Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11
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I.has DR.. HrhifweH of Salmon City
Tells a Reporter of the Globe
democrat in ST. Louis.

Idaho Is paradise for pretty school-
ma'ams, and Is destined 10 become
Meees for all maidens desiring quick
and acceptable mafrimony. There Is
Only ono yenng woman for every bunch
cf sen unmarried men in that state.
IKE result is that there are hundreds
90 handsome men. with money 10 burn,
ssho are pining for helpmeets, but Who
are bachelors by conpnlsion. No mat
sey whether young woman from the
East goes to Idaho aud stops in Snake
Eiser Valley or on Possum Greek, she
sssae has suitars futsering around
her like the butterflies around
sweet scented rose. II she wants TO
marry she can find u husband before
she has time to register 81 hotel The
poor men IN Idaho are almost dying
from ennui-
Then. too. q woman in Idaho need
not employ all her time in nee6ieworS
and cooking and rocking cradles, be-
cause she is allowed the right Of fran
ehise there. She can vote for ''One- |
eyed Pete. for trustee OF Bnckskin
township, or for Mckinley when he
runs for the presidency the next time.
Idaho is golden paradise for the new
gonan.n
All these assertions are made on the
authority of DIR. William c. Whitwell,
who. accompanied By his wife and fam
liz, Is stopping at the Imperial Hotel.
DIR. Whitewell is not only practicing
medicine, but he is q druggist, and as
a side attraction he is member of the
school board and is mayor of Salmon
City. pretty town OF 1900 souls. situ-
ated in the northern part of Idaho.
He has lived there ten years. and he
knows the trials and fluctuations of the
forlorn bachelors who are aching TO
become benedicts.
ssThe greatest difficulty in Idaho is
30 keep supply of schoolma'ams, =
said the doctor. "A large number Of
competent lady school teachers are inn
ported from the East every year, but
one-haif of them in some sections re-
sign when the school term is half gone.
Taey do not resign on account of the
salary, for school teachers are paid
well in Idaho. Only few men will
teach school. as they can find more
profitable employment. But young la.
dies receive s65 per month in the coun
try districts, and from SO to sS5 in tn,
cities and towns for teaching in tht
schools. A woman never receives les
than $50 month in the country dis
tricts, and from so to sS5 in the cite
and towns for teaching in the schools
The reason the supply of lady teacher
is always short is because there are te
men 20 one woman in Idaho. No soone
does young lady begin teaching youn
ideas how 10 shoot than ten men a
tempt to tell her how much money the
have, how many acres of land the
own, how much bank stock they hol,
how pretty and winsome she is, no
they love and adore her, and-well, b
fore the young lady can anticipat
perhaps half dozen men have poppe
the question and asked her to MARI
forthwith. She generally accepts OF
OF these proposals, resigns as teache
and leaves the school room for the h
meneal altar.
~ will give an illustration that can
under my own observation. A char
ing young lady, Miss Bush, came fro
Iowa to teach in the public schools
Givensville, Idaho. Before she W
there three months she was engaged
prominent man of the town, and
the close of the school term they we
married. Her sister came to teach ne
year. When the term was half ov
this sister resigned and married. a
sent for another unmarried sister
take her place as teacher. The thi
Miss Bush taught in the school
latter half Of the term, but three d.
after the term closed she was MARI
20 business man of town.
'sNow, that's the trouble a sch
trustee has 10 trying to keep sup
OF lady school teachers on hand. So
business man, or wealthy miner
rauchman, comes along and captu
every one. These miners and ranchu
may hage ROACH exteriors and W
high top boots and SLOUGH hats, but u
are handsome and strong, and m'
are graduates from Eastern collee
And when they begin to make Low
young lady's heart assure TO be captul
"Then the ladies can vote In Ida
The last Legislature amended the {
stitution so as to extend the right
franchise to women. And woman's
5rage is proving great success, too
If You Wanf to be Loved.