Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
HAPPENINGS
IN SALT LAKE
A GAME THAT DID NOT WORK
BUT PROVED EXPENSIVE TO
THE SPORTS.
d'H.EEI[Ti
CHIEF JACK LAvElL
HAD A GOOD TIME.
Butte Men There-Rich Mines Work
ing-Utah Stock Exchange in
Operation.

Special Correspondence inter Mountain.
Salt Lake. Dec. 16.-The sacred order
or ancient and honorable retired
gamblers here are still laughing at some
OF their professional brethren who came
to grief here short time ago to the tune
of about $4,000. They put up great
scheme to turn" young man from
Eutte who was supposed to have more
money than the law allowed and who,
they thought, being a young and mex.
perlenced man would be an easy mark
Ihere is no doubt of the young mans
wealth, but he doesn't like to gamble
and never indulges when there is any
thing else to do. Yet Salt Lake is deadly
uull Tor stranger and so when the
young Butteite met some pleasant fell
lows who proposed a quiet game he con-
sented. not caring much whether he won
or lost, though as matter Of pride he
prefers to win, even if he gives away his
winnings afterward. The scheme was
~ let him win the first night lust to
encourage him and then do him good"
the second night for winter stake The
nfst act was an entire success. The
session was long one and fortune
varied, but in the end the visitor pressed
the limit more than was really desirable
ana was 5000 to the good when the
game closed. The sports frankly con-
Tessed themselves outplayed but said
they had plenty more money and pro-
posed meeting the next night, the win
ner replying that he would be present
Il he had no other engagement Unfor-
tunately, however, the next evening he
had an gagement to go to the theater
ana retired to his hotel after th, ley
for:nance. The second night he had an
othef enSagement-to return to Butte.
re was annoyed by the opportunities
Or the professionals to play again and
declined with thanks. But he had a
good time with the $1,000. He gave his
friends good time. He loaned a good
deal to those in trouble. He dropped
a little of it in a square game and he
returned home with all expenses ,a;d
and something to the good. Those Salt
Lake sports will not put up any more
jobs on men from Butte.
THE CHIEFS GOOD TIME.
City Marshal Layell and ex-Sheriff
Reagan We're also down here. Layel
had not been away from Butte since he
ground sluiced at Rocker in '65 with
Charlie Carver and he proceeded to en-
JOY himself. He went up against all the
53-card boxes in town. and acquired an
experience that he will never forget He
said that owing to his official position
they wouldn't let him play in Butte. He
mad great time at the Vienna restau-
rant kept by his friend George Morgan
formerly of Butte. In the front Wir
dow is an aquarium full of trout and
some frogs, while three ducks disport on
the surface of the water. For one dollar
q customer can have a mess" of trout
caught and cooked to order That struck
LaVel high up He had six meals on
trout the first day and insisted on catch
ing them himself with hook and line. 50
Morgan says. Great crowds focked to
the window to see the Butte City mar
shall catching fish. He often got a "bite"
from the frogs but everything went and
they We're nothing extra. He offered
Morgan dollar a shot for the ducks
but that would have spoiled the enter
tainment. AS fast as he caught a trout
he would send it to the kitchen to be
cooked, but before the end of the first
day the pond was fished out and La
veil and Reagan had to seek other
amusement. They visited the grave of
Brigham Young and shed a few tears,
as Jack feelingly remarked that the
prophet used to be one of the boys HIM
self. They really thought of joining the
church which the old pioneer had done
SO much to build UP, but concluded they
were too old and perhaps too tough for
that, so they called on the city marshal
and the sheriff and spent the day in
visiting various poii.ts of interest, in
Guiding the temple, the Warm Springs
baths, the military camp, Fort Duglass,
Hogle Bros book store and other popu-
lar resorts They also called on w g.
Benham, formerly of the Parrot COM
pany, and this is good place to drop
the curtain on them.