For some time the Treadwell Company has issued green cardboard checks, worth $2 each in trade at its store but also used in general circulation on both sides of the channel. Local merchants were startled to learn this week that some of the checks have been counterfeited and the counterfeits circulated locally. The bogus checks are a little lighter green than the genuine ones and the signature of Superintendent Duncan is poorly reproduced. News of the Gold Camp, Digital Bob Archive
