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- State behind Coulee project
- 1933
- State behind Coulee project. - "The big moment in the destiny of the state of Washington and the Pacific northwest is here. If the state will get behind the Coulee dam project, as it should, right now, there will be no money from the federal...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Feature articles, editorials, history. 1933-06-22
- Two Columbia dam projects nearing finish
- 1935
- Two Columbia dam projects nearing finish. - With the completion of the Bonneville Dam near Portland, Ore., in sight, and the construction of the Grand Coulee dam in north central Washington well under way, the development of the Columbia River...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Irrigation & reclamation. 1935-10-31. p. 3.
- Reclamation head boosts buying of irrigation lands
- 1935
- Reclamation head boosts buying of irrigation lands. - Purchase of the entire acreage to be placed under irrigation in the Columbia basin would be a forward step, opines Dr. Elwood Mead, United States commissioner of reclamation. He is frankly for...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1935-09-06
- Coulee lands bill approved
- 1937
- Coulee lands bill approved. - The house irrigation and reclamation committee approved today a bill designed to prevent land speculation under the pacific northwest Grand Coulee project.
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-04-20
- Coulee land bill reported out
- 1937
- Coulee land bill reported out. - The senate irrigation and reclamation committee reported out with a favorable recommendation today the bill to stop land speculation on the Grand Coulee project in North and Central Washington State. A house...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-04-28
- Meet to speed basin district
- 1937
- Meet to speed basin district. - Activities for formation of the Columbia basin irrigation district, in compliance with the federal anti-land speculation law, are expected to be renewed following a conference of state officials, representatives of...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-12-03
- New bill hits land gambling
- 1937
- New bill hits land gambling. - Full government control of Grand Coulee irrigation area is proposed. - Proposal to give the federal government control of the 1,200,000 acres of land to be irrigated from waters impounded by the Grand Coulee high dam,...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-04-17
- Group would halt land speculation
- 1937
- Group would halt land speculation. - Governor Martin will soon receive the petition of Grand Coulee Chamber of Commerce for legislative action to keep the Columbia basin irrigation project free from speculation.
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1937-02-17
- Promise aid for Columbia basin project
- 1920
- Promise aid for Columbia basin project. - Secretary of interior and secretary of navy say government will get behind project. - "Whether the Columbia basin irrigation project materializes depends entirely upon the people behind it. The water is...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1920-07-24
- Anti-Speculation bill hits snag
- 1930
- Anti-Speculation bill hits snag. - An administration bill to bar land speculation under the Grand Coulee project in Central Washington struck a snag today in the senate irrigation and reclamation committee.
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1930-05-09
- Make prosperous farmers, not victims
- 1933
- Make prosperous farmers, not victims. - The Columbia basin commission has taken steps to bar land speculation during building of the huge power and irrigation project and to assure a square deal.
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1933-09-04
- Ickes raps Coulee speculators
- 1935
- Ickes raps Coulee speculators. - Rufus Woods, publisher of the Wenatchee, Wash., World, quoted Secretary Ickes today as saying "there will be no high dam or irrigation on the Grand Coulee project if the government is going to be held up by...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1935-06-08
- Says basin land speculation risky
- 1935
- Says basin land speculation risky. - Buying of land in the proposed Columbia basin irrigation area at this time is risky business, the basin committee of the Chamber of Commerce pointed out at a meeting at the Davenport today.
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-02-17
- Confers with Martin on various items at Olympia.
- 1937
- Confers with Martin on various items at Olympia. - The bothersome problem of threatened land speculation in the area to be improved by the Grand Coulee dam and irrigation project will be satisfactorily handled, President H. T. Anthony of the...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-02-20
- Give U. S. control of Coulee lands
- 1937
- Give U. S. control of Coulee lands. - Legislation to curb speculators up to congress. - Limit on water. - 40 acres per person maximum irrigation right permitted. - Proposed legislation to eliminate possibilities of a gigantic land speculation in...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-04-13
- Banish the speculator!
- 1937
- Banish the speculator! - Members of the Washington congressional delegation have united behind a bill designed to prevent speculation in the 1,200,000 acres of land to be reclaimed when the Columbia Basin irrigation plan, last step of the Grand...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-04-15
- Coulee land bill comes up today
- 1937
- Coulee land bill comes up today. - Senate to hold hearing on speculation charges. - The senate committee on irrigation and reclamation will open a hearing tomorrow morning on charges of speculation in Grand Coulee lands. The hearing is in...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-04-21
- Coulee project bill is debated
- 1937
- Coulee project bill is debated. - Senate group may take vote today on anti-speculation. - The fate of Grand Coulee dam rested tonight with a senate irrigation and reclamation committee. Behind scenes, Pacific northwest senators worked feverishly to...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-04-22
- State must act on U. S. law to curb Coulee speculation
- 1937
- State must act on U. S. law to curb Coulee speculation. - The Washington state legislature must ratify the anti-speculation bill passed by congress before irrigation works on the Columbia basin reclamation program can be started, according to...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-12-10
- Columbia basin project draws east's interest
- 1920
- Columbia basin project draws east's interest. - Series, detailed and favorable consideration to the Columbia Basin project is given in the Engineering News-Record of New York. Editorially it says: ...
- State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1920-08-17