The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-02

with alimit, varying from $3.50 to 500
on cases, and seemed to satisfy the de-
mand, with occasional exceptions, but
understand there is to be an unpre-
cedently heavy game this winter, and
after consultation we have decided
to place the limit at $1,000 on each of
the 50 cards in the deck. and l imag-
inc that will satisfy them all.
And the raise of the limit from
500 to $1,000 is not based wholly on
sentiment, either. During the last ses-
sion of the legislature we had pri-
vate game for young man with
$500 limit right after the grand jury's
investigation of the senatorship con-
test, and in just IA hours he lost $75,-
600. or about $4,000 an hour, which is.
| guess, one of the steepest games
ever played in Montana. But he came
back the next day to show that he
was true blue and won back 100000
in an even shorter time This man
sent word over that he would be here
again this winter and he wanted a
$1,000 limit this time, ana it was
partly at his request that the limit
was raised, but, of course, the game is
open to all, and any one can have the
same privilege.
And not only can the highest linn
it in the west be secured here. but
you can play in the most magnificent
ly furnished gambling house to be
found in the country. have tray-
eled from coast to coast, and while
some private clubs are more elaborate
and have costlier paintings, for pub
lie gambling house the SWEETEST Of em
is right here in this town. Why, the
lookout has finer chair to recline in
than the governor of the state Yes,
I've played in Congress Hall at Sara
toga and dealt in all the Hot Springs
resorts, and know whereof | speak.
The Montana anti-gambling law?
Yes, there is one, and it is probably
as strict in it's provisions as any to
be found in the country. But don't
you know that old adage about min
ing camps and faro games, that is,
where you find the first-named you
will also find the other? And do you
suppose that after having played faro
in Montana all the years since the
first discovery of gold in Alder gulch
in SO these men would send man to
the penitentiary for simply indulging
in their favorite pastime? Preposter-
GUS. There has not been a convic-
iton under the law and there never
will be. In fact, the law is such a
dead letter that it will probably be re-
pealed this winter
ANY high rolling lately?' asked
the reporter.
Yes, we have had a pretty stiff
play all year. Swede Sam is 100000
to the good inside of 16 months, which
is not a bad record by any means,
and there are several others who have
won and lost fortunes in that time.
but l mean individual plunging,
said the questioner.
Ives, had some of that, too. A
young fellow came over here from
Butte on a special train not long ago
to clean up the town after having
won big stake there. He arrived at
about o'clock in the morning, after
most of the sports had retired. He
didn't do thing but hire some hacks
and send for few friends with re-
quest that they join him in game of
poker. The game was for table
stakes and between $4,000 and $1G.-
900 changed hands before 10 o'clock
that morning. That is, he carried
that much back to Butte with him,
in addition to the stake he had arriv-
ed with. His train cost him $500,
but he could easily afford that after
winning over $4,000.
Then again. a Utah mining man
lost $4,000 at roulette in one night,
after having been $4,000 to the cool
at one stage of the game. He had a
$50 limit on numbers, which pay 35
for /, you know, so that when he won
he received $3.50 in return +"