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? " cOUNTy $? . p $' IS Cat HOMAS M rS ip: r$ 1 1 T i-4 VOL. I. NO. 47. COLBY, THOMAS COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1886. 1.50 PER YEAR.. u -i Ul Jill. ve. sr r n w rB9BS9aflBjL92 ! Wfj THE Tri SK- S a CTIU2CJ7 DIESCTORT Cmiby TJnioa Susdar School meeU rresr Prea inn tt 11 . f jttnjrlDh &t 7.30 1 is Preachin? at S,r. k Servicag held in Mr. Bein'i Hp.I1. All ara JferiteU "WbosceTer will zs.a.7 come " E A. CHOUS?., Faator. CAT. I J- J Real Estate Agents, i. C? ?.. . llht Lodge No. i73, meets regularly every Tuesday eom .u at Dean h Hull, al 7 o'clock . Allmenoer-. of t lie order are cordially InTited to attend COUNTY DIRECTORY. fclerir Jarrf 3"reaurer N I) Mag r!k. liean. sifter of '"teds John W. Irwin ftuDerlntondent Public Ins t W. W. Walker. Jjanr"" ' W If. Copcland. Attorney W. G. Porter. Sheriff W. H. Kinjjtry. Probate JtidRGM. L Laoey, Slerk District Co art E J. Paine, imeyor T. P. Ctiatnbera Voroner M. MoGreevy. ( Frank Pingree, Ch'n. CesomiHSlouers - H. W. Wlthtim. i K. T. Hemin-. LB.Tombuk. E. A. W. P. SjLOE. Hr.i. Cashier. Thomas County Bank. ToiiBLiN & Sai.br, Props. fpno.-iil banking buqlueiw, loans 007, writes Insurance, sella eastern ex- uoiiecuonn prumpuy hiuuiubu iv. Corby, UZaaas. iiWUNS - COUNTS BANK. R. A. HENDRICKS. A'X' W Q033. - - :EA.S. JTeotlates loans on real estate In Thoinaa, SSwlins nod Cheyenne counties pr,Eay term and quick returm. U. K. WELD, Attorney & Counselor AT LAW. "frill practice before U. S. Land Office fu Obrlin. or before the general land oillce at waHhInirton, and in all State and ledcral Courts. Heal estate and coininorciai taw a "Otace, west s'de, oVer Central Drug Store Specialty. er-i Law, Loan and Land Office of WILLC0X0N & 110VEY, JDo a general law bm'ness Deeded and stfhool land for sal Money to loan ou c. at tm. or real ciuatc oecurity. CorreHpeudtnce Micitd. OCee. Cor. Fr-nklin Av. and W BU LESSENGER & JAGGAR, Law, Loan and Land OFFICE. Ail kinds of legal business transacted Dced 4g and 6chool ia.iils lor sale. 3lone to loau in 4mtd suit the borrower. Correspondence eHdted. Offioe opposite Central Drue: Btore, COLBY. THOMAS COUNTY, KANSAS. W. G. PORTER, -.-v-Attorney at Law Notary Public. tflT All land buBinesa proniptl and accurate ly-C "dene and satisfaction icuarantud. IfcAHK Pinorek. Notary Public. Colby, Kan. faTw. Cox, Collector, Colby, Kansas. PINGREE & COX, Real Estate Insurance AGENTS. tf hare oholco farms and wild lands In Ne fcfiidnu also nchool and deeded lands in Thom M eouatr. Kansas. Locating done in Thomas AM Sheridan counties promptly and aecu Nttely. GEO. W. GOODSOE. Attorney and Counselor at Law. NOTARY PUBLIC. BeaTEstate bought aad Hold. Monoy jM&ed on chattel and real estate security. Oma. over aixx & bob' stork, ObTtay, - - KZaoisa. Bsaszzra a nsmziro, Real Estate Agents. IQUICKVTLLE. KAN8AS. rtpine elaim for sale. Locating done. jklnds of land business promptly attended. Money To Loan on Real Estate. OAKLEY, ST. JOHN CO. St. John cotmty, U.P. K H. wkero all trains oia eareuoinjra central land buMness. Locatinp in Thomas a id St. John counties made a hj ecialty. All Kiiids of land business promptly attended. THOMAS COUNTY. The Most Progressive of the New Counties. Ln Monoi t.;.OnoKx. OSBORN & MONROE, Real Estate Ag'ts Wa-Ksbxxt, Kamia. B Jardikk, Streator, Kan. Tnree Thousand Population. JARDINE & REED, Land locators. We have choice farms and school lands for sale in Thomas county, Kansas. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED JOHN A. WALKER, Livery & Feed Stable Good rigs and plenty of Stabling and Feed. OOLBY, XSLA.2TS.S. Grocery Store ! W. H. ARCHER. GFA good selection of fresh (rrocerlea, also earry some clothing and dry goods. Coal for Sale at Reasonable Prices. OTTERBOURNE, - KANSAS. City Meat Market ! T. P. FEEHAN. Fresh and oared meats for sale at all Times. Oqlut, Kansas. JOHN BRUCE, Contractor & Builder, COLBY, KANSAS. Jobs solicited, estimates furnished for all kinds of buildings I have now got m shep in running order. Scrole sawing and bracket work a specialty. H. B. VANCE, BLACKSMITH! bop first doer north of Cat office. G snort al blackwnlthingand repairing done on saor notioe. Horseshoeing and plow work a spe cialty. All work guaranteed. Give me a call. THE CAT & THE LEAVENWORTH TIMES. BOTH ONE YEAR, $2.0O The Times is the best State paper. The Daily Times AndtheCATfor$4.G0. The Topeka Capital And the Gat for 2.00 The Kansas Farmer AutheOAfor2.M. The fiibt settlement of Thomas county wah maie in the fall of ii79 find tha enrinnr tt 1QQA A fa-n? fa: Thos Rkd. " """6 Vi n"" " "" -""- onnneu, km. lies movea in tne county, but until the rail ol 1884 the population was not xucd oue hundred. The fall 1884 and up to the present time the uc or .nimiiriarion has couLinu- ea until oil but about 7000 acres o: buvi.nimeiit laud has been takeu, an,., ne population numbers thiee thous and. The county was organized in October last and a full set of officers have been elected. THE SUBPACK Of the county is almost level; rolling along the streams, but in no place rough. The South and North Forks of the Solomon, the Saline, the Prai rie Dog and the Sappa are the streams of the county, although the Sappa is the only stream of running water. THE SOIL Is a black loam. The soil under the buffalo grass is a little light in color, but becomes ery dark when cultivat ed or where other grasses than the buii.iiu grow. The soil is rich and deep. The sub-soil is hard and dry under the buftalo grass, but when the land is cultivated the soil becomes soft and moist There is very little sand in the county. The old style breaking plow, made to move by eight or ten yoke of oxen, is never seen. A team can do the work easily. The "Grasshopper" breaking plow is used altogether. The plow is light with iron bars in place of the mould-board. May and June are the beet months for breaking. ABOUT 0E0P8. The crops especially adapted to this cou.itr at present are wneat, rye, sugar cane, muiet ana ail mnos or vegetables. "Wheat and rye are sure crops here when they arc sure in any part of Kansas. Cora requires an older soil to be a success, but notwith standing, that erop in the past two years has been a decided success. GRASSES. The buffalo grass predominates. This grass is a small matty grass, ma tures e&rly, and is very nutritious, stock preferring it to other grasses. The blue stem and other grasses are working in rapidly, and in time will entirely exterminate the buffalo grass. Plenty of hay land is found along the streams and in the valleys. FORESTS AND ORCHARDS. In the matter of planting trees, the ground must be in a thorough condi tion of cultivation before trees are a success. Deep rooted trees are the most successful. In fruit trees, the peach will grow on second breaking, also the plum, while the apple and cherry need an older soil. Grapes, raspberries and blackberries grow lux uriantly when properly cared for. Wind-breakB are needed for orchards, and the Russian mulberry is a decid ed success for that purpose. PURS AND SOFT WATER The water is very soft, requiring no chemicals to soften it for washing. It is perfectly free from alkali it can be found by digging from 16 to 125 feet, the average depth being about 50 feet It is inexhaustible, windmills pumping from a well all the time do not affect the water in the least, the supply seemingly never decreases. One well we know of has supplied water for over three hundred head of cattle besides a dozen or more families. THE CLDtATE. The climate is all that can be asked In summer we have some warm days, but there is always a slight breeze, and the nights are deliciously cooL Sultry weather is entirely unknown. In winter we are subject to some cold snaps, but the most of the winter it pleasant Nertr long; early fpriagi and 1U fall. A HEALTHY COUNTRY. As a healthy country it is not ex celled in the world. Perfectly free from malaria or chills and fever, while those that have lung troubles when they come here speedily recover. One year of western Kansas life will do more for a consumptive than all the medicines that learned physicians can prescribe. Hundreds can attest to this. THX FUEL QUESTION. In the matter of f el, we have the Colorado coal, the best soft coal used. The cost is from $5.00 to $6.50 per ton, at the railroad, and will be cheap er when the western coal trade gets a better start It is cheaper than wood and dosen't need cutting. LUMBER. Lumber can be bought at from $18 to $30 per thousand. ft. R. PROSPECTS. Thomas county has the most flat tering railroad prospects. The B. c M. from Oberlin, the Missouri Pacific from Stockton and the K. P. from Oakley. It is safe to say that another year will find one if not two railroads through Thomas county. GROWTH Or KANSAS. DRUGS! DRUGS! ' SMITH, WALKER & CO. ASSESSED VALUATION. 1860 $ 24,736,450.00 1870 92,528,009.85 1875 123,544,344.07 1880 160,370.v61.43 1884 237,020,391.26 Kansas property is not assessed at more than one-half its real valuation. CULTIVATED ACRES. 1860 372,835 1870 1,360,003 1875 4,748,901 1880 8,8b8,8S5 1884 13 011,333 BU8HSLS WHEAT RA18ED 1860 168,827 1880 1,8-13,000 1875 13,209,402 1880 25,275,885 1884 43,050,431 BUSHELS OF CORK. 1860 6,678,835 1870 16,685,000 1875 80,798,869 1880 101,421,718 1S84 190,870,686 Northwestern Kansas, as far as heard from, stood the gale much bet ter than the southwestern portion of the State. It is not, in fact, so level, bleak and shelteiless as the Arkansas and Cimarron country, and the im provements are probablj' of a more substantial character, However, there are very few cases reported where people who remained in their homes were frozen. Those who perished were traveling across the country on foot Champion. The rainfall for the last seventeen years in Kansas averages 35.18 inches each year. The number of days the thermometer has indicated below zero in the same time averages ven each year. The number of days the ther mometer has indicated above ninety degrees, in the same time, averages forty-one days each year. A gentleman who claims to know, and who, by the way, is a scholar and a christian, says the only difference be tween Kansas and Paradise is that Kansas is receiving much the heavier immigration and has the best roadB. Leavenworth Times. Edwards county seems to have the centre of the blizzard. It is reported that twenty-two persons were frozen to death, and that half the stock in the county was killed by the cold. Tilton, of theWa-Keeney Big Head, save we have no influence. We don't claim that we can control the western part of the State. This we do know, that five out of every six of the lead ing men in the counties west of Trego county despise Tilton, and will, not support him for Auditor.. Ktep a foil gtock f Drugs, Medicines, Toilet articles, Paints and Oils, Patent Medicines, etc. COLBY, KANSAS, January Prices For School and Deed ed Lands are bound to raise. I have some desirable bargains in school lands ; lands suitable for farms or ranches at from $4.50 to $7.90 per acre. Ti tle guaranteed. No lands with questionable titles handled. I sell my own lands, and can save you money. W. H. COPELAND. NOW OPEN 1 ENNIS & NEIL'S CHEAP CASH STORE. MONUMENT SIDING, St Jorrn County. Kan. Seven Miles Nearer than Cleveland Down prices go. Save money by patronizing us. Groceries, provisioni, hardware, stoves, tinware, queenswate, boots, shoes, hats, dry goocfc, blankets, comforts, etc. LUMBEB, LIME AND FEED. Best, lump coal from $6.00 to $6.50. A car load of splendid Iowa potatoes. V9e are sole ageou, for the celebrated Star windmill, ' tubmlaf well supplies and. deep well pumps.. M m tii m 3 it - v.; Kl i!riiliiiiiipirr;r' jj.:.lJ 3111 ... ... ... -Bj 1