150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Page 5 TRAVELING BILL POSTERS VANDALIZE CITY A WEST END COMPLAINT - The Vandal Hand of the Tramp Advertiser Revealed It is about time The Dalles had an ordinance to prevent traveling bill posters from tacking their cards everywhere indiscriminately. A gentleman living in West End recently painted his fence, and fixed up nicely about his premises, when along comes a fellow and up goes half a dozen cow brand cards. They were promptly but indignantly removed, the scars from nail heads filled, and all went smoothly until last week when another tramp came along, and gave the fence another dose. This was repeated yesterday by a third irresponsible vandal. It is certainly exasperating, but what can a man do? Petition the common council to license one responsible bill poster for the city who will put up boards in suitable places, and after tearing down and wiping out the disgraceful disorder and unsightly ragged edges of the present tax of systematic work, give the licensed bill-poster authority to pull the very next tramp who enters the city with any kind of placard in the attempt to repeat the obnoxious work. Look at our electric light poles, our awning posts, our very door sill - that bear the trace of such vandal hands, whose only care is to get their name before the public by bumming a place, and you will certainly agree with THE CHRONICLE that it is a cause for aggravation such as our west end resident complains of. If there is no adequate law to fit the case, make one. September 10, 1892. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program