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| Year | Stories |
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| 1903 | 52 |
| 1904 | 2 |
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- The Power Grab at Stanwood
A newly incorporated town challenges county commissioners over a last-minute franchise deal.
- U.S. Supreme Court Voids Northern Pacific Land Sales
A landmark ruling leaves homeowners and farmers on railroad land in legal limbo, requiring an act of Congress to resolve.
- Spokane City Council Cracks Down on 'Box' Saloons
In a move against the private partitioned rooms often associated with vice, the city council refuses to renew liquor licenses for establishments keeping doors on their booths.
- The Grain Monopoly Grip
A landmark court decision exposes how regional railroads are allegedly using discriminatory warehouse leasing to crush independent grain farmers.
- Sold at Fifteen, Then Shut Out: A Walla Walla Nurseryman's Daughter Ends Up in the County Poor Farm
Sixty-five, penniless and 'bent and weary,' Alice Hess writes from the Spokane County poor farm asking whether the law can force her wealthy Whitney relatives — a nurseryman, a Big Bend doctor, a sitting legislator — to keep her alive.
- University Regents Sue State Over Missing Endowment
A legal fight breaks out over 200,000 acres intended to fund the University of Washington's future.
- The Bank Tax Fight
Walla Walla's local paper launches a campaign against the city council's attempts to grant illegal tax breaks to national banks.
- Local Legal Troubles and a Broken Marriage
Superior Court handles a flurry of forgery, arson, and assault charges, while a divorce is granted for failure to provide.
- The Governor's Gambit: McBride Vows to Keep Fighting Railroads After Legislative Defeat
Governor McBride arrives in Walla Walla from his tour with President Roosevelt, declaring that the defeat of the railroad commission bill is not the end of the battle for corporate regulation.
- The Fight for Utility Regulation
Following the city's costly struggle with a water monopoly, the Statesman warns that a new, loosely-worded electric franchise will lead to predatory billing.
- Divorce and Desertion in Walla Walla
A local mother is granted custody of her son after her husband abandons the family for two years.
- The Great Olympia Slot Machine Sting
Gamblers tried to stage a test case to strike down anti-gambling laws, but were outmaneuvered by the prosecuting attorney.
- The Eligibility Crisis in Kittitas County
A local editor denounces a Superior Court judge for granting citizenship to dozens of foreigners who could not speak English.
- Walla Walla Hosts Inaugural Meeting of State Livestock Association
Prominent stockmen from across Washington gathered at the local courthouse to unite the industry under a single banner for political and commercial protection.
- The Jailhouse Docket
Four local residents, including a man accused of arson at the Hotel Dacres, enter pleas of not guilty as court proceedings begin in Walla Walla.
- The Best Horseman in the State, Accused of Leading a Horse-Thieving Ring
A well-known Walla Walla boy working as a hospital cook in Seattle is arrested and hauled to North Yakima, charged as the ringleader of a fifteen-to-twenty-man gang of horse thieves.
- Everett's Election Fight Over Dance Halls, Slot Machines, and City Light
The Republican mayoral primary becomes one of Snohomish County's fiercest political fights, with candidates divided on the 'open town' question and on how carefully Everett should guard its light and water franchises.
- Streetcar Plans Delayed in Walla Walla
E.S. Isaacs secures council extension on streetcar project due to power plant delays.
- The Great Spokane Title Crisis
A landmark Supreme Court ruling has suddenly rendered thousands of property deeds void, threatening the downtown core of Spokane.
- Walla Walla Tells the Gas Company: Put Your Wires Underground — and Pay Up
A 25-year gas and electric franchise goes before the council tonight, rewritten to bury every wire on Main and Alder and to hand the city a grand total of $7,750 by 1928.
- The 'Mayor of Little St. Petersburg' Faces Perjury Charges
A political operative is arrested in Walla Walla for allegedly padding voter rolls with illegal naturalizations of Russian laborers.
- The Water Under Walla Walla
As the city weighs Mill Creek against artesian wells, old-timers warn that riparian lawsuits could drown the project.
- The Price of Freight Discrimination
Spokane mill owners testify that predatory railroad rates make it impossible to raise workers' wages, sparking a call for state regulation.
- Saloon Keeper Launches Impeachment War
After being denied a license, a local pioneer targets city officials for illegal self-dealing in Vancouver's municipal government.
- The Naturalization Law the Courts Were Supposed to Follow
A federal inspector finds courts skipping the new anarchist oath and, in Pierce County, granting citizenship to four Japanese men barred by federal rule.