For Ronald S. Morgan Looking Back Looking Back is a regular feature of the Modoc Record, a weekly newspaper, published in Alturas, California. The following is transcribed from the May 4, 2006 issue. Looking Back 112 Years Ago – 1894 A SCHOOLHOUSE that will cost $2,500 will be build at Amadee… Quite a wagonload of ladies left here last Wednesday for the World’s Fair. Among them were Mrs. L. C. Estes, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. John McGahey and Mrs. Henry Hilton. They will no doubt have a nice trip… Surprise Valley is already growing many vegetables, proving that this is truly the garden spot of Modoc County… Canby, Cedarville, Davis Creek and Alturas will all have baseball teams and some good Sunday games are anticipated. There are those who will complain that games should not be played on the Sabbath, but we feel it’s a good form of exercise and recreation – as long as the participants attend church before the games. 92 Years Ago – 1914 TEMPERATURES WERE in the 80’s in Alturas during the first week of May… The high school boys brought back several sacks full of trout from their three-day fishing trip to New Pine Creek on the NCO… Two new cases of small pox have appeared in Cedarville and many homes three remain under quarantine. Alturas residents have petitioned the NCO railroad for the construction of a depot where the railroad intersects Modoc Street. 72 Years Ago – 1934 HARRY FLOURNOY, Herman Weber and Howard Essex will represent Modoc in the Chico tract meet Saturday in "A" class. John Williams was the only "B" trackman to qualify by way of winning the 660… Alturas grocery prices this week saw eggs at 16 cents a dozen; hamburger, 23 cents a pound; bananas, four pounds for 19 cents; and coffee is 35 cents a pound… Twenty tons of fence post went through Alturas for Vya, NV where the government plans to fence off a huge reservoir for antelope… Rabbits and squirrels have literally taken over the land at Likely and one can only wonder what their populations will be in another 20 years. The Madeline and South Fork schools combined for a track meet at Madeline… A new forestry building will be erected in Adin. 52 Years Ago – 1954 ORVILLE SPATH is in charge of the Rotary Kids Fish Derby at Pine Creek Reservoir May 15… The first television on Modoc may result from hearings in Washington, D.C. this week, where KFTV of Klamath Falls is making an application for a broadcast permit… Loveness Lumber paid $35 per mbf of ponderosa. As we know, Ron Morgan normally provides this column for us, but we have not heard from him in a couple of weeks, hope that he is on vacation. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus. Avast! Is Free To Home Users.