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10 stories matching materi
- The Judge, the Railroad and the Case That Fell Apart
Prosecutors in Spokane can barely get evidence before the jury as M. J. Gordon, a former Washington chief justice, stands accused of embezzling $9,200 in railroad settlement money.
- The Future of Construction in Lynden
A local factory is revolutionizing building materials by cutting curing times from a month to a week.
- A Brick Depot Rises, and Newport Bets on the Railroad
Pressed brick arrives from St. Paul as the Great Northern builds its new Newport station — and freight figures show the town's lumber and brick trade climbing month over month.
- Labor's Fight Against the Injunction
A stirring call to action from the American Federation of Labor regarding the use of courts to suppress workers' free speech.
- Help Wanted: The Railroad Boom Outran the Workforce
Crews at Sullivan Creek and Box Canyon needed hundreds more men as clay, springs, and slides slowed the Inland Empire's rail-and-dam boom.
- The River Full of Logs: Newport's Timber Boom Goes Mechanical
From Parker Mountain to Ione the Pend Oreille is choked with logs bound for the mill — and the Panhandle Lumber Co. is trading horses for donkey engines.
- A $25,000 Depot to Put Newport on the Map
The Great Northern moves its old station aside and breaks ground on a brick-and-slate showpiece meant to announce that Newport has arrived.
- The Booster's Case: Why Newport Was Betting on Itself
After a premature boom and a painful readjustment, Newport's paper argued the town's future was assured — citing $200,000 from the Idaho Washington Northern, $140,000 from the power company, and a new Great Northern depot built for a city of ten thousand.
- State Inspector Calls the Idaho Washington Northern the Best Railroad in Washington
After a complaint about dangerous track north of Newport, a state inspector rode the line and pronounced it first-rate — and praised the railroad commission as a bargain for taxpayers.
- The Poor Man's Stump Burner: Newport Farmers Pack Kelly's Hall
In 1909, 150 farmers crowded a Newport hall to hear a state expert explain how to clear land by charring stumps—a low-cost method that promised to open Pend Oreille County fields.