On Saturday, August 8, 1931, Lassen County purchasing agent, E.F. Koken drove to Bieber to sign and award a contract to build a jail for that community. The concrete structure contained three cells and a storage room. W.A. Zimmerman built the structure at a cost of $1,935.50.
These were exciting times for Bieber being the focal point where the Great Northern and Western Pacific Railroads were in the midst of constructing their respective extensions to connect the two railroads. Besides the new jail, construction began on a $10,000 grammar school. In addition, Pacific Gas & Electric was constructing a transmission line from Fall River Mills to Big Valley.