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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1907 | 31 |
| 1908 | 304 |
| 1909 | 440 |
| 1910 | 223 |
998 stories
- A Sudden Freeze Caught Newport With Its Pipes Down — and Its Engines Too
The first hard cold of November burst water pipes, temporarily shut the Jurgens mill and damaged gasoline engines at the telephone office and The Miner.
- The Lodging House Brawl
A local dispute over a lodging house assault leads to a courtroom showdown and a fine for the proprietor.
- The Trial of James F. Logan
A murder trial in Colville stalls as the court struggles to find an impartial jury among citizens who have already read the details in the press.
- The Cemetery Crisis in Walla Walla
A growing city faces a grim reality as its burial grounds reach capacity and legal disputes stall expansion.
- A Night in the Timber
A local man survives a freezing night in the woods near Bead Lake after becoming separated from his hunting party.
- Newport’s Booster Campaign
The local Commercial Club secures new members and funding to aggressively market the town's growth and resources.
- Newport High School Earns State Accreditation
After only four years of operation, the local high school secures a major milestone, allowing its graduates to enter state universities without entrance exams.
- A Jury Settles the Water for Calispell
Landowners in the Calispell bottoms are awarded damages, clearing the way for a diking district to reclaim about 100 acres from the annual overflow.
- The Conquest Mine Strikes a Twelve-Foot Vein—and Newport's Mining District Wakes Up
A rich assay at the Conquest mine promised dividends, new work and a revival for the Pend Oreille mining district.
- The Attorney General Says Near-Beer Is Still Beer
Ruling on a Lewis County saloon closes the loophole that let 'temperance' drinks flow in dry towns: if it has any alcohol in it and you drink it, Olympia says it's liquor.
- The Morning a Tow Rope Nearly Cost Appel Bros. a $600 Raft
A launch propeller seized, the boom was waiting, and a raft of poles was suddenly drifting toward disaster on the Pend Oreille.
- 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.
- A Sunday Train Ride Saved the Family, but Not Their House
The Sammons home in north Newport burned to the ground while the family was already aboard a train for a day trip; insurance covered barely half the loss.
- A Mill That Never Sleeps: Dalkena Runs Day and Night
Newport's Dalkena Lumber Co. keeps roughly 100 men working around the clock, outfits its yards with electric light, and readies a new gasoline tug for the river.
- The Coal Under Cowlitz Pass: Settlers vs. the Government
North Yakima claimants who paid in full and held their receipts go to court to defend coal lands the federal geologist says aren't worth mining.
- Newport Switches On Its Electric Night
After months of waiting on parts, the town's new $5,000 street-lighting system blazes to life — eight 2,000-candlepower arc lights and 26 tungsten incandescents, billed to the city at $82.50 a month.
- A Million-Dollar Timber Trust Takes Shape West of Newport
The Spokane Lumber Company and the Washington Mill Company merge into a $1,200,000 holding combine controlling more than 50,000 acres of timber land — much of it tributary to Diamond and Sacheen lakes.
- Newport's "Dries" Organize to Take Over Stevens County Politics
A new Municipal League endorses a full dry ticket for county office, regardless of party — the temperance movement pivots from the saloon to the ballot box.
- 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 Boom Days Are Over — Now Comes the Real Mining
Bead Lake Mining's president tours his tunnel, finds ore looking better than ever, and predicts a new era of systematic development for Newport's mineral district.
- Newport's Boys Wake Up in the Eighth to Even the Series with Spirit Lake
A rain-soaked, three-hour ballgame at the Newport park ends 8 to 5 as an unlikely pitcher named Mooney strikes out three in the ninth.
- 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.
- Bremerton Chosen as the Pacific Fleet's Great Coaling Station
The navy yard on Puget Sound begins surveying a $2,000,000, 200,000-ton coaling plant — a bet that the fleet's future lies in the Pacific.
- Selling Stevens County to the World, One Apple at a Time
W. W. Palmer tours the Pend Oreille valley clubs to raise $5,000 for county exhibits at the National Apple Show and the Chicago Apple Show.
- Two Caucuses, One Name, and a New Newport Party
After rival caucuses claimed the same ballot name, Newport's People's Progressive Party met at Judge D. R. Lusher's office and nominated a full municipal ticket for December.