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V. of 0. Library X MOT Mil 1L SIXTEENTH YEAR. SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1919 NUMBER 37 ONE MORE WEEK IN ' WHICH TO PAY TAXES CAME SEASON FINALLY SETTLED ;' IN WAR ' SAVINGS r r cum 11 11 I IJI J1M1& BANK sons ih PROGRESS Springfield's Advancement Indicated by Increaie of Resources and In dividual Deposits Tin re run be no more reliable crl trrloii an to conditions in a town than He hanking business. Therefor the officio financial statements of Springfield's hanke pub Halted n thla IxNue of the News are Interesting a showing tint clty'a com menial growth. The total deponHs In both of the bank have shown good big Increase ns compared with the last previous statements. Issued about three mouth since. AIho. and Indicating that more pro pin are now making their homes In the city and adjutant country, both hanks give thn further und mill more satlfutory Information (not called fur In the official statement) of sub Htutitlttl increase In the number of Individual accounts. STATE CONVENTION OF AMERICAN LECION (FurnlHhed by Randall Scott dele, guto from Springfield i'oet. Tho pant week saw the organiza tion of what U destined to be one of the moHl potent forces In the state, muklng for bolter clllscnHhlp and truer AmerUanlMit for generations to come, The flrat Oregon atate convention of the American legion waa convened at the Multnomah hotel. - Portland, Wednesday afternoon, September 17. It waa eminently fitting that the atanlon waa called and addressed by that true American, Theodore Roose volt. Jr., one of the foundera of the national movement. Ninety-three " delegates reported from all parte of the stale. Oregon atanda flmt In the uuinben of poHta organized la proportion to population, having In the neighborhood of fifty loeul organization. Portland post lead with a memberahlp of over 4.000, and It Is en 1 1 mated that there are In the atate at large over 30,000 men who have served In enllated service during the war and are there fore eligible to memberahlp. A banquet at the Multnomah hotel was followed by a stirring address on Americanism and Ihe Legion by Mr. UooNevett to 5.000 people In the muni Ipul auditorium. The rousing recep tion accorded Mr. Roosevelt was only paralleled by that given the president earlier In the week. The convention session proper wus culled to order Thursday morning by Chairman II. K. Zimmerman, of Astoria. The entire morning was con sumed In hearing and debating the report of the committee on constitu tion and by-laws, headed by P, F Korrell, of Portland. The constitu tion as finally udopted provtdea for un executive committee of fifteen, equally distributed throughout the three congressional districts. The only pHld officer is the secretary, Who will have his offices In Portland and wUl devote full time to work of or ganisation and udmltilstrutlon. II y a majority vote of the convention, a measure wus killed which was to huve nTude the governor, speaker of the house, and president of the senate honorary members of the Stale Le gion. Tho afternoon waa taken up with the consideration of resolutions sub. mltted by the committee. The reso lutions as passed, and which were pub lished In tho dally prosa, form a good Index to the far-reaching Interests of the movement, and bespoke Its motto: "NOT POLITICS, RUT POLICIES". A large planing mill at Coos Duy will suspend operations for lack of ears. Penalties and Interest Added if Al lowed To Become Delinquent In order to avoid delinquency, with consequent charges of penalty and interest, the second installment of taxes paid In person must reach the sheriff's orflce not later than Sat urday, - October . 4. All remittances sent by 'mall, however, and bearing post mark date within the time limit will bo ucxoptttd as of date of mail ing. . Die Isst day before delinquency, tho duy this year, falla on Sunday, making paymeuta In person necessary a day earlier, as the tax department closes on that day. ... .:. t The law read: ! "The first half of all taxes legally levied and charged shall be paid on or before the fth day of April next following, and the second half on or before the 5th day of October next following. "Interest shall be charged and col lected on uny tax or half a tax, not so paid, at the rate of one per cent per month or fraction of a month until paid. 'All taxes not puid on or before tho said f'th day of October shall be come delinquent, und if uot paid on or before the 5th duy of November next following, a penult y of ft per cent shall be charged and collected there on. In addition to the Iu'ercM provided therein. , I The days or dates herein specified and provided are final as to the ap plication of all Interest and penalty charges. Irrespective of uny such day or date falling on a Sunday or legal holiday." ; A LITTLE BERRY TALE W. T. West und sou. 114 miles east of Newberg, planted blackcap vrnp berries In 11 acres young prune- frees. They sold $4500 worth from 'this berry patch, a mere by-product of a young prune orchard. This crop of small fruit grown as fillers In an orchard shown poHslblll ties of this Industry. i There Is such a demand for young plants they can probably sell several thousand dollars worth of young canen that will now come up. ,i The first drainage district nnder the new bonding act is being formed In Multnomah county. r,-.:n?-' S -X ' .mm j -s SEPTrfe . V-t IS A SPmIKSIM RHVafE OF MEWT; ip Wf f BET WE'KE ABLE TO tAB 17. In an opinion given by Attorney General Ooorge M. Drown to Mr. M A. Wggs, district attorney for Harney county, the shooting season for ducks, geese and other migratory waterfowl has been definitely settled. Confusion has existed in the minds of many shooters on account of the difference In the federal and state seasons. The state can't legislate within the closed season of the federal regulations, but it can legislate within the open season The federal open season Is three and one-half months, but the atate. If It cares to, msy close any portion or all of this federal season. The shooting season, therefore, which must be ob served by hunters throughout Oregon, is as follows: For Multnomah, Clatsop and Tllbv mook counties, the open season begins on October 1st and closes December .list. )n all other counties of Game District No. 1, which comprises all that portion .of Oregon lying west of the summit of the Castade moun tains, the season opens on October IGih and Hoses on January 1.1th. In all counties of (lame District No. 2. which compriKes all that portion of Oregon lying east of the summit of tho Cuscude mountains, the open sea son begin on October lxt and ends on December 31L It hud been hoped that the federal and state laws would conform, and recommendations to tills effect were made by the fish and game commls alon, the rod and gun clubs through out tho state,' the Oregon Sportmuen's I.eugue, and muny Individual hunters who had given much study to the seasons. The original draft of the Game Code Included a unlfirmlty of seasons, but the position was taken by the came committee of the legislature that the federal regulations were un coiistlioiiuiinl a nit, therefore,' would bo inoperative. Since the legislature has adjourned, two federal courts have upheld the federal ' regulations. It was the clear intent of the legisla ture to give equal hunting Beasons. This would have been accomplished had not Die federal law intervened. The state law la operative and shall be enforced In so far as it does not conflict with the federal law. The dates given above are those within which hunters may shoot and be with in both the federal and state law. Roseburg growers have sold a hun dred carloads of apples to Spokane packers. oo Increase in Lower GradesShortage In High-School Attendance Due To' Industrial Conditions The Springfield city schools opened While the la w fixes October C as Monday morning with a total enroll ment of four hundred. This Is about the same as the opening attendance of last year and Just thirty short of the opening week In 1917. Enrollment In the lower grades shows an Increase. In the First grade there are fifty-two beginners, ccm pared with forty-three last year and thirty-nine In 1917. The shortage this year Is In the upper grades and High school, and is no doubt due to present industrial conditions. Following Is the opening enrollment In the several grades: Mrs. Page, First grade 35 Miss Hulvorson, First and Second grades . ..28 Miss McCnnn, Second grade 33 MIsb Kellogg, Third grade 34 Miss Llndabl, Fourth grade 34 Miss Stein, Fourth and Fifth grades 24 Mrs. Montgomery, Fifth grade... J29 Mrs. Truchsel; Sixth grade 34 Junior High Seventh and Eighth grades .-. 60 High School Ninth, Tenth. Blev- enth and Twelfth grades 89 The teaching corps in the grades and High school have been assigned as follows:. Elizabeth C. Page. First grade; , Grace McCann, Second grade; Opal Halrorson, First and Second grades ; Lois Kellogg, Third grade; Eniella Lindahl, Fourth grade; Eula Montgomery, Fifth grade; Charlotte H. Stein,' Fourth and Fifth grades; Laura Trachsel, Sixth grade; Znlda Hamilton, History-Civics; Bertha Harpole, Geography-Agriculture; Jesxamine Nelson, Language-Reading; Elixabeth James, Arithmetic; Margery Machen, Mathematics-Science; Vera Derf linger, English; Nora J. Plank, Commercial; Martha Williamson, Domestic Sci ence; Harold M. Mabtey, Manual Train ing; F. M. Roth, principal of High school. History; F. B. Hamlin, superintendent. Alge bra and Teachers' Training class. CAR SHORTAGE STOPS LUMBER SHIPMENT8 Cottage Grove Sentinel: The annual car shortage is becoming serious with Cottage Gnove shipper of lumber, and the result is that much lumber that could be sent out on orders al ready on hand is being piled on docks, thus addtng the expense of extra hand ling. Some of the .shipper claim to be receiving not over 25 per cent of their requirements and no Immediate 'relief is promised. The Booth-Kelly company at Springfield claims to be 50 per cent short of Its rolling stock requirements, so that all of the mills of the valley probably are affected. Eugene Register: The following changes have been announced In the ruratl mall service out of Gugene, effective November 1: Leonard N. Mathews, of Goshen, has been ap pointed carrier on route No. 2. which serves the territory botween Eugene and Springfield, and all north of Springfield between the forks of the Willamette and McKenzle. John R. Maxwell, who has, been . carrying route No. 2, wilt be transferred to route No. 3, relieving Miss Jane Irene Maxwell, who has been serving tem porarily for several mouths. ; ' - - :'.'; . . San Franclpcot Sept. 2. Three western states of' the Twelfth federal reserve district, Oregon, Utah, and Nevada, ranked among the first ten states, territories, and possessions of the United States In th per capita savings and Investments in thrift stamps, war-savings ' stamps, and treasury savings certificates for the first seven months of 1919, according to a report of the treasury depart ment Oregon took third place with a per capita investment of $1.45 and total of 11, .".09.922.42; Utah eighth with an average Individual Investment of $1.30 and a total of nearly $600, 000 while Nevada stood n!nth with $1.26 per capita and a total of ap proximately $150,000. Ohio led the nation. With an av erage purchase of $2.41 the people of that state lent the government $12.807.2CK.32. nearly twice as much as any other one state In other words, Ohio Is Ihe thriftiest state In the nation. The Philippines was low est with a per capita Investment of .005. The grand total subscribed by the fifty-three states,' territories and pos sessions of the United States for the period of January 1 to July 21 was $95,400,470.21. The country is far behind the quota asked by the government at the be ginning of the year to help meet the cost of the war. A per capita quota of ten dollars for every man, woman, and child in the country was set at that time, which would total $1,000 000.000. If the people of the Uuited States failed to sober up immediately from their spending -Jag" and invest, they will pay that billion In taxes. Oregon Weekly Industrial . .. Review - Clackamas county is to vote on a $1,700,000 road-paring bond issue. Echo will vote on' a water-bond issue November 4. A new company has been formed to operate coal mines between Co quille and Bandon. Cottage Grove is to have a $130,000 garage building. Roseburg is to have a new two story garage building. Portland is to get a $35,000 knit ting mill plant Corvallla The Agricultural college gets $30,000 for another dormitory. Albany A 60-stand apiary near this city produced 8,600 pounds of honey this season. Work has started on Forest Grove's new Congregational church. Hood River Lack, of laborers la holding back county highway work. The Dalles has sold .$47,500 bonds and started street-paving work. Hood River will ship out 100 car loads of potatoes. Corvallla poultrymen are making ex tensive additions to their plants. The Roseburg cannery has shipped two carloads to Dea Moines, Iowa. The new Farmers' State Bank opens at Wilbur October 1. A confectioner at Albany la install ing electric baking ovens. Bend 120 acres of Irrigated land near here sold for $12,000. Salem The DesChutes County Irri gation Company , has Incorporated, with capital stock of $50,000. Lebanon Is to have new shingle mill. " x , Baker Two. fine streaks of ore hare been uncovered at the Highland - mine. Two Portland bakeries are to build -$30,000 additions. Albany has awarded a $13,646. con tract Jor paving four streets. Roseburg Douglas county will have the largest prune crop on record. Pendleton has authorized more pav ing and sewers. Powers A gold strike is reported near here assaying $30,000 to the ton. Traces of oil have been found la Coles Valley, Douglas county. , At the hearing of the meditation board In the matter of the SaJera printers' wage scale it was shown that living expenses In the Capital City are lower than la fifty other cities.