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  1. The Rising Cost of City Progress

    An editorial analysis questioning whether the tripling of street improvement spending under the current administration is delivering value to taxpayers.

    Jul 21, 1903The Evening StatesmanEast Alder Street, Walla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

  2. The Street Roller Scandal

    How a $3,550 machinery purchase for Walla Walla streets became a symbol of administrative failure and potential graft.

    Jul 7, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyBoom & Bust · City Hall

  3. The Walla Walla Council's Fire Alarm Debate

    City leaders weigh the cost of a new fire alarm system against the growing municipal budget.

    Nov 4, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

  4. The Wooden Pipe Experiment

    A Dayton businessman brings a water-main success story to the Walla Walla council.

    Dec 31, 1903The Evening StatesmanDayton, Columbia CountyCity Hall

  5. Four Wooden Buildings to a Quarter-Million: Whitman College Counts Its Decade of Growth

    President Penrose's tenth-year report to the trustees charts enrollment rising from 93 to more than 320, an endowment grown from $4,500 to $236,652.92 — and a debt that prompts a demand for half a million dollars and a new academy building.

    Nov 27, 1903The Evening StatesmanBoyer Avenue, Walla Walla, Walla Walla CountyBoom & Bust

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