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Highland Park News (1874), 12 Nov 1897, p. 11

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Plumping llIIgilwer Luing Haw he ix not to hlzIIIII- 'K‘('HIISP the Witter is not shut of? :It the and m Luluya. ( lerk l‘imw} Hive, him 2| lis‘ Of dtv linqm‘nls at (mow. IIIIII he start“, to shut off Ihv water and some, nfhviuha put their hands (In his shoulder and Nu) “(w‘msluw here and [heron Mr. lmhIg." Who (luvs that? Buttvrick patterns fur snh- at Miss I‘erxkiIIIVH. Eli Perkins will come next week Thursday night. 18th. in McDonald's hall. Eli ham sent us a ticket good all over the world for 962 years. We anticipate a rare treat. It is under the auspices .of, the First Evangelit-al chum-h. 0116* ut' the most thoroughly alive and successful of our churclws. It has vindicated its right to lw. uud the-reforv is vutitled to the must (-nrdial support. Second. that some will claim they. do not own the dog. If they will read the lirat >ection of the dog or- dinance they will see that a person don‘t need to own the dog to make him liable. City Attorney Smoot was not taking a nap when be framed that, nor building a fence so you can throw 2: (log through every crack. That ordinance will hold (logs and also any person who has been giving a (log a home- whether owning him or not. What we blame the city for is that this work was not begun two months-s ago. But then.‘ it has from now till July. ”498. to finish the job. Firét. that the city has no author ity to levy a dog tax. If such will look into the statutes and see what special powers they confer in cities and villages. under Slat. they read "and to impose a tax on dogs," is specifically named as one of the city's powers. Now turn to the city ordi- nances and see what. the city has done under that special authority of the statute. It has levied a tax of one dollar per annum on each male and two dollars on each female dog kept within the limits of the city. No or- dinance could he more clear, definite and specific than this one is. and per» sons foolish enough totake an appeal to the circuit court would be beaten iustanter. We understand the new legal city blanks will be ready this week so that processes may issue at oncv against those who have not paid their dog tax. We further learn it is the plan to prosecute a dozen or so do: linquents at first and follow this up till every delinquent is reached. We are told there 21ch two classes of ol)‘ jections to he raised by some of the delinquents. ANENT DOGS AND TAXES. Fruits and Vegctnbles Received Dally. Subscribe far Highland Park News -- .5! Per Year. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. MRS. A. BOCK, , Fancy firocerigs, Dry floods and Crockery, BOOTS AND 5 “CBS. WWMMM‘WW'M“MIII‘HHIm H ‘ . ’IRQ gWWWWMW'WMWWW‘ OFFICE: CENTRAL AVENUE AND FIRST STREET. Hard and Soft Coal, Kindling, Wood, Lumber. Goods the Best. Prim arc Reasonable. Bicycles stored for the winter for mo. .1011 N MIDDLETON, Sewer Pipe, Lime and Cement. Building Material of All Kinds. E. H. PURDY. TELEPHONE N0. .12 DEALER IN Cf consequently their stor is the only one, from which we can guarantee the cmumâ€" Coffees. We sell and ship our goods to no one else, are our exclusive Selling Agts for Hi bland Park, Illinois. Tefcphonc 54. .‘ will receive our genuine Teas and CHASE ; SAN BORN , HIGHLAND PARK. EVANS BROS. Goods Delivered Free 0! Charge. the Importers.

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