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Show BAKER GETS DIVORCE 1 ON CROSS-COMPLAINT Says Wife Let Girls Smoke and Associate With Men of Low Character. J. A. Baker was granted a divorce from Pauline Baker in Judeo Morse's division of tho district court Thursday upon his cross-complaint, which charged his wife with desertion and misconduct. miscon-duct. Mrs. Baker charged her husband with failuro to support and cruelty, but failed to appear Thursday, so Judge Morse dismissed her complaint' and granted Baker a divorce on his cross-complaint. cross-complaint. They were married at Baker City, Ore.. December 2, 1S90, and have threo children, two girls, aged 1(5 and 17 years, and a boy, aged 4. Baker was awarded tho custody of the bo. Tic testified in court thai, he wanfod his (laughters to attend school, but that his wife refused to permit, them to do so and allowed them to go on tho stago and sing at picture shows, lie also claimed that she. permitted the girls to smoke cigarettes and associate with men of low character. Baker exhibited some pictures which his wifo had hanging in her home, all of which were of a rather spicy nature. He also testified that when ho secured employment at Bingham Junction over a year ago and asked his wife to go with him to keep house she refused to go. Later he secured employment at Holper. but again his wifo refused to go with him. |