90 Years Ago

You paid $68.00 to run the local, state and federal government in 1922. Directly or indirectly it came out of your pocket. The people earned $65,000,000,000.00, but the government took away $7,000,000,000.00. The cost of the federal government to each man, woman and child was $29.00 last year.

After two or three attempts to take his life, P.P. Grindstaff, an inmate at the county farm, was adjudged insane before a commission of Drs. E. E. Colby and R. B. Osborn at the courthouse. It is not a settled fact at this time which state institution Grindstaff will be placed.

Probate Judge Case reports that marriage licenses have gone begging over the past week. Too much snow, he says, yet one couple came in on the train to have the knot tied. Ezra George Herman of Harlan and Laura R. Harsh of Downs were married in the Judge’s office last Saturday.

Walter H. Brown, son of Riley Brown of Stockton, is one of the charter members of a new national fraternity recently organized on the Washburn Campus, Phi Phi Phi. This fraternity was first organized in Chicago at Northwestern in 1908.

Stockton awoke Sunday morning to find one of the worst blizzards raging for several years. All day long the snow continued to pile up, drifting badly and putting business and traffic almost to a stand still.

The Missouri Pacific has been doing a fine freight business from this point for the past eight months according to a report by agent J. I. Wilkin. The raiload shipped out 550 loaded cars from Stockton during that time.

It was an enjoyable and enthusiastic meeting of the county Republicans held in the assembly room of the courthouse last Saturday afternoon, All but three of the twenty-two townships of the county were represented and the party spirit prevailed.

The following article was clipped from last week’s copy of the Topeka Daily Capital: “Few politicians have ever heard of E. Bartholomew. Few newspapermen have for that matter, yet it is a well known name among botanists around the world.

The editor accompanied Harry Eades on a drive to the Frank Fuller farm, northeast of town last Thursday evening on business. The Fullers have a nice, valuable farm with good improvements and well stocked. Frank has a nice bunch of cattle and hogs and with his other farm work keeps pretty busy. Mrs.

The board of directors of the Rooks County Fair Association announced the dates of the 1924 Fair on August 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th.