Pend d'Oreille River Navigation Co.
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- Nov 9, 1907Three Break-ins at One Hardware Store—and an Armed Holdup in the Lumber YardsReid Hardware was burglarized for the third time, with guns and knives stolen, while Ralph Kennedy was relieved of $2.80 at revolver-point in the lumber yards.Newport, WA
- Jan 9, 1908A Steamboat Arrives by Rail: Newport's New River Excursion QueenA $35,000 steamer, built in Portland and shipped knocked-down by rail, would run daily excursions from Newport to Box Canyon.Newport, WA
- Jan 9, 1908Four Million Feet of Logs: The Boom Comes to the Pend d'OreilleA logging company began driving pilings for a 4-million-foot log boom and a new sawmill on the Pend d'Oreille riverfront.Newport, WA
- Jan 9, 1908Newport Builds Its Way to the Water — One Petition at a TimeRail engineers run spur lines to the Pend d'Oreille River Navigation Co. docks while the Commercial Club passes the hat for lumber to extend a sidewalk down Pine Street to the Idaho line.Newport, WA
- Jun 11, 1908The Railroad Wanted the Streets. The Nagles Wanted Compensation.Newport's council granted the Idaho & Washington Northern a franchise through Second and Third streets while Philip and Mary Nagle warned it would damage their property. A letter from M. M. Sammons also pressed the railroad to donate ten acres for a public park.Newport, WA