The San Francisco call., 1910-06-27
CASTE CAST AWAY
in DIVORCE TOWN
Unless Your Wife Happens to
Have a Cottage You May
90 C0f=feSS
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

RENO, New, June 26=MiIlionaires.
businessmen. sports. gamblers, men in
every walk of life, who would have
Fairmont, the lesser hostelries and
every 20 cent rooming house in San
Francisco as well with at least some
degree of comfort, are huddfed in Reno
regardless of money, clothes or station
in life. Where in the larger city there
would have been class segregation to
a degree, in Reno the shuttle couldn't
have been better. Although the ma
1ority are fairly well provided for. the
expected difficulties with the remaining z
crowd, which is ever increasing, are oc-
curing every minute.
His nibs, the moneyed king of what
not, has to be content with a cot and.
according to the way that the bedding
in town is going, he will soon have to
be satisfied with that coarse and smelly
thing, horse blanket. There'H be no
ice water served in rooms pretty soon.
for there'll be no rooms
The rush began over week ago
and the stream of humanity coursed
happily from the station to the River
side. the Overland and the Golden,
which are the chief hotels. Now the
stream has changed it's course and is
not running with the same blithesome
spirit. Ye lord of finance must seek
ye lowly cot or miss We fraye
In direct ratio with the filing of the
hotels. the restaurants have gained in
popularity. From the first grill in the
land to the most humble chop house
the story is the same. The only COM
plaint comes from the proprietors, and
that is that flies can't be kept outside
because of the constant swinging of
the screen doors.
There Is a tendency of the price of
fodder to fatten, but the same ailment
is affecting other lines of business as
we'll, and nobody In town would think
of raising a kick for fear of losing the
much used but still coveted title OF
sport"
On the whole. the tramp that comes
to Reno on the brakebeam without a
cent in his pocket is about as well off
as the rotund parsonage with a pocket
book who rides on the plush covered
seat over his head. The sale of cots
continues, and there always seems to be
room for one more. But, how long will
it last? The real multitude is vet to
come, and when it arrives within the
next few days the problem will have to
be answered.
Even~the scorned cot will become a
luxury and it is rumored that there
will be a price put on comfortable hay
barns and sheds. 1t has been sug-
gested that the guy with rolf car
hire an automobile and ride around all
night, but with machines at $40 per
day and the tide rapidly rising even
that recourse seems impossible MANY
fortunate guests of the town have Sc
cured accommodations in private resi-
dences and it is probable that those
who have no friends or relatives or
wives that are seeking a divorce in
Reno will have to beg bed from door
to door.
AS for the eating problem, there is
but slight difficulty anticipated
There are enough restaurants, grius
and cafes in town to manage the mul-
titude. although there is no question
but that some of them will be crowd
ed until the great battle is over.
The divorce colony on the hill over
looking the Truckee river is also busy
One of the most astonishing features
of the entire situation is the great mum
ber of the gentler sex that have come
TO visit with their resident friends of
Reno over the fourth. The wags have II
that the big setto may result in the
bringing together of many an unfortu-
nate, misunderstood couple, for what
woman could see her husband wander
ing about Reno with bank roll in his
pocket and a horse blanket over his
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