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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In this space a few days
ago, it was noted that Actor
Hugh O'Bryan, playing Che
min de Fer at Monte Carlo,
had won $22,400 at one sit
ting. He explained that he
started of! with a few pen
nies, and after somebody
showed him how to play he
just couldn't go wrong.
It sounded like a good
game, but all I know about
Chcmin de Fer is that it is a
game played at Monte Carlo
and that the words "chemin
de fer" are French for rail
road. So I asked if anybody
in our State of Jefferson
knows how to play it.
MRS. Harold Hayes of Klam
ath Falls writes me:
"The rules and objectives of
Chemin de Fer are the same
as in Baccarat as regards the
object of the game, but the
right to 'bank' moves from
player to player, in rotation
to the right, as follows: The
first banker is selected at auc
tion or by lot, and if the latter
he states the amount of his
bank. Other players in rota
tion to the right may take all
or any portion of the bank
until all has been covered. If
any player calls BANCO, it
means that he takes the entire
amount of the bank."
There follows then detailed
rules of play, which arc too
long to be quoted here. Mrs.
Hayes adds:
"Nope! I haven't been play
ing. I just found it in the
Book of Hoylc."
confusion results from the fact
that it apparently has two
names - Baccarat and Chemin
de Fer. Phonetically, Baccarat
comes out BOC-a-Rah, with
the accent laid hard on the
first syllable and evenly laid
on the following two. Chemin
de Fer is French for toy rail
road train.
"They are exactly the same
game, only the 'bank stays
with the house in the former
and travels around the table
(hence toy railroad) from play
er to player in the latter."
A FEW days later Jack Mur
phy, of Central Point,
wrote me:
"Baccarat Chemin dc Fer
rules enclosed. They are ex
tracted from the Las Vegas
Playground magazine. I am a
recent arrival from Nevada,
and can assure you that Che
min de Fer (more commonly
called Baccarat in Vegas) re
ceives its share of the play. I
know your readers will be in
terested in the origin of the
game."
TMIE origin of Baccarat, the
Lag Vcttus macazine con
tinues, is unknown. Legend
has it that 26 centuries ago in
the Temple of Gold Hair in
Etruscan Rome the Nine Gods
prayed standing on tholr toes
to a golden-haired virgin who
cast a novcm dare (a nine-
sided dice) at their feet. If her
throw was an 8 or 9, she was
crowned as a priestess. It she
threw a 6 or 7, she was led
off to the happy Tumbles ol
Enchantment. But if the luck
less virgin threw a 5 or under
she had to walk INTO THE
SEA TO HER DEATH.
In the 1500's in France, the
old Etruscan ritualism of the
Nine Gods was adapted and
made into a card game called
Baccarat by a gambler named
Felix Falguicre. In Falguicre's
game the house banked all
play, but a few years later lie
introduced Chemin de Fer,
which permitted the players
themselves to act as bankers.
MYF Delegates Visit
At Camp Magruder
Salem - (DPI) - Delegates to
the national conference of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship
took a break today and visited
Camp Magruder, a Methodist
retreat on the Oregon coast.
Wednesday the 100 dele
gates were told by Rev. Cal
vin McConncll, chaplain at
Willamette University, that
the Bible has relevant answers
to "panic, suspicion, suspense
and the desire to escape so
prevalent today, if used prop
erly." The conference ends Friday
with election of officers.
BREAD AND BEANS
Clarion, Iowa - IUPII - Mrs.
Sarah Goodge, who celebrated
her 101st birthday by kissing
a photographer and waltzing
with a neighbor, gave this
formula for longevity:
"Stay in the thick of things;
never take a back seat to any
one; never worry; dance; take
good care of your health; and
eat lots of corn bread and
beans."
Grange News
fF the game's origin and
" history, the Vegas maga
zine says:
"Baccarat is the second old
est gambling game in the
world. Yet It didn't reach (he
U.S. public at large until two
years ago when the Sands
Hotel in Las Vegas inlio
duced it.
"Baccarat is h game pos
sibly more difficult to pro
nounce than to play, and much
rpilE game was brought to the
U.S. sometime around the
Spanish-American war by Yid
dish immigrants landing at
New York. They called it
Shalagar Bank, or "Number
Nine" (the object of the game
is to come closest to the num
ber 9). The only place it was
ever played openly at that
time was In the back room of
Pattv Shea's saloon on the
Bowery at Coney Island.
It was nearly 30 years later
before It was dealt in the fash
ionable and swank places un
der the more familiar French
name of Chemin de Fer.
SO there's the story of Che
min de Fer. It's a quite
interesting story.
The moral of it seems to be
that if you want to know
something - no matter what -ask
the readers of this news
paper about it.
They'll tell you what you
want to know.
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WITHOUT A PAUSE
Manchester, Conn. - (tiPIl -As
Ralph Hubbard, 51, cross
ed a Manchester street
Wednesday he was struck by
a sports car convertible and
flipped into the bucket seat
next to the driver. The driver
continued to Manchester Me
morial hospital with his pas
senger. Hubbard was reported
in fair condition.
Etgle Point Garngi
James Wilson, local attor
ney, discussed wills and
estates at a meeting of the
Eagle Point Grange this
week.
Several members of the
Shady Cove Grange attended
the meeting.
Roscoe Roberts, State
overseer, and Johnie Minor,
master of the Shady Cove
Grange, were escorted to the
master's station and intro
duced. Verne Matthews, reporting
for the agricultural commit
tee, said that cattle prices are
good at the local auetion
yards and that the local feed
er sales will be held earlier
this year.
Community Service Chair
man C. C. Hoover thanked all
those who have helped in get
ting the community service
report ready to send to the
State Grange, especially
those who were not Grange
members.
Clarence Davics read the
report giving the main proj
ects as the tree planting pro
gram, bird feeding during the
inclement weather last win
ter, the Old Time political
rally, the part the Eagle
Point Grange took in the
Jacksonville Jubilee, the help
women of the Grange have
given the men at the domicili
ary and many other services
included in the report.
The reception committee
Introduced visitors from
Shady Cove as well as one
from the Sams Valley
Grange.
The next HEC meeting will
be held at the home of Agnes
Hubbell Aug. 29. It will be
preceded by a covered dish
luncheon at noon.
Mrs. John Huffman report
ed on the recent 4-H fair.
The National Baking con
test will be held at the dis
trict level Friday, Sept. 7, at
I p.m. in the extension con
ference room at the Douglas
county courthouse in Rose-
burg. Recipes must accom
pany each entrant and the re
cipe of the winners will be
sent to Portland by Sept. 20
for judging. Needlework and
canning contests will be held
on the Pomona level. The
Jackson county Pomona con
test will be held in Eagle
Point October 27.
At the close of the meeting,
Minor complimented the
Grange on its community
service program' and an- j
nounced that on Sept. IS the
Shady Cove Grange is spon- j
soring square dance lessons j
open to Grange members. !
State Overseer Roberts com-
mentcd on the good that ;
Granges can do who partici
pate in community service
Authorities Press
Hunt for Woman in
San Francisco Area
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ARRAIGNED - Wilbur Irvcn Trout, 51. hangs Ins head in
shame at the U S. Commissioner's office in San Francisco
after he turned himself in and was arraigned on charges of
attempting to extort $12,000 from Nevada resort owner Wil
liam Harrah. The airline employee said he had already ad
mitted his guilt to a charge of mailing a threat to blow up
Harrah's Lake Tahoc Casino. He (aces a possible two-year
sentence and a $300 fine. (UPI)
San Franrisco-dlPII-Authorities
intensified their search
today for a stocky woman
with a limp, and described as
an habitual liar, whom they
hope can truthfully clarify
the mystery of two bodies
found buried In the basement
of her San Francisco home.
The woman was known
simply as Mrs. Iva Kroeger,
44. when the body of Jay
Arenson, a 70-year-old invalid
retired army major, w a s
found under the concrete in
the basement Monday night.
However, the mystery of
Mrs. Kroecer had grown con
siderably by Tuesday, when
police unearthed a trunk con
taining a second body, believ
ed to be that of Arneson's
wife, Mildred, 5R.
Police records showed that
Mrs. Kroeger was born in
Kentucky as Lucille Huffman,
arrested as Taula Byrd in
Texas in 11)47. involved in
(rand theft In San Francisco
as Paula Pearson in 1054, took
over operation of the Arne
sons' motel in Santa Rosr,
Calif., as Mrs. Iva Long early
this year, and was remember
ed in Florida as late as a
month ago as Mrs. Paula Shoe
maker. Mrs. Kroegor's h u s b a n d.
Ralph, fil. has been charged
with murder In connection
with the discovery of the
bodies in the basement, but
the one-time ranchhand in
sists "I don't know a damn
thln about it."
Mrs. Arnoson disappeared
in mid-December and her hus
band vanished in January. A
short time later, Mrs. Krocver
took over the motel which her
friends, the Ann-sons, had op
erated in Santa Rosa.
Mrs Kroeger left Santa
Rosa in May of Ibis year after
she threatened a bill collector
with a pistol. A chai-fie of as
sault with a deadly weapon
was filed against her. and the
I present warrant for her arrest
' is based on that charge,
j A posse of police and FBI
I ngcnls concentrated Its search
! in nearhv Oakland Wednesday
' when Mrs. Kroeser's t w o
grandchildren were found
wandering on the streets
there.
i The boys, Kenneth C. Allen
Jr., 4. and his brother Wil
liam. 3. are the children of
Mr. and Mrs Kenneth C. Al-
' Irn of Ticc. Kla., a rural com
munity near Fort Myers. The
couple have a daughter Hi
years old and Mrs. Allen is
six months pregnant.
She said that her husband's
mother, using the name Mrs.
Paula Shoemaker, took the
two boys during an overnight
visit to Fort Myers on July 31.
Mrs. Allen said the grand
mother, who "was always
changing names." promised to
send for the rest of the Allen
family to Join her in San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Allen said In Fort
Myers that during a telephone
conversation with her sons
Wednesday, one kept inquir
ing about her and explained
later that "grandma told us
you were killed in a wreck."
Meanwhile. Allen's brother,
Patrick Allen of Louisville,
Ky.. revealed that he had
a similar experience with Mrs.
Shoemaker during a visit
there.
She persuaded the Louis
ville Aliens to let her take a
teen-ase daughter "for a visit
to California." The girl tele
phoned her family two days
later and said her grandmoth
er had abandoned her in a car
In Chicago.
So Mrs. Kroeger is known
to many people by many dif
ferent names, but San Fran
cisco police appear certain of
one thing. The all-points bulle
tin (or her arrest reads:
"Use extreme caution."
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