TIIE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
''PAqg 3
LAND OFFICE PLANS
MONDAY, SWn1. 17, 1917.
GIF TO OH
CALIFORNIA TRACTS
to
Commissioner Clny Tallmnn
Expocto Sottlors Will Find
Descriptions a Cront Holp
TAX PAYMENT APPROVED
Very Little Timber Released at First,
Though Spruce May Be Cut
for War
Mux Dill of the Perennial Favorites, Kolb and Dill In The
High CoHt of living at Eugene Theatre September 20 1917
Walker Bankrupt Stock
OF
PAINT and WALLPAPER
Now on Salo by
Preston & Hales
857 Willamette Street
EUGENE, ORGEON
Rev. C H.. Jensen
Likes Training
Former Springfiold Minister Is
at Second Officers Re
sorvo Camp
Dr. N. W. Emery
Dentist
SUTTON DLDQ. . PHONE 20-J
RESIDENCE PHONE 129-W
Springfield Garage
Incorporated
I Repairing a .Specialty
FORD STUDEBAKER
Wain, bet. Fourth and Fifth. Phone 11,
SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
como.
P. A. Johnson
Socretary.
HOI1ERT UURNB Lodgo, No.
78, A. M. I''., Auclont and
Accepted Scottish Hlto Uni
versal and Symbolic Free
masons moota first and third
Friday ovouing In W. O. W.
hull. VlBltlne brothors wol
Chas. Klngswell
It. V. M.
Tho Nows Ih Itfrecclpt of n loiter
from Chris II. Jensen who Is station
oil at the Second officers Training
camp at the Presluio, 3an Frnnclsco
California. Mr. Jensen was former
y pastor of the Springfield Christian
church. Following Is his loiter:
"I wish, through the columns of the
N'invs, to let my Springfield friends
know thnt I am gottlng along well
In my new environment.
We have been In (raining now for
three wooks, nnd we are all becoming
J hardened as good soldlors should be.
There aro 1500 candidates for com
missions hero, between the ages of
21 and 4f,. Already about 100 have
boeu sent homer for one reason or
another. Kvery day wo hoar of somo
fellow resigning because tho sched
tie Is too tough. They keep us
going constantly from revelllo nt 5:30
A. M. until Taps at 10 I M. Yostor
day wo had a practlco march of near
ly 10 miles with full packs and rifles
up nnd down tho hllU of tho Presidio
and Han Francisco Our officers tell
us that the first camp did n lot of
hard work, but that wo covered In 2
wocks what thuy covered In a month.
Next week wo nre to dig trenches
and occupy them for 2 days. Then
wo aro going to do fond Fort Scott
against Invasion for 3 days. Just
such problems occupy our tlmo and
I liko it.
I mot Frnnk Crawford Hoy Vln
clout and Vanco Cngloy horo. It
.seems good to soo homo folks, so It
any of tho Springfiold folks como down
this way, I hopo thoy wilt como out
to tho camp.
With kindest regards to all I am,
Yours very truly,
CUIUS II. JENSKN.
Company 8. It. O. T. C
O. R. Gullion, M.D.
Practice Limited tl
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Graduate Nurse Attending
3Q6, White Temp!, Eugene.
CAREFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS
DENTISTRY
Dft J. & RICHMOND
fMONKSr-OIRM, 8; RMltfeM. 11M
Over Commercial Vcufc,
THURSTON
Sopt. 1C. Quito a number of poo
plo nre busily engaged picking over
groon blackhorrios at this placo.
Mrs, A. W. Weaver has roturnod
from a visit nt Portland.
Dr. R. P. Mortonson made a profes
sional call horo, Tuesday.
Miss Audroy Fowler has roturnod
to hor homo at Walton
Miss Edna Bortsch of Portland la
risking her parenta near here.
Molvln Noedham of Pleaoant Hill
la visiting at tho Needham homo this
woek.
Mrs. Will Ronnie la rlBltlnr her
daughtor, Mrs. Ada Golf and family
at Klamath Falls.
MUs Zimmerman of Portland the
Ilomeseekers desiring locating on
tho lands of (ho Oregon & California
grant probably will be given unusual
facilities for gaining Information con
cerning tho tracts that are offered
for settlement through plans that are !
being worked out In tho general land
office under Uio direction of Commis
sioner Clay Tallmati.
Ah a result of the Inspection of the
lands, made In classifying them, a
description readies the land office of
eacli tract. Mr. Tallmnn believes
this Information will not have reach
ed Us full possibilities If It remains
in tho flies of tho land office, or is
merely placed In ono big volume In !
a land office for Inspection. He,
therefore, plans to have printed, In j
good time before the opening, a little
book which might bo called the '"home
seeker's guide."
Lands to Be Well Described
This will contnln a conclso stnt
ment o f the character of each tract
that Is offered. The information will
ho In tabloid form, but It will tell
the prospective settler what he most
wants to know, and enable him to
pick out tho lands of which he may
wont to mako a personal Inspection.
Attached to the book will he a map
showing tho location of the lands.
Even In tho brief form proposed, It
Is expected that tho book for tho first
opening will be n volumo of SO pages.
This will cover the agricultural lands
classified In the southern end of tho
grant, reaching porhaps ono third of j
tho way up state from the California
lino.
Officials of the land office arc high
ly pleased over tho dovolopmcnts i
which will allow a prompt payment
of taxes nnd opening of the grant.
Tax Payments Approved
Tho attorney gonernl's office, which 1
for a tlmo called a halt by refusing
to sanction tho payment of any of
tho penalties nnd Interest on tho taxos
while not modifying Its opinion that j
these, assessments do not constitute j
a lien upon tho lnnds, the payment
of all tax claims up to tho dato of j
approval of tho Chamberlain Ferris
act is now suggested as a proper meas
ure of Justice toward the stato and
tho land grant companies.
It Is probable that tho attitude of
tho nttornoy genoral Is directed to
the future, for tho tlmo Is coming
when the government will file suit
agalnBt tho railroad company to re
cover the taxos It will pay. Tho de
partment of Justice has not wanted
to ho In a position whero It might be
confronted with an opinion of Its
own to embarrass Its litigation with
tho railroad.
No Delays Expected
Thoro Is expected to be little de
lay In tho payment of tho taxes, as
practically all the preliminary work
has boon done. It may bocomo ncces
sary to havo wrltton a description of
each of the tracts of land on which
payment Is made, so that a receipt
can bo tnken individually for each
tract, but this would not Involvo
much dolny.
Not much of tho tlmhor land so
far classified will bo Immediately of
forod for salo, It Is thought. Cer
tain tracts, however, will bo. These
aro lands which adjoin or Interlock
with othor lands whero lumbor com
panies aro now cutting, nnd whoro
considerable ndvantngo would result
from cutting over the grant lnnds at
tho samo tlmo.
It Is also probablo that If tho grant
lands aro found to Include bodlos of
spruco that can ho gotten out to
ndvantago, a special effort will be
mado to mako this spruco available
becauso of tho war tlmo nood tor
aircraft construction.
newly appointed teacher for the gram
mar school has arrived and will board
with Mrs. Charles Hastings while teach
tng.
Mrs. Will Piatt of Eugene la visit
ing at tho homo of her son Mr,
Qeorso Piatt.
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