Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-08-05 | Page 5 | Destroy Shadow of Boom Days

DESTROY SHADOW OF BOOM DAYS Goldfleld. Nov , Aug. a, In the Northern saloon, whero In the boom dnys It was said that $100,000 frequently fre-quently passed over tho tables in a single "night, four men were arrested la3t night for gambling Two members of the stale police passed through the big desertod hall where adventurers adven-turers from every corner of the earth once strewed the tables with gold -and found the four solitary figuroB humped over a table behind a screen Two thousand dollarB In checks lay on tho table, but no currency was in sight. Gambling is now a penitentiary peniten-tiary offense in Nevada and tho men were led off to Jail. Tex Richard and Olo Elliott opened the Northern in 190G, and tho tables ra"id dividends of $40,000 In threo months. Tho tables were removed when tho anti-gambling law was passed In October, 1910.