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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • State history. State of Washington Government. Finance. 1921-07-23


    • State coffers hold $9,389,892

    • 1921

    • State coffers hold $9,389,892. - The report of State Treasurer C. L. Babcock to State Treasurer C. L. Babcock to State Auditor C. W. Clausen shows a total of $9,389,892 in the state coffers for the period ending July 16. The balance for the...
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Finance. 1921-07-23
    • State history. Native Americans. Treaties. 1928-03-15


    • Indians' claim for $9,125,000 given approval

    • 1928

    • Indians' claim for $9,125,000 given approval. - Redmen ask redress for taking of land in the early days. - Heed an eloquent plea of th chiefs of the lower Spokane and lower Pend Oreille Indian tribes of Washington "for justice from the great white...
    • State history. Native Americans. Treaties. 1928-03-15
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Materials. 1936-10-23


    • Two cross-river dams will take 9,000,000 ft. lumber

    • 1936

    • Two cross-river dams will take 9,000,000 ft. lumber. - 1,000,000 yards of gravel will be used. - It will take about 9,000,000 board feet of lumber and about 1,000,000 yards of gravel placed in two cross-river cofferdams to hold the Columbia river...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Materials. 1936-10-23
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Transportation. 1905-11-25


    • Lumber for New York - over 9,000,000 feet go from the West coast by water

    • 1905

    • Lumber for New York - over 9,000,000 feet go from the West coast by water - Within the last few weeks a new market has been opened up for Oregon and Washington lumber, and already shippers are preparing to transport by water more than 9,000,000...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Transportation. 1905-11-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1929-03-27


    • Tests are good in Independence - larger stringer assays 19.6 ounces in silver, 9.8 per cent lead

    • 1929

    • Tests are good in Independence - larger stringer assays 19.6 ounces in silver, 9.8 per cent lead - Assays of average samples of the ore recently exposed by a crosscut fromt eh main tunnel in a southerly direction in the Independence Lead Mine are...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1929-03-27
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Celebrations and ceremonies. 1935-12-07


    • First of 9,000,000 cubic yards of concrete poured at Coulee dam; dignitaries attend formal ceremonies

    • 1935

    • First of 9,000,000 cubic yards of concrete poured at Coulee dam; dignitaries attend formal ceremonies. - The first of the 9,500,000 cubic yards of concrete which will make up the completed Grand Coulee dam were poured today.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Celebrations and ceremonies. 1935-12-07
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1933-10-05


    • Call for Bonneville bids

    • 1933

    • Call for Bonneville bids - Open them October 9 for federal dam in Columbia. - Colonel T. M. Robins of the Army Engineers' Office here, announced today bids would be opened at San Francisco October 9 for construction of a dam across the Columbia...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1933-10-05
    • State history. Native Americans. Legislation. 1928-03-16.


    • Indians offer eloquent plea

    • 1928

    • Indians offer eloquent plea. - Spokanes and Pend Oreilles win committee o. k. on lands appeal. - Claims total $9,125,000. - Chiefs declare whites brought misery into territories--Ways are not same. - Heeding an eloquent plea of the Lower Spokane...
    • State history. Native Americans. Legislation. 1928-03-16.
    • State history. Earthquakes. 1933-03-02


    • Temblor shakes Seattle, Tokyo

    • 1933

    • Temblor shakes Seattle, Tokyo. - An earthquake, beginning at 9:42 a. m. (Pacific standard time) and reaching its maximum at 9:50, was recorded on the University of Washington seismograph. The shocks were continuing an hour after the start and the...
    • State history. Earthquakes. 1933-03-02
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Cedar poles & shingles. 1920-04-06


    • Cedar supply to last fifty years - Western Montana and Idaho, centur of industry, have 9,000,000 poles

    • 1920

    • Cedar supply to last fifty years - Western Montana and Idaho, centur of industry, have 9,000,000 poles - Western Montana and northern Idaho cedar forests, the supply center for cedar poles in the west and middle west at the present rate of...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Cedar poles & shingles. 1920-04-06
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Strikes and riots. 1935-07-02


    • Mills again on a normal basis - 9 weeks strike on coast thought almost ended

    • 1935

    • Mills again on a normal basis - 9 weeks strike on coast thought almost ended - Pacific northwest lumbering operations moved toward normal capacity today with the successful reopening of Longview and Portland mills closed by a strike nine weeks ago.
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Strikes and riots. 1935-07-02
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Surveys. 1936-06-12


    • Lumber for house is 25% of cost - carpentry accounts for 18 or 19 per cent ; plumbing 8 to 9 per cent

    • 1936

    • Lumber for house is 25% of cost - carpentry accounts for 18 or 19 per cent ; plumbing 8 to 9 per cent - Contrary to general opinion, only about 25 per cent of the construction cost of a modern house is for lumber, according to data recerived by...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Surveys. 1936-06-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Conventions. 1928-02-28


    • Miners flocking to annual meet

    • 1928

    • Miners flocking to annual meet.
      Thirty-third assembly to draw delegates from afar. Oil men present. Governor and technical men will speak at opening today. The 33rd annual convention of the Northwest Mining association will be officially opened...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Conventions. 1928-02-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-12-25


    • Find good ore in utica mine.

    • 1929

    • Find good ore in utica mine. - At the point where the deep No. 5 tunnel at the Utica mine recently cut the west vieng three feet of ore was encountered that assayd 31 ounces in silver, 1.4 per cent lead and 9.9 per cent zinc, it is reported. Utica...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-12-25

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