Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-01-19

Rev. R. 5. Ferguson is on the sick list
/ this week.
/ E. P Hogue made US pleasant call
on Monday.
c. NJ. Hovey couny treasurer is visit
ing in Nebraska this week
Cold Yes it was pretty cold the
, latter part Of last week and, the early
part of this week.
Rev. John Wilson of ObeTlin preach
ed the dedication sermon Of the Presby
terrain Church on Sunday last.
Jack Huston and Joseph Markham
have accepted positins as members OF the
Union Pacific corps OF surveyors and
leave Colby this week
". c. Porter ESQ, is committeeman
from this county of this congressional dis
trict. A meeting of the committee will
be held at Beloit the 24th inst
c. H. Dicks Esq one of the promi-
nent citizens of Burlington Colo. and bro
ther- in-law of L. L. French of the State
Bank, is visiting in Colby this week,
Other cities pay their local papers so
much an issue for setting forth the adj
vantages of their cities as, residences
and places of business. 1t is proposed
to do this in Colby.
We had pleasant visit from c. H. Plas-
ter, Esq on Tuesday last. Mr. Plaster
renewed his subscription to the Cat. and
also took advantage of our club rates on
The Echo and the Kansas Farmer.
The Farmers Voice a Is page quarto
published at Chicago Ills is new candi-
date for public favor 1t is devoted to
the interests of the productive classes.
Vol. I. No. 1. arrived at our desk this
week.
In cur correspondents report of those
attending the surprise party at CHI. Plas-
ster's he omitted to mention among those
attending, Mr. S. Harms and family. Oc-
casiOnally mistake of this kind occurs
unintentionally.
Fire! Fire. Fire,!. Look out for fire
This cold weather is liable to make us
some what careless in our efforts to keep
warm Examine the flues and stoves and
exercise all caution to keep fire from
breaking out in our city.
Ind WI hos
time with Messrs Kaub & Smith, left on
Wednesday morning for Paris Crossing.
Indiana. where he visits his brother dur
ing the winter Mr. Hudson has large
number of friends here who wish him a
pleasant time on his visit. He will return
to Colby in the spring.
We would have the 9perlin papers
note this fact, that. instead of having pop
ulation limited to 1900 in 1899 Colby has
set her stakes for population of 2OOOi in
that year. and we believe firmly. that we
will have it. We have the country sur
rounding us to justify belief that it will
support city of that size in another
year. With fair crops in Thomas County
in 1888, the population of both county
and city will nearly double.
Surveying parties of the Rock Island.
tire Union Pacific. the Missouri Pacific
and the Denver Short Line rail roads
are in Thomas County, locating routes
for their respective roads, all seeking
our city at once. is the spectacle presen-
ted to the world during the past week.
Four sets of rail road surveyors work
ing in Thomas County. at the same
time. three Of whom are surveying and
locating their roads in, and about the
CITY of Colby. is an emphatic indication
of this city's prospects as railroad cen
tire.
The board of trade of this city is com
posed of all our business men and many
of our farmers Each member. has an
equal voice in all that pertains to the act
ion of the board and each citizen is alike
interested in advancing the general int
crest of the community. Colby ought to
have a Touring and grist mill, sorgh-
UNI mill. creamery, broom factory,
and a canning establishment. The board
of trade was organized for the purpose
of locating these and similar industries
in our city. Such enterprises are either
acquired through demand in the course
of time or secured and protected for q
time at the expense of the community.
Colby needs, can use. and for her own
advancement must have these and SINH
lar establishments located in her limits
Her citizens are not slow to put their
hands in their pockets to sdvance her ge-
neral interests. nor, viii they be slow in
aiding in every way possible the estab-
lishment of each manufacturing enter
prises IS our board of trade recommend
q advisable. Vigorous action on the pazt
| Of the board Of trade in these matters We
are sure, would bsgratifying 70 ON citi-
sens.