Today in History: from the Redding Record Searchlight October 1900 11th an advertisement by Buck and Wengler in the Redding Morning Searchlight called for wood choppers "to work on good timber on level ground for between $1.20 and $1.25 per cord." The timber stood "in the bend of the Pit River." 12th Leon Leighton, an orchard owner in the Stillwater area, was in Redding after delivering 13 tons of dried fruit from his and his brother's farms. The fruit was purchased by Mr. Anderson, a representative of Warren & Co. of Chicago. 13th two men attempted to rob Adam's Barber Shop on Tehama Street. One man was captured by police. The other escaped. 14th Redding was preparing for the Odd Fellows Grand Encampment, with 350 people expected to attend. 15th Ellsworth Bailey's foot was run over by a train hand-car. He had to be carried home, but it was believed no bones were broken. 16th Arthur Fickert of Red Bluff injured his hand after picking up a lighted firecracker. Fickert lost the third finger on his right hand. 17th two men charged with assault escaped from jail in Redding. The lock was broken from the outside. 18th Redding saw record seasonal rainfall of 8.65 inches, a big increase from the previous season's 0.85 inches. 19th while trying to cross a rain-swollen Rock Creek, H.D. Campbell and G.A. Bridge drowned when their buggy was swept off the road by the creek water. 20th there was an outbreak of scarlet fever in the Kulp household in Keswick. Janie my Shasta Site http://famos.freeyellow.com/cemetery.html my card http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/122000.html