The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15

w men NJ. =. ScOCC, a HUFFMAN, sat.
isfied himself that Kansas City chap
with the rather rakish name Of Jack
Danciger had skinned him in an oil
land deal, he brought suit in the sum
of $4,000. Danciger put up bit of
a fight, but the case was settled pri-
vately a few weeks ago and the suit
was dismissed.
M. E. Scott was a railroad man until
he lost leg. For some years after
that he served a Twin City lawyer as
a so-called ambulance chaser, thereby
gaining legal knwoledge and some coin.
A few years ago, Col. Scott turned
promoter and sold stock in Duluth and
elsewhere in machine to project NOV
ing pictures on q screen.
Those who have had business rela.
tions with Col. Scott in this neck o.
the woods have been convinced that he
was we'll able to look out for himself
in {. financial transaction. Be that as
it may, if his allegations are true,
when he bumped up against Jack Dan
ciger, he met a man well able to take
the Scott number in high finance.
One Nat Shanklin, a scout for Jack
Danciger, seems to have painted the
lily, so to speak, when telling Scott
about an oil and gas lease on 1,400
acres Of land in ALE ncounty, Kansas.
When Col. Scott sat up, took notice.
but did not bite, Nat Shanklin seems
to have invited the cautious Duluthian
to 60 to Kansas City in person, meet
dear old Jack and then 60 to the land
to see it "with his own eyes,
Colonel Scott fell for that suggestion.
After shaking SCOTS hand as he
would that Of a long-lost brother, Kan
sas City Jack handed his visitor long,
dark but delectable cigars. He dined
him on rare and expensive steaks from
corn.fed steers. He introduced him to
the delights Of fried catfish and, had
Scott desired, would have given him a
special dinner of roast 'possum with
sweet potatoes.
Jack Danciger even put aside his
native modesty and told Scott what a
big man he was in the oil game; how
he made history in the Kansas oil
fields; how he had piled up great
wealth and was looked up to all along
the line, SO to speak.
"Now, old chap, 60 out there and
look over that ], 400-acre tract. Ny
boys will go with YOU
So Heinie Goldblatt and F. n. Horne
escorted Scott to the chosen oil fields
in Allen Co., Kansas. They jumped
off the train and promptly loaded their
guest into powerful automobile. They
rushed him here and there, while one
on each side poured a hypnotic stream
of delightful facts and enhancing fig
ures into the Scottian ears. Then, just
in time to catch the train back to busy
old K. c., they rolled up to the station
in cloud of dust and caught the par
lor car on the rear.
Back in Kansas City, good old Jack
Danciger, the wealthy oil producer and
refiner, as he admitted himself to be,
put up q line of conversation that made
Scott take the count and sign up for
the highly valuable 1,400 acres Of oil
and gas land.
"It's this way, old chap" said Jack
Danciger. 81 represent the federal
government in the Mid-continental oil
fields, hence it is my business and my
duty to keep track of the different
wells. As you can see, old chap, my
statements are authoritative and de-
pendable.
.Danciger handed Scott a costly CT
gar and unrolled map.
"Here's the 1,400-acre tract have
reserved for you,' he said. ct like
you old man, and I want to help you
make pot Of money"
"This tract Of 1,400 acres iS the
very best undeveloped lease in the en-
tire state Of Knasas, as the best au-
thorities viii tell you and as I assure
you.
s'Take the Knox property on the
north of this tract remarked Dan
ciger as be blew ont g cloud Of per.