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SAN F'HAN'CIHCO, C'nl., Oct. 11.
Tim followim; facts sol forth by the
treasury department rcttnrditif!: the
second issue of the liberty Juan show,
ill concise form, the udvuiitii.'es of
these bonds as all iiivestinent for the
people. They are as follows:
Amount .:,)(I,)()0,(1)1).
Interest Four per cent, paid twice
each year.
Kxcmptinns l-'roni nil taxes ex
cept estate taxes, surtaxes and ex
cess profit taxes.
Itcdeeinublc In 1!5 years, or nt
government's option after ten years.
Payments Four in iiumhcr by
government plan; last pnynieiit Jan
uary 1", 11118, or payable over u per
iod of one year by savings banks anil
employers' plan.
Twelfth district allotment-.fjll),-01111,(1110
minimum; .f:).(l,(HIO,(lllO de
sired. When lo liny NOW.
I. Slnrc than llll per cent of the
people of the I'nited States can in
vest in the second liberty loan I per
cent bonds without bciny; in any way
affected by their taxable feature.
'J. The new 4h are exempt from
all stale and local taxes.
II. The income from the new I per
cent liberty bonds is subject only lo
surtaxes.
I. Surtaxes are levied only on in
comes in excess of .f.'illilll.
.. Out of a total population nf
3111,1100,0(10 in the I'nited States,
only -100, 0011 persons paid income
taxes in Mill.
(J. Only 210,000 paid surtaxes.
7. ..'i000 face value of new -I per
cinl liberty bonds are exempt from
all taxes whatsoever, present and fu
ture. H. An individual may own (provid
ing lie has no other capital $l"ill,n(IU
liberty loan -Is and pay no taxes.
0. The income of an individual
from liberty loan bonds ( providim:
he bus no other income) is exempt up
to .f.VJOO. Of this exemption, ."i(100
represents the 1 per cent interest on
bonds of it face value of if l'J .1.000
(exempt from all normal taxes), and
$'-'00 represents the interest at I per
cent on bonds of n lace value of
if. 1000. exempted from nil taxes (par
agraph Liberty Loan Ait).
VKItlll'X, Oct. 10. President Iter
nanliiio Machado ot I'oriuital and M.
Polneare, the French president,
lunched in one of the casements at
Verdun today, anil while detiu liuicnU
from the army of Verdun ri-iiilercti
houurg tn front of tile citadel, tleco
rated tlie city with the Order ot the
Tower and Sword.
The Whole Xetutilioi bood know.
Mrs. Anna I'eler, Uii Jefferson j
St., So, Omaha. Neb., writes: "I can
recommend Foley's Money and Tar as
a sure cure for rniiKhs and colds. It
rured my dniiishtcr of a had cold. My j
neighbor, .Mrs. Ilcnsnu, cuioil bersolf
unit her whole lamlly uhti I'olev'sl
lloney mill Tar, and everyone In our
neighborhood speaks highly of It."
This reliable family remedy masti i s
voup. It clears the air pnssaucs and
wises the cnsitliiK, straimlltiK fUhl
for brcalh. Sold everywhere.
Notteo j
All lmk Interest on city assess-j
mrntu mimt bo paid by November;
lfith. Your co-operation In carrylngj
out the Supreme roiirt decision win
bo appreciated. "Ho your lilt."
ny order of the City Council.
tll'S II. PAMl'KLS.
85 Clt' Treasurer.
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THE WAR
E
VKIiVI()I)V, every man, woman ami child must help
iiv fur the wfir, under the war revenue measure just
passed ly congress. Everything .von buy contributes.
You cannot buy any article that lias been freighted by
rail or water, you cannot ride on a train, send a telegram,
visit a theater'or ball park, buy a bottle of patent medicine,
a baseball bat or any other kind of sporting goods, a tube
of tooth paste or any other toilet article, own an automo
bile, a motorcycle or a niotorboat, draw a time draft, buy
jt bond or share of stock, or send in a proxy for an elec
tion, without paying Inline, to your Uncle Samuel.
Moreover, thru the income and excess profits taxes, not
less than five million Americans who have never known
what it is to take money out of their pockets and pay it
over directly to Uncle Sam's collectors will now have to
learn to make out their tax returns and master.all the in
tricacies of calculating gross and net income, capital in
vested, depreciation and exemptions.
The income tax now reaches down and takes its levy
from every married man or woman with an income over
. 2000, and every uiiniRrricd man or woman with an income
over $1000, ami the war profits tax reaches every corpor
ation with a net income over $11000, and every partnership
and individual operating a business which yields more
than $11000 net income during this year.
There are internal revenue taes of $1.10 and $2.10 a
gallon on distilled spirits, $1.50 a gallon on beer, 5 to 20
cents a gallon on sirups for soft drinks, 1 cent a gallon on
grape juice, soft drinks, "near beer," etc.
Cigars are taxed from 25 cents to $7 per 1000, depend
ing on quality, with it tax of $1 per 1000 oil the 5-cent vari
ety. Cigarettes are taxed 8 to 12 cents per hundred. To
bacco pays 5 cents a pound and cigarette papers 1 cent a
hundred. Compare these with the increases asked by
your local dealer to pay the war tax.
Then there are the transportation taxes, 3 per cent on
till freight bills, 1 cent on each 20 cents of express bills,
S per cent on passenger tickets and 10 per cent on Pullman
car charges, and 5 cents on -each telegraph or telephone
message costing over 15 cents.
On all jewelry, autos, motorcycles, piano-players, pho
nographs and records in future 3 per cent, of the sale price.
New life insurance policies pay 8 cents for every $100 of
lace value, or if under $500, it) per cent of first weekly
premium, and all other new insurance policies 1 cent for
each dollar of the annual premium.
After thirty days the postal rate on till letters, except
drop letters, will lie 3 cents an ounce, and there will be an
extra charge of 1 cent for each 25 cents charged on parcel
post packages.
'There are a new set of taxes on estates over $50,000,
reaching 10 per cent on $1,000,000.
Yachts pay 5(1 cents to $2 per linear foot, and motor
boats $5 each.
Sporting goods and cameras pay 3 per cent, toilet ar
ticles, patent medicines and chewing gum pay 2 per cent
of the wholesale price.
Tickets of admission to till kinds of amusements pay 1
cent for each 10 cents of the price. Taxes do not apply to
movies where charge is 5 cents or less, or to oilier 10-cent
shows.
And to wind up, there are a host of stamp taxes on all
kinds of documents, the mere enumeration of which would
occupv an entire column.
The war revenue bill is expected to vield $2,(i25,000,000
the first year but of this more than $1,800,000,000 is ex
acted from wealth in taxes upon profits and incomes.
Except for the increased postage charges and freight bill
taxes, nearly till of the balance comes from wealth and
luxuries. So the nation is in reality conscripting wealth
much faster than it is conscripting men.
LONDON, Oct. 10. All official
statement on aerliil operations Is
sued toulnlit rends:
"On Tuesday there was little tly
Iiik except on the Iml I lef rout, where
a Kieat deal of work was done tit spite
of a strong wale and thick clouds. The
enemy's new (tun positions and other
siiitalde targets were reported by air
planes to our artillery, which dealt
with them.
"Touch was kept wltti our Infantry
all day and the enemya troops were
Imrrasscd by machine gun ftro at
eiorp opportunity. A ton of bombs
was dropped on the Pouters. Courtral.
.Mcnlu and Lcdcshum stations. A
ilirci t lilt was obtained on a hostile
train, i.iusliii; a number of explos
ion. "Four vleiiuau machines were
l'iout:lH down and two were driven
down oni of conlrol. Two of ours
are llll.-illK.''
CARDINAL URGES ALL
WASHINGTON, Oct. II,- Sii'i
scrlptlons should Pe m.iile to tlie sec
ond Liberty loun even tho personul
sacrifices are Involved, Cardinal tiili
Itons today declared in a letter to
the Maiyland Liberty loan commit
tee.
"With the sinceresl whhes for the
loan s ever subscription, in order to
be of somo belli to tlie government
and lo encourage others by example.
I am subscribing to Ibe extent of
111 y limited menus," lie wrote.
MEDFORD MATE TRTITOE, MEDEOTiD, OftEfiOy,
TAXES
CAUSE OF ALLIES
I'lOTKOdltAn, Oct. 11. The now
Russian government, in a declaration
today regarding its participation in
the forthcoming allloa' conference,
j Fays that while discussing questions
j fonnccted with tho common war, tbe
I ttusslan representatives will seek to
reach an understanding with tho al
! lies on theliasis of the principles pro
Ichiimcd by the revolutionary govern
ment at its Inception.
"The government,' It adds, "will
extend It whole strength In suport
of tho common cause ot the allies,
the defend the country, to oppose
every attempt to imposo the will of
others on Unssla."
In restoring the fighting power ot
the Itusslan army. It is declared, the
government will follow the demo
cratic principles already promulgated
by the war minister.
I'UliTI. AH. Ore, Oct. 11,-Miss
Louise Schneider of ibis city, who
j as driving ibe auto which was
, struck 1 a tialu at a grade crossing
; near lieedUlle. Ore . last Sunday
i night, died in a hospital here last
nUht. Ili-is waa the fourth death
i from tlie lollislon and threw more
i victims still are. In hospitals serf
I nusly Injured. Adolph Shnoldor, a
cheese merchant, was instantly killed
land Mbert 1' lloriiichuch. Schneid
er's son-Ill law. and SlUs Si hull i. oi
ll-:vorett, Wash., died later,
F00DC0NSE
The first move in the preliminary
plans for Jackson county's part in
the ereiil food conservation cam
paign that will open on Monday. Oc
tober 21, in Oregon nnd thriiout the
nntion was ninile yesterday when 0.
.f. I'liimmer of Portland, fspeciul
field representative of W. H. Ayer,
food administration for Oregon under
National Administrator Hoover, ad
dressed the children of tho A shin nil
schools Wednesday forenoon, the pu
pils of the Medford schools ill the af
ternoon, a treneral public audience nt
the public library at 4 p. m. yester
day, and n public meeting nt Central
Point Inst evening.
Apr. Pliimmcr talked earnestly on
the necessity for food conservation
on the part of the nation, nnd ilc
tniled the plans for tho eominp; big
eonservntion cninpai;'n. At the var
ious meetings ho was introduced by
W. A. Folger, the new county food
canipiiiKn executive cliuirman, who
succeeds K. V. Carter of Ashland,
who retires from the office because
of ill health. '
Save Food for Long War.
In all of his nddressos Mr. Pluin
nier emphasized the fact that the
idea of the food campaign was not
to starve ourselves, but to save the
surplus food of the nntion for our
armies at the front, lie pointed out
tliut Food Administrator Hoover nnd
others prominent in national affairs
looked for a Ion? war nnd that to
maintain our armies nnd those of our
allies nt fighting strength it was ab
solutely necessary that all the people
at home conserve the supply of prin
cipal foods.
lie also dwell upon the fact that
Administrator Hoover looks upon this
food eonservntion campaign nnd the
faithful ohservnnce of the food ab
stinence pledges lis the greatest thill"
the American people can do to insure
winning the war.
"The idea, of the campaign," he
suid, "is to conserve the supply of
wheal, meat, sugar and butter fats
particularly, not that we are to elim
inulc them entirely from our diet, but
to substitute other foods for the
amount . ordinarily consumed. A
wheat less and meatless' day u week
is recommended. -
Facing n Serious Problem.
"We are not realizing the great re
sponsibility of this campaign. We
are too prone to look lightly upon
this substitution. We are in the
habit of eating nil the bread, all the
sugar and all the other staples that
we want, not realizing that there is n
limit to the production, nor the great
need of the staples nt the front.
"The saving of one slice of bread
a day by each of the hundred million
people would menu a saving of
10,000 loaves a day. The saving of
an ounce of meat a day will mean the
saving of 5000 tons of incut daily.
Carrying this out for a month or a
year will mean immense supplies sav
ed, with no serious loss to ourselves.
Ily reasoning along this line one can
easily realize the very great part, we
can render to the general help of our
allies and their armies.''
The Plan of nini'uiign.
Much of the coining food conserva
tion campaign wili ho curried out
thru the school children. On .Monday,
October 1.1, a home card of instruc
tion for conservation will be placed
in the schools. Then the scholars
will spend the entire week studying
with the teachers the different food
problems set forth, so that they will
be thoroly saturated with the ideas
of conservation.
Then on the week beginning Octo
ber Jl, pledge cards will bo taken
home by the pupils to their parents,
who will be usked to sign the cards,
pleditinir an agreement to live up to.
so far as possible, the conditions set
forth in the instruction cards.
Wherever a pledge card is signed a
membership card with the enibb'm of
the I'nited Stales food administra
tion will be furnished, which is to be
displayed in the most conspicuous
window of the house, thus showing
publicly that lliat household is signed
up lo food conservation.
County Loud Chairman Kolger will
have all the actixe working details of
the campaign in charge in .laekson
county, assist,.,) ),y his executive
comintltce. the members of which will
soon be announced.
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TTTFT.SDAY. OOTOr,ER
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Led 11. Williams of Medford, with
Company 7 of the Coast Artillery,
stationed at Fort Columbia, writes as
follows to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. II. Williams, concerning the solace
tobacco affords the men on duty:
"You bet, me anil my old pipe have
some nice parties, sometimes. You
folks enn't imagino what a pacifier
n pipe is. There are lots of times
when a fellow feels blue nnd lone
some that he can fill up his pipe and
forget n lot of things."
Kveryono Can II oil p.
Kvery man, woman and child in
this city can help keep one of our
boys nt the front supplied with cig
arettes nnd tobacco by setting aside
one cent n day for each working day.
Just think what this 1 f t lo sum will
do! For !2.j cents wc will enter your
inline on our tobacco fund list find
will send d." cents worth of smoking
tobacco nnd cigarettes to our boys in
Franco. In the kit will be a postal
card stamped and addressed to you,
and on the kit will be a request to the
soldier asking him to write a message
to you on the postal and mail it.
lied Cross Distribution.
The l!ed Cross takes chnrgo of
these kits of smoking mntcrial ,and
distributes llieni; Ihe French govern
ment sends bnck the postal bearing a
one cent United States stamp and nd
mits the tobacco free of duty.
Surely if as busy an orgunizntion
as the lied Cross society nnd as pre
occupied officials as those of the
French government will do these
things to see that our soldiers get a
chance to smoke it isn't asking much
to ask you to set aside one cent a day
for Uie purpose.
Send in your contributions of any
nnioiint 2:" cents $1 or more.
For every 2.") cents- tliut you give a
separate postal bearing your name
goes to the front.'
SECRETARY LANE
RETURNS 10 CAPITAL
POItTLAND, Oct. II. Secretary
Kranklin K.. Lane announced today
that he will return to Washington
from here, leaving tonight, instead of
going further north or remaining on
the Pacific coast. He pointed out
thnt his tour was to have ended at
Roise, but ho was so urgently asked
to come to Portland that ho extended
his trip this far.
BLISS WEARS FOUR STARS
OF GENERAL OF ARMY
WASHINGTON', Oct. 11. (lencrnl
Tasker II. Illiss, annv chief of staff,
has received his commission ns gen-
crul and today appeared at the war
department with four stars on each
shoulder, the insignia of his new
rank, (leneral Pershing's commis
sion to similar rank has been for
warded to him in France.
Anniversary Service at First Presby
terian Church Sunday.
The 1110th anniversary oC the Prot
ostant Reformation will be celebrated
"Seven Pearls"
ARE COMING
JOHN A. PERL
UWDtkTAKia
iAdr Assistant. -8
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I amipals t tho iron that lasts tour
. times as lone as nnr other. jy
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11, 1017
on Sunday morning at the first Pres
byterian church.- Tho pastor will be
assisted in the service by Kev. Paul
Bandy, who will give his lecture on
Slolancthon, the brains of the refor
mation, and Luther, the great preach
er of tho reformation. Why did they
leave the Uoman Catholic church?
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
World-wide distribution and the con
tinually growing demand for Ford
cars are the best proofs of Ford value.
Ford cars are utilitiest they are pos
itive necessities for they have revo
lutionized modern business, brought
country and city together and opened
up new life to the family. The Ford
car has become a necessary part of
everyday life. Touring Car $365,
Runabout $350, Coupclct $5.10, Sedan
$650, Town Car $600 all f. o. b. De
troit. On display and for sale by
C. E. Gates Auto Co.
Riverside Ave., Medford, Ore.
Suppose You
Were Going
'O ver the Top'
You know what Hint means, doii'l you? (letting out of
ilie trenches for a charge. The order comes after hours
and days of incessant artillery preparation. Then it's up
to the men in the front lines.
Suppose you were waiting to go over the lop in ten
minutes. What would you 'want more Ihan anything?
What, would be the one'thing that would help ai'tor the
nerve strains of two days' roar from those big guns?
You'd want a good smoke, of course
lint, on the other hand, you're not "over there."
You're here because you have to be. And you have no
trouble laying your hand on a pipe or cigarette. lut(.
1 hey 're scarce on. the other side cigarettes and tobacco;
the kind our men like.
So help send smokes to the soldiers
We make it easy for ymi; all you have to do is to send
it little money to
Mail Tribune Tobacco Fund
This is being tnaintair.cd, to supply our boys with their favorite smoke. Will
yon help to make it a success,' This lias been indorsed by tin. dovrrnmenf.
Throuuli the efforts of this paper, arrangements have been made with The
Amei'-iin Tobacco t'orupanv to -end l'ic vorlh of tobacco for L!."ic.
A stamped re! urn post card is im loscd in each pnekntre so that every
contributor wilt receive a personal -u-knou lc-il-;nicnt of his cil't. Von will
treasure this mc-snue from the t'vnches. Kvcryhodv wants to give a little.
Will ou help make it a sneers- by doim; your bit ?
Here is what they will get :
2 packages of Lucky Strike Cigarettes Retails at 20c
3 packages of Bull Durham Tobacco " 15c
3 hooks Bull Durham Cigarette Papers
I tin of Tuxerlo Tobacco Retails at 10c
4 books of Tuxedo Cigarette Papers
45c
Contribute! Organize your riuH, your church, your town, your
offire. your factory and give the boys just a little comfort
their favcritc smoke.
The Mail Tribune Tobacco' Fund
Whero was the Protestant church be
fore tho reformation? These ques
tions of vital Interest Jojovety; Prot
estant will be answered.; Jioind pf.u
tlier's liynina will be sung by the An
drews chorus choir. Every Protest
ant Is earnestly invited to attend.
The public nro cordially welcome.
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