Looking Back

100 years ago

• A jury couldn’t reach a verdict and was discharged after one juror maintained their opposing position in the case of Henry Scheel, who was charged with grand larceny.

• Davenport City Council granted the Union Oil company a permit to construct a warehouse, garage, office building, pumphouse and four steel tanks where the North Central Highway crossed the Central Washington Railroad.

• Clarence Sherman of Downs and Bluestem was arrested in Ferry County on charges of stealing cattle.

75 years ago

• Betty Loud Studio took pictures of local babies to enter into the Spokane baby contest. She submitted photos of Don Reinbold, Joyce Adamson, Raymond Bisbee and Melissa Hall.

• Flood damage was threatened through Lincoln County, as schools in Harrington and Odessa closed due to mushy roads and rising water from a snow melt.

• Courthouse custodian Hoyt Carr was recognized as the first Lincoln County taxpayer to pay his taxes for the year.

50 years ago

• Judy Henderson, consumer specialist for the state Dept. of Agriculture, spoke at the Lincoln-Adams Consumer Conference in Odessa.

• Roger Lybecker of Harrington was appointed to fill a vacant Fire District No. 6 Commissioner position.

• The Town of Reardan began collecting garbage as a town service within town limits.

25 years ago

• Terri Ray gave birth to Lincoln Hospital’s first baby of the year, welcoming Graham Adams into the world with Tom Adams.

• The Reardan-Edwall School District pondered changing secondary school days from seven to six periods per day.

• Davenport City Council approved a contract for four water line projects to replace old lines.

10 years ago

• Five FBLA members from Harrington qualified for State, including Ellie Hedreen, Colt Sanford, Madison Charlton, Kaeli Shockley and Kyla Simpson.

• The Reardan wrestlers finished seventh at the state Mat Classic in Tacoma.

• Reardan-Edwall School District officials dealt with chickenpox cases at school.