Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-10

ture ut the school house next Sunday
evening on the subject PrOhlDltlon
| failure. and WHY" 1t will be interest
! ing and all should attend.
The Frankfort Bee contains the adj
dress delivered at Frankfort on decorator
day by J. 5. Warden. 1t is splendid
address. and if we could spare the space
we would republish in full.
! Notice the petition of tax payers IN
another column for the organization OF
, Colby as city of the third class. AT the
july meeting of the board of commits
sioners the deed will be done.
Arrangements are completed for the
building of a brick store building south
of the CAT office by MesSrS. Newell and
Warden. This building is already leased
| by y mercantile firm for IA term of years.
Work on the new brick building north
of the CAT office has been commenced.
The size of the building will be 25X6o.
"A gentleman named Woodruff. of Marys-
vile. Kansas. will occupy the room with
n stock of general merchandise.
Elder F. Y. Stewart has located two
miles north of Colby. He already has
wind mill up and is making other valua-
BILE improvements. He is Il minister of
the Christian faith and will preach oc-
OCCASIONALLY at the school house.
The three brick store buildings togeth-
er with the large brick bank building Will
all be completed before cold weather.
These buildings will give a per
manency to the town and start fall build
ing so that it will continue all winter.
4 meeting for the purpose of organic
ing a stock company To buifd Il first-class
brick hotel in Colby will be held on We'd
nesday evening. June IT, at Office of
Town Company All are invited to at
tend and encourage the worthy enter
prise. CITIZENS.
The Sheridan county commissioners
have ordered the railroad lands to be
placed on the tax rolls. Sheridan and
Thomas counties can unite and make a
test case of the taxation of railroad
lands Thomas county, as usual. started
the matter and Sheridan followed.
DIR. J. W. Martin has returned from
Weston. Mo. and will make Colby his
future home. He is Il graduate of Il
medical college. has had several yeas
experience in the practice Of his profess
sion, makes surgery Il specially. and IS Il
Jolly good fellow besides. He can he
found at the Palace Drug Store.
L. A. Lewis. living northwest OF town
ten miles, has been making some valua-
bic improvements on his homestead. He
has farm house nicely painted with
window blinds. has put out i,CCG trees
this season. las 10 acres under cultivG-
ton and 50 acres fenced. All inside of
one year. Mr. Lewis will make 4 success
of farming in this county, ana his eXani-
pie is good fer Others to follow,
The CAr offers the following special
prizes for the Sd: lst.-CAT one veal
for the pretticSt baby. JudgeS-Geo.
Hyatt, Emmett Fraze ard Sarn'l PASSED.
! 2d.-CAT one year to the oldest soldier
present on that day Leave name. age
and company III this Office :}d-CA1
one year for the first man out or fifty
yard foot race Judges-W w Walk,
er, ThoS. Reed. and NJ Donelan. These
prizes will be awarded before II NJ. ex
cept the old soldier prize. 4th.-CAT one
year for the prettiest colt. year old.
Sherman county has already taken The
| iniiiatory steps for organization. K i.
said that misrepresentation and fraud
secured the petition for appointment OF
census tSker and assessor The new law
requires for TIE memorial TO the Gov,
ernOr the signatures of four hundred
householdcrS who are legal electors and
have resided within tie county sin
months prior to taking Of such census
! There must be at least one hundred anC
| fifty thousand dollars worth Of property
in excess of the legal exemptions. eX
GLIDING railroad property, of which
Seventv-fvc thousand dollars worth is
| real estate. The census taken last shows
| both people and property is lacking tc
meet full requirements of the new law
! We are informed on good authority that
| the people of Sherman. especially the
farmers, oppose very strongly the organ
| iZation now as being premature and il
| advised and through the machiEatiOns
and intrigues of designing politicians
who want some Office and tn capture the
county seat by any means whatever on
the erroneous principl" that the end
iustifieS means The fraud alleged III
| the proceedings thus far even, if true
Will land some behind the bars and stop
the organization until, at least. it is de
| termined whether we have dry season
or good crops so people can stay and not
be involved in Il large Indebtedness that
| will hang over the county for many years
| to come Organization is a good thing
if opportune and not premature, other
wise the county will he like ship at sea
without any pilot, shipwrecked and
dashed against the rocks of debts and
insolvency with but a few pieces here
and there to attest what it might have
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