Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database

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- Something new in freezing
- 1936
- Something new in freezing. - Something new in automatic freezing was tried successfully at Grand Coulee dam to halt sliding earth. This picture shows the top of the 105-foot dam with part of the six miles of pipe through which chilled brine...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1936-12-12
- Something to cherish
- 1935
- Something to cherish
  Beloved by all who came in contact with him, concerned with the work of carrying forward the torch of cultural progress, Prof. Edmond S. Meany of the University of Washington has gone to claim a richly deserved reward. ...
- State history. State of Washington Pioneers. M. 1935-04-22
- Something of Jones' record.
- 1932
- Something of Jones' record. - United States Senator Wesley L. Jones has obtained, or helped to obtain, federal appropriations of $383,977,521 for this state since he entered congress in 1899, to and including the fiscal year ended June 30, 1931....
- State history. State officials. U. S. Senators. Jones, Wesley L. 1932-10-09
- Must look to future; reforest lands - declares something must be done to remedy Inland Empire conditions
- 1920
- Must look to future; reforest lands - declares something must be done to remedy Inland Empire conditions - "Only 25 per cent of the cut-over forest lands of the Inland Empire are reproducing. The present annual timber cut in the district could be...
- Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Cut over lands. 1920-12-09
- Nevadan calls mining rally
- 1935
- Nevadan calls mining rally.
  Western congressmen to discuss "doing something" for industry. / by Special Correspondent. Washington, April 19.-Representative Scrugham of Nevada, intent on doing something for the mining industry, has called a...
- Northwest history. Mining. Conventions. 1935-04-20
- Fix up muddy road at Coulee dam site
- 1934
- Fix up muddy road at Coulee dam site. - A Christmas present for the district!
  Not, perhaps just what they wanted most, but something they wanted, nevertheless, and something they will appreciate.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-12-25
- Just supporting the Coulee dam was built on riverside--Here's what it would look like
- 1934
- Just supporting the Coulee dam was built on riverside--Here's what it would look like. - If the first ujnit of the Grand Coulee dam were erected of glass on the north side of Riverside avenue in Spokane, the effect would be something like the...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-06-18
- Making way for Grand Coulee dam
- 1934
- Making way for Grand Coulee dam. - 10-ton blast opens route for railway. - When 10 tons of powder was exploded at the Crick & Kuney operation last week, in the work of building a mile and a half of government railway at the dam site, something...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-08-17
- U. S. billions for reclamation.
- 1936
- U. S. billions for reclamation. - That old adage, "If you want something done get the busiest man to do it," might easily find exemplification in the main office of the United States Reclamation Bureau here.
- Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1936-12-26
- Here is 'House of Magic'
- 1936
- Here is 'House of Magic'. - Built into the face of a granite cliff, this huge mixing plant at Grand Coulee looks something like one of Don Quixote's windmills. It is known as the "house of magic" because of the incredible manner in which it...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1936-05-27
- Coulee dam is huge jig-saw puzzle to visitors
- 1937
- Coulee dam is huge jig-saw puzzle to visitors. - Something like boys with building blocks, Coulee dam engineers are carefully putting the world's largest dam together piece by piece. As the days and months roll around the dam slowly unfurls its...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1937-04-15
- Washington state frosh to play at dam site
- 1936
- Washington state frosh to play at dam site. - The highly touted W. S. C. frosh basketball squad which has hung up something in the way of a record of games won, will meet the USBR engineers in the government camp gymnasium tomorrow night, according...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Recreation & sports. Basketball. 1936-02-19
- Safety apparel
- 1937
- Safety apparel. - If workmen on the Grand Coulee project wore or carried everything provided for their safety, they would look something like Kenneth Crozier, MWAK safety department man, does here. Beginning at the top he wears a "hard hat,"...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Safety campaign & measures. 1937-01-23
- Coulee dam will draw visitors
- 1935
- Coulee dam will draw visitors. - People will go out of their way to see something interesting. Thousands or tourists are coming west next summer to see the national parks. Many of them will come a few miles farther if they are made to realize that...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Visitors. Tourists. 1935-09-26
- He never heard of basin plans
- 1927
- He never heard of basin plans. - Dr. Frank Crane, however, learns quickly and says project is fine thing. - It was all news to Dr. Frank Crane of Los Angeles, world-famous editorial writer, that there is such an irrigation project as the Columbia...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1927-11-18
- Columbia survey almost complete
- 1919
- Columbia survey almost complete. - Preliminary survey of the Columbia basin irrigation project, for which the last legislature appropriated $100,000, is approaching completion with something less than $20,000 actually expended on this work. The...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1919-08-26
- League to watch dams of future
- 1936
- League to watch dams of future. - Walton official voices concern for salmon. - The Izaak Walton League of America will not attempt to put any obstacles in the way of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee projects, but it does intend to have something to...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1936-04-22
- Senator Dill's speech outlines huge uplift
- 1933
- Senator Dill's speech outlines huge uplift. - If the Northern Pacific does not build a spur to the Grand Coulee dam site and do something about it soon, the Great Northern may. If neither does it promptly, President Roosevelt will see that such a...
- State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. General. 1933-08-02
- View of Coulee dam arouses varying emotions in workers
- 1934
- View of Coulee dam arouses varying emotions in workers. - To the airmen the Grand Coulee low dam will be a long white streak at the end of a 70-mile lake. To the general public it will be something to whistle about.
- State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. General. 1934-06-18
- Ask free ferry at Coulee dam
- 1934
- Ask free ferry at Coulee dam. - Omak commercial club takes up cudgel for better deal--Attack rates. - Mason to truck in. - Main job contractor plans to unload 300 cars of equipment at three towns. - Asserting that traffic from there to Okanogan by...
- State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. General. 1934-06-23