Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database

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- $1,160,307 low bid for building 2 more units at Bonneville dam.
- 1935
- $1,160,307 low bid for building 2 more units at Bonneville dam. - General Construction Company and J. F. Shea Company of Portland, with a joint proposal of $1,160,307.90 were low bidders for construction of the powerhouse super-structure and...
- Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Bids & contracts. 1935-04-09
- $375,000 mailed state tax bureau
- 1938
- $375,000 mailed state tax bureau. - Attorney Ben H. Kizer, counsel for M-W-A-K Company, builder of the sixty-three-million-dollar Grand Coulee foundation dam, reported tonight the company had mailed a check for nearly $375,000 to the Washington...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1938-01-12
- 20 million dam item retained
- 1936
- 20 million dam item retained. - As the conference committee on the interior department appropriation bill is about to meet tomorrow definitely to reach an agreement on items in dispute between senate and house, it appears that the full $20,000,000...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1936-04-15
- 2600 to decide labor contest.
- 1937
- 2600 to decide labor contest. - Three labor groups are claiming big memberships in their drives for the right to be selected as the bargaining agency at the dam site under the Wagner act. Fifty-one per cent of dam site workmen, or about 2600, must...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-06-29
- 300 Indians attend Parely.
- 1929
- 300 Indians attend Parely. - Some 300 Indians, representing 12 Pacific northwest reservations, gathered here today as the North American Society of Indians. Leaders of the gathering are Peter James, Lummi Indian, president; Wilfred Steve, Tulalip,...
- State history. Native Americans. Societies. 1929-06-02
- 4,434 men set payroll record for Coulee dam
- 1936
- 4,434 men set payroll record for Coulee dam. - Payroll records were broken at Grand Coulee dam this week as 4,344 men marched to the wickets for their pay envelopes.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Payrolls. 1936-03-26
- 4432 men on payroll at Grand Coulee dam
- 1936
- 4432 men on payroll at Grand Coulee dam. - The Grand Coulee dam payroll continued to grow today, with 4432 employees, a record number, listed.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Payrolls. 1936-03-22
- 4432 on payroll of Coulee dam
- 1935
- 4432 on payroll of Coulee dam. - The Grand Coulee dam payroll continued to grow Friday, with 4432 employees, a record number, listed.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Payrolls. 1935-03-21
- 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
- 90 million feet of lumber cut.
- 1935
- 90 million feet of lumber cut. - Mills of two states get new business. - A total of 538 down and operating mills in Oregon and Washington which reported to the West Coast Lumbermen's association for the week ending February 9 produced 90,061,455...
- Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Lumber production. 1935-02-16
- 90 per cent shingles made are of red cedar - highest grade cheapest in permanent construction; leaks in properly laid roofs rare; wide shingles should be split
- 1936
- 90 per cent shingles made are of red cedar - highest grade cheapest in permanent construction; leaks in properly laid roofs rare; wide shingles should be split - Western red cedar furnishes more that 90 per cent of the commercial shingles used in...
- Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Cedar poles & shingles. 1936-09-24
- 90,176,180 feet of lumber cut by 177 plants.
- 1937
- 90,176,180 feet of lumber cut by 177 plants. - A total of 177 down and operating mills in Washington and Oregon, which reported to the West Coast Lumbermen's association for the week ending September 11, produced 90,176,180 board feet of lumber.
- Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Lumber production. 1937-09-19
- 'Closed shop' granted A. F. L. at Coulee dam
- 1937
- 'Closed shop' granted A. F. L. at Coulee dam. - Exclusive contract provides there shall be no strikes or lockouts; pay unchanged. - The Grand Coulee Dam, the nation's greatest river harnessing project, today became the first major government...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-31
- "Open river more important than dams
- 1936
- "Open river more important than dams". - Dr. John W. Summers, candidate for the republican nomination to his former seat in congress declared in a speech in Clarkston recently that "construction of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams is a great...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1936-08-18
- "Thumb tack control" at Coulee dam
- 1938
- "Thumb tack control" at Coulee dam. - Office tabulation is carried on in this manner--For simplified operation during pouring of huge volume of concrete--Model dam also used. - The bureau of reclamation requires that certain exacting conditions...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1938-01-09
- A victory for the northwest
- 1936
- A victory for the northwest. - Victory of the government in the TVA case means more to the northwest than most of us many have realized with two great dams proposing to do almost the same thing being done in Tennessee. If the TVA had been...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1936-02-20
- A. F. of L. Unions sign Coulee dam agreement
- 1937
- A. F. of L. Unions sign Coulee dam agreement. - Closed shop pact negotiated by the building and construction trades with contractor on big government power project in state of Washington establishes 40-hour week, protects wage scales, bans strikes...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-08-20
- Abandon plan to strike at Grand Coulee
- 1937
- Abandon plan to strike at Grand Coulee. - Plea for collective bargaining election goes to relations board. - Plans for a strike at Grand Coulee dam have been definitely abandoned until a decision on a request by the United Dam Workers for a...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-08-09
- Acreage shrinks on reservation
- 1929
- Acreage shrinks on reservation. - Less land under cultivation, Yakima Indian report reveals. - Acreage under cultivation on the Yakima Indian reservation decreased this year from 90,482 acres in 1928 to 90,308, crop statistics issued by D. R....
- State history. Native Americans. Agriculture. 1929-07-18
- Aged chieftains gather for tribal dances.
- 1929
- Aged chieftains gather for tribal dances. - Six oldest chiefs of Indian tribes in the Puget Sound, Wash., district assembled to witness a ceremony on the anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty with Territorial Gov. Isaac I. Stevens in 1855....
- State history. Native Americans. Chiefs. 1929-01-31