Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-21 | Page 12 | Citizens Corral Tax Tokens for Use as Poker Chips

Citizens Corral Tax Tokens For Use as Poker Chips SE SEATTLE May 21 P The P The good citizens of ot Washington state who roared with wrath when the legislature imposed a pales alc tax pay pa- payable able in metal tax tokens arc lau laughing laughing laugh laugh- hing h- h ing about it today because cause they've cornered the market and are using the tokens token for poker chips The round aluminum tokens are arc cheaper than regular regula chips said one pool hall hail poker player and besides they ther dont don't click The cheapest poker chips sell for tor around 55 cents a hundred but for 55 cents you can buy tax tokens The people took the met metal ll tokens out of circulation so fast tast the tax commission despairing because it would collect no 2 per cent tax printed paper tickets instead The stores stored simply refused ec to try to c collect col collect l- l lect the tax because the customers said airily We have no tokens Is that our fault