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DIVORCE IS VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM (From the Irish World) United States Senator Itamsdell, of Loulsiaoa, la a speech In the Senate, la Introducing m resolution proposing an amendment to the Con stitution, that , "Absolute .dlvrce wun me right to re-marry shall not be permitted In the United Stiles, or within any place wlthm their Jur isdiction; uniform luws In regard to marriage, and to teparatlou without pormlHslou to remarry, shall bf enacted lor the United States and all places subject toNtbem and Con tress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate lug.Ma tiio, ' said: At tl.U tiiuo I deeui It necessary to make only a brief observation on the treat evil of divorce. Tlio re medy by constitutional prohibition it drastic, but the milady Is so fa tal that nothing- i-h tt of It will prov efficacious. ' Practically everyone who has civ en the subject the slightest fctudy admits that divorce Is one of the most serious problems confronting our Itepubilc. In the United States divorce I spreading with alarming rapidity. It has premeated every walk of life and la prevalent among every class of people. The total umber of divorces granted In 1887 was MIS, or 17 per cent per 100, 000 population. Forty years later la 1906, there were 72, 062 divor cee, or 86 per 100,000; thus In ac tual numbers, there were more than seven times as many divorces grant ed la 1806 aa In 1867, or, allowing for the Increased population, divorce has Increased 819 per cent. To put It In another way, In 1867 there wan one divorce for every 3,6(6 people, while In 1906 there was 1 for every 1. 162. If divorces multiply nt the unnio rate In the future as In the pant j and tiii-ro In every Indication that they will Increaitn fattier then, be- j fore tho middle of this century, we j will have annually In the I'nlt.fl States 276 divorces per 100,000 pop ulation, or I divorce for every 5 marrluKi'H. Our cIohc-nI competitors In Ktircitr; are Switzerland, with 41 dlvriiM annually per 100,000 population; Hungary with SS, and France with 83, according to the statistics for 1910 and 1911, while Japan ha Kit divorcee to our 86. 'To make a in-st striking comparison, during 1901 the total number of divorces grant ed In the United States was more than twice as great as la all the rest of Christendom combined; yes act ually more than two times as many divorces among 70,000,000 Ameri cans that year as among 400,000,000 souls of Europe and other Chrlstaln countries. England stands In bold contrast with this country. In 1911 she granted a total of only 665 divorces, or 1 1-8 per 100,000; while In the United States allowed 72, 062 divor ces, or 86 per 100,000. During the 20 years ending with 1906 Iroland had only 19 divorces, or an aveiage of less than one absolute divorce per year for her population of ,- 600,000. If the United States were to write in the Constitution an Amendment prohibiting absolute divorce It would not be taking such a radical step as might at first be thought, but would be following a beaten path. The State of North Carolina all honor be he forbids divorce. It Is abnolutely forbidden In Italy, 8pain, and two-thirds of the population of Austria Hungary, while the Lntln Amerlcan countries of Mexico, Ar gentine Republic, Drazll, Peru, Chile and others have similar laws. A le gal separation, however, without the right to remarry. Is recognized In all of these Jurisdictions. In Canada the important provinces of Quebec Ontario, Newfoundland, and the Northwest Territories have no di vorce law, though divorce may be obtained by an art of the Canadian Parliament. From 1867 to 1909 a period of 4 2 years those provinces had only 140 abnolute divorces. It cannot bo gainsaid that divorce dextroys the home, and the home In the hiinn and foundation of the state; hence wo must utcp divorce or ruin the Plata, which cannot continue to exlnt If It ba:;o In allowed to crum bin and full. While many excellent people nrr divorced, iitid Home of them make new homcii, the Inevitable trend of divorce In to brenk up many more honieit t!i un it builds up. and to mil terlnlly reduce the number of child ren. When marrlace Ik dlns.,lvcd the true homo ceases to exint, the par ents and children arc separated, and the seet ties that bind father and mother to their offspring and to each tther are broken forever. As long as the Ilomans of old looked upon marriage as sscrel nJ held the sanctity of the homelrfvlo late, their arms were (invulnerable, and Rome became mistress of tbe world. Put with tbe accumulation of colossal wealth came great lax ity of morals, marriage became "traction so far as engineering In Just and chlldbearlng a useless bur-, Mnulty can Insure It, den. The luxurious Romans lost all Th Britannic, Intended for the LARUE WHITE STAR : LINtRLAUNCIIED m Del fast, Ireland, Feb. 26. The launching today of the Britannic, the 80,000 ton White Htar liner, marked aa Important development In con respect for female chastity, the her ole virtue of their early years were trans-Atlantic service, bad only been laid .down when the Titanic dlnas- forgotten, and the Empire fell, th'ter occurred and the plans of the victim of luxury and dUngard for,new ,lner. " almost completely the binding effects of marriage. remoaolM- A complete inner skin Shall not the United States take warning from Rome's example? I appea. to all patriotic citizen extends to a considerable height above the load line, the most vulner able portion of the vessel, and the good men of very creed and of no nelght and number of bulkheads has creed to unite in urging the adop-iDeen Increased, tlon of my amendment, which has) It Is claimed for the Britannic that for its objoct.the preservation of the Bhe ould b b, to float with six home, ayo. sir, the preservation of compartments filled with water, the RepuMlc: home which gave usi Tne ,nner k,n consists of heavy our earllost and best lessons In mor-'plating, extending from the water allty; home, where we were taught t'ht bulkhead in front of the for te love, honor anil h our narnntn. ' ri boiler room to the after end of and all lawful superiors; nome, where we received our first lessons In government, a little state. In which our fond parents were the rulers and we, their children, were willing sub jects; home, the greatest protection from anarchy, the strongest defense against Socialism, and the chief bul wark of society; home, the maker pf good citizens and the model on which every wise government la founded. Irish Wot Id. the turbine engine room It Is con nected with tho outer shell by longi tudinal tubes and angles, with es pecially strong connections at bulk heads and watertight divisions. An extra watertight bulkhead has been Introduced and tbe existing bulk heads have been carried up to the biidye deck. University Degrees Hon. William Dillon, formerly edi tor of tbe New World, the official or- I'ndertaJcA Big Project ! gaa of the Diocese of Chicaro. us At a recent meeting of the Burns recently received his title as Doctor Commercial Club a plan was inaugu- of iw, oy the National University rated which It la expected well pro- of Ireland. At a meeting of tbe Unt- i ' ersity Senate last December, it was deeded to confer degrees upon those students who for conscientious rea- i sons refrained from attending instl- vide for the Immediate relief of that ectlrn from Its present Isolation. The plan provides for preliminary work In reference to construction of a rallrond from Burns south to con- 'tutlons where they could have ob nent with the proposed branch or J talned a university degree, and in the Western Pacific at Bid well, Call-1 ola'c.e thereof resorted to the Catho- fornla. a distance of approximately ISO mlloH. The road would run through the enter of Harney valley, up the Dun dor and Iilltzen valley and across one "lid of tho Oatlow valley. Maps, data ami exhibits from the territory affected will he prepnred and reprc irnlntlveB of tho Commercial organa- 11c University of Ireland, which was unable to grant them that privilege. Mr. Dillon is the brother of Jolyi Dillon. Ilet Treatment for Constipation "My daughter useed Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation with good results and I can recommend them Izatlnn will be Bent to California to; highly," writes Paul B. Bab'n, Brush- enlit interest In the move. I iy( l. por Baie hy all dealers. p "i.'Win up ' iij"K'j.JlK,Muw'r'liiT'W'iW iiviJ'ii'iiiJ.WLiiitw'Jll'Wi''""i"'. i- n ' , mi l ippaaaeaepaPFwapewTa mmi , 1111 umMiuiunumwi We honestly believe we have the best remedy in the world for indigestion and dyspepsia. We were you to try it at our risk. If it doesn't relieve eta til a 1 a 1 you as we leel sure it win we 11 fnve pack your money witnout a word. You know us your family drumrist. You know we wouldn't dare recommend anything we didn't know about, nor dare to break a promise. Therefore, when we recommend any remedy it is because we believe it to be better than any other to relieve the ailment for which it is made, and when we Jirove our faith in it and our sincerity toward you by promising to give back your money if it ' oesn't relieve you and in every way satisfy you, you have no possible excuse for doubt or hesitation, t 77 W m ma u mm HttMHHHIMHBMjl V ABOUT HIGH TAXES DEMAND FOR QUARTERLY PAY MENTS INCREASING RAPIDLY Present System of Payment Is Vn Jut to Taxpayers, and County la Not Benefitted best remedy made for Indigestion, Dyspepsia and all other Stomach Ills are, we honestly believe, the We Know They're Good Delays Are Dangerous You Risk No Money Rexall Dysprpsia Tablets, in addition to other ingredient, contain Pepsin and Bismuth, two great digestive aids used by the entire medical profession. They soothe the inflamed stomach, check the heartburn and distress, stimulate a healthy secretion of the gastric juice, aid in rapid and comfortable digestion of the food and help to quickly convert it into rich red blood, and thereby into flesh, bone and muscle. They relieve stomach distress promptly, and, used regularly for a short time, tend to re store the stomach to a comfortable, easy-acting, healthy state. They aid greatly to promote regular bowel action. Don't neglect indigestion, for it fre quently leads to all porta of ills and com plications. Tbe pain and discomfort is not the most unfortunate part. The fact that when the stomach is not acting right, the material needed to repair the wastes that are constantly taking place In the body is not being given to the blood either in the proper condition or fast enough is far more scrims. Nothing will cause more trouble than an unhealthy stomach. The blues, debility, lack of strength and energy, constipation, bil iousness, headaches and scores of other serious ailments result from the failure of the stomach to properly do its work. Our willingness to have you use Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets entirely at our risk proves our faith in them. We always sell them this Way, and it is because we know that they have greatly ben efited scores of sufferers to whom we have sold them. There's no red tape about our guarantee. It m cutis just what it says. We'll ask you no questions. You needn't sign anything. Your word is enough for us. We know that when they hi") you you will con sider it money well spent even if they had cost you ten times as much. If they don't help you, the money you paid for them is yours, and we want you to have it. Sold only At the more than 7,000 Rexall Stores the World's Greatest Drug Stores. In convenient boxes three sizes: 29c, 60c, $1X0 LAKEVIEW, OREGON The Portland Telegram offers the following pertinent suggestions re garding the tax question: Paying taxes this year Is causing more howls and complaints than us ual. In tbe first place they are too high. In the second place, there is a py ramiding penalty ' for every month that they are not paid. In the third place, money Is scarce. And In the fourth, fifth, sixth and other places, it is not contended that there is really ur need of dumping all that tax money Into the County Treasury In a lump when the county doesn't need the money far imme diate use. There Is steadily increasing de mand that taxes be paid quarterly or semi-annually, instead of citizens be ing forced, under penalty, to pay the taxes in a lump. Consider the poor taxpayer. Per sons who have not ready money to pay their taxes and yet who wish to avoid the heavy penalty, must bor row from the bank. The average individual in this position must pay the highest rate of Interest, 7 or 8 per cent, for Instance. The borrow er may get the money from the bank in tbe morning and pay the taxes, and this money may be back In the bank by 3 o'clock in yie af ternoon. The County Treasurer tak es the 'money which Mr. Taxpayer has borrowed at 7 or 8 per cent, and puts it back In the bank a few hours later, and the bank pays 2 per cent to the county for the privilege. - So, the bank makes 6 per cent, or some thing like that, for allowing a few dollars to be taken, out of the vault for less than a day. If the trans action is by check It may never leave the bank at all. No urgent necessity of the county' demands the immediate use of the tax money. The tax monej is rolling in, and will remain, for the greater part, in bank for months. There Is an agitation on foot that the tax es be paid quarterly, so the burden will fall more lightly on the taxpay ers by giving more time to meet the rates, and the county, receiving its tax fund in four Installments, will not be inconvenienced, but will have the money as it is needed. Quarter ly payments will not work a hard ship on anyone, and will do away with the necessity of borrowing by the taxpayers. ( nf OblA. ntf it Toledo, Lamia Cenptr. Frank t. Ilwr piakea oath that ha a paa'r Partner or tk arm nt V. I. C'hnaf ., ln bpatfMHM In tha ( Itf of T"IV. Vmmly Xialp aforaaaitf, aM that M Arm will par tha mm t ON Ht NOhKI) MrU.AKft tnr Park an4 pvary aaaa of Tatarrh that rannot kaa carp ky tk pap pf Uslt's Catarrh Cur a. FBANK J. CRKiTET. epipsj t fcarofp SMI Pn4 aiirwinHj! tip pip araaanrv, thla otk tf pf iMwanbrr, A. P., !WH am. a. w. nr.KAso. h'otar lUbUav tun's fatprrb Car Is tataa Intrna! pax! ptp eiraetljr ppm tkp bVwwt anr mnmn pan Itrtn pf 14 ajritKP. 4nd fr tc-atlnopkafefc ' F. 1. CIIKKKT CO., TolrSny X. KM by PB Drpftlats, TV. Take Bairs FsaiUy mis for eonattpatioi THf 'OM)tflT BRTAttlTaniD KKAL7T riKkJllT BonTBKHN OHKOOM ONE TO 12,000 ACRES OF LAKE COUNTY BEST LANDS For tale either tor stock or gri cultural parpone. J. W. MAXWELL Sl SON LAKKVISW, ORtOON $1000 Dollars Reward We, W. F. Detert and W. D. Duke, own all the cattle branded 70 or XL and formerly owned by Cox St Clark and tbe Heryford Land V L'attle Company. Tbeee cattle are now on the ranges of Modoc and Las sen Counties. For information leading to tbe arrest and conviction of any party or parties Illegally branding, killing, driving off or dis posing tit naj of tbe above cattle we will pay ONE THOUSAND, DOL LAB 8 and tbe coeteof arrest and prosecution. Send all informatioa to E. II. Day, A It eras, Modoc county Cat., or to os at Latrobe, El Dorado Connty, Cel. It guilty party might es cape, i-romptly notify the Sheriff of the connty fa which tbe Illegal act was committed and advise as by wire at onr 'expenee. , W. K. DETEKT. W. D. DUKE. loadoal know now ram rau raraon w an tmka out oil rainy U? una! you bav TOWER'S FISH BRAND REFLEX SLICKER The mh alkker with the fasnona ReSez EAf (pat'd) th pn-renta water from running; io at the Front. Made for hard perries. Two colore black, or yellow. $3.00 Everywhere.- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED A. J. TOWER CPX. BOSTON aTowerCaitxtan LfajttoV Torailo tots vrc M k pgcsV I Rvw l At V TlKFBpKT Thbsc Scmcx PaorecT You a Homestead Credit Asked Money troubles of homesteaders in the West were pictured to the joint committee at Washington on rural credits by George W. Fisher, of Redfleld, S. D., who asked th.it Jongress make provisions for loans to entrants on homestead lands. v At pressnt he declared, tbe poo homesteader who endeavored to make a start in a new country with out sufficient capital was "victimiz ed by Shylock bankers, who strip each advancing wave of homestead ers and lie in wait for the net crop." Registered White Scotch Collies I have a number ofwhtte collie pup pies, both icxri, that are from the best bred kennels in the world. They are eligi ble fcr registration. Papers furninhed with each sal. The b-at ar.?p and cattle dog. known. Can ship them by express. Write for prices and photographs of dogs. . State sexwanted. Guy Lafollette, frineville.Ora BUCK LEG Byron Graves, familiarly mown ia "Bud", has returmd to Chicago after spending most of thew inter months in 'lennessee, Louisiana nd other south ern states. Mr. and Mrs. G. rl. Graves biiu ..... mj v. v . i a . t n nuu i n i u ily ate at present residing in Chicago. LESS DYSPEPSIA NOW HERE'S THE REASON The fact that there is less dyspep sia and indigestion in this communi ty than there used to be is largely, we believe, due to the extensive use of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, hun dreds of packages of which we have sold. No wonder we have faith in them. No wonder we are willing to offer them to you for trial entirely at our risk. Among other things they contain PepBin and Bismuth, two of the greatest digestive aids known to medical science. They soothe the in flamed stomach, allay pain, check heartburn and distress, help to digest the food, and tend to quickly restore the stomach to its natural, comfort able, healthy state. There is no red tape about our guarantee. It means just what it says. We'll ask you no questions. Your word is enough for us. If Rex all Dyspepsia Tablets don't restore your stomach to health and make your digestion easy and comfortable, we want you to come back for your money. They are sold at the 7,000 Rexall Stores, and in this town on ly by us. Three sizes, 25c, 50c and $1.00. Thornton Drug Co., Lake view, Oregon. ICSSCS SURELY PREVENTED fcT Cutter', Blaoklet PM". Um prtnM. Iiafl. rellahlu: lrr. 'reii Itr Wmtein stockmen because tt-y pra taet lire ethar vaaeinea fail. Wrlt for booklet and irti'r.onlaU IO-iom pitta. Blaeklaa Pilli ll.Oa St-Sete pkte. Blaokle, Fill 4.S0 Vina .ii 1 n i.Wnr luit PnffM', h t Thp tupwterrtr at Cottar pnKlurta la rtua ta or-r It are or eperiaiiuaa. u oaocieaa pea earuau aaiy. i.m,t aa tuner, it JtiMMnaw-t. order dlrert. THE CUTTER LABORATORY. Berkeley. ;CaJlterpiki DOING THEIR DUTV Scores of Lakeview readers are learning the duty of the kidneys. To filter the blood is the kidneys " duty. When they fall to do this the kidneys are weak. Backache and other kidney ills, may result. Help the kidneys do their work. Use Doan's Kidney Pills the test ed kidney renie'dy. Proof of their worth in the follow ing: Frank Turnsate, C St., 'askson vlUe, Oregon, says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills personally and they have been used bv another of my family. I can say that they are a fine remedy. Doan's Kidney Pills did me a great deal of good, when I was suffering from kidney weakness. They deserve endorsement." "When your back Is lame Re member the name." Don't simply ask fora kidney remedy ask dis tinctly for Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Turngate had. 50c all stores. Foster-Mllburn Co., Props.. Buffalo, N. Y. $1,000 REWARD Tbe Oregon CsU Itornia aim Nevada 1.1 vs Stork FotBc- Iod Aiaoutptou, of which tbs uuder lKuelt member will kIvp eMUOOO reward tor evldeuce leading to the r 'real ud conviction ol say periy or par tieaatealluK borate. cauieor mules be loutflugtoauj of Its tueuiuera a addition to the shove, tbe undersigned Mere on tbe same condition H 0.00 for all bora 's branded bono shoe bar ou both or either la Brand recorded In elgbt couullas. Kan darue. Las aud Crook oouullea. Horace 'euted wben sold. Sou but grown borsea sold, and only In large "Uhche W. W. bJtowM.Flltt.Uiugou.