Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28
Kansas Laws Violated Daily.

man VINO sells newspapers, cigars, lee
cream, bread or any other article ex-
cept drugs, is a law-breaker in Kan
sas. There has never been a prosecu.
! tion under this law.
] To bet on an election is unlawful.
In Kansas. To act as a stakeholder
In an election bet is unlawful. Yet
at every election, betting on the result
is so common as to attract no atten-
tion.
To disturb the peace or quiet of
any neighborhood is unlawful, and
subjects the offender to fine of $1OO
or Imprisonment not exceeding three
months. Are there not in your neigh
borhoOd persons who disturb your
peace or quieti Were you ever free
from Disturbance Did you ever hear
of prosecution under this lawi
Any person who works on Sunday
except household work of daily. nee
essity, is law breaker. This law is
violated by practically every citizen
of the state habitually.
If you play cards on Sunday YOU
are a law breaker.
In Kansas any game Of chance 10
a felony. If you walk into store
and drop nickel into a slot machine,
you are guilty of a felony and so is
the man who owns the machine. In
thousands of stores in Kansas are
slot machines, where men play for
prizes; usually cigars. =.
To play cards for prizes is a pen
itentiary offense. The women who
play cards at afternoon parties for
prizes are liable to Imprisonment in
the penitentiary. Yet the newspapers
are full of accounts of these parties,
and the names of the winners Of
prizes are given.
1t is unlawful in Kansas to sell
tickets in any rattle. The man who
raffles a gun, a watch, a buggy, is
running the risk of the penitentiary.
The children who sell chances in
church raffles are violating the law.
Hunting on Sunday is unlawful, vet
thousands of men hunt every Sunday.
1t is unlawful to hunt without a IL
cense, yet practically no hunting IL
censes are issued. 1t is unlawful to
hunt at any time on another mans
premises without his consent. This
law is violated by every man who
hunts at all.
To sell skim milk or milk that is
sour or watered is unlawful.
Seven-tenths of the candy sold in
the state is sold in violation of law.
To overwork or overdrive a horse
is unlawful, as is any sort Of cruelty
to horses. This law is so habitually
violated that every day we hear com
plants about it. But no one is ar
rested.
1t is unlawful to neglect to provide
shelter for cattle during bad weather.
Cattle are everywhere fed without
shelter; every cattle feeder in the
state could be sentenced to imprison.
ment one year under this law.
. II is unlawful to drive a horse un-
fit for labor. Do you not see this law
violated on the roads and streets dot-
ems Of times a day7
i When a hog dies of disease you
violate law unless you bury or burn
it within twenty-four hours. II is
also unlawful TO throw the dead body
into any stream.
! 1t is unlawful to spit on the floor
of any public building; if you spit on
the floor of the court house, you are
violating a state law.
Any farmer who has a hedge more
than five feet high, violates a state
law. Ninety-nine farmers out of ev-
cry 100 violate this law.
If a farmer neglects to cut the
weeds abutting on his farm. he vio-
lates the law.
Z a man gives you a worthless
check, and you complain to the off,
GERS and hush the matter up on re.
ceiving your money, you are guilty Of
a penitentiary offense. The officer
who assists you in obtaining your
money is also guilty of a penitentiary
offense. This is called compounding
a felony. This law is violated every
day, and everybody knows it.
The man who steals a ride on a rail
road violates a law. A eolOred boy
was injured that way recently. He
was not prosecuted; indeed, he sued
the railway company for $4,000
damages, because he fell off.
Any able-bodied married man who
neglects to support his family viola
tes a state law, and may be fined $500
or imprisoned one year.
To carry any weapon-knife,
knueks, slingshot or pistols unlaw-
full, and the violater of the law. may
, be fiued 500 or Imprisonment three
months.
If two farmers have a friendly race
on the public highway, to try the
speed of their horses, they are viola
! ting the state law. ..
1t is felony to give another an
Office in consideration of his vote or
influence. Every politician in the
r state Of any Importance violates this
!; law regularly and flagrantly. =.