The Nome nugget., 1920-05-01
FRONTIER NIGHT REMINISCENT
OF EARLY DAYS

ouiN oA NNohtS . W ihttl POputst- ton turned out enmasse to participate in the fun provided by the Eagle ,f'Frontier NightI entertainment at Eagle hall, Saturday evening. As . result the entertainment was an en- tire success from the financial as well as the social view point.
 The scene in Eagle hall during the height of the entertainment was de- cidedly remeniscent of the early days. Indeed 1t required little stretching of the imagination to conceive ones self back in the palmy days of 1900. when gambling was the chief diver sion and the wine ran as free as water in the gilded palaces of chance disposed along the famous "Iurrah Block" on Front street. And the same fervid look one used to witness in the countenarces of the eager. gold mad throng of the rush days. was of ten visible on the faces of those who uullS bNti lit S'illlflinS lstbltS anu watched the turns of chance increas- ing or taking away the fictitious or wheel. The aspect of the from tier gambling room and dance hall was absent only in the degree that there were no reeling roysters: no rebald shouts, maudlin songs and rouged faces leerine' the wanton glanccs of vice. II was all very decorous but the frontier atmosphere was decidedly evident.
 And the way fortunes were wagered would have created q sensation at Monte Carlo. Piles of @reenbacks were handed around in d way to make Croesus stare. In the absence of q faro table. the roulette wheel was the principal attraction. but there were not few who shared in the enticements of poker. black jack and other forms of card games. The
  was also q busy point and was con- stantly surrounded by q deeply inter- ested group engaged in rolling the dice or watching the shifting changes of fortune
 The wheel with it's whirling ball, vas however. the center of interest and Doc Brinker, who acter as dealer, was decidedly busy man almost every moment during the evening.
 As the hour approached when the handsome array of prizes would be awarded to those holding the largest amounts of the imitation green backs the excitement became intense Those who had not sufficient wealth to ac- duire q prize developed an inclination to plunge" which piled the green backs on the gaming boards. Bets of many thousands became common. and dozens who had been ''piking" during the early part of the evening sudden
 
 famous Riley Grammar The ladies were no less backward ti:,n the men folks and bets of ten, twenty or more thousands by members of the fair sex were frequent.
 When the last bet had been laid the last card turned. Arthur Wright proved to have been the most fay- ored by Dame Fortune and was award ed first choice of the prizes offered Starting with the bank roll' of Sl 900 in Eagle currency given with each admission ticket. Arthur accumulated SSo,ooo. George Geamalis was second with s65,000. Third choice fell to one of the fair sex. Mrs Norvn W. Lewis who had found favor in the eyes of the tickle dame to the extent of ac- cumulating $52.600. The remaining prizes were awarded to Mrs Curtis Welch. Mrs W. c. Mcclure, Bert Moon and Gust Hermanson in the or. der given.
 Between. spells of tapping" the games. the attendants amused them. selves at dancing or feasting at the primative bar and lunch counter where "Bevo" was dispensed at "$400 per bottle. Spanish beans at "s20O per plate" and variety of sandwiches and other daintics at lesser, tho equally fancy prices. It was all typically frontier and decidedly interesting and amusing.