Newport Commercial Club
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- Jan 30, 1908Two Hundred Spokane Boosters Ride the New Line Into Newport — and Get a Sleigh RidePresident F. Blackwell of the Idaho & Washington Northern brought nearly 200 Spokane business and railroad men over his brand-new road to Newport, where the band, the Commercial Club and five sleighs were waiting to sell them on the town.Newport, WA
- Apr 22, 1909City Hall Hands a 50-Year Power Franchise to the New Electric CompanyNewport’s council approves a long-term electric franchise, ties up a telephone ordinance in restrictions, orders street grades, and hears complaints about street preachers.Newport, WA
- Apr 29, 1909A Railroad Man's Fatal Fall: The Organizer of Newport's First Commercial Club Dies After a Deer Park Train AccidentGreat Northern passenger agent Edward Furness, newly widowed and well known across the district, fell beneath a moving freight train near Deer Park and died at Sacred Heart hospital. He had organized Newport's first Commercial Club.Deer Park, 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
- May 20, 1909Dinner at the Antler: Newport Lobbies Stevens County for Its Own CourthouseThree Stevens County commissioners tour Newport, hear from merchants and lawyers over an evening banquet, and postpone a decision on splitting the county into judicial districts until June.Newport, WA
- Oct 28, 1909Ten Thousand Pamphlets and a Depot Deferred to SpringNewport's boosters open a showroom on Third Street, print the best advertising booklet in the territory — and then agree to stop nagging the Great Northern about a station.Newport, WA
- Mar 10, 1910Newport's $5,000 Industrial BountyThe town launches an aggressive campaign to lure a major sawmill or woodworking plant to the Pend Oreille valley.Newport, WA
- Jul 21, 1910The Valley Wants Out: East Stevens County Pushes to Split From ColvilleFed up with distant county government, Newport and Ione business leaders organize to carve a new county out of eastern Stevens County — and they're willing to let Newport hold the temporary courthouse, for now.Newport, WA
- Jul 21, 1910Selling Stevens County to the World, One Apple at a TimeW. W. Palmer tours the Pend Oreille valley clubs to raise $5,000 for county exhibits at the National Apple Show and the Chicago Apple Show.Newport, WA
- Jul 28, 1910Ione Courts the Homesteaders — and Backs Newport for the County SeatThe new town of Ione raises $500 for roads, plans a ferry to the Sullivan trail country, and joins Newport's push for a new county — with Ione as the eventual seat.Ione, WA