D. E. Rice
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- Jul 9, 1908Twenty Thousand Acres vs. the River: Calispel Valley Takes Its Case to CongressFarmers around Usk and Cusick organize a diking district and send a committee to Spokane to beg a rivers-and-harbors congressman for a dredge, a dike, and a federal appropriation.Cusick, WA
- Mar 11, 1909Twenty Votes for the Dike, One Against — and the Whole Election Thrown OutCalispel Valley farmers voted 20 to 1 to create Diking District No. 2 at the New Hope school house. Then the opposition pointed out the notices had been posted only eight days — and the district collapsed before it ever levied a cent.Newport, WA
- Jul 8, 1909A Ditch, a Dam and the Fight to Keep Calispel DryDiking District No. 2 commissioners weigh an engineer's plan to divert the Calispel River above the falls and block Pend Oreille backwater with a dam.Cusick, WA