Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-05-14
County Courts Extra
Expense Due to Madden
As Chairman Of 0rchardist Commit tee Mad
pen Was Constantly. Before County Court
Urging Heavy Expenditures

County Judge Frank l.. Tou Velle
is highly indignant over an attack
upon the county court in the Medford
Sun in an editorial written in behalf
of the candidacy OF Frank H. Mad
den, the wealthy Central Point orch
ardist, who is a candidate for county
commissioner. Said Mr.. Tou Velle:
Only few days since the Sun as
serted that the candidacy of Mr.. Mad
den was not an attack upon the pres
ent county court, and that there
could be no issue with the court save
that of efficiency, and this morning
an insidious attack is made upon the
entire court in an effort to discredit
Joe Smith.
Who Pays for the Beer?"
THE editorial, entitled Who Pays
for the Beer?' says that Front street
is lining up to a man for Smith, and
conveys the insinuation that there is
an alliance between Smith and the
saloons. when the facts of the matter
are that Joe Smith is a teetotaler and
never takes a drink Of beer or other
booze
The Sun says that the policy of
hiring eleven fruit inspectors at $6
per day when the service could be
secured at slightly over half that
amount will not be continued if Mr..
Madden is elected.
These fruit inspectors were hired
for few months only, and the time
is nearly up, upon the personal re-
quest OF Mr.. Madden, as chairman
- II, l.-A. IL.
urgently petitioned for campaign Of
blight eradication. They are paid SO
a day and allowed SO for transporta-
tion and expenses, and the amount
was approved by Mr.. Madden and the
blight committee. They were ap-
pointed on the recommendation of
Commissioner Carson, to whom they
report. Mr. Madden was insistent
upon the appointment of many more
inspectors than the court employed.
Madden Urged Increased Pay.
"Mr. Madden further urged that
County Inspector Myers salary be in
creased from SO day to 81 day,
with SO a day for use of automobile
which the court approved, only to
be accused now by Mr. Madden's sup
porters of padding payrolls.'
Furthermore. Mr.. Madden is at
present head of a committee that
seeks to have the county court en-
ploy a pathologist to take Professor
O'Gara's place, and presume If the
court complies with this request, Mr..
Madden's friends will have another
excuse for shouting about the 'coun-
ty courts extravaganza
"The present county court has
granted every reasonable request Of
the orchardists, most Of them pre-
sented by Mr.. Madden as chairman
of the orchardists' committee, and
does not relish being attacked for ex-
travagance by Mr.. Madden's support
ers because they complied with Mr..
Madden's urgent requests.
The Tax Question.
"The county taxes are but a trifle
higher than those Of year ago. The
increased taxation is due to quad
rupled state tax and higher city and
school taxes. The slight increase in
county tax. less than half a mill, is
due to the necessity of redeeming
outstanding warrants II the county
is to reduce its old indebtedness and
maintain its credit
THE county Is being run upon a
business basis. Our income is greater
than our expenditures and we are ef-
fecting Production in the vast indebt-
edness we inherited Former admin
istrations made a small tax levy and
plunged the county heavily in debt
That Ia not ollr way We fOund cOun-
ty warrants discounted ten per cent
and have forced them up to par.
"In December last year we twice
published in advance our budget for
the coming year, showing itemized
estimates OF expenses, The public
was given twenty days notice fol
protest. II any one thought the en-
penditures contemplated q. were toe
great, they had the opportunity tc
appear before the court and protest
SHOW where we could get along
for less money and still carry on 9