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| Year | Stories |
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| 1903 | 27 |
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- Sheriff Challenges Corruption in Seattle
King County Sheriff Cudihee declares a crackdown on 'wide open' gambling, asserting his authority over the prosecuting attorney.
- The Battle for Prescott’s Saloons
Prohibitionists face off against local business interests in the upcoming town election.
- The Political Rise of George Turner
Fresh from an international arbitration victory, Ex-Senator George Turner is being courted by Democrats for a gubernatorial run in Washington.
- Greening the City Park
Chairman McLean works to beautify Walla Walla's public spaces while protecting a new local quail colony.
- Whitman College Trustees Purchase 20 Acres, Elect Faculty
The college acquires the Baker estate, adding 20 acres to the campus as trustees announce a new slate of faculty members.
- Too Rough for a Horseless Carriage
An early automobile entrepreneur throws in the towel, blaming the rugged state of Walla Walla's streets.
- The Mayor's Foundry and the School Board Scandal
Mayor Gilbert Hunt attempts to clear his name as the local paper doubles down on allegations of municipal graft.
- The Athletic Club Rises From the Ashes
Despite severe fire damage and water-warped floors, the Walla Walla Athletic Club vows to rebuild and add new amenities.
- The Fight for the Ten-Hour Day
A department store faces legal action for forcing saleswomen into fourteen-hour shifts.
- The Beet Sugar Boom Comes to Prosser
Investors eye the Yakima Valley for a massive industrial plant, expecting to import a colony of beet farmers to transform the regional economy.
- The Domestic Toll of 'Race Suicide'
A skeptical response to President Roosevelt's rhetoric on birth rates, highlighting the physical, financial, and emotional costs of motherhood at the turn of the century.
- The High School Bond Controversy
Walla Walla voters face a looming financial crisis as the school board scrambles to validate illegal warrants while the city faces mounting debt.
- The Senator and the Prisoner
A political jab at U.S. Senator Levi Ankeny highlights a local man's sentencing to McNeil Island Penitentiary, linking corporate influence to the justice system.
- Walla Walla to Build New County Poor House
After inspecting neighboring Whitman County, local commissioners decide to move from a contract-based system to a county-owned brick facility.
- A Legislative Loophole for Petty Offenders
A prominent attorney reveals that a recent state law intended to increase penalties for repeat offenders is legally void regarding misdemeanors.
- The Struggle Over Minor Heir Property Rights
A state attorney general's ruling clarifies the limits of county power when minors attempt to redeem land lost to tax sales.
- The Town Council Invites the Cattle to Roam
In a baffling policy shift, the city abolishes the poundmaster, effectively turning the downtown streets and the courthouse lawn into free-range grazing land.
- Where Should Walla Walla Put Its Carnegie Library?
In 1903 the city weighed a city-owned lot on Palouse Street against the Ward property at Palouse and East Alder for the new Carnegie library.
- The Touchet Farmers’ Revolt Against Water Monopolies
Tired of paying exorbitant fees to private irrigation companies, local farmers are going rogue—and going underground.
- A Year-Old Schoolhouse Blown Over as Waitsburg Schools Strain
The Lost Spring schoolhouse was wrecked by wind just as the district hired an extra teacher for a first-primary room bursting with 61 children.
- Spokane’s Plumbers’ Strike Escalates
A two-month-old labor standoff between the plumbers' union and master builders threatens to halt all major construction in the city.
- Defending the Campus View
Donations from local property owners at Washington Agricultural College aim to safeguard dormitory sightlines and future campus development.
- A Short Crop Tightens the Wheat Market
Washington's harvest comes in at less than half of last year's, and the revised estimate sends prices climbing across the region.
- Twenty Clowns, Cloth Elephants, and a College Circus at the Armory
Whitman students and the Walla Walla Band plan four nights of acrobats, side shows and pink lemonade — with a hired professional troupe to keep it honest.
- Washington's Boom Was So Furious It Predicted a Million People by 1910
A 1903 state report counted 241,584 new residents in three years, put Everett's growth at 144 percent, and projected a population of 1,347,067 within seven years.