®HlWlDfflfME OEHIK JC/D6£ OFIQ, WHO OCCIDCS HALT ' JOO<3BP/K£, WHO DECIDES HALF OF THE D/ WOGCE 3V/R3 OF THE D/VO&CE SUITS v WKDHHH ENO, NOV. —The popula t • S *' on anc * soc ' a ' I no, Nev., are undergoing a j great change. Where a 'SPg 1 !?* year or so ago the opti mistic mining promoter, <fmriml * n corduroy or khaki v? Bftl aml his hisll russet shoes > MtJ Jr| was wont to disport him- SppH 9 self, to-day may b« ««en H men of the east flashing 1 'HIT utirmr" by in high powered auto mobiles. Where Washoe squaws would a year ago sit and play carda at the corners of the public squares may be seen tp-day handsome women in Paris gowns sauntering in the afternoon sun. On the veranda of the leading hotel where a year ago were the silence and desolation that the panic of 1907 produced, idly sit and light with ennui groups of men and women, who look forward, in mental vision, to the time when they will be able to forsake this frontier post of civilization and whirl an eager flight back to their homes in the east. But they are looking for divorces at present, and so they must stay here for at least six months from date of arrival to satisfy the requirements of the Nevada divorce laws with regard fitwuMHT-A kM» ;>,/,: 1 / 1 /fifiyw/ivw -w I D,ro/>:£J££X£#3 to residence. For Reno has succeeded to the eminence formerly occupied by Sioux Falls as the divorce center ot America. Some farsighted lawyer got into the Nevada legislature several years ago, and when he got out again there was a divorce law among the statutes of Nevada that for length, breadth, height, elasticity, and all other qualities that commend themselves to the seeker after «asy matrimonial freedom, could not be surpassed any where in the union. It was equaled by the South Dakota law, though, and so Nevada and the Nevada lawyer se- cured no results from it for the time being. But everything comes to him that waits, and when the people of South Dakota arose in their wrath last November and, by a referendum vote, declared that any one who desired to get a di vorce in South Dakota would have to live there a year instead of six months, as bad been the re quirement previously, the seeker of relief from present matrimonial ties began to take the long journey westward to Nevada, where it takes but a six months' residence to be in a position to go before the courts of the state as plaintiff in a divorce suit. W. H. Schnitzer, a Reno divorce specialist, has written a treatise on divorce practice and pro cedure, in which he throws an illuminating ray on the wherefore of the popularity of Reno as a divorce center. He says: "While the laws of the eastern and middle western states generally contain some provision for the dissolution of the marriage tie, it is ob vious to the reader that in cases where extreme cruelty, desertion, and failure to provide form the basis of the grievance, the law in such states pf fers no substantial relief to the aggrieved party, because the requirements of proof, duration of offense, corroboration of plaintiff and procedure under court rules are so exacting and irksome that the desired relief sought by the applicant is rendered impossible of attainment. Summing up the situation as it exists in the eastern states respecting the domestic relation law, the client when consulting local counsel is almost invari ably advised that upon the facts submitted he or she is without remedy. Here in Nevada the ai>- plicant, without deception or fraud, upon almost any charge from which lack of harmonious relations may be reasonably inferred, may apply to our courts and secure prompt results by de cree of absolute divorce, valid and binding in law." While there are about 51 cases now on the docket of the district court, there are in Reno to-day over 330 individuals establishing a resi dence for divorce purposes, a majority of whom are women. The charms of Nevada as a divorce center have only just begun to percolate into the con sciousness of the outside world. Reno has no objection to the present status of affairs. It is estimated that the revenue of the v town l'roin the divorce colony at present is close to $1,000,000 a year, and that it will rapidly in crease from this on. To a community of but 18,- AOO population this is no small consideration. Why Reno is preferred to any other communi ty In the state as a place of residence by those seeking divorce* Is because of the manifold ad vantages of the town over any other in the state. Nevada is primarily a mining state, and nature usually hides her precious metals in difficult places. Reno is not a mining camp, and is not only centrally situated from a railroad point of view, but has scenic attractions rarely to be found in any American community. It is located in the heart of a rich agricultural region, and through the center of the town runs a beautiful mountain stream, the Truckee river. Surrounding the town, at a brief distance, are snow-capped mountains, and the winds coming from over their summits keep the air cool on sum mer nights. It is never very warm in Reno. On the other hand, the win ters are comparatively mild. An altitude of 4,500 feet makes the atmosphere somewhat trying on nerves that are not robust to begin with, but nervous affections are the only complaints to which the climate is unfavorable. For the cure of other ailments hot mineral water springs abound in the vicinity of Reno. Twelve miles away are the famous Steamboat Springs which Comstock millionaires were wont to patronize 40 years ago. Three miles from Reno is Moana Springs. Five miles from Keno, to the west, is another famous medicinal resort, Laughton's Springs, the road to which runs along the Truckee river, making a beautiful driving boulevard. Half way to Laughton's on this road is a magnificent edilico /Rf f/o'j Afa///&1/J/HC35. c sT#££T come back for several days. It might be men tioned in this connection that the divorce colony has brought to Reno over 100 motor cars. The leading hotels are always crowded, and the rents for cottages have appreciated, on the average, to the extent of 50 per cent, in the last six months. In some instances the increase has been much greater. One cottage that rented for S6O a month in January last, now returns Its own er a rental of SIOO a month. Perhaps the one thing that endears Reno to the visiting divorcee more than anything else is its proximity to San Francisco. One may board a train in Reno and be in the Pacific coast metrop olis in ten hours. Despite its manifold attrac tions, life in Reno is likely to wear irksome upon those who have been used to existence in larger centers, and the visitors, to a great extent, soon er or later during their stay, take a trip or half a dozen trips, over the Sierras to the city by the Golden Gate. Such visits, while affording relief from the monotony of life in Reno, do not impair the resi dence qualifications necessary to the obtaining of a divorce. To again quote the Nevada divorce authority already mentioned: "Under the provisions of Section 22 of the Marriage and Divorce act, the plaintiff must re side in the state for a period of at least six months. This is not construed to mean that in order to fully comply with the statute the party must remain here continuously for said period. So, if a party comes to Nevada, and, in good faith, takes up a residence, the party may leave the state at any time after establishing residence, may go and travel when and wherever the party chooses, and may return to the state whenever in clination prompts, and yet such temporary ab sence would not in any wise affect the legality ot' the residence established, but the party would be entitled under the law to bring suit any time after the lapse of six months from the date resi dence was originally established, notwithstanding the party's absence from the state during said period. - ' Biased somewhat by the financial seductions of the situation, and yet to learn the lesson that such a state of affairs can only result in the mor \ al degradation of the youth ol' the community—a lesson which caused South Dakota to reform her divorce laws —Reno appears to be perfectly con tented with things as they are. But Reno Is busily engaged In cleaning house, and it is felt by the most reflectiv" '-'servers that the divorce laws of Nevada as » written will be a thing of the past in the near future. Not In CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1909. J known as "Rick's," " which Is the local "Monte Carlo." Rick's has all the conveni ences for those who desire to make a stay, I and frequently parties 112 who go there to spend a few hours forget to the very near future —for the next legislature does not meet until Janu ary of 1911. There are others who point to the experience of South Da kota, which for 20 years fought the evils of lax divorce laws before a re peal was secured, and say that the moralists of Nevada have an equally Etubborn task before them. But Ne vada is cleaning house. In the last session of the legislature, after gam ing being permitted for 40 years with c oiiizance of law, a bill abolishing gambling was passed—the act to take effect in November of 1910 —and it is believed that if that could be done, the slack divorce laws can be more easily repealed. In the meantime the hotel men and cottage renters of Reno and the di vorce lawyers will continue to flour ish. Parisian toilettes and 60 horse power automobiles will flash and dart through the iuiet thoroughfares at all sorts of hours. '°n and women will continue to become "citizens" of Ne vada on a six-months' residence —and leave the state forever the day after securing their divorce decrees. Frolics of a Real Queen That queens are very human be ings after all is .evidenced by their delight in the outdoor pleasures which even their humblest subjects may enjoy. The royal lady of a European court no longer sits in regal splendor in her palace, sur rounded by ladies in waiting ready to minister to her most languid wish, but you may meet her motoring in the country or riding horseback in the park. It is an excellent example they are setting for their countrywomen in this respect. Queen Alexandra is a devotee of outdoor life. In deed, she attributes keeping young and enjoy- all parts of her farm at least once a day. This is more of a pleasure than a task, because she usu ally amuses herself on the way by taking snap shots with her camera or playing with one or more dogs. Fond though the queen is of outdoor life, she avoids hard exercise. Yachting and driv ing she enjoys, but she never has played golf or put a ball over a tennis net. Persistent automobiling, she believes, offers the quickest means known for getting rid of a nice complexion and gaining 10,000 wrinkles. Queen Alexandra believes so much in fresh air and exercise out of doors that she has sometimes slept in a tent she had put up for her at San dringham. Once, asked how she managed to keep young, she said: "Fresh air and exercise are the best elixirs of youth." Queen Alexandra's particular hobby is photog raphy and that takes her out of doors a great deal. She is said now to possess albums contain ing over 10,000 photographs, all taken by her own hands, representing royal and important person ages, places and festivals in all parts of Europe. For a period of 16 years now the queen has been a devotee of the camera. She possesses five cam eras. Wherever the queen goes—be it a cruise in the royal yacht, to her home in Denmark, or a ride across country in the Highlands—she is never without her camera. That she uses it well is evi dent when it is stated that during one of her Med iterranean cruises she secured 1,400 photographs in six weeks. Then it is very seldom, too, that the queen throws out a picture or destroys a neg ative because the subject is not up to the mark. In her way of going to work she is most method ical. Her photographs iill many albums and un der each photograph her majesty has written a description of the picture and the date when taken. They include a great variety of subjects, from the king's stud horses taken in the old days at the annual sale at Wolferton to portraits of her grandchildren on the lawn at Sandringham and the ruins of the Parthenon. The photographs of lier grandchildren iill three albums alone and now amount to several thousand. They depict them at their games, romping with each other, and one, that made the king roar with laughter when he saw it, has caught two of the younger sons of the rrincess of Wales, each endeavoring to exert his right to a certain toy by the free use of his fists. What she regards as one of her best photo graphs of the king is that which depicts him talk ing to Lord Suftield in the grounds of Marlborough house. SIX PEOPLE DROWNED STEAMER OHIO SINKS OFF STEEP POINT, ALASKA. All the Passengers but One on Board the Boat Were Saved, the Vic tims Being Employes. Seattle, Wash. —Six lives were lost In the sinking of the Alaska Steam ship Co. steamer Ohio off Steep Point, Alaska. There were 128 pas sengers on board, but all these but one escaped, the victims being employes, The loss of the steamer and the cargo is total. The drowned are Purser P. J. Stephen of Seattle, Wirless Opera tor Cieorge E. Eccles of Winnipeg, two seamen and the quartermaster, names not given, and one passenger. A wireless dispatch says the Ohio sank in three minutes. This probably means that she was on the reef a con siderable time and that the passen gers were all off before the ship slid into deep water which she did so speedily as to carry down five of the crew. It is 320 miles from Seattle to Steep Point. The rocks where the Ohio sank shelve oif rapidly into unusually deep water. The Ohio was insured for $220,000. Capt. .John Johnson, her navigator, was regarded as one of the most skilful on the Pacific coast. BULLETS FLEW AT SOPER, GA. One Negro Shot and Burned, Another Lynched and a Prominent White Planter Killed. Soper, Ga. —Following the shoot ing and burning of Ben Clark, an escaped negro convict, by a posse, the killing of James Durden, a promi nent planter who was a member of the posse in the fight with Clark, John Sweeney, another negro who had harbored Clark, was taken from a pes senger train near Tarrytown and lynched by the posse. Four others of the posse were in jured in the battle with Clark and Sheriff James Lester of Montgomery county, probably will die. The posse found Clark, an escaped convict from the Bibb county chain gang, in Swee ney's house. Sweeney's wife was at home, but Sweeney was absent. The sheriff called on Clark to surrender. For answer he received a 44 calibre bullet fired from a rapid fire gun. Durden was shot and other members of the posse fell before the torrent of lead dealt out by the negro. He con tinued to fire until his ammunition was exhausted. He was then over powered and his body riddled with bullets. THE WEEKLY PULSE OF TRADE Industrial Tendencies Are Still in the Direction of Improvement, Says Bradstreets. New York City.—Bradsteets says: Trade and industrial tendencies are still in the direction of ■ im provement. impetus is given these movements by the beginning of the cotton harvest at the south, by the completion of the spring wheat har vest in the northwest and on the Pa cific coast and by the gathering of other products of agricultural inter ests in various sections of the coun try. In commercial lines Jobbing trade still has the center of the stage, and reports are practically unanimous that buyers' excursions are stimulat ing fall demand as the close of the vacation period approaches. Retail trade still largely deals with the dis posal of summer goods, mainly at con cessions. Industry is becoming increasingly active, iron and steel leading despite some further price advances and mills are reported behind on deliveries. De mand for coal is expanding east and west. The building trades are quite active. BREAKSTHEWORLD'S RECORD English Aviator Travels 111.78 Miles in the Air in Three Hours, Four Minutes, 56 2-5 Seconds. Rheims, France. — Henry Farmaa, the English aviator, a hitherto un known quantity in the aviation con tests, in a biplane of his own design, broke the world's record for duration of flight and distance in a heavier than-the-air machine and won the grand prix de la champaigns the en durance test- by a remarkable flight officially recorded as ISO kilometres (111.78 miles) in three hours, four minutes, 56 2-5 seconds. He actually covered an extra ten kilometres auS remained in the air teu minutes after 7:30 o'clock, the hour that the time keepers, under the rules, ceased to keep a record of the flight. Although Farman's brilliant record as an aeroplanist should have warned the sharps that he was a dangerous competitor, his victory was a com plete surprise, lie had been prepar ing his, machine secretly and had not appeared upon the field before except for a few practice flights and had been almost forgotten. Gunner's Mate Killed. Escanaba, Mich.- —By the prema ture firing of a cannon here by the naval reserves during a farmers' celebration Paul Paulsen, 19, a gun ner's mate, was instantly killed and Fred Winchester was seriously burned. Bank President Arrested. Chicago, 111.—Elvert W. Shirk, president of the First National bank of Tipton, Ind.. was arrested at the Calumet club here, charged with mis applying $24,252 of the bank's money. t# C»HU CUJUJ ing good health to this fact. When a young girl she was fond of swimming, rowing and driv ing, and even now she never permits a day togo by without taking some exercise. If the weather is too bad for walking she passes several hours at billiards. She is wonder fully skilled with the cue and is proud of her game. But in nice weath er her favorite ex ercise is walking. At Sandring ham she visits Resinol Produces Immediate Results and Is '.he Surest Remedy Known for Itching Piles. 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