Today in History: from the Redding Record Searchlight December 1900 11th the opening night of a week long engagement in Redding with the Elleford Company of players brought in an audience that crowded the Redding playhouse. The play, "An American Girl," was well received. no Dec. 12, today in history 13th the season at Baird Fishery on the McCloud River closed with an unusually small catch. About 1 million young fish were being cared for and fed there, officials said. 14th Mount Shasta Oil and Development Co. began activity boring for oil on its lands in Shasta County. 15th it was reported that a smelter would soon be built in the Callahan District of Siskiyou County. The district was said to be one of the most promising in the county. 16th Ralph L. Brown, longtime reporter and night editor of the Morning Searchlight, resigned. He was replaced by Henry Hawson, "a newspaperman of wide experience." 17th a Red Bluff newspaper reported that the price sheep was going up. Five dollars a head was the price paid for 1,000 sheep purchased from the Wilcox brothers in Red Bluff --- the highest price on record. 18th rumors were circulating that Southern Pacific Railroad Co. was preparing to move its division headquarters from Red Bluff to Anderson. 19th the Shannon Electric Power Co. was making rapid progress toward transmitting electricity from the Shingletown area to Cottonwood, Anderson, Redding and Keswick. 20th H.E. Parkhurst, a representative from the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific, was in Redding for the purpose of "checking up the town," an annual occurrence for insurance patrons and companies. Janie my Shasta Site http://famos.freeyellow.com/cemetery.html my card http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/3c2001.html Janie My Shasta Site http://famos.freeyellow.com/cemetery.html my card site http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/cardidx.html