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Show GREEN CLOTH MEN LEAVE FOR OTHER FIELDS Exodus of Gamblers, Roosters, Dealers and Ya:s From Salt Lake. Wednesday was visiting day among the g.imblers In twos and threes the green-clcth green-clcth men occupied rooms In the rear of the best saloons, talking over the action of the Mayor nnd Chief of Police, while vine and other beverages were being served by the mun behind the bar. There was nothing doing In the gambling houses Tables were covered and chairs were plied in confusion about the premises. prem-ises. Occasionally un out-of-town patron would sirnii down Commercial street and climb the stairs, ull unconscious of the recent act of Ihe offlcluls. Rope Across Doorway. At the Red Onion, the scene of so man) .-. Illtig gMme.i w It hln the j.ast l"W soars u rope had been stretched across the stalrwa leading ti th- rooms above II was a small rope and one COllld easllj have stepped over It or gone under, but It served its purpose Many .1 man who bi hi Id n thought to hlmx if how easily he hud been roped in on former occasions, and how queer It se.-m. d lu I" ruped mil The r . 1 wuh also - I ' ' "f suicides, such us have taken place in Salt Iike within the past year as a direct result of gambling and perhaps a few who looked towurd it were reminded of times when they, too were tempted to seek relief In bath by the rope ati' t squandering their arnlngs. Many Leave Town There Is absolutely no way of telling lust how many gamblers and boosters have i ft town The proprietors are still lore, settling up their uffalrs In the event thut they decide to have, theie will he ;i miscellaneous collection of faro li.bbs, roulette Wheels, wheels of fortune. cr:ips tables, sli.p spindles and other para phei nulla used In separating the sucker trniii his money, to puck up. All this will KQUlre time Many, however, have al. ready h ft town Dealers b,.osli-rs and tin horns have taken to the timber, so to speak. Many have gone to Goldlleld and oilier Nevada 1 imp- A few have hiked to California, and still others have started for Portland. A large number of "vags" have als.i disappeared. Only one or two arrests occurred Wednesday, and Com- men lal street sermt-d deserted. |