The latest oil test to be made in Rooks County is the well being drilled in the exact center of NE1/4 of 21-8-19 on land owned by Dick Silvers. The drilling is progressing rapidly, and reports state that the hole is down by 925 feet. This well is being drilled by A. E. Creeley of Russell and H. K. Boysen of Ponca City, Okla. Mr. Creeley has the distinction of bringing in the first well in the Russell field, and we are in hopes he will be the first to bring in a producer in his new location.

The Rooks County Health Department received a plaque of appreciation for their excellent service in the Novel H1N1 Influenza vaccine during the 2009 pandemic. Lisa Gilmore, health nurse Lorraine Baughman, Joni Bellerive, Liz Hainke, Lori Eichman, and commissioners Bob Schamel, John Ruder, and Ted Lambert were on hand to receive the plaque.

The preliminary returns of the 1930 census indicate that although Rooks County is still losing population, the rate of decrease is far less than in the previous decade. The Census Bureau reports a population of 9,534, while in 1920, the total was 9,966, and in 1910, it was 11,282. This is a total loss of 1,748 in twenty years, but only a decrease of 432 in the past ten years.

The Stockton Area Arts Council was set to present the children’s musical “Enchanted Sleeping Beauty, the Legend of Briar Rose” at the historic Nova Theatre, with one performance a dinner event catered by Shirley May’s Deli.

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* And So They Say: Virgil Olson: “It really is a small world. The first people we saw when we stopped to stay all night at a motel at Denton, Texas, enroute to Dallas, were some people from Palco.” Rae Hageman: “I think I could cut out a dress for myself and make it blindfolded.” Duffie Hindman: “These days if you commit a crime and want to stay out of jail, you have to commit a big crime.” Bill Gouldman: “I’ll have big news next week. I’ll have tomatoes out of my garden.”

The engineers from the Fairbanks-Morse plant at Beloit, Wisc., are here this week installing the new 360 horsepower modern diesel engine at the municipal power plant. The installation work will be completed within the next week. The new engine is a six-cylinder full diesel of the latest design, directly connected with a 300-kilo volt amperes 3-phase 2200 volt alternator or generator and a ten kw exciteor. The great steel crankshaft is extended beyond the engine, and the generator and exciteor are connected to the shaft extension. No belts are required on the equipment.

For the past 25 years, Dwight Schneider had employed Brull Harvesting of Pierre, S. D., to harvest for him at Schneider Ranch. Brull Harvesting was in its 52nd year when it began after Ken graduated from Victoria High School in May of 1958.

* And So They Say: Frank Mitchell: “I do think the kids are learning to spell better than they did a few years ago.” Merton Van Eaton: “I don’t think much of those Monday holidays they are talking about. It will just give more people a chance to be killed.” Terry Odle: “It cost us $10.00 to get our honeymoon car cleaned up after our friends decorated it so beautifully.” Pudy Larson: “I never saw an election year when so few of the people of both parties seemed to be satisfied with any of the presidential candidates mentioned.”