Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-03-26 | Page 11 | Five Thousand Canadian Farmers Seeking Wives

FIVE THOUSAND CANADIAN FARMERS SEEKING WIVES Special Cable to Tho Tribune. LONDON". March 25. Thero is said to be room for 5000 wives among the farm-ors farm-ors ln western Cnnndn. Thero Is, ln fact, room for several tlvo thousands of tho right sort, for thero are something llko 30.0(10 bachelor farmers In the far wosl at the present time. Thorc are Hhowers of applications Hooding the of-llcos of-llcos of the railway company that recently re-cently advertised for the first 5000 wives. Other agents, publicity managers of railway rail-way companies, and two of tho lady missionaries mis-sionaries wore specially sent ovor to England Eng-land from Canada to secure the llrst 5000 brides. Thon 1 got on tho trail of one. Husbands arc not guaranteed even for the 5000 who are going out at prosent In batches of several hundreds ovory fortnight. It Is believed the wholo thing Ik a clever schemo to get a supply of servanl glrl3. It Is possible many got husbands.