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| 1854 | 17 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 16 |
| 1860 | 10 |
| 1861 | 33 |
| 1862 | 20 |
| 1863 | 29 |
| 1864 | 8 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 32 |
| 1876 | 160 |
| 1877 | 127 |
| 1878 | 79 |
| 1879 | 8 |
| 1880 | 28 |
| 1882 | 33 |
| 1883 | 156 |
| 1884 | 120 |
| 1885 | 208 |
| 1886 | 128 |
| 1887 | 134 |
| 1888 | 104 |
| 1889 | 351 |
| 1890 | 68 |
| 1891 | 371 |
| 1892 | 769 |
| 1893 | 766 |
| 1894 | 706 |
| 1895 | 748 |
| 1897 | 34 |
| 1898 | 77 |
| 1899 | 162 |
| 1900 | 21 |
| 1902 | 16 |
| 1903 | 440 |
| 1904 | 269 |
| 1905 | 29 |
| 1907 | 18 |
| 1908 | 100 |
| 1909 | 390 |
| 1910 | 140 |
| 1911 | 47 |
| 1912 | 32 |
| 1914 | 70 |
| 1915 | 72 |
| 1916 | 150 |
| 1917 | 94 |
| 1918 | 14 |
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| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 11 |
| 1923 | 78 |
| 1924 | 57 |
| 1925 | 32 |
| 1928 | 7 |
| 1929 | 15 |
100 stories matching state
- A Federal Judge Takes Away Washington's Power to Set Railroad Rates
Judge Hanford rules in Seattle that the state railroad commission cannot fix freight and fares — and Governor Mead weighs a constitutional amendment and a special session to give it back.
- 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.
- The Road Money That Went to Colville
Ten thousand dollars was appropriated for the Newport–Orient state road. Six thousand of it vanished into 'preliminaries,' and the actual construction ended up in the county seat instead of at either end of the road.
- The Tax Bill That Landed on Stevens County Property Owners
A fight between the county assessor and prosecuting attorney over taxing money and mortgages ends in a court-ordered reassessment—and a bill for the people.
- The State Line May Jump East—and Put Two Blocks of Idaho in Washington
A new survey suggested Newport’s border with Idaho was off by hundreds of feet, raising hopes and anxieties in a town that did not want to be handed to Idaho.
- Is Newport in Washington or Idaho? Surveyors Head North to Redraw the Line
A government party leaves Lewiston to retrace the Washington–Idaho boundary, and Newport may learn before election day which state it really belongs to.
- Newport vs. the Census: 'Colville Should Come Out of Her Dream'
When the secretary of state counts only 1,000 residents, Newport's paper fires back: we are 1,800, the county's largest city—and tired of paying for Colville's improvements.
- A Banker's Last Note: G. S. Thomas Dies by Poison in a Spokane Hotel
The cashier of Newport's First State Bank was found dead in the Colonial Hotel after months of strain over the bank's suspended payments and last-minute sale.
- 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.
- The Tax Law Said Exempt. The Attorney General Said Assess It Anyway.
Washington's attorney general advised county assessors to tax money and credits in 1908, betting the legislature's 1907 exemption would be struck down.
- Five Million Apples and a Telegraph From Roosevelt
In December 1908, Spokane promised 80,000 square feet of fruit, international prizes and a presidential telegraph—all to crown itself the apple capital of the world.
- The State Line Was Not as Solid as It Looked
A Newport property owner calls for a permanent survey of the Washington–Idaho boundary before confused surveys turn into an endless round of land litigation.
- The Councilman Who Lived Across the State Line
A lawyer’s residency challenge nearly voided a railroad franchise—and forced Councilman Eckerson to offer his resignation.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Northport Wants to Know Who Moved Its Road
A legislative road award to Northport was rerouted through Colville, and the Northport Republican lays the blame on a surveyor's report and county commissioners.
- The Outsider Candidate Fighting the Political Ring
Frank W. Bixby of Lynden emerges as a reform-minded candidate for prosecuting attorney, bucking against established county political machines.
- The Governor’s Veto: A Political Backstory
A defense of Governor Henry McBride’s 1903 veto of a local option bill, shifting blame from his personal stance to legislative corruption.
- Tracks Laid in the Night, and the Storekeeper Wins
A Spokane injunction against the Idaho & Washington Northern — won by H. M. Lund over trains smoking out his Fourth Street store — is upheld by the state supreme court, with 30 days for the railroad to settle or stop running.
- 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.
- A Photograph Was Not a Crime: Newport Candidates Beat Back a Newspaper's Bid to Rule Them Off the Ballot
When the Colville Statesman-Index declared two Newport men disqualified for running photo advertisements under the new direct primary law, Dr. G. W. Sutherland wrote the attorney general — and came back with a ruling that the law said no such thing.
- 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.
- 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 Railroad Wants Newport's Streets Forever — and One Lawyer Says the Constitution Forbids It
Alva S. Sherlock warns that the Idaho & Washington Northern is asking the town council for a perpetual, irrevocable franchise over 400 feet of Newport's streets — a grant that would outlive the corporation itself, and the state constitution's ban on irrevocable privilege.