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Subject: [CASHASTA] Redding newspaper September 11-20 1900
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:01:53 -0800
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
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