Arthur Henn, who lived about six miles southwest of Plainville, was found mortally wounded from bullet wounds by County Superintendent Roland Cassett, Clyde Gardner, andRoyWhalenlastFriday forenoon in a draw about a mile south of his home. Cassett, in company with Gardner and Whalen, who with Henn made up the school board of District 97, drove to the Henn farm Friday forenoon to discuss some school business with Mr. Henn and learned that he was fixing a fence a mile south of the house. They drove down through a pasture, got out of the car, and started walking toward the draw when they saw Henn approaching them. When they spoke a few feet away, he seemed to try to answer but staggered and fell against the fence. Gardner, a near neighbor, rushed to him and laid him down on the grass. Cassett drove to a nearby farmhouse and got some water, but when he returned, he found that Henn had died. They assumed that he had had a heart attack, but later, Mrs. Henn, who had been called, noticed a dark spot on his shirt, and examination revealed three bullet wounds over the region of his heart. A .22 repeating rifle was found on a rock in the draw beside his hammer. The gun contained an empty cartridge, while a nearby bush sheltered two other cartridges, one discharged and the other dented by the firing pin. A coroner’s jury examined the body and surrounding grounds, along with the circumstances and brought in a verdict that he came to his death as a result of bullet wounds self-inflicted.

Floyd Morain, a 15-yearold boy, was seriously injured by the accidental discharge of a 410 shotgun at the family home on Wednesday. Floyd and his cousin, Allen Metheny, were going out to shoot a rabbit. While loitering at the well, the gun slipped from Floyd’s hands, and the trigger struck on the edge of the well curbing, discharging the gun. The load struck Floyd on the right upper part of his head, just missing the temple, inflicting an ugly and somewhat serious wound. Dr. J.W. McMillen of this city was immediately summoned, and also Drs. Nelson and Morgan of Phillipsburg. They have hopes for his recovery if no complications arise.

The Stockton National Bank has purchased the building formerly occupied by the National State Bank of Stockton the past week and will move to the new location within the next few days. It expects to open for business in the new quarters on Monday. Remodeling work is progressing satisfactorily in the new location, and the gold letters of “The Stockton National Bank” have already replaced those in the window of the failed institution. The Stockton National has sold its present building to Butler & Vallette, who rented it to the Carpenter Quality Store. Mr. Carpenter will move from the Oscar Gibbs building as soon as the bank building can be remodeled into a store, which will be about June 1st. While the financial part of the transaction has not been made public, it is understood the Stockton National Bank didn’t need to expend more than a few thousand dollars to make the transfer. The National State building was modernized with new vaults and built-in equipment only a few years ago, and the board of directors of the Stockton National felt that they could better afford the new location than spend thousands of dollars and a lot of time in modernizing their building. As part of the same transaction, the Farmers Union Mercantile and Shipping Associations purchased their present store location, which they have rented for several years, from the National State Bank. The Farmers Store will now be in its own building. The purchase was made from Harald Nomland, the receiver of the National State, and includes only the first floor and basement of the bank building, as the Masonic Fraternity owns the second floor of the entire building.

Chas. W. Coolbaugh was unanimously elected Stockton City School District Clerk at the annual school meeting. F. E Richmond, the present clerk, was not a candidate for re-election and could not be present at the meeting. Only forty voters were in attendance. The meeting voted a levy equal to 13 mills or approximately $21,000.00 for the expenses of the schools for the coming year. The wages of the teachers and janitors amount to about $2.600.00 a month or $130.00 for each school day.

Last week’s paper mentioned the fine concert staged by our local citizens, L. D. Fuller. It was Mr. Fuller’s opening number for the season before he and his company started on their tour. The concert was held at the high school auditorium, and the room was nearly filled to capacity. Fuller is undoubtedly a wizard on musical instruments, playing several at once, creating a novel expression among his audience. His son, Lorenzo, 12 years old, was exceptionally good on the harp. It is said he is the youngest harpist in the state. Mr. Fuller was assisted in the entertainment by his wife, a sisterin- law Mrs. J. Q. Sayers of Hill City, Professor Martin of Troy who will be one of the company’s regular entertainers as violinist this season, Will Pugh who puts on the comedy stuff, a daughter Rosabella Fuller, Eugene Stewart, and D. J. Green and his quartet.

Construction work will be started soon on the Federal highway east of Stockton. The camp has been located on the north side of the new location, half a mile east of the John Reed farmstead, and is situated at the center of the project for convenience. R. K. Walters is the superintendent in charge, with about fifteen men on the job. The actual construction work is still being held up while state highway engineers complete the office work on a recheck of the drainage structures. The work here will be under the charge of resident engineer F. Barkley, who arrived last week from Oberlin. Jack Coolbaugh, who has been studying engineering for some time, is assisting him in this location work. The material and equipment already on the job include a 60-horse power caterpillar tractor, a Stroud elevated grader, a dozen dump wagons, and much other equipment with some 30 horses and mules at the camp.

Next Tuesday, the local United Telephone Exchange will be host to the managers and owners of independent exchanges of this district. The district comprises all the counties west of Jewell and Mitchell Counties. The program includes questions about all phases of telephone work, round table talks, operator’s school, and other topics. There are more than 150 exchanges in the district, and it is expected that there will be more than 100 telephone people here for the meeting which will take place in the assembly room of the courthouse and will be an all-day affair.

Even with the dates of the Rooks County Fair’s annual meeting five months away, J. Q. Adams, the association’s secretary, is a busy man. In the past month, he had contracted for a significant portion of the free acts and other entertainment. Again, Mr. Adams is pleased to secure the Kilties Band of Beaver City, Nebraska.

C. D. Hobson of Downs, a veteran Missouri Pacific engineer, was crushed to death beneath his engine when the Lenora Branch passenger train ran into a herd of cattle on a curve a few miles west of Kirwin. The train was about three miles west of Kirwin when the engine crashed into the herd just as it came out of a small cut on a curve. In some way, one of the cows was pushed beneath the locomotive, causing it to jump the track and turn over into the ditch. Engineer Hobson was caught beneath the locomotive, only his head and chest projecting from the wreck. He was killed instantly, and the body was somewhat scalded by steam and hot water. The fireman, L.V. Harshey of Atchison, who was substituting on his first run on the Lenora Branch, was thrown clear of the wreck. The muscles of his arms and side were pulled loose, and he received some internal injuries. However, his condition is not believed to be critical. Mr. Hobson’s body rested beneath the weight of the 75-ton engine, and the light wrecker from Downs could not lift the wrecked locomotive. The section men finally managed to dig the body out after several hours before the heavy wreck had arrived from Atchison. Harold Hobson, son of the deceased, was working as a brakeman on the eastbound freight train. The trains passed in the Kirwin yards, and father and son waved at one another. Young Hobson’s train was still in the yards at Kirwin when the fact of the accident became known, and he rushed out to the wreck in an automobile and remained to direct the operations necessary to release the body of his father. The last fatal accident to an engine crew on the branch occurred about thirty years ago near Big Bend, also on the Lenora Branch. An engineer by the name of Wheeler and his fireman by the name of Gray were killed in that wreck. The Hobsons are known to most of the people of the Stockton community as both have been on the Stockton Branch run numerous times for many years.

The basement of the Christian Church on Second and Broadway in Plainville was dedicated by Pastor C. A. Burris. Dr. John Booth, \\conducted the event. The Christian Church had burned nearly three years ago after a thunderstorm. Some thought after the fire that the church would have to be given up altogether, but the building committee had other ideas. The new structure is on the same grounds as the old one and is a fireproof building and a beauty to the city. With only the basement completed, the cost so far is around $33,000. The work on the upper rooms for Bible School will be commenced at once, and in the next two years, the Sanctuary will be completed. We are strong for this building committee in having the grit to keep going. More often, the darkest hours are just before day.