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- A Petition to Open Calispel Land—and Remove Its People
Congressman Wesley L. Jones carried a Cusick-area removal petition to the Indian Office, where officials weighed how to open the land to white settlement.
- Jury Convicts Man in Dockside Robbery
Andrew Disardo found guilty in Judge Easterday’s court for the armed robbery of a confectionery store near the Commercial dock.
- Tacoma’s $375,000 Push for Infrastructure
The city prepares to tackle persistent flooding in the South End and bridge connectivity issues with a major bond initiative.
- Federal Jury Discharged Amid Waterfront Speculation
Speculation mounts that the Northern Pacific Railway successfully stalled condemnation cases to replace a jury they found unfavorable.
- Knockout Drops and a Beating in the Lumber Yards
Two railroad men lost a week's wages in two nights behind Newport's main street — one drugged in a saloon, one knocked down and stripped of his new mackinaw.
- Fireman Fired After 'Incompatibility' Dispute
A local firefighter is dismissed by the council following a series of conflicts with his department leadership.
- The Annual Oyster Land Fight
A recurring legislative battle over tide lands in Olympia pits private interests against state ownership, with millions of dollars in potential profit at stake.
- Seattle’s Missing City Money and the Loophole That Could Free a Fugitive Controller
John Riplinger, Seattle’s former city controller, fled to Honduras after being accused of stealing contractor deposits. A state Supreme Court ruling that the money was not city funds may now clear him—and his bondsmen.
- A Father’s Ax, a Lodged Tree, and a Boy’s Death in the Woods
Seventeen-year-old Charles H. Day was killed near Chewelah while cutting railroad ties with his father when an ax glanced off a lodged tree and severed an artery behind his knee.
- Newport Schools Close Banner Year, Approve $8,000 Bond and Plan New Wing
Eighth-grade graduation, teacher re-elections, and a unanimous bond vote cap a successful school year as the board moves to expand the building.
- New Trains, New Track — and Three Railroads Circling Priest Lake
The Bonners Ferry local comes back, the Idaho & Washington Northern creeps toward Ione, and the Miner's editor sniffs hot air in a Spokane paper's talk of a Priest Lake line.
- Three Thousand Boosters Eat, Cheer, and Rebrand Tacoma
One night in February 1909: 3,000 boosters packed the armory, picked a new city slogan — 'You'll Like Tacoma' — and got sermons on land, liquor, and who should own the tide flats.