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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 5 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 8 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 12 |
| 1876 | 23 |
| 1877 | 14 |
| 1878 | 6 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 10 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 20 |
| 1884 | 12 |
| 1885 | 26 |
| 1886 | 23 |
| 1887 | 27 |
| 1888 | 19 |
| 1889 | 53 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 59 |
| 1892 | 103 |
| 1893 | 129 |
| 1894 | 127 |
| 1895 | 146 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1898 | 15 |
| 1899 | 20 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 69 |
| 1904 | 45 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 12 |
| 1909 | 53 |
| 1910 | 19 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 8 |
| 1915 | 10 |
| 1916 | 22 |
| 1917 | 14 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 3 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 4 |
15 stories matching rule
- The Checkerboard Conflict
A federal judge rules that sheep ranchers can cross Northern Pacific Railway land to reach public grazing grounds, challenging the railroad's control over the landscape.
- New Liquor Licensing Rules in North Yakima
The city council implements a neighborhood-consent requirement for new liquor licenses on major thoroughfares.
- A Custody Ruling in Adams County
A Superior Court judge mandates visitation rights in a local divorce settlement.
- Mining Claims vs. Townsites in Republic
A landmark land office ruling clarifies whether land should be used for mining or settlement.
- The 'Deviled Butter' Scandal That Cost Washington Dairies $19,000
A Pennsylvania ruling against rebranded 'renovated' butter prompts Washington dairy men to demand honest labeling for a cheap industrial substitute flooding Seattle markets.
- The Orchardist Who Turned Down $1,000 Cash and Bet on His Apples
A Yakima Valley rancher's careful spraying and pruning turned a pest-ridden orchard into a crop he expects to net $1,500 — so when a buyer waved a thousand dollars at him, he said no.
- Legal Landmark on Colville Reservation
A federal judge rules that the north half of the Colville Indian Reservation has been restored to the public domain, shifting jurisdiction to Stevens County.
- The Poison That Was Too Weak to Hurt a Child
Yakima County's fruit inspector found orchards sprayed and Paris green so adulterated that a child who ate it showed no serious symptoms.
- The Sheriff’s Bold Stand Against Mob Rule
A newly minted newspaper editor-sheriff argues that local complicity, not just law enforcement failures, fuels vigilante violence in Washington.
- Judge Hanford Draws the Line: Sheep Can't Graze on Railroad Land Without Consent
A federal court ruling in Yakima County upholds the Northern Pacific Railway's right to protect its unenclosed lands from sheep, setting a precedent for property rights and land use in the West.
- The Glasshouse Farm That Fed Seattle's Hotels
In 1898, an editor toured a Lake Washington model farm where seven greenhouses and a prize Jersey herd supplied the city's finest tables.
- The Codlin Moth War: Hogs, Padded Poles, and a Walla Walla Grower's Doubts About Spraying
W. S. Offner reported a quarter-million-dollar fruit trade from the Walla Walla valley—and explained why the standard spray calendar failed against the orchard pest.
- The Dairy That Started With 20 Rented Cows and Ended Up With 2,560 Acres
Two Spokane entrepreneurs built Hazelwood Dairy on a promise that milk would be exactly as advertised—at a time when watered milk was the norm.
- The Berry Math That Made Puyallup
A fruit-growers' manager laid out the 1898 economics of Western Washington berries: $1 a crate, 75-cent hired labor, and a cannery on the horizon.
- A Fruit Grower's Pitch: Stop Sending Cash East — Feed Alaska Instead
Before the Northwest Fruitgrower's Association, S. L. Moore argued that Washington farmers should diversify beyond wheat and prunes, supply Alaska and Western markets, and let the Northern Pacific's traveling fruit exhibit lure settlers west.