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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1903 | 1,264 |
| 1904 | 106 |
1,370 stories
- The Price War at the City Limits
Walla Walla merchants band together to fight outside competition allegedly undercutting local shops.
- City Council Caught in Illegal Power Play
Local officials in Walla Walla are accused of violating the city charter to oust a veteran from his position as poundmaster.
- The Battle for Walla Walla's Smoke
Local cigarmakers protest that city grocers are hyping 'home industry' while importing cheap cigars from out of town.
- The Dry Creek Deadlock
A long-standing dispute over a proposed road route on local farms finally reaches a stalemate, forcing the county to call in private arbitrators.
- City Council Abolishes Poundmaster Role to End Lawsuit
In a four-minute legislative maneuver, the Walla Walla City Council eliminated the position of poundmaster to neutralize an ongoing legal dispute.
- The Walla Walla Candy Company Changes Hands
After four years of growth, a local candy wholesaler retires to manage property, selling his business to a former grocery man.
- The Pulpit Versus the Millinery
Tacoma and North Yakima ministers spark a public outcry by demanding women remove their hats during church services.
- The Mysterious Woman Passing Forged Checks
A woman allegedly defrauded five Ellensburg businesses using stolen identities before vanishing.
- The Stubblefield Estate Gift
Walla Walla business leaders scramble to close the funding gap to secure the Stubblefield home.
- A Missing Section 25: How a Clerk's Slip Could Cost the Collins Heirs $500,000
Grandchildren of John Collins's first wife want a one-sixth share of the Seattle hotel property. The whole case turns on whether a territorial statute took effect on December 2, 1869 — or 42 days too late.
- The Woman With the Little Girl and the Worthless Checks
A forger calling herself Myra F. Parker worked Ellensburg shopkeepers with small purchases and big checks, then vanished into a Northwest-wide manhunt.
- Walla Walla's School Board Election Turns on a Missing Financial Statement
Taxpayers want the annual accounting the law requires, as the district prepares to spend $156,000 this year.
- The Detective Who Watched a Stenographer—and the Doctor Who Paid Him
A Seattle lawsuit over unpaid surveillance opens a window onto Dr. J. Eugene Jordan’s relationship with Margaret Deboe, the young woman who killed herself with his revolver.
- The Last Plank Goes Down on East Main Street's New Steel Bridge
After months of "vexatious delays," Walla Walla's street commissioner can finally point to a finished span — and Sixth Street is next on the list.
- A Body Beside the Tracks Near Cathcart
Dennis Wall, a Cathcart farmhand, was found dead in water beside the railroad with a head wound and two sets of new clothes nearby. A French farmhand who had been with him may know more.
- Two Lives Declared Insane in a Walla Walla Courtroom
Mary Calloway feared everyone meant to harm her; Alexander Clancey believed hundreds of soldiers were hunting him. Both were committed in superior court.
- Perjury Case Continues to Haunt Local Man
After escaping prison for an initial conviction, John Adam Schmidt faces a new federal inquiry into subornation of perjury.
- A Thanksgiving Invitation, an Order to Leave, and a Violent Reckoning
A Black veteran of the Philippines campaign was invited to Fort Walla Walla for Thanksgiving. Ordered off the post, he returned days later to beat the officer who had expelled him.
- A Drugstore War Ends in a Beating on the Street
W. A. Hardy, once manager of the Walla Walla branch of the Stewart Holmes Drug Company, was knocked down and kicked outside the Everett post office — the bitter fruit, he says, of a feud between the town's druggists.
- The Political Machine War in Colfax
Deep-seated factionalism and partisan meddling collide in a high-stakes race for the city's top leadership.
- A Bitter Family Feud Over Stolen Farm Proceeds
A Walla Walla father brings a lawsuit against his son, alleging the younger man embezzled partnership funds and property proceeds.
- The Tragedy at H Lake
A young man breaks through thin ice while skating, leaving his companions helpless to save him.
- The Fight for Private Ballots
Spokane voters are demanding an end to the era of 'ward heelers' peering over their shoulders at the polls.
- The Fight for Washington’s Courts
Eastern Washington leaders protest a state court division scheme they claim would favor Seattle and Tacoma at the expense of local attorneys.
- The High Cost of the Short Haul
Northern Pacific updates freight tariffs, sparking debate on the economics of farm-to-rail transport.