150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Page 2 THE DALLES SOON WILL BE A CITY WE'LL SOON BE A CITY - Senator Watkins' Bill for the incorporation of The Dalles Passes the Senate. Cold Weather in Chicago - Blizzards on Tap in the Windy City of Big-footed Maidens. OREGON LEGISLATURE The Dalles to be Incorporated - Memorializing Congress. SALEM, Jan 29 - Among the new bills introduced in the senate this morning was one to incorporate The Dalles, by Watkins. Among the house bills passed were two by Welch for protection of sea gulls, and allow the S. & E. R. R. Company to construct bridges. In the house, senate bills were read and referred, joint memorial asking congress for an appropriation of $200,000 for improvement at Tillamook bay; adopted. A joint memorial to congress for the appropriation of $10,000 for a hatchery on the Umpqua river, was also adopted. January 28, 1891. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program