Friday, September 30, 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 September 15, 2005 issue. Looking Back) 96 Years Ago – 1909 WE AGAIN desire to call the attention of officers to the habit of speeding automobiles within the corporate limits of the town. Another thing every machine should be compelled to keep lights burning after dark. Drivers should be made to obey the law; otherwise some child, man or woman will be run over and killed. Drivers should be made to understand that we have laws and that human life is just as sacred here as elsewhere. Don’t wait until some child is crushed to death, but put a stop to it and keep it stopped. 86Years Ago – 1919 MRS. HARRIS, county superintendent of schools informs us there are nine vacancies in the schools, and the teachers were resigning faster than they signed up. There is a shortage of teachers in all counties and the teachers get so many positions offered them that they can choose the one that pays the most and suits them best. The districts that can afford it are paying higher salaries and the poorer districts that cannot afford a raise are left without teachers. In regard to the teacher shortage State Superintendent Will C. Wood suggested the best remedy is as follows: “The best way to meet the teacher shortage is to make the teaching work more attractive and the reward more nearly commensurate with the service rendered and more comparable for service in the business world”. I apologize for being quite tardy in these transcriptions. My wife had major back surgery and was in the hospital for seven days. She is now home and I am her chief provider, nurse, cook and bottle washer. This will be followed by another weeks transcription. Ron Morgan