Show Poker in Placer County California The following story may not be truebut it is said that not many Sundays ago two owners of small ranches in the lower part of tho county met in a saloon and sal down to a friendly game of poker A sporting man who happened to be present pre-sent soon took a hand and after a few turns he dealt each of the others what they had reason to believe were top hands while he himself passed out and left them to bet They bet 1 they had in sight they dug up all they could find but were not satisfied Finally they placed their hands in sealed envelopes and went out to borrow After hypothecating I hy-pothecating their homesteads they returned re-turned and each put up his pile When it came to the show down each had four aces and a king In the meantime I the sporting man had mustered the entire sportng entre community t witness the fall of the curtain I cur-tain Auburn Republican I |