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- 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
- MWAK contract half finished
- 1936
- MWAK contract half finished. - Job is 46.5 per cent done--Time is 34.3 per cent elapsed. - MWAK company, general contractors at the Grand Coulee dam, had completed 46.5 per cent of the contract with only 34.3 per cent of the contract time elapsed...
- State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Bids & contracts. 1936-05-22
- Pack is 60 per cent; may be raised another 20
- 1937
- Pack is 60 per cent; may be raised another 20. - "We had a 40 per cent frost--our tomatoes are 60 per cent packed and we'll make it 80 per sent, if--"
- Northwest history. Industry & manufacturing. Canning. 1937-09-24
- Lumber orders climbing - For week of April 20, 13.07 per cent over previous week
- 1927
- Lumber orders climbing - For week of April 20, 13.07 per cent over previous week - Current lumber orders for the week ended April 20 exceeded the preceeding week's production by 13.07 per cent, and shipments were 1.39 per cent over cutting, reports...
- Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Business conditions. 1929-04-27
- Northwest lumber is up 26 per cent.
- 1935
- Northwest lumber is up 26 per cent. - New business totaling 44,100,000 feet, or about 26 per cent above the three-year weekly average for August and 5 per cent above the week before, was reported today by Western Pine association for the week ended...
- Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Lumber production. 1935-08-30
- Cut lumber prices down ten per cent.
- 1920
- Cut lumber prices down ten per cent. - Representing one of the most important price reductions of the present downward trend of living costs, retail lumber yards of Spokane tomorrow will put cent into effect of 10 to 15 per cent on practically all...
- Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Prices and market conditions. 1920-10-21
- Blue Eagle ore improves - 30 inches of 21 per cent lead content reported
- 1928
- Blue Eagle ore improves - 30 inches of 21 per cent lead content reported - Officers of the Blue Eagle Mining company, on Pine creek, report that the ore has widened to 2 1/2 feet and assays 21.48 per cent in lead; 30 per cent zinc and 2.6 ounces of...
- Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1928-07-28
- 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
- High contents in concentrate - Whitedelf averaged 72 per cent lead and 68 ounces silver, says manager - attaining more depth - winze nears 300-foot point - mine being equiped with telephones
- 1931
- High contents in concentrate - Whitedelf averaged 72 per cent lead and 68 ounces silver, says manager - attaining more depth - winze nears 300-foot point - mine being equiped with telephones - Concentrate produced by the Whitedelf Mining company...
- Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1931-01-01
- Strike rich ore in Morning mine
- 1928
- Strike rich ore in Morning mine.
  Report wide vein found at new low level in Coeur d'Alenes. The ore chute in the Morning mine at Mullan shows both greater size and richer values where it has been struck on the 3250-foot level. The ore was...
- Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-05-19
- Powder prices shoved lower.
- 1919
- Powder prices shoved lower. - Northwest to get lower rates-fuse and cap cost steady. - Another drop in mining grades of explosives is announced throughout the northwest in circulars to the trade from the powder companies. The cut ranges from $1.50...
- Northwest history. Mining. General. 1919-03-28
- Grand Coulee dam 40 per cent ready
- 1936
- Grand Coulee dam 40 per cent ready. - Grand Coulee dam today was at the 40 per cent mark of completion, according to a report filed by F. A. Banks, chief engineer of the bureau of reclamation, with the Columbia Basin commission.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Statistics. 1936-02-25
- Coulee 11 per cent ahead of schedule
- 1936
- Coulee 11 per cent ahead of schedule. - Construction at Grand Coulee dam is 11 per cent ahead of schedule, according to reports of F. A. Banks, chief engineer of the bureau of reclamation.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Statistics. 1936-04-23
- 75 to 90 per cent of Seattle behind high dam, says Lundin
- 1934
- 75 to 90 per cent of Seattle behind high dam, says Lundin. - High dam must and shall be built, says Eckstein. - "Seventy-five to 90 per cent of the people of Seattle are for the Grand Coulee project and the high dam"--Alfred H. Lundin, president of...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Columbia Basin Planning Commission. Publicity. 1934-11-02
- Grand Coulee dam 40 per cent ready
- 1936
- Grand Coulee dam 40 per cent ready. - Grand Coulee dam today was at the 40 per cent mark of completion, according to a report filed by F. A. Banks, chief engineer of the bureau of reclamation, with the Columbia Basin commission.
- State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. General. 1936-02-25
- Urge ten per cent cut in real estate taxes
- 1922
- Urge ten per cent cut in real estate taxes. - Investigating committee suggestions to governor would bring reduction. - Taxes on real and tangible personal property will be reduced 10 per cent if suggestions of the Washington state tax investigating...
- State history. State of Washington Government. Tax Commission. 1922-06-16
- State property tax wins reviews
  2 per cent clause granted hearing in U. S. Supreme court.
- 1937
- State property tax wins reviews
  2 per cent clause granted hearing in U. S. Supreme court.
  The tax commission of the state of Washington won a supreme court review today in its effort to uphold validity of sections of a 1935 state law imposing...
- State history. State of Washington Government. Tax Commission. 1937-10-12
- Bakers' strike curtails bread - shops shorthanded output 70 per cent below normal
- 1919
- Bakers' strike curtails bread - shops shorthanded output 70 per cent below normal -The output of bread, the only article the larger bakeries tried to put out yesterday, was between 60 and 70 per cent below normal, according to a canvass of the...
- State history. Strikes. Bakers 1919-03-04
- Bond business spurts in July
  Usual midsummer lag is turned to sprint with Spokane brokers.
  Ahead of last year's
  Volume 25 per cent more than same month in 1930.
- 1931
- Bond business spurts in July
  Usual midsummer lag is turned to sprint with Spokane brokers.
  Ahead of last year's
  Volume 25 per cent more than same month in 1930.
  More than $2,000,000 turnover of high grade investment bonds and preferred...
- State history. Stocks & bonds. 1931-08-02
- Grab new bonds of land bank
  Spokane investment houses obtain limited amount of 4 per cent issue.
- 1934
- Grab new bonds of land bank
  Spokane investment houses obtain limited amount of 4 per cent issue.
  Spokane investment houses yesterday got only a portion of their subscriptions to the new issue of $131,400,000 of Federal Land bank consolidated...
- State history. Stocks & bonds. 1934-06-22