Remember When

90 years ago

For the first time, women had the opportunity to serve on a trial jury. Throughout the country, critics were discouraged with the experiment and said most women do not have the knowledge, thus lack the credibility needed to make an informed decision.

Only a few Lassen County women had the chance to serve on a jury.

90 years ago

President Woodrow Wilson announced the federal government was taking control of the nation’s railroad system. Every line engaged in general transportation, including steamship lines, would be used to assist the Army during World War I. Lassen County had only two railroads engaged in heavy traffic.

90 years ago

Frank B. Dursoe, secretary of the Chico Chamber of Commerce, has been in Susanville in the interest of building a road connecting with the Susanville Red Bluff lateral of the state highway system to Chester.

The proposed road will be built through Deer Creek pass. The usual claim that it will be open year-round was made. Butte County proposed to finance the building of the road and the Forestry Department will be asked to appropriate funds as well.

90 years ago

More than 3,000 tons of sugar beets were shipped from Honey Lake Farms to a processing plant in Fallon, Nev. The load was less than one-third of the amount expected to be shipped. Farmers cited excessively hot summer temperatures as the cause for the depleted crop.