The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-30
Edited By
HUGH W. ROBERTS
WHERE CHAMPAGNE FLOWS LIKE
WOODLAND STREAMS AND GAM
BLERs' TAPER NEVER GROWS DIM.
PICTURE OF REAL Ell DORADO
BY BILL AK

BY BILL AK
Reno, New, June 29-(Special. Especial
trains from every section of the country
home of the Bohemian.
And aboard these special trains 1 ven
ture the assertion that those inclined
will have abundant opportunity to WOO
the goddess of chance, or the devil, as
you choose.
II is impossible to believe that there
will be other than large and small roul-
cite wheels, poker tables. chips and dice
galore. And there will be whisky, wine
and beer, cigars and cigarettes, and peo-
pie to serve them.
Someone is going to make a barrel of
money en- route to Reno, and that some
one will be, no doubt( the man who
operates. 1t is generally some other
than the man who walks into the tolls
who gets the dough.
And in this regard, it is reported that
those who gamble en- route will encoun-
ter trouble Several states are opposed
to the whirring of the roulette, and the
stern magistrates who sit upon the
benches, are not fascinated by the antics
of the rimble marble. Far from it. They
.frown, instead and are ready to mete
out punishment. So constables may board
these trains and take away the instru-
ments of temporary pleasure and eventual
destruction. And this should be.
Eggs II, steak $1s.25
Day by day, people pack themselves
within the borders of this little city. Reno
is not as large as Ensey, territorial
ly, and less than half as large on a
the fight, it's inmates will number-far be-
yond the 100000 mark, it is generally
predicted.
Hotels are doing a fiourishing business.
They have already gone their limit, how
ever. Tents from all over the west have
been rushed to the scene, and under
the canvas of these, men sleep upon the
ground, that is when they steep. The
prices have never been paralleed save
when the discovery of gold brought about
the exodus from the east and caused
the raising of the cry of Westward!
Ho.' A capon with dressing is billed at
IS, and bath at 81. An egg costs 81,
and a bowl of soup six bits A planked
steak sells for rs. and an ordinary dish
of ham and eggs brings $3.50
But there are no kicks. Everybody
who comes brings money along, and from
the amount of gold in circulation, there
seems no need for revision of the tariff,
whether up or down. And everybody is
liberal. You can walk. along the streets
at night and find halves of dollars in the
ways of some reveer. But have never
seen yet a man so lacking in dignity as
to pick one of these from the earth. Let
1T CO." you hear them say. sit rs thou
sands in Reno, not halves" But when l
am dragged by, look back, for blocks.
and my expression is one of hopeless re-
greet. Some of these nights. if the hour
ever comes when most men go to bed,
/ plan to get a bushel measure and
shovel and go to work.
Two Jacks and a Bluff
The gambler and the CRATER is abroad
in the land. The palatisl quarters of the
"fraterniay present exceedingly busy
scenes The amount of money that gam
bled away astounds. Men think nothing
of losing or winning $1,000. I saw one pot
pulled in last night which contained $62,-
ooo and a measley pair of jacks in front
of magnificent bluff got the roll.
In Reno there are 50 gambling holes and
80 saloons, II graveyards. and 81 divorce
courts
There are nine magnificent churches
here and some of the most artistic resi-
dences imaginable. Business, legitimate
business is good and the stores are
splendid. Automobiles are thick, and one
of the dead game sports has put in an
order for flying machine.
Life in its every phase is presented
every moment.
You can live hundred years in day
in Reno, that is, If you've got the money.
Thousands Tossed Away
The hotel charges are so heavy that an
ordinary citizen can't afford to quaff a
fume from the kitchen.
The purse to be won by Jeffries Monday
amounts to 100000.
1t is thought that those who enter the
gates will leave behind $4,000 at least.
Men en- route will spend half million
ana VIII speIu III RENO several IiuHureo
thousands.
Enormous sums have been wagered on
the outcome of the fight. the smallest
amount accepted being $1,000.
In the gambling houses every night the
total amount played for will approach the
100000 mark.
Everybody talks in thousands, and I'M
less some Of us wake up we will be en-
riched simply by inhaling the atmosphere
of this remarkable place. Every man
who comes here Is a Monte Cristo..
CHAMPAGNE AND CANNONs
The thunder of the champagne corks
at Delmoncos is as the discharge of toy
canrions compared to the atmospheric re-
verberations of Reno. sS-ttE
Men drink wine as If 1t ran along the
woodlands, in gurgling streams, and as, IL
1t. were as cheap as the water on tho
farms. {
And everybody is armed-armed to the
teeth Captain Kidd could start nothing
In Reno. Jesse James Is outdone athou-
sand times over, and the lurid stories of
the Younger Brothers read like the classic
ESSAYS of McGuffey's first readers. ~
Come to Reno and see 1t all. In that
way you will know how impossible 1t is
to tell the whole story.
visitors never sleep. Lights are never
extinguished save by the glow of the
morning sun.
Song and jest and laughter and joke to-
day. Tomorrow, they return to common
life and brown bread and routine.
But now we live.
ARKANSAS LEAGUE