The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

manufacture, sell, exchange,
barter, dispose of, or give away
or keep for sale, any cigarette
papers or cigarette wrappers or
anything made or prepared for
the purpose of being filled with
tobacco for smoking; and any
person for the violation Of the
same shall be guilty of a mis-
.demeanor and upon conviction
shall for the first otfense pay a
fine of not less than $40 nor
more than $25, and the costs Of
the prosecution, and stand com
mitted to the county Jail until
such costs are paid, and for the
second and each subsequent Of
tense, shall pay, upon convict
ion thereof, a fine of not more
than $500 and the costs of pros
ecution OF be imprisoned in the
county jail not to exceed 80.
days.
Crowded, that tho provis-
ion hereof shall not apply to
the sale Of jobbers doing inter
state business outside the state.
"Any person under 81 years
who shall smoke OF use cigar.
cites in any form, on any pub
lie highway, street, park, or
other lands used for public pur-
poses, or in any public place Of
business shall be arrested by
any officer Of the law, cognizant
of such otfense; and, further,
it shall be the duty Of all such
officers upon complaint of a cit
zen to arrest such offenders and
take them to the proper court.
The court shall impose a pun
ishment at it's discretion in any
sum not to exceed $40, OF I'M
prisonment in the county Jail
not to exceed five days for each
full sentence.
"Any person who harbors
any person under q years Of
age, or grants the privilege of
gathering upon or frequenting
any property or lands held by
him for the purpose Of indulg-
ing in the use Of cigarettes in
any form shall be held to the
same penalty as provided IN
section ! Of this act; provided,
that no part Of this act shall be
construed SO as to interfere with
the rights Of parenttss-or lawful
guardians in the rearing and
management Of their minor
heirs OF wards within the
bounds Of their own private
premises"
The settlers. of the IN Q w
vest in the rural precincts are
just now beginning to realize
that they are thrown upon their
own resources. The grub stake
brought with them when they
came west a year or so ago is
now becoming exhausted and
they are this year filling the
soil to produce crops. In con
sequence a large amount Of viz
gin soil has been planted, and
the Union predicts good crops
will be raised which will bene-
fit the country. 1t will demon
strate that the territory between
the Hills and the Missouri riv-
er possesses opportunities fol
riches by wise cultivation, and
that it will become more pro-
ductive as its qualities are bet
ter understood. The rains this
spring will be Of great benefit.
Some one has charged that
John D. Rockefeller is supply
ing funds for the fight Of the
anti-saloon league. This may
be true, and it may not be.
Mr.. Rockefeller is not much Of
q hand to get upon the house.
tops and tell what he is doing,
Even if it were true, we can.
surely see no right to criticise,
as we take no stock in the
tainted money theory. Albeit,
it lsquite certain that some one
with along purse has provided
alarge amount of funds annu-
ally for the prosecution Of this
work. 1t IS being conducted
systematically and over a wide
area, and the work does not
seem insthe least to be handi-
capped for funds.
According TO a bill passed by
the last general assembly all tel
|ephone companies Of the state
will file their schedule with the
board Of railway m