The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-16
The Water Bill.


strenuous effort is being made at
Salem on the part of a few of our citizens
to defeat the passage of the bill known
as the Dalles City Water Bill The
main features of the bill are to SO amend
the old law as that the water commits
sioners shall have exclusive control of
the water works, that is shall be inde-
pendent of the city council, the city
shall pay the commissioners all funds
heretofore received by it belonging to the
"water fund" and that the commission
shall have the power to and shall keep
loaned at the highest rate of interest all
monies belonging to the "water fund.-
not Immediately needed for payment of
expenses, interest or bonds. The bill
was endorsed by the city council, the
board of trade and all the honest tax
payers. If passed the city will save
from s., 900 to So 900 in interest annually;
the work of perfecting the water plant
will be carried on with less delay and
the work will be exclusively under the
control of men chosen because of their
peculiar fitness for that work ANY at
tempt to defeat this bill we believe orig
mates in selfishness. We understand
that the latest attempt to kill the bill is
the introduction of bill placing the
water fund in the hands of the mayor
and city treasurer. We do not believe
that this scheme, if such bill has been
introduced, is suggested in good faith or
with the expectation that it will become
law. We knOu it will not meet the
approval of the Taxpayers of the city.
1t looks much like trick and we ear
nestly hope it will not be suffered to in
terrier with the bill introduced by Senator
Watkins.
Annual Meeting of the $. b. stockhoId-
ers Dufur, Oregon.
DuFUR, Or, Feb. s, 1891.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the S. b. Medicine manufacturing
company of Dufur, Or, being called by
the president DIR. L. Vanderpool and all
the stockholders being present the meet
ing was formally called to order. The
president then called for the reading of
the minutes of the last meeting.
On motion of Acting Secretary l.. Van
derpool, Mr.. A. J. Brigham was ap-
pointed secretary pro tenn. The reading
of the minutes of the last meeting were
then read: considered and adopted
After considerable discussion DIR. l..
Vanderpool was renominated and elected
president of the company and A. J.
Brigham vice president for the ensuing
year.
On motion of 7. H. Johnston w. L.
Vanderpool was elected secretary for the
company for the year ending on the first
Monday of Feb, 1892.
The election of directors being the
next thing in order, the names of certain
stockholders were mentioned, when
was Quite an extended discussion upon
the various plans of work, resulting in
the luminous, verdict that no known
company had reached such grand results
and become SO generally known and re-
'ceived such widespread appreciation and
credit, as the S. B. Medicine company,
under the wise, prudent and economical
administration of the companys affairs
during the year of 1890. And it was
unanimously agreed that no better
names could be mentioned to conduct
the companys works for the year to
come than those of 7. H. Johnston, w.
l.. Vanderpool and A. J. Brigham.
When the vote was taken resulting in
the election of the above named gentle
men who were then sworn, as the direc-
tors of the company for one year. After
attending to some matters of minor i'm
portance, and considerable jubilating
over the successes of the company dur
ing its brief history. The meeting ad-
journed to meet on the first Monday in
February, 1892. REPoRrER.