Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1905-06-30
NEW ORDER OF THINGS.
No More Gambling in Lawrence County
and Saloons Obey the Law

No More Gambling in Lawrence County
and saloons Obey the Law.
The radical change that has been
made in Lawrence county relative to
gambling and the conduct of saloons
is viewed in various ways by the peo-
pie up that way, although the prevail
ing sentiment seems to favor the new
policy of barring gambling entirely
and requiring the saloons to strictly
obey the law. 1t is such great
change that it will take little time
for the mining region to become famil-
lar with the new order. Commenting
upon the matter the Lead Register de-
clares: "The present movement, as to
the enforcement of the law, has back
of it the sentiment of the people of
Lawrence county in general, and the
man or set of men, who are now engag
ed in the liquor traffic and who ina
gine they will be permitted to trans
gress the saloon law in the future as
in the past, are making a mistake, and
the quicker they realize this fact the
better it will be for all concerned.
Gambling is thing of the past in this
county. and the saloon of the future
will be conducted something near what
the present Law contemplates."
The Pierre Capital-J ournal says:
1.-The movement is received with gen
;,f, eIr
This change OF affairs Will make new
life in that section The element that
has been factor IN civil and political
life viii be driven from the Hills sec
tion. 1t will be a good thing for the
section and for the whole state. 1t
will place the Hills towns III the same
class with towns east Of the river, and
with their wealth and progress they
will become leading influences in all
kinds of gatherings. even to the legis-
lature, as the peculiar life OF the Hills
has heretofore caused many from this
section Of ibo state to consider the
western people as another class. The
Black Hills are getting ready to lead
a dominant part in all public affairs of
the state, and with rail connection the
people OF the east viii soon learn that
they are not trading with small por-
tion OF the state, but rather with a
large and powerful section, and one
that is destined to become greater
each year
The result of the closed policy in
the upper Hills has already caused a
department OF many who have made a
living through those channels and
other towns OF the Hills are getting
share of that population, much against
the desire of the people of the towns
to which they are going. The Sturgis
Record has the following item, which
may be news to most people of this
place. 1t says: "A travelling man yes
terday said that Hot Springs had been
taken possession of by retired Dead
wood and Lead gamblers and ladies of
asporty proclivity from those towns.
The authorities of Sturgis are on the
lookout for an influx
A special from Lead, South Dakota,
to the Sioux City Journal of the 18th
says: "To make the reform movement
clean sweep in Lawrence county it is
probable that within few days the
houses of i'll fame in this place and
Deadwood will be ordered to move on.
Now THAT the gamblers have been
closed up and tie saloons taken care
of according to law the good people
want the reform to go still farther and
clean the city of the worst evil The
mining companies complain that one
of the obstacles in getting money in