Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-11-10
Nuy Covering Central Willamette Valley By Special Rebo
10 Mill Tax
On Dallas for
Road Purposes

Dallas, Or, Nov. 1O.--At a meet
\ Ding held last Thursday evening, II
WAS agreed that an additional taz
levy of 10 mills will be made on
( Dallas city property.
The city is a road district and the
y proposed levy will raise aproxi-
raateiy $4,000 which will be used
/. ON the main roads leading out of
tcwn which are now in bad condi-
fion. AS there is regular tax for
ahis purpose Of approximately
5000 and the county court has
agreed to match the total of the two
sums, this will give Dallas in the
neighborhood of $4,000 to put it's
county road strets in shape
The meeting in which the agree
1nent was made to put the matter
before the people was held last
Thursday evening by the directors
of the Commercial club and the
members of the city council. In
this meeting the matter was raor.
oughiy discussed and it was report
ed that the Judge of the county
court had agreed to place in the
county budget the sum Of $4,000
TO match the money it is proposed
1hat this road district should raise
iDi the Improvement. This agree
ment with the county court. IL rs
said, is necessary before the aues.
ton can be submitted.
The proceeding that must be
gone through with to secure
meeting to pass upon such a matter
~ that thre freeholders petition the
county court and the court calls
meeting to pass upon the matter.
Notice of this meeting must be Civ
EN- through the newspapers and by
posted notices.
*. of p. Hold Meeting.
The knights of Pythias lodge at
Dallas held their usual Mondav
night meeting in their hall where
they initiated several candidates in
Inc rank of squire. The lodge was
nonored by distinguished visitor
Al r. Hardesty of Seaside. also +
A. Marshall, who is working as a
'niliwright in Dallas. The above
mentioned visitors gave interesting
'adnresses TO the members OF the |
lodge and each one spoke highly
and praised the work done by Mar.
1rion No. 96.
The local X. P.s are planning on
taking rs candidates for the rank
of page to Albany on November 20.
~here Fred II. Wheaton, supreme
keeper OF records and seals. and
William Ladew Of New York, su-
Preme chancellor, will give the
class of about 500 the work in this
rank
The order of X. p. was founded
90 years ago i'm the city of Wash
inston. d. c., bv Justus II. Rath-
bone and the bible which he used
tor the obligations to the first can
a.date.i Tor the great order will be
used at Albany next Monday nifeht.
The work will be known as the
Bible class. l.,
asae city council met at the coun-
I'M chambers last night for a spe-
naaa meeting to consider the settle I
rscnt with Pugh & Sauer, contrac-
Iors who have been laying side,
-" ~'t CITY VI IfdlluS W was
'rperted at the meeting that the,
that the contractors have
si0 1879 lenial feet of sidewalk
foutiing onto the private owned
property and 1880 lenial feet of five \
1901 walk which is to be paid by
me city. The cost per lenial foot }
mas been 96h cents. The council \
aas advanced about $4,000 to the \
and labor bills We're ont \
Nh'ch demanded payment of about
psoOb more, so the council ordered
bc auditor to draw a warrant for
t'nsh d Sauer for that sum. The
NY engineer Ed j. Hines, was
'sked to have a complete report of
III work done, material turned over
o the cti" ana Everything in readi-
'ess for a final settlement by the
esuiar council meeting on Monday
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