The friends and neighbors of James R. Beckley proved themselves real Samaritans last Thursday when they assembled at the Beckley farm and harvested Mr. Beckley’s corn. Mr. Beckley was taken to the Concordia Hospital several week ago and is suffering with an attack of Bright’s disease. The neighbors, knowing of his condition and the harvest to be done, volunteered assistance and in a few hours shucked 1,500 bushels of corn. There were forty-five men, with thirty-five teams and wagons. The wives came along bringing baskets of good things to eat, and at noon the workers set down to one of the greatest dinners that they ever had the privilege to attend.

The new high school came near going up in smoke last Saturday night. It was a great scare for the populace and while considerable damage was done everything was soon repaired. The fire started in the basement among some trash that had been dumped in a corner. The fire rapidly spread and before it had been gotten under control burned up several new school desks, several boxes of paper towels, toilet paper, etc. The water pipes in the room above were melted and other damage resulted to the woodwork in that particular section of the building The fire was discovered by the janitor Allen, about 11:30 p.m. as he was returning to his room at the building. He lives in one of parts of the basement and being unable to gain access through the door broke out a window to get in. The heat and smoke were too great for him to combat the fire with the building’s fire hose and consequently he gave the alarm. The Board had the insurance adjuster at the building on Sunday morning and estimated the loss at $1,000.00. Three or four plumbers were busy that day getting the plumbing in order so that nothing might hinder the working of school on Monday morning. It was a close call for the fine building and lucky the damage was no greater.

The Stockton Motor Company got in a carload of Chevrolets the first of the week, the shipment containing three cars and a truck. The Chevrolet has made a big growth as one of the popular medium-priced cars, the transportation averaging lower costs per mile than of other automobiles. See the advertising of the Chevrolets in this issue.

Reading an item in one of the Kansas City papers that a woman of that city picked violets on Christmas day inspired a couple of Stockton girls to hunt for violets in Stockton. Sylvia Munn and Edit Douglas made a bet that they could find violets and they started a search. They did not look long until they located a patch in full bloom and picked a handful, bringing the flowers to the Review and Record office as evidence.

Floyd E. Houston and Miss Nettie Barnes, both of Woodston, were married by Reverend J. F. Dennis of that place on December 23rd. Howard W. McMichael of Stockton and Miss Beulah A. Barnes of Plainville were married on December 26th by Probate Judge Case. Mr. and Mrs. McMichael have the congratulations of their many friends. Joseph Tobie Hamel of Palco and Miss Emma Louise Plante of Damar were granted a license on December 2nd. The couple will be married on January 8th. Floyd H. Lightfoot and Miss Flora Bell Marietta were united in marriage at Kirwin by Reverend Fred. R. Bush. The newly Mrs. Lightfoot is the daughter of Mrs. M. C. Marietta and is a very fine young lady. They have gone to housekeeping in the former Kelly property on east Main and they have the sincere wishes of their many friends.

W. L. Davenport, who has been enjoying a fine visit with his Rooks County friends over for the past four or five weeks, died suddenly at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Burlin on Sunday. The shocking news of Mr. Davenport’s death was received in Stockton shortly after he passed away and it saddened the hearts of his countless friends. Mr. and Mrs. Davenport had came from their home in Denver about the middle of November for the visit. Mr. Davenport was one of the influential citizens of Rooks County during his residence. He was a sound, conservative man, well liked by everyone. He came to Kansas in 1878 and had homesteaded three and a half miles east and one-half mile north of Plainville. He married Cora A. Brooks at Plainville on March 9th, 1884. All the little girls and big

Mr. F. A. McIntyre, traveling agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, was in Stockton last Tuesday interviewing some of our members of the Chamber of Commerce relative to the new passenger schedule out of Stockton. Mr. McIntyre is a very congenial gentleman and assured us it was the desire of the Missouri Pacific to give us the best possible service and in this connection they would enjoy the best possible patronage the people of Stockton could give to the railway company. It will be remembered that the chamber was very active in bringing about the change from 3:10 to 5:20 p.m., the present time of the passenger’s departure.

All talk as to who our next county attorney will be is now set at rest. F. E. Young received his commission Sunday from Judge C. I. Sparks, appointing him to fill out the unexpired term of J. Earl Farrish. Mr. Young has served the county for four years, his term expiring last January. It has been conceded by many of our citizens that Mr. Young would be the next county attorney and his many friends will be pleased to hear of his appointment. He will be sworn in by Probate Judge Case this week and will take charge of the office Saturday morning.

The Hays Municipal building took fire last week, supposedly from spontaneous combustion in the furnace room, and the east side of the building is a complete loss. The east side housed the G.A.R., the ladies rest room and the police courtroom, the farm bureau office and the city auditorium upstairs. The loss is estimated at $25,000.00. The city clerk’s office and the offices of the city treasurer and city manager were badly damaged by smoke and water, but the city records in the vault were intact. The upstairs of the west side contained rooms for the Chamber of Commerce and city attorney and were damaged by smoke. All the pictures, souvenirs, guns and relics of the G. A. R. were destroyed—a keen loss to the organization.

Since the Missouri Pacific put into effect a radical change in the passenger time card several weeks ago, the Stockton Chamber of Commerce has been fighting for a change to the betterment of the town. The layover here of the passenger for three hours was not long enough to facilitate mail correspondence and the inconvenience of leaving on the train in the middle of the afternoon, with a layover at Downs of nearly three hours. Encouragement came Tuesday in the form of a telegram from the headquarters at St. Louis to W. F. Hughes, president of the chamber of commerce. The telegram read: “Appreciate your letter relative to passenger schedule. Arrangements will be made to adjust service in line with your request.”