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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-11

rates for married men;
income tan In In
rata ON England America
$4,000 u per cent. "a OF y. Q.
5000 10 per cent. ~ .. o.
df we ndd the 70 called "occupa.
tIonaI" tax our total taxation on IN
comes OF $4,000 Is ca per cent. and on
incomes Of $4,000 OK per cent? .
In other werds. our Income taxseIsn
10 more democratic than that Of any
other country In that the largest In
comes are taxed much more heavily
and the small and moderate Incomes
much more lightly than anywhere else
and Incomes up TO 5000 for married
men not taxed a sII.
t3) Il II true on the other hnnd.
that on very large Incomes -as dIsfin-
guisbed from the largest incomes -our
income tax Ia somewhat lower ihnn the
English tar. but the difference by which
our tax Il lower than the English tar
4 10 incomparably more pronounced In
the case Of small and moderate Incomes
than OF ,arre Income.
The "Gxesss Profits" Tax Hers and
~
eo'e'' We aoo 70 our income
~ ""s 70 eAneo excess p'on' 'sx
"ncn " "e'e'y an auu'uona' income
w on earnings "er''sa IRON business
w '"a" aho ina. 'ne 'otai 'nx 70 wh'en
''n "en arr 'uoleet u 10 'ne great ma
w"v VI o"se' nea''s1 mere 'na" u
""k's"u " ans"ne'e e'se'
y" ~" "~e"''e true 'nhI sne Eng
nSn war excess prons TAX 10 ~ per cent
uess various onse's and a'lownnces)'
WHIST our 70 caiicn excess pront "S
ranges iFom " per cent 70 ~ per
eent
bu' y = enuFr'y misleading 10 pass
: conclusion as 20 sne relative heavi'
ness ot tne AmcF'cnn ana brifisn tax
merely on . comparison OF tne rates
because the English tux - assessed on
. Wholly nlnersnt basis from the Amer.
'can 'sx' So
my ~ms''ca" excess pro"s 's~ sso
es"so' tAxes ." pso"u oef'veo from
.s.s"s., =. ~. - 'os ~ ~ '"'
..s.s- 80, 80. ~. ~
result OF war conditions The Amcr,.
can tax In a general tax on income de-
rived from business IN addition 10
the regular income tax. The Emo.
| iIsh tax spplles only 20 excess war
prot,ts---that is. only 10 the sum nv
which profits In the war years exceed
tho proa,s In tho m "a. yanrs M nseced,ry
~. rar wh,ch !, r,.,ana w.~. -.
-. w .,. w ~"
)" ssa' p''s's /" o'nsr wo,u~
'ne r"sns" "A ~ noni'na'iy n'gher
than ours put u applies on'y 70 war
profits. The normal profits Of business
II. e.. the profits which business used
to make In peace time---are exempted
| IN ENGLAND. Thsre. only the cxcsss over
,..es rroes. ~ tsxsd our 49, =.
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~nu ~'o'cs '.'. 'nous'"'e '"'e On ''e
money 'nSes'eu :" pus'nes*
W. Tsx Nsrral proslts. Thsv r.x or,v
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-11
HAVE YOU HEGIsTERKD?

All electors who were registered
but did not vots at the primary or
general election In 1915. and those
who have changed their residence
must re-register. Is
Electors not registered must DO
so on or before April 17,1s1s. at 5
O'Clock p. m.
E. L. coBURN.
County Clerk
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-11
THREATENED BY
GALE ARRIVES IN PORT

A Pacific Port, Apr. s.The
steamer Costa Rica, threatened with
destruction BY a gale, has arrived in
tow Of tug.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-11

Placer and Quartz Mining blanks
at the Courier. ~
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-11

a. Modsrats and small Incons4 =
the other hand. are subject 70 . far
smaller spte Of TAXATION here than n
England.
In America Incomes Of married mee
% To 1000 nre not subject TO any fed
srnl income 'nx ~ aII.
10 England the income tsz iss
~ per cent. on 1900
a. /" 1900
II 5000
tThese are The rates II the income II
derived from salaries or wages; they
are still higher " the income Il derived
from rents or Inycsimcnts)
The English scale of taxation on In
comes Of, say. 5000. 5000 si0oo0
and $4,000 respectively averages NJ
follows ~ compared to the American
rates for married men:
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
County Officials Stop Work.

Ike Proebstel, chairman of the
board of supervisors, and County En-
gineer Hindman were in Parker last
Saturday and made a pleasant call
at the office of The Post. The Of
ficials were up to stop work on the
county highway between Parker and
Bouse owing to scarcity of money
Z in the road fund About three miles
Of the new highway was constructed
during the past ninety days, but it
is not known when the balance of the
road will be completed. The county
officials say they have the road built
as far as the reservation line, and it
is now up to the federal government
to build it across the reservation.
According to this information, it is
likely the new highway will never
be completed into Parker.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
THE YEAR 1918 OPENS AND
CLOSES ON TTTESDAY

The year 1918 opened on Tuesday
and will close on Tuesday. This is
very unusual occurrence. More
than one hundred years have
elapsed since the year opened on "a
certain day of the week and ter
minated on the same day of the
week, according to a local mathe-
matician who has been doing some
figuring.
According to 1918 calendars
there is only one real hoodoo or
unlucky day in the year, and that
will be in September, when the 18th
of the month occurs on Friday.
Fourth of July, Memorial day and
Lincoln's birthday come on Thurs
day this year, and Christmas falls
on Wednesday. ST. Valentines day
falls on Tuesday, and st. Patrick's
day on Sunday. March 81 will be
Easter Sunday
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
IF YOU'VE GOT THE GOODS
ADVERTISE.

Merchants should read and ponder
the story of the Scared Rabbit and
the Lion in relation to their own
business.
The Scared Rabbit overheard the
Lion say to the Leopard: 81 roar to
advertise my presence, and all other
animals fear and respect me-
Thereupon the Rabbit sneaked away
and when at safe distance filled his
lungs and did his best imitation of a
roar like that of the Lion.
The Rabbit thus made his where
abouts known to Coyote, which
caught him and ate him up.
Moral: If you haven't the goods,
don't advertise
P. S.: If you've got the goods,
roar as loud as you Sierra
Madre News.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
PAYS NICE BONUS TO EMPLOYEES

B1SBEE, jan 1.-Two hundred
eighty-nine thousand dollars were
distributed among the employees of
the Copper Queen branch of the
Phelps-Dodge corporation. the Cal
umet and Arizona Mining company
and the Shattuck-Arizona Copper
company today in Bisbee and Doug
las. The payments consisted of
bonus to men who had been i'm the
employ Of the various companies six
months or over. The underground
employees received $500 and $50 each
those who had been in the employ of
the companies one year receiving the
first amount and six months employ
es the latter
According to G.. IL. Dowell, man
ager of the Copper Queen; his COM
pany expects, shortly, to announce
a plan whereby continuous service
will receive special consideration.
The granting of the bonus by the
local mine Operators is the first ac-
tion of its kind taken in the south.
west.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
LIBERTY MOTOR TO UNIVERSAL.
IZE AUTO OF FUTURE.

Within the past few months the,
minds of most Americans have dwelt
often and hopefully on a production
that has beer named the Liberty
motor, the standard airplane engine
produced by the United States gov
ernment to help in the subjugatiOn of
the unspeakable Hun The motor car
owner of today may not see much
connection between his favCrlte sport
and the above mentioned fact, but
strangely enough enormous strides in
.airplane engine construction that
have been made during the war, are
going to have a very direct bearing
on the. automobile power plant of to-
morl Ow. In other words, the lessons
learned in the exacting school of
military necessity are going to die
tate that development of the auto
mobile engine during the next few
years.
This is,in way, prophetic justice, for
CuC dlIpldLO WOulu never nave D60n
possible without the internal combus-
tiOn engine, which reached relative
perfection through the development
of the motor car. Now the airplane
cancels it's original debt, by develop
ing the internal combustion power
plant to still higher degre of per-
fection than the motor car had reach
ed. After the lessons learned in mil
itary airplane design and construc-
tion have been applied in the automo-
bile field, we shall have power plants
that are smaller, lighter, more pow
erful, more economical than those of
today. We know, too, that lighting
generators will be smaller, as will
starting motors that spark plugs will
be more reliable and that ignitor
equipment will be much further ad-
vanced toward perfection In fact
the sister art will very handsonaely
have repaid it's ancient debt to the
automobile.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
WAY To HELP
Win THE WAR

When liberty bonds were being
sold it was stated that even the
smallest, selling at $50, were be-
yOnd the reach of thousands Of per-
sons who were ready and willing to
help win the war if they could
Now Uncle Sam has a plan by
which persons of small means may
help win the war.
Through sale of war savings
stamps, Uncle Sam expects to add
two billion dollars to Americas war
chest, The plan:
One quarter buys thrift stamp.
Sixteen thrift stamps plus II
cents buys war savings certificate
stamp.
Twenty war savings certificate
stamps buy war savings certifi-
cate.
In five years a war savings Ger
tificate stamp, costing $4.12, will
be worth $5--thus returning I per
cent interest, compounded every
three months.
In five years war savings GER
tificate, costing $S2.40, Will be
worth $10O-also returning per
cent interest, compounded every
three months.
There you have a profitable in
vestment and a safe one your
banker is the United States govern
ment
To help you save thrift stamps.
the government will give you a
thrift card with sixteen spaces on
which to paste each stamp as you
buy it.
Or you may buy a war savings
certificate stamp outright, for $4.12
during January with a penny a
month added until the close of the
offer at the end of 1918.
When you get your frst war
savings certificate stamp, you will
be given another card with twenty
blanks. This, when filled in, en-
titles you to a full-fedged war saw
ings certificate, costing $824O with
twenty cents a month added between
February 1 and January 1, 1919.
II you get in a pinch for money
before the five-year period ex-
p1res, you can cash in ycur war
savings stamps at any time on ten
days notice and you'll get your
money back, with three per cent in
terest.
You can buy stamps at the post
office.
Get thrift card today.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
TAX OFFICER
HERE FEB. 6

In a communication received by
| this paper, Collector of Internal Rev.
enue, Louis T. Carpenter, announces
that federal income tax officer will
be sent into this county on February
6, and will be here until February Z,
1918. He will have his office in Par
ker and will be there ready and will
ing to help persons subject to the in
come tax make out their returns
without any cost to them for his SER
vices.
Returns of income for the year
1917 must be made on forms provided
for the purpose before March 1. 1918.
Because a good many people don't
understand the law and won't know
how to make out their returns, the
government is sending in this expert
to do it for them. But the duty is
on the taxpayer to make himself
known to the government. If he
doesn't make return as required be-
fore March 1, he may have to pay
penalty ranging from $40 to $1,000,
pay fine or go to Jail. So if you
don't want to take chances on going
to Jail, you better call on the income
tax man. If you are not sure about
being subject to the tax, better ask
him and make sure Whether you
see the income tax man or not, you
must make return if subject to tax.
Of course, persons resident in other
counties may, if they want to, come
and see the income tax man who will
be at Parker.
The collector suggests that every
body start figuring up now his in
come and expenses so far as to be
ready with the figures when the ex-
pert arrives. Expenses, however,
don't mean family expenses, money
used to pay off the principal of a
debt, new machinery, buildings, or
anything like that. They mean
what you spend in making your
money-interest, taxes paid, hired
help, amount paid for goods sold,
seed, stock bought for feeding, rent
Except for your dwelling), etc. In
come includes about every dollar you
got.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
It Was Not a Zeppelin.

Last Monday morning about seven
o'clock a terrific sound like the ex-
)lOsion of dynamite was heard as
coming from the neighborhood of the
Parker Commercial company's store,
startling many people almost out of
3heir wits and occasioning for a
lime much conjecture as to the cause.
The more timid ones sought a place
Of safety in the basement while the
OOlder ones went out and craned
their necks heavenward in expecta-
zion of espying Zeppelin or some
Thing of that sort floating overhead
the concensus of opinion being that
/ "bOche" aerial raid was imminent
md that operations had actually be-
gun. Disappointed in the celestial
phase, attention was turned to ter
restial "cause and effect" Inquiry
disclosed the fact that an attache of
the Commercial company's store
while clearing up and burning the
the rubbish in the back yard, mad
Vertently threw among other things
| bottle containing a quantity of gas
oline into the fire, and this was the
cause" The explosion was the
effect ~..--s..~ --.-' - 800. -
The Parker post., 1918-01-12

our soldiers and sailors and the di-
version of great portion of the other
productive energy of the country to
war purposes lessen to a great extent
the amount of material and supplies
produced by the country.
To this condition of lessened pro-
duction an increased consumption of
and by our own men must be added
the extraordinary demand made upon
this country to supply the armies of
our allies and to great extent their
population with food and other ma
terial.
We must meet the condition that
cOnfrOnts us in two ways-by the
strictest economy in consumption, for
every pound we refrain from using
adds a pound to be devoted to the
uses of our army and navy and the
military forces of our allies; and by
speeding up our production to the
limit. The American people are going
to do all that they know to be neces-
sary to win this war-tO shorten this
war. They have only to realize the
imperative duty of economy in saving
and they will economize and save.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
WASTE IS CRIMINAL.

To waste now is nothing short of
criminal" Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo
The duty of the American people to
ecOnomiZe in consumption of food
and other materials as we'll as save
money can not be too often or too
strongly urged upon them. The duty
is so imperative, it's observance so
vital to our country's success, that it
should be kept constantly before
them.
The proposition is plain and under
standable. We have lessened the
productive powers of the country by
taking 100000 men away from the
productive forces of the country; in
stead of producers of one kind or
another the soldiers are consumers of
the products of our farms, factories,
and mines, and when the munitions
they expend and will expend against
the enemy is considered they are tre-
mendous consumers Of the manufac-
tured products of the country.
A tremendous amount of the manu-
featuring energy of the country has
been withdrawn from manufacturing
the things we use in peace and put
to manufacturing the things we
use in war. The total loss to the
country of the productive energy of
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
AR|z.-MCG|NN|S
T0START WORK

The annual stockholders meeting
of the Arizona -McGinnis Copper COM
pany was held at the company's Of
flee in Parker last Tuesday, and was
attended by a number of the largest
stockholders. A board of directors
was elected, and it was tentatively
decided to resume work at the mine
on good scale, although the details
OF carrying out development plans
were left to the new board
Among those who attended the
meeting were: B. L. Vaughn, DIR. Geo.
H. McGinnis, DR.. N. Molitor, e. C.
Fleet, Attorney M. NJ Gordon, all of
San Diego, Calf; George A. Tweedy,
mining engineer, of Los Angeles; R.
H. Moffett and A. G. Chaffee of Har-
risburg, Pa
President Vaughn stated that ac-
tive development work would be
started sometime this month. A
cross-cut is to be run from the bot
tom of the 200-foot shaft to the big
ledge outcropping at the surface
about 200 feet from the shaft. It
is also probable that the company
will decide to begin shipping it's sur
face ores exposed on top of the hill,
where an aerial tramway has been
installed for the purpose of facilita-
ting transporting the ore to the road
side, distance of about 1900 feet.
Engineer Tweedy will make com
prehensive report to the board of di-
rectOrs within the next few days.
and it is said his plan of development
will be followed by the officials OF
the company.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
STANDARDCO'S
DRILL ARRIVES

The big Star drilling rig for the
Arizona Standard Copper company
arrived in Parker Wednesday morn
ing, and is now being transported to
the property of the company, about
fifteen miles east of town. w. H.
Ferris, an experienced driller, has
been engaged by the company as su-
perintendent, and states that the out
lit will be in operation in the course
of the next week. Mr.. Ferris has
nad charge of drilling operation for
the Guggenheims and other large
copper interests, but states that the
showing on the Arizona Standard is
superior to anything he has seen
I. j. Carrigan, general manager of
the Arizona Standard, is a we'll
known operator of this part of Ari-
zOna. 1t was Mr.. Carrigan who was
one of the original locat0rs of the
Swansea mine, and later organized a
company for it's development He
has associated with him in the Stan
dard company a number of prominent
capitalists, and it is their intention
to put down numerous holes on the
property to prove the extent of the
big copper showing at the surface.
Mr.. Carrigan will be in Parker
most of his time for the next few
months, and personally look after the
affairs of his company.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
OILING RULES FOR AUTOMOBILES

Here are a few definite and brief
rules for oiling your auto:
To be Oiled Daily.
Clutch collar and thrust bearing.
Grease or graphite.
Spring bolts. Grease or graphite.
Joints on steering drag-link.
Grease or graphite
Tie rod and king bolts. Cylinder
oil.
Fan bearing. Cylinder oil.
In nearly all of the above cases
grease or oil cups are fitted. The
crankcase oil supply should be kept
at the proper level.
To be Oiled Every 800 Miles.
Steering gear case Grease or
graphite.
Brake levers and clevises. Cylin-
der oil.
Commutator. Few drops of CYL
inder oil.
Steering post. Cylinder oil.
Hand and foot brake shafts and
Continued on Page a.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
Monty" Cashes In.

Monty" Mclaughlin, aged about
40 years, passed over the great di-
vide last Friday morning The cause
OF death is said to have been tuber-
culosis. Monty" was we'll known
around Parker, having resided here
off and on for the past several
years, during which time he made
many friends. Assistant County
Physician, DR.. Nettle, attended the
deceased, and did everything possible
20 make his last hours as peaceful as
possible. Interment took place on
Saturday in the Parker cemetery.
SO far as this paper could learn
nothing is known regarding the de-
,eased's family.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
Studying Irrigation System.

A. N. Haffner, a mining engineer
of Ray, while on his way to Blythe
stopped over in Parker Saturday last
to visit his friend, Joseph Lamoureux.
Mr.. Heffner, who has recently Sc
cured some farming land in Utah,
will observe an dstudy the irrigation
system now being employed at Bly,
the with view to adopting it in the
cultivation of his land
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
PREMIER SETS
| lFORTHWARA| AIMS

pGreat Britain's war aims were set
forth this week by Premier Lloyd
George in the broadest and at the
same time most specific manner in
which they have been stated. In one
of the most striking and comprehen-
siye utterances of the war the prem
ier made it clear what the British
nation and empire would regard as
just and durable peace. This he
declared, must be achieved by the
establishment of sanctity of treat
les, territorial adjustments on the
basis of lf-government and the linn
.itation of ornaments guaranteed by
an international organization.
Great Britain was not fighting&aid
the premier, to disrupt Germany, de-
stroy Austria-Hungary or to take
Turkeys capital or her home lands
from her. The desire instead, he in
sisted, was to turn Germany
from her schemes of military domina-
tion to beneficent tasks in the world
and to settle the territorial questions
Of the war in a way that would do
justice to the various nationalities
affected.
In effect reply to and rejection of
the peace terms of the central powers
assvoiced by their spokesman recently
at Brest-Litovsk the premier's speech
was for the most part in the affirma-
tive utterance. In great detail he
went into the many problems calling
for solution if the peace he had in
mind was to be forthcoming.
Thus he indicated Belgium must be
completely restored and reparation
made to her as far as possible; France
must have the wrong of 1871-the
taking from her of Alsace-Lorraine-
righted; an Independent Poland must
be established, including all of Polish
nationality who desire to join in it;
the peoples of such regions as Arabia,
Palestine, Mesapotamia and Armenia
who have been under Turkish domin-
tion must have their separate nation
conditions recognized; the wishes and
interests of the the natives of the
German colonies must be primarily
regarded by the peace conference;
the claims of Italy for reunion for
those OF her own race and language
must be regarded as vital; Rumania.
Serbia and Montenegro must be re-
stored.
All these and other like adjust
ments the premier showed would be
carried out in accordance with the
principle of government, or the
consent of the governed, the enuncia-
tion of which may be taken as the
keynote of his speech. This form of
settlement he declared should replace
the old systems of negotiations at a
council table by few schemers try
ing to promote the interests of one
dynasty or another.
Regret that Russia was no longer
lighting on the side of the allies was
expressed by the premier, who declar-
ed only Russia's own people would
save her now from falling ultimately
under Prussian domination.
In beginning the premier pointed
out that he was speaking merely for
the British government He had been
at pains to consult representatives
opinion of all sections of thought.
before framing his utterances, and
thus was speaking the mind of the
nation and the empire.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
TWO BITS A DAY CLUB.

In Phoenix movement has been
1naugurated for the formation of
Two Bits Day" clubs, the members
OF which are to buy quarters worth
of Thrift Stamps every day. Three
men each took a hundred Thrift
cards, pasted the stamp in each card
and sold the entire lot before two
blocks had been covered.
1.-TWO bits" is the old term. dating
back to the early days of the country,
for quarter of a dollar and is still
used in the south and west. Every
patriotic American now wants "to
DO his Bit; the members of these
clubs are carrying out this idea finely
in doing their 1.-TWO bits" every day.
1t is hoped that 1.-TWO Bits a Day'
clubs will be formed all over the
country in the great war-savings
campaign.
The Parker post., 1918-01-12
New Principal.

Nathan H. Robinowitz of Los An
geles has been appointed principal
of the Parker public school in place
of Miss Hamilton, who resigned the
position School started Monday
after the holiday vacation The new
principal comes we'll recommended,
and it is said that he has already
made quite a hit with the pupils of
the higher grades. Miss Hamilton
has taken a position in the Phoenix
schools. During her stay in Parker
she made many friends who wish her
all kinds of success in her new leld.