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- A Snowbound Road That Would End at Newport's Doorstep
State Road No. 2 — a $25,000 legislative appropriation — is about to go to bid, but contractors must first wait for the Calispel Mountains to thaw before they can walk the line.
- The Prosecutor's Parting Shot at Stevens County's Saloons
In his final annual report, Stevens County Prosecuting Attorney J.A. Rochford counted nine penitentiary convictions, warned of pending rape cases, and told the governor the saloon trade was responsible for most crime.
- The Trial of James F. Logan
A murder trial in Colville stalls as the court struggles to find an impartial jury among citizens who have already read the details in the press.
- Stevens County Hikes Interest Rates to Stave Off Financial Panic
Facing a national economic slump in 1909, commissioners move to protect county credit by raising interest on municipal warrants.
- County Printing Contract Sparks Legal Fight
Stevens County commissioners award the county printing contract to the Colville Examiner, but a rival paper sues, alleging the process was unfair.
- The Freight Line Proposal
A local entrepreneur hopes to bypass expensive rail rates with a new six-horse team freight route.
- Drought and Forest Fires Gripping the Inland Empire
A grim report from the Colville Valley details parched crops, ruined timber, and a sun obscured by thick smoke.
- Cusick and Blueslide Saloons Beat the License Opposition—Again
County commissioners declined to revoke one license and granted another, letting Campbell & Donebo keep operating at Cusick and Blueslide despite determined local opposition.
- Smallpox in the Jury Box: Court Shut Down by a Newport Man's Illness
A five-day lumber trial in Colville collapses when George Perkins is diagnosed with smallpox, sending jurors home and raising fears the disease will spread across Stevens County.
- Temperance Forces Move to Vote Stevens County Dry
Local-option workers in Colville petition for a September election that could close saloons across the county and set off a dry campaign across Eastern Washington.
- The Struggle for Chief Moses' Reservation
A detailed federal report traces the long-standing tensions between settlers and the Columbia Band over land rights in Northeastern Washington.
- A Posse at the Door: A Frightened Rancher Shoots the Marshal Who Came to Help
Colville's city marshal is gravely wounded before dawn when a rancher, already robbed once that week, fires on the officers he takes for a second gang of highwaymen.
- The Mountain That Spilled a Flood
An eyewitness watches a mysterious, cataclysmic burst of water tear through a mountain ravine near Colville, obliterating trees and tracks.
- Chief Moses’ Nephew Wanted: A Family Murder and a Reservation Manhunt
Jack Osakin, nephew of Chief Moses, is accused of killing his mother after earlier slaying his brother. The chief, grief-stricken, has ordered him shot on sight as authorities fear he may flee to Canada.
- The Judge, the Ballot, and the $2,000 Reprieve
A losing judicial candidate tried to force Stevens County to reprint every ballot. A Tuesday court ruling stopped him—and spared the treasury a costly last-minute scramble.
- The Valley Nobody Surveyed: Pioneers Wait for a Government Pen
A settlers' advocate returns from the surveyor-general with promises and a rapturous account of a hidden valley where poor young farmers are hewing homes out of the forest without so much as a title to their land.
- Washington Asked Congress for $34,500 to Finish Carving Up the Colville Reservation
An 1894 dispatch from the capital details the surveying and allotment machinery behind opening the northern Colville Reservation to settlement — right down to the promise that the cost would be repaid 'from the proceeds of the lands when sold.'
- The Prosecutor's Record: 'Arrest on Suspicion, Investigate Afterwards'
A Stevens County election fight turns on the county's criminal docket — who jailed innocent men, and who got his convictions.
- A County Deep in Warrants Calls for $200,000 in Bonds
Stevens County commissioners call a September special election to validate debt and issue bonds to redeem current expense warrants, some of which exceeded the constitutional limit.