Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-10
Became Famous in a Single Night-It is No Longer the City lt Once Was. There Is No Lid.
Gambling and immortality Are Rampant.-The Degenefa- Of Q Once Moral City,
By Clyde H. Trayener. Special Correspondence,

-NA xha, k, a man proflted if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul:"-N3tt. 16:26.
 Oakland. across the bay from San Francisco. was for many years back as it is old. quiet, almost sleepy, l;ut well governed little city. It's rep usas;ou Nss net far reaching, but good. < vas described as pretty city oi ,or,eg. known especially for the high character CT its citizens, many of whom were San Francisco's leading business scen. II Nias. briefly, Frisco's cozy par for ari bedroom, sweetly arranged on ,ha :,ay shore and against the hills, -a1G morally clean.
 Gsen cane the earthquake. followed ey ss& of aane. and the mother city E2s ;a d ioE; n ashes.
 OsSIaal vas practically made" in a s;@.t It's population ran from ioo.- ooe in t5o.00o. Tho number Of bdsl- nesg ccuses doubled. From aa un- i1nov-u. stucst forgotten railroad june ton II was evidently plunged into the gaze as .lie entire world. Press dis ,,a!cees describing how OaEiana's crcf,t hearted men and women bad ez- terGsd aid to i5e, Geo stricken people nn q. h.;f iour's notics, we're printed !n c=ery English Spea'.inS newspaper. Tyery dispsscii was an advertisement :or had. Ii is doubtful if single mar. Nou.2n CT child capable of reac- .nx, eau be found in the United States srnc Cces not kEow where Oakland IS end :auc,; aS2ct it's general character.
 Bu. for every forward stride the lit-
 .o city has made in the world Of com .nerce. ami for every per cent gained n population it has degeoerateG two ao cre morally. Conditions are per raittci tcday that month ago would nave resulted in great mass meetings Eur reform.
 It is a wide open city. Gambling under po;ice protection is only one of the many new forms of yiciousness that have accompanied prosperity. Gamblers, fakirs. confidence men, sherpers Of ali kinds, and men of all types that would have found the old Oakland disagreeabie and unworthy of their presence, are here by the hun dreds. And more are bosnd this way from all parts of the country, for the word has gone out that Oakland is to be a real Monte Carlo. Women with cheeks painted gaudily-alf that San Francisco had. and more, too-are al 50 bere.
 So far there has been 10 open rebel lion to the new conditions on the part of old Oakland. Why, do not know. No one can be h ignorance of the city's new characteristics, for the rat. tie of the chips is not confined to any particular part of the business dis trict. and the hollow laughter of the new woman resident can be heard even on Broadway. the principal and best thoroughfare.
 Mayor Mott has not ordered the gambling dens closed. The newspa- pers here have not exposed the new conditions. The following caption ap- pearcd in enc cf the evening papers of tke city:
 Caught Gambling"
 Ti;s, in part, foliowed:
 "A new enterprise has developed in Oakland. Three newsboys were caugt: shooting craps on the sidewalk, an1 were promptly arrested by the police and locked up"
 'Is there anything doing in the line of gambling?" | inquired of a youth on Eighth street.
 Sure" he said quickly "It's all over now. you know; it's wide open town now. The lid has been lifted. Just look around for signs reading club rooms and you'll be accommo- dated in the gambling line. I know of a dozen clubs myself, and lot more are being fixed up.'
 had already found the signs. Gam. ing is maintained in nearly every sa- loon. in snrne of the billiard rooms sr, ,t toocf ana
 Saturday evening l stood in Wash ingten street, not far from the railroad tracks, and. looking down the street saw a glass sign hanging over the sidewalk, labeled "Club Rooms" A yellow lamp ffickered behind the black lettering, making the sign readable two blocks away.
 In the room facing the street was . billiard room, one table being in eyi- dence A low partition ran half way across the room, and behind that sat three men playing poker, particular kind of poker that I never saw in Ari- zona or new Mexico. The keeper of the game was man of about thirty two years. with clean cut features, vko had, I observed, a particularly convincing way of impressing a stran- ger with his good will.
 Opposite the keeper sat the proprie- tor of the billiard room. He was of a different tpye, about sixty years of age, rather fat. with very red cheeks, smooth face and twinkling eyes. The first thing that impressed me about Player No. I2 was that he never paid anything for his chips. The third man was a safe. conservative player. of good countenance. and, I believe, honest.
 Finally youth sauntered in. He gas good type for the part he vas to play, about twenty-four years old, Roman nose, pale. rather nervous. wearing light fedora hat well back on head of heavy black hair. and Duffing a big cigar His collar was s2ciiess, an old gold stick pin ar