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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1917)
TIIB SPRINGFIELD NEWS THURSDAY, BKPT. 20, 191?. PAGE 8 3JE No. 88 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Commercial State Bank OF SPRINGFIELD M Springfield, in tlao SUto of Oregon at tho close of business -September 11th, 1917. RESOURCES Ix)oiib and discounts ... ...... ... Overdrafts, secured and unsecured .......... Honda and warrants ........... ... Banking house Furnituro and fixtures , Due from approrod resorvV banks CheckB and other cash Items ..... ..,............... 1'Jxchanges for clearing house - a. ................ Cash on hand .. 6MG?.S3 76.32 7.724.47 . 14,965.81 ... 5,600.00 23.067.07 C0.00 305.90 6.529.S9 , Total .1 $11S.776.29 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid In .. - J30.000.0Q Surplus fund : .' 1,000.00 Undivided profits, -less expenses and taxes-paid ;. 2,091.91 Individual deposits subject' to check : 72,061.28 Demand certificates of doposlt - .... . 1,175.61 Time and Savings Deposits - - - 12,447.49 Total - i v- IUS.776.29 STATE OP OREGON, bounty of Lane, ss: ' I, O. B. Kessey, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that tho above statement Is true to the best or my knowledge and belief. v . O. U. KESSEY Cashier CORRECT Attest: M. M. I'EERY WELBY STEVENS Directors. Subscribed and swqrn to before rao this 17tli day of'Scptombcr, 1917. f. F. L. TRAVIS, (Seal) Notary Public. My commission expires Nov. 8, 1920. W. F. WALKER HERBERT E. WALKER UNDERTAKER notahv FUNERAL DIRECTOR PUBLIC Office Phone 62; Residence 67-J West Main St Office in City Hall, Springfield, Ore. AT THE PRINGFIELD THEATRE Saturday, September 22 A. H. WOODS Presents "KICK IN Featuring William Courtney And Molly King ADMISSION 5c AND 10c. SP9 The Springfield News Makes Qnbbing Arrangement With The Oregon Farmer Offers Unusual Opportunity to Its Readers AMONG our large circle of readers there are a great many who are in terested directly or indirectly in fruit growing, dairying and other branches of farming. All of these naturally wish to keep in close touch with ag ricultural activities throughout the state; and to know about any fight which is being waged for the measures Oregon farmers want and against all sorts of schemes that are detrimental to the people and agricultural interests of this state. We have, therefore, made a special dubbins arrangement with THE OREGON FAR MER whereby any farmer or fruitgrower, who is one of onr regular subscribers and who is not new a subscriber to THE OREGON FARMER, will be entitled to receive THE OREGON FARMER h combination with this paper at the same rate as for this paper alone. This offer applies to all those whe renew or extend their subscriptions as well as to all new subscribers. If you are interested di rectly or indirectly in Oregon agriculture, do not miss this unusual opportunity, but send your order in now. THE OREGON FARMER is the ose farm paper which is devoting itself exclusively to the farming activities and interests ex Oregon. It has a big organization gath ering the news of importance to farmers, dairymen, fruitgrowers, stockraisers and foaltrymen; and it has the backbone to at tack wrongful methods and combinations and ted legislatiea, and support honest leaders aad beneficial measures. We are confident that ear readers will congratulate us en eur being able to make this splendid and at tractive dubbing offer. Springfield News, one year Oregon Farmer, one year $1.50 1.00 1 2.30 By our special clubbing plan, both for 1.50 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Springfield, Oregon .... r(.. m BABIES CARED FOR Children of Soldiers Aro Looked Aftor at Creche. FOUR NATIONS REPRESENTED. Horn For Convliont Oabt.s Und.r Two Yri Old Opan All tho Yr Around FountUd by First Qtn.rnl 8er.Ury of Charity Organization Socltty of Naw York. New York. If your daddy bad gone wny to war to tight for his country, and you were something under two years old, and mother wasn't sure where tho next mug of broad and uiUk Wns coming front, and like as not mother wasn't even thero to worry about It at nil, wouldn't you think It was pretty hard , lines for n. young sol dler Just starting out In tho battle of llfo? You would". And. wlillo you might not frame It up In Just those words, you would open your mouth and your lungs nnd let the whole crowded, hot. smelMUled tenement which constitut ed your world know nlout how miser able you were, even If you were a sol dier's baby nnd supposed to be brave. That Is Just why, out over the Uud rou and away beyond the beautiful, broad sweep of the Knglewood Country club golf links on the western slope of the rallsndes, the Memorial Home of the Kdgcwnter Creche Is today endeav Ing to open Its hospitable doors to take In and care for the little children and babies of soldiers, sailors and of wo men who could thus le released for CHILDREN AT EBGEWATEB CBEC1IE. war work. In uddltlou to the usual groups of poor mothers uud little ones sent thero by social workers. Any one who passed along Edgewater, N. J., the town that nestles under the Palisades opposite One Hundred and Thirtieth street, four or live years back remembers that creche, because It stood on the river road there for many yeiirs after its foundation by Charles D. K1 loss, flrst general secretary of (he Charity Organization society of New York city, who first established l.tbe side the site of the statue of Liberty and called It Hartholdl Creche. Thero it had averaged 0,000 to 10,000 visits of mothers with children In a summer. In tho fifteen years or more It stood' at Edgewater the creche averaged 12,000 visits a summer from mothers and chil dren from tho crowded tenement 'dis tricts of New York. Removed now to a beautifully poll ing and well wooded site of sis amjja quarter acres, at Ilroud and Van Nostrand avenues, on the outskirts of Englewood, the creche occupies the unique position of being the only home for convalescent babies under two years old In and about New York city that Is open the year round. And In .Its effort to do Its bit by giv ing preference to the babies of soldiers the creche does not stop at American babies, but cares for the babies of al lied fighters as well, at least four na tions being represented among the twenty babies now thero America, France, Russia and Italy. Adopt a Baby Wolf. Rochester, N. Y. The Proper broth ers, who live on a farm six miles west of Naples, In Ontario county, found a baby gray wolf In a hollow log In a piece of woods on their farm. They took the llttlo creature, whose cyci wero not yet open, to the house and aro making an effort to raise It on a bottle. A search is being made for the rest of the wolf family. -t- GIVES CORK LEG AS SECURITY FOR LOAN Raleigh, N. C A chattel mort gage has been recorded In the of fice of tho register of deeds of Durham county, N. C, In which a $50 loan was made and an arti ficial leg taken as security. The leg was valued at $100, and It. O. Everett, a Durham lawyer, de clares It his intention of recoil veying the property to himself unless tho mortgagor redeems tho claim. The loan was ob tained to purchase the cork leg, and the debt Is to be paid within fifty-two .wookSv Bohemian Photo Drama Is Coming Lois Wobor, Famous Universal Diroctor, Is Producor of "Evon as You and I" mm y ''Yes, I'm-Rotting to know thorn prot- ty well." Tho speaker was Lola Wobor, fa mous Universal diroctor, who pro duced Universale gripping druinn "Ev Dr. N. W. Emery DENTIST 8UTTON DLDQ. . . PHONE 20-J RESIDENCE PHONB 129-W CAREFUL CONSCIENTIOUS DENTISTRY DR. J. E. RICHMOND PHONES Offtei, 3; Rld,ne, 11W Over Commercial Bank, Springfield, Oregon. iiniiti muni " at I I on as you and I" which begins Its engagements nt tho Eugene Theatre on Friday September 21 "Wo'ro getting on speaking terms," continued Miss Wcbor. as she glanced at a scenario on her littered desk. "You seo, when tho story comes to mo It Is naturally now nnd tho characters running through it don't know me, neithor do I know them. Hut. wo visit together (luring my spare hours and during the evening until wn got acquainted. 1 may say that the char acters In "EVEN AS YOU AND l" are unique but at the samu time in most cases we get to know each other pretty well." Hen Wilson and Mlg non Anderson head the strong cast appearing in this absorbing photo- drama of nohcmla. A Middleton, of thic city, who for the past few months has been em ployed with tho Star Drug company at Klamath Falls has been supplying for two weeks as druggist at Ashland, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS Extra Fancy Elberta Peaches selling regluarly throughout the county at $2.00 per bushel will be sold today, tomorrow and Sat urday at $ 1 . 75 per bushel. These peaches were graded especially for us. PEARS, PRUNES and other fruits for canning. On Saturday, $ Day we will sell 12 lbs Sugar for $1.00 We expect to try to make your $ buy as much at The Fifth Street Grocery as anywhere in town. THE FIFTH ST. GROCERY THOS. SIKES, Propriotor PHONE 22. Save Your By buying your tires, accessories etc. now, as we ex pect more increases in price on most everything. We try to carry a complete line of automobile neces sities, but if we do not have just what you want, come in and we will get it for you. We have many different makes of tires in stock but should you care for any other make than we carry we can supply you on short notice. Don't forget that we carry Dimming Lens and Spot Lights that comply with the law. Complete stock of Ford parts and accessories on hand at all times. Agents for the Smith Form-A-Truck. Let us cut down hauling expenses. SPRINGFIELD GARAGE Moll 0 0 & if. .;. .i t