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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1914 | 4 |
| 1916 | 2 |
| 1917 | 1 |
7 stories
- She Kept Her Feet on the Ledge: A Former Kennewick Woman Pulls Three Swimmers Out of the Palouse
Two girls and a young man went down in a hidden hole in the Palouse River, and one rescuer after another failed — until Mrs. George A. Fairchild waded in and hauled all three to shore.
- The Section House Shootout
Fed up with a string of thefts, a railway foreman takes the law into his own hands and shoots a intruder on the tracks.
- Banquet Bridges the Prohibition Divide
In a display of small-town unity, the citizens of Palouse hosted a 'Wet' and 'Dry' banquet to focus on common infrastructure goals.
- State College Experiments Prove Soil Fertility Benefits
Washington State College's long-term farm study demonstrates that crop rotation and manure outperform mono-cropping and summer fallowing.
- The War for Pullman’s Purse
A public dispute erupts over the allocation of state funds for agricultural versus academic architecture and forestry programs.
- Engineer Criticizes State Road Spending
Professor O. L. Waller warns that Washington is wasting road-building funds due to a lack of trained professionals and poor management of local materials.
- The War on Rotting Spuds
A state agricultural expert warns farmers that the 1914 potato blight is more destructive than ever.