Today in History: from the Redding Record Searchlight March 1901. 21st Mrs. Susan Lorenz announced that she would build a three-story hotel on Yuba Street. Local architect C. H. Barrett was awarded the $300,000 project. Mrs. Lorenz stated she had long had the idea in mind. -------- 22nd George Munkittrick was sentenced in Shasta County Superior Court to five years in San Quentin Prison after killing a cow in Shingletown. ------ 23rd Albert Moore of Keswick brought to Redding a small sample of crude oil he claimed to have found on his property. Several oil company prospectors went to his 40-acre tract of land to investigate. ------ 24th a new Redding baseball team played its first game and beat Anderson 19-2. Despite the one-sided score, fans said it was an interesting game. ---- 25th George Cochran reported a curious phenomenon of the woods. Cochran found a sticky, light-colored substance, resembling syrup, gathering on the bark of manzanitas. On willow trees, this effect was known as "honey-dew," but woodsmen had never observed a case on manzanita. ------ 26th a natural gas bubbled up from a salt water well in Mount Shasta, indicating the presence of oil. A bucket of water drawn from the well contained large bubbles that, when lit, exploded in a yellow flame. ------- 27th Tom Kelly was arrested after beating a man he claimed tried to blow up his saloon near Iron Mountain. Kelly claimed he had found dynamite under his own bed. ------- 28th Ed. B. Walbridge, owner of Tuscan Springs Resort in Tehama County, claimed that the springs' healing waters offered health for invalids and rest for others. A number of Redding residents vouched for the water's "curative powers." ------- No 29th ------ 30th "Italian John," 62, of Flat Creek dropped dead in front of the Hotel Keswick. He was seeking medical treatment as he had been ill for some time. ------- 31st a hat found on a riverbank in Redding looked to be one that belonged to a stranger who had committed suicide. A "mournful"-looking man wearing the hat was seen at the Temple Hotel asking directions to a bridge before the suicide. ------- Janie my Shasta Site http://myclouds.tripod.com/shasta/shastaco.html my card http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/7b2000.html