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Stevens County News Roundup Reforms, Rail Plan and Local Losses
Rev Healy resigns from Chewelah church after three years. Orient water works near use with wooden pipe. State road bid for 12 miles in Stevens county rejected for being too high. Blackwell bonds fund Idaho and Washington Northern extension from Newport to Ione and possibly Metaline. Potatoes yield high profits for Knox. Chewelah Iron Works to expand with new machines by Nov 1. Hunter Land Company breaks ground on 100 acres for fruit. Deckhand Peter Olson drowns near Locke. Carl Leithead dies from shotgun accident near Meyers Falls. Spokane apple show to display 50 thousand square feet of fruit with $35,000 in prizes planned to reach $50,000. Washington school funding reports show seven million two hundred thousand dollars spent. Stephen J. Chadwick writes on leadership and humanity praising John Pattison. Marriage licenses issued in Spokane County.