Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-10-15
DAKOTAN's ANXIOUS FOR WIVES.
A Chat with Col. Donrn-Townsyyft
out One Marrfageabie Girl.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
I'VE can accommodate ten
thousand girls with husbands in Da-
kota on ninety days notice" said Col.
Pat" DOMAIN at the Grand Union no.
tel few days ago. The colonel Of
the late confederate forces, now 8
journalist Ia the great territory. tow
cred full six feet under big SLOUGH
hat
1--WE have published in The Fargo
Argus" ne continued. ''two thousand
letters from as many young women,
and have made many matches. In
May, 1880, there was only one mar
aiageable girl in Fargo, and to day,
with population of II, 900, we have
only four unmarried girls. In Dead
wood, at the height of its mining few
er, Ia 1879 so, there were five thousand
bachelors and only six manageable
girls. You get great many tales in
the east about the lone young women
who take UP farms in Dakota and re-
ject all offers of marriage. Why,
they don't live in the territory a year
before they are welded
Most of our men went to Dakota,
when they were boys, and that is the
reason We have so many bachelors
there-thousands of them, all willing
to marry. The strange thing about it
all is most of them know lots of girls
in the eastern towns from which
they came, and make no effort 10 wed.
won't havethe girls they used to they
know, and they can't get any Others
very well. Any attractive girl who
will go there can queen it over the
whole territory Montana is older
than we are, and has plenty of mar
riageable women. My, how those
girls there ride horses! But in Dako-
ia L know scarcely a town with an un
married girl in It. 1t would surprise
you to know how many army officials
and men Of prominence marry SER
want girls. High or low, rich or poor
a good girl can have her choice there.
know one prominent man who mar
ried pretty waitersgirl of one of the
hotels the other day. She gave him
as wedding present Dakota farm,
some diamonds. and many other valu-
ables. In Dakota women are equal to
men in the eyes of the law"
Col. DOMAIN, although now a noted
matchmaker, is bachelor himself.
Maj Edwards, editor-1n~chief, and
II. 4. PlumlY, managing editor, of
the Argus. he says, are both unmarri-
ed, although they have overlooked
and published all the two thousand
let ers sent him from eastern young
women.
When asked about the alleged polk
er game between Stanley Huntly and
Maj. Edwards, in which the former
threw away four queens and drew
three aces to an ace in hand, Col. Do
nan said: 1.-THE story isn't to be be-
lieved. Maj. Edwards knows how to
deal, and having four kings in hand
and pot of 81, 400 on the table he
would not deal his opponent three
aces 7"
"What about the admission and |
division of the territory as a state9"
was asked
1.-THE admission and division of Da-
kota have been agitated with us since
1870, when we had twelve thousand |
inhabitants. Since then there have
been several constitutional conven~
tons which have met, resolved, and |
sent delegations to Washington. Last |
winter we had Delegated at the
capital which spent hundreds of theu-
sands of dollars in vain. There are
three things to prevent division and
The south will never
permit the admission of two northern
states if it can help it. The eastern
high tariff republicans will never per
nit two low tariff states to enter if |
they can help it. Tae democratic
party will never consent to the ads
mission of two republican states if it
can bel p it. Dakota will be admitted
only when it consents to come in as
one state"