The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-24

fiA tiN''It IiN lfftANN ENff NiAN
'enoueh gets the school and that IS
why the county IS nlllna up with SO
many pretty women. DOuelas county
las stupid as @ fox IS getting the
cream OF the beauty from far and near
The scheme works beautifully. yOu sce
So it is that there are forty school
districts in tic one county which ate
IA urgeni aeed Thera are l34 more
districts IN the county. but they are
temporarily Gls2lied with oedaaogits
The pay for teachers ranges from $50
20 $40 a month. and the young school.
mistreases are guaranteed N very
Lest Of care BY ihe people Interested
n each school, especially the al.
lrectors
A school election for new members
lof the various boards IS TO bee held IN
March, and then She whole drama b.
20 be enacted aeain. As a meitcr U
fact the people rather dread ihe COM
ing Of sach an election Tor q .aeroly
means that some bright pr,tiy school
teachers viii come TO lend their charm
TO the community. and TO whom The
lchildren viii become attached. and
Then they will be whisi,ed away TO TIN
IAAhtN fN NfAi tftt0ff fti' NNitRNi 1ftAi ~ tit
lam end
Yes | came out West iust as many
other girls have done. EXPECTING TO
teach children the three rs. and with
hardly a thought OF matrimnuy ia my
head hut Douglas county was my des-
ltination. aud ! didn't continue my
school work long said Mrs. J r.
Fellows, who was Miss Adelaile Me-
Bride. OF Montclair, y. j 'Ur .rsc.
I'm mighty glad ] came, noS though
lit was a somewhat doubtful expert
lncnt to come 80 far from home and
friends TO a country knew nothing
labout That was three years ago.
'Nou see, my husband before we
were married. was one of the directors
lof my school district which borderad
Lake Chelan. lie had q fine ranch,
WAS becoming weil 20 10. and at first
thought he showed a remarkable in
livfsst In school affairs. even for di
lrector ! suppose was awully stu
.pid but then hadn't heard that the
Douglas county schools were in reality
matrimonial bureaus. IL did not seem
10 surprise people much when we were
married. they merely laughed, as
much as TO say 4 told You So Now
we live in WatecyilIe, the county sea-.
MY experience has been that oi
Imany others Each year sees lots AMI
lots OF young schoolmaams come here
and few Of them go away Eastern
girls may find things rather crude al
first. but they soon get used to the
West; then they grow 10 like it, and
next, to love it dearly
Then there was the case. about
(which people are still talking. OF Miss
lGeraldine Nennedy. of St Louis. on
lher way to Seattle to visit friends Hen
train stopped az the little town OF Enh
rata. right in the center OF the Nhem
belt The youag lady stepped Oh
the car TO give her aainty feet a M
ltle exercise upon the wooden wan
That Hes beside The rails Along came
~ Edward Breckenridge. q few year
.lbefore member of Nale's varsity crew
He had gone to Washington from his
home in The South. and had inst beer
ieiected "A member OF the Ephrata
board of education
bachelor Directors Alert.
u beg your pardon for TINS address
ing YOU, said breckenridge overcome
by the sudden impulse. and stammer
ling ia his embarrassment B-but yot
see | have just been commissioned b,
my fellow directors on the sshoo
board
"Oh You think I'm a school teach
ler" laughed Miss Kennedy, interrupt
ling him
No, really that was hardly It. re
lplied the man, somewhat relieved by
the young lady's smile. But you se'
II thought you might, perhaps-yo,
know have some friends who conl,
he induced 70 come here TO DougIa'
lcoHnty and help as ont We need th'
help very badly. and
81 suppose could teach a few youn'
lhopefuls, If / tried. the traveller spok'
lup, her tone more serious. II ha,
never thought OF doing such thing
She may have been thinking OF tn