Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24

valuelesS for crops, and to let people,,
who want to secure farms for themselves,
know where they can obtain desirable
lands at moderate ptices. And, having
seen what l have In the last few days, !
do not hesitate TO predict that In q very
q very few years Cheyenne county Will
rival many Of the counties far to the east
of II, In agricultural resources and
progress, and that t. people Of Sidney
will be treated to the novelty Of ~agrlcul-
tural fairs ct that point not Tar I'm the
future.
Mr.. Clsrkuon, who has certainly proved
a great blessing TO that section Of the
state In solving the problem of agriculture
there, and In bringing tho lands Into
market at reasonable prices, has laid out
a park of about thirty acres, adjointng
Sidney on the south side, which will ere
long be an attractive feature of the town.
1t is intetllned with walks and adorned
with shade trees. Beyond the park and
adjoining 1t he IL cultlvating eighty acres,
on one portion of which were over 8 1000
trees of q great many varieties set out
last spring, aud all Of which are growing
nicely, scarcely any having died, They
are cultivated without irrigation, and
they lock very healthy. l saw a field Of
stout corn west Of Sidney. How much
further wett crops will DO raised another
year, 1t is not necessary to predict.
NEW CAREER FOR sIDNEY
has opened upon the town. For several
years IL has been on the retrodrade, aud
at a stsndstill, but now 1t Is advancing,
1t Is on the upward grade. With the in.
PRODUCTION of farming, the result, of
which have been described In this letter,
prosperity Is coming to Ii again. and it Is
a prosperity that will be permanent-iti is
coming to stay. The rough element
which formerly gave to Sidney an unen-
viable name at times, as 1t did to other
frontier towns, has almost entirely dlsap-
peared, and Sidney Ia now az law, abiding
and well-ordsred a community as you will
meet any xhere, aud tho town has as
bright q future before IL as any town In
Nebraska.
When l was G vernon OF Wyoming, the
subject of agriculture in Western Nehras-
ka and Wyoming attracted my attention,
and Its future prospects were a good deal
considered and discussed, but not much
faith of hopeful results, and l frankly
confess to q want of faith at that
time that farming could be
successfully and probably carried
on, say west of Plum Creek. 1t
Is q satisfaction to realize how ERRONEOUS
that view was. Buffalo, Dawson and
Lincoln counties have developed into rich
and prosperous agricultural counties, and
now Keith and Cheyenne counties are
following In their wake.
II CHIEF
to Sidney is the military post of Fort Sid
ney, which adjoins the town; and 1t was
pleasing to observe the pleasant and har-
monious relations existing between the
people of the post and the citizens of the
town. Gen. 81. A. Morrow commands
the post. he was a gallant and dietin-
guished soldier In the late war and has
now a colonelcy in the regular army.
Prior to the war he WAS a lawyer aud
judge in Michigan, and his name fire..
quently appears in the reports of
of that state, whore he maintained a
high standing. He he's associated with
himself at the post a CORPS of officers who
most worthily wear the honors of the ar
my, and who will provo it by deeds
whenever occasion demands.
JOHN M. THAYER.
GRAND ISLAND, August, 1885.