New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-01
LID" ON IN NEVADA
LOCALIZED Gambling Ends in the
United States.
EVEN WHIST Is PROHIBITED
Fifty Palaces of Chance" Close
Their Gilded Doors in Reno
Drastic Law.
rRv telegraph to The Tribune ]

Reno. New. Sept. 3O.-With the stroke
of the clock at midnight tonight the
ivory ball of the roulette wheel gave it's
last roll the card in the faro bank case
vas turned for The last time, the dice on
the crap table were stilled and all &c
vices IN all the gafubling houses through
out Nevada stopped. The new la Y, eff
fective October l.. declares that the
sound Of jingling coin in the Golfers of
gambling resorts shall cease forever In
Nevada.
with the closing of licensed gambling
in this state ends the last opportunity
of flirting with the goddess of chance
within the borders of the United States
in open. legallized play. 1t was mo-
mentous hour in the unique history of
Reno.
Seven wears ago the first large gambling
house was opened In Commercial Row,
the broad avenue extending from the
railroad station. followed by the estab-
lishment of a score of others. vying with
the first in brilliancy of appointment and
individual attractiveness in their musical
known as Gamblers Row." which name
has remained with it through the subse
quent years of its activities.
Although it was possible for the
gamblers to continue their games until
midnight tomorrow. under one Construc-
ton of the law by the Attorney General
of the state IN a special opinion to the
Governor which read from and after
October l. 1910" the fact that school
election in the city will close all saloons
tomorrow confirmed the gamblers in
their decision that it would not be worth
while to run for such q short time. The
Sheriff's declaration that the law was
effective tonight may have helped In
this decision.
With the operation of the new law
more than fifty games cease and a
monthly revenue of more than 5000 to
the city and county is cut off
Within a month. in a place of the daz-
cling electric ornamentations which have
for so long marked the fronts of the
line of resorts. there will be substituted
business houses.
Some of the saloons connected with
the gambling places will be maintained.
but there will be a stiffness like unto
death along the great white way of
what has been the Monte Carlo of Amer
lea.
So ends the long and stubborn fight be-
tween the gamblers and the reform ele-
ment. extending over more than two
years, the gamblers finally deciding that
there was no use in trying to continue
their business in Nevada
Those who have been conducting the
largest houses declare that they have
been prepared to close for some months,
as the large expense entailed in running
three shifts. amounting to about s215 a
day has not been warranted by the play,
which has been growing lighter each
month The graveyard shift" oper-
ating the games from a. m. to a. m.
was discontinued last week.
IL is expected that the town will suf-
fer financially for a few months because
of the anti gambling law. The merchants
must get along without the money dis
trbuted by the gamblers and the two
thousand other persons who have been
directly or indirectly connected with the
games.
The new law Is extremely drastic and
sweeping. prohibiting all sorts of card
games wherein reward is involved.
even throwing dice for cigars. and bar
ring the possession and operation of
every device used in any manner for any
game of chance. 1t is held 10 prohibit
whist and other card games where any
thing of value is staked
Many of the gambling fraternity al
ready have departed for the East, and
the coming week will witness much
greater exodus