The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-02
ODD DIVORCE PLAN
ADVERTISER FURNISHES M.
CREEs IN DIVORCE QUICKLY.
Rapid TRANSIT SYSTEM GOES
Chicago Lawyer Comments ON Non.
tana Enterprise and Expla ms the
Law on Subject in His
State.

ii there Is any one thing that ia more
impressive than another to the stranger
IN Butte 1t Is the extent to which the
iurhished-W hile-you-wait spirit is car
rled here remarked a Chicago lawyer
to friend in the lobby of the Thornton
this morning
I'VE think back in our country we
have a fairly swift way of doing
things" continued the speaker but
the rapid transit system has reached a
higher state of development in this city
than it has with us.
Il see advertisements in the papers
here announcing that divorces will be
quickly obtained If any one desiring
freedom from the bonds of matrimony
will make his or her troubles known to
an individual who pays rent for a GER
tain postotfice box.
Regular Butte Enterprise.
NOW. that is what l call enterprise.
There is nothing about it that has a
suggestion of slow motion in it. Every
word of the statement denotes 90 and
energy.
Take myself. for instance. Suppose T
wanted to be uncoupled from the marital
harness and had a conscience sufficiently
elastic to allow me to swear that / had
been resident of Montana for one
year.
'All 1 would have to do would be to
drop postal card to the man who runs
the divorce factory, according to his
prospectus: then go around and hand
him his price.
That l presume would about let me
out on the part l would have to take
in the transaction. All I would have to
do would be to wait patiently while my
decree was obtained Quickly
ut might he nOSSihla that T would ho
required by this advertising genius to
go into court and tell few things about
my reasons for wanting a divorce, but
that would probably be only an incident
in the proceeding in which. it would
seem, speed is the main object.
Courts Are Strict.
II have no doubt but that the courts
here are strict enough about the sort of
litigation am discussing, but the laws
of the state must be pretty liberal in
some respects to allow a man to boldly
advertise that he is ready at all times
to break up a sacred union if he is only
given the money and an opportunity to
do so.
In our state we are a little particular
about such things, and to show you that
we are, l Will just quote you the law
bearing on the subject:
Be it enacted by the people of the
state of Illinois, represented in the gen.
eral assembly, that whoever advertises,
prints, publishes, distributes or circu-
lates, or causes to be advertised, print
ed, published, distributed or circulated
any circular. pamphlet, card, handful.
advertisement, printed paper, book,
newspaper, or notice of any kind, with
intent to procure, or to aid in procuring
a divorce, either in this state or else
where, shall be fined not less than 500,
nor more than $1,000, for each offense, or
imprisoned in rthe county Jail not less
year, or both, in the discretion of the
court. This act shall not apply to the
printing or publishing Of notice or adj
vertisement required or authorized by
any statute of the state of Illinois,
Drawbacks to Rushing.
You may appreciate as you consider
this law that there are some drawbacks
in the hurry-up method of getting a
divorce in Chicago, even though that
city has reputation for the number Of
DEGREES that are obtained there in mat
rimOnial cases.
Chicago may be all right in it's way,
but there are some things with reference
to which it cannot be compared with
Butte, and notable among these is tG1a
velocity with which one is allowed to
cross over from married to single life.
THAT is certainly true if the adver-
tisements of the person who cites you to
the postoffIce box and quick results can
be taken to mean anything
MODEST MRS cApNEarr