The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-16
mo NICkEDEST TOWN
.,braska City the Last Stamping
Ground of the Bad Man.
GAMBLERS LEADING CITIZENS

'"D 1rod and Thirty-One Saloons.
H." Ten Commandments Are
n WIZ Out. Scenes at Night Ex-
citing %ar and Novel.
CARSON CITY, Nev.-The banner
.rn for pure, unadulterated wick
,ooss is now Reno. In the story OF
u+' .ou,rs Of the west there has been
~ .,ccossion of places-Lawrence,
,nona Kansas; Fort Dodge, Kan
u CHEYENNE, Wyo.-and now the
POS, cation of lawlesness rests with
6no It is the last stamping
annd Of the gambler, the man with
F. pistol and the thug.
pano has 10 900 inhabitants and a
Eating population of some 1000 fur
,.hod nv the currents of travel and
L.i+ors to and from the mines of
r.,dfoId Tonopah and Rawhide. 1t
,anorts in fair prosperity 1921 sa-
oons all of which are gambling re-
or+s IT has a record in five years
192 murders, innumerable high
ov robberies and hold-ups, unre-
Iorded lists of suicides and boasts
Nth pride that it is a wide-open
own It is a handsome city, situated
n tbe lruckee river, which flows
Dnro and limpid through it's center.
has fine buildings, good hotels,
rosnerous banks and stores, is the
ito of state university, has some
or 20 churches, the see of a
bisbop of the Episcopal church, has
considerable and efficient clergy,
hood schools and handsome resi-
Hpnces. with all the improved and
modern conditions of civilized life.
h that Reno is not without the
sgences of decency, although they
re not corrective of her way of life.
Gamblers Are Leading Citizens.
The 1900 saloons never close.
Ehere is one street of two blocks,
Known as Gamblers Alley" which
built up solid and every house is
drinking and gambling place. The
bars for the most part are as fine as
ome of the pretentious saloons in
Kew York or Chicago. The bar
keepers are the social equals of any
body in the town and the life of a
arO dealer or the keeper of a keno
Wheel is a career that young men
b the town look forward to in the
ame spirit that in other communi-
ies the professions of medicine or
aw are regarded.
1t would not be possible for Reno
70 support so many saloons, gamb-
Lng houses and vicious resorts but
or the large floating population it
lttracts. AS the widest open town
the world it has a great fascina-
pom for many persons. To the miner
Is the first place he thinks of when
Pe makes strike at Rawhide, Ely,
aPoldheld, Death Valley, Bullfrog,
#loche or Tonopah. Each of these
-Inlng camps has its saloons and
gambling houses, but they do not
"a Ompare favorably with those of Re-
.. You can get action for all the
loaey you have to bet. and the more
Oo crack down on the wheel or the
fIa the better Reno likes it. Most
Ine gambling games of the town
crooked, but in this respect they
e no different from those of New
oLk' Denver, Chicago, Kansas City,
oan francisco. Really, the Reno
"I iug house keeper should have
laIser margin of profit Or safety
a0u the gambler in New York, for
EATERS to a rougher element and
4r4 S'SSCl llSh, uOJ DIS 10 IuOuSy
~ DIS 10 trouble. Feuds, personal
COUNTERS and gun fights are certain
oHy community where you have
va n III the raw and where they turn
len commandments to the wall.
How Reform Was Defeated.
II anybody wants to see Reno at
pest or worst he had better step
ro S'S, Ior the prospects are that the
09eul conditions will not last long.
c IipegVa Die people are agitating for
ANY, ,e'H town, and some day, and per-
or. 9ooh, they will win. But just
ro,, mere Is nothing to hinder one
ham song as far as you like. The
bn d |Ilh money to pay the freight
Ions w DIS his fancy pleases if he
biabt snort Of murder, and even that
bontCo pe arranged to suit his fancy.
han D carlo may be more elegant
n n.y. ileno' but it has nothing more
b. ms MS Nevada metropolis. There
Priron nen IN Reno who have the
bom r'e OF Monaco skinned both ways
'ne Jack, and if they could be