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DAVENPORT - It may be hard to believe, but another year has come and gone. As usual, there was plenty going on in Lincoln County in 2023. Here's a look back at the top news items from the year, January to June. July through December will be covered in next week's newspaper. January Odessa was left without a police chief after Leslie Jimerson's quiet resignation. The town didn't "advertise" the vacancy for a short time due to concerns of sparking a rise in crime. Julie Murphy...
1 years ago • Reardan residents petitioned Northern Pacific to improve passenger and freight service on the Central Washington railroad branch, with a specific request for a gasoline car service from Almira or Wilbur to Spokane. • Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies fired shots at a fleeing car containing two Reardan women who thought the officers were actually road bandits. The Sheriff’s Office had to settle the damages done to the car. • Davenport city council voted to pave Morgan Street from about Fourth Street to...
1 years ago Robert Cress, who was charged by Lincoln Co. officers with breaking into the Sheriff’s Office and stealing 26 cases of bonded whiskey, was apprehended in British Columbia for stealing liquor from a whiskey runner. Evan Wyatt of Tyler was fined $200 and given two months in jail for selling moonshine at a dance in Tyler, even though he claimed he was just making a little Christmas money with the sale. The Davenport High School debate team of Phyllis Wilson and Clifford Halfhill defeated the Reardan team of Iris L...
1 years ago Davenport Times-Tribune publisher Nathan Russell Hill died of liver cirrhosis at age 35. Davenport City Council approved a resolution to pave Morgan Street from 15 feet east of Fourth Street to 50 feet east of Eighth Street. A Creston man, William Miller, was arrested after fighting four cops, including Sheriff F.J. Gilpatric, after being accused of being “crazed from drinking moonshine. 75 years ago Incumbent Mayor Cleo Richards narrowly defeated challenger Harry Heid by 11 votes in his bid for re-election. A...
1 years ago An elderly man sleeping in the farmers’ elevator at Irby was believed to have perished in a fire that destroyed the building. A number of Morgan Street business owners appeared before city council to protest against paving the downtown Davenport street. The unnamed county sheriff poured out 18 cases of gin and whiskey that had been seized on Peach-Creston Road three weeks prior into an ash pile behind the county courthouse, with a crowd of interested spectators hoping a fire alarm would go off to distract the s...
1 years ago Sprague pioneer Matthew Brislawn died of cancer at 73 years old. He was the first man to get a threshing machine in the Sprague region. Former Harrington mayor S.P. Swenson, a pioneer resident of Lincoln County, died at his home of illness. He immigrated to the United States from Sweden in 1887 to Ritzville before moving to Harrington. An epidemic of smallpox forced the Sprague school board to close local schools indefinitely. 75 years ago Former state senator Charles E. Myers recounted 58 years of hunting exper...
1 years ago Edward Appel of Waukon was fined $50 for killing a doe and Henry Dechenne of Waukon was fined $25 for concealing the evidence. Lincoln County officers searched for three cars that escaped Okanogan County with loads of liquor. Davenport and Mohler grade schools won spelling contests.. 75 years ago Auto traffic was halted by a 4-inch blanket of snow that covered much of Lincoln County. The coincidence of the day came when two Plymouth cars, both the same color and both driven by Schultzes, turned over in a ditch...
1 years ago Delegates from Davenport, Harrington, Almira and Odessa American Legion posts attended the annual county convention of legion men in Odessa. Henry Scheel was released from county jail after being accused of stealing 14 sacks of wheat from Henry Smith. Two rifles were reportedly stolen from the John Raymer & Company hardware store in Reardan. 75 years ago Beverly Patton of Harrington was honored by the Davenport Assembly No. 99 as the Grand Representative to Connecticut for Washington, Idaho and the territory of...
1 years ago An unknown thief broke into Robert Garber’s farm home southeast of Reardan. The commercial club protested for Sunday trains to resume running through Central Washington. Clay Chapman of Odessa was arrested on charges of selling liquor to a 15-year-old Bluestem boy. The boy was also booked into jail. 75 years ago 4-H members elected President Glenna Landreth of Espanola, vice president Gerald Sheffels of Govan, secretary-treasurer Kay Childs of Davenport, home economics rep. Carol Hein of Reardan, ag rep. G...
1 years ago Davenport city council adopted a resolution to pave Morgan Street from 15 feet east of Fourth Street to the west side of Eighth Street. 75 years ago Bernard Schoen earned a $5 bounty for shooting a bobcat north of Davenport while out hunting deer. 50 years ago Edwall locals planned a Lion’s Club carnival themed after the Spokane Expo ’74. 25 years ago Larry Lindbloom and Ted Hopkins prepared to square off for the District No. 3 County Commissioner seat. 10 years ago Sprague Mayor Mike Evans resigned but sai...
1 years ago - County school superintendent Carl Morgan warned that many local school districts wouldn’t have enough money for a nine-month term. - A.F. McPhee was released from Lincoln County Jail after serving 90 days for violating the prohibition law. He was caught with a load of liquor near Wilbur. - A car driven by commissioner J.C. Mearns crashed with a six-horse team, killing one of the horses. 75 years ago - The new Davenport Elementary School building opening was delayed due to the lack of a sewage system. - The R...
1 years ago • Lincoln County Commissioners adopted an annual budget totaling $135,509.41 for various departments. • The assessed valuation of Lincoln County was deemed to be $27,181,031, according to county assessor Irving Borck. • A state highway department rock crusher on Charles Wilke’s farm northeast of Davenport began crushing rock in preparation for surfacing Sunset Highway between the Rodgers farm and Reardan. The plant was operated by a special powerline between Davenport and Wilke Farm. 75 years ago • A petition...
1 years ago Leonard Day, who claimed to walk 10,000 miles on foot across the United States, arrived in Davenport. A new oil company was granted permission to build on Northern Pacific railroad property near the Davenport water tank. Voters narrowly decided against a school tax levy to pay general fund deficits in Davenport. 75 years ago Lincoln County 4-H girls entering the costume selection contest at the State Fair in Yakima included Yolanda Rettkowski and Marilyn White of Govan, Verna Eagle of Wilbur, Betsy and Lora...
1 years ago Senator Charles E. Myers, a local man running for Congress, addressed a “good sized crowd” while standing in an automobile in the street alongside Lincoln County State bank. County school superintendent Carl Morgan spoke to the commercial club about financial concerns. Estelle Ripke asked for a divorce from Richard Ripke after alleging her husband would not go to places of amusement with her. 75 years ago Harry Heid and Dwight Pease sought to unseat Mayor C.W. Richards, while Norman C. Nelson filed to opp...
1 years ago The Lincoln County Medical Society met in Harrington to endorse a goitre prevention plan that would give small iodine tablets to children each week. Smoked glass, old photographic films and colored glasses were in great demand as locals clamored to view a solar eclipse. Jesse Logsdon pleaded guilty to counterfeiting money and was sentenced to one day in jail. 75 years ago 4,000 people attended the 9th annual Lincoln County Fair. Community Grange’s float took first prize, while Bluestem Grange’s float was second....
1 years ago Lincoln County Clerk Fred B. Squire died from illness at age 54. Miss Edna Graham was hired by Davenport High School to teach bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting and senior English, while Miss Margaret Clancy was hired to teach freehand drawing. Work on the concrete foundation for the additional electric generating unit of the Long Lake power plant of the Washington Water Power company was completed. 75 years ago Over 5,000 people attended the Lincoln County Fair, which included two parades, a crowning of Fair...
Educational posters • Open junior Best of Show: Karsen Llewellyn of Almira • Open teen Best of Show: Addison Benner of Medical Lake • 4-H junior Best of Show: Parker Clouse of Davenport • 4-H intermediate Best of Show: Conner Clouse of Davenport • 4-H cloverbud Best of Show: Tripp Florenzen of Almira • 4-H intermediate Special Award: Conner Clouse of Davenport Beef Fitting and Showing • 4-H junior Grand Champion: Ava McKay of Sprague • 4-H junior Reserve Champion: Austy...
1 years ago • Davenport farmer W.H. Peart was arrested by Sheriff F.J. Gilpatric for having the wrong license on his car. Peart was slapped with a $15 fine. • Senator Charles E. Myers held rallies for his Congressional campaign in Davenport, Wenatchee, Omak and Okanogan. • Davenport city council heard a report that paving Morgan Street would cost the city $24,518.80. 75 years ago • 60,000 bushels of grain set for a ground shipment out of Lincoln County were halted due to a government embargo on wheat for export. • Reard...
1 years ago Farmers reported a good weight yield averaging about 35 bushels to the acre. Practically every Lincoln County office asked for an increase in the budget for the next year. Amelia Hieb petitioned for a divorce from her husband, Julius Hieb on claims that he was taking her clothes, selling them and squandering the profits. 75 years ago Dealers fought a freight car shortage as wheat harvest passed the season’s peak. The Lincoln Lumber company sawmill on Lake Roosevelt was rebuilt for over $1 million after being d...
1 years ago Local municipalities observed Friday, Aug. 10 as a holiday in observance of President Warren G. Harding’s funeral. Farmers reported averaged of close to 35 bushels per acre during wheat harvest. Two young girls bearing the Reinbold name drowned near what is now Detillion Campground. A 13-year-old Wilbur boy named Pennington was arrested, “it being alleged the lad stole a horse from Creston several weeks ago.” He apparently rode to Lincoln and told locals he had ridden from Texas on horseback. 75 years ago A sign...
1 years ago Senator Charles Myers of Davenport was named the Republican nominee for the Fifth Congressional District in a Supreme Court decision that ruled ballots cast by absentee voters in a special primary election were legal. The price of wheat remained the same as the previous week: 85 cents in Bluestem, 81 cents at Gold Coin and Club and 79 cents at Northern Spring. Drivers were reminded that by state law they were now required to possess a driver’s license. 75 years ago 10 farmers hauling grain to local warehouses r...
1 years ago - Rookie principals Chad Prewitt and Courtney Strozyk of Davenport and Reardan completed their first school years as local administrators. - Organizers prepared for Sprague Hay Days to celebrate the city’s 130 years. - The Legislature approved $74.5 million for the next stage of the Odessa Subarea aquiferproject. 25 years ago - Travis G. Homer of Davenport was sentenced to 55 months in prison on each count of two second-degree assault charges for assaulting two Davenport police officers. - Fort Spokane hosted the...
1 years ago - Pioneer Days winners were announced, including Craig Sweet in the belly flop, Addie Schneider, Sydney Zeiler, Shaylen Eldridge and Virginia Fries in the chalk art contest and - - - - - - Davenport Fire Department for best in show in the Main Parade. Sherman Johnson and Taria Holcomb shared their thoughts with the public as candidates for Reardan Mayor, as did Joy Howard and Leanne Merkel in a contested race for town council. - Wildfire danger escalated in north Lincoln County, creating new rules around forest...
1 years ago - Davenport Theatrical’s performance of “Arsenic and Old Lace” wrapped up summer productions. - 20,000 honeybees quietly invaded the play area at Davenport United Methodist Church, requiring the assistance of a Reardan-based beekeeper to exterminate. - State Reps Matt Manweller and Judy Warnick met with 10 locals in the Lincoln County Commissioners meeting room to discuss the 2013 legislative session. 25 years ago - The Davenport school board planned to vote on a $3.35 million budget for the upcoming schoo...
1 years ago - Davenport Mayor Karen Carruth welcomed Stacie Eichinger to the city. Eichinger crossed through town during a 3,800-mile trek across the country on behalf of young cancer patients. - Organizers in Sprague prepared for Sprague Hay Days. - Davenport city council elected to leave the welcome sign in City Park as is, despite councilman Alan Coriell's concern that it contained offensive language. 25 years ago - Traffic congested in Reardan due to construction on U.S....
