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5 stories matching forfeit
- The Minister’s Daughter and the Forged Bond
A Newport minister’s teenage daughter is jailed for forgery, released on bond, briefly missing from court, and sentenced to Walla Walla—while her father fights to recover his $1,000.
- Pool Hall Proprietress Charged with Enabling Minors
A local woman faces charges for allowing youths to play games of chance in her South Tacoma establishment.
- The Price of a Subway
Tacoma officials set strict financial terms for a developer hoping to build a subway franchise.
- A 25-Year Grip on Ione’s Water
Over a rival’s protest, Stevens County commissioners handed the Ione Water & Light Co. a quarter-century franchise to lay water mains through town—with a clause letting Ione buy the system out if it ever incorporated.
- Who Owns the Water? Marcus Grants 25-Year Private Franchise
Stevens County commissioners hand a sweeping water system monopoly to a group of investors, with a two-year deadline to build or lose the right.