and decided to call a special meeting of parliament in Barcelona unless the government summoned parliament. The govern ment declined to convene parliament. L PARIS, July .10. Announcement is made that all private organizations which desire to givo medical aid to American troops must be uuder Red Cross military control and supervis ion. The Red Cross is now construct ing the largest nitrons oxide' plant in the world. The product, commonly known as laughing gas, will be used as nn .anaesthetic in all American dressing stations and hospitals. The First Cry Every toman's aym tathy responds to the sweetness of a baby's voice. Tho little cry that echoes with the arrival of the new buby Is perhaps the fondest and most cher ished recollection of our Uvea. Thousands of moth ers owe their pres ervation to health and v.'onu Tf ul preparation strength to tho 'Mother's FrlenU". This to an external application which la applied to the ab dominal muscles. It relieves the tension, prevents tenderness and pain at the crisis nnd enables the abdomen to expand gently. The muscles contract nutumlly after baby arrives and the form Is thu preserved. It should be applied cmiiy, nignt ana morning, during tho period of cxpecta. tlon. Its Influence on tho uno net work of nerves and ligaments just be neath the skin is wonderful. It renders them pliant, and In this wuy aid nature to expand the abdomen without Uio usual strain when baby is burn. sou will llnd tlila wonderful prepara tion on sale at every drug store. "Mother's Friend" Is prepared by the Bradfleld Reg ulator Co., Dept. C, 200 Lamar Uuilding, Atlanta, Ga. They will send you an in tensely Interesting book, without charge. Motherhood and the Baby . A rito them lo moll it to you. It Is of the utmost Im portance that every expectant mother old nature In her work. Po not neglect for a single night to use "Mother's Friend". It Is absolutely and entirely safe. In This Hot Weather - The fact that Nurml's Bread Is mix ed by machinery and Is not adulterat ed with human perspiration is reason itself why you should Insist on, and see that you get Nurmi's Bread 11KTTUK AX1 CLEAN Ell BllKAD At All tho Grocers. GIM CHUNG China Herb Store Herb cure tor earache, headache. catnrrh, dlphthorla, Bora throat lung trouble, kidney trouble, atom. aeh trouble, heart trouble, chills and fever, cramps, coughs, poor circula tion, carbuncles, tumors, caked breast, cures all kinds . ot goiters. NO OPERATION; Medford, Oregon. Jan. 18, 1917 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This, Is to certify that I, the nn designed, had Tery severe stomach trouble and had been bothered for several years and last August was not expected to live, sua hearing of Olm Chung (whose Herb Store Is at S41 South Front street In Medford) I de cided to get herbs for my stomach trouble, and I started to teellng bet ter as soon ss I used them, and today am a well man and can heartily rec ommend anyone afflicted as 1 was t ee Glm Chung and try his Herbs. (Signed) W. R. JOHNSON, Witnesses: M. A. Anderson, Medford. S. B. Holmes, Eagle Point. Frank Lewis, Eagle Point Wm. Lewis, Eagle Point W. U Chlldreth, Eagle Point C. E. Moore, Eagle Point J. V. Mclntyre, Eagle Point. Oo. n. Von der Hellen. Eagle Point Thos. E. Nlrbols, Eagle Point . flavor. You'll like t. . Jjjj INOORPOMATIQ JOHN A. PERL UXDERTAKn Laxly Assistant S8 SOUTH BARTLETT. Phone M. 47 nnd 47-J-2. Austomoblle Hearse Service. Ambulance 8ervlce. Coroner. "Simonizing" Is not a catch word nor an advertis ing phrase, but the token of a scientific system for the care of varnished and enameled surfaces IT IS A BUILDING UP PROCESS That keeps till Destructive Elements from reach ing the finish. IX C'LEAXIX I a Simonized Sur face you never touch the varnish or enamel, but the hard elastic film that covers (he surface. Let us Siinonixe your teed., Valley The Portland Hotel PORTLAND, OREGON The Rose City's world-famed hotel, occupying an entire block. All outside rooms. Superior dining and grill service. 'Au atmosphere of refinement, with a sen-ice of courtesy. European Plan, $1.50 and Up RICHARD W. CHILDS, Manager itis the Storage Battery that determines whether you will get out and crank or not. A battery which receives the charge easily, as r well as giving its power strongly when neded Is the Ideal kind. We ' have it hero. C. E. Gates Auto Co. SUITS rO ORDER $25.00 UP Also Cleaning, Pressing and Altering 128 E. MAIN. UPSTAIRS car. Satisfaction guaran- Garage jLEIN I In for j vilEDFonry 1 ir ties'.