Stevens County Commissioners
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- Jan 16, 1908The Land Along Chamokane Creek Was About to Change HandsStevens County commissioners back a plan to open ten sections of the Spokane Indian Reservation to homesteaders who 'cannot afford to buy better land.'Chamokane Creek, Ford, WA
- Feb 13, 1908The Spokane Tribe's Bargain: Timber Revenue for a Forest ReserveAt the agency in Miles, tribal members agreed to set aside unallotted mountain land as a forest reserve and to open Walker's Prairie to homesteaders—if the government paid $5 an acre.Miles, WA
- Feb 20, 1908Stevens County Tried to Tax the Railroad at Nearly Double. It Cost $12,000.The state supreme court ruled the commissioners had no business overriding the state tax commission's valuation of the Spokane Falls Northern — and the county treasury paid for the lesson.Colville, WA
- Mar 12, 1908The Survey That Stalled Because the Homesteaders Weren’t Local EnoughA federal commissioner refused to order a Pend d’Oreille township survey after examiners questioned whether the applicants actually lived on the land.Newport, WA
- Apr 16, 1908Northport Wants to Know Who Moved Its RoadA legislative road award to Northport was rerouted through Colville, and the Northport Republican lays the blame on a surveyor's report and county commissioners.Northport, WA
- Jan 21, 1909Cusick Wants a Calaboose as Railroad Roughs Run WildA justice of the peace petitions county commissioners for a jail after railroad construction crews bring drinking, brawling, and black eyes to town.Cusick, WA
- Jan 21, 1909Calispel Valley Ranchers Move to Dike Out the Pend OreilleA petition for a new diking district would protect 11,000 acres from annual floods—and add thousands to Stevens County's tax rolls.Usk, WA
- Jan 28, 1909After the Fire, a County Helps Springdale Rebuild Its Main Street CrossingStevens County commissioners put $1,000 toward an earthen fill over Sheep Creek, replacing a bridge lost when fire took the town's business district.Springdale, WA
- Aug 5, 1909The High Court Kills Newport's Court District, and Eastern Stevens County Is Told to Go It AloneWashington's Supreme Court struck down the law that let Superior Court sit outside county seats, wiping out Newport's new judicial district and sending local litigants back down the road to Colville — unless the county itself can be split in two.Newport, WA
- Sep 2, 1909Stevens County's $14,640-a-Year Interest Bill Goes to the VotersOn Sept. 7, Newport taxpayers were asked to swap stacks of high-interest county warrants for cheaper bonds — a refinancing the commissioners swore would save $6,400 a year and touch nothing but the old debt.Newport, WA