Supervisors visit School for the Tuberculous in 1924
One hundred years ago today, a 12-man county jail road crew spent most of the day working in Freshwater.
The April 11, 1924 Humboldt Standard newspaper said, “This is the first time that the crew has been out for the entire day, leaving in the morning and not returning until evening. … The men have been working since last summer on the county roads close in and have been returning to the jail for the noonday meal, but as the work has been completed near the county hospital, it has been necessary to go farther out.”
The men sent out on road work “are those who have been committed for a period of six months to two years.”
The newspaper added, “Faithful work of this kind is done without payment in money, but continued work lightens the sentence five days for every month.”
On April 12, 1924, the newspaper reported that W.M. Wilson had opened a new barber shop at 228 F St., Eureka, in one of the stores formerly occupied by C.O. Lincoln & Co.
“The new shop is modern in every respect and is said to be one of the best in Northern California,” the Humboldt Standard noted. “Wilson is very well known in Eureka, having been in the barber business for about 12 years on E Street.”
Three arrests made by the county dry squad 100 years ago this week resulted in fines amounting to $1,200 paid to the county.
“Martin Murphy, lessee of the `Johnny Woods' resort near Freshwater, pleaded guilty to a charge of possession before Justice of the Peace A. B. Adams this morning, having spent the night in the county jail,” the April 14, 1924, Humboldt Standard said. “G. Hadland was found at the resort at 1:30 a.m. yesterday with a bottle in his pocket. He pleaded guilty to possession and was fined $400.”
Also, George Bonetti was arrested on his ranch about three miles north of Ferndale, the paper said.
“He paid his fine of $400 Saturday night and was released,” the Humboldt Standard reported. “Bonetti had a couple of gallons of moonshine and seven gallons of wine on his ranch.”
On April 15, 1924, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors visited the Humboldt County School for the Tuberculous after the morning session of its regular meeting. At the meeting, the supervisors appropriated $1,500 for the purpose of fighting forest fires and also adopted a resolution placing P.L. Young in charge of cleaning out the Hoopa-Weitchpec Road.
Frank Cassidy, former manager of the Rialto Theatre in Eureka, was promoted to general manager of the Eureka Theatres Company, a century ago. George Mann, owner of the company, made the announcement in the April 16, 1924 Humboldt Standard.
“Although he has been with the company but a short time,” the paper said, “Cassidy's years of experience in the theatrical business have stood him in stead and he has been promoted rapidly.”
In addition to three theaters in Eureka, the Eureka Theatre Company also owned the State Theatre in Ukiah and the Pine Tree Theatre in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Humboldt County was
“brought to the attention of more than two million and a quarter readers” of the Saturday Evening Post in its Easter issue that hit the stands April 16, 1924.
“On Page 27, in the midst of the `Poets' Corner,' there appears a picture bearing the title `Humboldt County, California, Memorial Grove.' It is a familiar picture taken in the redwoods and has been recognized as the Russ Memorial Grove near Requa. The photo is by H. C. Tibbetts,” the newspaper said.
The April 17, 1924 Humboldt Standard reported “the Trinidad whalers are becoming active off the Humboldt coast, the first whale of the season having been harpooned yesterday.”
The newspaper said there are many whales in the vicinity and that the season for the Trinidad station “will probably be successful.”