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New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

when because Of the then existing
one-year residence requirement the
divorce colony was to all intents and
purposes eliminated, bank clearings
and deposits in Reno, thrown en-
tlrely on her stable industries, re-
fiected even less than the country as
a whole the general business de-
preston which in that year affected
the whole nation.
"On the record, then, the so-called
divorce industry in Reno is relative
ly inconsequential.
The Nations Divorces
1t might be interesting to note
something Of divorce tendencies in
the United States and to assess
properly Nevada's direct contribu-
ton to the general delinquency.
According to the latest statistics
available to me, there were in 1916
1.O4l 900 marriages in the United
States and in the same year 112 900
divorces. For the nation as whole
there appears to be one divorce
granted for every nine marriages, or
112 for every 100000 of population.
''In 1916 there were 648 divorces
granted in Nevada. Assigning the
national average to Nevada as a
legitimate representation of her own
use of the law, it appears that her
courts dispose, roughly, of one-half
Of l per cent of the nations divorce
business.
'There is nothing fundamentally
wrong with the Nevada divorce law.
AS measure for purely domestic
consumption it has not provoked
criticism at homo or abroad. The
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
RIVERSIDE HOTEL, home of most of Renos divorce COL
N 1t adjons the courthouse and the Trucee Riuer into
whlch a0edding ring is dropped after the courts s
Uerdict
2r less an issue in the 1914 political

or less an issue in the 1914 political
campaign.
"The Legislature in 1915 re-
pealed the one-year residence clause,
and the original law has since re-
mained on the statutes. With it's
return the colony was again estab-
lished. Early in 1918 a referendum
petition was circulated, aimed to try
out public sentiment in the then on
coming general election. Those who
originally led the movement against
the short term of residence declined
to press the matter, on the ground
that the referendum on state pro-
hibition then pending might be COM
plicated by the introduction of too
many moral issues at that time.
Prohibition was adopted by vote
approximating two to one. The
Legislature in 1919 contented itself
with the ratification of the national
prohibition amendment as it's con-
tribution to the so-called moral
houSecleaning.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
that Of it's suburb. Sparks, about
5000. It's divorce colony at that
time numbered perhaps 300.
Changed the Law

"The undesirable notoriety given
the town and state by the press of
the country, the Objectionable con-
duct of overzealous attorneys and
the loose character and disregard of
public morals by members Of the
colony had meanwhile resulted in a
crystallized demand from a large
group of Nevadans for the amend
ment Of the law to prevent the in
flux of outsiders to Nevada for
divorce.
"In 1910 Governor Dickerson, in
his biennial message, urged the
Legislature to take steps looking to
the abolition of the colony, and in
1913 the Legislature, by close vote,
amended the law, making full
years reSldence In the state pre-
requisite to divorce here. 1t was
charged that this measure was put
through, not as a result Of we'll de-
fined opinion of the majority of the
Nevada people but by those Jealous
in their contribution to the reform
propaganda on sincere grounds, with
the aid Of certain disappointed poll
ticians who blamed Washoe Coun-
ty, in which Reno is situated, for the
failure of their personal ambitions.
In any event, tho matter was more
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

than one year under the jurisdic-
ton of it's divorce courts, save un-
der exceptional circumstances. In
consequence, a certain number of
persons from states where the
grounds for legal separation are
few or inadequate come to Nevada,
obtain residence and submit to the
jurisdiction of our courts.
Beginning Of the Colony
''It might be of interest to state
that prior to 1900 no one arose to
criticize our statute, either within
or without the state. It was in
voked occasionally to liberate men
, and women within the state from
undesirable entanglements, but no
outsider made use of it.
"In 1900, Lord Russell, an Eng
lish peer, either by accident or de-
sign established residence in Ne
vada and secured a divorce from his
wife, subsequently marrying a young
woman with whom he returned to
England There the English courts
held his Nevada decree invalid. He
was tried by the House Of Lords,
convicted of bigamy and committed
for short term of imprisonment
to an English Jail.
"The notoriety given this case by
the press centered the eyes of the
country on Nevada as a possible
mecca for divorce seekers. Lawyers
in the states where grounds for
legal separation were few or en-
tirely wanting began sending their
clients to Reno. Within ten years
a divorce colony had developed in
Nevada almost entirely as the result !
of the activities of persons living
without our borders.
"The period from 1901 to 1907 |
saw a second mining boom in the
state even more spectacular than
the Comstock rush. Three great |
mining camps came into existence,
the state trebled it's population, and |
Reno, always shipping and dis
tributing center, obtained it's share
of the benefits. In 1903 a large
division point was established at
Sparks, a suburb on the main line
railway, and the cattle and sheep
business, with Reno as a center,
made great forward strides.
Meanwhile, Reno, which in 1900
was peaceful little village of about
4,500 inhabitants on the main line
of the Central Pacific Railway, the
terminus of two small railroads, the
seat of the State University, and
the center of little agricultural
valley, began developing rapidly.
''In 1910 the population Of Reno
was, in round numbers, 1900. and
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
GyNQGR~c 90
I~QERW0o0 1HoTO

+ tendency in the nation to seek legal
separations is certainly not recog-
nized in those states which, like New
York, maintain laws tending to send
her unhappily married abroad for
divorce, or else force them into
forms of indecent collusion no less q
| fraud on her courts than was the al
legged collusion Of Mary Pickford and
her sequence Of husbands on ours.
New York's DIRTY Linen
"Our problem is not one which
calls for the meeting of New York
or Eastern public opinion on this
question. New York's people, like
those Of the West, have, unhappily,
long since abandoned the ecclesiasti-
cal viewpoint on the marriage rela-
tion. New York laws, nevertheless.
continue to assert morality which
her people have long since aban-
doned. The courts Of other more
liberal states continue to wash her
, dirty linen for her.
Sooner or later Nevada will de-
termine in her own way how much
Of this work she will undertake to
do thenceforth. Her independent
thinking people viii, however, pay
little heed to that extravagant acri
| mony of Eastern criticism which is
not founded on true conception Of
the real national morality. The
-Argus-eycd small towns of the great
basin country learn to SPOT
hypocrisy with an unerring eye. The
SNUG vocal morality of that branch
OF the godly in New York which
makes up her populous metropolitan
lodge OF the Ancient Order Of Phari-
sees would be not even a noise in a
mining camp where no tide of hu-
manity washes out the footprints in
the primrose path"
Seeking a Referendum
In those last sentences of Cover
nor Boyle's may sound your doom,
matrimonial malcontents of Eastern
cities! For Nevada does not want
you. She only suffers you. And
when the Legislature convenes for
its biennial session o. IGco'o1 y
may do something to those Nevads
divorce laws that will label them
For Home Consumption Only"
Already there is Being circulated
IN Reno, the heart of the colony, a
petition for g referendum which is
likely to erase that sparkling little
town from the map as mecca for
the mismated.
Until then restless three-inch
heels from Broadway will continue
to click in and out of the Hobbies Of
the Golden and the Riverside, and in
and out of the mazes CT the dance at
kane's; impatient pencils will cross
one by one from calendars the days
as they stretch into a long six
months.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Approved by Bar

''In outlining its conception Of
the proper grounds for divorce, the
American Bar Association embraced
in its recommendation to Congress
Of uniform divorce law throughout
the United States practically the
same grounds included in the Ne
vada law, thereby setting a tenta-
tive national standard with which
Nevada had already complied. Is
further justification needed for Ne
vada?
However. no other state than Ne
vada brings its residents Of Less
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

munities where colonies exist opin-
ion is more or less sharply divided.
Other portions of the state, if one
may judge by the action of legis-
lative representatives, have ap-
peared apathetic.
"The extent and relative COM
mercial value of the colony may be
estimated with substantial accuracy.
"Divorce cases filed in the District
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

the Nevada divorce law is a recent
invention to attract colony of mis-
mated to Reno. This impression is
faulty. Our divorce law was enacted
by the first Territorial Legislature
in 1851 and has remained unchanged
since on the statutes Of Nevada.
That it contains no particularly ir-
regular or fantastic provisions is
indicated by the fact that it was, to-
gether with the remainder of the
Territorial statutes, approved by
Congress in 1864, when, on the mo-
tion Of President Lincoln, Nevada
was admitted to statehood.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
The Passion for Reform

Communities everywhere seem
prone to attempt monopoly of the
venerable Anglo Saxon trait of re-
forming their distant brethren.
FER capita, the mutual reproaches
VI New York and Reno appear to me
" De on about ffty-fifty basis.
Good souls in Reno pipe up their
protests against the occasional New
'A'fA exemplar in the 1920 colonv
OF metropolitan muscle dancing and
cigarette smoking, just as New
10iA pulpiteers and publicists.
Standing knee deep in the radiola-
ran ooze of the ancient indecencies
VI 00taam, turn from time to time
Aspermetropic and shrewish eve
vi Nevada to extravagantly charac-
''Ne her as a composite of all the
worms at the roots of the family
fig tree.
'0' as provincial Nevada some
aAss judges New York by the
asy looks Of some Nevada hus-
'a''as when they return from a visit
: - the virtuous metropolis, and by
- activities of some of her spright-
y danes in the divorce COLONY. 80
20 provincial New York appear to
A.slse Justice on the one hum
and twentieth meridian as a
wv 0f Alkali Ike blindfolded with a
Auanna and working overtime to
!. = sne marriage bonds Of the ma
a'a with bowie knife
I aa impression Is prsv.l.us ta.s
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Mary Ficktords divorce May End the Reno Coony
Nevada Legislature to Consider Amendind the T .
Governor Puts Blame
For Scandal on
New York

{ ITNHE Reno divorce colony is
threatened with extinction.
Il La the phrase of Governor
Emmett D. Boyle, the lethal
aosa emanates from ''New York
,ulpiteers and publicists, standing
snee deep in the radiolarian ooze
# the ancient indecencies of
Gotham" The final soporific was
administered by Mary Pickford. Too
much publicity attended Mary along
me path that led to her marriage
with Douglas Fairbanks.
And Nevada is indignant, not at
the loss of the divorce colony, which
Governor Boyle claims has never
paid dividends, but because of, to
quote Governor Boyle again, "that
extravagant acrimony of Eastern
criticism which is not founded on
true conception of the real national
morality"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Stale Is Apathetic

1T will be apparent that no posi-
tive declaration on the divorce ques-
ton Of 'the people in Nevada has
ever been had. In general it may
be said that in the one or two com.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Adopted in 1861

"For reasons which appeared valid
to the trainers of our constitution
and to the electorate, which later
adopted it, residence of six months
in Nevada entities any person quail
fled for citizenship in the United
States to full citizenship here.
"Any person residing in Nevada
for a period of six months may reg
lister and vote in all elections, if
qualified citizen in other conven-
tional respects, and is under the
jurisdiction of the Nevada courts
in all civil actions while he or she
continues to reside here. There is
no exceptional provision in the Ne
vada divorce law relating to term
of residence. The provision requir-
ing six months residence is the gen.
eral provision founded on the con-
stitution affecting legal jurisdiction
in all civil matters, divorce included.
'The divorce law itself sets up
seven grounds, any one Of which
constitutes a cause of action by
either party to a marriage contract
for the dissolution of that contract.
Fourteen other states grant di-
vorces on the same grounds. Six
teen states enumerate in their d.
vorce laws a greater number of
causes than does the Nevada law.
Seventeen states enumerate fewer
ranea9
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

M AIRY PICKFORD and Douglas Forboncs avhose morito
oBasS "1oy cause the anondnet Of the Neuado divorce
tGac ana Goue'or Emet ID. Boyle of Neuada ao defends
the states divorce loO AboUe May Pickords home in
NeUadu
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Court in Reno were:

"Since about eight months, on the
average, was spent in Nevada by
each person establishing residence
for divorce purposes, it is apparent
that about two-thirds of the number
of cases filed would indicate the
number of persons waiting action.
Divorce and Bank CIearings
with the one-year clause in effect
the colony practically disappeared in
1914. Just what effect this had on
the general business of Reno may be
estimated from the following figures
showing the bank clearings and bank
deposits in that city for number
of years.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Law Once Amended

Hence the next session of the
Nevada Legislature threatens to pass
law requiring one years residence
in the state before an action can
be brought in the divorce courts. The
experiment. was tried in 1914 ana
cut the states divorce business down
so per cent. Statistics show that
with such a cut the Reno divorce
colony ceases to be even a pimple
on the fair though arid surface Of
Nevada.
A glance at the facts shows that
Nevada has some reason for choler.
Her divorce law has been on her
statute books since 1861, when it was
adjusted by the Territorial Legisla-
lure, and the grounds for divorce in
Nevada are practically the same as
those recommended to Congress by
the American Bar Association in the
proposal for uniform divorce law
throughout the country.
Fourteen other states grant di-
yorces on the same grounds as
Nevada, while sixteen states are still
more liberal. New York is one of
the states less liberal than Nevada
in the matter of divorce, and Neva.
dams have strong feeling that it is
New Workers. more than any others
who misuse the Nevada laws and
bring Reno into disrepute. AS Ne
vada expresses it:
New York washes her dirty linen
in Nevada and then criticizes
Nevada"
Governor Boyle, who in private
life IS mining engineer, defends
Ills state with the rhetorical en-
thusIasm which the rarefed atmos-
phere of the high attitudes seems
70 breed in their denizens. He said
IN an Interview given for The Trib-
nne:
, 1920-01-24

results. The fact that Nuxated Iron is to-
day being used by over three million people
annually as a tonic, strength and blood
builder, is in itself an evidence of tremen-
dous public confidence and l am convinced
that if others would take Nuxated Iron
when they feel weak and rundown, it would
help make a nation of stronger, healthier
men and women"
1t you are not strong or we'll you owe it
to yourself to make the following test:
See how long you can work or how far
you can walk without becoming tired. Next
take two hve-grain tablets of ordinary Nux-
ated Iron three times per day after meals
for two weeks. Then test your strength
again and see how much you have gained.
Numbers of nervous. rundown people who
were ailing all the while have most astonish-
ingly increased their strength and endurance
simply by taking iron in the proper form.
And this after they had. in some cases. been
doctoring for months without obtaining any
benefit.
MAxuyAcTuHEEs' ForE: NHxated Iron which Is prescribed
And recommended above is not a secret remedy but one
which 10 well known to druggists everywhere. Unlike the
older Inorganic iron products it is easily assimilatod and
does NOS inJure the teeth, make them black nor upset ahe
stomach. The manufacturers guarantee successful and
entirely sati1Aekoxy results to every purchaser or th~x win
refund youz HSH<zS. u adiEDsnAed by all goA dSHsssta-
, 1920-01-24

1000 sap their energy and make them
weak, anemic and rundown and
often cause their blood to literally
starye for want Of iron.
In omms nting upon the probability of
building up a stronger race of people by i'm
ereasing the supply of iron in their blood,
pr. George 81, Baker, formerly Physician and
Surgeon, Monmouth Memorial Hospital of
New Jersey, says: Iron is absolutely neces-
sary to change food into living tissue, muscle
and brain. Without iron there can be no
strong. red-blooded men or healthy rosy
checked, women, and unless this strength
giving Iron is obtained from the foods we
eat, it must be supplied in some form that
g easily absorbed and assimilated. Refined
foods and modern methods of cooking have
yobbed u2 ofFmuch of the iron which Nature
Intended we should receive. For supplying
4his deficiency and increasing the red blood
~corpusces. I know of nothing more effective
than organic iron-Nuxated Iron. From
. careful examination of the formula and
my own tests of Nuxated Iron, l feel con-
WINGED that it is a preparation which any
physician can take himself or prescribe for
&is patients with the utmost confidence of
SAsainins highly beneficial and satisfactory
, 1920-01-24
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Phi rsieian Explains Secret Of Stron
Nerves. Keen Active Brains and Grea
Physical Energy-says
Nuxated Iron Helps Put Strength
and Energy Into The Veins of
Men

It is the men of blood and
iron-on a par with the war
hardened fellows returning
from camp and feld-who will
forge ahead in the business and
political life of the country to-
day. Living in the open, eating
coarse foods and leading regu-
iaTT lives have made blood ricn
in iron for these strong, healthy,
vigorous specimens of nam
hood. But no such opportunity
for building up their health is
open to thousands of men and
women in civil life whose wears
ing tasks and iron-impoverished
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-05-14
Advertising Rates

A number OF printers and pub
fishers Of Abilene, Baird. Cisco and
oil field towns had meeting last
week and resolved that
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and exhorbitant prices OF news print
we find by careful calculation that
a newspaper with a minimum circu-
lation OF 500 copies cannot be pro-
duced profitably and sell advertis-
ing space at rate OF less than SOC
per column inch"
The proposed graduated schedule
Of prices fix rate OF 45c an inch
for papers Of the Signals circula-
ton class and IS cents an inch for
papers having 5000 circulation
Nearly all country papers ard run
ming advertisement too cheap IN
proportion 20 the cost OF production
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-05-14
LIVER DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
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decided would give Black
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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-05-14
Citation by Publication
Al STATE OF TEXAS.

tfH STATE OF TEXAS.
To the Sheriff or any constable OF
urry County-Greeting:
SYou are hereby commanded to
$nmon Ed Nelson by making publ
itionof this citation once in each
ok for four successive weeks pre-
,oUs to the return day hereof, In
NE newspaper published In your
anty. ~ there be a newspaper pub
he'd therein. but II not, then In any
svspaper published In the 81 ju-
eiai district. but II there be no
wspaper published in the 80 judi
nj district, then in newspaper
,bIished In the nearest district 10
Id SO judicial district, to appear at
q next regular term OF the District
burt OF scurry County, to be holden
the court house thereof, in sny-
ir. on the Fourth Monday in May
ID. 1920, the same being the ~
" OF May A. ID. 1920, then and
ere TO answer a petition filed In
ia Court on the % day OF April A.
1920. In a suit numbered on the
,cket Il said Court No. 2152, where
Grace Nelson Is plaintiff and Ed
s{lson Is defendant. said petition al
hing chat plaintiff and defendant
IRE married on the 9th day OF jan
= nv A. l.. 1917. in Taylor County
lxas and continued to live together
husband and wife until on or a.
mt the 18th day OF March A. ID.
LIZ. when the defendant left the
l,ntiff with the avowed intention
abandoning her and OF separating
I'm her and has not lived or cohao-
II with her since said date. That
Ire than three years have elapsed
Ice said abandonment
Plaintiff prays for n divorce ana
dissolution OF the marriage con-
Ist for costs OF suit. and for such
Ter and further relief as she may
w herself entitled to in both la"
equity.
Herein fail not. but have before
Court on the said frs day OF
next term thereof, this writ with
return thereon. showing no"
have executed the same.
witness. Nellie weems, Clerk OF
District Court OF scurry County
as
. ;iven under my hand and seal OF
Court in the city OF Snyder. this
ss day OF April. A. d 1870
lie weems. Clerk ~ District
rt scurry County.
ISSUED this the IS day % April,
ID. 1899
NELLIE wEENS.
ierk OF District Court OF Sourry
.I",