Today in History: from the Redding Record Searchlight March 1900 21st not since the winter of 1869 had the Ono and Bald Hills country had such a productive season. A heavy growth of clover six to eight inches high made splendid pasture for stock. 22nd William Jennings Bryan, a candidate for president of the United States, passed through Redding on the Oregon Express. 23rd a brass band with seven members was organized in the lumber town of Bella Vista. The band was soon to be ready for all engagements. 24th William Cannon was burned to death and his brother, Walter, was seriously injured in Paskenta. 25th the month of March was developing into an unusually good one in the marrage license department at the Shasta County Clerk's office. Two licenses were issued that day, making a total of 14 for the month. 26th the boxing contest between Alonzo Tucker of Keswick and S. Day of Harrison Gluch was all set, except for the drawing up and signing of articles of agreement. The contest was to take place in Redding. 27th John Stowell, owner of the Stowell mines near Copely, under bond to the Iron Mountian Investment Co., arrived in Redding. He was in town to check the progress at the mines. 28th Reform Democracy candidate William Jennings Bryan passed through Redding. The presidential hopeful made a campaign stop the day before in Sacramento and was on his way to Portland Ore. 29th Herbert Whitman, engineer at the National Mine, was so badly injured that it was unlikely he would recover. His skull was crushed when he was thrown from a cart and landed on his head in a pile of rocks. 30th the smelter at Bully Hill would not be in operation until fall due to a parts order that could not not be filled until then. Janie my Shasta Site http://famos.freeyellow.com/cemetery.html my weekly card card http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/8d2000.html