The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-06-07
THE WEEK Is AN
EVENTFUL ONE
ROAD BONDING ACT WON BIG VOTE
Hood River County Gives Three to One
Vote and Completes War Census
in Record Time

This has been an eventful week in
Oregon. On Monday the citizens of
the state simultaneously responded to
the nations call to their patriotism and
pulled themselves out of the mud by
voting 63, ,229 for to 40,S97 against on
the Sc. 900, 600 road bonding act. Hood
River did herself proud by vote of
more than three to one for the bonds.
And on Tuesday, in record time, the
patriotic state of Oregon registered
under the war census total of $1,000.
Hood River county by $50 O'Clock on
Tuesday evening had reported total
of 598 under the registration, segre-
gated as follows:
Native and naturaliZed white, 598
white alien, 49; japanese, "A.
The Sc, 600, 900 road bonding act was
carried in Hood River county by vote
of ,087 for to 317 against. Cascade
Locks, on the Columbia Highway, CIV
ing II for to A against, was the most
nearly unanimous precinct in the coun-
ty for the bonding act. Sentiment
was almost equally divided on the pen
itentiary act, the vote standing GIT
against to 632 for. Hood River voters
are decidedly opposed to increasing the
pay of Legislators or limiting the num-
Der of bills introduced at any general
assembly, the vote on this measure
standing 299 for to 1856 against.
The final unofficial returns from the
county on all other measures was as
follows: Authorizing ports to create
a limited indebtedness, 800 yes, 876
301 no, 231; declaring against implied
repeal of constitutional provisions by
amendment thereto, 3O6 yes, 428; 307
no, 573 uniform tax classification
amendment 30S yes, 759; 300 no 327
requiring city, county and state elec
tions at same time, 80 yes, 1856; 81
no, 27S.
The total vote was 1045 as compared
with 1888 at the presidential election
last fall.
Other measures resulted throughout
the state as follows:
Authorizing ports to create limited
indebtedness - For 36,834, against,
n, 594.
Increasing pay of legislators For
l2,670, against 81, 1888.
Implied repeal of constitutional pro-
visions - For 1885, against 1868.
Uniform tax classification-For 81. :
553, against, 26,9 909.
Simultaneous elections-For AZ, 463,
against, 2l, ,4S2.
Penitentiary bonds - For 26,OOS,
against Sc, ,457.
At 2.30 o'clock yesterday morning
Sheriff Johnson formally notified the
Governor Office of the local registra-
tion. The returns were hurried to the
sheriff's office by special courier. A
special rail auto was run over the
Mount Hood line bringing in returns
from the Upper Valley.
Stationed at polling places where
election boards had charge of the reg
istration, members of Twelfth Com.
pany secured l6 recruits throughout
the day. No slackers were found in
Hood River county, nor was any dis
turbance of any nature reported.
Judge Buck, of the Heights precinct,
was the first to telephone the returns
to the Glacier Office. He called at the
stroke of nine o'clock. All precincts
except Cascade Locks, reported prompt
ly.
Mrs. c. H. Castner and company
of 20 valley women appointed by her
on sugg estion from Clerk Shoemaker,
met yesterday at the courthouse and
made a card index of the local con.
scription eligibles.