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News of Milton and railroad talk energize county
Milton and Wakula Railroad dominates local chatter as surveys advance for a power house near De Haven School. The community reports wheat hauling to town, lectures, and a spate of personal notes from Otis C. Ingle and others. A hunting incident reveals carnage to cattle near Basket Mountain, while a cougar incident sparks searches. The semi centennial celebration of Washington Territory’s formation proceeds with speeches and historical remarks in Olympia.
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New
Milton & Wakula
DeHaven School
Milton
Oregon
de Haven
D. C. Sanderson
Vincent Chapel
Walla Walla
Ezra Kelly
Lower Dry Creek
Tom Diggins
Basket Mountain
Frank Steen
Mr. Couger
Ington
Olympia
Wash
Territory of Washington
Ezra Meeker
The
State Historical Society
Major Quincy Brooks
D. R. Biglow