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3 stories matching obstruct
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:unobstruct, obstructionist, destruct, instruct, construct, obstreper
- Steamboat Men Race the High Water to Open the Upper Columbia
Two veteran river captains came to Kettle Falls to scout a boat line from the Rickey rapids south to Fort Spokane — and meant to have a hull on the water within ten days, before the freshet made the obstructions impassable.
- 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.
- The Dredge Gappa Bites Into the Pend Oreille
After years of waiting, a Seattle contractor's steam dredge finally starts cutting a federal channel just below Boundary Island — and Newport's steamboat men begin to talk about a river that never runs dry.