Hi Ron and once again, thanks for the interesting information on early Modoc..... I just love your comments SOOOOO "Keep it up !!" :0) Best to you, Sharon On Oct 24, 2005, at 10:00 AM, CAMODOC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > CAMODOC-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 209 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Looking Back ["Ronald S. Morgan" > <edron00@sbcglo] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from CAMODOC-D, send a message to > > CAMODOC-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > > From: "Ronald S. Morgan" <edron00@sbcglobal.net> > Date: October 23, 2005 3:19:34 PM PDT > To: CAMODOC-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Looking Back > > > Sunday, October 23, 2005 > > Looking Back is a regular feature of the Modoc County > Record, a weekly newspaper, published in Alturas, CA. > The following is transcribed from the October 13, 2005 > issue. > > Looking Back > > 86 Years Ago – 1919 > AALTURAS WAS quite in the swing yesterday when it came > to aeroplanes. Three machines were here during the > day. First was the machine piloted by Lt. Goodwin > which broke down Wednesday on his return trip > necessitating his return to Alturas. Thursday morning > a plane came up from Red Bluff looking for Goodwin. > When the pilot could not find the engine trouble > another plane came from Red Bluff in the afternoon to > assist…. Enrollment in the Alturas elementary School > jumped to a new total of 362. Thirty new desks which > recently came in were set up, but were not sufficient > and 40 more have been ordered…. Traffic officers of > Modoc County will soon be chasing speeders in snow > white motorcycles or automobiles. Traffic law > violators are given a “sporting chance” under the new > regulation. > > 66 Years Ago - 1939 > A MAJOR from the War Department Remount Services will > be here to inspect horses for purchase. Places for > inspecting will be the D.S. Grove ranch, Eagleville; > Harry Wilson stable, Cedarville; A. Hafer stable, > Alturas; and F.H. Huffman ranch…. Sheldon Hardin, who > graduated last year from Modoc High School, and is > this year a student of Santa Clara University made the > freshman team and played all four quarters in the > Santa Clara freshmen-Bakersfield game last week. > Another local boy making his notch in the football > hall of fame is Wesley St. John. > > I was in the last Horse Cavalry Regiment remaining in > the U.S.A. when I first entered the army. I always > wondered how many horses were from Modoc County at > that time. I know that Fred Huffman had a thoroughbred > stallion, loaned by the army, to increase the quality > of horsed available, from Modoc, for the army to > purchase. Did you notice that Al Hafer’s place in 1939 > was still booked as a stable? > > Sheldon Hardin had two younger brothers, Harold and > rollin, who attended old MUHS with me. Today they have > all expired. Sheldon was the oldest but the last to > die. They died in inverse order of their ages. They > were all excellent athletes. > > See you all again next week. > Ron Morgan > >