90 Years Ago

The contract for the new Stockton High School building was let onto Gordon Walker of Salina, Kansas. The new building is to cost approximately $90,000.00 when completed, leaving the District over $10,000.00 with which to purchase the equipment.

At 480 feet, Jack Dryden quit drilling on the deep well, having demonstrated there is no deeper vein. Casing has been put down the whole depth and the water that flows in from the 240-foot vein will be used in fitting the swimming pool. Excavating for the pool has already commenced.

Hon. Henry J. Allen, governor of Kansas, will be in Stockton on March 27th. He is on a three day speaking tour through northwestern Kansas under the auspices of the Fort Hays Normal School.

A letter from A. L. Look of Dolores, Colorado, informs us that his son Alfred has resigned his position as advertising man of the Groden Mercantile Company of Durango, and has accepted the position of leading man for the Navajo Film Company.

The Keith Clevenger Address at the Opera House was heard by a mere handful of people, owing partly to the very short period of advertising, but mainly to the fact that there was sickness in nearly every Stockton home and the night was cold.

Our sister town, Woodston, recently had another disastrous conflagration. Tipton and Stewart’s Bakery, and three other buildings of frame construction on the north side of Main Street, were entirely destroyed by a fire within an hour.

Mr. and Mrs. George Maddy arrived from Oklahoma City last Saturday. By Monday George had become the owner of the J. B. Graham property on Second Street south and at once commenced clearing the grounds preparatory to the erection of three $5,000.00 residences of different designs to face east.

Records and reports show that a large number of books are being read because of the presence of the library in Stockton. However, an analysis of the facts will show

(Ed. note: A very long story is found on the front page of the Rooks County Record, dated January 12, 1922, in which the Supreme Court sustained the School Board

The following statement was issued by the Collector of Internal Revenue, H. H. Motter, Wichita, for the district of Kansas: In response to numerous inquiries, taxpayers are advised that certain