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- Portland and the basin project.
- 1927
- Portland and the basin project. - It is a pleasure to give Portland credit for exhibiting a more substantial interest in the Columbia basin irrigation project. Pledges are coming from the fine old city on the Willamette that it will contribute its...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1927-09-10
- Army men o.k. Coulee project
- 1924
- Army men o.k. Coulee project. - From outset, all surveys have been closely scrutinized by impartial groups. - Plan meets all tests. - Eminent engineers have looked it over in reports and on ground--None adverse. - "Check and double check" has been...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1924-04-29
- 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
- U. S. points the way for basin project.
- 1931
- U. S. points the way for basin project. - From the Spokesman-Review's Washington correspondent comes news of deep import to the Pacific northwest--that the plan evolved by the army engineers for development of the Columbia basin irrigation project...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1931-10-03
- Gill and Delaney talk over basin
- 1931
- Gill and Delaney talk over basin. - Roy Gill is in Seattle today to meet President Denney of the Erie railroad to consult with him concerning the Columbia basin irrigation project. He was advised in the east that Mr. Denney is one of the most...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1931-10-12
- Columbia basin canal plan wins praise from U. S. chief
- 1920
- Columbia basin canal plan wins praise from U. S. chief. - James Munn, reclamation service man, completes trip over project. - The proposed canal system to be installed on the Columbia Basin irrigation project as outlined by the engineers and...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1920-04-05
- Roy Gill makes basin trip report
- 1924
- Roy Gill makes basin trip report. - Says secretary work favors project -- Aided in capital by Goodwin. - Nearly 25 members of the Columbia basin committee of the Chamber of Commerce at luncheon in the Davenport yesterday heard Roy R. Gill, former...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1924-05-16
- Labor behind basin project
- 1936
- Labor behind basin project. - Delegates backing the Columbia basin irrigation project said indications were today that a resolution would be passed enthusiastically, placing the A. F. of L. on record as urging immediate construction of the project.
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1936-10-08
- Columbia basin project falls into the right hands
- 1921
- Columbia basin project falls into the right hands. - The appointment of Fred A. Adams of Spokane as director of the Columbia basin survey work is cheerful news for supporters of the reclamation project. As former speaker of the house of...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1921-02-17
- U. S. needs Columbia basin, visiting congressmen say
- 1927
- U. S. needs Columbia basin, visiting congressmen say. - Largest group of representatives ever in state will tour project. - The need for development of the full agricultural resources of the United States, including the Columbia basin, is...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1927-08-15. p. 1.
- U. S. needs Columbia basin, visiting congressmen say
- 1927
- U. S. needs Columbia basin, visiting congressmen say. - Largest group of representatives ever in state will tour project. - The need for development of the full agricultural resources of the United States, including the Columbia basin, is...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1927-08-15. p. 2.
- Solons approve of dam project
- 1937
- Solons approve of dam project. - Spokane was jubilant today at Congressman Emmet O'Neal of Kentucky and James M. Fitzpatrick of New York left the city friends and boosters for the Grand Coulee-Columbia basin project.
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1937-09-08
- Columbia basin lands are viewed by congressmen from mountain top
- 1927
- Columbia basin lands are viewed by congressmen from mountain top. - From the summit of Saddle mountain Wednesday, congressmen making their tour of the Columbia basin project surveyed more than 200,000 acres of arid, sagebrush land included in the...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1927-08-21
- U. S. must help basin project
- 1921
- U. S. must help basin project. - Scott says project is too big for state to handle alone. - Federal recognition must be gained as the only starting point for the development of the Columbia Basin project, Dan A. Scott, director of conservation and...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1921-03-12
- Hoovers relish low-cost menu
- 1931
- Hoovers relish low-cost menu. - "Cooperation has not been going on as it should" in the preparation of the report by the army engineers and the reclamation service on the Columbia basin irrigation project.
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1931-04-24
- Project acre cost is low
- 1929
- Project acre cost is low. - Engineers estimate Columbia basin farmers will pay $119 or less / by Mark Woodruff.
  According to the best figures now available, the cost of water delivered to the farmer in concrete lined canals, including an ample...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1929-10-23
- Senators come to view basin
- 1927
- Senators come to view basin. - Majority of reclamation committee arrive this morning--here four days. - See project pictures. - Senator Johnson and Senator Oddie send regrets at not being present. - A majority of the irrigation and reclamation...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1927-10-02
- Columbia basin unity reached in conference
- 1931
- Columbia basin unity reached in conference. - Different faction's representatives are jointly named as spokesmen at Washington; Grand Coulee dam endorsed. - Representatives of 17 organizations of the state today backed a program written to aid the...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1931-11-17
- Turner to quit basin project
- 1921
- Turner to quit basin project. - Chief engineer of project will take up work on Skagit proposal. - Arthur J. Turner, chief engineer of the Columbia basin project since the beginning, resigned today to become construction engineer for the city on the...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1921-06-08
- The Columbia basin project invites inspection
- 1927
- The Columbia basin project invites inspection. - Twenty-one members of congress-- 13 of them members of the house committee on reclamation and irrigation--will be in Spokane today. They will spend the next four days on a personal inspection of the...
- State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1927-08-14