The Arvada enterprise., 1913-01-30

be heard In the lobbes OF many OF the
principal hotels This particularly true
OF FL Paso. Cripple Creek, Leadyille Gold
field, Butte the Occur d'Alene, and many
other sections The practice prevailed to a
greater or less extent In the larger towns.
Everybody has money in the early days of an
a mining camp. ~
II was an era Of speculation. The coun. q.
try had not been proven" and hence a 1
hnd In new section resulted in a great
rush to that locality. Property changed
hands at fabulous prices overnight The
ragged prospector of today might be roll.
ing In wealth tomorrow. 1t has happened
many times
When there is money to throw at the
birds. the gamblers. like SO many vutures,
assemble at the point to which 1t is being cast
by the thoughtless and improvldent possessors
Games were played where the stakes ran into
the millions. man wealthy In the morning
sometimes had to borrow money TO avoid going
to bed hungry at night
A stockman In Colorado sat into" noker
game In Denver, and by midnight had not only
lost all the cash he had with him. but had ex-
hausted n large bank balance
lie owned, on the range in Colorado. the neu-
tral strip Ono Mans Land" now extreme west.
ern Oklahoma and in Texas ten thousand head
of cattle worth twenty dollars head, or a total
OF 100000
He possessed land in three states and a hand.
some residence In Denver. He made a bet OF
thousand steers worth twenty thousand dollars
and lost He continued this until the herd OF
ten thousand head of stock belonged to another
man. Day dawned. and he was still playing.
breakfast was sent in from a restaurant main
tained at the end of the gambling hall for just
such people.
Now" he said to the men who had won his
cattle, you have the critters but no place to
keep them. | Will play you my Texas ranch"
He lost that. Then followed the Colorado
ranch, finally the residence in Denver together
with the furniture his horses, his watch and
chain At eight o'clock at Neutrality-suspicious.
hours later-ho was penness, and started for
the Rio Grande country OF Texas, where he found
employment hauling logs to a sawmlll. He had
lost more than quarter OF million dollars in
twenty-four hours,
"WIll you oblige me by taking OF your shoes"
asked road agent politely while he held n re-
vover menacingly in tse face of a passenger
who stood up in line with others
The hold-up man had stopped the stage going
into Leadville to collect toll" He had Just pur
chased the road he said, and needed the money
He passed down the line and. by means OF
passenger whom he forced into service gathered
up all the money and Jewelry. until he came to
the last man in the line Then he asked the man
TO take OF his shoes He found four thousand
dollars under the inner soles!
Several nights later the man who had been out
witted by the hold-up man was sitting in the
dealers chair OF faro game in the Cloud City"
who lost money steadily The gambler "raked
in" che money carelessy and with the utmost un
concern. The player lost something like five
thousand dollars and then pushed back his chair
AN n?" asked the gambler. archng his
brows,
"Nep-you'vc cleaned me out"
Then we are even for that little incident the
other night. when you collected your road tax
from me"
Il"
The holdup man knocked down half dozen
loiterers In his rush reach the door and escape
wellknown mining man, who noted for
his Judgment I'm knowing hole in the ground"
when he looked into It. had Just made purchase
in Cripple Creek He had money and he was will.
ing to spend II for anything that looked good
After having trRmped over the hills all OF one
day. he sat into" n poker game in the lobby
OF tho principal hotel that night. and engaged in
friendly game with number OF RcQuaintanccs.
They playing for twenty-five cents cor.
ner While the game was In progress a ragged
prospoctor appeared and attempted to inject him.
self into the company. The mining man explain.
ed that 1t was simply a private game between
frieuds-outsidcrs, and particularly strangers.
were not wanted
u have money that has never been spent"
I'VE don't know you"
"Oh that's It! Then let mo introduce my.
self"
There was no way to get rid OF him appar.
entity. Then, like an inspiration, and in an an.
noyed manner, the operator said;
How much money have you?"
Eight hundred dollars"
sit down and II show you how to play
poker"
In less than fifteen minutes the prospoctor
withdrew.
shortly after he returned with thousand dol.
lars more. This interesting lie lost Il
Then he lost n diamond pin, following It with a
watch and his "cayuse"
When he pushed back his chair the operator
ssked,
Are you broke now"
Il have a claim over on the hill"
What do you value It att"
zone hundred thousand dollars"
This staggered the mining man for n moment