Friday, July 20, 1940
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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NINE MEASURES WILL BE EYED
BY OREGON VOTERS IN NOVEMBER
DOUR constitutional amendments holders of all corporations and
referred to the people by the joint stock companies shall be lia­
state legislative assembly, two ble for the indebtedness of said
legislative proposals ordered by corporations to the amount of
referendum of the people and their stock subscribed and unpaid
three laws proposed by initiative and no more."
petition will be before the voters
la'gifdatorM' Compensation Con­
of Oregon at the November elec­ stitutional Amendment. Purpose:
tion, it was disclosed by Earl Fixing legislature members' pay
Snell, secretary of state, following at $8 a day while in regular ses­
termination of the period in which sion and tor not more than 50
initiative measures could be placed days, while in extra session, $8
on the ballot
a day, no extra session to be
According to state statute, in­ longer than 20 days; members also
itiative petitions must be com­ to receive 10 cents per mile trav­
pleted and filed with the secretary eled to and from meeting place;
of state not less than four months presiduig officers to receive one-
before the election at which they half daily pay additional; such
are to be voted upon. In order to compensation being instead of
get their proposals before the vot­ that now received which is: $3
ers sponsors of initiated proposals a day but not over $120 for any
were required to obtain the sig­ session, no extra session being
nature of 25,531 registered voters over 20 days, and $3 for every
on each petition. The number of 20 miles traveled; presiding offi­
signatures required is eight per cers receiving two-thirds daily pay
cent of the vote cast at the last additional.
election for all candidates for the
Referendum Ordered by
position of the supreme court
Petition of the People
which led in total votes.
Bill Changing the Primary
There was a total of 18 meas­ Nominating Elections from May
ures proposed by initiative action, to September. Purpose: Providing
only three being completed by the for changing the date of the pri-
time the deadline was reached. hnary nominating elections from
These three measures include one the third Friday in May to the
for the repeal of the Oregon milk first Wednesday after the first
control law, one for the repeal of Monday in September; adjusting
the present liquor law and one the dates for performance of var­
legalizing certain gambling de­ ious duties to conform therewith;
vices.
providing for the nomination of
The four constitutional amend­
committeemen and com­
ments referred to the voters by national
mitteewomen and the election of
the legislative assembly would re­ delegates at large to the national
move the limitation upon the political conventions by the state
length of service for the offices central committees of the respec­
of secretary of state and state tive political parties, the election
treasurer, change the six per cent of congressional district delegates
tax limitation law, repeal the to such conventions by the re­
double liability of stockholders in spective district nomination com­
state banks and increase the pay mittees consisting of county cen­
of state legislators.
tral committeemen, and the or­
The two referendum measures ganization
of the county and state
would change the date of the central
committees.
(Petition
state primary election from May sponsored
by
Oregon
State
to September and make changes Grange. 1135 S. E. Salmon street,
in the present liquor control law. Portland; Oregon State Federa­
Ballot titles of measures to go tion of Labor, 506 Labor temple.
before the voters are as follows. Portland, and others.)
Referred to the People by the
Bill to Further Regulate Sale
Legislative .Assembly
and Use of .Alcoholic Liquor. Pur­
Amendment Removing Office pose: Permitting licensees to sell
Time Limit of State Secretary and consumers, at one time, five to 55
Treasurer. Purpose: To amend gallons of wine having not over
section 1 of article VI of the state 14 per cent alcohol by weight;
constitution by omitting there­ licensed class A hotels may have
from the provision now contained entertainment and dancing; for­
therein that no person shall be bidding anyone not holding hotel,
eligible to either of the offices of restaurant or club license to serve,
secretary of state or state treas­ permit being served, use or per­
urer for more than eight in any mit being used for any financial
period of 12 years.
consideration any room, place, bar,
Amendment Making Three glasses, mixers, locker, storage
Years’ Average People’s Voted place, chairs, tables or facilities
Levies,
Tax
Base.
Purpose: for mixing, storing, serving, drink­
Amending section 11, article XI ing spiritous liquors; forbidding
of state constitution, being the anyone to have or permit others
six per cent limitation, to include to have alcoholic liquors on his
the following: Whenever a ma­ premises unless licensed by or rep­
jority of the legal voters of any resenting the commission although
county, municipality or district ( having federal retailer’s permit.
voting thereon shall have author­ (Petition sponsored by Common
ized specifically a tax levy in Sense, Inc., 1002 Guardian build­
each of three successive years, ing, Portland.)
the average of such levies for
Proposed by Initiative Petition
purposes other than payment of
Bill Repealing Prewent Liquor
bonded indebtedness or interest Law; Authorizing Private Sale,
thereon, shall become the tax base Licensed, Taxed. Purpose: Repeal­
of such taxing district for the ing the present liquor law provid­
next year following such period. ing that only liquor control com­
The tax base of newly organized mission can import, purchase and
municipalities or districts not sell alcoholic liquor containing
formerly parts of like municipal­ over 17 per cent alcohol, and that
ities or districts shall be estab­ such liquor may not be consumed
lished in like manner.
on the premises, only that con­
Amendment Repealing the Dou­ taining less alcohol being licensed;
ble Liability of Stockholders of authorizes private importation,
State Banks. Purpose: To amend manufacture, purchase and sale of
section 3 of article XI of the all alcoholic liquors under license
state constitution by repealing the from the commission, recreated by
provision now contained therein this bill; permits liquor being con­
which is known as the double lia­ sumed both on and off premises
bility of stockholders of state where sold, depending on vendor's
banks to the depositors of said license; the commission to issue
banks, so that said section as so numerous classes of wholesale and
amended will read: "The stock­ retail liquor licenses; levying priv-
elege or sales taxes on the various
classes of liquor business. (Peti­
tion sponsored by Common Sense,
QUART
Inc., 1002 Guardian building, Port­
land, and others.)
EACH DAY
Bill to Repeal the Oregon Milk
Control Law. Purpose: To repeal
the Oregon milk control law which
provides for supervision and con­
trol of the milk industry, creates
the milk control board and pro­
vides its powers and duties, among
which are: To investigate, super­
WHEN BABY
vise and regulate the milk indus­
GROWS UP
try, including production, trans­
portation, manufacture, storage,
From the way Baby goes
distribution and sale of milk, fix
for her bottle, it looks
minimum wholesale and retail
like it won’t be long be­
prices to be charged therefor in
fore she’ll be big enough
the various localities, establish
for her daily quart!
and limit geographical milk mar­
keting areas, provide for disposi­
CLOVER
tion of surplus milk, license all
milk dealers and adopt rules, reg­
DAIRY
ulations and orders to carry out
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the provisions of the act; making
violations of said act misdemean-
Mary Meikle Aids In
GIANT. FAIR REFRIGERATOR
CAPTIVATES FOOD CHAMPION Relief for War Babes
Mrs. Mary Meikle, widow of the
late James F. Meikle and a form­
er reaident of Ashland, where she
still is an extensive property hold­
er, has been active in war relief
work in southern California, ac­
cording to a news story in a Pasa­
dena paper.
Recently Mrs. Meikle was pat­
roness at a silver tea given for
benefit of French refugee babies
The Pasadena chapter, French
War Relief. Inc . of which M i ■<
Meikle is a memtier. Is sending
dried and canned milk for ship­
ment to refugee centers
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The Information and travel de­
partment maintained by the Shas­
ta-Cascade Wonderland associa­
tion at the Shasta-Cascade build
Ing at the Golden Gate Interna­
tional ex|M>sition is helping mater­
ially to augment the heavy in­
crease of travel into Crater Like
National |>ark, according to Tom
L. Stanley, association general
manager. "In addition to many
tourists and vacation parties
routed into the Wonderland reg­
ion for general recreation and
sight-seeing," says Stanley, "the
Shasta -Cascade building staff at
the exposition have routed many
parties whose definite objective is
Crater I-ake National park."
Persons to whom routings to
Crater I^ake and other scenic at­
tractions of southern Oregon re­
cently have been provided, as re-
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Siskiyou Blvd, at Indiana
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Send those old slacks
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we see a young lady in­
Miss Crampton also won a trip
specting a giant gas refriger­ to Washington. D. C.. where she
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ator at the New York World was
’s greeted by Senators and Rep­
Fair which might have been used
in Brobdingnag. the fantastic land
of giants in Gulliver’s Travels.
The young miss is Jane Cramp­
ton, of Meridian. Mississippi, wno
recently won the imposing title
of “homemaker of the future” in
a nation-wide urban foods project
contest in which more than 8,000
high school students in 40 states
participated.
The pert little miss won as part
of her award a trip to the New
York World’s Fair where the
huge refrigerator is on display.
ors. (Petition sponsored by Thom­
as R. Mahoney, 2101 S. E. 20th
avenue, Portland.)
Amnidnirnt Legalizing Certain
Gambling and Gaming Devicea and
Certain Lotteries. Purpose: Leg­
alizes marble boards, pin-ball
games, claw or digger games and
other gambling and gaming de­
vices, punchboard», similar de­
vices. bank night, similar lotteries
and bingo games; other games
wherein skill may predominate;
all to be exclusively licensed by
state. Cities to license other legal­
ized games. Parimutuel wagering
and animal racing legalized; fees
therefrom deposited in fund here­
by created. Prohibits nickel-in- 1
the-slot machines. Secretary of I
state to issue licenses, employ at- j
torney, assistant, clerks; no sal­
ary thereof exceeding $6000 an­
nually. Appropriates $50,000 state
funds repayable from fees. License
proceeds disbursed to public fairs,
expositions, cities and to counties
for old-age and public assistance.
(Petition sponsored by Oregon
Merchants Legislative league. Inc.,
Lumbermen’s building, Portland,
and others.)
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• Mrs. Mildred Black of Los An­
geles is visiting here this week at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark
True.
• Winfield Roberson and Bill
Elam returned from Lake o’ the I
Woods Sunday, where they vaca-1
tioned.
resentatives from her home state.
At the New York Fair she was
the guest of Fair officials and
sponsors of the gas industries ex­
hibit group there known as "Gat
Wonderland.”
The mammoth Servel Electro*
lux refrigerator shown above is
situated in the center of the gas
refrigeration display known as
the "Magic Caves of Ice" where
it holds the awed attention of the
thousands of visitors who daily
gass through "Gas Wonder-
SOCE Students Will
Get Secondary Flight
Training in Portland
Word has been received at the
Southern Oregop College of Edu­
cation from Wiley R. Wright, sen­
ior flight specialist of the Civil
Aeronautics authority, that Kent
Norman Ashcraft of Ashland, and
Harold J. Grow of Eagle Point
have been accepted for advanced
training in the civilian pilot train­
ing program. Both men were in­
structed to report to the Oregon
Institute of Technology in Port­
land for the senior training at
once.
The controlled secondary flight
course consists of 40 to 50 hours
of dual and solo flight instruction
to be given over a period of ap­
proximately eight weeks The
ground school curriculum will in­
clude intensive coverage of such
subjects as aerodynamics and air­
craft, civil air regulations, en­
gines. instruments, meteorology,
navigation, parachutes and radio
aids and facilities.
Both men completed the pri­
mary course given jointly by the
college, the Civil Aeronautics au­
thority and Thomas Culbertson,
flight operator.
• Mrs. P. P. Whi’more recently
left on a vacation tour of the
nation.
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SLACKS
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Wonderland Sending
Tourists to Park Area
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Down?
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resident of California and other
states.
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