Bringing down the house

Whitman County’s cop-stop reputation hit a new point May 5, when state trooper Doug Powers pulled over this 1,836-square-foot house on Highway 195 north of the Dry Creek turnoff. Powers stopped the truck hauling the mobile home after noticing debris flying off it as it drove down the highway. The home was finally installed on Park Street in Colfax after half of it almost tipped over when the wheels on the trailer sank into soft dirt in a ditch. Powers said it was the first time he had pulled over a house.