Eureka Reporter | 1905-09-29 | Page 5 | Cheat the Elephants

cheat the elephants who have been afraid the scarcity of ivory would kill the game have another riesa coming said an old player as he chall ed his cue the other day I 1 ve been playing with billiard balls made of artificial ivory ellch was so nearly like the kind the elephants furnish that you wold not notice tl e difference lie chants are getting pretty scarce you know and elephant tusks are now al most as rare as e navajo blankets biou know it Is only the choicest of tusk ivory that can be used for billiard balls one year ago regulation two and three eighth inch ivory balls could be purchased for 8 now they cost 16 ai alece tl e ad varce in the price of ivory was sim with and strikingly sim liar to tl e constantly growing value of diamonds have main talked that only with ivory balls could the delights of the game be realized this meant that within a few years only millionaires kings or princes could hope to indulge in the game which aites back to the time of the pharaohs yes sir they are now making ivory balisi that wont catch coll and they are indestructible they are celluloid and bone and hard rubber and are then ian 1 and pol dished