January – Changes in car dealerships. E.W. Smith announced he would relinquish the Ford dealership in favor of Chevrolet. Howard Doyle of Reno, secured the Ford dealership in Susanville that would be operated by his so n Clem and Leland Hunsinger. Later in the year, both would construct combination showrooms/garages and while those car dealerships no longer exist, the buildings still do.

February – A group of Susanville businessmen formed the Susanville Hotel Company. It was their intention to raise $300,000. The purpose to construct a three-story hotel with 64 rooms. it was the beginning of the Hotel Mt. Lassen.

March – The golfing craze continues. As the Susanville Country Club membership was full, the Gold Run Golf Club was organized. They leased the old Ridenour Ranch at the lower end of Gold Run and built a golf course. Stienbrook and Moore owners of Janesville’s Diamond Mountain Inn had plans to construct a golf course there.

April – Established in 1871 the Susanville Government Land Office played a pivotal role processing homesteads, i.e. federal land patents for Lassen, Modoc, Plumas and eastern Sierra Counties. The Department of Interior used an archaic law to close land offices. Locals fought back. They cited the Susanville office generated $9,000 in revenue and $5,800 in expenses. In addition, there were still 1,280,000 acres of eligible land to be filed on. The office closed on April 30.

May – In May the Susanville School District voters approved a $65,000 bond measure to construct an elementary school on Richmond Road. Once completed in 1926, the school district had four schools. School trustees had found it necessary to name them. It was decided name the schools after U.S. Presidents. The original brick school was named Washington. The school adjacent to it became McKinley. The school, in the Milwood District, was named Lincoln. And finally, the fourth school on Richmond Road was named Roosevelt.

June – On June 12, Dedication ceremonies were for new Masonic Lodge located at Lassen & Nevada Streets. The $35,000 native-stone structure replaced the wooden hall destroyed by fire in 1921. This would be last major native-stone  building constructed in Susanville.

Tomorrow July-December 1925