George Neff
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- Jun 4, 1904The Laundry Wars of TacomaA bitter legal battle breaks out as former employees poach customers from their old firm.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 11, 1909Forest Service Challenged Homesteaders in the LeClerc Creek TimberlandsThirteen claimants faced a March 19 hearing over whether their Pend Oreille River homesteads were homes or timber grabs.Newport, WA
- Apr 8, 1909After the Fires, Newport's Young Businessmen Build a Fire DepartmentA city-hall meeting called by the Commercial Club elects Charles Luce chief and signs more than twenty volunteers, answering a season of business-district fires.City Hall, Newport, WA
- Oct 28, 1909Thirty-Five Timber Claims Slip Away in LeClerc BasinFederal land office rules against settlers whose white-pine homesteads are worth thousands; appeals go to the secretary of the interior.Newport, WA
- Jun 16, 1910A Homesteader Beats the Forest Service — Then Has to Start All OverGeorge Neff of the LeClerc district wins back his land claim after a years-long fight with the National Forest Service, only to learn he must live on the property another fourteen months before he can own it.Newport, WA