Weekly journal-miner., 1909-02-17
CONCERNING A SAD
 MATRIMONIAL VENTURE

For more than fifty years Stew
 Tyler-who is one brave prospeeto
 over Kingman way and owns all tn,
 mines in the San Francisco reglon th,
 Gold Road and Tom Reed eompanie
 have not nabbed-resisted the bIan
 dlshments of femininity, content ol
 lode hunting in desert nills. But il
 last springtime, that season wheI
 young men g thoughts turn to love anC
 those of old men to matrimony, Steve
 suffered an emotional avatism anC
 went under the yoke. Alas Alaek
 That is why Steve appeared in Pres
 eott yesterday before Judge Sloar praying that the law protect him and property from the depredations of hi:
 wife.
 Steve's is sad, sad story, so il seems, a tale of masculine trust and feminine guile mixed with a keen eye for business. It was in the merry month of March last, that Stephen, having sold sundry prospects for s7O00, determined to tread the fatal path. In cold blood he made up his mind to get married. Los Angeles he picked as his Hymenal pasture and 5000 he judged was enough to purchase his hap piness; not that Steve looked upon the matter than with that brutal eommer- eial angle of vision. He does now and says he was stung.
 But matrimony was in his eye when be deserted his faithful burros and set out for Los Angeles. He met his fate at once in the shape of a widow said to be handsome. Her name was Helen, but Steve, not having a classic eduea- tion, saw no significance in that. They were married in April, the month of tears.
 The honeymoon was all Steve could ask. They "did" coast resorts up and down and finally returned to Los An geles, where Steve bought his bride rooming house and a piano. Steve puts on the loud pedal and tremulo" stop when he speaks of that piano.
 Primrose path so far, but hence a trail of thorns. The "Month of Tears '' had not drawn to a close before the of Steve's bride seems to have changed. As the old lode-hunter speaks of this period such divorce court lines as "eruel and inhuman treatment" are thicker than pay streaks on Steve's claims The upshot of it was Steve threw the diamond hitch on all Helen had not amalgamat- ad and trekked back to Mohave coun- ty.
 Prate of the pursuing william! He IS an evangelist compared to Helen. She at once camped on Steve's trail, suit at Kingman for divorce and getting an order restraining the orospeetor from selling any of his fancy-ore claims.
 At this point Steve sent out "'C. D. 2" signals and summoned to his aid Attorney Fred Morrison of Kingman. Then a counter suit for divorce was fled. In the legal bout that followed Steve got the decision. But in a re- urn bout Steve was worsted. His di- Voree was set aside last October and 1 Helen's restraining order landed right md left.
 Steve's next move was to this city, | where the case was tnreshed out yes erday before Judge Sloan. J. E. Rus ell looked after his interests. Judge | Sloan released Prospeetor Tyler from he Kingman court order restraining i'm from a sale of his claims.
 Steve says that if Helen will leave i'm alone and let him have his divorce pack she can have the rooming house md the piano. AS for him, well, tne onely spots of Mohave hills look good.