The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-18
he WON BACK MS WIFE
A Queer Divorce Story From Cas-
cads County.
TRIED TO LOSE SLATER
The Pleading Husband Len In the Mount
AIM 10 Find HIS Way Back b
Best He Could-A Happy
Denouement.

Great Falls, Oct. 17.-It often falls to
the duty of the clerk Of the district
court to see the beginning Of married
bliss; sometimes he is a witness to the
end Of that bliss: but rarely does he
see the beginning Of the end turned to
another beginning. That may seem a
little complicated. but here are the
In the district court a divorce suit en-
titled Julia c. Slater vs.. George p. sla-
ter There was nothing startling about
the complaint. II merely recited a tale
Of alleged cruelty which may ave been
more or less true or may not have ex-
listed at all, and IL further stated that
the defendant had realty OF the value OF
$50. 900. The petition X for a divi-
sion of the property. an amount or all
mony not specified. $500 attorneys fees
and permission to use the nader name
of Julia c.. Slater. The action was
brought by John A. Largent.
The story which is told out Of court Is
the interesting part of IL all. II seems
thai Slater is q barber at Kalispel n
Is possessed Of some good property
there as stated In the complaint. Some
time before the complaint was filed his
u Edlu tIldt tit a u ~ 49,
mind to go to Great Falls and there
open a boarding house. She took with
her the bulk OF the household goods.
and besides that her husband gave her
$3.50 In cash as a capital with which TO
start in the business. h had been
here some time m he had written to
her, but had received no reply. He be-
came anxious and finally he jumped on
the train and came down. Here he
to.r,al that aha had Unna IN Al HOCk-
ett's in the Kibbey country n also that
she had sued for divorce. Slater took
the Neihart train and went to Mon
arch. At that place. he says. he hired
A. Il. Phippen to drive him to
and there met his wife and had a talk
with her. He tried to persuade her to
return with him. but II was apparently
no use. Finally Phippen proposed that
as they had sat in the house most or
the afternoon the two of them lake a
little drive down the road. Slater did
not care to go. but Phippen and Mrs.
Slater urged him and he at last went.
When they nae gone what seemed to
him about 10 miles in a wild and noun
famous country he suggested that II
would be well TO be turned around, as
he wished to get back. Phippen told
him that IL he got back or anywhere at
all II would have to be by alkin
Slater got out and tried to find his way
back in the gathering darkness. while
Phippen drove or. but II was a strange
ountr and Slater walked all night ana
all OF the next day and the next night
before he found a ranch. He had evil
IDENTIFY been driven toward Barker and
In trying to find his way back had
missed the Kibbey o and taken an
unfrequented road for Belt. On his ar
rival here he found his wife had taken
team and driven In while he was wan
dering about the countryside, and was
urging haste in the divorce proceed
ings.
slater told the story of what he be-
lieved at the time a deliberate attempt
to keep him in the country n prevent
his making answer TO the complaine
within the specified time and he threat
ened to make some trouble over the
deal. To-day. however. he and his wife
went to the office of the clerk and ask
ed to have the case dismissed. and this
was done later through her attorney.
They also announced that they had
made up and were about to take a new
Wedding trip. this time to Butte. The
whole affair Is rather a singular one.