Alva S. Sherlock
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- Nov 9, 1907Newport's $300 City Hall Was a Secondhand Newspaper OfficeThe council accepted the Idaho Washington Northern's offer of the old Miner building, then appointed a committee to move it to Washington Avenue for use as fire apparatus storage, council chambers and police court.Newport, WA
- Nov 16, 1907Two Caucuses, One Town, and a Fight Over WaterA planned Citizens' Independent caucus split into rival meetings, producing two tickets and a resolution that candidates oppose the town's pending water-rights purchase.Newport, WA
- Nov 29, 1907Newport's Water-Land Lease Fight Heads to the VotersAhead of the Dec. 3, 1907, municipal election, the Citizens' Independent Party asks whether the city should spend public money to defend a controversial 99-year lease on the Carter water land.Newport, WA
- May 14, 1908A Railroad Wants Newport's Streets Forever — and One Lawyer Says the Constitution Forbids ItAlva S. Sherlock warns that the Idaho & Washington Northern is asking the town council for a perpetual, irrevocable franchise over 400 feet of Newport's streets — a grant that would outlive the corporation itself, and the state constitution's ban on irrevocable privilege.Newport, WA