19 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1899
Page
1
News briefs cover World War I era events, including policy shifts and a Philippine voyage on the Manila route, plus reports on crime, finance, and naval developments. A ship’s journey, hoax arrests, and speculation on credit and re-enlistments appear beside updates from Chicago, Nebraska, and Washington.
Elgin will complete its new water works this week. Huntington treasurer bond raised to 1200 dollars. La Grande reports a beet sugar factory to start Sept 15. Northern Pacific plans railroad into Portland via the Columbia. Scalp bounty payments may reach 500000 dollars in ten years. Second Oregon regiment to tour Oregon and Washington for concerts. Valley hop growers settle on 40 cents per box. Baker City to have free delivery. post office receipts exceed 10000 dollars yearly. Two boys escaped from Salem reform school on the 15th. police on their track. Governor Geer queried about William Stoop, an old soldier in Oregon. He may appoint seven delegates to the national irrigation congress at Missoula. Regiment members claim canned beef from Linnton, Oregon, supplied by the Philippines mission. Grand Ronde valley’s 10000 acre A B Conley farm may be sold to eastern colonists for about 240000 dollars. One thousand sixty six warrants totaling 12884 dollars issued for scalp bounty claims. Mitchell town’s lower portion destroyed by fire, four buildings spared. A child’s diarrhoea case improved after using Chamberlain’s remedy per a physician’s advice.
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