Purchases standing timber. - Edwards-Bradford Company buys Humbird Holdings. - A deal was made at the office of the Humbird Lumber company here today, in which the Edwards-Bradford Lumber company, Elk, purchased a quantity of standing timber in the Spirit valley district from the Humbird firm....

Banner week in stock value. - 4345,227 sales total in last five days on standard stock exchange. - Ten issues make gains. - Led by Pend Oreille, Grandview and Tamarack -- Cork, Jim, Montana and Sherman up. - The volume of trading on the Standard Stock exchange in the last five days of the week...

Employees get $22,623 profits Average bonus of $165 given pine sash workers. Profit sharing bonus checks of $22,623 were distributed among 137 employees of the White Pine Sash company at the annual dinner in the Elizabethan rooms, Davenport hotel, last night. The smallest check was $111 and the...

Lumber mills face closing. - Situation results from cancelation of shipyard contracts. - By the cancelation of wooden ship contracts in Portland shipyards, at least three lumber mills are faced with the necessity for closing or reducing their shifts. A large part of their business was derived...

Halt sawing of lumber. - Many mills in and about Portland closing. - Hight cost of material and labor are causes giben by the millmen. - No less than one-half the lumber mills in and about Portland are closed down or will be closed down Monday, many for indefinite intervals. Conditions in the...

Open new mill at Avon. - Munro company has 35,000 foor capacity plant. - Will furnish ties for government and lumber for match factories. - A new sawmill of 35,000 feet daily capacity has been established near Avon by the Munro Lumber company, of which Alexander Munro of Moscow is manager. The...

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...

Made lumber firm manager. - E. N. McDevitt succeeds W. R. Ballard with Somers Company. - E. N. McDevitt has been appointed general manager of the Somers Lumber company, effective January 1, to succeed W. R. Ballard, according to an announcement by D. J. Kerr, St. Paul, president of the company....

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003

The 1980s was a turbulent time for the country and especially the meatpacking industry. During this time, the economy was in a deep recession, with unemployment figures reaching levels not seen since the Great Depression. In the midst of this chaos, numerous changes were occurring in the...