Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-01
DO YOU OBEY ALL
THE LAWS OF KANSAS?


been paid.
| It 10 unlawful to sen any article,
other than drugs on Sunday. the
man who sells newspapers, cigara, Ice
| cream, bread or any other article
except drugs is a law breaker IN
Kansas. There has never been .
prosecution under this law.
To bet on an election IL unlawful
| In Kansas. To act az stockholder In
an election bet is unlawful. Yet
at every election, betting on the re-
suit IL so common as to attract no
| attention. Practically every ons
bets on the result.
To touch or move an automobile
standing on the street Is against the
law. People do 1t every day.
To disturb the peace or quiet OF
any neighborhood is unlawful, and
subjects the offender to a fine Of
500, or Imprisonment not exceeding
three months. Is there not in your
neighborhood persons who disturb
your peace or quiet? Where you ev-
or free from such disturbance? Did
you ever hear of a prosecution under
this law?
Any person who works on Sunday,
except household work ef daily ne
cessity, is a law-breaker. This law
10 violated by practically every citi-
zen Of the state habitually.
II you play cards on Sunday. you
are q law-breaker.
In Kansas, any game Of chance Is
felony. II you walk into a store,
and drop a nickel into a slot ma
chine, 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 peni-
Tertiary 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 pri-
yes are given.
It is unlawful in Kansas to sell
tickets in any rattle. The man who
raffles a gun, or watch, or buggy, is
running the risk of the penitentiary.
The children who sell chances in
church raffles are violating law.
Hunting on Sunday is unlawful,
yet thousands of men hunt every
Sunday. 1t Is unlawful to hunt with
out a license, yet comparatively few
hunting licenses are issued. It is
unlawful to hunt at any time on an
other mans premises, without his
consent. This law is violated by ev-
cry man who hunts at all.
To sell skim milk, or milk that Is
sour, or watered milk, is unlawful.
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 complaints about 1t. Butt
no one is arrested.
It IL unlawful to neglect to provide
shelter for cattle during bad wea-I
ther. Cattle are everywhere fed
without shelter; every cattle feeder
in the state could be sentenced tol
imprisonment one year under this
law.
It is unlawful to drive q horse uni
fit for labor. Do you not see this
law violated on the roads and streets |
dozens of times day?
When hog dies of disease, you
violate law unless you bury orE
burn It within twenty-SOur hours.
1t is also unlawful to throw the dead
body of hog into any stream.
1t is unlawful to spit on the floor
of any public building; II you spit
on the floor tn the court house, or
postofflce your are violating a state
law.
Any farmer who has a hedge more
than five feet high, violates q state
law. Ninety-nine farmers out Of every
hundred violate this Law.
II a man gives you q worthless
check and you complain to the Off
GERS, and hush the matter up on re-
ceivlng your money. you are guilty
of a penitentiary offense. The Off
Ger who assists you in obtaining
your money, is also guilty Of a peni-
Tertiary offense. This is called COM
noundinv n faionv Tha law II vim