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Show GAMBLING III I MOST IE STOPPED Th is the Nearly Universal Opinion of ( itizins of Salt Lake. HUMAN VULTURES WHO ROB HOMES Ml ST GO Those Who Prey Upon Working Work-ing Man and Wage-Earner Will (io. Tuesday ufternrjon g wcll-dreLised, prosperous-hioklnK Individual entered a Salt bake frumhllnK-housr. Which one doesn't enter Into the story. H simply w.ilk- d about ntnotiK the plaers and ' beiosterl 1 and looked on. After peeing several men with dinner bucket on their arms lose what little money they had he sauntered over to a floor walker lone of the men In charg") and asked him a question. It was this: Wanted to Know Percentage. "What percentage does the- house have in that Rumr?" pointing to a rap table, where h number of dl fiends were vainly vain-ly shouting e en come eleven." The man addresnod didn't answer. Perhaps ho didn't know Just how large' the- per-Centage per-Centage was without .stripping tei tlgnre It out. and again he" may have considered it rude on the purt ef the stranger to ask such it question "But nt any rate he hesitated und a mun who who 'huel been there volunteered what served as an answer. an-swer. Ho ssld: Pointed to a Loser. "M friend, do you see that fellow over here, lust going downstairs" Yrs that on- with fringe on his pants and his elbows plalng hide ami seek with the chill breefes the one without an over- o. it that fellow Is not the banker of the crap game which you Just Inquired about " The answer was satisfactory and the stranger walkid away. Gambling In Salt Lake must stop. Unlucky Number. If Ihe gamblers of Salt Lake believe that the number thirteen Is unlucky, and moat gombleri do. pe-rhaps they may remove- the hoodoo which is apparently hovering hov-ering over. In and around their places of business by counting the number of tables. In one well-known house there were thirteen In operation TuCSds.) night by actual count, and of course there must have been thirteen dealers as well. Gambling In Salt Lake must go. Officer Speaks of Former Days. In speaking nf gambling as carried on flow and the manner In which It was conducted con-ducted several years ago. a member of the Salt Lake police department said: "It seems to b" the programme now to crowd In un many table?, and run as many different kinds of gambling devices pos.'-lM. whereas a f.-w ears age you would only see- faro layout, a roulette wheel and a poker table or two. Teidav some of the houses run the ones mentioned men-tioned and seven or eight others as well 1 can also remember the day when a gambling-house was as quiet almost as a meetlng-hnusc the players simply sitting at the tables and winning or losing as quietly as though nothing unusual Was going on Now It Is a case of every booster In the room yelling out his 'wares.' so to speak. In a way thai suggest sug-gest that a fair ground where each 'bok'ey-"Prky' and lemonade stand and the various side-shows engage 'barker' to attract a crowd. Besides there is no question but what man of the games as played today favor the house to a greater extent than the ones of several years ago." Gambling In Salt Lake must stop. Results Already Apparent. Results are already apparent. One gambling-house has c'one uwav with all rap-shooting and hereafter will be content. con-tent. If not disturbed bv the authorities r, nd a rightfully Indignant public, to make its way by the use of less noisy games, such as faro, poker and roulette In .still another hemse where the carpenters have been at work l""r some time putting In new tables. Improvements are at a standstill stand-still pending the settlement of the whole matter. In all of the houses business Is almost at a standstill. At many e.f the tables Tuesday night where a month aero men fought for a chance to wager their monev. Ihe el. .tiers were oulctlv restlnc on their elbows waiting for suckers to enme along, a number of gamblers have either left town or are preparing to do 60 Gambling in Si It Lake must st.-p. Another Phase of the Case. "Gamblers." said a prominent Salt Laker ISSl night, "as every one knows who has given the- matter any investigation, investiga-tion, prey upon the worklngman In the cltv that Is going backward instead of forward, gamblers do not exist In places v hit re wagi a art small and employment hard to secure they are also conspicuous by their absence. But In the prosperous rommunltv. In places where there Is ever) evidence of thrift and Industry, diamond-bedecked and smooth-ia'Ung gamblers congregate In large numbers Man a man who would never think of harming a ehlld. or speaking dlsrespect-f'.iiv dlsrespect-f'.iiv t.. a woman, tnkr the- bread and but-toi but-toi out of their mouths, l.renk? up their bonus and drives men to drink and suicide sui-cide by . onductlng a gambling hen Week after week hard-earned dollars that should and would k for food, clothing and other ne. essltles of life bui for the presence of such places, goes to the gambling-house never to reach its intended in-tended destination Who will say that a city is not the heitcr for conditions thnt favor the building Of homes, tlu education educa-tion eif children, the various pursuits ol hum. in happiness which bv rights, be-Ioiik be-Ioiik (o fury household? Produce a city where good wages are to lie had. with plenty Of work for those who want Work, and poll will produce n place as ne;ir the mark of i"-i fectlon, as near the Ideal American rty as in this age Is possible providing always thHt no human vultures in the shape uf gamblers stand read' to Bap the earnings of the home-builders. Gambling in Salt Lak must slop |