Scotia ‘dental parlor’ opens in May 1922
Lots of new construction was going on in Scotia 100 years ago this month.
According to the May 19, 1922 Humboldt Times, a two-story addition was being made to the main Pacific Lumber Co. office building in town, adding five additional office spaces and a large concrete vault to the existing facility.
Pacific Lumber was also completing work on a new “dental parlor” near the Scotia Post Office, the newspaper said, which was going to be occupied by Dr. H. C. Kasen. In addition, Pacific Lumber was overseeing construction of four additional classrooms at Scotia’s public school.
On May 20 1922, the Humboldt Times reported on the upcoming visit to the county of
Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Stanford University. A banquet was planned on May 24 of that year at the Hotel Vance in Eureka, with Stanford alumni invited to attend along with their family members and friends.
Stanford’s controller, A. E. Roth, joined Wilbur on the trip north. During their stay, the two men were also scheduled to talk to students at Eureka High School about the benefits of attending the university, located near Palo Alto.
Humboldt County pioneer Thaddeus Orcutt was laid to rest on May 21, 1922.
The blacksmith died after a short illness, the Humboldt Times said, leaving behind his wife and three sons, Fred, Charles and Thaddeus Jr., all of Bayside. The Rev. C. P. Hessel officiated the service, which took place at the Masonic Lodge.
Also on May 21, a fire broke out at the Rae Felt Ranch at Freshwater Corners. The Humboldt Times said the blaze completely destroyed the ranch house, with damages estimated at nearly $5,000. A nearby barn — which housed many cattle — was not damaged.
The newspaper reported that, “The fire first became known when men at work in the field saw smoke soaring in thick volumes from the chimney, and a few minutes later the house burst into flames. Hurrying toward the house … the men were able to save practically all of the furniture with the exception of some on the upper floor.”
According to the Humboldt Times, the fire was caused “from fire in the kitchen stove fanned by a breeze through the open door.”
The May 23, 1922 newspaper said that members of the local Hi Y baseball team hosted a “big feed” for guests of the De Luxe Club on May 22 at Samoa Beach after losing to the De Luxe Club’s baseball team in a recent game.
The meal — which included sandwiches, cake and coffee — was voted “one of the best feeds of the season,” said the Times. Among those attending the event were Walfrid Norgaard, Charles Duck, Glenn Shively, Alfred Hadley and many others.
Topics of “vital interest” to the voters of Eureka were scheduled for discussion on May 24, 1922, at a meeting of the New Charter League in the city council chambers.
“The meeting will discuss and outline plans for the framing of a new city charter, and the work of circulating petitions for the purpose of calling a special election will also be planned,” the Humboldt Times
said.
The league’s secretary, Fred J. Moore, called on all voters in the city to be on hand for the evening meeting.
The May 25, 1922 Humboldt Times reported that H. W. McIntyre — a justice of the peace and garage owner in Scotia — died at his home two days prior after a brief illness.
McIntyre first started feeling sick while on a trip to Chico with his wife to attend the Knights of Pythias grand lodge convention along with locals George Miller and Mrs. Richard Gribble. The group returned to Humboldt County immediately and McIntyre died soon after.