The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-08
SHOWS TRUNK
FILLED WITH ORE
"sCoTTY" OF DEATH VALLEY
FAME DISPLAYS ROCK WORTH
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SAN FRANCISCO, July Scot
ty" made his appearance again yes
terday and displayed a hidden treas
ure trove of rich ore.
BY Friday of this week "Scotty" will
cash in. He Is to take his high
grade ore to Selby's today and have 1t
smelted, and he declares it will yield
approximately $500. Then Scotty
will be ON velvet again temporarily,
and will pay his trifling little bill at
the St. Francis and be good fellow
to people he fancies.
I'm show you the ore" said Scot
ty," shaking the froth of glass OF
beer in a Third-street thirst bazaar, and
signaling to a flower peddler to depo-
sit ON the bar his huge armful of car
nations, which "Scotty" forthwith paid
for, and gathered up in his own one
useful arm, his injured left being hug
ged across his chest and out of his
coat.
Are you gamer" inquired "Scotty."
Then come along, get into this auto
| and I'll show you where l get my
money. Hit 'er up, boy; hitter up!"
directed "Scotty" Hey there, Wells!
Hold on, there's Wells. Jump in the
front seat. Where have you been? MY
friend, Mr.. Wells. Coin to take him
up to Jacks to see the ore"
The machine painted up final steep
bill and stopped at Jones and Wash
ington street before a large shingled
apartment house. "Scotty" signaled
to follow, and led the way up two
flights of velvet carpeted stairs and
| finally into a private kitchen of one
of the apartments. He ushered in his
visitors, closed the door, and with a
kick of one boot indicated a trunk
near the stove. There she is. Pull
her round, Wells, so can unlock
her"
1t was almost fun of big chunks OF
quartz, weighty bits of what "Scotty''
declared is regular telluride ore, none
of your free millin'. This stuff's sui
phide; you've got to roast it to get
out the gold and silver. Look at this
piece. Ever see any ore like that from
Nevada? No, nor any one else. That
Death valley ore, from the Death val
ley zone. That's as much as I'll tell
you. What's that weigh, Wells-1S5
pounds? Yes, l thought that was it.
Well, this stuffs all picked ore, OF
course. It'll run $1S to the pound. II
runs 1000 silver ounces to the ton, and
In gold and silver runs about $50 ,O0C
to the ton. That trunkful will cash
up about $4,000.
Cockey O'Brien's record at the luncn
counter has been swept away. As a
destroyer of the delicacies that are
given gratis with liquid Refreshments
in benzine parlors Cockey now takes a
back seat. "Scotty" is the new cham
pion.
"Scotty" wandered into Third.
street cafe last night during the din
ner hour. He ordered a plebeian glass
of beer and then strobe toward the
lunch counter. The bartender did no
frown even when he took the tentI
frankfurter, but when he wolfed tn,
twelfth the presiding genius elevated
his eyebrows. 1t was not the custom
= of the customers to eat more than /;
dozen
When he got into two figures tn
hangers-on in the place began to whis
per. 1T must be Cockey OBrien,
someone suggested.
NO, it isn't" said the bartender
I'm on to Cockey. won't stand 70
5 him"
who can he be-" was the whisper
ed Inquiry. Finally one of the bolde
spirits of the place approached tn
destroyer of lunches and demande
his name
:, why, l am Scotty and I'm nc
: ashamed Of it" said the desert KIM
:, Then he reached for another plate {
, frankfurters. At late hour the de.
!, ert king was still waging war on tn
sausages. Whether or not Cooke
q O'Brlen will meet him in a franhdurte
= eating contest has not been decide
In the opinion of those who saw "Sco
+ ty" work out, the local man has n
chance.
: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Il come here direct from Southern Cal
r fornia were there direct steamsh
n communication. have just seen Il
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