Thomas County cat., 1890-01-30
HE Is CORRECT.
What ''Uucle Ike'' has to Say About
Our City and County.

Our City and County.
The Manhattan Nationalist of Jan. 10
contains a letter written by DR.. Isaac
Snyder who visited Mr.. Garrett Dedrick
and family about the first of the year. In
it he describes Colby and has many in
teresting things to say of the city and It's
inhabitants. He says:
Colby is fortunately located between
rival roads; the Lincoln s. Colorado
branch of the U. p, and the main line
of the c. r. l. s. P. each having a depo,
convenient to the business centre. 1t il
the county seat of Thomas county; its
corporate limits embraces an area Of 800
acres. q sober population of 1900. three
churches and billiard hall, an excellent
graded school and one man in Jail three
weekly newspapers and two race horses,
three hotels, three banking houses, twen-
ty-Gve stores, besides livery stables.
blacksmithing, harness. BARRIERS and
butchers shops; fine large school
building of native brick at cost of $15.-
600, brick yard producing an article of
the best quality. as several fine business
blocks testify; beautiful townsite and
many pretty dwellings, also steam
Touring mill recently erected and await
ing the arrival of machinery.
A visit to the school, taking all the
grades in turn. was among the pleas
antest moments of my sojourn. I wanted
to discover some fault in the teaching or
the conduct of the pupils, but 1 couldn't
see it, and can only speak in the highest
commentator of both, but it was evident
the children were not as much accustom-
ed to visits from the patrons of the
school as they should be; the entrance of
visitor should not be regarded by the
pupils as an event; spend an occasion
al hour at school We busy fathers and
carewOrn mothers, speak CHEEKY word
to the children. it will encourage them;
and a word of sympathy to the tired
teachers, it will help them and benefit
you.
On the Sabbath took position with
in short range of the Baptist pulpit; this
society has recently completed a neat
church building. They are reasona-
bly, prosperous ancially. but judging
from the apparent want of interest in
the public services, l quote spiritual
stock slightly off; they enter the sanctu-
ary twenty minutes late. and sit as far as
possible from the speaker In compari
son with Manhattan societies they bring
to church proportionally less of feathers
and jewelry. but more of the Infant
territ le," the eloquence of which caused
The preacher to remark that he didn't
care how much noise the children made |
# the congregation would look straight |
It him and not at the infants, but the |
difficulty was, he was not handsome and |
he babes were. He is the new |
preacher and succeeds Rev. Goodwin
'ecently resigned. His name is Broad
bridge. If his first two discourses in Col
~ are an index of the man, the people
,ave lost nothing by the change, and if
hey properly digest the food he gives
hem, and are but half as sincere in the
ervice of the Master as he, that church
will become power for good in the
Colby is the center of good. not a
poor" agricultural region; emphatically
wheat country. The yield of that
cereal the past season was heavy and Of
,est quality; an increased acreage sown
he past autumn is looking well, and if q
,ood harvest is gathered next season
Thomas county will boom and Colby
will get the benefit of many shocks.
A much needed improvement IS .
ystem of city water supply, which could
'e had at comparatively small cost, but
majority of the citizens don't see it,
md probably will not till they discover
/ in the glare of a conflagration which
peedily wipes out the entire business
,ortiOn of the town. The country is un-
erlaid with an exhaustless supply of
vater. reached at depth. in the town,
f 75 to 100 and to-a stranger it is simply
that no means whatever
f combating fire exist; the remark
heard that "a fire would be
eneft," was rather suggestive of heavy
insurance.
am in no way interested in the sale
# property in Kansas, nor in any
western publication, and certain inter
SITS in the east will probably prevent
Lansas becoming my permanent home,
nd can say in all candor that, with
er railroads, educational advantages;
he monopoly of the patronage Of large
ircuit of surrounding country; local
judiciary that renders the place too hot
or saloonists and boot-leggers; an eleva-
ion of over 5000 feet above sea level; a
,ure, dry atmosphere and exaustless
upply of excellent water; immunity
rom catarrb, throat, lung and malarial
Colby is good town to hold
N to. And say to al invalids for whom
handsome and healthful location with
,ure water and genial hospitality is the
proper prescription. and to the honest.