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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

But everything comes to him that waits, and
when the people of South Dakota arose in their
wrath last November and by referendum VOTE
declared that any one who desired to get d.
vorce in South Dakota would have to live there
year instead of six months as had been the re-
Quirement previously, the seeker of relief from
present matrimonial ties began to take the long
journey westward to Nevada, where it takes but
q six months residence to be in position to go
before the courts OF the state as plaintiff in
divorce suit.
W. H. Schnitzer, Reno divorce specialist has
written a treatise on divorce practice and pro-
Cedure in which he throws an Illuminating ray
on the wherefore of the popularity of Reno as
divorce center. He says:
While the laws OF the eastern and middle
western states generally contain some provision
for the dissolution of the marriage tie, it is OBJ
vious to the reader that in cases where extreme
cruelty, deseron, and failure to provide form the
basis of the grievance the law in such states Of
ters no substantial relief to the aggreved party,
because the requirements of proof, duration of
onense, confederation Of plaintiff and procedure
rnder court rules are so exacting and irksome
that the desired relief sought by the applicant is
rendered impossible of attainment Summing ND
y the situation as 1t exists in the eastern states
respecting the domestic relation law the client
when consulting local counsel is almost invari-
ably advised that upon the facts submitted he or
she is without remedy Here in Nevada the ap-
plicant, without deception or fraud, upon
almost any charge from which lack of harmonious
relations may be reasonably inferred may apply
to our courts and secure prompt results by de-
cree of absolute divorce, valid and binding in
law"
While there are about 81 cases now on the
docket of the district court, there are in Reno
to-day over $50 individuals establishing a resi-
dence for divorce purposes, majority of whom
are women.
The charms of Nevada as divorce center
have only just begun to percolate into the con-
sciousness of the outside world
Reno has no objection to the present status
OF affairs II is estimated that the revenue of the
town from the divorce colony at present is close
to $1,O00e0a a year. and that 1t will rapidly in.
crease from this on. To community of but 49,
600 population this Is no small consideration
Why Reno is preferred to any other communi-
ty in the state as place Of residence by those
seeking divorces is because Of the manifold ad.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27
FIGHT SNAKES FIVE HOURS
Three Women Berry Pickers Tave Ter
rifying Experience in Coal Mine
Before Being Rescued.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Three women who
went out early to pick berries on a
farm about three miles from Latrobe
were rescued the other afternoon by
farm hands after having been buried
in an abandoned coal mine for five
hours, during which they fought con.
tinually with nest of huge snakes.
Two of the women became historical
on their release and are in a seri-
GUS condition.
The women are Mrs. Maggie Maley,
Mrs. Mary Sarfano and Mrs. Florence
Lacey. AS they invaded an inviting
field of berries the earth suddenly
yaWned and swallowed them. All three
fell about rs feet through a break in
the roof of an abandoned mine into a
pool Of shallow water. ...
They forgot their injuries when thew
felt the snakes wriggling about them
IN the darkness. Picking up broken
timbers they fought the reptiles and
screamed for help. They killed Is
snakes before their cries were heard
by John Stump and party of farmers
He was some distance away blowing
but after a search for come time
finally located the women and discoy.
cred their plight. 3
Efforts to raise the women were I'm.
awaiting, as every time he went near
the edge of the cavity the earth crum.
bled away. Finally the men unhitcbed
team, and, throwing the lines to the
women, drew them out one ut time
Two OF them Immediately went into
Mysteries and doctors are attending
them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27
IMPRISONED MAN SAVED As
FLOOD RISES TO HIS LIPS
HELD PRISONER IN MINE, EN-
GINEER FIGHTS AGAINST I'M
PENDING DEATH FOR HOURS.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-With his rlsht
hand caught in broken pump, ana
with water rising steadily about nm
in an old working in the cOlllery or the
Pennsylvania Coal Company at flalhs-
Vile Robert Taylor, night engineer or
No. IA colliery, was held prisoner Tor
four hours the other day, and was
rescued only after the water had
reached his lips. The flow OF water
was of such a volume that had Taylor
been held there a few minutes longer
he would have been drowned.
He had gone alone to repair
broken pump, and his hand became
caught in the machinery in such a way
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

Vegetable Compound has done Tor M
during this trying period. Compkt
restoration to health means S9nEs
to me that for the sake of other SUITE
ing women I am willing to make ~
trouble public SO you may pubtal
this letter" -MRs. CHAs. BARGAl
RID, Graniteville, vt.
No other medicine for womans I'D
has received such widespread and 10
qualified endorsement. No otherma|
icine we know of has such recon
Of cures of female ills as has LytaB
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
For more than 80 years it has beG
curing female complaints such y
Inflammation, liberation, local wesE'
nesses, fibroid tumors, irregularit!s
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostration, and i !
unequalled for carrying women satssl
through the period of change Of ne e
1t costs but little to try Lydia Z
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, sna
as Mrs. Barclay says.i it is worth moW
tains Of gold" to suffering women. /.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27
Princely Gift to Church

Norman, Waite Harris, the Chicago
banker. has headed the proposed $780,
600 pension endowment for aged and
disabled Methodist deaconesses with
conditional gift of 100000. Mr.. Har.
rls was born in Berkshire county
Massachusetts, on August IS, 1916. He
organized the Union Central Life In.
surance Company in Cincinnati in
1867, and left there in 1880, two years
later starting the Chicago, New York
and Boston banking firm of N. w. Har.
ris & Company.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

ing good health to
this fact. When a
young girl she was
fond of swimming,
rowing and driv.
ing, and even now
she never permits
a day to go by
without tax n G
some exercise. II
the weather is too
bad for walking
she passes several
hours at billiards.
She is wonder
fully skilled with
the cue and is
proud of her game.
But in nice wealth
er her favorite ex-
ercise is walking.
At S n d / n g,
hono cho ,,;o;&
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27
Skirt as Bank Burns with ssoo

New York.-Mrs. Carrie Hart wife
OF retired contractor, concealed $500
in ten-dollar bills in skirt hanging in
closet OF her home. In closing the
door she ignited a parlor match on.
the Sill and set fire to the skirt and
consumed the 5000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

gQuaws would a year ago sit and play
cards at the corners of the public
squares may be seen to-day handsome
women in Paris gowns sauntering in
the afternoon sun. On the veranda
OF the leading hotel where year ago
we're the silence and desolation that
the panic of 1907 produced, idly sit
and fight with ennui groups of men
ana women, who look forward, in
mental vision. to the time when they
will be able to forsake this frontier
post of civilization and whirl an eager
fight back to their homes in the east.
But they are looking for divorces at
present, and so they must stay here
for at least six months from date OF
arrival to satisfy the requirements of
the Nevada divorce laws with regard
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

known as "Rick's,"
which is the local
Monte Carlo" Kicks
has all the convent
ences for those who
desire to make a stay,
and frequently parties
who 60 there to spend
a few hours forget to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

may enjoy. The royal lady of European court
no longer sits in regal spendor in her palace. sur
rounded by ladies in waiting ready to minister to
her most langnid wish but you may meet her
motoring in the country or riding horseback in
the park. 1t is an excellent example thew are
setting for their country in this respect,
Queen Alexandra is devotee of outdoor life In.
deed, she attributes keeping young and enjoy
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27
The extraordinary popularity a,

The extraordinary popularity a.
white goods this Summer maxi,
choice of Starch a matter of ge,,,
portance. Defiance Starch. beiD,
from all injurious chemicals, i,
only one which is safe to use IN
fabrics. It great strength as a si,
err makes half the usual quanut,
Starch necessary, with the resrI,
perfect finish, equal to that whs,
goods were new.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27
A Contest Of Wits

An eminent lawyer was onoo
examining a very clever WONG, J
er of the plaintiff in a breachof.,,
Use action, and was cOmpletelv =
ed in the encounter of wits. a
close, however, he turned to h,I
and exclaimed:
You saw, gentlemen, that az.
was but a child in her hands \
may my client have been?"
By this adroit stroke of adn,
he turned his failure into sp.,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

vanages primarily
mining usually hides precious metals difficult
centrally
from railroad point rarely
n American community.
through
beautiful stream Trlcke river
distance, snowapped
coming their
nights other
tersa comparatively mild
makes atmosphere somewhat trying
with affections
complaints which the climate S unavorabe.
springs
Reno Twelve miles the Steamboat
which milOnaes
Three miles Moana Springs Five miles Reno
another medicinal Iaughons Springs
boulevard Half aughon this magnificent edhce
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27
WORTH l
OF GOD
During Change of Life;
says Mrs. Chas. BarcIai|
Graniteville, vt. -"I was paSh
through the Change of I life andsnfRRI

from nerv0usnA
andother annoya|
symptoms, snal|
can truly say &|
LydiaE Pnkhanl|
Vegetable Csl
pound has preM|
worth mountsA|
of gold to me, slt|
restored mybesk|
and strength Il
never forget toN
my friends Why
I,VdiaF PnkhamI
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

to residence Reno has succeeded to the emnence
formerly occupied by Sioux Falls the divorce of
America Some farsighted lawyer got into the Nevada
legislature several years and when he got again
there divorce law among the statutes OF Nevada
that for length breadth, height elasticity all other
qualities that commend themselves to the seeker after
easy matrimonial freedom, could not be surpassed any
where in the union 1t eQuaed by the South Dakota
law though and Nevada and the Nevada lawyer Sc
cured no results from it for the time being
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

A Feminine Chronometer
Knicker-HOW long does yOur
plan to be away?
BOcker-TWO trunks.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27
SORRY, BUT

Would youse mind lepdin, !.
dime, Willie?' y
"Not at all, old chap. But T.,
bankin' hours an | amt got M
book handy"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

EMO, Ney.-The popu!a-
ton and social life Of Re-
no, New, are undergoing a
great change. Where a
year or so ago the Opti-
mistic mining promoter,
in his corduroy or khaki
and his high russell shoes,
was wont to disport him
self, to-day may be seen
men of the east flashing
by In empowered auto
mobiles Whnre WaShOe
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27
FroEcs of a Real Queen

That queens are very human be-.
ings after all is evidenced by their
delight in the outdoor pleasures
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27
Shows No Improvement

Il don't see that her college Cd,
ton has improved her much"
MOP
mo. She helps her mother ,
the homework just as if she hs
been educated. "-Detroit Free P.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-25
NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT 1T.

There is a 17-year- girl in Atchf-
son who feels so good that she almost
screams with JOY. In a few years when
we meet that girl pushing baby
buggy and looking as cross as it Is
possible for married woman to look
we are sure we shall laugh-Atchison
Globe.
with all respect for the editors In
lerent right to laugh over whatever
.pleases him and excites his risibilities
it is little hard to understand why
he should laugh. When young mar
ried woman with a nice baby looks
cross, worried and worn there must be
some cause for her appearance that
does not make for laughter.
Perhaps she is overworked. There is
nothing funny in overwork. Perhaps
she is weak, nervous and sick but one
fails to see immediate inspiration to
hilarity in that. Perhaps she is disap-
pointed. There is little mirth in disap-
pointment and regret. The fact is most
of us will not be able to see. the fun
in Yhe picture the Globe presents. In
short it isn't funny.
But there are too many such
pictures, too many young women with
regret and disappointment on faces
that ought to be smiling and glad. And
there is something, perhaps many
things, wrong when this is the case.
Too many husbands are disappoint-
ments, too many young wives are in
competent incapable. too hard to
please and too selfish to be wives and
mothers. Most of us pay too much at
tention to other people and too little
to our own. Our happiness becomes de-
pendent on comparison with the sup
posed happiness of others. Even a
comparison of baby cabs may bring
sorrow to the heart of the young moth
q whose neighbor and classmate has a
more expensive cab in which to wheel
a baby not nearly so cute as hers.
When the young mother regrets her
freedom, and the young father envies
the unmarried men it isn't funny
state of affairs Quite the contrary.
yVhan each ar ..ithsr fails tn find each
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-25
lowA's 1909 CAMPAIGNS.

Not In the memory of the oldest in
habitants has the spirit of municipal
reform been so manifest and genera
in Iowa as at the present time. II
nearly every city and town where al
election is to be held contest is be-
ing waged. The better element is or
ganized and united for Improvement OF
local conditions. "Clean up is the gen
eral cry Decency is arrayed against
corruption as never before.
|. 1t means something. 1t denotes a
moral awakening that is bound TIC
bear good fruit. 1t signifies better en-
forcement of law and restrictive ord
inances. 1t means that public officers
must do something more than draw
their salaries. 1t f0reshadows better
municipal government and a higher
standard of official character and per-
Torrance.
This public awakening has been long
DELAYED but it's arrival is timely and 1t
is substantial 1t is not sporadic but in
a sense epidemic. Behind 1t, pushing
it forward with resistless energy and
force, is the best thought, the highest
Intelligence, the most earnest zeal and
the most fervent prayers of the best
people of the best state among them
all.
The movement Is going to succeed
and it's work will endure. 1t will last
because it is right and because the peo-
ple will see the wisdom of their strug-
gle. They will wonder why they waited
so long to start 1t.
The universally of this movement
toward civic decency is an evidence
that it is an evolutionary process. part
Of the growth of Iowa bone of it's
Intelligence and flesh of its moral and
political conscience. 1t has come to this
that the great mass, decent, sincere
and conscientious In the aggregate
knows ITS right to rule, has learned its
power to rule and is determined to rule
over an active and vicious minority.
Government by decency for decency is
not everywhere assured but it's prom
Use is written in fire across the heav-
ems. vive knows 1T. Graft knows it.
Decency is beginning to know it.
The friends of good city government
will lose some fights this year but
even in the loss is the gertrude of flu
ture victory.
Iowa, already justifiably proud of her
wonderful achievements, will have
greater pride and broader influence
and larger fame because of the munic-
ipal campaigns Of 1909.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-25
Dairy Dots.

Remember that water is as import
ant as feed and provide accordingly
A well of pure water is necessary for
the success of the dairy farm.
Take the chill off the drinking wa
ter for the COWS these cold mornings
or expect less milk.
"Man shall not live by bread alone
neither shall his dairy cows live on
a single ration of any kind
Gentleness in cows is very desirable
and should be bred for.
The nervous COW is not at home on
the ordinary American farm.
Keep the COWS in the barn these
chilly mornings till the sun warns up
the atmosphere a little. Chilly changes
are not only cruel, but detrimental
Feeding the cows light, allowing
them to stand out in all sorts OF rough
weather and sleeping on THE frozen
ground never returned the dairynlan
any great profit.
No chemical combination will equal
sunlight and pure air as sWeeteners
and purifiers of dairy appliances.
Keep all Of the heifer calves pro-
duced by your good cows. You can't
buy good coWs-you must raise tnenl.
No matter how cool and convenient
the milk room, unless proper vem1la-
ton is provided the cream and butter
will be off in flavor
What would otherwise be a high
quality of butter is often seriously
damaged by being stored where pro-
nounced odors prevail Meats, fruits,
vegetables and other food products
should be kept apart from milk, cream
and butter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-25
1angdon eyed his colleagues tri-

Lhngdon eyed his colleagues tri-
umphantly.
Peabody, however, was thinking
quickly. He was never beaten until
the last vote was counted on a roll
call. He knew that. no matter how al'
parently insurmountable an opposition
was, a way to overcome 1t might ofte.
be found by the man who exercise
strong self contrnl and q trainnd l1.'ai''
This corrupt victor in scores Of bitter
political engagements on the battlefield
of Washington was now in his most
dangerous mood. He would marshal
all his forces The man to defeat him
now must defeat the entire senate ma
chine ard tho allies it could gain in an
emergency: he must overcome the
power of Standard Steel; he must fight
the resourceful brain OF the mastefful
Peabody himself.
Peabody whispered to Stevens, I'VE
must pretend to be beaten
Then the Pennsylvania advanced.
smiling, to I.angdon and held out his
hand.
Senator Langdon." he said "Fm
beaten. You've beaten the leader of
the senate. something difficult to be-
lieve. What's more. you've given me
the chance of lifetime to become
known as 81 public benefactor. AS socn
as you've finished your speech in the
senate l will get up and make another
one-to second yours. Here's my hand.
Anything you may ever want out OF
Peabody in tie future shall be yours
for the asking
Langdon refused to grasp the prof
fercd hand.
Senator Stevens made show of pro
testing against his superior's seeming
surrender.
But he objected. '.look here
Peabody turned upon him instantly.
"Oh, shut up. Stevens; don't be a
fool Come on in. The waters fine"
The pair of scheuers, with Norton
at their heels. hurried away.
The Pennsylvania drew Stevens
into committee room 6 and. ordering
the stenographer to leave. drew up
chairs where both could sit, facing the
door.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-25

other and the baby enough to make a
little world of their own with it is a
serious matter, situation that touches
tears rather than laughter. And it's a
fool situation as we'll for themselves are
to blame for it, 1t doesn't need to be
She ought not to be cross. She ought
to be smiling and she should have
every incentive for smiles. She has a
right to be happy. And she has a duty
to help those who would make her
happy to successful effort.
Young married folks with baby
ought to be above the sneers and the
vengeful laughter of any old crouch of
an editor. And they may be if they care
to be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-25

| Evidently the streets of Grinnell are
Just now a watery waste, if the Regis
ter is authority. 1t says a King DRAG
on the streets there would look like q
fatboat, and a stranger asked if the
hitching posts were used to tie boats
to. If Grinnell can't pave, she should
get few pumps.
! MIR. Bryan is said to be divided be-
tween the hope of United States SEN
atorship and the extremely prosperous
outlook of the next few chautauaua
seasons. "For tho he is toward hon
iors bent. he has frugal mind"
j Theodore lost his hat when he start
ed for Africa. Let us hope that he Will
not lose his hair before he gets back
! Time to buy fishhooks and test seed
corn. The season of baseball. daisies
and circus parades approaches.
| Reports from Turkey are to the effect
that real olive oil is to rise to higher
prices. However, that doesn't affect
many of us so long as the cotton crop
goes to seed.
Tariff reform with Serene Payne and
Dalzell at the head of it is to the real
thing what oleomargarine is to cream !.
cry butter
It has developed that governor of
wisconsin whose death has recently
occurred, and whose speeches and state
papers were models of diction ana
learning managed to get two university
men to write them for him. However,,
he had his little day to strut in the
limelight of an approval that did not
belong to him and absorb praise which
must have been bitter in it's aftertaste,
when he sat alone and in self analysis.
Nevada in her new anti-gambling
law puts bridge in the same class with
faro. But Nevada never was much in
clined to the higher social functions.
Eight cents a pound on tea means
that the cheaper tea on the poor mans
table will pay as much revenue as the
special and costly varieties that are
served to the millionaire. How about
the equality of this?
The young wife answered the phone.
"That's another call for George" she
said to her mother. Somebody wants
him to come somewhere and play
bridge. It's the third Invitation he's
had this evening.
THAT would seem to indicate" said
the mother, chat George is very pop
ular."
The young wife shifted.
at unquestionably indicates" she
said, "that George is an easy loser. -
Cleveland Plaindealer.
"You are positive this happened on
Tuesday," demanded counsel.
81 am said the witness.
"Sure it was tuesday,"
eyes"
'Wly not Thursday or Friday"
because we had chicken that day.
Chicken day is Tuesday where l
board."-Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-25

The telephone bell at the desk in
terrupted him.
Peabody leaned over and eagerly
clutched the receiver.
The senior senator from Mississippi
jerked himself to his feet. He stood
at window and looked out over the
roof tops of the city.
ITO be Continued.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-25

"We've thrown dust i'll that old gun
der's eyes, whispered Peabody. Its
now ten after l. He is to be recog-
nized to make his speech at $3.50. That
gives us two hours and twenty min
utes'-
YES but for what?' asked Stevens
excite6llv .'T'--r 49, '---f''.. ..=--'r =