The morning call., 1894-03-13
TO RIVAL DAKOTA.
Oklahoma After Divorce
Business.
SEPARATIONS MADE EASY.
Good Inducements Offered to
Litigants.
SEPARATIONS MADE EASY.
T.. NO NEED TO NOTIFY DEFENDANTS
The Work VIII Be Done While You
Wait, and Perfect Secrecy Guar
anteed to All.

The people of Oklahoma are an enter.
prising set.
From the day the Territory was thrown
open to settlers efforts have been made to
impress the outside world with its i'm
portance.
Bids for international glove contests
have been made, invitations to religious
congresses have been issued and candi-
dates without number for national honorS
have been produced. but all these things
cannot help but appear insignificant when
compared with the latest great move.
Oklahoma is about to enter the field as a
strong rival to the Dakotas. with every
likelihood that it will soon rival the twin
States in that particular industry which
has attracted to them no small amount of
attention, some wealth and slight in
crease in population.
II may seem bit strange that country
should try to advertise itself by calling
attention TO the excellent facilities its
courts afford married persons who con-
template seeking legal separations, but
that is just what Oklahoma is doing.
The Territory has the greatest set of
divorce laws on record and its citizens
know it, therefore they see good reason for
Growing.
A man can move into Oklahoma. divorce
himself from his wife and move out again
all within thirty days and the wife need
never know a thing about it until her ex-
husband appears. waits Cd her with new
wife and orders her TO pack up and move.
In order that the outside world might
know all about this latest thing in divorce
I'm In try hoir, Aaa of,-
culars and letters calling attention to the
exact condition of affairs. The letters
bear the signatures of Oklahoma attorneys
and contain many nice statements con-
corning the country.
One was yesterday received by local
firm of lawyers, which was quite reyela-
ton in its way. Il bore the signature of
j. NJ. Mcdonald, an attorney of Guthrie,
and reads as follows:
Dear Sirs: l send you to-day a synopsis
of the laws on divorce and matrImonY now
in operation.In this Territory. ana desire at the
same lime to call your attention 10 few things
relative to divorce matters.
Guthrie is very prrtty town. 1t is quite
healthy the surroundings are always pleas
ant
Persons of social standing desiring to tenn
porarily reside here can always find congenial
company, and will be entertained In royal style.
Divorces can be easily obtained in Guthrie.
The legal charges will be reasonable. and the
persons concerned will be put 10 as little in-
court may be necessary, and IL is promised that
there viii be DO crowd OF loungers and gossips
10 listen to whatever testimony may be given.
The proceedings will be conducted in quiet
manner and the defendant need know nothing
of what is going on. The defendants presence
is not required in court, nor will il be nec-
essary TO serve any papers.
In conclusion desire TO state that In no oIber
country in The Union do divorce laws exist
which are so favorable to the plaintiff as are the
laws OF Oklahoma Territory.
Yours, truly. j. NJ. MCDONALD.
P. 81 have permission TO refer you to At
torney-General Galbraith OF this Territory.
The synopsis of the law which accom-
panied the letters contains extracts from
the Oklahoma statutes Of 1898. among
which are the following:
1929. An action for a divorce may be brought
in the county Of which the plaintiff Is an actual
resident at the time OF filing the petition.
1851 wife who resides in this Territory at
the time OF applying for divorce shall be
deemed resident of this Territory though her
husband resides elsewhere.
1915. The petition must be verified as true
by the affidavit Of the plaintiff. summons
may issue thereon, and shall be served, or pub
llCaiO0 IndQ6, dS III Oil6F cases.
1852. The publication must be made three
consecutive weeks, in some newspaper printed
I'm the county where the petition is filed II
there be any printed in such county; and If
there be not, in some newspaper printed in the
Territory, OF general circulation ia that county
It shall State the court in which the petition is
filed, the names OF the parties, and must notify
the defendants thus TO be served that he or
they have been sued and must answer the petit
ton nled by the plaintiff on or before a time
TO be stated (Which shall not be less than FORTY
IFCfn glhl inyA
or the petition Will be taken as true and iudg.
ment, the nature of which shall be stated, will
be rendered accordingly.
1851. A divorce granted at the instance of
one party shall operate as a dissolution of the
marriage contract as to both, and shall be a
bar to any claim OF the party for whose fault IL
was granted In or TO the property of the other.
except IN cases where actual fraud shall have
been committed by or on behalf OF the success
iut party. Every Judgment of enforcement
granted by District court shall be final and
conclusive, unless appealed from within the
time and IN the manner herein provided. A
party desiring to appeal from a Judgment
granting divorce must within ten DAYS after
such judgment is rendered file written notice
10 the once OF The clerk OF such court, duly en-
tleu I'D Sucn actlon, stating that il is the iuten.
lion of such party TO appeal from such iudp-
ment; and unless such notice be filed no appeal
snail De nad or taken 10 such cause; IL notice
be fled as aforesaid, the party filing the same
may commence proceedings In error for the re-
versal or modlhcation OF such judgment at any
TIM within four months from the date of The
decree appealed from, anc not thereafter
A perusal of the sections printed fully
veriies the statement of Lawyer McDon-
aid relative TO the grand inducements held
out by his country. They also con-
tanned word of warning 10 men and
women who fear that their wives or hus-
bands may some day become possessed with
desire to sever the matrimonial bonds by
which they are held together.
In future the newspapers of Oklahoma
will De pretty closely scanned by the peo-
pie of this glorious land in order that one
of those three weeks notices provided for
in the law may not be sprung upon some
of them. The reasons for which divorce
may be granted include drunkenness,
cruelty and abandonment for one year.