Looking Back

100 years ago

• More than 100 people attended a meeting at the Lincoln County Courthouse to hear a discussion of the wheat export bounty plan for raising the price of wheat.

• An outbreak of rabies was reported amongst animals in Irby.

• Gas prices were raised two cents per gallon, making the retail price 23 cents a gallon.

75 years ago

• Sub-zero temperatures dipped to 19 below, forcing the Lincoln Lumber company to shutdown after seven inches of ice formed on the mill pond.

• James Forney, a Davenport farmer and pioneer, died at 79 of coronary thrombosis.

• August Reinbold was elected vice president of the Washington Association of Soil Conservation district supervisors.

50 years ago

• Davenport High School principal G.W. Bannon began to plan for his retirement. Bannon had been accused by at least one parent of “playing God.”

• A hay truck crashed into the carport at the Splash ‘n’ Dash in Davenport, causing $400 in damage.

• The Harrington Lions Club scheduled its annual pancake feed, with proceeds going to the March of Dimes, Heart Fund and Cancer Society.

25 years ago

• Mark Swain and Josh Cate of Davenport achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.

• The Reardan-Edwall School District received a $900 “Good Ideas for Teachers” grant from Avista under the direction of Bryce Wilson, Andrew Schultz and K Baumgartner.

• Harrington-based Western Farm Service manager Les Wilcox announced his retirement.

10 years ago

• Several burglary and theft suspects were arrested through a cooperative effort involving deputies from Lincoln, Spokane, Adams and Grant Counties.

• The Livestock Processors Cooperative Association earned final approval from the USDA for a plant in Odessa.

• Scott and Gera Clemenson were honored as Sprague’s Citizens of the Year.