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75 YEARS AGO..........1938

    Harry Philpot got his hat back Friday morning — at the Plumas County jail in Quincy where he is being held. He admitted to losing his hat when a dog chased him from Schieser’s chicken house Thursday night. He was sentenced to serve 60 days in jail for stealing chickens.

    The fee that the State of California charges its citizens for the privilege of driving an automobile will double after tomorrow. Fees are based on the value of the automobile and a $3.00 registration fee.

75 YEARS AGO..........1938

    Advertisement: Light lunches served at our fountain at all hours. Waffles are our speciality-- and boy!--are they good! Quincy Drug Store fountain, Phone 48.

    Bids will be called soon for the construction of the Portola Theater on a lot measuring 60 feet by 115 feet located at the intersection of Commercial and Gulling Streets at a cost of approximately $30,000.

75 YEARS AGO..........1938

    Plumas County went through the past holiday season without a traffic accident.

    Advertisement: Printed business forms to your specifications---ruled, numbered, any color, can be ordered at the Feather River Bulletin print shop, Quincy phone 75-W.

    The Feather River Highway was opened to light automobile traffic this morning for the first time since December 10 of last year when heavy rains damaged it to such an extent that it had to be closed for repairs.

75 YEARS AGO..........1938

    Heavy night and morning fogs, far more persistent this winter than is usually the case, continue to protect Plumas County residents from the sub-zero temperatures that were recorded at the same time last year.

    Damage done by last months flood to bridges in Plumas County’s road system is a charge against the county’s unappropriated reserve fund, the Plumas County Board of Supervisors ruled last week. It is expected that $15,000 will be required to pay for the flood damage and the unappropriated reserve fund is now $24,000.

75 YEARS AGO...........1937

    William M. Richards, Plumas County Recorder from 1895 until 1910, died last week in Quincy. He was born in Rich Gulch.