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110 years ago 1914
Pend Oreille election victories were as follows: State representative T.J. Kelly; sheriff, J.E. Jenne; auditor. H.H. Murray; prosecuting attorney, Charles H. Leavey; assessor, E.D. Purchase; superintendent of schools, Fannie Dunwoodie; engineer, H.A. Sewell; commissioner 3rth district, O.L. Carmichael.
Initiative No. 3, the bone-dry drinking law, received a majority of 80 in the county.
100 years ago 1924
The vote in the county for President was Coolidge (R) 1,100; Davis (D) 228; LaFollette (Progressive) 728.
The price of gasoline in Newport was reduced three cents a gallon to 24 cents.
The Milwaukee Railroad deeded the right of way along its tracks for state highway construction between Jared and Blueslide.
90 years ago 1934
Democrats carried Pend Oreille County by a majority of about 400 out of 2,300 votes. Elected to county office were Barker (R), clerk-auditor; McGee (D), treasurer assessor; Mrs. Johnson (D), school superintendent; Blake (R) sheriff; Dressell (D), prosecuting attorney; Campbell (R), 1st district commissioner; Lundent (D) 3rd district commissioner; McMillan (D) state senator; Johnson and Schultz (D) state representatives.
Two 14-year-old boys, Kenneth Field and James DeHaven, shot a bear.
80 years ago 1944
Pend Oreille County gave the Democrats 1,276 votes to 910 for the Republicans in the Roosevelt vs. Dewey Presidential election of 1944. About 300 absentee voters’ ballots remained to be counted. Sen. Mon C. Wallgren defeated Gov. Aurthur Langlie for re-election; a surprise even to most Democrats. President Roosevelt carried the state by 90,000 votes.
The Newport Town Council bought five acres from the Jacob Martin estate for a sewage disposal plant for $625.
The Cusick football team, coached by Paul Buhrmester, completed an undefeated season for the second year. Cusick was tied once by Ione.
70 years ago 1954
The Newport Miner was judged “One of the better weekly newspapers in America,” and was awarded an A-rating in an evaluation released in New York Community Research Bureau.
The Bonneville Power Administration completed installation of a 115-KV line from Metaline to Box Canyon.
The Spokane Coliseum, the Inland Empire’s newest and largest structure for indoor sports, was rapidly nearing completion.
60 years ago 1964
A new plywood plant at Penrith near Newport began production. The plant was named the Marvin Veneer Co. and employed approximately 16 local men.
A new scoreboard purchased by Newport High School got a real workout as the Grizzlies ran up a score of 56-6 against Kettle Falls.
Smokey Burns of Newport was pictured on the front page with the 11-1/2-pound, 31-1/2 inch long rainbow trout he caught in the Pend Oreille River.
