The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
WIVES IN DEMAND
WESTERN RANcHERs TAKE Ex-
TRAoRDlNAV STEPS TO MATE.

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Omaha Dispatch in New York Press
Tell US how and where We can hnC
wives," is the cry that Is going III
from thousands Of young men in the
west: and mingled With the voices Of
the young fellows are the more ma
ture voices Of middle-aged and even
elderly men, all intent on the question
which has been asking the west evef
since there has been a west"
James Creel, a wealthy cattlemsn
and ranchmsn from Wyoming. came
to Omaha and secured the services OF
Rev. Charles Sayidge Mr.. Savidge
/ announced from his pulpit that a
wealthy ranchman wanted a wife. The
newspapers got hold OF the story and
printed it. Within three months Creel
received more than 10000 letters from
women in every civilized country. All
wanted to marry him. And he mar
ried girl from Indiana.
Over in the Big Horn Basin in WyO-
ming there is a long, fertile valley
called Gray Bull valley, from Gray
Bull river. All the ranchers were
wealthy, but there were only half a
dozen who had wives. Cinnamon were
hired to take care of the houses. But
these ranchers one day got together
and 500 of them formed the Gray Bull
Matrimonial club They advertised in
eastern papers for wives, telling Of
the advantages of being a ranchman's
wife, and describing the country. In
two weeks the government had to send
extra help to that postoffice. The
postmaster was fairly swamped with
mail. And all of it was addressed to
the secretary of the Matrimonial club.
That was nearly two years ago, and
since that time there have been more
than 400 marriages in the Big Horn |
Basin.
Up at Chadron, Neb., the North
western railroad has an eating house |
at the depot. A dozen girls are en-
ployed there. 1t is in the heart of the
great cattle country, and there are
hundreds of cowbows and ranchers in
that section The manager of that
eating house changes forces about
)nce every month. The girls don't
cave the country-they simply marry
md become queens" of some big
anchor settle on homestead with
heir husbands.
Out at Laramie, Wyo., the young
nen formed matrimonial club and +,
laced advertisements in eastern pa
ers, asking for wives. There are a
lumber of girls in Laramie, and these
ED a meeting to express their indig-
alton that the boys should go else
iris in their own town. The result
as that the girls organized a club to
ncourage the local young men to
hoose wives nearer home. At the
anne time they placed counter-adver-
wherever the men had adj =
ertised, advising the girls to stay at
ome and calling attention to the fact Y
lat there were plenty of unmarried =
rls in Laramie. =
Sometimes the matrimonial hunt is -
versed, however as in the case of y
d Jim" Dickinson, living near =
uron, S. d. Old Jim" is wealthy y
ID he had four daughters. Some !"
ing seemed the matter that his girls
uld not get, married. So old Jim" ~
serted an lad" calling attention to NC
e girls, and promised to do the right ~
ing for the young men who married -
em--provided the men themselves
ire all right. One stipulation was -
1T the applicant was to prove. his -
~ ~ n,orL,n - +,a o,a oons ma
m for six months before he should
clare himself to either of the girls.
rhe first applicant was a graduate Va
an agricultural college, and before ~
Jim" knew what had happened he No
l planned so many improved meth
OF farming that the old man re- ~
ted and let him marry when he had gu
IN ON the farm only three months.
he was given 500 acres OF land
a wedding present. 7i
he next one was civil engineer ~
search of health. and when his
ne" was up he had put in so many 70
convenienees that the old
a scarcely had any work to do at III