What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago

Walter E. Fleming is the first to come forward to make known is intentions in county politics. Walter is seeking the office of country treasurer on the Republican ticket and if Walter should happen to land the job, we believe the County’s money would still be in capable hand. Walter is a native of Sugar Loaf Township and still resides in its confines. For one year he served his country overseas, being in the 356 Infantry. Walter has all the earmarks of a businessman and is asking the Republican voters for their support.

Fred McMichael completed a deal with Lawrence Bates for the purchase of the latter’s residence property in the southeastern part of town. In the deal, Lawrence got Fred’s car and was over from Downs last Sunday to drive the car home.

Court reporter, Harry Kendall and wife, started on Monday for Hill City, but on reaching a big snowdrift three miles west of town, started to work their way through with the result that a hind axle of the car was broken. They returned to Stockton to have the car repaired.

Paul Gallagher came up from Osborne the first of the week and moved the fixtures of the meat market from here to that place. He says that it is the plan of he and his brother to later move the fixtures to Downs and open a shop there.

Next Sunday evening at the Christian Church, the missionary society will give a playlet entitled, “The Prayer that was Answered.” Reverend McDonald will give an illustrated lecture with slides, showing the world’s work of the United Christian Missionary Society. An opening number will be given by the orchestra.

There was no monkey business with the groundhog. He came out, looked around, saw his shadow and went back into his den, pulling the hole in with him.

One of the pleasing social affairs of last week was a Five Hundred Party given by Mrs. F. E. Richmond at her home on East Main last Thursday evening in honor of her mother, Mrs. Knox of Logan. Five tables were filled and Mrs. J. W. McMillen scored highest. A two-course luncheon followed the card playing.

The J. B. Byars Store is taking a page this week to tell its customers and the people of Rooks County of the many good bargains to be had in the store’s big winter clearance sale. It’s up to you, Mr. and Mrs. Buyer to reap the bargains. Besides the newspaper advertising, several hundred bills were printed to give the sale widespread publicity.

Clarence Newbrey received the news from his sister, Mrs. Lon Jones of Rexford, that the family had recently lost their home by fire. The Joneses had been rendering lard when the house took fire and it was a complete loss. A son-in-law, Mr. Hughes, was critically burned in trying to save some of the household goods.

J. S. Johnston, who has been bedfast for the past several weeks, will celebrate his 78th birthday on February 10. Mr. Johnston will appreciate a card shower of remembrances from his friends. Send a card and help make the day brighter for him. Mr. Johnston was a former writer on the Record many years ago, writing under the title of “Grasticutus,” or “Grasty” as he was familiarly called, and will be remembered for his excellent and quaint contributions to the paper.

The time of year is here when the poultry raisers should be on the look out for business. Advertise your surplus stock and setting eggs. No better medium in the County to carry your wants than the Review and Record. Advertising increases your profits.

Newspaper are poking fun at A. J. Stockwell and Ted Price, two Pawnee County farmers and stockmen who paid the fare on a car of sheep to Kansas City and back, evidently just to give the sheep a nice ride or perchance to give them a first-hand view of city life. One of the men shipped his sheep to market and bought those his neighbor had shipped and reloaded them and shipped them back to Pawnee County. A 25 cent want ad in one of the Larned papers would have made the exchange just as well, but of course, the sheep would have been beaten out of their visit to the city.

Who Is To Blame? Things which happen to any community are seldom an accident and like happenings are not merely coincidence. There is no use to try to relieve yourself of responsibility by washing your hands of any undesirable condition in your own community. We have all been shifting responsibility and “passing the buck” until it is time to acknowledge the truth. Any community will be governed by the social agencies that the community sets up to govern it. A lively, energetic community awake to every opportunity has that spirit reflected in its citizenship. A lazy, indifferent, selfish people have their acts reflected in the city’s affairs and administration of justice. The citizenship in any town gets what it deserves and keeps on getting what it deserves until it deserves to get something better. It is impossible to get away from what we are no matter where we place the blame or to whom we “pass the buck.” The people are the community.

From the Woodston Argus: Quite a number of high school students and teachers from this community took the teachers examination at Stockton last Friday and Saturday….Some of the farmers south of the river are blocking their land for oil leases so that it will be leased together…..Considerable interest is being manifest in this locality over the prospects of oil here, and we hope to have something definite for our readers in regards to this matter in the near future.