Remember When

90 years ago

The Lassen County chapter of the Red Cross participated in a nationwide quest to enlist Red Cross members to help increase tuberculosis awareness. All members were given a flag to be hung at their doorsteps. To signify the effort, members were encouraged to place candles in their windowsills and ring toll bells at 7:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

90 years ago

F.P. Cady, of the Lassen County Exemption Board, was called to Westwood by authorities who discovered four alleged deserters of the draft. The men were caught when one of them signed the name of another to a telegram. Authorities identified the fraudulent name and further discussion about their whereabouts revealed the men were AWOL from a military base in Washington.

90 years ago

The prospect of new jobs coming to Susanville was on the minds of everyone in town.

The California Packing Company of San Francisco had just purchased tracts of timber from the U.S. Forest Service and promised to build a plant near Susanville. The new facility was perceived by many to lift the spirits of the unemployed and vault Susanville into economic prosperity.

90 years ago

At a meeting of the Northern California Commercial Organization, members discussed a proposed law giving the Board of Supervisors power to tax its constituents. Due to an increase in national emergencies, local government chipped in and paid the bill for the disasters. To offset this exportation of money, the county wanted to tax its citizens so they could pay their share.