Show A restaurant man issues bunch of worthless C C ray who in partnership with J L christensen Chrls has been operating the eureka restaurant in the price bui bullying laing to the east of the mercantile store scattered a bunch of worthless checks about the city last week the local officers who have been investigating the matter state that about nine checks amounting in aalto nearly have been issued with no funds for their payment the chaks were all for small amounts and the parties who accept ed them have not yet caused the ar rest of mr ray the officers will do nothing in the matter until soine some one swears to a complaint when the new law was passed making it a penitentiary offense to issue checks with nothing in the bank to back them up it was gener ally thought that the practice would go out ot of stale st ie but writing checks is such a pleasant pastime that a man mail hates to quit even after he has ex ceedee the speed limit bay rays s checks were all tor for small sums and those who have them ara loath to swear to a complaint think ing that he will make a dig and settle ill his obligations |