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- Pierce authoring Bonneville bill. - New measure to be given to Congress today.
- 1937
- Pierce authoring Bonneville bill. - New measure to be given to Congress today. - Representative Walter M. Pierce of Oregon will introduce his own Bonneville legislation tomorrow.
  Pierce have been meeting nights with E. H. Foley and other young...
- Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-04-03
- Spokane solons asked to back banker measure
- 1925
- Spokane solons asked to back banker measure. - Columbia basin committee of chamber considers it of vital importance. - Urging the Spokane delegation in the legislature to support the Banker bill, the Columbia basin committee of the Chamber of...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1925-11-23
- Basin measure has opposition
- 1928
- Basin measure has opposition. - Wires hum at proposal state must pay half of survey costs. - Strong opposition to the Columbia basin substitute bill in congress will be voiced tomorrow when the house reclamation and irrigation committee opens...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1928-12-18
- Basin measure has opposition
- 1928
- Basin measure has opposition. - Wires hum at proposal state must pay half of survey costs. - Strong opposition to the proposed amendment to the Columbia basin substitute bill in congress will be voiced tomorrow when the house reclamation and...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Columbia Basin Planning Commission. Surveys. 1928-12-18
- Congressman fights Smith's dam measure.
- 1937
- Congressman fights Smith's dam measure. - Bill providing for Bonneville administrator opposed by western delegation, he says. - Representative James Mott of Salem, Ore., demanded today the House Rivers and Harbors Committee defer action on a...
- Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Legislation. 1937-03-10
- Bonneville authority measure put in lap of Senator McNary.
- 1935
- Bonneville authority measure put in lap of Senator McNary. - Legislation establishing an authority for Bonneville, providing for rates, authorizing construction of transmission lines and sale of surplus power at whole-sale has been prepared, and...
- Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1935-01-17
- New lumber measure.
- 1937
- New lumber measure. - Among other bills introduced today was one by Representative Smith of Washington to exempt from the 1932 revenue act tax imported northern white pine, Norway pine and western white spruce, and to provide that in determining...
- Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Legislation. 1937-05-15
  1937-05-16
- "Joker" in mining bill - ad club bureau declares investor not protected - measure lacks benefits expected of blue sky law, says Roy A. Redfield
- 1919
- "Joker" in mining bill - ad club bureau declares investor not protected - measure lacks benefits expected of blue sky law, says Roy A. Redfield - The mining bill suggested by the mining men of the Inland Empire and indorsed by the executive...
- Northwest history. Mining. Blue sky laws. 1919-01-22
- Senate passes Indian measure.
- 1919
- Senate passes Indian measure. - The senate early today passed the annual Indian appropriation bill. The senate measure carries $1,000,000 in addition to $14,500,000 provided in the house bill.
  Senate adjourned at 1 o'clock this morning.
- State history. Native Americans. Appropriations. 1919-01-03
- May pave way for basin bill
- 1928
- May pave way for basin bill. - Fletcher's action in questioning measure seen as possible benefit. - Although Senator Duncan F. Fletcher of Florida appeared in opposition to the present Columbia basin authorization bill during the debate on the...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1928-04-18
- Guides basin project - Leavitt of Montana will direct measure in house.
- 1928
- Guides basin project. - Leavitt of Montana will direct measure in house. - The selection of Congressman Scott Leavitt of Montana to have charge of the Columbia basin bill in the lower house is encouraging the Columbia basin organization. At the...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1928-12-14
- Draft new bill on Columbia job
- 1926
- Draft new bill on Columbia job. - Charles Hebberd and Hervey Lindley present measure to Secretary Work. - Discouraged by Mead. - Says measure has little chance of getting by congress at next session. - Hervey Lindley and Charles Hebberd,...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Irrigation League. 1926-11-21
- Measure aimed at dam land gaming
- 1937
- Measure aimed at dam land gaming. - Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Democrat of Washington, announced Tuesday that Northwest congressmen and senators will conduct a drive to pass within the next two weeks a bill to control land speculations in the...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-04-14
- Coulee anti-speculation measure passed and sent to White House
- 1937
- Coulee anti-speculation measure passed and sent to White House. - The house passed and sent to the president today a bill designed to eliminate land speculation on the Grand Coulee reclamation project of central Washington.
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-05-18
- Favorable report on Jones measure
- 1926
- Favorable report on Jones measure. - Provides means of allocating waters of Columbia river--Hebberd of Spokane gives committee estimates on costs of construction. - A favorable report on the Jones bill to aid the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1926-02-02
- Jones basin bill vote next week
- 1929
- Jones basin bill vote next week. - U. S. lower house to go on record--Summers to introduce measure. - Senator Jones' bill on the Columbia basin project will be up for action in the house of representatives next week. - Definite assurance to this...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1929-01-19
- Basin measure is crowded out
- 1929
- Basin measure is crowded out. - Bickering over war minerals bill takes up entire house session. - Action February 18. - Representative Summers believes delegation can offset opposition started by grange. - Although slated for consideration in the...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1929-02-05
- Scotch error on basin bill
- 1929
- Scotch error on basin bill. - Clerk's mistake gives house idea measure authorizes project. - In expectation that the Columbia basin bill will be considered by the house on its next suspension day, February 18, members of the Washington...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1929-02-15
- Passed and sent to white house coulee anti-speculation measure
- 1937
- Passed and sent to white house coulee anti-speculation measure. - The house passed and sent to the president today a bill designed to eliminate land speculation on the Grand Coulee reclamation project of central Washington.
- State history. Columbia Basin. Legislation. 1937-05-18
- Ask for survey of basin project
- 1929
- Ask for survey of basin project. - Compromise follows failure to get a vote on senate measure. - In the face of opposition which confronts the Columbia basin reclamation project, Senators Jones and Dill of Washington proposed an amendment to the...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Columbia Basin Planning Commission. Surveys. 1929-04-20