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Show DIVORCE RECORDS OF UTJH ARE TO BE ! COiPJH To determine the 1916 and 1917 rec ords of divorces in the state of Utah will be one of the duties of the new commissioner of the statistical department. depart-ment. H. T. Haines, outgoing commis-1 commis-1 sioner, has, after much effort, succeeded succeed-ed in having the county authorities and others with the figures available in their offices in getting the data up I to the close of 1915 complete. W hile ! ome of the matter for 1916 is available, avail-able, it does not materially affect the averages. In fact, the figures, if an thing, show a condition about static in this regard, the slight increase of cases for the entire en-tire state not being regarded as any serious indication of domestic infelicity, infeli-city, in face, considering the increase of population, the divorce mill was ap-parentlj ap-parentlj but about holding its own. In 1914 there were granted 556 interlocutory in-terlocutory decrees to wives and 12ft to husbands, a total of 676. In 1915 there were granted 604 interlocutory decrees to wives and 126 to husbands, a total of 730. In 1914 there were granted 165 tinal decrees to wives and 31 to husbands, a total of 325. in 1915 there were granted grant-ed a total of 284 final decrees- to wives and 69 to husbands, making this total 353 decrees. The causes for divorce granted to wives during 1914 were Non-support. 288; desertion, 122; cruelty, 121; intoxication. in-toxication. 21: infelicity, 4. The causes for which divorces were granted husbands in 1914 were: Deser tion, 91: cruelty. 18; infelicity. 6; insanity, in-sanity, 4; intoxication, 1. The causes for which uivorces were granted wives in 1915 were- Desertion, 243. non-supporl, 4u8; cruelly. 92; intoxication. in-toxication. 92; infelicity. 30; insanity. 1; conviction for felony, 4. The causes for which divorces were granted husbands in 1915 were: Desertion, Deser-tion, 128; cruelly, 38; adultery, 21; insanity, in-sanity, 2. The new figures, especially those dealing with divorce after August 1 of this year, will be closely watched by l hose active in securing "bone dry" Mate prohibition, as it has been contended con-tended that while intoxication do - aol show high in the actual causes given, It has been a material contribution to desertion, non-support, Insanity, ihe commission of crime and other similar causes. |