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X
r U, 1944
Federal Income
TaxReport Blanks
Requested Early
is
wife or husband, had »1,200 or more
j Out-of-Doors StuH
In addition, a return must be filed
by everyone who paid or owed a tex
panied by Mrs. Annie Lett, at Myrtle
on 1942 income.
A return should be filed likewise Point, drove to Brewster Valley last
J. W. Maloney, Collector of Inter­ by-anyone claiming a refund of taxes Wednesday where Mr. Carl went on
Old 1943 will go down in history
business. While there they visited at
nal Revenue, announced today, that withheld from wages.
as one of the truly banner seasons
The requirements for filing 1943r4- the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wil­
he'has begun to mail copies of the
for ducks. Due to so many dilck
1943 Individual Income and Victory turns on or before March 15 apply to son and they enjoyed dinner with
hunters being in the armed forces, an
Return to the estimated 450,000 Fed­ civilians and personnel of the armed them.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Burtis and Mr. acute shortage of ammunition and an
eral income taxpayers in the District forces alike, except that postpone­
ideal nesting season, the* birds were
of Oregon.
ments or extensions are allowed those and Mrs. Ed Howe drove to Myrtle
in greater numbers than has been
Point
Sunday
and
were
dinner
guests
Collector Maloney said: “Although who are on sea duty or outside the
apparent for years. Wild life en­
these returns are not required by law ■ontinental United States, if a mem­ of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Lundy.
umerators state there were some
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Oliver
Myers
of
Myr
­
ber
of
the
armed
forces
is
on
sea
duty
to be filed until March 1», I dbnnot
hundred and fifty million ducks and
tle
Point
were
Saturday
evening
urge too strongly that everyone pre­ or outside the continental United
geese came down from the north. And
pare and file his return as early as States, his wife may also postpone i callers at the home of Mrs. Ida they counted ’em all this season!
Myers.
her return if her Own Income is less
possible."
Mr. and Mrs. Orvus Miller, Phyllis, Those boys are truly getting good.
“There are,” he said, “two major than »1,200. There are several other
Alice
and Orvus, Jr., were Sunday But anyhow there were plent ly of
points that are vital for everyone to special provisions applying to mem­
dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and birds and all the hunters who pos­
understand- First: many persons bers of the armed forces, and Collec­
sessed ammunition enough to go
Mrs.
Nile
Miller,
will owe a substantial tax and should tor Maloney invited any service per­
hunting, really enjoyed fine shoot­
Nile
Miller,
who
tps
been
confined
start immediately to find out how sonnel needing tax gdvice Io contact
to his bed with the flu for over a ing.
his
office.
much they will owe and to make plans
We shudder to think of what is
week, is a very little better at this
for meeting the obligation. I must Forms To Use
going to actually happen when sports­
time.
As in past years, there are two in­
emphasize this as a simple matter
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cross and Wal­ man may again be able to purchase all
of fairness to those taxpayers who come tex forms. Form 1040, com­
lace and Mr. and Mrs. Keith Cribbs, the ammunition they wish- Having
monly
called
the
“
long
form,
”
may
be
may have overlooked this phase of
Sandra and Larry, were Sunday din­ been curbed by the present shortage,
the changeover to the pay-as-you- used by any individual. Form 1040A,
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Meidon it simply means that the majority of
go system.
I called the “short form” may be used
them will go on a “shobtln’ spree,"
Cart
"Second, although many taxpayers by individuals who (a) are citizens or
firing at ducks beyond range, empty­
Mrs.
Albert
Lillie
underwent
an
will find that they are substantially residents of the United States, (b)
operation for appendicitis at the Mast ing their guns at the least excuse and
paid up on their 1943 taxes—some cy had in 1943 »3,000 or less income; and
in fact, “going hog wild.” That is
hospital
in Myrtle Point, Monday.
them, in fact, being entitled to re­ (c) received all their income from
our prediction. They will be not un­
Mr.
and
Mrs.
S.
C.
McAllister
visit
­
funds—it is still necessary for them salaries, wages, bonuses, commis­
like a flock of kids that have had
sions, or other forms of personal com­ ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank their noses to the grindstone at
to file a return.”
Lane,
Sunday.
Collector Maloney explained that pensation, or from dividends, interest
Mrs. Ward Evans, Pamela and school for many long months and then
under the pay-as-you-go system, all and annuities. In the case of hus­
Maureen, visited at the home of Mr. to be suddenly turned loose on an
current tax payments through with­ bands and Wives filing separate re­
and
Mrs. John Felsher, Mr. and Mrs. unexpected vacation. Inttead of the
holding from wages or by means of turns, each must use the same form.
Chester
Willson and Mrs. Nell Ray in ammunition situation having taught
payments on “declarations of esti­ The short form may be used as a
the average sportsman a worthwhile
Myrtle
Point
last Saturday.
mated tax” are only approximate. joint return for a husband and wife,
lesson—that of conserving ammuni­
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Lawrence
Borklow
Therefore, it is necessary to file a re­ if in addition to the other conditions !1 and Mrs. Ida Myers were Sunday eve­ tion and being careful and sure of
turn at the close of the year to de- for using that fdrm, they were living
ning dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. each shot fired—it will have the op­
:ermlne the exact amount of each together on July 1, 1943, and their
posite effect on him, for he will feel
Roy
Martin.
person’s tax liability and to deter­ combined income for the year did not
that he has ammunition to burn, when
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Avan
Wilcox
were
mine whether he underpaid or over­ exceed »3,000.
it
is again plentiful and that is what
On or before January 31, 1944, Friday visitors at the home of Mr. and he will proceed to da
paid his taxes. In instances where
Mrs.
Nile
MiUer.
the current payments were leas than every employer is required to give to
Deer were more numerous along
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fish and Glen
the tax payable March 15, remittance each employee a receipt on Form W-2,
the highways this season than in
Zeller
were
Sunday
callers
at
the
of the difference will be necessary at showing how much wages were paid
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fish in’ many years past. We know of four
the time of filing the return. This the employee during 1943, and/how
Coquille. They reported that the en­ different ones that died beneath the
amount cannot be paid in install­ much tax was withheld. These re­
wheels of cars on the Coquille-Bandon
tire family was ill with the flu.
ments. In instances where the cur­ ceipts supply Jwo important figures
stretch of highway between Riverton
There
was
no
Aid
or
Missionary
rent payments were larger than the needed for making the annual return
Another deer
meeting held this week on account of and Lamps creek.
final tax, the taxpayer will be enabled and the best time to prepare and
caused
a
motorist
to
wreck
his car
so much illness in the community.
to secure a refund merely by filing file the return is as soon as the em­
when he sought to avoid striking it.
The
H.
E.
Watkins
home
on
HaU
’
s
ployee gets his receipt.
his return.
Wilson Jack-snipe seem to be on
Collector Maloney also pointed out Creek was completely destroyed by the increase. There are two mighty
“Early preparation of returns will
fire
early
Sunday
morning.
The
fire
be advisable,” Collector Maloney said, that he has mailed to all taxpayers
caught in the upstairs and was so far good reasons for It, They are not al­
to serve as a guide to the thousands who filed returns in this district for
along
when.it was discovered that lowed to be shot, at the present time
of taxpayers who will have substan­ 1942, notices showing the amount of
it was impossible tn save the house in any state, and even if they were,
tial payments to make and need to each individual's 1942 tax and the
or
even very much of the family there' Isn’t one huntef in a thousand
know how much the texes will be so amounts paid on that tex. These are
possessions. Mrs. Watkins atad Jean who would waste ammunition on
that they can make advance prepara­ two additional figures which Income
and
Mrs. Watkin’s father, A. T. Hill, them when there is such a scarcity of
taxpayers will need In the prepara­
tions to pay these texes.
who
was staying with them at the ammunition.
Substantial payments will be nec­ tion of their returns for 1943. The
Wood ducks are scarcer this season
time, are staying at the home of Mr.
essary in certain instances, because notices shoulX be sent back to the
than any previous season. The law
and
Mrs.
Frank
Burbank
at
the
pres
­
(a) most individuals who had a 1942 Collector along with the return.
i ent time. Mrs. Hill was in Washing­ allows one such duck for a single day
I
tax must pay at least one-half of the How To Get Help
to a hunter, or two a week. Three
Many taxpayers—especially those ton at this time.
unforgiven portion of that tax in ad­
years
ago they were very numerous,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Woodward,
dition to their 1943 tax; and (b) dur­ who use the short form, will not need
but the year the season opened on
Mrs.
Ida
Myers
and
Mrs.
Stanley
Hal
­
ing the first six months of 1943 only assistance in making their returns.
ter were Sunday evening callers at them they failed to appear in as greet
the Victory Tax, but not the Income However, any taxpayer needing help
a numbers as they had In seasons be­
may obtain it at the office of the Col­ the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lane. fore, so it may not be laid directly to
Tax, was withheld from wages.
Word has been received of the
"Particularly, persons who took lector of Internal Revenue, or at one
death at Klamath Falls, of Miss Jose­ the hunter, as to their scarcity, owing
jobs for the first time in 1943, and of the zone offices located in the
phine Mllani, daughter of Mr. and to the fact that they were not in evi­
those whose wages increased sharply larger cities and towns thorughout the
Mrs.
Joe Milan!, formerly of Arago. dence in large numbers when the
from 1942 to 1943 may have substan­ State, To avoid inconvenience and
season opened on them. They are
Mias
Josephine was staying at the
tial payments to make,” Collector delay, anyone ■ needing assistance
home ot lyr sister, Joan, when their the most beautiful migratory bird tt>at
Maloney said. As an illustration, he should seek it as early as possible.
files—that is, the male of the specie
house caught on fire and when she at­
pointed out that a single person who
tempted to return into the house to is—and in coloring rivals the beauti­
earned »2,000 wages in 1943 but had 30,750 Traffic Accidents In
ful coloring of the Chinese pheasant
rescue the children, whom she thought
no 1942 tax, will owe nearly »130 on Oregon in 1943—222 Killed
rooster, which as you are no doubt
were still in it, the house fell in on
March 15, or nearly three and one-
aware, possesses all the elaborate
Oregon traffic accidents claimed • her and she was burned to death.
half weeks’ wages. Since thia pay­ toll of 222 lives, and 4,850 persons in­
coloring of a sunset
Rev. M. M. Stesrn, of Myrtle Point,
ment must be made in one sum at the jured during the year 1943, Secretary
A wpod duck is one o( the moat
conducted the regular Sunday mom-
time the 1943 return is filed, the Col­ ot State Bob Farrell announces. There ■ |ng church- service. Sunday school foolish birds of any of the web­
lector pointed out the advantages of were 30,751} accidents during the
footed species. It will allow a gunner
followed with an attendance of 17.
determing the liability and savings
to approach within shooting range at
year.
There will be services again next
for it in advance. '
The 1943 pedestrain toll was con­ Sunday, preaching at 10 a. m. and nearly arty time. In addition to thia,
In the past, many taxpayers have siderably higher than in 1942, Far- Sunday school at 11 a. m.
they are slow taking the air when
postponed filing returns until the last rell said. Pedestrain fatalities totaled | Waiter Farrier has been busy the flushed from the water, thus making
minute in order to delay the payments 80, an increase of 21 percent over the
them easy prey for the average gun­
past few weeks adding a new room
ner, all of which is a contributing
which had to be made with the re­ toll of M in 1942.
to his house.
factor
as to their scarcity and which
turns. However, thia year a great
The fatality toll of 222 lives lost in
prompted a cloaed season on them for
many taxpayers will find that under 1943 was a decrease of 18 percent
22,000,009 Home Gardens In
many yean and which was only
the pay-as-you-go system, they are from the death toll of 273 lives in
U.
S. This Year Is Goal
opened a couple of seasons past. This
already substantially current in their 1942. Injuries showed a five percent
tax payments. These taxpayers, es­ decrease from lhe previous year,when
Member» of 4-H Clubs are being duck is very fond of myrtle nuts
pecially, ought to find it convienient 5,141 persons were injured.
called upon to again do their part which fall from the trees during the
to file as early as possible.
Total accidents dropped 18 percent. in meeting the many war food needs late full. Yet, in spite of such a diet,
Who Most File
for 1944. The cooperation of every this bird possesses an excellent
There were 37,930 in 1942.
A return must be made by every
Coos
county boy and girl is solicited flavor and is never •‘fishy,” which
Of the 222 persons killed in acci­
individual who during the taxable dents, 150 or 70 percent died in Occi­ for this needed war service states cannot be said concerning most
•
year 1943:
dents that occurred in rural areas James Bishop, assistant county agent. ducks.
Speaking of wood duckt eating
Was single and had »500 or more Last year, rural accidents accounted Enrollment in a 4-H club project will
income;
help each young person to give of his myrtle nuts, how many of you are
for 85 percent of the total fatalities.
Was married and had more than
“The traffic toll constitutes a tragic or her best by the guidance offered acquainted with the fact that mal­
$624 income;
blow at the war effort of this state,” through this organized work with lards also thrive on them when the
Was married, and together with Farrell said, in commenting on the local people as leaders. Club work opportunity presents itself? We dis­
accident experience for 1943. “Acci­ ia available to every boy and girl be­ covered this many yean ago, while
I shooting mallards on an inland stream
dents strike at two important factors tween the ages of nine and 21.
Twenfe-two million home gardens I where myrtle trees grew in profusion
iu Its r/uT
By ¡in
tfae United States is the national akmg the banka. Each mallard we
transportation and manpower.
By
,
avoiding accidents—and most of them goal for 1944. 4-H garden clubs begged had a craw chocked full of
can avoided through the exercise of should be preparing now to make myrtle nuts.
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ordinary care and common sense— definite contributions in the attain-
ment
of
this
goal.
For
Oregon,
the
I
S.
I.
A.
C.
Man To Bo
we can speed the day when victory
I wonder how many
goal is a home garden for every farm Stationed At Marshfield
farmers have their equip­
will be ours.”
The secretary of state urges drivers where it is possible, as well as practi- | Otto Pitcher, safety field represen­
ment ready to do this years
and pedestrains to drive and walk cal, to grow a garden.
work? A loss of one day
tative of the accident prevention di­
Three clubs have recently been or- |
with greater care during 1944.
due to a break down, may
vision of the State Industrial Xfcci-
ineazx the . difference bet-,
l*>uis
CommMoo.Ml bos»» transferred
Insurance Specialist. T R Bull
S <
ween a good crop arid a
from an eastern Oregon territory to
Moser Is vice president and Jack
poor one.
cover Coos and Curry counties, ac­
Forifess is secretory. Georgia Smith
is president of the livestock club Isr- [ cording to an announcement made by
Remember there are few­
ganized at Riverside school, Fairview 'Robert
th<‘ M. Evenden, Salem, director
r-..
4 Arthur Hooton is back on the job
tin the elfcctricel wiring and repair
business. He ¿an be found north of
. ball park on Fairview rood; phone
222R
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