Daily Republican., 1888-02-22
Tb.y an Fouud Husbands.

ChiN 'tsN L si'Nus.
A despatch from Portland. Ore
says: Ruby City is the principal place
in the Salmon River mining district in
eastern Washington Territory. 1t isa
typical miang town, and contains a
hotel large enough to accommodate
nifty persons, several restaurants, q
number OF saloons, and other stores
and houses. including school build.
ing. Recently the taxpayers elected
three school directors, who In turn
elected one Of their number, hardy
miner who has worked with the pick
all over the world, teacher OF the
school. He resigned at the end of
month, on the ground that he did not
possess the necessary ''larnin to hold
the position. The directors. on being
put to the test Of designating his sue
cessor, found that no one in the town
was competent to hold the place. A
bright idea took possession of the pres.
ident of the board, and he inserted ad.
vertisements in the papers Of Portland,
Tacoma and Seattle calling for "lady
teacher of experience none other need
apply" lie received many applica
tions, and selected one,
Three weeks ago to-day the stage
that runs between Spokane Falls and
Ruby City landed at the latter place q
medium sized, winsome young woman
, of 20, with dark blue eyes and long,
silken hair. She was typical hru.
neltc, and as she was the first white
woman who had set foot in the town
she attracted universal attention. The
willy president of the board had per.
mitted her to arrive unheralded, and
when che stepped out OF the coach he
warmly welcomed her, making the re-
mainder of the male population of the
village green with envy. He escorted
her in triumph to the hotel, and when
taking leave said he would call that
evening to confer with her concerning
the school. He came according to the
agreement, but WAS chagrned to find
the beautiful miss had bestowed her
affections upon the 45-y oar-old pro-
priet0r OF the hotel. When he broach-
cd the school topic she referred him to
her husband that was to be. The
president turned away with q sad
AlNulhs bub was BlNbGilt llltll tNGHlHS III
little marriage ceremony in the hotel
/ lobby, in which the hotel proprietor
and the schoolmarm were the con-
tracing parties.
Taking resolution from despair, the
President again went through the ap.
plicati0ns and chose one. the author of
which put in her appearance in Ruby
City four days later. she was Miss
Campbell, and she came from Spokane
Falls. She had been in town only
four hours when she promised to be
the bride of the boss saloon keeper.
The school president felt discouraged,
aId was not seen on the streets for four
days.
He had not been idle however, and
toward the end of the week q Miss
Woods arrived from Seattle to take
charge of the school. She said she
=, was -, but she looked to be 49, She
was about as ugly as Medusa, and the
president smiled to himself when be
musei in all likelihcod she would
teach the young idea how 10 shoot
something else besides o,het people s
pigs, whereas her VenuslIke pTedeces
sors had not been granted an opportu-
nifty. She never assumed the duties
of her position, for the proprietor OF
the general merchandise store made
her his wife two days after her arrival
The President was now reduced to
the verge of despair and he knew not
which way to turn. To save his lite
he could not secure teacher. Every
one that came was married inside Of
forty-eight hours. He evolved a
scheme in his own mind, and last
Thursday six good-looking young
women from Portland and Seattle ar
rived in the camp. Five were married
by Friday evening, the stage driver.
two saloon keepers, a restaurant
man, and q mine owner being
the lucky bridegrooms. On Saturday
morning the sixth wedding took place,
and the school president was the
groom. He has determined TO make
his wife principal OF the school, to
which no one objects, and matters will
soon be running smoothly in the camp.
The only man of any prominence who
did not get wife was prospectoi
named Jones.