The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-03-10
HOW TO BEHAVE
IN WASHINGTON
Plenty of Good Laws, and It's
Citizens Own Fault If He
Goes Wrong


and hair cutting.
The citizen of Washington can
raise the long yell if his milk does
not contain eight and seventy-five
one-hundredths per cent of milk
solids ard three and twenty-five
one. hundredths per cent, at least,
butterfat. If any restaurant, dairy
l,nch or store sells SKINNED milk a
sign must be posted that reads:
Skinned Milk Sold Here"
Along the same lines the man
who wants some seeds for his gar
and the farmer who wants some
seeds for his farm are guaranteed
protection. Every package of seed
must have on it, in type of size
described in the law, the name of
the seed, the full name and address
Of the scotsman, importer, dealer
or agent, statement of the purity
Of the seed in the package-the
standard being set by terms of the
law-and the time aud place where
the seed was grown.
This requirement would be OF
some help in other states.
The paternal lawmakers. in the
state of Washington recently turned
their attention to the marriage
problem and set forth lot of
specifications that gave young
people in haste to wed considera bic
pause at times. The law, as passed
at the regular session, required a
PHYSICIANS certificate from both
high contracting parties, when APP
plication for license was made, that
the bride-to-b be and the bridegroom
were in good health and not feeble
minded, imbecile, epileptic, insane,
drunkards or afflicted with pulmon-
airy tuberculosis in it's advanced
stages. This was pie for the doe
tors, for they charged S. for each
certifcate-and a loud roar went
up. The result was that, at a
special session of the legislature, the
law was amended to allow the ap-
plicants for marriage licenses to
make affidavits as to their conditions
of health. In addition, the pro-
Spective bridegroom must furnish
an affidavit from some disinterested
person that neither he nor his lady
love is habitual criminal, and
that he is over Il years of age and
she over Is. When a girl is under
Is she must present a written con
sent from her parents; and no con-
sent is legal when the girl is under
ID years of age.
In the event of failure to prove
all these things the marriage license
Is not issued. Should there be
Justification there can be a fine of
not more than 81 ,000,o or imprison-
ment for not more than three years,
or both. The most noticeable result
was the falling off. in the. number
of marriage licenses issued; for, in
case OF doubt, it is ordinarily easier
to run over into British Columbia
than TO be catechized by the county
auditor, who issues the licenses.
Divorce is discouraged by the law
that prohibits any person from ad.
Vertlslng in any way his or hel
services to help obtain or procure &
divorce, either as lawyer or other
wise, Or offering to appear as an at
torney or council in any suit, either
IN Washington OF elsewhere.
Also any person who produces {
pretended heir for parent who's,
infant child would be entitled t
inherit real property or to receiv,
PERSONAL property, or falsely rep
iesents himself or herself to be ar
helr' is likely to get 10 years in tn,
penltentiary for it.
Bucketshop keepers are in hare
lines in Washington. They sent
Them to jail for five years or less
ana the law defines a bucketsho,
"iIhsuch exactness that the industr,
ooes not flourish out there. It j
aecreed that idiocy, insanity, i'm
oeciilty or criminal propensity i
no defense; tina. doors in all publ