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State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-10-12

1937

Coast is issue in wage probe. - Might come to Coulee for less money on 40-hour than 30-hour in Seattle. - One indication of what the federal department of labor might be thinking about in connection with the wage scale that is to prevail in the new Grand Coulee dam construction contract with the...

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State history. Stocks & bonds. 1929-01-02

1929

Repurchase stock of piggly wiggly Call in 2640 shares and will pay owners rate of 120 plus dividend. Preferred shares of the Western Piggly Wiggly company have been called and will be bought back by the company at 120. The quarterly dividend for the period ending December 31, amounting to $2.5 a...

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State history. Stocks & bonds. 1928-03-15

1928

W. W. P. Exchange time extended Only 8 per cent of common stock not turned in on American Power & Light Transfer. Will obtain $2 dividend Virtually all Western holdings have been deposited -- preferred may not be called. Holders of the common stock of the Washington Water Power who did not...

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State history. Grand Coulee dam. Investigations. 1937-10-10

1937

Wage reviewer invites public. - The general public has been invited to attend and to testify at the wage hearings Monday at 10 a. m. in the government schoolhouse. Carl R. Schedler of the department of labor will be in charge and the evidence will influence the wage to prevail under the next...

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State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Employment & wages. 1937-10-09

1937

Open wage rate hearing Monday. - All sides to be heard at Coulee dam--referee Schedler arrives. - Assurance that the wage rate hearing at Grand Coulee dam will be expedited in order to establish promptly the wage scale which will apply under the new contract, was given by Carl R. Schedler,...

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State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Employment & wages. 1933-10-12

1937

More pay idea echoed at dam. - Labor heads and MWAK official think higher wage needed in next contract. - Under Carl R. Schedler of Washington, D. C., the department of labor today began its public hearing to determine the prevailing wage in this area to arrive at a new wage schedule for...

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Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Mills (Pulp). 1937-01-31

Baketel, Leon B. - 1937

Oregon pulp & paper to pay interest on income bonds. / by Leon B. Baketel. - The outlook for Oregon Pulp & Paper company is not only satisfactory but bright for a prosperous 1937, according to the report of F. W. Leadbetter, president, made at the annual stockholders' meeting.

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High Grade Stock Used by Okanogan Valley Nurseries, Stock of H. Brocklebank, ca. 1911

Matsura, Frank S.

A collection of high quality apple tree stock, the photo taken perhaps as part of an exhibit. Local nurseries did excellent business once word was out that the U.S. Reclamation Service agreed that a dam near Conconully would be feasible. The stock in this picture is from the nursery of H....

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Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Mills (Match blocks). 1932-05-13

1932

Match industry sees the light. - All plants here busy substituting for lighters. - By the carload. - Gas stoves, pipes and the economic improvement keep 'em on go. - While some industries in the country may be wallowing in the throes of a depression, this is certainly not true of Spokane's match...

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Essays in uninsurable income risk and household behavior.

Narita, Machiko - 2011

.S. homeownership rate by investigating the effect of each factor on the housing and mortgage decisions. The second paper assesses how … credit crunch caused the recent decline in the homeownership rate in the U.S. To answer this question, I develop a life … bust: the proportionally larger decrease in homeownership among non-college educated households. The fade-out of …

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