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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1903 | 172 |
| 1904 | 10 |
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- The Council's Expensive Water Report
Walla Walla officials are paying $500 for a new water study despite already possessing a comprehensive 1893 report.
- The Great 'Chicken Hunt' Hoax Exposed
A reported runaway incident during a chicken hunt near Eureka Flat turned out to be a manufactured prank on a local reporter.
- Who Controls the Schoolhouse Purse?
Walla Walla taxpayers demand fiscal transparency as the school board ignores mandatory financial reporting.
- The Schools Board’s Secret Accounting
While the County Treasurer follows the law, the School District No. 1 board refuses to show taxpayers where the money goes.
- School Board Ignores Call for Fiscal Transparency
Three years of broken promises leave Walla Walla taxpayers in the dark regarding the district's eighty-thousand-dollar annual expenditure.
- School Attendance Jumps in Walla Walla County
New truant enforcement efforts have significantly increased student enrollment across the county.
- 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 Struggle for Walla Walla's Water
An engineer’s report declares Mill Creek the city's only viable future lifeline, dismissing local springs and wells as inadequate for a growing population.
- Disease Outbreak Threatens Eureka Flat
County officials dispatch a veterinarian to investigate a reported case of glanders among livestock near Clyde.
- The Battle for the Yakima Indian Reservation
Local political pressure mounts to retain Superintendent Jay Lynch amidst federal investigation allegations.
- The Myth of the Unclimbable Mountain
Defying widespread reports that Mount Rainier had been rendered impassable by avalanches, two men successfully summit the peak to set the record straight.
- False Rumors of Military Tragedy Debunked
A letter from Fort Snelling clarifies that reports of soldiers killed and injured during a drill were completely unfounded.
- A Bolt Out of a Clear Sky Passes Inches From a Sleeping Man
Lightning hits the flagpole of the Walla Walla Athletic Club on West Alder at seven in the morning, tears a hole in the roof, rips an American flag down through the building — and leaves manager S. S. Bettman untouched in his bed.
- Assault Reported in Rose Street Alley
A member of the Ninth Cavalry is in jail following an attack on a woman residing in the Rose Street alleyway.
- The Rising Voice of Walla Walla Labor
The Trades and Labor Council reports significant membership growth and a new local strategy to boost union-made cigars by engaging with clergy and consumers.
- The Heppner Flood Survivors Found
After being reported dead repeatedly, three orphaned grandchildren are finally recovered and brought home to safety.
- Harvest Disappointment on the Flat
Walla Walla farmers return from Pleasant View with grim reports of wheat yields well below expectations.
- He Wants the Poisoner, Even If the Chemist Found None
Frank Mull says he will prosecute whoever poisoned his daughter Gussie—despite a chemist's report finding no poison in her stomach.
- The Local Harness Heist
A string of barn burglaries in Walla Walla leads police to suspect a prolific thief is targeting local agricultural equipment.
- The End of Fort Walla Walla
General Funston recommends abandoning the Walla Walla garrison, citing it has 'outlived its usefulness.'
- The Suspicious Death of the Mull Baby
A coroner’s inquest is ordered to investigate conflicting medical reports over an infant's sudden death in Walla Walla.
- The Evangelist and the Elks
A visiting revivalist stirs controversy in Moscow, Idaho, and brings his tent-preaching tour to Walla Walla.
- The Penitentiary's Unprecedented Surge
Walla Walla's state prison population is exploding at a rate that has authorities scrambling to explain the cause.
- The Miracle Crop for Dry Soils
Industrial agent R.C. Judson reports that experimental alfalfa strains are thriving in the arid soils of the Walla Walla region.
- 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.