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- 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.
- A Conviction, a Quick Marriage, and a Town's License Protest
E. T. Montgomery was convicted of criminal intimacy with his stepdaughter and released on bail. When his new wife kept running the hotel and saloon at Elk, residents asked Spokane County to deny the license.
- The Peril of the Open Road
A hit-and-run driver on the Guide Meridian road destroys a buggy and attempts to hide their identity.
- The New Steamer Ruth Takes Her Maiden Run Down the Pend Oreille
Fitted out at the Transportation Co. dock and steered by a set of 'monkey rudders,' Newport's newest riverboat proves herself on a trial run to Downs' Landing — if only the government inspectors would hurry.
- The Notorious Smuggler’s Final Nap
A legendary Pacific Coast opium runner was caught fast asleep near Custer after a run-in with immigration inspectors hunting for laborers.
- 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.
- The Valley That Wanted the Railroad Bad Enough to Move It
Calispel Valley landowners planned to meet Idaho & Washington Northern officials at Spirit Lake to argue that the new line should run up the west side of the Pend d’Oreille, not the east.
- Four Steamboats and a Free Bus: Newport's River Boom
The Ruth began regular runs, the Nancy returned, and new boat houses rose at the Stevens dock as Newport became the busy hub of Pend Oreille River traffic.
- The Saloon That Moved Across the County Line
To escape higher Spokane County licensing, a Camden saloonkeeper hauls his buildings into Stevens County—only a few yards down the road.
- The Nancy Came to Town on a Sled—and Ended Up Keel-Up in the Riverbank
Newport's finest new motor launch was meant to link the town with Metaline. Then the unloading crew lost control on an icy grade and sent $300 worth of brass, oak, and electric lights over the bank.
- The Road Newport Was Promised—and the Colville Detour That Ate It
State Road No. 3 was supposed to run from Newport through Metaline and Northport to Orient. Instead, Newport’s share of the money went to surveys and improvements near Colville, leaving the lower river country with nothing but promises.
- The Silver-Lead Company Bets on Metaline
Ore assays, new concentrators, and a bunkhouse point to a mining camp shaking off its slow start—and Newport money is buying in.
- A Stern-Wheeler for the Pend d'Oreille: Newport Bets on the Metaline Trade
Seven thousand dollars subscribed, a hundred-foot boat drawing two feet of water, and a captain promising to be running ore to Newport by June 1.
- Newport Nearly Drank Itself Dry
A dry month and a heavy hand with the sprinkling can brought the town to the edge of a water famine. The water company has more than doubled the flow from its springs and is digging a reservoir to catch what was running to waste.
- The River Froze Shut and Left a Steamboat Stranded at Cusick
An ice gorge on the Pend d'Oreille backs the water up two feet, maroons the ferry 200 feet from shore, and idles every river hand in Newport while the steamer Newport waits for open water.
- Five Minutes Through Box Canyon
The launch Nancy sets a river record while the Metaline returns with a new boiler and Newport's waterfront hums with new boats and schedules.
- A Copper Strike Four Miles North of Newport
Spokane investors return enthusiastic from the Bornite claims as crews push an 800-foot tunnel through the winter.
- 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.
- A Lumber Company Builds the Ferry
Fidelity Lumber Co. will take charge of the Pend Oreille crossing after Newport residents pledge $1,000 toward a $2,300 ferry.
- New Steel, New Docks, and a Railroad That Won't Say Which Side of the River
Crews are relaying 102 miles of Great Northern track through Newport and building a freight dock that lets a train meet a steamboat — while the town waits to learn whether the Idaho & Washington Northern will run up the Washington or the Idaho bank. One west-side rancher is so sure he has ordered ten cars of wood.
- Newport to Metaline: The Steamboat Fleet vs. the Stagecoach
When Colville boasted a new tri-weekly stage line, Newport answered with daily steamer service, six Great Northern trains, and a reminder of who really controlled the east end.
- A Wall of Fire Above Tacoma Creek
A lightning-sparked blaze burns 2,000 acres, jumps a three-mile trench and pulls lumber companies, settlers and the state fire warden into a desperate fight.
- A Morning Boat to Metaline — and a Waterfront to Rebuild
The steamer Ione began daily service on the Pend Oreille this week, promising a one-day run to Metaline and Sunday excursions out of Newport, while the falling river exposes wrecked piers, booms and 200 feet of dock.
- One Thousand Parcels, One Deadline: the County Races the Clock on Tax-Title Land
A new state law gave landowners exactly one year to challenge old tax foreclosures. On the day it expired, the suits landed in the Stevens County courthouse all at once.
- Fire in the White Pine: Blaze Runs from Blue Slide Toward Calispel Mountain
Lumber companies rush crews to protect one of the Pend Oreille's finest white-pine districts as a forest fire spreads near Ruby Creek.