The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21
HUNGER FOR HUSBANDS
Ir the Asfamlcss Eden Where 10.
SniDsfers Own Land sIen ara the
Great Lack.

chicago, Ill. July i. w ansed-at
Bones.esl, S. D, husbands"
That" said Alfred NJ. Paxton, repre-
sentins the feminine liyeiiness cf Bone
stc.:, is what We most need now. We
have the blushing girls and they mum
Der. 81 far as | can estimate, 157. Nc
did have ITS but 4 few seeded
"For six weeks our westbound trains
have becn loaded with sDinsters VINO
drey farms in The land lottery Of last
summer. Some are buds and some are
frecs,ied, but they :e all T blue.
Uncle sem requires them 10 have a
six months actual residence before title
to their lard will be granted.
I'm not N the market, myself, for 1
have a wife, but the dreams h a have
foated out from New England, o
New York, Altoona, from the Onio re-
, serve and even illinois, are husband
less. They want husky men We have
been getting the school teacher type at
Bonesteel-all Tho way from the New
Jersey peaches and cream to the Con-
necticut type-a sandwich without n
meat-but they need husbands.
You go u IN the center OF t69
| acres of the richest prairie land and SET
| up your shack. I'm surprising that you
are a woman. You are there TO obey
the government laws. 1t looks lovely
during the day time. The sun is d pail
of gold, the Winds sing Of hops ana
forty bushels to the acre in crops, an /
you don't care for even the Kaiser.
But the evening comes. The dark
is on. The locust goes to sleep. You
light the lamp and peruse literature
You look under tie bed and find no on ?
there. You hear a coyote howl. You
bolt the door and go TO bed to be RESI-
less all night. What causes 1t?
The lack IF q man. BoneSteel AMI
her great farming country needs men.
"All over the west the cOuntrN
schools have closed and from now until
October young ONE and soma OF
more mature years will be plentiful on
the Rosebud Reservation. OF the firs'
800 prize winners at the land lOttery
drawing ITS were single young women
and of these only ~twenty-one have TAI.
ed to take advantage Of their leSa
rights. ,
Some of the fdIms drawn are WORT
So. 800, and a few will average now a.
high in value as $500. Until the WON
en- have obtained title or right OF REIN
ouishment they Will not be able to oVal
themselves OF these values and 1t is u
satisfy the rules of the land office La
thew have come 70 live on their farm
The allotted time
Mr.. Paxton added as to their sltua
ton:
Some of these girls have gam
the Bonesteel Matrimonial Club. Ru,l
Partle from Frankfort, Ind, is presi
dent. and Ella Thompson, OF Logans
port. is secretary The bylaws OF tnl
: organization require that men deslrln;
to marry must serve an apprenticeship
= of a wear on the farm OF the woman d
. desires to make his wife. .
Think of that! Is that not Sout
Dakota foresight? When the Woo2
has shown that he is a practical far
mer and the young woman indicate
that she wishes him the club gives II
consent and a bridal present.
These girls represent more tnan hal
a million dollars worth OF the hnes
g farming and cattle land, but they ar
looking for the right kind of a man
be half in the work or perhaps t"t
t thirds"