Ron, Glad to know the road from hell led "back" Monica, Schminck Museum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald S. Morgan" <edron00@sbcglobal.net> To: <camodoc-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 2:10 PM Subject: [CAMODOC] Looing Back > Monday, September 11, 2006 > > Looking Back is a regular feature of the Modoc County record, published > weekly in Alturas, California. The following is transcribed from the > September 7, 2006 issue. > > Looking Back > > 116 Years Ago – 1890 > THERE APPEARS to be a rash of team runaways throughout the county. Perhaps > this is indicative that residents prefer harnessing green horses or the > fact that affluence has placed a team in the yard of nearly every resident > of the county. Mrs. Gault was the latest victim. She sprained her ankle > when jumping out of her carriage when her team ran away…. Everyone appears > to be trying to buy cattle these days but the prices, it appears, are > higher than can be afforded…. Arthur Jackson says that about 1,510 tons of > hay have been put up at Steele Swamp. > > 92 Years Ago – 1914 > THE DAY was perfect and a large crowd turned out to witness the laying of > the cornerstone on Modoc’s new courthouse Monday by the Masonic Lodge. The > Hon. William T. Cressler was the principal speaker and he gave a very > witty talk about the way county government was run in days gone…. A public > hearing has been ordered to protest the high rates now being charged by > the NCO Railroad…. Michael O’Brien’s team ran away in Alturas and played > hide and seek with pursuers fro more than an hour…. The Red river Lumber > Company at Westwood had burned to the ground…. Little Jeff has been fined > $10 in Cedarville for using vulgar language in a public place. > > 72 Years Ago – 1934 > THE BLUE Bell mine at High Grade has reported and assay of $9,308. Eastern > interests have purchased High Grade and intend to operate it all winter…. > The first buck deer brought to town with the opening of the deer season > was claimed by Cash Lightner at the VanLoan ranch and weighed in at 204 > pounds dressed , and had eight pounds sic (points) on each side…. Attorney > J.T. Sharp is con testing the election of A.K. Wylie, District Attorney > elect, on the grounds that errors were made in the counting of ballots in > Alturas B, Canby and Willow Ranch. > > 52 Years Ago – 1954 > SHINNY YAMAGATA presents the Canby softball team with the league trophy > this week. Canby, represented by Charlie Holloway, had an 11-4 season, won > the league and the playoffs…. Cedarville has opened a branch agency for > Plymouths and De Sotos in Alturas…. Melissa Fitzgerald celebrates her > 100th birthday in Alturas…. Kent Larson has been appointed to succeed Rex > Riley on the City Council…. The Modoc Braves held off a tough Westwood > team, 6-6 in their opener Saturday….Modoc Union High has its largest > enrollment in history, 298 students. > > 32 Years Ago – 1974 > JIM PRATT, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pratt came home Monday with $611 and an > association saddle after winning the saddle bronc riding competition at > the Lakeview Roundup over the Labor Day weekend…. A home economics > department and a chorus class were among the new offerings for Modoc > Junior High School students who began classes this fall. School colors > have been changed from red and white to purple and white…. Shinny and > Nadene Yamagata have announced plans to open Modoc Cleaners on Friday. > > Ralph “Cash” Lightner was the manager of the second Chain grocery store, > Safeway , to operate in Alturas The first was the old Red and White > grocery operated by Phil Woodward. Cash was a long lean man with a > terrific personality. He soon became a leader of Alturas politics and gave > generously of his time to that city. He also loved to party, with his > wife, and whoever desired to join the fun. I believe that the store closed > about 1940. However, as young “wannabees” the Young men of my time managed > to purchase Domino cigarettes for 10 cents a pack. We also secured Brown > Derby beer in the can for only a dime also. I have never figured out how > we managed that feat in Alturas. We managed to get many packs of Domino’s > and many cans of Brown Derby beer. No doubt that was the beginning for us > all to get on the road to hell (and Back). > > See you all again next week > > Ron Morgan > > > > > > 1974 MODOC FAIR Queen hopefuls are Michelle Tierney, Joann Stevenson, Lu > Flournoy, Toni Lee Page, Susan Laxague and Roberta Peek…. A simple > ceremony conducted by Governor Ronald Reagan at the main gate at 2 p.m. > Thursday opens the annual Modoc District Fair this year to salute the > 100th birthday of the founding of Modoc County. They will land his jet > aircraft at the Cedarville airport to officiate the opening at the > fairground….Motion picture and world champion stunt driver Dusty Russell > will be featured when the famous Errol DeBock Auto Daredevils appear at > the Modoc District Fair Friday night. > Doc Auble was a very merry chubby man. He was a dentist. He never wore > dress shirts with long sleeves. When he would purchase a new shirt, his > wife would cut off the sleeve just above the elbow and then hem it. The > Doc was quite a cook and did all of the grocery shopping. He loved to > make, and can, ketchup and mustard. He taught my dad how to make hot > mustard, also mayonnaise from mineral oil (ugh). He was an inveterate > hunter and an excellent wing shot. > When I started high school there were still on the staff Mr. Austin, Miss > Fisher, (probably the best teacher of English any place anytime), Leon B. > Lewis and just the year before Coach Elliot left as did Miss Stollar > resigned. There were still about 270 student then as in 1934. > Hope to see you all again next week. > Ron Morgan > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAMODOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >