The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-04-13
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' Tn. full text Of the law requiring the
delivery of gasoline in red cans. so that
osS of HE resulting from miStaking
gasoline for Kerosene may h@ avrrtcd.
ollows. The law becomes effective ou
/, hr frst ~ next July;
4 Section I. Every person dealing az
' rtail In gasoline in this state shall ar
or the ist day Of July. A. II. i'hf..ysis-
liver the same Co the purchaser only i'm
iarrels. casks. packages or cans. painted
'ermillion rd. and having the word
| gasoline plainly stcnciled thereon.
! aid purchaser 10 have mo- barrels. casks.
packages or cans smaller than "i,e gi-
| On.
Sec. =. 40 such dealer shall l-live-
,crosrnc In y barrel. cask. package or /.
,an sicnciled or stamped M ab"vr.
Nee. 3. Every person purchasing gas
,linc Tor use shall procure and keep the
ame only Ia barrels. casks. pa-kases.
r cans -icncilcd ar stamped ~ above.
Sec. Z. No person keeping for nse or
rising Kerosene. shall put or keep tho
,ame ill any barrel, ,cask, package ar can.
H.nciled or stamped as above.
Sec. z. Amy person violating amy OF
he provisions az sections I, =. = or =
81 this hill shall be punished by line of
lot more than fifty dollars. or by inpris-
eminent In the county Jail not 10 exceed
thirty days. or by both such iinr AMI inn.
prisoninent.
! Residents along the different rural
nail routes In the state have been max.
lng inquiry regarding the duties or tho
carriers regarding the inspection of box
- for mail to be picked MP. in-y have
he,u asking IL rural delivery rian "
obliged e. hook IN each box GA his rounds
o ascertain IL there Is any man 10 be-
forwarded 4 query in this connection
vas sent to the department AT Washing
ON aud the following answer mas been
r-rciy.d: You are advised that i'ie rule
Il the department requinrs rural letter
.arrierS io examine such boxes ~ have
u. Signals attached thereto raised. indi-
'ating mail to dispatch. aud slsn are W.
Iuir,d To- examine all boxes which are
not provided with signals for mail dis
patch. II H. very desirable that patrons
boxes which arr unequipped with signals
he supplied with some device. and IL need
not necessarily he elaborate or costly,
whereby the patrons by displaying the
same eau indicate 10 the carrier that
there l. no mail in the box fnr Dispatch
thus obviating the necessity pf the ear
ricr examining all the boxes. great num-
hers IL which contain no mail. In order
that uail for dispatch may lee promptly
collected. II patrons would adopt this
suggestion IL would relieve carriers ~ u
grrat deal of hardship ami result In the
bctt-rmrni OF the servio..''
4
do thr people of South Dakota be-
cvc IN the statcy Il question which
has been pretty eITcctually answered IN
the returns nom the schn"l land sales
this spring. Appraised by thu state lands
board at figure above the past selling
value of like lands IN the same vicinity,
they were not only snapped up by farm
rrS who own adjoining lands nj that
minimum. hut in many eases the price
was sent a. almost double that by hot
competitive bidding. When the state
board fixed the price. local complaint
came that the prices were ton high aud
no sales would Dc made. but iIe Position
or the board was that South Dakota
lands were n good thing 10 hold onto
Iud allow the prevailing prirrs To- 20
! higher before dispensing OF them II the
people di9 ~! want them st the APP
2rais'meiii price.
About three hundred Indians will be
Iut Ia work on til" Cheyenne River In-
liam reservation at road making and
building dams across the gulchsS az the
DHd crossings To- hold water In storage.
rhe number of Indians who give W.
.hcir ratious and take the work instead
is increasing every year and IL will not
be- long until every able-bUdicd Indian
on the reservation will he earning his lIy-
ing in this way instead ~ depending ON
government issue OF supplies. They get
~ - a day which IL paid them in cash
aud they are privileged To- buy nj any
place they please. With this mooney
they can live better than on the govern
ment raiions. aud are learning 10 look
lut for themselves. which they would
never do under the old system.
After July ! several Ol the towns In
Deuel. County will be- strictly prohibition.
through the neglect Of those fayoring
license Ca circulate petitions and have
them filed In time for the question of a.
eeIisc or no license To be- submitted TO
the voters Ut the annual municipal elec-
tions. Under decision az the state
supreme court In the now famous Het-
land ease IL was held that the question
Il license must be voted upon each year
and carried or no saloon licenses could
be issued 10y the town authorities. The
necessary petitions were not circulated
In many of the towns In Deuel. County
through misunderstanding on the part
of the saloon men. and aS result after
July ] saloon licenses cannot be granted
ia Palmer, Goodwin aud several other
places.
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The commissioners az Brown County
will provide for the building of dipping
tanks Mt lIecla. Westpon, Aberdeen.
Claremont, Groton. Warner. Ferney aud
Columbia. Only three tanks nj Frr,ier-
lex. llecla AID IloughiOn will he built
immediately, the commissioners having