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MEDFUKD MXTL TRIBUTE, fTrTD"FORT), OKEO.OX, THURSDAY. MAY IX 1920.
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PACIFIC COAST BISCUIT CO.
C. E. GA1ES
OUT INTEREST OF
WILLIAM A. GATES
II was with surprise that husiue
circles in the citv learned today Hint
William A. dates had sold out his
minority holdiiurs in the C K. (.lutes
Auto company to C. K. Gates and
(iconic Gates, who hold the remainder
ol' the company's stock, ami is no
longer connected with that concern.
X5r. (iates, who has been a rest
dent of Medford for the past fivo or
six years during which time he wa.
connected with the Gates auto con
cern, in which he hecame a luinorit
stockholder when it was incorporated
in March, 1917. will often a few wjeks
rest with his wife and adopted dnugl:
ter visit for a month at their old
home in the east, after which he wil
return and look over the l'ucitic coast
with a view to entering business
again.
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Canada Strike Threatened.
VANCOUVER. R C. May IX A
ireneral strike throughout Canada of
municipal employes appointed under
civil service examinations is threaten
ed, an official Inch in the postal serv
icti asserted today. ' ' '
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In what amount Is the county asked to bond for roads at tills
olection?
Siiuu.uon.nn.
What interest do the bonds carry nnd how long do they run?
Kive percent Interest, llonds run 30 years, first payment of
siuu.uvO.OO due 10 years from date. $100, 000.00 duo every
5 years thereafter.
What will they sell for under tho present bond market con
ditions? ,
Hie laws of tho stato do not penult them to bo sold for less
than par.
What is tho present county warrant Indebtedness?
140,000.00.
IWhat was the warrant indebtedness six years aco?
Approximately 1000,000.110.
How was this warrant indebtedness reduced?
By a two mill tax levied each year.
'How long will it take to pay the entire balance of the warrant
Indebtedness?
Less than two years and before It is necessary to levy a tax to
pay interest ana sinking mini on the proposed road bonds.
Will not the proposed road bonds increase our present taxes?
No. The present two mill tax now being levied to pay tho war
rant indebtedness will tako care of interest and sinking fund
of the bonds.
Should tho county vote tho bonds, how much slate and federal
money will bo added to that of the countv funds?
$900,000. 00.
Does this mean that if Jackson County spends JfiOO.OOO.OO the
stato and federal govorninont will spend $900,000.00, a total of
tl,4OU,0u0.O0?
Yes.
'What proportion of this money will bo spent on tho Pacific
Highway?
Absolutely none. Contracts havo been let by tho Stato Highway
Commission for the completion of hard surface pavement of that
mgnway from one end of tho county to the other.
ft hy do some of tho voters then want to vote road bonds when
the Pacific Highway is completed?
To fulfill a promise made some years ago, that as soon as the
Pacific Highway was completed, lateral roads would bo lm
proved. Whore is this road bond money to bo spent?
On no other roads than specified by the County Court.
What roads havo been named by tho County Commissioners to
be Improved?
The Applegate-Ruch road, Sam's Valley road, Ashland-Klamath
Falls road and tho Trail-Medford-Crater I.ako road.
What amount of county and other funds are to bo spont on the
Applegate-ltuch road?
$100,000.0(1 out of tho county road bond Issuo and tho same
amount to bo spent by tho Forestry Department. A total of
$200,000.00. I
How much will be spent on tho Sam's Valley road?
$50,000.00 out of tho proposed road bond Issue and a similar
amount out of tho 'Market Hoad Kund which is under the control
of the County Commissioners. A total of $100,000.00..
'What will be spent on the Ashland-Klamath l''alls-Groen Springs
rond? t
The sum of $1I0,000.00 out of the county road bond, providing
the voters pass the proposed bond measuro on May twenty-first,
and this will then bo matched by the federal government with an
equal amount, making a total of $:i00,000.00.
What amount will bo spent on the Trail-Medford-Crater Lake
road?- i
$200,000.00 of the proposed road bend Issue, which will be
matched with an equal amount by tho stato, making stato and
county expenditures $400,000.00. This total sum will then be
matched with $100,000.00 of federal money, mnKing a grand
total of $800,000.00 to be spent on this roadway.
How much fedoral monoy will bo available for Oregon for
1920?
Between five and Beven million dollars.
Is there any danger that Oregon may not get this fedoral money?
Yes.
How can It bo madq sure that Oregon gots this five to soven
million dollars?
By vdting for tho measure Increasing the tax limitation from
2 percent to 4 percent.
Why will this assure Oregon tho federal money?
Becauso it will give tho state an opportunity to bond Itsolf,
thereby boing able to match the foderal funds, otherwise some
other stato will got tho federal money rightfully belonging to us.
In case tho stato is given tho opportunity to bond to tho extent
of 4 nor cent of its assessed valuation, will not thiB increase our
taxes?
No.
(Why will It not Increaso our taxes?
Because tho automobile nnd gasolino tax pay all of tho Interest
and sinking fund for the stato road bonds.
What does the automobile tax amount to in this stato at the
present time?
More than a million dollars annuully.
Would it do juBt as well tor us to bond tho county for a litt
Nn Thorn is not a district In which this money Is proposed to
bo spent getting what it is rightfully entitled to.
What are other counties in tho stato doing in bonding for roads?
Uino County Is voting for a $2,000,000.00 bond Issue on May
twenty-first, other counties In proportion.
Will the automobile tax bo increased it tho 4 porcent limitation
act Is adopted? , , .
No. Becauso tho present tax. not figuring anything for the
Increase in number of automobiles, will pay tho entire principal
and interest. ....
,Xow that you aro assured that taxes will not be increased by the
fivo hundred thousand dollar county road bonds and by the four
porcent tax limitation act, will you not voto for thoso measures
on Friday, May twenty-first?
The privilege of tho ballot, as well as the duty of a citizen of
this wonderful, country of ounJ-ahould dictate your answer.
Higher Kducartlbnnl Measure
Why should we voto for the Highor Kdur.atlonal.Measuro?
Hecauao the young mon and women havo a right to domand an
education and. wo as citizens of Oregon nro obllgatod to see
that sufficient funds aro provided to give them the Inherent
right that oolongs to them. i
anj:s an Imitation.3
AYOULD you cr.il cn your local mer-
chant and ask him for "imitation"
sugar, or raisins, or coffee? Would ycu
ask him to sell you a pair of shoes
made of something "just as good" as
leather? Or a suit of clothes "made
for" a man, whether or not it fits you?
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LATEST NEWS
OF THE STATE
AS'FOIUA. Ore., May 13 Scvontv
nino arrests of which sixty-six were
for drunkenness have been made bv
Astoria police since the first of Ma v.
This record is tho etjuivalcnt of the
arrests made durinir the entire month
of Mny, 11114." when saloons were in
operation here, no.eordmir to t'..e
iccords of the police department..
SALEM. Ore.. May 13 While on
their return from Kuuene nnd Cor
vallis last niuht, where thev spent
yesterday inspecting University of
Oregon nnd Oregon Agricultural col
lege, Salem Chorrians nnd directors
and members of the Salem Commer
cial Club went on record favorinc
passage of the educational milieu-.":
measure to he submitted to the voters
nt the special election next week.
SALEM, Ore., May 13. In accept
ing vestcrdav a bid of 8if.oi for
$1,000,000 stato highway bonds, of
fered by a Chicago bank, the state
board of control acted reluctantly
and onlv because obligations entered
into by the highway commisp"-- when
no funds were available made the
action imperative.
A statement issued bv tho board
contained the assertion that were it
not for the obligations existing to
contractors the bid would have ben
rejected.
With Me4for4 trade Is Meqfortt mad
"WEAR 'EM AND PATCH 'EM
DAY IN NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS. May 13 Thread
bare coats, shinv trousers, lust year's
straws nnd re-soled shoes were the
order of the day here, signalizing the
opening of the city's second organized
drive on the high cost of living. Pro
claimed "old clothes day," by act
ing Mayor Hicks, the celebration was
to arouse interest in the "wear 'em
and patch 'cm clubs," designed to
force down clothing costs.
MAN ALIVE!
; AIN'T THAT GREAT!
Paul's Electric Store
National Guard Ball !
(Auspices Co. D)
Wednesday, May 19
IMPERIAL ORCHESTRA
Admission $1.25 Including War Tax
Everybody Invited
III . Ill .
FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
THROWN AWAY
Till' Treasury Department reports Liberty
Bonds to that stupendous amount converted
into doubtful, if not worthless securities by
the public since the war.
Promise, of get-rich-quick returns in all
kinds of schemes is responsible. v
But perhaps YOU are wise and are ono of
the many who are building up big bank bal
ances here at the First National? ' .
TJhe First National Bank"
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