Potatoes Stolen in Field
October 12, 1940
Authorities here are cooperating with Merle Baker and some 25 Boy Scouts of Troop No 58, under his leadership, in a search for a Lassen County potato thief.
The boys planted early in the summer a half-acre to potatoes on the Frank Bangham ranch, three miles from Susanville.
They expected to harvest about 35 sacks from the sale of which they planned to buy uniforms for several poor boys and put the rest into equipment.
When Baker and his Scouts went to harvest the crop early this week, they were able to gather only 4 ½ sacks from a few scattered hills, overlooked by the thieves.
