Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database

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- Anaconda wages are being raised.
- 1937
- Anaconda wages are being raised. - Anaconda Copper Mining company paid $2,306,000 in wages in Montana in March, compared with $786,000 in March three years ago. The payroll showed 13,307 men working full time, compared with 5384 part time in March,...
- Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1937-04-20
- Norris dam job is child's play
- 1935
- "Norris dam job is child's play". - Compared to Coulee project, guest of contractors declares. - The Norris dam job of the TVA is but child's play compared with the Grand Coulee dam project, declared Bert L. Knowles of Washington, D. C., member of...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Visitors. General. 1935-03-22
- State payrools mount
- 1935
- State payrools mount. - As just another indication of a return to better times, and more work for wage earners, the report of the state department of labor and industries recently issued showed that Washington's basic industries, during the period...
- State history. State of Washington Government. State Department of Labor. 1935-12-27
- Stevens County Game Paradise- Compared with population, leads in number of licenses issued
- 1919
- Stevens County Game Paradise- Compared with population, leads in number of licenses issued - In comparison with its population, it would appear that Stevens county leads the state in the number of hunting and fishing licenses issued during the...
- State history. Stevens, County of. 1919-01-06
- Stock exchange has big month
- 1938
- Stock exchange has big month - Business done by the Standard Stock Exchange of Spokane in January has been substantially higher than in December, according to records in the office of Edwin Lavigne, secretary. Total shares sold by the members, on...
- State history. Stocks & Bonds. 1938-01-31
- Engineers view Coulee project
- 1936
- Engineers view Coulee project. - "The northwest is a paradise compared with the drought area in our state and elsewhere," said Fred G. Healy, Santa Fe, New Mexico, at breakfast in the Davenport today. He and a group of companions, touring from the...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1936-07-18
- Artist proves that nation's capitol would take quite a drenching if it were place under lip of Grand Coulee high dam when it is completed
- 1935
- Artist proves that nation's capitol would take quite a drenching if it were place under lip of Grand Coulee high dam when it is completed / by George Brinkerhoff.
  America's spacious capitol building in Washington, D. C., is rather significant in...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Maps & aerial views. 1935-06-12
- It's no effort for power shovel to do its work
- 1934
- It's no effort for power shovel to do its work. - Mere man is a weakling compared to the energy of the huge power shovels and trucks used on recent earthy removal operations at the Grand Coulee dam site. The upper picture shows the giant crane and...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-06-18. p. 1.
- It's no effort for power shovel to do its work
- 1934
- It's no effort for power shovel to do its work. - Mere man is a weakling compared to the energy of the huge power shovels and trucks used on recent earthy removal operations at the Grand Coulee dam site. The upper picture shows the giant crane and...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-06-18. p. 2.
- American Indian population increased 79,051 in last 25 years, bureau announces
- 1926
- American Indian population increased 79,051 in last 25 years, bureau announces. - Figures publishes by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs show that the Indian population of the United States is on the increase. The total population of...
- State history. Native Americans. Population. 1926-03-10
- Beer consumption statistics.
- 1935
- Beer consumption statistics. - Per capita consumption of beer in the United States in 1934 was 9.84 gallons compared with 18.48 gallons in 1917 when the population was smaller.
- Northwest history. Industry & manufacturing. Alcohol. 1935-12-13
- Newest of Coulee power shovels dwarfs early equipment
- 1936
- Newest of Coulee power shovels dwarfs early equipment. - A year ago last Friday the first power shovel bit into the overburden at the Coulee dam site. But that shovel was just a "peewee" compared to the five-yard giant picture above, now working at...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1936-12-18
- Lake at Boulder one-third filled.
- 1937
- Lake at Boulder one-third filled. - Lake Mead, the largest artificial body of water in the world, is one-third full, Bureau of Reclamation officials have announced. The lake that sprawls through the desert and mountains behind Boulder dam covers...
- Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Lakes. Water supply. 1937-04-25
- Small increase in level of CDA. lake.
- 1933
- Small increase in level of CDA. lake. - Coeur d'Alene lake elevation at 8 a.m. today was 2130.56 feet above sea level, compared with 2130.53 Tuesday
- Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Lakes. Water level. 1933-05-31
- Coeur d'Alene lake higher than a year ago.
- 1938
- Coeur d'Alene lake higher than a year ago. - In spite of the reduced snowfall this winter as compared with a year ago, there is two and a half feet more water in Coeur d'Alene lake than there was at the same date last year
- Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Lakes. Water level. 1938-01-09
- President faces a changed view
- 1937
- President faces a changed view. - It will be a vastly different Grand Coulee project President and Mrs. Roosevelt will inspect this month, compared with "mere scratchings" on the earth surface that were going on when they first viewed the giant...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Visitors. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1937-09-18
- Is Mackintosh foe of project?
- 1928
- Is Mackintosh foe of project? - Columbia basin friend demands meaning of judge's silence / Lewis Lusk.
  - While it is not pleasant to lose our federal offices to the Coast and to live in fear of losing our Fort George Wright and to have to help...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1928-09-11
- Beer consumption less than in 1917.
- 1935
- Beer consumption less than in 1917. - Per capita consumption of beer in the United States in 1934 was 9.84 gallons, compared with 18.48 gallons in 1917 when the population was smaller.
- Northwest history. Industry & manufacturing. Alcohol. 1935-12-18
- A reply to the attack on the Coulee dam project
- 1935
- A reply to the attack on the Coulee dam project / by Rufus Woods.
  The Saturday Evening Post came out the other day with an article on the "Eighth Wonder of the World," written by Robert Ormond Case, a Portland (Ore.) fiction writer. The writer...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1935-07-24. p. 1.
- A reply to the attack on the Coulee dam project
- 1935
- A reply to the attack on the Coulee dam project / by Rufus Woods.
  The Saturday Evening Post came out the other day with an article on the "Eighth Wonder of the World," written by Robert Ormond Case, a Portland (Ore.) fiction writer. The writer...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1935-07-24. p. 2.