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

Here is the pea from tue Wd7i-
ingtou young mon.
J seattle-W Wanted. forty girls, and a
llittle later forty more then two score,
to be followed BY az least forty in ait
ldition; Introductory occupation teach
ing school: matrimony TOE sure and
lcertain outcome Come quickly 10
make way for the second and third
linstallments,
Way ont west girls there is place
where You are needed Ostonsihly You
are wanted as instructors for chill
ldren. but in reality as wives. Your
services as b. .pedagogue will not long
lbe IN demand for matrimnoy will be
lfairly flung at you You won't be
liable TO escape It No Leap Year tao.
ltics needed Just pack up your suit
cases. board the first train going Ia q
westward direction. and keep on going
.iaBGut 1000 miles, until YOU reach
lWaterville. county seat of Douglas
lcounty. state OF Washington. You
lneed 20 no farther; stay right there
llt Is a long route IN point OF distance.
but short route in point Of time, 10
the altar of Hymen. You will find
There IN the West your hearts desire
Like Matrimonial Bureaus.
The trouble with Douglas county
Estate OF Washington schools. Is that
they have turned into matrimonial bu-
lreaus They have sent TO the outside
! world for hundreds and hundreds ot
ieHRible Young women TO teach their
lyoung and have had TO send right
laway for fresh supply. The directors
lmarry the young. blooming school mis-
ltresses rs soon as they get hail z
lchance Cupid makes his permanent
lresi2ence there In Douglas county
Estate Of washington. whore there are
How pine trees that shade of into the
lsagebrash. and where the mighty CO
mnbia river runs by
Douglas county. out there IN the
West. is growing up Again and agaia
lii has sent forth "A pitiful plea for aid.
Always the aid has been forthcoming,
10 be followed by the directors marry
Ing the aid, whereupOn more aid IS
needed. But the situation Is becom-
ling acute now. and Douglas county
, lmnst have more school ma'ams pref
ty ones preferred by the Young bachs-
!. lor directors.
Douglas county IS large place
as large as some eutire states IN the
East It lies about the middle OF t'1e
state. east and west and north ami
south, snuggled up close 20 the snow
, covered Cascade mountains on the
J west and extending down into the
, broad wheat growing belt on the east
/ ON one side ~ Lake Chelan, one 3t
lfhe beauty spots OF America a great
/ lrift in the mountain cham that is TILED
| win the purest clearest, coolest wa
, Tier Imaginable and with White-capped
: ranges thai ,,,Jk dawn aud see them-
/, lscives mirrored on the shimmering
surface below
This particular part OF Washington
has not been exploited az thoroughly
las some of the others. and subsequent
nv the population is much sparser.
Many Young men from the eastern
states have gone West. left the rail.
road and travelled away from the
hannis of men. there alone 90 carve
lou IA tate and fortune in The solitldes
lThey have acquired great tracts a
Hand that are now worth thousands oi
ldouars as ranches and have the tim
lto devote to thoughts of wiVes--a SUD
iect they long neglected
Schooima'ams Soon Wives.
The first thing a young man does
when mairmony becomes his object
Is to start ont IN his district and can
vass for the office of schoni director
People smile. OF course. but ne endear-
Tors to convince them that he is wish
ling only for the welfare of the school
lahildreu OF course everybody know
that IL rs one for the school children
and two for the schoolma'am, sul
lnone but the unmarried men seem q
Fake am interest In school affairs u
may bee hat an the others have served
Their turn aud are willing TO step aside
Tor the aspiring bachelors
Anyway. the boards of school direef
Tors for the different districts are re
lcruited each year ia exactly this way
land become filled up with Young mel
lnatrimonialy Inclined hy the eno
of the term there are more benedicls
than bachelors on the board, and it i'
ltne ior smother election.
One great advantage the director
has over the non~iirector bachelor g
lhai he can virtually pick ont hii
lhride by photograph before he oNel
sees her An ihe candidates lpf posi-
iions ID the Douglas county schools
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