The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-01

! been moving westward-at one time of
fering alluring inducements TO the
gambler az FL Paso, then at Butte,
later at Cripple Creek-until finally a
/ haven for unmOlested play was found,
with the development OF Nevada. in
Reno and other active towns within
its boundaries, where the payment OF
q regular legal license took the place
OF the demand for irregularly paid
fines for conducting such businesses in
other states. While then as today
throughout the land from New York
City TO san Francisco, gambling estab-
lishments were and are being conducted
upon a large scale. the penalty being
in the form OF fines" rather than
licenses il was found much more
satisfactory 10 locate where il might
be done openly without fear Of being
mOlested.
Waves Of reform in which the church
and the state clashed. visited one place
and another, until seven years ago this
mcnth, Cripple Creek, Colo, then the
center or gambling activities in this
country, though not legaliZed by leg
islatiVs enactment more than any other
state. declared itself an unsatisfactory
gamblers began to lock elsewhere.
stand.
Nevada. with fits laws permitting 1t
under license. amounting &c sos per
month per game, being the county and
city license combined. beckoned them
here, and here they came in myriads.
First House Opened.
Seven years ago next Sunday, the
first large esta biishment was opened
IN Reno. today known as The Palace"
and for seven years, day and night ex-
cepting Sundays. there never has been
a moment when one could not walk
through the open doors, into the gilded
interiors, and place a bet on a rou-
lette number. the turn OF faro card
m N a D.l-ar has
In that time. about half a million of
dollars in licenses have gone into the
treasury OF the county and city, from
these games alone. This does NOT in
elude the numberless slot machines and
other devices Of chance not regularly
maintained by established houses.
from a small beginning. Reno the
metropolis of Nevada quickly devel-
oped from the scene of few card
games in the open. with a roulette
wheel or faro bank here and there
INTO one OF mammoth prODortiOns-un-
III the lirtle city on the Truckee des-
tined TO become famous later through
It's divorce colony and big fight, was
soon known as the Monte Carlo of
America It's broad thoroughfare.
leading from the deDOt westward vas
dubbed Gamblers Row" because Of
the long line of elegantly appointed.
Slittering gambling palaces. which ex-
listed there.
From every direction came men with
perlty experienced in mining activities
by many had deVeloDed the shirt of
speculation which only intensified the
desire Tor chance. They had taken des-
perate chances in the camps and won
why not in other ways? With many.
money came easy, went easy. And so
they "bucked the tiger" through the
day and long into the night until the
game" in Reno became so strong that
three shifts OF operators weu EN-
ployed, making the games continuous
throughout the "a hours of each day.
Rapid Increase.
The story from then on is one of
rapid Increase in number and size of
houses. elegance OF appointment and
amount OF money at stake, until the
influence CT those who maintained
these houses, with the $500 men direct
~ and indirectly within the Circle
became so marked and the moral tone
OF the community became so absorbed
by the prevailing atmosphere OF
gambling, that il became IAN issue" In
municipal affairs
Opinions varied. That the gambling
element contributed largely to the
high-elass trade of the city. spending
freely for the best goods. there was
no question. That much of that money