Charles F. Craig
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- Jan 2, 1908Newport’s Bank Comes Through the Panic Still Paying DividendsDirectors of the First National Bank of Newport report a clean balance sheet, a 5 percent dividend and a 17 percent year despite the financial stringency.Newport, WA
- Jul 23, 1908Newport Bets $12,000 on a Concrete Hotel — and a Street of New HomesA three-story, thirty-room hotel at Washington and Second leads a summer building rush that will remake several Newport blocks.Newport, WA
- Dec 10, 1908A Panic Year Boom: Newport Built Through Hard TimesDespite a national financial panic, Newport added 87 homes, six concrete business blocks, new depots, churches, and a reshaped downtown—proud evidence of a town betting on itself.Washington Avenue, Newport, WA
- Apr 1, 1909Newport's 1909 Boom: New Additions, Orchards and Fifteen Houses at OnceReal-estate agents opened fresh tracts on the edge of town while a land company put thirty men and ten teams to work clearing apple orchards.Newport, WA
- May 6, 1909A Clearing Fire Jumps the Line and Exposes Newport's Thin Fire DefensesA brush fire on the Blackwell tract escapes the workmen, races behind the new Catholic church to Charles Craig's woodpile, and leaves the town counting hose and hydrants instead of houses.Newport, WA
- May 12, 1910A Spokane Banking Combine Swallows Newport's First National BankThe Union Securities Co., which already controls 25 Inland Empire banks, buys into Newport's First National — and installs its own man as president.Newport, WA