Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-06
These Are Port Indebtedness,
Uniform Tax and Silul-
taneous Elections
THREE MEASURES FAIL
NEW PRISON WITH THEM
Increasing Pay Of Legislators
and Prohibiting Repeal by
Implication Lose

Portland, Or, June 6.-Practically
complete returns from every precinct
in the city early today gave George l..
Baker q plurality of 1868 over Will Fl.
DAILY for mayor of Portland. The vote
was: Baker 24,93l; DAILY 23,364; A. l..
Barbur and John NJ Mann are elected
commissioners, according TO these prac-
tically complete returns.
Portland voted down three charters
which proposed, to- change the present
commission government, passed the anti
pieketing ordinance by very close mar
gin, voted grain elevator bonds, en-
acted one measure which required
bond from jtneys and killed another
which would have given them free use
of the streets.
Present returns show that Oregon
passed the $6,000,000 road bond bill by
a majority Of over 10000.
The state outside Of Multnomah coun-
ty has given the bonds majority of
1880.
Only Harney and Wallowa counties
are to be heard from. The missing pre-
cincts in Multnomah county are expect
ed to add to the majority here, so the
final majority in the state probably
will approximate 2l.500.
The vote at present stands:
Yes, o9,865.
No, 9,l49.
ures on the state ballot remains uE-
changed.
Three Other Measures Pass
The following measures apparently
have passed. Empowering ports to levy
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providing uniform tax classifications
and providing for simultaneous city
and state elections.
The following appear TO have been
defeated: Increasing Legislators sal
aries, prohibiting repeal Of parts of con
stitution by implication and levying
$400, 900 tax for new penitentiary.
Marion county, the home of the Reni-
tentiary, voted against the new prison,
2032 to 1896
Some of the outside counties have
given unexpected majorities favor of
the bonds. Clatsop county seems to take
the lead in this particular. With nearly
every precinct accounted for the vote
in Clatsop was;
Yes, 2673.
No, 255
Majority for, 24lS.
The complete list of counties that
have reported maiorities for the bonds
follows: Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Crook,
Deschntes, Douglas, Gillian, Grant,
Hood River, jackson, Josephine, Klani-
ath, Lake, Malheur, Multnomah, Sher-
man, Tillamook, Umatilla, WaseO, Wash
ington and Yamhill.
Eleven Counties Oppose Issue
Counties voting against the bonds;
Baker, Benton, Claekamas, Curry, JEFF
ferson. Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion,
Morrow, Polk and Union.
sherman county is, the first in the
state to complete and report its Off
cial returns.
Douglas county, in addition to Civ
ing the state wide bonds handsome
majority, voted to bond itself for $55s,
900 for county roads to be built IN CO..
operation with the state.
Tillamook county also voted to bono
itself for better roads.
Grant county carried local bond
issue of $4,000.
Precinct Unanimous for Bonds
Cello precinct, Waseo county, gave
a unanimous vote for the bonds, TO
0.
Cascade Locks precinct, in Hood
River county, voted II TO for the
bonds. This precinct is biseeted by the
Columbia River Highway, and the Peo-
ple know what good roads mean.
On the other hand, CaTus precinct,
Clackamas county, probably Will gam
an unenviable record of casting soha