Remember When

 70 years ago   

Over on Mill Street, a Susanville man turned down an offer to make $95,000 “clear cash” made to him by another man from Mexico City.   

The local man said he was conversant in the swindling scheme, which is older than the hills and which in the past cost many worthy but money mad their worldly goods.

120 years ago   

The shearers have finished their work at McCoy Flat, and some 8,000 to 10,000 sheep have yielded up their fleece.   

From Sept. 6 through Sept. 22 roundtrip tickets from Reno to Sacramento will be sold in Reno for $9.40, to encourage residents to attend the Sacramento Fair. The tickets will be void after Sept. 23.

120 year ago   

Last Friday night near Lookout, a 150-ton haystack belonging to Mike Craven was consumed by fire. One of the hired hands slept on the stack and placed his pipe on the hay beside him when he went to bed.

120 years ago   

On a recent trip down the river, Henry Cain caught 32 bullheads large enough to count and some that weren’t. Cain is the champion.   

Register Dixon and Walter Smith went out to Indian Creek and caught a big lot of trout. Dixon said he caught so many he got tired of counting. Sounds like an awfully old story for such a young fisherman!