90 Years Ago

The Margray Oil Corporation Bemis No. 1-B has not had a production test because trouble has been encountered while pulling the big pipe. Hydraulic jacks have been placed, and work to pull the pipe is underway.

* The big oil news of the week is the strike made by the Margay Oil Company of Tulsa at their Bemis well, the east offset of the Bemis discovery well. Monday evening, oil was hit at 3,282, and the hole filled up to 2,800 feet in 30 minutes.

The approach of spring and the unusually large amount of dust in the air on Sunday and Monday, no doubt, brought back many memories of last year's dust storms. Farmers, especially, are wondering if there will be a recurrence of soil blowing.

After three weeks of extensive remodeling, the interior of Sperry's Cafe now presents a decided change in appearance. Many improvements have been made, including the installation of three large booths on the west side.

The bitterest cold to strike Stockton in recent years hit Friday evening, sending the mercury to a new low of 20 below by Saturday morning. An alarm broadcast over the radio on Friday morning warned all farmers to get their stock in before the severe storm arrived.

* The company in charge of the Bemis oil well is now feeling good and has drillers at work on the hole.

After more than two years of serving as the poor commissioner of Rooks County, Miss Pearl Rorabaugh has resigned her position to accept one on the faculty of Kansas State College in Manhattan. Miss Rorabaugh's resignation was effective on Wednesday. She will teach home economics.

A press dispatch recently released stated that U.S. Highway No. 40 North has been designated as U.S. Highway No. 24, confirmed by a letter to the Record from R. M. Sawhill of Glasco, secretary of the U.S. Highway 40 North Association.

The Sunlight 4-H Club is the name of the latest addition to the several organizations of its kind in Rooks County, according to Laurence R.Daniels, county agent.

Rooks County got another producing well on Saturday when a well estimated at 60 barrels was brought in on the old Bird Low place, eight miles north of Stockton. Gillespie and Hess own the well.