D. H. Carey
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- Mar 10, 1892The Trial of the Sheep HerderA legal dispute over grazing rights in Sunnyside escalates into a dramatic courtroom spectacle involving out-of-town lawyers.Prosser, WA
- Feb 6, 1908A Stolen Rig, a Suspicious Liveryman, and a One-to-Ten-Year SentenceJames Thompson hired a rig in Colville, drove it to Addy, and tried to sell it—then found himself before two judges in a single day.Colville, WA
- Jul 16, 1908Overnight Line at the Courthouse as Washington’s New Primary Law Meets Its First TestCandidates camped outside the Stevens County auditor’s office to file for office—and Newport-area races split three ways before the votes were even cast.Colville, WA
- Aug 27, 1908A 'Non-Partisan' Judgeship Descends Into Mud, Ink and a Socialist WildcardStevens County's race for superior judge turns into open personal warfare between newspaper offices, while a Socialist candidate from Northport quietly builds what his rivals fear is an 800-vote bloc.Colville, WA
- Oct 29, 1908The Saloon Men Had a Precinct MapA liquor-dealers' lodge in Stevens County picked its candidates and funded paid workers at every precinct—openly—in 1908.Colville, WA
- Oct 29, 1908The Judge, the Ballot, and the $2,000 ReprieveA losing judicial candidate tried to force Stevens County to reprint every ballot. A Tuesday court ruling stopped him—and spared the treasury a costly last-minute scramble.Colville, WA
- Apr 29, 1909Newport Offers Its Town Hall to Win a Court of Its OwnA petition to split Stevens County into judicial districts asks the county commissioners to hold court in Newport—with the town promising free rooms, offices, and a jail.Newport Town Hall, Newport, WA
- Jun 10, 1909Newport Wins a Court District—Now It Needs the Judge's SignatureStevens County commissioners vote to split the county in two and name Newport as the eastern district's court town, contingent on Judge D. H. Carey's approval and a promised city hall.Newport, WA
- Aug 5, 1909The Dry Vote Is Blocked by 74 Missing SignaturesA Stevens County judge sides with a saloonkeeper and halts a countywide local-option election—but Newport and three other towns still vote Sept. 7.Colville, WA