Youngsters Footprints Welcome September 28, 1950 When the workers finish a concrete job, their effort is to leave the surface as smooth as possible, and the bane of these workers are the youngsters who delight in leaving footprints in the fresh cement. When the new wading pool...

Lassen Butcher Shops Closed in Wage Dispute September 27, 1950 A wage dispute closed all butcher shops in Susanville Monday with the exception of three operated by individual owners who do their own meat cutting. Negotiations are now under way. Sam McNeese, secretary of Butchers’ Local 352...

Lassen Hospital Work is Started September 26, 1950 Pouring of cement for the foundation of the new addition to the county hospital has begun and work will proceed from that point as fast as possible, it was announced. Ground was broken last week for the long-anticipated new...

Wild Horse Roundup on Painters Flat September 25, 1949 A roundup of wild horses by plane is in progress on Painter’s Flat about 20 miles southeast of Ravendale. About 150 horses were rounded up and corralled Saturday and Sunday. The job is under the direction of Bill...

Meat Cutters Strike is Over September 24, 1950 Susanville meat cutter’s strike was settled late Friday when butchers won a $7.50 a week wage increase. After being out of their shops since last Saturday, the meat cutters started to return to their counters later in the afternoon....

Deer Hunters Crowd Lassen September 21, 1945 A record number of deer hunters, estimated to be well up in the thousands, invaded Lassen County for the opening of the season here. Rangers said no definite count was possible but unhesitatingly described it as the biggest hunt in...

Susanville Pupils May Learn Religion September 20, 1945 By agreement between the school authorities and cooperating churches, classes on religious education are to be held in Susanville this year, beginning with the second week of the school term, namely September 24. Time for the classes will...

Tax Rate Lowered in Lassen County September 19, 1943 General county taxes covering the year 1943 will be slightly down with a general tax rate eleven cents lower than in 1942, according to a Lassen County assessor’s office statement made today. Prospects for lower taxes were originally...

Emergency School for Honey Lake Valley September 18, 1942 Arrangements are being completed this week by Helen S. Hallowell county superintendent of schools for the opening September 14 of an emergency school at Hackstaff in Honey Lake Valley to serve an estimated seventy-five grammar school students. Due...

Westwood Judge Indicted for Embezzlement September 17, 1947 Lassen Grand Jury Accuses Justice On Four Counts Lassen County’s grand jury indicted a Westwood justice of the peace Monday on four counts of embezzlement and charged him with keeping false accounts of the public moneys. Sheriff Olin Johnson arrested...

Lower Outlet of Eagle Lake September 14, 1931 The long dry, hot summer just past, together with practically no run off last winter to increase the water supply for irrigation in Eagle Lake, makes it necessary to once more lower the cut leading to the tunnel. To...