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About Klamath republican. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1896-1914 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1907)
E. B. HENRY MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. CIVIL ENGINEER and SURVEYOR Th* KLAMATH FALLS Chang* From th* Era Whin Wives W*r* Taken by Fore*. Marriage customs have changed ev erywhere with the advance of civiliza tion. Anglo Saxons In uuclent times, it is said, used to capture tlielr wives by DR. WM. MARTIN force from tlieir fathers or their bus baud*. It did not matter which. This was before Augustlue came to DENTIST preach Christianity. Then purchase was Uiore common than capture, although the latter seems to have t eu frequent enough to the reign of Etbelbert to need regulation bv law. By this law a mau might ruu away with u woman, provided he afterward paid her pre vious owuer, be he father or husband. 50 shillings, if it was husband who hud thus been deprived of bis wife, the COUNTY SURVEYOR woman's captor lia<l not only to pay him the fine, but also to buy him an other wife. In any case the stolen wo man t>elonged to her captor. LAND SURVEYOR. If a man had purchased his bride lu the days of Etlielbert aud afterward concluded he bad paid too much for KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON her. it was lawful for him to return her to her former owner and claim again the purchase price, provided that he bad not previously expressed satisfac DR. C. P. MASON tion by inakiug the bride a present on DENTIST the morning after the wedding. The next step was the "foster lien.” Office in American Bank and Trust Coni when the bride price was paid ou the pany'a Building I day of espousal aud was supposed to PHONE 614 ■ couqiensate the parent for the cost of KLAMATH FALLS OREGON I brtngiug up bis daughter, it seems, however, that this soon fell iuto dlsre- I pute, as there was no law against the WILL A. LEONARD I father engaging his daughter to nu merous suitors, taking from each the DENTIST I “foster Hen” and. of course, cheating all but one on the wedding day, which Witb row-Mel base Building at that time was only the day of be trothal. when the suitor gave a “wed" or pledge for the future performance of PIERCE EVANS his contract. If the suitor did not claim his bride within two years after the ATTORNEY AT LAW wedding day. he forfeited all right to KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON i her and to whatever money or goods be had paid for her. If the woman and her father broke their promises, the father had to give the suitor four times as _ LC. F. STONE much as the suitor bad already paid f him. ATTORNEY AT LAW i As civilization advanced the bride price was given to the woman herself OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE and became her dowry, while nowa days the tables are frequently turned. , and the bride settles the money ou her , I busband. r All hinds engineering and draughting Office over Klamath County Bank MELVIN D. WILLIAMS Civil and Irrigation Engineer, East Main St., below 4th Klamath Falls, Oregon whlcn nave been neglected* by the dressmaker. A mixed line is n line composing the raception committee of a club's presi dential candidate. A broken line is a series of sum* give straight Hues described l>y u worn an alighting from a street car. A straight line determined by two bargain table* is considered as prolobg ed both ways until the store closes. Women equal to the same thing are nut always equal to each other Nellie Parker Junes in Chicago Keuord Her- aid. Notice KLAMATH COUNTY BANK Commencing January 1, 1M7, the Klamath Fall* Jersey Dairy will-charge the following prices (or milk delivered: ALFA MARTIN, Presulvnt Per quart, H cents; pint 5 cent»; per gallon 30 cents. Bini S. Loo*lev. KI.AMATH FALLS, OREGON E. K. REAMES, AI.EX MAIU.IN, Jr Cashier Vice-President The Pioneer Bank of Klamath County GOING TO KENO? -STATEMENT DEC. 31, H»OiV— If so, get a rig from the Mammoth RKSOl'l« I * Stables. Fine, gentle horses, good bug- Ixutns and Diteoiuil* ......... ................... giee, rea«nnal>ie price*. , < iver-ltaft« .................... • • • • • e • • e • « I 274 143.'VI «1,329.72 Bondi< mid Wairunts.................................. • • IW,21.2.1» 13.K24.30 Banking Home, Furniture and Fixture* «I,Its. lilt Ileal Ertale ............................ ................. A Pointed Prayer. I'ue from Banks 2M.IMWJW A.O. I*. YV , — Link Ville Lodge No 110 Aunt Dinah Inni come to see her >ld 31,1111 At Curii iti Bunk .......................................... mistress, w ho bad Just recovered from meets ill the Y. O. I'. \V h ill every Tuesday evening. Visiting Brothers al- au UlneM. pi4N,O7b.t>3 wav» welcome. I"hn Y i-leti, M. W. ' Yer. Miss Lila. I slio'ly done prayed J. W. Memen*. Recorder. 11 »mt ITIf« fer yer to git well all de time, and now i Evangeline Lodge N>>. ss Degree of yer see how It done turned out.” ‘ Then you believe that your prayers Honor Lodge meet* in the A .< >. I'. W. hull every -eeoml and fourth Ihursdavn arc always answered, l>inuhP* "Bho’ly, slio'ly!" Then, with a sly in tin- month. Nanev N . W bite,C. of II. Jesse Mui pie, Recorder. glance: "Y'er see, I nel-cr tempts vie ♦•-4M.075.ri3 Lord, 'ease I dou't pray fer nothin' dat W. O. W. Ewauna Camp, No. 790, \V. I dou't know I'll git. l»r. John, he O. \V., meets every Tuesday evening !, Alex Martin, Jr., Cashier <>f the aliove nann-d Bank, <lo solemnly done tol' me lie tort yer w as on de re ut 7 :30 o’clock nt Samlermui’* hall. All swear that the nku' statement is tine to the be*« of mv knowl<*<lgein<l la-liuf. neighbor*cordially invited. covery road.” After a pause she weut At«» AltrriN, J h ., Cashier. C. K. Brandenburg, Clerk. ou: Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th »lay <>l January, 19V7.. "Say. Miss Lila, yer know what I A. F. A A. M.- Klamath Lodge No (*kvt.) D. V. KtOK KM PAII, prayed fer last night?" Notary Public lor Oregon. 77. Meets *atur«lav evening on or la- fore the full moon of each month in the “No.” “Why, I Just p'intedly begged de Masonic Hall. W. T. chive, W. M. YV. E. Bowdoin, Secretary. Lord ter put It Into yer heart ter give me dat brown silk dresa yer done out O. E. -».—Aloha Chapter No.bl, meets in the Masonic hall every tecond and grow ed." Brooklyn Eagle. fourth Tuesday evening* :n each uic nth. To Be Refilled. Christine MurJoch, W. M. Jennie E. In one of the suburbs of a big city la Reames, Secretary. the site of a well known school of I. O. O. F.— Klamath Lodge No. 137 theology, from which go out each week meet* everv Suturdav evening in the end many members of the senior class A. O.l . W. hall YV. II. North, N.G. to try tbeir voices as "supplies.” Geo. L. Humphrey, Secretary. A passenger on a Monclay morning Ewauna Encampment N--. 4’’-. I.O.O.F. train was surprised at the number of Encampment meet* second ami fourth i men who got off at that station. Saturday* in the month in the "Who are all those chaps getting off A. O. U. W. hall. C. C. Brower, C. 1*. here?” be askt-d the brakeman. Geo. L. Humphrey, Scribe. "Them?" asked the brakeman, "Ob. Prorq-erity Reiiekah Ixxlge No. |rtt they're returned empties for the co!- 1. O. O. F. meets in the A. O. ('. YV. lege !'*—Youth's Companion. hall everv first ami third Thursday* in tiie month. Francis E. Bovd, N. G. Easy. Frankie llarutnond, Secretary. Teacher—Now, boys, what Is the vir Having opened branch houses in Merrill, K. of P.— Klamath Lodge No. 99 tue of magnanimity? 1‘uplls — Aw? meet* in the A. O. I'. W. hall every Teacher— What Is It If a big boy want .Monday evening. Bert Bamlier, C. U. ed an apple very badly and were to Bonanza and Bly, I am now prepared to John Hamilton, K. of II. and S, meet a small boy with one in a piner M. W. of A.— bulge meet* in the where nobody could take the small I . W. hall every fir«t ami third (ill all orders for supplies from these points, boy’s part— Class (with eager Illumi A.O. Wednenlay in the month. nation« — Dat’s a cinch ! - Baltimore W. B. M- I .oigh’in, Consul American. I W. A. Phelps, Clerk. thus saving you time and expense > 5OLII TIES OF KIA.MATH FALLS • <XXHXX>000<XX> oooooooooooo9) t I Q O ó To the Retail Liquor Trade: LADYLIKE GEOMETRY. E. WHITLOCK UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER Holder of License No 29. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON i Foresters of America—Ewauna Camp, A Discarded Jack. “Jack,” said the one in chiffon, "pro No. til. meet* in the A. O. C. W. hall Figures of thè same shape don't al posed to me last night.'* every second and fourth Fri lays in the in1 1.11.. C. IIVi■ 1 -ii, C. 11. ways have the same style. The one in gauze smile I. E. E. Jami-'n, Rec. Sec. Figures of the same size never con “He doesn't do it at all well, does he, aider themselves equivalent dear?" she said.—Chicago News. A straight line Is the shortest dis tance between two millinery ope.ii-igs. Tin better to win men's Mteein than A plain figure is one ail meufs of their wonder. C. D.;WILLSON KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. Buy a Lot in Hills’ Addition st of tlic Depot One Hundredan Twenlyfive Dollars FOR A LOT 50x120 FEET SMALLEST 4 are Can you find a better investment in the city? paying the present value price and will thus secure the benefit of the increase 4 * FRANK IRA WHITE «