L. E. Jesseph
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- Feb 6, 1908The County Seat Crowd Had Already Picked Its WinnersColville's paper publishes the Republican slate for 1908, and Newport notices that the west side of Stevens County is once again after everything in sight.Newport, 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
- Nov 5, 1908A Republican Landslide—and a Socialist Spark—in Newport's 1908 ElectionStevens County swept Republican by roughly 1,000 votes, but Newport precinct drew just 267 of 333 registered voters and saw the Socialist tally more than double from nine to twenty-one.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
- Oct 14, 1909Stevens County Votes on the SaloonA countywide local-option election on Nov. 9 will decide whether saloons can operate outside incorporated towns—and Newport voters must register at the I.W.N. station to be counted.Newport, WA
- Nov 25, 1909Stevens County Votes Itself Dry, Two to OneOn November 9, 1909, the precincts outside every incorporated town in Stevens County went to the polls on a single question — liquor or no liquor — and closed the saloons by 1,419 votes to 814.Newport, WA
- Feb 10, 1910The Price of Justice in Pend OreilleThe county tallies the steep financial burden of the Logan trial, revealing the high cost of local criminal prosecution.Newport, WA