Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-06-23
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT
is MADE BY BALDWIN
RENO is NOW
THE MECCA
For Sporting Men in All Parts of
The World and City
Is Booming

"On 10 Reno is the cry OF the
sporting fraternity, the gambler and
the man looking for a job and Il
chance to see the tight ON the 4th.
The streets tccm with people, iOr
mcr resident, who have been lurcd
IL the city again by the chances To-
make stake, follower, ul tights and
lighters, newspaper men from all
over the country, eN-hGhtcro and
trainers. in fact all who can and
have the price, are ON the way and
the riverside burg is booming as ii
never doomed before, although the
lie of the boom will be short The
gambling houses are doing an cnur
nous business and new ones are be
ing opened up and hundred, OF men
put to work. In this line it will
probably be the last big stand OF the
gambling fraternity. al least for thu
year, but it will certainly be Il good
one.
The Journal has the f"ll"wins /"
say regarding the Reno ui today:
Touched by the magic influence ol
the coming big light Reno i, again
the Reno OF the golden age when
Mohawk wash flirting with the so
mark. when gold Wa, the coin ui the
realm, when over night milliunairc~
with bulging pockets and pltthuric
bank accounts made i rattle like mus
kerry with the combined clatter uI
roulette balls and popping of cham
pagnc corks.
Again the swinging door, OF the
temples OF chance, like those OF the
shrine of Janus i'll peace, have been
taken from their hinges, Again 4
the cafes, lobbies and streets of the
city.
Within a day the missing and
packcd-up wings OF the roulette ia
blcs have been taken down and at
tachcd in dozen gambling places.
the price of the provcrbial 'whitc
chop" has risen from ten cents t"
twenty five cents and the "limt'' j.
mounting heavcnward over the lar"
banks.
"Onc and tw"," meaning $lOO and
$500, has replaced the customary SIS
and $50 limit At faro and the shit
ing out of pack of cards now means
the rapid transit OF from 81 900 L"
$1,000, where but a short space be
fore il meant the slow transmission
of some silver from the pocket OF
the gambling man to the other.
Faces lost and unseen for years
have come back to inhabit the chang
ing klcidOscope-faces OF men who
went to Rawhide, who tfckkcd +"
Pioneer, who heard the call Of Ban
mock, and who responded to the
beckoning spcctcr at the top of Jar
bidge mountain. All are back and
the voice of the paid "entertainer
is again heard trolling out the an
cient and honorable melody Of Dear
Old Girl"
Today. in all probability, the Sage
brush club. Stout 4 Millcr's minia-
turc Monte Carlo, long closed, will
reopen, employing fifty men. To
mcrrow, the Oberon. closed, pried
half open and closed again. may op-
en- to he speculator. Then again,
it may not.
Charles Dreyer is i'll town and it
lis reported that he again cast long
ing eyes at he Obcron and would
opel it, The lase of WaCker &
Co does not expire until July Sd,
and it is said that 4 cOterie of gamb
llng proprietors heretofore made it
worth while to allow the closed
place to remain closed
1t is said that on the rumor that
the Oberon would open again, pan
demonium broke loose Those who
had helped to keep the place closed
in dull times insisted that it remain
| So Protests arose and finally it is