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- The Land Along Chamokane Creek Was About to Change Hands
Stevens County commissioners back a plan to open ten sections of the Spokane Indian Reservation to homesteaders who 'cannot afford to buy better land.'
- Newport Saloonkeepers Tried to Clean Up Their Trade Before the Dry Tide Rose
A Knights of the Royal Arch organizer came to Newport to enlist local saloon men in a Colville lodge, hoping respectability could stall the growing prohibition movement.
- 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.
- 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.
- Copper, Silver, and a Close Call: Newport's Mining District Heats Up
Promising strikes at the Bornite and Last Chance mines draw new capital and extra shifts—but a hoist accident leaves one miner badly hurt.
- Newport’s Railroad Future Takes Shape in a $150,000 Yard
The Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad unveils plans for terminal yards, depots, switches and a loop through old and new Newport—and west-side farmers lobby for the line down the Calispel valley.
- An Engineer Bets Newport Could Rival Spokane
A Spokane mining engineer reports on the Bead Lake and Conquest claims, arguing that capital, a concentrator and a five-mile rail spur could turn a dormant district into Newport’s future.
- A Packed Council Chamber, a Railroad Franchise, and a Fight Over Public Streets
Newport's city council meeting drew a standing-room crowd as aldermen tangled over an Idaho Washington Northern street-vacation request, a conflict-of-interest accusation, saloon licenses, and an electric-light contract.