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- Attempt again to liberate 130
- 1937
- Attempt again to liberate 130. - Another attempt to secure release from the state penitentiary of 130 convicts, sentenced before the 1935 minimum sentence law was made effective, was on file today in superior court with hearing set for next Monday.
- State history. State of Washington Government. State Penitentiary. 1937-03-17
- Make last attempt to save property of lucky jim mine.
- 1920
- Make last attempt to save property of lucky jim mine. - A meeting will be held in the office of C. E. Mallette, Jamieson block, at 8 p. m., Monday, where a final attempt will be made to save the property of the Lucky Jim zinc mines for its...
- Northwest history. Mining. Finances. 1920-01-24
- Columbia basin battle reopens
- 1929
- Columbia basin battle reopens. - Summers plan another attempt to get passage for next Monday. - Right of way over all other legislation is to be sought for the Jones Columbia basin bill in the lower house of congress under suspension of rules on...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1929-02-14
- Sen. Bone says suit is attempt to wreck his career
- 1938
- Sen. Bone says suit is attempt to wreck his career. - Solon wants charge aired. - Terms $250,000 litigation move to discredit him before fall election. - U. S. Senator Homer T. Bone answered a $250,000 damage suit today with a charge that the suit...
- State history. State officials. U. S. Senators. Bone, Homer T. 1938-06-13
- Odlin declares Schwellenbach does flip-flop
- 1934
- Odlin declares Schwellenbach does flip-flop. - "My opponent has sunk to the last resorts of a politician who sees defeat staring him in the face. After a campaign in which he vacillated from one stand to another in an attempt to get votes, he has...
- State history. State officials. U. S. Senators. Schwellenbach, Lewis B. 1934-10-30
- Photographs show death and destruction left behind bloody attempt to flee Walla Walla prison
- 1934
- Photographs show death and destruction left behind bloody attempt to flee Walla Walla prison. - The bloodiest riot in the history of the Washington state prison at Walla Walla took place Monday. The photo at the left shows the bodies of Buster...
- State history. State of Washington Government. State Penitentiary. Riots and prison breaks. 1934-02-13
- Auto pickets active - Attempt to turn back motorists in Seattle; strike denied
- 1936
- Auto pickets active - Attempt to turn back motorists in Seattle; strike denied - Pickets attempted to turn back motorists today at 40 new car repair and service shops in Seattle's latest labor disturbance. The auto mechanics union called it a...
- State history. Strikes. Automobile 1936-05-29
- Lumber firms fight code - Protest U. S. attempt to enforce price provisions
- 1934
- Lumber firms fight code - Protest U. S. attempt to enforce price provisions - Raymond G. Wright, attorney for seven southwest Washington lumber companies, opened defense arguments here today before Federal Judge E. D. Cushman at a show cause...
- Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Code. 1934-11-08
- Martin stroke wins applause - citizens respond to his attempt to settle Portland mill dispute
- 1937
- Martin stroke wins applause - citizens respond to his attempt to settle Portland mill dispute - The full force of the state will be behind workers when they return to the Inman-Poulsen sawmill, possibly Monday, CHarles Martin, Oregon's governor and...
- Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Strikes and riots. 1937-12-08
- Interpret the tax act - attempt will be made by Idaho interests - go to Washington on invitation of Internal Revenue Commissioner
- 1919
- Interpret the tax act - attempt will be made by Idaho interests - go to Washington on invitation of Internal Revenue Commissioner - Senator Ravenel Macbeth, secretary of the Idaho Mining association, who for the past several months has been...
- Northwest history. Mining. Associations. 1919-10-05
- Local men go to coast meet - mining convention at Seattle opens today - first attempt
- 1920
- Local men go to coast meet - mining convention at Seattle opens today - first attempt - A number of Spokane mining men have gone or are going to Seattle for the mining convention which opens there today. Among them are Frank A. Smith, manager of...
- Northwest history. Mining. Conventions. 1920-04-07
- Keep up attempt at treatment of Pine creek ore
- 1920
- Keep up attempt at treatment of Pine creek ore.
  Persisting in its determination to find a practical process for the treatment of the zinc-lead ores of Pine Creek, the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Development company has taken another 160 tons...
- Northwest history. Mining. Experiments & research. 1920-11-04
- Lewiston jailer is attacked
- 1918
- Lewiston jailer is attacked. - Woelflen foils attempt by Indians to escape. - Thomas Reubens and James Morris, Nez Perce Indians arrested recently on the charge of stealing an automobile belonging to R. T. Thompson, and who confessed to the theft...
- State history. Native Americans. Crime. Larceny. 1918-06-20
- Warrior expires
- 1935
- Warrior expires. - Yellow Wolf, Chief Joseph's aide, taken by reaper. - Fought in Nez Perce war. - Saw action in early battles; Later exiled by Nez Perces and lived at Nespelem. - Yellow Wolf, one of the last of the warriors who rallied around the...
- State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1935-08-23
- Aide of Joseph greets Manitou
- 1935
- Aide of Joseph greets Manitou. - Yellow Wolf, veteran of great retreat, was statesman of alien tribe. - Yellow Wolf, one of the last of the warriors who rallied around the great Chief Joseph in his attempt to hold his northern Idaho hunting grounds...
- State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1935-08-23
- Yellow Wolf, Chief Joseph's aide, taken by reaper
- 1935
- Yellow Wolf, Chief Joseph's aide, taken by reaper. - Fought in Nez Perce war. - Saw action in early battles; Later exiled by Nez Perces and lived at Nespelem. - Yellow Wolf, one of the last of the warriors who rallied around the great Chief Joseph...
- State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1935-08-23. p. 1.
- Yellow Wolf, Chief Joseph's aide, taken by reaper
- 1935
- Yellow Wolf, Chief Joseph's aide, taken by reaper. - Fought in Nez Perce war. - Saw action in early battles; Later exiled by Nez Perces and lived at Nespelem. - Yellow Wolf, one of the last of the warriors who rallied around the great Chief Joseph...
- State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1935-08-23. p. 2.
- Amateur sculptors honor Roosevelt
- 1934
- Amateur sculptors honor Roosevelt. - This figure stands in the Grand coulee today, a reminder of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's visit to the dam site Saturday. The likeness of the president was modeled by Earl Thorson, left, and Ambrose Gruenke,...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-08-06
- First photo ever sent by wire
- 1920
- First photo ever sent by wire. - The picture above is the visible record of the first successful attempt ever made in America to transmit photographs over the wire, and the first demonstration of the apparatus invented by M. Edward Belin, French...
- State history. Native Americans. Photographs. 1920-11-23
- Indian tries suicide
- 1936
- Indian tries suicide. - Robert Bobb, Piute Indian who killed his wife last month and suffered serious injuries when he turned the gun on himself, made a second attempt at self-destruction.
- State History. Native Americans. Suicide. 1936-12-24