F. C. Krause
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- 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
- Sep 10, 1908A Town Cut Off by Water: Newport's Bid for a Free FerryBusiness men pack City Hall to demand better ferry service across the Pend Oreille, as the Fidelity Lumber Co. offers to pay half the cost if the town and Bonner County come through.City Hall, Newport, WA
- Sep 24, 1908Passing the Hat for a Ferry—and a 100-Worker MillNewport citizens organize to build a free river ferry, hoping to keep the Fidelity Company's new mill and its payroll on this side of the Pend Oreille.Newport City Hall, 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
- Dec 17, 1908A Lumber Company Builds the FerryFidelity Lumber Co. will take charge of the Pend Oreille crossing after Newport residents pledge $1,000 toward a $2,300 ferry.Newport, WA
- Apr 29, 1909Newport's Boosters Plan a Fourth—and a Bid for the CourthouseThe Commercial Club moved to raise $600 for a big Fourth of July, sent a delegation to Colville for a new judicial district, and weighed a glowing 'Newport' sign at the foot of Washington Avenue.Newport, WA
- May 13, 1909Newport Takes the Railroad to TaskWhen the Great Northern left the town with a rickety depot and a single unsafe crossing, Newport summoned the state Railway Commission — and won a promise of a new station.Newport, WA
- Jun 17, 1909Newport Wants a $5,000 City Hall—and the County Court to Go With ItCitizens back a bond issue to build municipal quarters and offer them to the new judicial district as courthouse and jail.City Hall, Newport, WA
- Oct 14, 1909Newport's Battery Makers Go BigLocal investors incorporate the Newport Battery Co., raise $7,000, and plan to turn out 1,000 dry cells a day for the Inland Empire.Newport, WA
- Dec 2, 1909Two Tickets, One Town, and the Question of Who Can Run a TreasuryWith the saloon fight settled by local option, Newport's December 7 municipal election turns on competence: bank cashier F. C. Krause against former Wisconsin mayor M. Fox, with both parties pledging to enforce the dry law and straighten out the town's tangled finances.Newport Town Hall, Newport, WA