The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
is "FOUR-FLUSHER"
AND A TIGHT WAD'
Walter SCOTS Record Oimmed
After He Spends a Day
in Swift Chicago.
is A HOT AIR ARTIST
But When 1t Comes to Spending Money
Like the Real Spender He Was
Represented to Be He Com
pletely Falls Down

Chicago. July 15.-Whether he Is a
simple and Ingenious Funeral noun
tain miner, with a gold property worth
500, 900, 900, coo, as he himself intimates.
or whether he Is merely a spectacular
advertising agent for the Santa Fe or
some Death Valley mine promoters is
the query voiced by those who met
Walter Scott on his arrival in Chicago
after a record breaking trip over the
Santa Fe railroad of "A hours 50 min
utes from Los Angeles, Cal.
Leaving Mrs. Scott-smiling. plump,
brown-haired and dressed i'll black-to
| follow in a conventional four-wheeler,
the citizen of Funeral Mountain, Death
Valley, Cal, plunged through the
streets to the Great Northern. Here he
and his dog We're admitted. Mr.. Scott
was soon installed in a suits of three
rooms. costing $25 a day, while the dog
was ensconced in the baggage room and
RECALLED With a sou Lone. hen MIR.
Scott was ready to talk.
Two Gallons of Booze.
Bring two gallons of booze" cried
the miner. Four walters fell over one
another. The two gallons We're pro-
duced.
IN ~ Observation-Disclosures style"
next pronounced the namesake of the
romancer who wrote the Waverly
novels. Then Walter Scott began to
talk. This is what he said:
I'm a simple miner, am. I've got
enough coin to do as I like. I guess.
me? Yes, I'll let you have my picture
in a minute. Take another drink. I'm
a westerner. l want to buy fast trains.
Didn't the Santa Fee beat the record for
me? You bet they did. Take a drink.
I'm a plain miner. but. say, "
-~t 49, -~I L., - -, IL tLo ,N,,, at ~1y
Some one said the ore assayed SIS, 5000
6. ton. did they? Ridiculous. My ore
runs $144. 900 a ton, and there's plenty
of it. More'n I'll ever get through If
the mine was worked steady until coy
otes turn into elephants. Why, I'm
in that mine--you wouldn't believe
what I said.
II want to buy a train to go to New
York in thirteen hours. Why can't
these eatern railroads make as good
time as the Santa Fe did? They
hould.
Tn q years old and 1 used to be a
cowboy with Buffalo Bill-that was in
1892. l hung $500 about my dogs neck
to show my hearts in the right place.
Take a drink-I'm a westerner, l am.
and a simple miner. l may stay in
Chicago a couple OF days Say, when I
get to New York I'll show 'em things"
MIR. Scott then proceeded to distribute
sections of IS bills among the walters
and bcllboys. Exuent the attendants,
to the sound of dissatisfied murlnurs.
Nine whisky bottles remained.
Following is a message "Scotty" sent
to the president from Newton, an:
Theodore Roosevelt, President of the
United States, Washington, d. C.-An
American cowboy is coming east on
special train faster than any cowpunch-
er ever rode before. How much shall
l break transcontinental record?
"Walter Scott
Did western mining men who
heard Mr.. SCOTS description of his
mine computed that ii was worth
SS3, 500, 900, 600 on his own showing. They
stated that many famous gold mines II
the northwest produce ore assay1ng nc
more than $50 a ton. One Of these
mines, in particular. was cited, which
sold for 81, 600. 900 to English capitalists
On this basis Mr.. SCOTS property Is
worth the above amount
Meanwhile the Great Northern hote
employees wonder where the 81 1000 bill:
are located, which were announced
from the west as forming Mr.. Scott's
only monetary medium.
Ono Fourfush in Afternoon.
He made one fourf1ush during tn
afternoon. He sent a telegram to tn
8 officials of the New York Central. ask
ing them the price of a thirteen hou
train 10 New 1OFk. LII make III
Twentieth Century Limited look lik
a North Clark street cable car" h
said.
9 The Lake Shore people here said tn
9 eighteen hour train would be sufficient
a ly rapid for him.
3 The train in which he arrived wa
I composed Of three coaches and a bag
gage car.
he said. II tore it to pieces and threy
the spoons out Of the window. Whe
they kicked about it I put up as muc
: q dining car for"
+ The 2.265 miles from the Pacif
n coast had been made in %fOrty-fou
hours and fffy-seven minutes.
"Scotty's' wife, who accompanie
!. him on his wild ride, is a little woma
g with black hair. Il married him
% she said, when neither Of us had
~ cent. and both of us We're grubstakin
y 1t out in Death Valley. We had mo-
g. fun when we didn't know where tt
&c was coming from han we do no
when we eat at the cafes and tip tt
waiter $1.25 a go. There are too mar
~ people around here. and I feel that |
belongs to them as much as to m
&c I'll be glad when we hit the trail aga
10 for Funeral mountains"
~; 81 Known to Have Real Mine.
~ Los Angeles, Cal, July 13.-Cowboy W.
ter Scott is not altogether a mystery
the gold country in and about Barsto
,s and Daggett. The miners of that regi
~ lave known that SCOTS men have be
r. working a rich claim for more than t,
,s years. 1t is located in Furnace creek.
q Monte Christie he is the real thing
70 Scott's mine Is one Of several rich pl
II. perties struck in that district. 1t Is
al. serted that three shipments by a trs
of twelve burros netted the owner $780,
SCOTS financial transactions are carr
in on through Third Vice President Girs
le' OF the Equitable bank, New York.
,al No outsiders are allowed to visit
Scott property. Warning signs are plat
far from the place and the camp Is 70
eel, flied. Krag-Jorgensen rifles always
,k- on HAND and powerful spy glasses are III
to constantly to note possible intruders.
.ys men selected by Scott dig the ore. 7
S25 foreman Is 16 years Of age. receives s
Of day and. in addition. a $500 bill when Sc
zen visits the mine every two or three mont
Ia ~--
re- HEAT KILLS FIVE MORE.
~" New York. July 13.-Although this is
fifth consecutive day of intense heat
1hS Nau, vork II ia cooler than yesterd