Polk County observer., August 13, 1915, Image 3

TEE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAT, AUGUST 13, 1915.
DUE,"MICE IS GIVEN
MIGRATORY BIRD LAW TO BE
ENFORCED BY GOVERNMENT
Sportsmen Warned That Regulations
for Protection of Wild Fowl .
Must Be Observed.
.
OPEN HUNTING SEASONS.
Buck deer with horns, Aug
ust 15 to October 31.
Silver grey squirrels, Sep
tember 1 to October 31.
Ducks and geese, October 1
to January 15. (Federal law)
Rails and coot, October 1
to January 15. (Federal law).
Chinese pheasants and
grouse, ' October 1 to October
31.
Quail, October 1 to 31 in
Coos, Curry, Jackson and Jo
sephine counties; closed at all
other times in counties west
of Cascade mountains.
Doves, September 1 to Octo
ber 31.
their work.'' A short distance beyond
the camp the roadway is in particu
larly bad condition, . and the captain
there releases his load. The guests
busy themselves for a few minutes
every morning at repair work and as
a result the road is rapidly acquiring
a smooth and finished surface.
MARKSMEN PRACTICING HARD.
With the approach of the open sea
son for shooting wild fowl, the Uni
ted States department of agriculture
is warning sportsmen that the fed
eral regulations as amended October
1, 1914, will be strictly enforced.
Some misunderstanding has arisen
- from the fact that the various state
. laws do not always conform to the
federal regulations. This is regarded
as unfortunate, but in such cases the
department must insist upon the ob
servance of the federal regulations.
The department will consider any rec
ommendations submitted in good
faith for amendment of the regula
tions, but will hold no public hear
ings thereon, nor will it 'amend the
regulations prior to October 15, 1915.
It is the purpose of the department
to conform the regulations to the
wishes of the majority of sportsmen
so far as it can be done and at the
same time give wild fowl the neces
sary protection.
The regulations prescribe seasons
in Oregon as follows: Water fowl,
October 1 to January 16; rails, coots,
gallinules, October 1 to January 16;
black-breasted and golden plover.
jacksnipe and yellowlegs, October 1
to December 16. Insectivorous birds
protected indefinitely. Band-tailed
pigeons, eranes, swans, curlew, small
er shore birds, and wood ducks pro
tected until September 1, 1918. Shoot
ing prohibited between sunset and
sunrise.
The deer hunting season opens next
Sunday, and therefore it may be well
for the irntsman to know the laws
by which 'he must abide before jour
neying forth into the mountains in
quest of this game. It is unlawful to
kill any but buck deer with horns;
it is unlawful to hunt at night; it is
unlawful to hunt without having a
hunter's license on one's person and
to refuse to show the lieense to a
game warden; it is unlawful to hunt
on any game preserve; it is unlawful
to disguise the sex or kind of any
game killed.
It is unlawful to hunt deer with
dogs, as well as to lie in wait near
licks. No person is permitted to have
in his possession more than forty
. pounds of jerked venison.
Captain Btafrin's Men Hope to Win
, Honors at Clackamas.
Captain Conrad Stafrin is directing
instruction in rifle practice at the na
tional guard range each Sunday, for
those men who nave joined the organi
zation since the last target season,
Since the soldiers returned from their
annual encampment at Oearhart two
Sundays have been devoted to prelim
inary training and a number of men
have been qualified, under the rules
of national guard rifle practice, to
tire the advanced, or record, course.
The range will probably be given over
to record practice on the remaining
Sundays oi August, under tue direc
tion of Captain Stafrin. who will ex
ert every energy to bring his men to
a high state of efficiency that they
may be in a position to bring honors
home from the annual state rifle com
petition, at Clackamas, in September.
The ollicers of Company L go even
farther than that in their hopes, and
say that they will attempt to place at
least one Dallas man on the team of
expert riflemen which will represent
the state of Oregon, ,a(,,tbe national
competitions at Jacksonville, Fla., this
fall. In 1913, when the last national
competition was held at Camp Perry,
Ohio, the Oregon National Guard team
hgured prominently among 'Cue best
teams in the nation, and with an addi
tional two years of training expect to
at least dunlicate the performance,
The rifle range used by Company L
faces a growing orchard where, as the
trees grow, much damage will be done.
It is therefore expected that .the tar
get will be moved the next practice
season to avoid this objectionable fea
ture. The regular weekly , drills of
Company L will be resumed sometime
next month, and prospects are unusu
ally bright for a large increase in the
membership of the organization.
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BARNES FEATURES' ANIMALS.
NEW TAX LAW EXPLAINED.
Collection Regulation Different From
That Previously Employed.
That the new law regulating the
payment of taxes may be fully un
derstood by owners of realty in Polk
county, the following explanation is
again given for their benefit :
"If one-half of the taxes on any
property for this year, that is, the
1914 tax roll, shall have been paid
before the first day of April, 1915,
the second half of such taxes may be
paid at any time before the first day
ot Uctober. lata, wit none any inter
est or penalty of any kind, but if the
second half is not paid by the first
day of October, 1915, then a ten per
cent penalty, together with one per
cent interest, shall be added.
''If in case there has been no pay
ment or no half payment made before
September 1, 1915, then on that day
there shall be added a ten per cent
penalty and one per cent a month
thereafter." '
Three-Ring Circus Is, However, the
Big Attraction This Year.
A splink, splanking new show, a
new program not so new, however,
but what the time-honored features
which have made the circus Ameri
ca's most popular form of amuse
ment, are retained, are the promises
held forth for the.ojrcus thut' is to
visit Dallas on Tuesday, August 24.
The circus referred to is the Al. O.
Barnes circus. In saying "new
show, it isn't inferred that the
Barnes show is new to the people of
Dallas, for it has visited here before
and is strictly uujjjeejjing with the
truth to say that its performances
always gave genuine and wholesome
satisfaction. The show's perform
ances here recently were witnessed
by large audiences and it is safe to
say that they will again enjoy seeing
the Barnes wonder-collection of ed
ucated animals.
Special attention is directed this
year to the big wild animal features
in which the largest groups of lions,
tigers and bears ever shown are per
formed. Educated Royal Bengal tig
ers, thirty acrobatic, , and comedy
bears, the horse j-iding lions, - bears,
leopards and hyenas will" certainly
gratify anyone's appetite for the sen
sational. , ..'
OTHER RECORDS BROKEN
CROP YIELD GREATEST EVER
GROWN IN UNITED STATES.
Estimate Gives Oregon Increased
Production of 316,000 Bush
els of Wheat.
Meeting of Prune Growers.
The prune growers of the county
will hold a meeting in Dallas tomor
row at the instance of H. C. Eakin,
president of the Fruit Growers' asso
ciation, for the purpose of discuss
ing the advisability of fixing a uni
form price for harvesting the crop.
As all prune growers, whether mem
bers of the association or not, are
requested to attend this gathering,
the attendance will doubtless be
large.
Emergency Road Building.
When there is an emergency call for
a first-class roadmaster, Dallas people
might enlist the services of Captain
Conrad Stafrin, who has proved his
ingenuity, if not his ability, as a
Toad builder. At and near a plot of
ground owned by the eaptain. on the
beautiful banks of the Rick real I, are
several summer camps and many
campers. Captain Stafrin drives his
automobile back and forth to his
ramp,, ti each morning gathers a
load of tbe men, who hare their daily
tasks in tbe city, to bring them toj
Make Quick Time to 'Frisco.
Less than seven days of. actual run
ning time were required by Hoy riix-
son, a member or tue oaiem nre De
partment, to make the rouini trip to
San Francisco on his Indian motor
cycle. Hixson came to Dallas Tues
day to tell his brother, L. B. Hixson,
of the pleasures of hcTtripV He left
Salem Julv lis, and readied can
Francisco in a little more than three
days, finding all roads - passable to
the motorcycle, although mucn con
struction work is going on in certain
sections, makinir the travel through
heavy dust very difficult. Selecting
a different road for the return trip it
took Mr. Hixson just a few hours
more than three days for the journey.
He describes the scenery from the
road at the base of Mt. Shasta as be-
ine very beautiful, with a combina
tion of colors that blend into a re
markable landscape, and recommends
the trip to Dallas motorcyclists de
sirine an outing that will combine
distant travel with pleasure and sight
seeing.
Passing of Lester Frits.
The funeral of little Lester Frits,
who died on Tuesday at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. hdward
Fritz, was held from the Chapman
chapel Wednesday. . The lad was fif
teen years old and was deformed from
a boyhood injury. to the spine, al
though the direct cause of death was
tuberculosis of the spine, which con
fined him to his bed for several weeks
before death earns' The "parents re
side on one of H. G: Campbell's ranch
es on the Monmouth. road-
Three billion bushels of corn, 1,
500,000,000 bushels of oats and 1,
000,000,000 bushe's of wheat are in
prospect for this year's American
harvest. Record crops of rye, white
and sweet potatoes, tobacco, rice and
hay also are predicted for the pros
perous farmers, who have planted
310.546.000 acres or 10,000,000 acres
more than last year, to their princi
pal products. The wheat crop, the
greatest ever grown in any country,
will be worth more than $l,uUU,UUU,-
000, while the corn crop s value may
reach ' $2,500,000,000. Estimates of
the principal crops, announced by
the department of agriculture, based
on conditions of August 1, show that
all crops will be greater than last
year. Interest centered on wheat ana
corn. Both showed improvement ov
er July conditions, though excessive
rains and cold weather in the central
states interfered with threshing. Oats
also suffered in these states, but in
other sections the improvement more
than onsets this.
Corn prospects increased almost
100,000,000 bushels, the principal
gains being Illinois, 30,000,000 bush
els; Kansas, 24,000.000; Oklahoma,
26,000,000; Nebraska, 15,000,000;
Iowa, 14,000,000, and Texas, 10,000,-
000. Kansas showed a loss of 12,
000,000 bushels in winter wheat; Ok
lahoma, 6,000,000; Nebraska, 4,000,
000, and Missouri, 3,000,000, while
Ohio and Indiana showed an increase
of 3.000.000 bushels each.
White potatoes promibe to exceed
their former record production by
103,000,000 bushels and sweet pota
toes bv 4.000.000 bushels. Other ill-
creases over record crops inaicarea
include tobacco, 28,000,000 pounds
flax, 4,200,000 bushels; hay, 2.400,000
tons, and rye, 1,300,000 bushels. Corn
prospects fell 206,000,000 bushels and
oats 16,000,000 bushels below the rec
ords.
The estimates give for Oregon an
increased nroduction of 316,000 bush
els of wheat and 540,000 bushels of
barley over that of 1914, the condi
tion of the barley crop being report
ed as somewhat above the ten years'
average. Washington estimates tor
winter wheat show an increase of 5,-
800,000 bushels over 1914 production
and an increase of 2,400,000 in spring
wheat. Washington's barley crop is
reported in excellent condition, but
the yield will be somewhat slighter
than in 1914. Idaho's winter wheat
yield is estimated as 1,078,000 bush
els more than in 1914, while the bar
ley crop estimate is for a yield of
870,000 more bushels than last year.
BILLIARD CONTEST IN SIGHT.
exciting game, 5 to 2. Barham of
this city held Salem to six hits, while
the visitors made seven hits from
Keene. The teams were playing off
a tie, and much interest centered in
the contest. - A number of Dallas fans
went to the Yamhill county seat to
witness the game.
Asked to Exhibit at Gresham.
Several Polk county stockmen have
received invitations from the manag
ers of the annual Multnomah county
fair at Gresham to exhibit their live
stock there during the week of Sep
tember 14 to 18. In the invitation
Phil S. Bates points out the fact that
the Oregon State fair will be held one
week later than the Multnomah coun
ty fair, and he suggests that those
who show at, Salem also include Gresh
am with their exhibits. There are de
cided advantages in showing at
Gresham, and one is Portland's posi
tion as a livestock market, where ex
hibitors may dispose of any stock they
may have at the Gresham fair which
they do not care to show at Salem.
Still Without a Pastor.
The congregation of the Christian
church extended a call to the Rev.
McConnell of Hood Kiver, but because
oi a delay m the reverend gentleman 's
mail he had accepted another pastor
ate prior to the letter reaching him.
The church is, therefore, still without
a minister, and is easting about in the
hope of securing one during the pres
ent month. "No ordinary preacher
can fill the bill," said one of the
church officers to a representative of
The Observer yesterday; "we have
had men of marked ability in the past.
and must have the very best we can
altord tor the tuture. '
Installing New Machines.
A new 100-inch mangle for ironine
linen and a new and modern washing
machine are being installed 'at the
City Laundry by G. L. Orr, the new
owner. Some delay was occasioned
by difficulty in casting parts for the
mangle and the machine was not set
up at the expected time. but. when
the installation is complete. Mr. Orr
says his plant will handle any wash
ing as quickly and as satisfactorily as
the largest city laundries.
Dallas and Salem May Meet in Mor
tal Combat in Near Future.
"Tom" Cherrington, himself a
past master at manipulating the frol
icsome ivories on the green cloth, is
arranging a billiard tournament be
tween a quartet of Dallas players and
an equal number from the capital
city, the event to be pulled off some
time followpng the state fair. It is
the purpose of the promoter to pit
Messrs. Frank H. Morrison, Walter
Williams, F. J. Craven and Gleun
Grant of this city against any four
artists that Salem may elect to try
conclusions with them, a series of
three games to be played for the high
score. Vt hue no deniute arrange
ments have been made as regards de
tails, it is understood that the rep
resentatives from each town will pair
off, each pair playing i.00 points, the
highest collective score determining
the result for that inning. This mo
dus operandi would be duplicated
three times on different dates, the
score for the 400 points being used
in deciding the championship. The
first and last games, provided the
capital players come across with an
acceptance of Mr. Cherrington s chal
lenge, will probably be played on the
tables of the La Creole club in this
city. We await breathlessly the sign
ing of articles of agreement.
Road Laws Conflicting.
That the 1915 session of the legis
lature passed conflicting laws, was
brought out by an opinion given out
by Attorney General Brown relative
to the time for county courts to net
tle road district boundary questions.
Chapter 194 of the general laws of
the 1915 session says that each county
court shall arrange all road district
boundary questions at the September
term of the county court. Chapter
127 relating to road matters also says
that these matters shall be settled at
the October term of tbe court. Both
of these laws were passed at tbe last
session of the legislature.' but Attor
ney General Brown holds that as
chapter 194 was passed after chapter
127, even though both laws went into
effect the same day, the law last pass
ed would annul the former provisions
in conflict
Investigating Lime Deposits.
J. O. Burr and his business asso
ciate, Mr. Cunningham, consulting
engineers ot Portland, spent a part
of this week in Dallas and surround
ing territory, in an investigation of
the qualities and possibility of de
velopment of several large limestone
deposits.
Complaint Against Court.
Mrs. Etta Bush filed a complaint
with the countv clerk on Saturday
against Polk countv to force payment
nf a widow's pension, to which Mrs.
Bush savs she u entitled.
Mae Wins Tie Game.
The McMinnville baseball club de
feated tbe Salem team Sunday in an
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