Tuesday, February 06, 2007 Looking Back is a regular feature of the Modoc County record, published weekly in Alturas, California. The following is transcribed from the January 25, 2007 issue. Looking Back 113 Years Ago 1894 THE STREETS in Alturas are now nigh impassable. Mud is up to the axles of the tallest wagon s . Hard times have beset Modoc County. There hasnt been any marriage licenses filed with the recorder this year and the county has been averaging four filings a month. Bachelors, it appears, just arent taking on responsibilities when times are so bad . A Masquerade ball will be held in Cedarville February 14. 99 Years Ago 1908 LAST SUDNDAY evening at six the inhabitants of Amadee and Termo were jolted by a couple of earth quake shocks. No injuries were reported . Equipment, for the extension of the railroad from Madeline to Alturas has begun arriving at Madeline . C.S. Baldwin has been named Master and Tom Denson, Senior warden of the Masonic Lodge . The annual Masquerade ball of the Native Sons will be staged February 22 . A price of 7½ cents is being paid for beef in Modoc by the Oakland Meat Company .A Native Daughters of the Golden West parlor has been instituted in Modoc and Mrs. John Stile is the first president .There is a diphtheria outbreak reported in Eagleville. 93 Years Ago 1914 THERE HASNT been a through train out of Alturas to Reno all week due to the storms .Dad Ingraham is heading up a batch of Alturas sportsmen who have a gripe with the Fish and Game Commission. They claim that while Modoc is raising most of the ducks in California, local hunters should be allowed longer shooting periods. The season starts October 15 and ends January 31 and this is the time when all the ducks are in the Sacramento Valley dying of some disease. Modocers should be allowed to hunt all year round. 73 Years Ago 1934 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS Birthday was appropriately observed at a meeting of the Alturas PTA where a musical program was furnished by Mrs. Leon B. Lewis orchestra that included Kathleen Woodward, Margaret Stephens, Betty DeCamp, Arletta Van Horn, Iris Baldwin, Vera Towne and Shirley Greiner .the Klamath National Forest has applied for control of the Modoc Lava Beds, now included in the Modoc National Forest .Betty Mushen is the new student body president at MUHS .the ultra new Ford V8 is on display in Alturas .Marguerite Shue has been named president of the seventh grade and Wilbur Fountain as vice president. 53 Years Ago 1954 THERE WERE 77 deaths in Modoc during 1953 compared with 172 births, the county recorder notes this week .Roland Christensen has been named the new manager of the Modoc County Fair replacing Walt Rodman who will take a position with the Cow Palace in San Francisco .John Austin is the new president of the Modoc County Chamber of Commerce .M.W. Jones has purchased JFG Motors from the Flournoy brothers .Edgerton Brothers of Adin won a bid for 16 million board feet of pine for $18.15 per M bd. Ft. My wife has been home for a week now. I do appreciate the many notes that you sent to me concerning her health. She is doing quite well. She must not place any weight on the leg that had surgery for a minimum of 6 weeks. She has a wheel chair and her walker but her shoulders ache from such unusual movement. It is really nicke to have her home once again. See you all again next week. Ron Morgan