The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-05-15
AFFAIRS IN WYOMING.
The Territory q Good Place For Matri-
monlalIy-Inclined Women.

The Territory q Good Place For Mafri-
monially- Inclined Women.
A member Of the Wyoming Legisla-
ture has presented bill to that body
which provides for taxing each unmar-
ried man in the Territory over thirty
five years old $3.50 ayear Martin
Hopkins, who is stopping at the Grand
Pacific, is an ardent supporter Of this
bill, which he believes will be adopted.
"And why not?" he said to reporter.
1.-THE Quebec Legislature has provided
that every head of family of twelve
children shall receive 100 acres of land
while the French Chamber of Deputies
has directed the Minister of the Interior
to Investigate the subject of compulsory
marriage.
Our bill, you see, is only the revival
Of an old idea. Bachelors were subject
to special tax under the old Roman
law, as they were in.England as late
as the time of William III. Fred
erick the Great limited the mourning
period for widowers to three months.
At present the petitioner of France IL
urging that certain age for marriage
be fixed by the Government, those who
pass this line to be severely punished.
After our bill has passed we expect
an influx Of young women. To-day
Wyoming is the best hunting ground for
husbands in the United States. II /. 600
unmarried women from Chicago should
start for Wyoming this month would
guarantee that 80 per cent of the mum.
Dor would not be single year. sIttakes
a right hard disposition to block match
out there. cur school trustees want
women for teachers; our young chaps
want pretty, entertaining girls to take
to parties; bur bachelors want sensible,
middle-aged women for life partners.
Lots OF women from the East have
gone to Wyoming within the last few
years, yet the demand is far greater
than. the supply There are hundreds
Of young girls working like slaves for a
mere pittance in Chicago who could GO
to Wyoming, get school there, and de-
eide on a husband. She would not have
to look for one. The school room is the
greatest avenue to matrimony in the
West. You would be surprised to know
that two-thirds of the wives OF yvyo-
ming WCdtblJ NUN WCio OntC oCuOOl-
marms. If this keeps on we won't have
any schools
henI was here a year ago l advised
a young teacher to go to Wyoming. She
got a school about fifty miles north Of
Cheyenne and began work during the
September term. In December she
married wealthy cattle owner. Before
her marriage she turned over her school
to another young woman from Chicago.
She, too, married in the spring. Then
the trustees employed an old maid who
had seen about sixty summers; but she
was there only two months. She didn't
get married, but the bachelor ranchmen
who supported the school would not pay
cent until the old woman was re-
moved. They said IL we couldn't run a
kind of a matrimonial shop along with
our schools they would quit the Terri
tory. The next teacher, an Omaha girl,
was the prettiest one lever saw!"
as she teaching now?'' sss a,HE
| "No."
Married ranchman?" 7s
mo; one of the school trustees"
"Who was hep EsS a.
Martin Hopkins, and he is proud Of
it, !" and the wealthy citizen of Wyoming
FLUSHED like girl.-Chicago Tribune. !