The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
Co. against Messenger and Wilcox,
the company having appealed to the
collrt of q nneals at San Francisco.

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The funeral of the late Mrs c. S
Wilson, wi died at Alleghaney City
Pa, on the Sd, was conducted from the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. B. 5
Huntington, last Saturday afternoon
| Farmers in Klickitat county are pre-
pairing to seed large acreage the
coming season. In all sections where
the ground is dry enough to plow they
are turning over the soil rapidly.
Messrs. N. B. Brooks and w. B.
Presby, two leading attorneys of Col
dendale, were in the city this morn
ing en- route to Olympia to be present
at the inaugural ceremonies which
tike place on Wednesday.
At noon today the gavels fell in the
senate chamber and representative
hall of the state capitol at Salem. con-
| vening the 10Th biennial session OF the
| legislature. 1t goes without saying
that Joe Simon was elected president
of the senate, but at last reports from
the seat of government. nobody could
| tell who would be speaker OF the house.
The Elks lodge has determined to
give charity ball on the evening OF
Jan. %. The entire proceeds OF the
ball will be given to deserving OBJ
;ects of charity; and since the Elks
make a success of everything they un-
dertake, it is q fOregone conclusion
that this ball will be the crowning
event of the season.
A petition is being quite generally
signed asking the legislature to so
amend the charter of Dalles City that
the recorder and marshal be made
elective instead of appointive offices.
The present system of appointing the
recorder and marshal seems not to
have proven satisfactory, judging from
the number of signatures the petition
has received.
Alfred D. Hays, who is making
collection of Indian relics for the Q.
r. & N. Co., to be used for advertising
purposes, was in the city yesterday,
gathering information concerning GER
tain relics obtained from Memaloose
Island. Mr.. Hays has been able to
make an excellent collection of relics,
which will be placed on exhibition in
the east during the coming season.
T. D. Williams, of Biggs, who was in
the city this morning, said Sherman
county would have larger acreage OF
wheat this year than ever before. The
greater portion of the old ground will
be seeded, and in addition there will
be thousands of acres Of new land Gull
tivated. The new land principally be-
longs to the E. o. Land Company, and
has been leased to settlers the past
year.
No fraternal organization devotes
more attention to bestowing charity
than does the Benevolant and Protec-
tive Order of Elks, though its custom
is to not let the world know OF its
charitable deeds. Though the Elks
of The Dalles will in some degree di-
verge from this rule, and will give a
ball on the 22d for the cause of charity,
and will bestow all the funds derived
therefr0m to charitable purposes. The
object is a commendable one, and will
meet with the approval of all.
The county tax levied this year is
n.9 mills, against 10.1 last year. The
object of the court in increasing the
levy is to reduce the county indebted
ness. The total taxable property in
the county as equalized by the state
board is 2,893, ISL. A tax of 1l.9 mills |
on this amount will create a revenue
of $34, ,42S, which is greater than the
estimated expenses Of the county for
the present year, so it is expected there
will be several thousand dollars to be !
applied in reducing the county in-
debtedness.
A special meeting of the city council |
will be held this evening to consider |
the proposed amendments to the
charter and to take final action upon
an ordinance that was laid over from
the last regular meeting to license
peddlers of fish and meat. This pro-
posed ordinance seems hardly to be
While local dealers, who
aid in keeping up the city government,
should at all times be protected against
with itinerants. it does
not appear that the peddling OF fish
and meat in the city interferes to any
great extent with their business, and
very often it is benefit to consumers
IS we'll as the owners of such COM
that they be allowed to peddle
,ut such articles as they cannot readily
,ell. The city cannot afford to be too
strict in it's regulations concerning the
auxter trade within it's limits.