Medford Mail Tribune.

SLOT MACHINES
OUT OF BUSINESS

Slot machines controlled by B. S. Radcliffe, a Front street saloonist, and operated in bars and cigar stores of this city, were turned toward the walls this morning. Some of the places having the machines did not wait for official or unofficial notice to silence them, but took their own initiative and locked them up, with instructions to remove them. The decree that put the pernicious gumpting instruments on the blacklist was issued by Prosecutor Kelly and obeyed without a murmur of protest. In some quarters the order was even welcomed.

Most of the places operating the machines kept them face out Saturday night for the consequent heavy play, and devotees of slot machines made the most of their final opportunities and worked hard dropping their nickels down the slot. Some of the players have become so fascinated with the game that they spend an entire week's salary at a standing.

This is the second time within two years that the slot machines have been tabooed in this city. The first came under the regime of ex-Attorney B. F. Mulkey, as prosecutor, and the second Saturday. They creep in and out, and bob up at every opportunity. Between twenty-five and thirty of the machines were in operation in this city.