The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-07-11
PEOPLE WILL VOTE
ON MANY MEASURES

Thsre will be ss initiative and refer.
endum measures to 60 peiore the peo-
nle of all the state at me general elec.
tion which will be held november 5
In addition to these thefe are seven
local measures which have been filed
with the secretary OF state.
Thursday of last week was the.last
dav for the fling Of petitions and al
though it was a legal noilaay the Office
of secretary of state remained open TO
receive petitions. Two Were hled that
dav One of these was bill to pro-
bibit conspiracies or combinations for
he nurpose of boycott and. the other
prohibiting the use OF public streets,
pnblic marks or public grounds in in.
corporated cities of 5000 people or over
to be used for speechmaklng purposes.
The seven local measures which will
90 on the ballot in the respective elec-
toral districts which are affected in
clude three measures for single tax, as
nroyided for under the county tax
amendment of 1910.
These local measures are as follows
To establish single tax ~ Clackamas
county to prohibit the building of the
nroposed Harvey county court house
to Establish a National bank in Jack
son county to assist IN financing the
construction of good roads; to abolish
the county high school IN Wallowa
county to amend the bill providing for
electing members OF the Port Of Poit
land commission; to establish single
tax in Multnomah couny. and to estab
lish single tax in Coos county, filed.
The SO measures which will 20 or
the ballot all over the state Of Oregon
are varied in many details. OF thes,
38 bills and amendments q have beer
proposed by initiative petitions, 81,
have been referred to the people b,
resolution of the state legislature anC
four have been referred to the peopl,
through the medium OF referendum
petitions.
There are Ia amendments which ar,
proposed to the constitution of IN,
state and 20 proposed statutes or pro
posed amendments TO statutes alread,
in effect. besides the -four which havt
been referred by referendum petition
signed by the people.
The 38 measures OF statewide inter
est which have been filed to go befor,
the people in November are in substan
TALLY the order in which they will q
on the ballot, as follows:
Proposed by initiative petition
Equal suffrage amendment extend
ing the light of suffrage to women
(Filed Deeember 20, l9l0.l
Referred to the people by the legis
lative assembly:
For constitutional amendment of sec
tion 8. article v, for the purpose o
creating the office Of lieutenant-gover
nor, etc. Filled February /, 1911
For an amendment of section ], al
ticle |, of the Oregon constitution. pre-
viding for uniform rule of taxation
except on property specifically taxed
etc. Filled February IL, l9ll.l
For an amendment of section 81
article |, Oregon constitution, for tn
purpose of permitting taxes to be lev
led upon different classes of propert
at different rates. etc. Filled Febru
ary II, 1911
For constitutional amendment to re
peal all of section la of article |, eS
cept that part prohibiting poll an
mead taxes in Oregon, etc. (t'ile
February II. 1917
For amendment of section /. of art
Gle XVII of the constitution so as I
require for the adoption of any pr,
posed constitutional amendment mi
iority vote of all the electors voting I
such election. insts.assf y majority
those voting on the amendment onl
Filled February 81, 1910
For constitutional amendment of Sc
tion 5, article XI, of the constitute
making stockholders in banking co
porations liable to pay for the benet
of Edepositors an amount equal to Il
par value of the stock held by ar
stockholder in addition to having oriI
inally paid the par value thereto
Filled March z, 1911