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2 stories matching layman

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:laymast, laman, lyman, gayman, larman, lawman

  1. A Civil Engineer's $200,000 Plan to Drain the Calispel Valley

    A Newport civil engineer proposes canals, dikes and lock gates to reclaim a lake bed, irrigate the gravel slopes and stop the Pend Oreille from swallowing the valley's farms.

    Jul 9, 1908The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport, Pend Oreille CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

  2. A Valley Drowns Every Spring—and One Farmer Wants a Better Dike

    A correspondent warns that the Pend Oreille freshet has wrecked $50,000 worth of Calispel Valley crops—and argues the proposed diking districts are too piecemeal to save the basin.

    Jun 25, 1908The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentCalispel Valley, CusickFollow the Money · City Hall · Disasters

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