Dear Ron Morgan, Sorry to hear about you wife's painful ordeal. Will pray every thing goes well for her. Thank you for all the work you do for Modoc genealogical research. Since I live in Iowa, I depend a lot on the Modoc mailing list for newsy bits of Modoc history. Sue Rezek, Iowa ----- Original Message ----- From: Ronald S. Morgan<mailto:edron00@sbcglobal.net> To: camodoc@rootsweb.com<mailto:camodoc@rootsweb.com> Cc: Ernest Oswald<mailto:oscuts@aol.com> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 3:48 PM Subject: [CAMODOC] Looking Back Monday, January 15, 2007 Looking Back is a regular feature of the Modoc County record, published weekly in Alturas, California. The following is transcribed from the January 4, 2007 issue. Looking Back 113 Years Ago – 1894 THE HUNTING party of Wilson, Weigert, Parker and Murphy claimed about 100 ducks at Likely. The warm springs there are producing some excellent shooting while all other water areas in the county are frozen….Many holiday dances are being held, but the most successful to date was the Willow Ranch Costume Ball where 87 maskers turned out, some from as far away as Paisley….stockmen are looking for a mild winter. Some ranchers are reported to have only now gathered their stock for winter-feeding. 93 Years Ago – 1914 HEAVY STORMS have isolated Modoc for the past two weeks. The train has not made it to Alturas since washouts on the Long Valley track occurred. The only x=communicati9on with the outside world has been the telegraph, and those lines were down for a period of three days this week….a masquerade carnival on roller skates will be given at the new Empress Theater in February….Ben Cambron, the beef buyer, started a shipment to the markets but the storm has forced him to run the cattle out again….R.R. Rice and H.R Crisler have announced that a free bus service to their Modoc Hotel will meet all incoming trains. 73 Years Ago – 1934 BIRTHS EXCEEDED deaths in Modoc in 1933 by 17. There were 68-recorded births and 36 marriages were also recorded….It6 has been extremely mild in Modoc so far this winter. The thermometer has not touched zero to this date, which is quite a record….The Alturas Rotary Club has petitioned the Board of Supervisors to raise $400 for children who desperately need work on their teeth. There is presently no program anywhere providing indigent children with dental care. 53 Years Ago – 1954 MR. AND Mrs. Fred Fick of Adin are the parents of the first baby born in Modoc this year, a girl. 43 Years Ago – 1964 IT WAS 60 above on the first day of the New Year, the warmest on record in Alturas….Retail sales in Modoc showed a 14.5 (percent?) gain during the old year….An end of year CHP report showed that nine persons died on Modoc highways during 1963. My wife is nicknamed, Dude. It came from a 1920’s cartoon called the “Doodle Bug”. Her parents thought that there was a resemblance. Dude goes into the hospital tomorrow morning for her fourth hip replacement. I took her to her orthopedic surgeon last Tuesday because of excruciating pain in her left hip area. The X-Rays showed that her hip bone has collapsed and the ball was about two inches away from the socket in her left hip. It did not take him long to get her scheduled for surgery, which he stated would be difficult but do-able. He must first graft some new bone and then replace the mechanical parts in that hip. So, Blondie, our little Chiwawa and I will have to get along with just each other for a week or more. What a way to start the New Year, 2007. Ron Morgan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAMODOC-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:CAMODOC-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message