Statesman-Index
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- Jan 9, 1908Colville's Newspaper War Moves to the Post OfficeThe Reveille won't print the Examiner publisher's name, the Statesman-Index says the Examiner is losing $40 a week, and the postmaster has refused its second-class mailing status.Colville, WA
- Jan 23, 1908While Newport Stalled, Colville Planned a Stage Line to Capture the Metaline TradeA proposed telephone franchise had been sitting before Newport’s council for five months. In Colville, businessmen were already organizing a tri-weekly stage route to the Metaline mines and post offices.Newport, WA
- 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
- Apr 30, 1908The Assessor Followed the Law. Then the County Lawyer Sued — and the Taxpayers Got the Bill.A Stevens County feud over exempting mortgages and county warrants from taxation turns into a straight-up election threat, reprinted from the Colville Statesman-Index.Colville, WA
- May 14, 1908County Printing Contract Sparks Legal FightStevens County commissioners award the county printing contract to the Colville Examiner, but a rival paper sues, alleging the process was unfair.Colville, WA
- Aug 13, 1908A Photograph Was Not a Crime: Newport Candidates Beat Back a Newspaper's Bid to Rule Them Off the BallotWhen the Colville Statesman-Index declared two Newport men disqualified for running photo advertisements under the new direct primary law, Dr. G. W. Sutherland wrote the attorney general — and came back with a ruling that the law said no such thing.Newport, WA
- Aug 27, 1908A 'Non-Partisan' Judgeship Descends Into Mud, Ink and a Socialist WildcardStevens County's race for superior judge turns into open personal warfare between newspaper offices, while a Socialist candidate from Northport quietly builds what his rivals fear is an 800-vote bloc.Colville, WA
- May 13, 1909Newport Makes Its Case for a Court of Its OwnFive hundred signatures back a push to carve a new judicial district out of the east side, with Newport as the place to hold court.Newport, WA
- Oct 7, 1909A County Divided: Newport’s Bid for the County SeatA Colville editor mocks the east-west county division scheme, but dry-vote fallout and Newport’s county-seat ambitions expose real fault lines across Stevens County.Newport, WA