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- Define powers of Indian supervision
- 1936
- Define powers of Indian supervision. - An effort to clarify the relation of the U. S. G. S. to the Indian department in the handling of oil operations on Indian lands is reflected in a recent order of the Department of the Interior designating to...
- State history. Native Americans. Leases. 1936-11-21
- Dill and our next U. S. Senator
- 1934
- Dill and our next U. S. Senator. - For many years Senator C. C. Dill, who voluntarily retires from the U. S. Senate upon completion of his present term, has said the best interests of Washington State call for both a Republican and Democrat as...
- State history. State officials. U. S. Senators. Dill, Clarence C. 1934-10-11
- Sam Hill goes out for U.S. court job
- 1937
- Sam Hill goes out for U.S. court job. - The name of Sam B. Hill, former congressman from the fifth Washington district and now a member of the U.S. board of tax appeals, has been projected into the arena of speculation over two prospective...
- State history. State officials. U.S. Representatives. Hill, Sam B. 1937-05-06
- U. S. senators visit Coeur d'Alene agency
- 1933
- U. S. senators visit Coeur d'Alene agency. - U. S. Senators Burton K. Wheeler of Montana and Lynn J. Frasier of North Dakota, accompanied by William Zimmerman, assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, and A. A. Grorud, attorney for the commission,...
- State History. Native Americans. Tourists & Visitors. 1933-10-26
- U. S. expert will survey site of dam
- 1935
- U. S. expert will survey site of dam. - John Savage, chief designing engineer of the U. S. bureau of reclamation at Denver, visited the Grand Coulee damsite Saturday to study topography of the site with the view of recommending the setup to be used...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Surveys. 1935-04-24
- Ask U. S. Chamber to inspect basin
- 1928
- Ask U. S. Chamber to inspect basin. - Special committee will be requested to visit lands in proposed bill. - An investigation of the Columbia basin project by a special committee representing the United States Chamber of Commerce is to be requested...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1928-03-08
- Says no change in program for U. S. basin bill.
- 1928
- Says no change in program for U. S. basin bill. - Roy Gill declares wires from capital indicate no change in plans. - Although an amendment is being proposed to the Columbia basin authorization bill in congress, there has been no material change in...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1928-04-20
- U. S. points the way for basin project.
- 1931
- U. S. points the way for basin project. - From the Spokesman-Review's Washington correspondent comes news of deep import to the Pacific northwest--that the plan evolved by the army engineers for development of the Columbia basin irrigation project...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1931-10-03
- Ask U. S. Chamber to inspect basin
- 1928
- Ask U. S. Chamber to inspect basin. - Special committee will be requested to visit lands in proposed bill. - An investigation of the Columbia basin project by a special committee representing the United States Chamber of Commerce is to be requested...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Irrigation League. 1928-03-09
- Urge basin bill in U. S. senate
- 1927
- Urge basin bill in U. S. senate. - State league favors quick action to get survey. - Trustees confer. - Vote to ask legislature for $60,000--Plan tri-state campaign. - Report Idaho views. - Little opposition found expect to flooding highways around...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1927-02-06
- U. S. budget director considers basin bill
- 1928
- U. S. budget director considers basin bill. - General Lord to confer with Coolidge over Washington project. - General Lord, director of the budget, will confer with President Coolidge on the Columbia basin bill now pending in congress as the result...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1928-02-06
- U. S. engineers move to dam.
- 1937
- U. S. engineers move to dam. - Headquarters of U. S. engineers, Second District, will be moved to Bonneville dam July 1, according to notice give by T. M. Robins, district engineer at Portland, last week.
- Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1937-02-05
- U. of W. furnishes engineers at dam
- 1934
- U. of W. furnishes engineers at dam. - Forty per cent of the field engineering force of the U. S. reclamation bureau is composed of University of Washington graduates, it was revealed here.
- State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Engineers & engineering. 1934-09-12
- U. S. may build R. R. to damsite.
- 1933
- U. S. may build R. R. to damsite. - Unless the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways start construction of their proposed line into the Grand Coulee damsite without delay the government will build its own rail connection and tap all of the...
- State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railroad. 1933-10-18
- Bone would restrict U. S. wartime shipping
- 1932
- Bone would restrict U. S. wartime shipping. - Senator Bone (Dem., Wash.) made a new proposal today to restrict American shipping in wartime. He announced he would offer an amendment to the Pittman neutrality bill to withdraw government protection...
- State history. State officials. U. S. Senators. Bone, Homer T. 1932-03-04
- Gannon not slated for U. S. customs job
- 1936
- Gannon not slated for U. S. customs job. - Senator Bone denied today published reports that Saul Haas may resign as customs collector at Seattle to be succeeded by George H. Gannon, former works progress administrator. Gannon and Haas are both in...
- State history. State officials. U. S. Senators. Bone, Homer T. 1936-06-13
- Wants U. S. to make plan
- 1934
- Wants U. S. to make plan. - Senator Bone thinks batch of 500 will do for starter. - Hitting out at huge private profits in the manufacture of war equipment, Senator Bone of Washington proposed an amendment to the half billion dollar naval...
- State history. State officials. U. S. Senators. Bone, Homer T. 1934-02-21
- Tacoma lawyer talked for U. S. revenue job
- 1937
- Tacoma lawyer talked for U. S. revenue job. - Friends close to Senator Homer T. Bone and Senator Lewis Schwellenbach declare all that is holding up the appointment of a new collector of internal revenue for the state is the illness of Kenneth...
- State history. State officials. U. S. Senators. Bone, Homer T. 1937-01-06
- Bone would have U. S. build ships
- 1937
- Bone would have U. S. build ships. - Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington introduced a bill today providing that all government naval vessels, their main engines, ordinance and armament shall be constructed or manufactured in government...
- State history. State officials. U. S. Senators. Bone, Homer T. 1937-02-12
- Bone suggests U. S. move Marcus folk
- 1937
- Bone suggests U. S. move Marcus folk. - Senator Homer T. bone of Washington appealed today to the interior department to protect residents of Marcus, Wash., from a "speculative boom" when they are forced by rising waters behind Grand Coulee Dam to...
- State history. State officials. U. S. Senators. Bone, Homer T. 1937-04-09