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| 1854 | 2 |
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14 stories matching lumber
- Mystery of the Boy on the Freight Train
Local authorities seek to identify a boy found dead after a fall from a lumber train in Sumner.
- Long-Bell Lumber Mill Preparing for Launch
Massive logging operations begin in Longview as the city prepares for its grand industrial opening.
- The Lumber Lobby Scores a Panama Canal Win
Pacific coast lumbermen outmaneuvered the Panama Canal Commission to exempt deck-loads from tonnage fees, signaling the power of regional industry over federal regulation.
- The Unfinished Business of Returning Home
The United States Veterans' Bureau launches an urgent appeal to Washington employers to secure livelihoods for disabled veterans completing vocational training.
- The Fund That Grew While the Injured Went Hungry
Washington's 1911 workmen's compensation law was meant to protect the men who built the state. A decade later, the lumber industry was paying less into the accident fund than ever — and injured workers were getting a fraction of what the cost of living demanded.
- Labor’s Legislative Hopes Fade as House Committee Buries Key Bills
A Seattle dispatch reports that Washington’s lumber eight-hour and prevailing-wage bills face defeat, with labor representatives shut out of the committee room.
- The Lumber Mills Can't Find Skilled Men — Because the Pay Won't Keep Them
A Grays Harbor publicity man blames 'ambition' for the shortage of skilled millworkers. A labor columnist fires back: ambition is exactly why men leave, because common labor in the mills buys only the bare necessities of life.
- The Condemned Vault of Washington's History
After the state museum's building is condemned, regents scramble to find a new home for $200,000 worth of regional artifacts.
- The Ghost of a Phone Directory
A look back at White Bluffs' first phone book reveals a rapidly changing town where most original subscribers have vanished.
- The Old Water Tower Falls
A local landmark built in 1912 is dismantled after the town shifts to a new well-pumped system.
- Fruit Exchange Plans New Warehouse
The White Bluffs Horticultural Exchange completes its organization and secures a lease from the Milwaukee railroad for a new packing facility.
- The Great Valley Rabbit Drive
Valley residents prepare for a mass culling of rabbits, which have devastated local melon fields and gardens.
- Neighbors Rally After Fire Claims Orchard Home
When McCord Taylor's home was lost to a sudden blaze, the local veterans' post immediately pledged to rebuild it for him.
- Seattle's Labor Council Moves to Shut the Coast to Filipino Workers
In January 1929 the Seattle Central Labor Council opened a drive to bar Filipinos from the mills, fields and steamships — and a Filipino correspondent made sure the insult was answered in the next morning's paper.