The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-17
THE LONELY KANcHEKs OF sUMAs
Send Invitation to tho Women OF the
East to Come and Get Married.

Send Invitation to tho Women Of tho
East to Como and Get Married.
SUMAs, May 14.-[Special. THE recent
romantic marriage of one of our we'll
known ranchers-an account of which was
given in the Posr-INrELLIGENcER a few
weeks since-awakened much interest and
new life among the bachelor pioneers Of
this north Sound country. 1t inspired
hope in the weary where long and anxious
waiting had caused the heart to grow
faint. A visit to these lonesome shacks
where the "spud"-eaters dwell, demon
strates the popularity of the PosT-INTELLI-
eENCER. and particularly that number Of
the weekly wherein the good fortune of a
brother rancher is recorded who advertised
for q ..aueen" to come and care for his
home, and got her, and the happy con-
summation of the negotiations which fol-
lowed. The copy bears the evidence of
thoughtful, il not prayerful perusal, and
one instance is given where a rancher
sleeps with the paper under his pillow in
the hope that it may prove . mascot to
him in being alike fortunate.
Ii is estimated that seven out of every
ten of the sturdy pioneers who came West
10 take up home and subdue these vast
forests are single men, and in their loneli-
ness their hearts go out, 365 days in the
year, in tender sympathy and compassion
tor the fair maidens of the East who are
altogether ignorant of the rare opportuni-
ties which the corntry offers.
Seriously considering this subject few
realize what these ranchers endure in their
enforced bachelorhood. Many squatted
on quarter sections years before the sur
vey, built their shacks. cleared few acres
and there for years have dwelt with no
companionship save their dog and gun.
If the reader would comprehend fully
what that implies let him visit one of these
shack dwellers when the shades of night
settle down and the stiffness like pail
hovers about him, and the throbbing of
the heart almost produces an echo amid
the great forests primeval. Occasionally
the DAYS of this monotonous life
are broken by shot at deer,
a bear or couger, but they
are but incidents in the tedious
h ours which he spends with himself alone.
Within year or more this isolation has
somewh hat changed with the occupancy OF
all available lands and neighborhoods
have come The ranchers now touch ell
bows" and console each other over a
.long-felt want" This is the beginning
of a civilization which is to change these
rich valleys from dense jungle to happy
homes and prosperous communities.
The present exlgencies call for practical
thought and action. What We want is
reciprocity whereby the overburdened
matrimonial possibilities of the Eastern
states may be exchanged for the actual
necessities of the West. The matrimonial
failures which increase with the years
lead to the inquiry rs to whether practical
business sense may not divide honors
with fitful Cupid and heaven in
making matches. and the newspa'
per advertisement be the means OF
bringing about relations between the East
ern maiden and the forIorn bachelor IN the
far West. 1t is shown tina; blind passion
and sentiment make great MISTAKES.
Would there be any more? Yea! Would
there not be less work for divorce courts II
marriage were the outgrowth OF negotia'
lions as practical as that OF arranging
business enterprise?
The situation demands heroic treatment
These vast forests must be tanned and sub
dued by the magic wand OF woman
power.