May 6, 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 April 28, 2005 issue. Looking Back 117 Years Ago � 1888 AFTER NEXT Monday, stages on the Redding line will commence running on summer time, and will arrive in Alturas at 6:00 a.m. �. The tules on the South Fork have been burning for several days past. A great deal of good feed has doubtless been destroyed. 97 Years Ago � 1908 THE GRANGER saw mill is now cutting 12,000 board feet of lumber pr day and common lumber is being sold there for $15 per M�. A young man from Lakeview has been fined $20 for driving a horse to death that he rented from the Modoc stables to drive to Paisley. 87 Years Ago � 1918 THE MODOC draft quota for May will be 16�. There is a massive wheat shortage in the United States and for the first time in history, people are becoming acquainted with the great American grain, corn�. The library loan campaign is going along nicely, something over half being subscribed. 67 Years Ago � 1938 THE ALTURAS Rifle and Pistol Club will stage a vermin shoot this weekend with all age groups competing. The prize will be a .22 rifle. 42 Years Ago - 1963 UPWARD TO 500 Paiute Nation Indians may assemble in Alturas Sunday in the Veterans Memorial Hall with the primary aim of deciding how they want a $3,675,000 U.S. payment distributed�. Chamber member Bud Van Horn and Jim Payne returned last Thursday from a three day campaign in Winnemucca, Nev. Where they sought support for the pending Winnemucca-to-the-sea highway. When I saw that 1888 was 117 years ago, I immediately thought of my Dad, O.D. Morgan, who was born in 1886. If he were still alive he would be 119 years old. He was 40 years old when I was born, so I guess it�s not hard to figure out my age. O.D. adopted me when I became 17, although I lived with him from the age of two. He was a great father figure, an avid hunter, and fisherman. He was undoubtedly, the best �wing� shot that I have ever observed and I have hunted quail with some of Modocs� finest marksmen. When he killed a buck, he taught me the proper field dressing technique; I learned how to prepare all animals and fish for the skillet, and how to care for wild game without refrigeration. You may believe this or not, but every buck he killed, when I was there, was shot through the neck with the exception of one, and that one was shot just behind the shoulder. I made expert marksman in the army, but I could never hold a candle to the way that man could shoot. Looking Back causes a lot of good memories to flood my mind. Hope to see you all again next week. Ron Morgan