Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-10
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 10 Spe-
cial).-A meeting to protest against
the increased license tax put by the
city on automobile trucks. it was
announced today. will be held at s
o'clock Thursday night in the Young
Peoples building. The meeting has
been called by a number of business
men of the city, all of whom own
automobile trucks. Whatever action
is taken at the protest meeting Will.
it is announced. be submitted to the
city manager and he in turn will
take the matter up with the city
council. the council having fixed the
new license for automobile trucks.
Present Rate.
The present license, just made, Is
$1,000 on trucks up to two-ton ca
pacity and above that capacity a
tons Is made. it is stated. Hereto
fore the license for the city for
trucks was $3.50 fat a year, the same
as the city tax on pleasure cars.
1t was pointed out by one of the
merchants today that the total cost to
man operating two ton truck would
now reach $3.50 a year. He stated
that first will come the $1,000 city
tax and a state tax of $40 and regis
tration of 81 and s6 for city and
state valuation tax.
Those fostering the protest meet
ing declare that the license tax is
too high, and that out-of-town mer-
chants come to this city and do bust
ness and are not required to pay any
thing.
Odd Fellows Meet.
The Northern Virginia Odd Fellows
Association at a meeting held in Odd
Fellows Hall last night elected off,
GERS and mapped out plans for the
annual meeting Of that association.
fol.x ~ H.
October l.. At the annual meeting
there will be a big parade and a class
initiation, and there will also be a
gathering Of the Rebekahs 1t is ex-
pected that between 1000 and 1900
menbers from this district will at
tend the meeting.
The officers of the association
chosen to serve for the ensuing year
are as follows: c. Eugene Doyle,
Arlington Lodge, Clarendon. presi-
Leesburg. vice president; G. L. Mar
shall. Falls Church Lodge, Falls
Church. second vice president; D. r.
Stansbury, Potomac Lodge. Alexan-
drts- third vice president: J. s. Whit
moro. Loudoun Lodge, Leesburg, sec
rotary, and e. N. Rradfield, Loudoun
Lodge, Leesburg, treasurer.
Roads to he Improved.
The work Of improving the belgian
block roadway from the brickyards
to a point northward near the turn
for Rosslyn, a distance of nearly a
mile along the river road between
here and Washington, will be started
within the next two weeks, 1t was
announced today.
The road is to be improved with a
coating of sheet asphalt, which will
make 1t easy riding for motorists
The contract was recently awarded
to Costigan & Grooman Of Wash
ington by the state highway com
mission and the cost will, it is stated.
be about $4,000.
When this Is completed 1t will mean
that many more motorists will
patronize this road instead of the
Mount Vernon avenue boulevard. The
river road Is the short road between
here and Washington.
Boy Injured.
While riding a. bicycle yesterday
afternoon, Gardner l. Boothe, jr, ten
years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Gard l.
ner L. Boothe Of til Princess street,
was knocked down and cut and
bruised and his bicycle demolished,
when an automobile driven by James
Jenkins, colored, struck him. The
injured lad was treated at the Alex
andria Hospital, after which he went
to his home. The police made an in
vestigation of the case and declared
the collision was accidental.
e. Heidenheimer. sos King street,
will shortly raze the present building,
where he IS engaged In tho pawn
brokers business. and erect on the
site a modern offlce and residential
building. He has moved into tempo
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