Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-27
CHEROKEE K|D'
 NOW MOVIE STAR;
 TO APPEAR HERE

He sat at a faro bank table with
 dejected look. Surrounding him
 were gaming outfits of all descrip'
 tions-crap tables, roulette wheels
 and other chance game equipment.
 Sawdust covered the floor; the large
 pavilion reeked with smoke and the fumes of mustiness. Behind a long
 bar. which had evidently seen serv- ice through many gold stampede, pose. Three or four dance hall girls in the abbreviated wardrobe of their peculiar calling were idly draped about the hall in 1istless positions. The flare of oil lamps, once useful but now more picturesque than prac- teal, served to illuminate the scene sufficiently to register its sub-nor- nal atmosphere. Evidently the camp was dead
 Shades of Circle City So this is Paris!" exclaimed the Cherokee Kid as he reused himself when touched on the shoulder by Director Ted Slo- man. If Diamond Tooth Lil or "Soapy Smith could see me now, settin' here in the Tivoli joint-an actor-when once I was the fastest dealer that ever interpreted the sourdcugh's Bible Who would ever a thought the Cherokee Kid would fall as low as this-makin' believe he's hard-shelled gambler"
 The scene was on the Metro lot where c. E. Shurtleff, Inc, was filming Jack London's widely-read novel of the Far Burning Daylight" which will be the stellar attraction at the Central theatre Friday and Saturday and at the Eagle theatre Sunday and Monday.
 The speaker was none other than Scott Turner, the one and original Cherokee Kid" whose operations as gambler several years ago made him historical figure from the Arc tic to the Gulf coast. Now a dapper and conservative business man, the Kid has been lured into pictures, not by gold, for he has a goodly share of that-but by the character he has been asked to interpret.
 One of the big punch scenes in Burning Daylight. is the dance hall gambling room set. A real faro bank dealer was needed to take the re- sponsibility of the reproduction of Alaska's most notorious pastime pal ace. Also, a real card manipulator was desired to deal in the scene. Di- tot O in the selection of the man for the part The only question was, would the Kid, now a prosperous cigar merchant in Los Angeles, accept the assignment.
 Scott Turner, the Cherokee Kid" first went to Nome in 1896 and was a pioneer of Northern history From 1902 to 1904 he operated one of the most spectacular combination houses in the ncthern metropolis-"The House of Second Glass;" Gambling was at it's height in Nome in those days. and the Kid prospered as the camp grew in proportions. Tn 1906 he went to Geldfield, Nevada, fol lowing the gold-crazed stampeders that formed his clientele. Here hei opened the well-remembered Monte Carlo gaming house with the 'Ele- phant Kid' as partner. Later he became associated with Dick" Can field in his race horse operations and he toured this country and Flu rope in the interest cf the master gambler.
 In his time. erneC has been d bookkeeper. newspaper man, gamb- Ter and merchant He was born in Memphis. but is probably better known in Oklahoma. Texas, Nevada and Alaska, where he pioneered in his calling and became the friend of the camp followers.
 When you see Turning Daylight" at the Central theatre, don't forget to look for slim. unobtrusive fel- low seated behind card table. in