Representative Jones
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- Apr 20, 1898The Drumbeat of InterventionAs the U.S. leans toward war with Spain, the Adams County News editor scolds local rivals and calls for an immediate, principled recognition of Cuban independence.Ritzville, WA
- Mar 15, 1904A 1.5-Million-Acre Taking: The Colville Reservation Was About to Be Thrown OpenFederal officials and land agents anticipated a rush of white homesteaders into the southern half of the Colville Indian Reservation, framing Indigenous land as 'closed' and state growth as its natural destiny.Nespelem, WA
- Apr 28, 1905The Struggle for North Yakima’s Beet Sugar FieldsFederal authorities authorize the leasing of Yakama Reservation land to a sugar beet corporation, setting strict conditions for tribal employment and long-term land improvements.Yakima, WA
- May 10, 1905The Fight for the PalouseSenator Ankeny and Representative Jones clash with the federal government over the abandonment of the Palouse irrigation project.Kennewick, WA