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- Nine Men in the Sail Locker: Seattle's Stowaway Haul
A single Chinese stowaway picked up on the wharf leads Seattle immigration officers to nine more men, plus sacks of raw silk and boxes of Manila cigars, hidden aboard the Great Northern liner Minnesota.
- 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.
- A County Asks to Refinance Its Credit Card
Pend Oreille County carries $183,000 in 8-per-cent warrants it cannot pay, plus $18,000 in accrued interest. On September 7 voters are asked to swap the whole pile for $200,000 in 4-per-cent bonds — a second time, because the first election was voided on a technicality.