The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09
GAMBLING PASSES IN NEVADA
THE ItH EORHIDDING IT mas
GONI INTO ETTECT
lin VA. 'hi"f % The latter ia, Gam-
biers, war, Ii~n Ha'r q" Hakr an
ItSnrSI Twins Ga New Nork 1Om-
sIsrk DaN. MARA esI Game = EuIl FIss,i.

n midnight uu ~" FIRST day pt OCt
.h, state 81 Nevada h"'Grn" wholly good
The las' ,hink II rhr chan. aud the " i
burr ~ th. wheel sounded through the
gambling halls tr"m rarndi-. Valley 10
kimh"rlrv ~" kW furhdd,ng licensed
gambling PASSED ,hel aglslat M" last spring
and It SET the ,lat" Nhrn ~ should hrCuu =
np-rativea~O ,oi,"ti This was even h''-
fore Nevada knew thai 10 va - lee hou-
orrd uv the pilgrimage uf ia" worlds
sports to witness IN" "nUutatef between
the pr,de Of the Nhlts race and the Tat
weston Thunder cloud On JuiN
Nevada did not realize how good 10
Was gong tn l'r when its lawmakers put
III" uutrtrIs ON deceased gambling. tee
cause 1t was mot until IN" priIrGght Is-
sue W.'s raised Nv m" refusal at the Gov
~rnor IT california To- ALLOW the Johnson
I-ffrl,S battle 20 bs held IN San Francisco
thai ia" proInis. was made 10 the moral
element IA the Legislature that Just one
tights could l." passed a. brother TO
th" hlll pruhhtting gambling
- gambling - dead aud room prize
fights viii ba dead m Nevada Not a
single element " primitive nauEhtiness
remains for the Comfori Of the citizens
~ the SagehrlIsh state beyond the oC-
ca~ional shooting Ip Of 4 Japanes" camp
one day in m" latter part of last Jui .
when the first " the sports had begun
To liv~n the streets II Reno Jim Nav
one nf the hIggest gamblers in tn" state
and proprietor " the Palace on Main
street IN the ting little town by the
TruCkrr was discussing with some pes
-imism tn" future of the state when
gambling and prlzefghtlng should he
barred
Why. the mines are all watered so
deep with bum stock that they have Ia
keep triple pumps going IN every treas
ur"r ofice to keep the safe doors open.
saId MAY There's nothing more IN
stock raising since the beef trusts
bought up all the ranges.
n fellow cant 60 out with sawed
IN shotgun and TAX" something from
the Wells Fargo people any more without
getting a call from the insurance com
panies about increasing his premium
for high life risks don't see what we're
all coming TO when they close down on
the gambling and knock the priz"fights.
guess some Of us will have To GO IN New
York and sell pineapple lands IN IN"
middle Of Death Valley
Vow Jam Nav would he just the man
to- do this Il he wanted t.. jim was th"
biggest gambler m Nevada when m"
law shut down on him Nnd. added To
hl. stock It fearless almost ohildlik"
courage he possessed the endowment
anvi~d NJ all gamblers. that Il h-ing
shot with luck They tell story ont
4 4.
a drink. which was many wears ago
~" had hr...2sd into hrG gambling
hou-. ~ Carson tty with regular old
fashioned sagebrush drunk. the kind
which fingers and fingers hut which -
sNhilaratlng IN us apose" II" had
leaned against the corner ~ roulett"
table so long that his stoCk of double
eagles had entirely melted through the
sides 81 his canvas coin sack
S..inE that h." was cleaned Nav had
begun M = daI.d WAY 80 run his fingers
through the pockstS ~ ms coat and waist
coat Away down 10 ON" corner az a
vatsicoat poyk"t he found DriImpled
bIt Of S"tt gr-"u paper. toll winch ~
81 -iaIn Tor anything bat hard money b"
had ia som" past tim" slowed away thor"
The tale goes and thsr" ar" many yer
sons. that MAY planked m" crImplrd
hill down on the sIugl" number - oi the
roulette field without opening ~ out To-
sae what the spot was ~" marhl"
dropp.d in - tho banker spread ont the
hIll and saw that u was stamped
with the one hundred mark
May sober.d up right Their" and went
away from that table with 81 49, ia his
coin sack a.. has never dared tax" q
drink sine" then.
Perhaps thus genial hui" man with
shoulders ~ wid" a. the front u hog
engine = 'hs most typical figure among
ali IN" latter day gamblers II Nevada
Ito began life somewhere ~ IN" Past hui
he promptly forgot wh"r" when b" went
put 10 Arizona ~ IN" roaring DAYS 81 IN"
after -
Then. D." lived N q hard land among
hard men and h" adopted the profession
81 gambling Iust as on" might elect To
becptus an architect or = clergyman H-
rubbed shoulders with road agents. In
dian fighters. gun m"i. and rem" Ead'~. ana
b,Causa ~ hI- hr"ad'h of shoulder aud
the reryou speed Of his trigger finger
n" Progressed and kept his -n'n fairly
intact
From Arizona May moved up into Ne
vada m the first DAYS e ~" I'u'TTh
foyer H.. gr,v up with IN" country
establishing hr- gambling u Uses u'r'' ard
'h.r,. wherever men had money g. ''-k
and running th"w all with III" ~aiu'' ~v~'"tn
thai man would employ ~ 'urulng -
,hEu pf banks
1E"r. was rIst one prd"igI uoas' that
Nav made and no u oven h- enemies
bore hn ont The vas 'ha' h" ran hi-
games "a the suraTr tie r"ird "a IN"
Percentages to mAk" M profits and H."
took hIs ghauCe- VIII the host g ~ Wh!cr-
A. keeping - reserve M hl- -airs which
could meet any r,m 1T luck against IA"
house
Bu' oven though Jim NAV was counted
the most successful ~ tn" lCtter dAv
gamblers m ", ada. his calIhr" did not
fra'lh 'ho-s e tia. Old kings ~ chance
Vh" ruled Virginia ,l'y IN ia" Tremendous
hpnanI ~ DAYS ~ th" tonstock Nor was
~" gambling 'h-' passed. from Nevada
on ~.u'"uuh.t ~ ~ ia" sam" class with
tn. Egtft" a. ~ vs- played ~ OTndOrr
A Mice. and browns ~ l2ce- ~ 4
str-.' 10 IN" uId NirglnP tity
NIddI. aged fu'U VIII hay" reformed.
and N.,rru" elders of IN" church ont m
Nevada today StIIl sy.ak N awcd whispers
- ih.. things thai W"T" don" IA those Z
-'r..' ral,'"~ hen men pluck"d fortunes
ont 90 'l. so. \ "vD hang" b"i"r" 3"''l"ck
pu sunny ~, -'l"ons and l'~t them h"-
fpr. m.dn gh' rmd"r IN" lamps ~ ON
dprT & Mn'"''s
fgrp. k.up and chuck -a-lurk wer" m"
gaines that wpT" played a. this latter
ta'tr. Browns held strictly 10 faro
~i.rr,- 49,, told ~ hpw - som" occasions
ga "a. H. would i' cat ~ IN" keno gam"
aud th.rr would lee - new count every
fifteen minutes TIE gold would H."
stacked liz. coke uri the bankers tabl"
There was no lIuit 90 any ~ IN" game
once. q man b"i SIUtsr ~ = Nenp gam"
.,I vC,p a. The. banker went %. or t.