Salt Lalae City
R. F. Jones and Roger A. Tays of the
Jones Distributing Co., exclusive distribu-
tors for J. P. Seeburg Corp., Bally Mfg.
Co. & O. D. Jennings, have just returned
from Denver after completing arrange·
ments to open a branch office shortly after
the first of the year in that city.
Bill Erskine, who has just received his
discharge from the Army, will be the
new branch manager. The building is
being completely remodeled with a new
glass brick front and all modern display
rooms and shop.
Jones intends that the new office will
act in the same ca pacity as the Salt Lake
office, a One-Stop-Store for the coin ma-
chine industry.
Enthusiasm is running high among the
operators of the Salt Lake territory since
they have been receiving deliveries on the
new Bally Victory Derby. The last two
weeks the Jones Distributing Co. has been
a meeting place for all the operators
getting th eir new machines. Comments
from the operators in each case seem to
ALL A-l RECONDITIONED
ARCADE EQUIPMENT
A.B.T. Chall.ng.rs ....... _ .............. __ .. _ .. _.$ 25.00
A.B.T. Targ.t Skill (Lat. Mod.I) ........ 25.00
A.B.T. Skill (Mod.1 Fl ............................ 19.50
Ac. Bomb.r ................................................ 235.00
A.ro Ball _.................................................. 39.50
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
74
FOR
JANUARY
1946
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Barr.1 O'Fun (Exhibit) ............................
Batting Practic. (Scl.ntlflc) ....................
Bicycl. Sp •• d T •• t.r (Exhibit) ..............
Card V.nd.rs (Exhibit) with Bas.......
Card V.nd.rs (Without Bas.) ........... .
Card Vond.rs (M.tal Int.) 2 for 5c..
Ch.st.r-Pollard Golf (Painted) ..........
Chicago Coin Hock.y.....................
Chuck-O-Luok ..................................
Donk.y Str.ngth Test.r..................
Egyptian Mum my Exh Ibit..........................
Evan. 36 ft. Duck Pin AII.y. coln-
operated. (uncrated)
99.50
109.50
125.00
25.00
17.50
39.50
39.50
189.50
5.00
139.50
119.50
Automatic Pin
Set .............................................................. 189.50
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Golf Put-.r· ln 6 f •• t................................
Gripp.r, Singi. (Gott li.b) ........................
Grlpp.r. Arcad. with Stand...................
Grip T.... ..................................................
Hock.y (S •• burg) ........................................
Hom. Run ..................................................
29.50
15.00
29.50
59.50
69.50
11.00
Jungl. Hunt ................................................
K •• n.y Air Rald.r ......................................
K •• n.y Anti·Alrcraft (R.paint.d) .......
K •• ney Submarine ......................................
Klck.r and Catch.r....................................
KIII-D-M.ler ..............................................
Knotty P.ak (without Stand)................
Llb.rator ......................................................
Love M eter ___ ...... __ ............. _ ................ _........
Lo v.-D-M.t.r (Floor Mod.I). .................
25.00
149.50
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Mills
Panoram
... _ ...... _ ....... _. _ ................. __ 325.00
Mill. P •• p Slhow (Without .tand) ........
My.tic EYO (Exhibit) ................................
Photo
Electric Rifl.
Rang.
Unit
(Chang.over for S •• burg Guns) ..
Plk •• P.ak ..................................................
Pe.p Show (Back to Natur.)...........
P •• k Show (Hav. a Look) ....
Plant.llu. (without ,Id • • Igns) ...........
Popmatic Po pcorn Machin.....................
P.ri.coP. ..................
..
Pok.r & Jok.r.................. .....................
Radiogram (Exhibit) ......
Rameses
42.~0
89.50
25.00
169.50
49.50
215.00
29.50
129.50
(Exhibit)
275.00
139. 50
13.75
15.00
49.50
49.50
39.50
69.50
215.00
89.50
150.00
................. _ ................. I!'>O ""
R.d . Whit. & Blu. Targ&t (A.B.T.) ..
Rockola T.n Pin. (Unpainted)
Rocko la Ten Pins (repainted)
..........
Rotary (Pusher Typ.) without motor...
Scr •• n T •• t ................. _ ...............................
S •• burg Chlck.n Sam ................................
Sk •• Ball.tt. (Gottll.b) ..........................
Sk ... Jump (r.paint.d) ....... _.....................
Skill Jump (Gro.tch.n) ......................
Shocker, Advance Electric Ic....................
Sky Fight.r ..................................................
22.50
59.50
69 . fiO
149.50
149.50
109.50
69.50
59.50
29.50
12.50
225.1\0
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Stoner'. Races ................. _ ......... .............
Tail Gunn.r ..............................................
T.n Strike (Ellan.)
T.n Strike Evan. (R.paint.d) ....
T.st Pilot (Cabln.ts Only) ..........
Texas Leaguer ............... __ .....
Tokyo Gun ......................................
Tricks (G.nco) Pin Ball.............
U nit.d Nation. ........ ................
W •• t.rn str.ngth T •• t.. ............... _.....
Whoop.. Ball .................................
Wizard P.n ................................................
World S.ri.. (Rockola) ........................
Your Future Home...................
Pikes P.ak Stand.......................................
89!'>"
119.50
59.50
69.50
20.rn
49.50
119.50
29.50
89.50
39.50
3.50
169.50
89.50
29.!'>0
IDEAL NOVELTY CO.
2823 LOCUST ST.
1.95
ST. LO UIS, MO.
be "Thanks for the Two-when can we
get 10 moreT' Jones reports.
The Rowe Cigarette Service with B. E.
Moran in charge, reports business good
despite the holidays, at which time activi-
ties are usually rather quiet.
Reports just received from Twin Falls,
Idaho, declare that county commissioners
there, discussing the county's gambling
sore spot, the 12 slot machines in night
clubs outside Twin Falls city limits, gave
the operators the green light signal this
week providing a $50.00 per year payment
is paid the county for each machine.
The two clubs granted permission to
operate the machines are the Canyon
Lodge and the N. Club. Eight machines
ranging from 5 cents to $1.00 will be
operated at the N. Club while the other
four ranging from 5c to 25c will be in use
at the Canyon Lodge.
Commission Chairman Ernest V. Mo·
lander explained that the $50.00 license
fee which has been collected for each
machine will put the county gambling
spots under supervision of the sheriff's
office; period is from November 1 to July
1, 1946. Other commissi'oners giving -their
approval for operation under the new fee
were Kenyon Green and Ben Potter.
The county previously granted permits
to both lodges for operation as liquor
locker clubs under $500 surety bond. The
bond for the N. Club dated Nov. 14, was
reviewed and approved by commissioners.
It was signed by John L. Robertson and
Etta B. Robertson.
Viola Hutton
S eattle
When Councilman James Scavotto pro-
posed an ordinance limiting the number
of city pin game licenses to 2,000, he
tossed out the hottest potato Pacific North-
west Coin land has handled in years. At
the time Councilman James spoke the fated
words, there were 1,940 licenses on the
municipal books; but ere his voice had
cleared the august chambers, somebody
scooped up sixty. The 2,000 limit was
reached and Scavotto wanted no more.
The action, he claimed, would benefit
local operators because outside interests,
intent upon sweeping in for a killing,
would be stymied.
The story, as it came from City Hall,
went like this: the pin game situation as
it now functions, is good. The city has
glossed over the operators and finds the
boys are not cut-throating nor installing
near schools. The City Fathers want to
keep it that way, and that's the reason
for the proposal.
If we still possessed the naive freshness
of our rookie reporting days, we would
be tempted to swallow the yarn, smack
our lips contentedly and say, "That's
mighty nice of the council to look out for
local operators." But after birds-eye-view-
ing the field for more than eight years,
we know that politics and the Good Sa-
maritan are never on speaking terms, and
to keyhole the picture in its clearest per-
spective, we knew we had to dig-but
deep.
After probing the countless ramifications,
after listening to a cross-fire of diverse
charges and counter-charges, after search-
ing out the angles and putting them under
a powerful magnifying glass, this is the
way the cards stack:
There is strong evidence that the mo-
nopoly boys are on the move: You can
count the really large pin game operators
on the fingers of one hand and still have
one or two digits left untouched. One
of them allegedly put the bug in Scavotto's
ear. Another "biggie" was heard boastin/!"
about what would happen if the ordinance
was made law. "If the small guys will
play ball with me, I'll take 'em under
my wing. If they don't, they WOR't have
their licenses very long."
If a few top ops did succeed in ruling
the roost, the plight of the distributor
would be a sorry one. If the big boys
didn' t want to buy any new games, they
just wouldn't buy any; and if they didn't
feel like giving the location ace-high serv-
ice, they wouldn't. If there were any
small operators left, they would be in
business by the good graces of the big
guys and they wouldn't dare make an un-
toward move. The monopoly boys might
eventually get control of all 2,000 licenses
and run the show the way they wanted
to run it.
Restaurant and tavern owners howled
their protest to the council. Let's look
at their side of th e J?icture if the 2,000
limit were in effect. Bill Dokes runs a
small cigar store and the two pin games
help pay the rent. Up the street, Elmer
Doe opens a large bowling alley. He wants
a couple games. The operator, being lim-
ited in licenses, removes the two games
from Bill Dokes' store and places them
in Elmer Doe's alley, thereby increasing
their play-but certainly not helping Bill
Dokes pay his rent. The best spots would
get the games; the small. locations would
go without.
V~gorous opposition on the part of loca-
tions caused the measure to be indefinitely
postponed, but it is showing life again
under different markings. The council
changed their tune-but does the same
melody linger?-and wanted every opera-
tor applying for a license or renewal to
pass through the police lineup, after which
the council would arbitrarily approve or
disapprove.
The opposition fired back
that there was nothing wrong with that if
the council would show cause why an
applicant was disapproved and if the ap-
licant had recourse to law.
That's where the proposal stands today:
officially, it's indefinitely postponed; un-
officially, it's still a hot potato that hasn't
sprouted.
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It happened to a friend of an operator.
She took little Junior, aged 5, down to-
confer with Santa Claus at one of the
department stores. This particular store
has a novel window display. Amid a
background of white bobbing Eskimos and
penguins, sits Santa in all his glory. At
his elbow is a microphone, and the words.
of Santa and the boys and girls he inter-
views are loud·speakered to the audience
outside. Junior waited in line. Young-
sters who drove Mamma and Pappa simply
cra-a-azy at home, walked up meekly and
sat practically tongue-tied on the red-suited
lap while Santa gushed over the little
angels. Came Junior's turn. Up the ramp
and on to the lap he went. Then Santa
went into his routine. "Well, my little
man, what do you want for Christmas?"
he asked genially. Little Junior (so help
me, I've got witnesses that'll swear this
actually happened) looked very annoyed,
and said: "Jesus Christ, haven't you got
my letter yet?"
And still they come: Coin Row's well-
worn welcome mat thumped to the arrivaI
of Al Sleight, regional sales manager for
Bally, and Operators Abe VanDi'est, Ya-
kima, Ted Brower, Aberdeen, Roy White,
Port Angeles, Earl Stump, Anacortes, E.
L. Lewis, Klamath Falls, and Van Booth,
Mt. Vernon.
Twenty trophies and three war bonds