Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-18
A DIVORCE
AND A CASE
OF CHEESE
OCCUPIED JUDGE GALLO.
WAYS ATTENTION YESTER.
DAY AFTERNOON - GRANTED
THE DIVORCE, BUT THE
CHEESE WAS TOO STRONG
FOR HIM.

After being married for almost n
quarter of a century-lacking one
year-and having reared a family.
Mrs. Margaret Hoffman concluded
that it was wiser and better for her.
self and children, and, of course al
so the husband, that she secure a
divorce, and made her appearance
before Judge Galloway yesterday at.
ternoon for that purpose.
The husband, H. L. Hoffman, had
evidently anticipated her in this con-
clusion as he preceded her in filing
a complaint which charged cruel and
inhuman treatment. But anticipa-
ton was the extent in which he was
permitted to indulge in that luxur-
ious idea as the wife came back with
an answer in which, to use legal
phraseology, she admitted, denied
and affirmed.
Now there was not much to admit
there never is in an answer, but
it was ventured to admit that they
were husband and wife, and then
came a long string of denials. In
legal language she denied that she
had ever treated the husband in a
cruel and inhuman manner as speci- !
fically alleged in the cumplaint-de- |
MED that she had cruelty and inhu-
manly treated him at any other
time or at all. When a man finds |
his wife's language reduced to that
kind of language, it is enough to |
make any husband beat hasty re-
treat, and the husband in this case
did-failed to appear.
Everybody Worked But Father.
The wife testified that the hus.
band did not relish the responsibility
of having a family to support, and
that he would not contribute to their
support. According to her evidence
he feigned sickness when at home,
but whenever he worked for some
one else he was a first class man
so his employers had told her Two
daughters came to the stand and tes-
titled along the same line. The
mother was industrious, they testi
fed, but the father wasn't, though
one did finally testify that he
clerked in the mothers store, but
then maybe this wasn't work. TAX
ing it all around it seemed like a
case where as the song goes, "every
worked but father"
Wouldn't Come Back.
In addition to denying the hus-
bands charges the wife in a cross
complaint asked for a divorce on the
ground Of desertion and the above
evidence was introduced in corroba-
tion of it. The father left home, it
seems, something over a year ago.
He did not have any cause for leav-
ing-of course not. The wife testt-
fed she had always treated him IN
the kindliest manner and so did the
daughters. There was a welcome for
him at the home whenever he de-
sired to return, and they had exert
ed every possible effort to effect his
return, but he wouldn't come back,
and hence the divorce proceedings
and it was granted.
Case Too Complex.
Judge Galloway yesterday after
noon rendered a decision in the case
of F. A. Schulbinger against Anton
and Lois Imper. This action was
brought to bring settlement
among the partners in a cheese fac-
tory at Silverton, and was known as
the famous cheese factory case.
whole day was consumed in its trial,
and a mass of evidence was intro
duced. The system of bookkeeping
was unique in that it could not be
understood by anyone not CONVEX
SAINT with it, nor could they be
taught to understand it, and was
such that the parties using it after
a month or so could not understand
or explain it. The money when
taken in was marked down on the
book. If deposited in the bank the
figures were underscored in a GER
tain way, and if something else was
done with it another underscoring
was used with the result that as time
passed by, the underscoring became
mixed or forgotten or it could not
be remembered who did the work.
The attorneys-Martin for the plain
tiff and Imam for the defendants,
admitted that thoy were unable to
argue the case, and therefore sub
mitted it without argument. The
court admitted that he was unable
to solve 1t unless the attorneys
could throw some enlightment on
it. and they could not, and it was
dismissed without cost to either par
ty.