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- A Judgeship Fight and the Spirit of the Primary Law
A Democratic editor accuses two local politicians of scheming to defeat the nonpartisan primary and warns that voters are onto their "underground methods."
- 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.
- The River Took the Whole Calispel Crop. Now the Farmers Want a Dike.
After backwater from the Pend Oreille drowned nearly every acre in the Calispel valley — a loss of $50,000 to $75,000 — landowners meet, hire a Spokane lawyer and move to organize a diking district under state law.
- 1,500 Men and a Steam Shovel: Newport Builds the Metaline Line
The Idaho & Washington Northern extension turns Newport into a construction boomtown, with subcontractor camps, mule trains, dynamite barges and a temporary hospital.
- Five Feet of Lead and a Mining Camp's Big Break
Newport investors strike a rich oxidized lead vein in the Metaline district, with assays promising $31.68 a ton and a mill within 40 days.
- The Ruth Takes Shape for the Wildest Steamboat Ride in America
With her machinery unloaded at Newport, the new steamer Ruth is expected to make her trial trip by early September, hauling Metaline ore and passengers through Box Canyon.
- A Tie Vote Leaves Newport's Telephone Franchise Hanging
The old council adjourns sine die after deadlocking on a telephone ordinance; the new mayor and marshal take office amid a 154-name petition.
- 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.