Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-09-07
NO MORE DIVORCES.
The Dakota Quick Separation a
Thing CT tie E15t
4 New Law for the SortE safe ~ htch
T'f1t - Away wia. - COL
o2y Scheme aud = VeGy
Large R~eyenue.

T'.4g4 Will be no more o.-taJ divorces
IN North D4kota after july J.. North
Dakota viii have bu; a few @l}antages
over other states when tn.c new law
takes Eject, for there ar- .>lA4l~ laces
where divorce laws at< III ..--ItaI one
years residence.
TIE aH:tE14} l4~ has = II discussed
for years by the "chvrc. aul teuper-
auce" people, who ha>. d .-. tlat The
divorce-while-.! uu->ssit l.. WIS cs.:"I-
lated to give i ~74@E H ... ....t ne
comm0nUc,ith. The. i... ..u oo-
tanned 4 law just Is t.-oF ...:..tJ pro-
hibition, but, like the ..,.~r ,uW, the
door is left open for Co.,. ~1esss aud
exit.
The North Dakotana art rQthing if
not thrifty. Easy divor>. :..a-a .;~ut
$2,500,G0 into the state e>ly year.
while it only exports cuAlented ,ad
heart-whole "residents." The wheat
farmvIs Of the legislature had their
eyes on the money end l., tIe question
and threw out the years residence Is
Il sop 10 the moral enthusiasts, In lnis
they had the backing OF the banks, law
yers. hotel men and business men g@a-
orally, all of whom appreciate thar :he
divorce money furnishes business that
canno I've had from any other ource.
There is no state where the Judges
are So sympathetic towards ~li1iganjs IN
the divorce mills. The courts define
cruelty as any action IN the part OF
the husband or wife that causes the 9th
er mental Suffering. Over nine-tcntLs
ed on charges Of ~cruelty and desertion,
the former charge predoniuating.
This new law viii be convenient in
II way, Tor there must be desertion OF
q year. and while Obtaining q residence
The e. 3~c can now he secured.
In North Dakota no place amounts
to anything unless it has its divorce
colony.
Of these the largest is Fargo, with
Nandan at her heels. The colony at the
lattsr place was only started a few
years ago. but ii has a record, due TO {
couple OF huSting New York attorneys
who send their clients out sorrovfu
and bring th~n back happy.
Mandan, being The newest colony, fur
nishes an Interesting bit OF life to tn
observer. There ,.e about 1000 citi
2tns AID I coiull u $50 presidents" ant
"would-be rIsiG>nts.'
1t was in Ioy# tAut MandaE began it
career as a di<orce center, and thu
books OF the courthouse show a boom
town business. F.0ln 1889 to 1896 bu
six pages were used in recording al
the cases heard ny the court. From
1895 to 1895 Sc r3&es have been neces
sary to enter til causes, and over So
divorces have bec! granted. The Pc
sition of the clerk of the court has be
come a gold mine: the stenographe
and others who receive fees roll il
wealth, while the judge has an air 0
prosperity and contentment.
Life in the colony is not attractive
but the enforced stay to obtain a res
dence is looked upon as something BIT
ter that must be taken with the swse
hat ONE at the end.
During the day the principal dive,
sion is a game called Trouble" 7
play this it is necessary to join q co
ony; the more players the merrie,
Each one must tell his or her trouble
to everyone else. and there must be Il
secret. In this game there are NOR
women than men.--Denver Post,