The Miner
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- Mar 5, 1908Newport’s Railroad Future Takes Shape in a $150,000 YardThe Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad unveils plans for terminal yards, depots, switches and a loop through old and new Newport—and west-side farmers lobby for the line down the Calispel valley.Newport, WA
- Mar 5, 1908Great Northern Races to Finish Its Newport Cut-off by SeptemberA rumored route change, a new bridge and crews working through slides and clay banks point to a major reworking of the railroad between Newport and Spokane.Newport, WA
- Mar 12, 1908The Nancy Came to Town on a Sled—and Ended Up Keel-Up in the RiverbankNewport's finest new motor launch was meant to link the town with Metaline. Then the unloading crew lost control on an icy grade and sent $300 worth of brass, oak, and electric lights over the bank.Newport, WA
- Mar 26, 1908Another Railroad Rumor, Another Promise That Newport Will Be a Railroad TownA Northern Pacific engineer says the Burlington wants its own line from Sandpoint through Newport to Chewelah, Conconully and Rockport — and the Miner is already dreaming of division-point shops.Newport, WA
- Jun 25, 1908The River Took the Whole Calispel Crop. Now the Farmers Want a Dike.After backwater from the Pend Oreille drowned nearly every acre in the Calispel valley — a loss of $50,000 to $75,000 — landowners meet, hire a Spokane lawyer and move to organize a diking district under state law.Calispel Valley, Cusick, WA
- Jul 16, 1908A Lumber Case Becomes a Political Weapon Against Judge CareyOpponents whispered that the judge reversed a jury in secret. A witness says the ruling came in open court before 200 people.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
- Aug 27, 1908$10,000 for a Road, and Not a Shovel of Dirt TurnedA $10,000 appropriation for a Newport-to-Columbia road vanished into surveys and clerical work, The Miner charged, leaving Stevens County without a graded mile to show for it.Newport, WA
- Feb 11, 1909Newport's Cesspool Crisis Made a Sewer System the Town's Biggest NeedWith refuse in the streets and an epidemic feared, the Newport Miner backed a bond-financed sewerage plan in 1909.Newport, WA
- Feb 18, 1909Newport Council Cracks Down on Saloons—and Swears In a New ClerkThe city council passes a strict liquor ordinance, warns saloon men against Sunday trade, and fills the clerk's office after a resignation.City Hall, Newport, WA
- Jun 10, 1909Newport Wins a Court District—Now It Needs the Judge's SignatureStevens County commissioners vote to split the county in two and name Newport as the eastern district's court town, contingent on Judge D. H. Carey's approval and a promised city hall.Newport, WA
- Aug 26, 1909The Pastor, the Saloon, and the Pulpit Campaign in NewportRev. F. R. Margetts calls Rev. William A. Wasson a hired saloon advocate and announces a Sunday rebuttal at the Congregational church ahead of Newport’s September 7, 1909 liquor-license election.Newport, WA
- Sep 30, 1909The County Seat Squabble That Could Sink a New CountyNewport's neighbors eye a break from the west side, but The Miner warns that internal rivalries over Usk, Ione, and Metaline could scuttle the whole effort.Newport, WA
- Nov 18, 1909A Sudden Freeze Caught Newport With Its Pipes Down — and Its Engines TooThe first hard cold of November burst water pipes, temporarily shut the Jurgens mill and damaged gasoline engines at the telephone office and The Miner.Newport, WA