The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-05-01
A BIG DAY AT SHARON SPRINGS
President Roosevelt to Spend Sun
day at That Place for Rest.
Peter RObidoux One of a Committee TO Help
Entertain the President-Chureh to Be
Held in Big Tent-Many From
GOOdIand VIII Be There.

The fact that President Roosevelt has
chosen Sharon Springs, the county seat
Of the border county of Wallace, in which
to recuperate Sunday, May 3, while on
his western tour has attracted general
attention to the little town and the
county in which it is situated. 1t is
within ID miles Of the Colorado line, %
miles south Of GOodland, and is in
county the urban population Of which is
less than 1000.
This is not the first time that Wallace
county has entertained a president. The
other occasion was in 1874, when Presid-
ent Grant was making a tour Of the
western states. Sharon Springs was not
on the map then and the two or three
huts which stood on the present site of
the town were known by the euphOniOus
tile Of Eagle Tail" President Grant
was entertained at Fort Wallace by the
soldiers and residents of the place. The
country was filed with Indians and very
little Of the population of the county
lived outside Fort Wallace. Indian wars
and raids were common occurrences and
the presence OF soldiers in the border
towns was a necessity. Now the soldier
is as uncommon a sight there as the In
dian and the country has become q
peaceful agricultural and stock raising
community.
The town of Sharon Springs has pop
ulation of 400 and is in a good location
on the main line Of the Union Pacific
railway and Eagle Tail creek The
creek is a tributory of the Smoky Hill
river. 1t furnishes an adequate water
supply for the town, is we'll stocked with
fish and is the source of the county's ice
supply. The town has one large brick
school building which cost $4,000, one
of the best court houses in the " estern
tier Of counties, three good church build
ings-Methodist, Christian and Swedish
Lutheran-fOur general stores, two
hotels, a drug store, a bank, lumber
yard, livery stable and a weekly news.
paper. A skimmiDg station, made nee
essary by the growth of the dairying in
dustry, recently has been established
there. Several thousands Of dollars are
paid out annually to the farmers of tbs
county for milk and cream.
The Rev. DR.. S. NJ Neal, of Kansas
City, has been engaged to hold services
in the forenoon. A tent 4Ox9O has been
secured in which the services will be
held, instead of in the Methodist church
as previously intended. W. A. Clark, H.
J. Williams and Peter Robidoux, who are
all we'll known in GoodIand, have been
selected to accompany the president on
his afternoon horseback ride. Repre-
sentative WOodhouse will look after the
governor of Colorado and his staff of,
6cers. The housewives of Sharon Springs
are busily engaged in planning ways and
means to care for the hungry. Every
residence in town will be thrown wide
open and the visitors will be given the
best accommodations the town affords
The people of GOodIand have become
aroused at the festiVity planned by the
citizens of Wallace county and Sharon
Springs, and have begun to make pre-
parstions for going down to swell the
crowd and to make the celebration lively
All the rigs at the local livery barns have
been engaged for Sunday, and there ii
no doubt that the road between Good
land and Sharon Springs will be KEEP
hot for day or two.