Prosser Independent-Record
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- Dec 14, 1916The Dark-Lantern Courthouse Deal That Split Benton CountyTwo defeated commissioners pushed a $125,000 courthouse bond through in thirty minutes, and Kennewick's editor saw a county-seat conspiracy — and a raid on the taxpayers' treasury.Prosser, WA
- Dec 14, 1916The Courthouse Deal Done in the DarkBenton County commissioners quietly sold $125,000 in bonds for a new courthouse. Farmers from Finley to Prosser cried foul over up to $40,000 in extra interest—and demanded to know why it had to be secret.Prosser, WA
- Dec 28, 1916Whose Ox Gets Gored: Kennewick Draws the Line on County Bridge BondsA Prosser editor's jab over a Columbia River bridge bond prompts the Kennewick Courier-Reporter to deny it ever sought a bridge — and to attack commissioners' power to borrow without a vote.Kennewick, WA