* And So They Say: Bob Smith: “No one heard anything they didn’t already know after all that money was spent on the Warren Report.” Glenn Conn: “I never complain, I just comment.” Mrs. Ruth Marshall: “I still like the old-fashioned afternoon football games best.” Kenneth Medley: “It’s easy to get the little kids out for baseball and football, but when they get bigger they seem to lose interest.” * Ten-year-old Alan, the son of Mr.

Lloyd Clifton, 32 years old, was murdered by his father, J. T. Clifton, who fired five times at him with his revolver, three of the shots taking effect. Clifton and his son were living together on a farm in Graham County. At breakfast, the younger man asked to have some eggs cooked. His father returned, saying if they ate them now they would have to buy them later on. Lloyd then went to the henhouse to get some eggs. His father followed and opened fire with his revolver. Leaving his son writhing in his death agonies on the ground, the inhumane father reloaded his gun, put it in his pocket, returned to the house where he ate his breakfast and washed the dishes. Discovery of the crime was soon made and sheriff Carl Peterson and ex-sheriff W. F. Jones went out to arrest the old man. As he had a bad record as a fighter, Jones crept up behind and threw his arms around him, pinning his arms so he would not reach his gun. He said he never did so much bear hugging as this time. In his position, Peterson disarmed him. W. H. Clark, county attorney of Sheridan County, appeared as his attorney and asked for a commission to inquire as to Clifton’s sanity. This was granted and the report will be made later in October. Clifton was tried in 1910 or 1912 in Judge Smith’s court and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary for assault with attempt to kill, which he served.

THIS YESTERYEAR PHOTO was taken nearly 100 years ago in front of Seven Falls in Colorado. Pictured are from left are: A.R. (Chub), Irma (Reed) Baxter, Victor (Reed) Baxter, Calvin (Ed), Clarence F. (Bud) and Fern Nettie (Gartrell) Baxter. Though the pose was not intentional, Lorrie (Bobbitt) Baxter and Garry Baxter, in 2019, had a picture taken in the exact same place as their ancestors.

* And So They Say: Clarence Heiner: “I think I have lived in Stockton longer than an other person living here now—81 years.” Bump Arrington: “You don’t have to believe it if you don’t want to, but I drove through an inch of snow up at Glade last Thursday evening.” Mrs. Ben Niermeier: “They say the State Fair is very good, but we had a good Fair here, too.”

The West Nile Virus hit close to home as Maxine Dibble of Stockton was diagnosed with it at the end of August when she was taken to the hospital due to her being weak, dehydrated and disoriented. She was tested for stroke but the tests came back negative. Then her son, Bill, requested that a blood test be taken, and those results officially diagnosed the West Nile Virus. Maxine spent the next three weeks in the hospital, being treated mostly for dehydration.

Further details of the accident in the mountains near Walla Walla, Washington, which caused the death of Dr. A. B Oechsli were given us by W. K. Skinner, who attended his funeral at Lawrence. Dr. Oechsli and one of the older medical officers at the hospital had started in a Buick car for a hunting lodge in the mountains, seventy miles distant, on a hunting trip of two days. When within fifteen miles of their destination, they turned into an abandoned road and did not discover their mistake until they had gone some distance. The road narrowed decidedly and when they reached a place with a deep declivity on one side, they were about to abandon the car owing to the difficulty of turning around, but finally made the attempt. The doctor remained in the car and the other man got out to push; he started the motor, which missed the gears and commenced to back, taking the former over the bluff and going on down into the gulf below. The man on foot fell about fifteen feet and was stunned, upon recovering his senses he saw the overturned car 150 feet below him and the lights still going. It was now dark and he clambered with much difficulty down over the rocks to the fallen car but could not find Dr. Oechsli. He then found another road at the bottom and walked six miles to a ranger’s cabin. They phoned to Walla Walla for help and with a lantern went back to search for Dr. Oechsli, finding him about midnight some distance up the slope. He was still alive, but unconscious. At 4:00 o’clock in the morning the ambulance with doctors and nurses came and the doctor was rushed back to the hospital. An x-ray examination showed no broken bones, but the skull at the base of the brain was fractured. He remained unconscious and died 48 hours after the accident.

Pictured with Stockton High School Principal Keith Hall were the SHS Homecoming Royalty: Tyler Brown, Tigger and Janae Holmes as attendants; Logan Bennett, Heather Murchie, King Luke Kriley, Queen Charley Campbell, Leneal Weiser and Kristen Lingg.

* And So They Say: Chuck Hageman: “From what I learned at the abstractor’s meeting, practically everything will be done by automation ten years from now.” “Jimmie James: “We Stockton men didn’t do much good at the shoot at Plainville Sunday, but we made a lot of noise.” George Riffel: “We are living in town now— up on the hill, so you can still call me a hillbilly.”

W. K. Skinner received a telegram from Mrs. A. B. Oechsli at Walla Walla, Washington that Dr. Oechsli was killed in an auto accident and that interment would occur at Lawrence, Kansas. This was painful news for the people of Stockton. Dr. Oechsli practiced medicine here for a number of years prior to the war. Dr. and Mrs. Oechsli came to Stockton in the spring of 1908. He had an extensive practice, and was accounted a physician of exceptional skill. Personally, he was a man of intelligence and refinement possessing traits that brought to him many warm friendships. His age was about 39. A. G. Muir, who had