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in. -" - " " i . i "The policy of the law la against divorces, excepting on grounds speci fied by statute- It is not for us to say (whether stringent laws tend to Im- morality or freedom 'of divorces to re spectability. WILLAMETT CLOSES - UNTIL AFTER XHAS Li gcu:iiy m "As long as the law requires an In vestigation of divorce causes, the in vestliratlon should be a real one and 1 . not a fiction to be satisfied. I Opinions Cited "Ninety per cent of the divorces In "The legal requirements are to be . . -m litatinA ami th rjuw is shaDed and on is are not contestea ana w . ,. ,..,. IELLS ATlURKtYS Willamette university closed Friday and will not reopen unUl after the Christmas holidays, January . Presi dent Carl Doney, who issued the or der, gave as his reason, the extreme weather conditions, and the Inao the real cause. Divorce laws do not create the desire for uivuice, out. hi th desire exists, people UO HalL The pipes In the nail are an frozen, and there has not been suffi cient heat In the girl's building since th first davs of the storm, utner separation nnt the real erounds of complain. "Ihe supreme court has said that a decree with out service of the sum- . ..i..M iha Hlirlrf attornev and with .v.. , t,aMl. whatever the law requires in oraer w - - uuiiuniB un obtain divorce i"""" bv hlm at the trial " capped In the same manner, so it was Urging district attorneys of Oregon not valid. The law contemplates an fleeme(, advisable to dismiss school to Work more in accord with tne d - ' "ion on behalf of the state unt,i conditions Improve. Many of the orce laws of the state, and producT.ir to M collusion . - . pupils left for their homes Saturday statistics showing that divorces are "I apprehend It Is Intended that the afteraoon immediately after the issu n tne increase to Marion county, Cir- "r.c attorney In ance of the order, and a number left ult Judge George G. Bingna .p.. e "M a p!"'" '1! .iJ! vesterday. on this subject Friday before the county proecutors In their annual con pendent Investigation or know any ation here. xj.. - " what may be disclosed by Fraudulent Divorces Boorvd the evidence at the hearing. W,u.e marriage now generally . 'I" the ordinary case the court ta an.ne..d as a civil contract, organ-, Quite as well Informed as the stages r . . . . .-j .l. ' low nffimr. if a man forces a cnecit for a small amount, or holds a pertes- ; feed society Is vitally interested in the preservation of the marriage rela tion." said Judge Bingham. i "The home is the corner stone of J ur government and anything tnat tends to destroy the home directly af fect the country as a body politic. Fraudulent and unwarranted divorces tend to corrupt the morals of the community. ."Ihe family which is the subject of marriage has two relations, the nup tial and the paternal. In a divorce pro ceeding both may be Involved. In the i,, at least, in every marriage there are three parties, the man, the woman and the state., ' State Regulation Justified "After the parties consent, the con cent of the state must be procured by Way of a license, ine state imposes . eei tain coiimiioiis, wnicn must be met before tiie ' license may issue. State 'regulation Is Justified,, because mar riage is the basis of the home life of ' posterity, the foundation upon which both domestic and state government ' tests.' "our supreme court has said that divorces are against public policy and ' also that the fact that husband and - wife cannot live hapily together. Is no - cause for a divorce. It is maintained ' some, tnat marriage being but a civil contract In principle, every act tHan un and secures but a few cents you will bend all of your efforts to have him returned to the state to be prosecuted, and will prosecute him to sentence with vliror. Duty Pointed Out "Yet a man abandons his wffe, falls to provide for his children, the inno cent helpless offspring of a worthless sre, you let the matter pass, as a casual occurrence. "Does your conscience tell you that you have been dolnc your official duty "In my Judgment you should be either relieved from appearance In all divorce litigation or your investi gation should be carried on to such an extent that you will be able to adv'Be the court whether there Is statutory grounds for the suit or that It is simp ly a case where the parties do not wnnt tn live together. "I am not advocating more strln- 1 gent laws but simplv the observance In good faith of statutory requirement." TREE PRf VENTS AUTO FROM FATAL PLUNGE The denth of snow In the Umatilla national forest Is four times the depth reached at any time during 1918. Elmo Walden. a rancher living near iFreewater, was fined $26 and costs that would violate "an ordinary con-jfor having a beaver In his possession tract would Justify the setting aside of marriage. ' This carried to it's full length would mean that In every in stance, it would be in the power of the contracting parties, to avoid the uarr'.&ge. " ; " "v " "While the open door to separation and divorce cannot be Justified under ur institutions, yet we must recog Blce that there are conditions which make divorce more desirable than marriage, i he state has declared what these conditions are and It withholds Us consent to a desolution until some ne of these conditions has been Shown 'to exist. , Ilasty Marriages Deplored "The real evil Is not the divorce, but the social and marn-tltle conditions that make divorces more desirable Lb an marriages. - ' -Qne of tne causes of divorce Is h- ;i,-rlage between young and Inexperienced people. If the law re- flulred the lapse of some time between t.. . ,, ui a license, and the nuui.cauon of. such application, and the actual Issuance of the license and the performance of the ceremony, It would undoubtedly be a benefit. "1 also think that a considerable 1 length of time should elapse between ' the Actual separation and the com mencing of the suit, A year would not fce "'i and this would allow the parties time In which to reflect upon their condition, to correct mistakes and possibly change, their minds. I : Records Miow Inoreusp "The records of hls county show that from October 1. 1918, to October 1, 1919, 84 divorce cases were filed In Marion county as compared to 331 marriages tn the same time, and of etvorce suits entered, the wife was ISie plaintiff In 61 cases, husbands be tas; plaintiffs in the remaining 23. "For the year 1918 there were 85 divorces to 868 marriages, the .per centage of divorces to marriages are thus shown to have increased, not withstanding prohibition. If the grow ing tendency to secure divorce is an evil, as many good fisuj.1-9 believe; the remedy is not with the officers of the 1st- ' xv'th the legislature. That Axel Peterson and his broth er of this city were not Instantly kill ed or seriously Injured is due to a big log eight feet below the road which served as .a support for the machine as Is went over the road east of Scotts Mills last Sunday afternoon. The Peterson Brothers were driving a Chevrolet touring car from Silverton to the sawmill above Scotts Mills. As they were rounding-a" 'sharp turn in the road the steering gear buckled and the car went straight ahead eight feet over the embankment The machine lodged against a large fallen tree. Only for this the machine and cun' nts would have pitched over the bank to the creek, a distance of several hundred feet. One of the boys sustained s renken but the other escaped without injury. The machine was considerably de mollshed. A front wheel was broken, fenders and top bent and the wind shield rendered to fragments. The Silverton Auto company went out after the wrecked machine Mon day. Tribune. ... ..v. 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One of th most Im pressive numbers of the program was ihe flag ceremony, when colors were pinned in the eight stars, represent ing the boys of the local orde wno saw service for their country. , Only one failed to respond to roll call and a gold star was placed by his name, that of Harold Dahl A short me. morial service was held in his mem ory at the close of which taps w,s rounded on the piano by Mrs. Helen Wrightman echoed by Chraie Ben son in the ante-room. The sol.l'.er boys who took part in this ceremony were Kussell Snyre, Bus Bock, fid- mund Ekuian and Merlin Conrad, rep resent the sailors. The roll was called by B. R, Ewman. The officers march waa given In a beautiful manner by the Pythian Sisters. J, W. Hyett proved himself a fine elocutionist when he recited, "Tour Flag and My Flag."- The last number on tha program was the unveiling of Rathbones plc- ures, the founder of the order, the Inspiring address being delivered by j launched here when Captain T. C. 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