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- The Woods Come Back to Life Around Newport
Logging camps and river drives restart, with a million feet coming down the West Branch and Victor Pierson set to run the main-river drive.
- The Taxman Cometh: A Battle Over Corporate Accountability
An attorney challenges Bellingham newspaper editors to account for the lopsided taxation of railroads versus local farmers.
- The Struggle for Lynden's Main Street
Business leaders and the city council clash with the Whatcom County Traction Co. over plans to lay tracks through town.
- A New Apostolic Church Splits from Original Congregation
Following an internal disagreement, a large group of members has organized a separate Apostolic church in Lynden.
- The Legacy of the Stickney Home
A look at the origins and daily life of the mission school for Nooksack children, established on a Nooksack River island.
- 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.
- The Morning Mine Cuts Into a 60-Foot Ledge of Galena
A company announcement claims the largest body of galena ore yet found in the Northwest, and the Metaline district suddenly has proof that its mineral wealth runs deep.
- Newport Builds Its Way to the Water — One Petition at a Time
Rail engineers run spur lines to the Pend d'Oreille River Navigation Co. docks while the Commercial Club passes the hat for lumber to extend a sidewalk down Pine Street to the Idaho line.
- Great Northern Races to Finish Its Newport Cut-off by September
A rumored route change, a new bridge and crews working through slides and clay banks point to a major reworking of the railroad between Newport and Spokane.
- Two Newport Homes Burn as Volunteers Fight Without Enough Hose
A lightning-sparked fire destroyed the Seeley house and spread to the Montzheimer home, exposing the town’s thin fire protection.
- A Church Built of Cement Blocks and Small-Town Pride
Hope Congregational Church dedicated its new $7,400 edifice, filled the pews, and raised $1,200 on the spot to pay down the debt.
- Stevens County Tried to Tax the Railroad at Nearly Double. It Cost $12,000.
The state supreme court ruled the commissioners had no business overriding the state tax commission's valuation of the Spokane Falls Northern — and the county treasury paid for the lesson.
- A 150-Man Spur for the New Fidelity Mill
Caughren & Woldson took the contract for three miles of Great Northern spur track to Fidelity Lumber’s new mill, with heavy rock cuts and a payroll paid through a Newport bank.
- A Mill Town Gets a Recreation Hall—and a Makeover
The Consolidated Lumber Co. builds a reading room and ball alleys to keep its married workers—and remakes a shack town along the Great Northern.
- Sullivan Lake's Summer Resort Dream Hinges on Roads and the Government
A new resort permit and a push to turn old trails into wagon roads promise to bring pleasure seekers to Sullivan Lake—if federal officials do their part.
- The Railroad Gets Its Street Vacations—and Newport Gets a New Grade
Mayor Appel signs the I.W.N. street-and-alley vacations, clearing the way for regrades, depot improvements and a rebuilt riverfront rail corridor.
- 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.
- An English Syndicate Bets $100,000 on Stevens County Lead and Silver
A Chicago mining journal tours the Metaline district, where companies are sinking shafts, building tramways and waiting on a railroad to turn lead and silver claims into a boom.
- Newport's Telephone Revolution: A 600-Line Exchange Built for Growth
A Wisconsin telephone man bought out the old exchange, discarded it, and spent $11,000 to give Newport one of the most modern switchboards in the Northwest.
- Newport Votes: Counting the 1908 Primary Until 8 A.M.
Returns trickle in from 40 of 52 precincts as Newport's 200 ballots take all night to count — 160 Republican, 30 Democratic, 10 Socialist, with many Democrats simply voting the other party's ticket.
- Newport Bets on the Railroad
The Idaho & Washington Northern will break ground on a brick passenger station next week, with a freight depot and $75,000 in yard improvements close behind.
- A Midnight Council Fight Over Rails, Rubbish and Residency
Newport's council spent a long May evening weighing a railroad franchise, ordering alleys cleaned, and questioning whether one of its own members actually lived in town.
- A Panic Year Boom: Newport Built Through Hard Times
Despite a national financial panic, Newport added 87 homes, six concrete business blocks, new depots, churches, and a reshaped downtown—proud evidence of a town betting on itself.
- 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.