17 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1905
Page
1
A garbled OCR slice mentions changes in land use, age limits for labor, Brigham Young family decline, a local option dry law test in Tavilla precinct, a saloon case in Portland, intense fighting at Mukden and global reaction, and colonists’ arrivals with goods and livestock.
An official filing in Gilliam County prompts the county court to close saloons under the local option law enacted by voters last November. The order affects Condon and Arlington, leaving the community without taverns and triggering a swift, startling closure across the region.
Reports say a devastating blaze struck the Chingo theater drawing a crowd of hundreds. Witnesses recount chaotic exits as emergency crews battled flames, while authorities investigate the cause and total casualties.
The Lewis and Clark Centennial displays will feature a unique electrical show and expanded Amusement Street space. Thousands of exhibit cars have arrived for Portland’s exposition, with a 2000 foot Bridge of Nations under ornate construction and railroads extending deadlines for consignments from St Louis to Portland into late March.
The state will conduct a census this year under the old law after the recent session failed to pass a new one. Secretary of State Dunbar has ordered a blanket from State Printer Whitney for the census enumerators. The count will include population, legal voters, men and women, and agricultural and natural resources data. Enumeration may begin around May 1 and must start before May 10.
The story mentions Burbanks priced at 1 and 1.30 in San Francisco and many new residents seeking better lands or investment openings. It also notes a Center ville estate sale at 42 600 with 10 acres reserved and a county exhibit funding petition for 8 000.
JC Whittaker of Portland takes a job at Perkins dury store. Hermann's Bazaar advertises table cloths napkins doglies and fabrics for 25 cents. Myrtle Point notes possi rs with four mouths neckers and a luncheons finething. An 8 horsepower standard gasoline engine for sale at ENTERPRISE office. Perkins Huling Giles plan a mountain hunting expedition for a month. Hermann Bazaar invites visitors to see a line of muslin wear embroideries and laces.
A brief notice warns that poisons may originate in undigested food and promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as guards against sickness from poisons. An advertisement cites a drugstore selling the pills at two shillings.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised as a mother's favorite for children’s colds croup and whooping cough. The tonic is said to provide quick relief without opium or harmful drugs and is sold by N G W Perkins.
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