What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago
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. Of this total number of cards 219 were loaded with corn, five of wheat, 86 with livestock, 175 of various grain, such as barley, oats, kaffir, sudan grass, milo, etc., and 65 cars of other merchandise. Only 235 loaded cars were received, being 25 cars of livestock, 52 cars of coal and 57 of oil and gasoline, and 101 loaded with lumber, machinery, automobiles, potatoes, flour and the like. A total of 1,054 locals cars were received—containing one small box from Woodston to almost carloads of merchandise. There were 413 cars localled out, usually loaded very light. The passenger business has not fared as well. The ticket sales are about $150.00 a month in excess of that of a year ago. Many Stockton folks going to Kansas City buy tickets as far as Downs and there buy for the Missouri point. This works a hardship on the local station, as only local sales are considered in deciding what service can be profitably supplied on any branch line.
James C. Hale, lineman in the employ of the United Telephone Company here, has received a promotion and transfer to Oakley where he will be manager of the company’s plant. He will leave in a few days for Abilene to remain until April 1 before going to Oakley. Mrs. Hale will visit with relatives at Westmoreland until April 1st. James is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hale of this community, who with his many friends are elated to learn of James’ advancement. He is a good steady employee.
The two vacant buildings west of the Farmers Store are being razed and shortly work will be started on a Ford sales building to occupy those lots.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rosegrant have resumed housekeeping at the Harn residence since their return to Stockton. Guy Breeden and family, who have been occupying this residence, moved last week to the Harold Hobson house on
South Second Street.
A lady prisoner in the county jail had spent much of her time in writing letters, which she addressed to the county attorney, the governor, the British consul general, and to her divorced husband. On last Saturday, when her friends were intervening on her behalf in an effort to get bond for her release, the county attorney asked her if she was going to behave herself after regaining her freedom, or if she would continue her tirade of letter writing, to which she replied: “I am through with writing letters to you and the governor and all. If the letters I have written you do not make better men of you, I am through with you.” She was under arrest for writing defamatory letters to her brother and his wife.
Last Thursday, A. J. Ives sold to Lawrence Ochampaugh the resident formerly known as the Chas Phelps home on South First Street.
L. P. Gates and brother Frank, of the Logan country, were in Stockton last Tuesday trading with the merchants.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Inman and little baby girl went down to Kirwin on Friday to visit relatives. Several neighbors and friends planned a surprise on them Friday evening, but when they went there they found them not at home. So they were surprised instead of the Inmans.
Mr. A. J. Ives this week rented a half section of his Twin Mound farm to L. E. Ganoung of Plainville. He also rented the east quarter of the same farm to his nephew, James Hrabe.
All owners of poultry in the city limits are requested to provide suitable pens to keep their chickens from running at large in compliance with the city ordinance.—F. N. Schruben, Marshal.
P. J. Gallagher, who moved from Alton to Downs several weeks ago and opened a meat market in the Economy Grocery Store, disposed of his market fixtures the first of the week and has moved to Osborne, where he will be connected with a market operated by his brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mallum and Mrs. A. J. Jones and Mrs. C. W. Tottenautoed up to Phillipsburg on Thursday. Clarence Totten also went along and brought the furniture of Mallum’s down in his truck.
F. S. Chapman is a new citizen of this community, moving the past week to the Pete Caron farm, west of town, Mr. Chapman and family come from Simpson and had been in the milling business, He and his son, Paul, were callers at this office on Wednesday afternoon to order the Review and Record for the coming year.
From the Woodston Argus…..John Macy shipped a carload of, barley and red kaffir to east ern Kansas on the Thursday freight…..The latter part of last week and the fore part of this, the Farmers Elevator shelled and shipped their large pile of corn. It made close to 5,000 bushels we are told…..A. C. Gillilan of Stockton was here looking after business interests the fore part of the week….. James Orlando Doran, weight eight pounds, was born on March 2nd at the Colby Hospital. The mother, formerly Urusal Finch, was one of Woodston’s best known young folks as she grew to womanhood here. At the last reports all parties are getting along nicely.
