95 years ago December 31, 1925 Schools throughout the county and Crook county high school will reopen again on Monday after the Christmas vacation. The grade schools opened Monday. The epidemic of scarlet fever and smallpox seems to have passed. No new cases have been reported of either disease and nearly all those previously reported have been released from quarantine. 75 years ago January 3, 1945 Warm rains which melted snow in the hills sent McKay creek on a rampage last weekend, cutting the city of Prineville Railway and the Prineville-Madras highways near Pine Products mill. The creek reached the flood stage last Friday after three days of rain, breaking into an old channel and clogging culverts on the highways and railroad with debris.