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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1862 | 6 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 8 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 12 |
| 1876 | 43 |
| 1877 | 38 |
| 1878 | 22 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 7 |
| 1882 | 6 |
| 1883 | 41 |
| 1884 | 27 |
| 1885 | 64 |
| 1886 | 33 |
| 1887 | 34 |
| 1888 | 28 |
| 1889 | 99 |
| 1890 | 18 |
| 1891 | 79 |
| 1892 | 164 |
| 1893 | 158 |
| 1894 | 176 |
| 1895 | 236 |
| 1897 | 10 |
| 1898 | 24 |
| 1899 | 47 |
| 1900 | 8 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 86 |
| 1904 | 59 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 7 |
| 1908 | 22 |
| 1909 | 94 |
| 1910 | 33 |
| 1911 | 14 |
| 1912 | 8 |
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| 1915 | 14 |
| 1916 | 36 |
| 1917 | 13 |
| 1918 | 4 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 9 |
| 1924 | 7 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 2 |
10 stories matching effect
- The Klondike Gold Rush and the Northwest Farmer
As thousands flock to the Alaskan gold fields, regional agriculturalists anticipate a massive economic windfall from the sudden demand for food.
- The Mortgage Freeze of 1897
New state legislation intended to protect farmers from foreclosure has inadvertently choked off agricultural lending.
- The Hay Market Heats Up in the Yakima Valley
As alfalfa prices climb, local agricultural managers weigh the risks of livestock investment against the volatility of the regional market.
- The Fumigation Didn't Take: Live Scale Found on Japanese Oranges
A King County fruit-growers' committee inspects a shipment of imported oranges that the state's own commissioner had fumigated, finds the mealy bug and scale still alive, and demands stricter enforcement before the fruit goes on sale.
- The Sugar War: Why Yakima Farmers Wanted Hawaii's Sweet Deal Axed
Northern Pacific distributed beet seed in North Yakima to test sugar production, but farmers argued they couldn't compete with Hawaiian sugar grown with cheap labor.
- Washington Slams the Gate on Oregon Sheep
A new state law quarantines out-of-state flocks at the border, and the Oregon herders who have grazed Mount Adams every summer are suddenly out of luck — with 50,000 sheep and nowhere to put them.
- A Thousand Dogs for the Klondike
A Seattle syndicate imported stray dogs by the carload from Chicago, trained them to haul gold-rush supplies, and kenneled the pack in an abandoned brickyard.
- The San Jose Scale Was Already on Stage in Yakima
A state fruit inspector warned that infected nursery trees displayed for a pruning demonstration could have seeded orchards across the valley.
- Wenatchee Growers Told a Railroad: Give Us Water and We'll Fill Your Freight Cars
A delegation of Wenatchee Valley orchardists met Great Northern officials at Seattle's Hotel Butler to argue that irrigation—not mines or timber—would turn eastern Washington into a freight-producing countryside.
- The Orchardist's Revolt: Wawawai Grower Accuses Yakima Commission Firm of Withholding $1,100
J.W. Offield says Thompson Kain refused to pay for his peach and pear crop; the firm counters that he misrepresented varieties and freight rates.