Tuesday, April 03, 2007 “Looking Back” is a regular feature of the Modoc County record, published weekly in Alturas, California. The following is transcribed from the April 5, 2007 issue. Looking Back 93 Years Ago – 1914 WOOL FLEECES this spring have spiraled upward to 13 and even 15 cents…. The Alturas boys beat the Davis Creek boys handily in a game of basketball in the Empress Theatre (no score given). The Davis creek team included Alpha Henderson, Walter Dutton, Chester Crawford, Kenneth Sherlock, Ralph Renner and Oral Leonard. The Alturas boys were B. Goldsmith, Will Lunsford, John D. Reisen, Ralph Williams and Clarence Carmichael…. Modoc Supervisors have been in heated discussion of the late trying to decide if the count y should sponsor an exhibit at the San Francisco Exposition in 1915. It’s estimated that the cost of such an exhibit would run as high as $12,000 and the board doesn’t want to do anything until the will of the people has been expressed in a public hearing. 73 Years Ago – 1934 PLANS FOR a nine-hole golf course are now complete and F.L. Dragomanovich is president of the organization. Carl Kober is vice president. There are now 20 members financially involved and 20 more members will be allowed to participate. The course is located on Fourth Street and leased entirely from Favell Utley. It is 2,894 yards long and par is 35. Dudley McGrath is doing the work of grading the course and the Rev. Father O’Toole attended to the flags iron sticks, etc…..Edgerton Brothers will open a sawmill at Likely this year that will employ 30 men and the NCRA has set their quota at the three million feet of lumber. 53 Years Ago – 1954 APRIL CAME in like a lamb with temperatures in the 60’s all week….Modoc farmers pay an average monthly electric bill of $10.15. That compares to a national average of $7.50 according to a US census report….Mrs. Chris Starr was installed as president of the Alturas PTA….Application for a television station in Klamath Falls has been made with the FCC and it would mean that television reception in Modoc County is only a year or so away….Jackie Haise was named Alturas FFA Queen….Ground beef was on sale this week for 39 cents a pound in Alturas. 44 Years Ago – 1963 THE ALTURAS 20-30 is planning its annual Easter egg hunt on the Modoc Football field – hopeful that the 80 degree temperatures that blessed the occasion last year will visit Alturas again on Sunday…. Stream runoff in the Surprise Valley Basin has been predicted at 45 percent of normal. The Valley has been real windy the past couple of days. However spring bloom is in full swing. Hoe to see you all again next week. Ron Morgan