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- The Steamboat Race That Put Newport on the Clock
The steamer Spokane overtook the Ruth on the Pend Oreille, thrilling passengers and settling a season-long boast among river captains.
- The Axe, the Shackles, and the Noon Run
Roy Le May cut himself loose from a Pend Oreille County chain gang and headed for Colburn before Sheriff Merritt brought him back.
- A Woman Claims the School Office — and the County Lets Her Keep It
Miss Ella Guptill takes the superintendent's records while the state Supreme Court decides whether a woman may hold office in Washington.
- Government to Build School for Pend Oreille Indians as Settlers Push for Removal
A new school is planned for Indigenous families opposite Cusick, but the report reveals settler pressure to move them off prime hay lands and allot the land instead.
- The Dredge Gappa Bites Into the Pend Oreille
After years of waiting, a Seattle contractor's steam dredge finally starts cutting a federal channel just below Boundary Island — and Newport's steamboat men begin to talk about a river that never runs dry.
- The Endless Track Dispute
A four-year legal battle over the 'Ram's Horn' railroad tracks continues to stall city development between Columbia and Marion streets.
- A Railroad Yard and a Steamboat Give Ione a Future
Crews began clearing the I.W.N. right-of-way, the steamer Spokane made its first call since Jan. 4, and the local correspondent predicted Ione would become the principal town on the Pend Oreille.
- A Farmer's Quarter-Mile Wall Against the Pend Oreille
After losing $3,000 in crops, John Davas built a dike near Dalkena high enough to turn back the spring flood—and stout enough to protect his neighbors.
- The Final Watch of 'Tamarack' Booth
A Civil War veteran and local pioneer who lived a life of adventure from the high seas to the Pend Oreille valley passes away suddenly in Newport.
- No Way to Head It Off
A forest fire on the west bank of the Pend Oreille has outrun every crew sent against it. It will burn to the river, the reports say, and cover most of the country between Ruby and Blueslide — and when Newport called for men, none could be found.
- A Railroad Survey Promises to Wake the Pend Oreille Valley
Engineers began staking a route down the Pend Oreille River, with Newport yards and valley development hanging on the survey.
- The Ione Is Coming: Newport Builds the River's Largest Excursion Steamer
Material arrives for a 135-foot, 400-passenger steamer as Pend d'Oreille River travel booms and promoters dream of tourists.
- The Mysterious Death of Peter Stanup
Speculation and suspicion swirl in Tulalip after the discovery of a body with a fractured neck.
- A Three-Year-Old Lost to the Pend Oreille
Marvin Fewel slipped into the river while his father built a fence nearby; the community mourned a child gone in minutes.
- Fogbound on the Pend d'Oreille: Passengers Rowed Ashore as Steamers Lost the River
Heavy fogs and low water stalled the steamers Metaline and Defender, forcing a nighttime transfer by rowboat and signaling the end of the river season.
- Newport's Cedar Pole Trade Comes Back to Life
After a lean year, buyers return to the Pend Oreille River for cedar poles—Newport's best-known export, shipped as far east as New York.
- Three Hundred Men to Build the Pend d'Oreille Bridge
The Great Northern will put 300 workers to work at Newport on March 1 to finish its new river bridge and the cutoff toward Albeni Falls.
- A Whiskey Flask on the Pend Oreille: Laborer Drowns at Usk Landing
Fred Campbell fell from the Steamer Spokane while intoxicated; his body was brought to Newport as officials searched for anyone who knew him.
- The Fight for the Pend Oreille River
A local congressman intervenes to prevent a federal shutdown of river improvements, sparking a debate over land rights and conservation.
- Newport's Rail Boom Pushes Down the Pend Oreille
Crews prepare to lay steel in the Newport yards and let contracts for a high bridge at Box Canyon as the Idaho & Washington Northern drives toward Metaline.
- Usk Sells Its First Lots as a New Town Rises on the Pend Oreille
Promoters unload $8,000 in lots on opening day as Newport businesses buy in; a lumber yard, bank, telephone line and hotel follow.
- Newport's Riverfront Changed Hands in a Single $25,000 Deal
C. P. Lindsley, president of Panhandle Lumber and the Pend d'Oreille River Navigation Company, bought 300 acres of timberland plus riverfront lots from Wm. Vane—and a steamboat company took a new name.
- The River Opened Under Him
A Dalkena man kept himself above the Pend Oreille after the ice gave way and waited for rescue.
- 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.
- The Cry That Came Too Late on the Pend Oreille
A deck hand fell from the steamer Ione near Locke Landing while trying to catch a wind-blown parcel. His crew heard the cry but could not reach him in time.