The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
4 the Capital Policemen Are
kllinu 10 Direct the NATIVES
Visitors 20 the Launch That
En Give Them a Fine Ride
bwn the River With a Chance
Lose Their Money at the
Id Of The Run.
By JOHN S. MoSBY, JR.

XHgNEyER Virtue. in convention assembled,
wants to get two'coumn head in the news
tapen, she rises In her seat and turning to
The reporters table, cxclaims.
p Ike National Capital, once the abiding
yirtuous statesmen forefathers. now Babylon,
nj degenerate Rome rolled into one mass OF
u, trinity of vice, where shame stalks nn.
nd the rattle of the diccbox is heard beneath
d Of the Goddess of Liberty; where ''-and
*ussnd words more of the same kind for to-
q paper, all OF which gives the convention a
h,e Advertising and brings smile of amuse-
4 the face of the Washingtoniau, weary with
* congress.
*saon ls not new Jerusalem; neither is
2Hn Babylon He who merely sips his vice
/ h find sip handy; but he who wants it in
ss must hunt for it and hunt long and deep.
\ old days so regretfully-and ignorantly-re-
hin recent convention at Atlantic City-days,
ny, when gambling ran "wide open' and
vpointed minister to Russia. hurrying urgently
nust needs delay his departure because the
Wore he had lost all his expense money playing
Be public gambling room of the city s principal
hbe good old days have indeed passed, and
Who now CANDLES inside the city limits must
Ib own game and hold executive session be-
I'd doors
teugh barred from the city itself, the energy
zan has provided outlet for the gambling
Of the Washingtonian: an outlet where the
fsut gambler can indulge his passion to the
rs bent rs openly rs in any roaring mining
the Rocky mountains. He does not conduct
edtan Monte Carlo within the city, but the
lhlthcr is short and the means of transit
zap and luxurious. How this man can run
7nty gaming house within sight of the
Esn the laws of Virginia, Maryland and the
columbia are so stringent against every
Smbhng, forms unique chapter in the
thaacter of our national makeup, and an
snmentary on the glorious uncertainties of
Here is the story of Jack Heath 3 Monte
attractions and pitfalls, its struggles, its
rd Its final triumph
reaches of the Potomac river, just below
l'ndna Va, which lies on the opposite side
aftam about eight miles below Washington,
nN craft rides lazily at anchor. 1t resembles
~ ear barn squatting on mud scow. AT
narrow porch serves as landing stage
'ay 1t fonts idly there, without visible occu-
am IN life, ignoring the busy craft that fit
a'a, rhenmatic-looking old hermit Of boat
ns Oh" friend jauntv little steamer, That
'ae comes busily pni1ing down from Washing
MY deposits two or three score of men upon
ns porch. and with parting puff, as though
we'll so long for a while; we got TO hurry
'noIher load, y then goes churning away back
'~s Old tub is the temple of the Goddess OF
flo' banshed from either shore, has reared
iaro and keno and other forms of her wor-
e0 Bosom of the Intervening waters. 1t is IN
g poetic spot In the midst of the broad,
am-and, as viii bc seen later, quite safe
anng sheriffs, The mornings are dull. but
''ernoons and evenings the little steamer
'n load upon load Of dcvotecs, bearing votive
10 the shape of the week s salary or
ol an Intimate friend The anchored craft.
Oh fortune, is called the Ark; the minstering
ae' Is the Rartholdi, and the high priest OF
's'nt Is known TO the sporting people OF
" and the adjacent sherids as 'Jack
A''s "ashingtoDian, be he congressman or
y "oo yearus to worship at the Shrine Oh
make killing at keno or do business
rre'S, as the cab driver would put lt-oe-
~ OF an afternoon to the wharf at the foot
''et' Southwest There. under the nose OF
sa s steamers, the little Bartholdi is waiting
"~ tie docs not have to stink through
make somc mystic sign to the young man
'ae eangplanlS of the little craft 1T Is al
camp meeting The young man VIII
anably to you rs you trip up the planh
VI others, alike on pleasure bent, ou'
y. Is presumed that, If you are going 10
~ snd Trouble TO go down to the Ark, you
us ahd you've got the stuff and II
%' last indispensable requisite. you arc
oseS Heath 's-as long tho 'ftuf
"e no subterfuges of "club" or '' Busi-
n. Mvelatlon' with cards of admission ana
TO conceal the purpose of the trip OF
a. he bartboldi, Jack Heath would scorn
seP'iou The Ark is gambling house,
~ ~ down on the Barthold go down TO
sl,M sfe Is no secrecy about it. Any police
padls direct you.
h. 'srd deck, in the little cabin and art
N r''on of the bantam boat, is n merry
Xfvr,l ''Hnt weather the decks are filled with
N, nAek at comfortable angle and con"
,on" ".'n ieet cooked up on the rail, indulging
H.. A'sa'ion or pleasant anticipations of the
a. are going to make, The little Bar