Today in History: from the Redding Record Searchlight September 1900 11th the General Land Office in Washington, D.C., ruled that miners in Shasta County would have to prove their claims within 60 days or loose their mining rights. 12th people were flocking to Redding as it was getting ready to host a big circus that was scheduled to roll into town that week. 13th the output of the Shingletown lumber mills for the season was estimated to be 8 million board feet. 14th after renewing the railroad bed of the Southern Pacific line from Salt Creek to Rock Creek in Shasta County, a crew of track repairers was moved from Middle Creek to Castle Crags. From there they were to work south to get well down the line before winter snows set in the upper Sacramento River canyon. 15th a case of diphtheria was reported at the Castle Crags Box Factory near Dunsmuir. Residents of the town were terrified that the disease would spread. 16th Redding's school children would not suffer from cold in the coming winter with the board of trustees advertising to buy 60 tiers of 2-foot wood to be used for heating the school. 17th a Redding man named George W. Bush was elected chairman of the Republican County Convention being conducted in Redding's Armory Hall. 18th an untimely storm hit the north state and caused heavy losses to crops in the fruit-growing regions of Shasta County. 19th an outbreak of scarlet fever was reported in northern Shasta County. The sickness had reportedly been brought to the Fall River area from the town of Adin in Modoc County. 20th two changes were made in post office affairs in Shasta County. One was the establishment of a post office in Furnaceville (near Ingot) with tri-weekly service to Redding and the other was the abolishment of the post office at Hart. Janie my Shasta Site http://famos.freeyellow.com/cemetery.html my card http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/122000.html