The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-08-03
Prize GAMES
CAUSE TROUBLE

For a period of about half an hour
val, which began here last evening,
would not open its doors at all. The
show was to begin at 1880. Shortly
before that time Carl Beasley, the
manager, was notified by Constable
Moore that the knife throwing, dart
gun shooting, noop-la" and doll
games would have to be cut out, as
they were a violation of the gambling
laws of the state. Beasley seemed
very much surprised at this announce
ment. He said that the carnival had
been put on at Reno and right in this
county at Lovelock with all these
games going full blast and that there
had been no interference of any kind
from the authorities Moore, however.
insisted that the Objectionable stands
be kept closed until such time as he
could get an opkpion from District At
torney Callahan. Beasley took the
stand that these Ngames were not
games of chance in the ordinary sense
of the word, but games requiring a
certain amount of skill on the part of
those playing them and that the
prizes won depended entirely upon the
skill of the participants. When the
district attorney was appealed to he
expressed the opinion that the games
did violate the law and thereupon
Moore insisted that they could not go
on. Beasley was at first inclined not
to open up at all, but finally a com
promise was made with the authori-
ties. 1t was decided to allow the doll
game to continue, provided, no prizes
were given, and that the question
should be thrashed out with the proper
authorities this morning.
With this decision the Eagles band
began its concert, shortly after eight
o'clock, taking its position un-
der the electric light at the corner
to the relief of the gathering and inn
barkers followed right after the
playing of the band, and "the show
was on
As everywhere else, Nettie, the
fat girl, was big attraction, her
tent being crowded almost the entire
evening. Nettie has been in the show
business only about a year and enjoys
her work. She began with the l.. G.
Barnes circus and went into it as a
matter of health She had been TAX
ing on weight very rapidly and, as
she put it last night, this increase in
weight had the tendency of making
her sleepy all the time. The strenu-
Gus life of the circus and one night
stands put new life into her and to-
day, despite her size, she is as frisky
as he is husky. It's no trick at all
for her to bend over forward, keep
ing her legs straight, and touch the
floor with the palms of her hands, and
this despite the fact that she wears
stays to preserve the symmetry of her
figure when appearing in public.
Nettie WASH t always as fat as she
is now. No, indeed. Up to seven years
ago she tipped the scales at only 260
pounds and now she says she beats the
GOO mark-657 to be exact, accord
ing TO her official description. Her
measurements are interesting-bust,
50 inches; waist, 53 inches hips,
921a inches. She stands only feet
inches high and all this immense
quantity of flesh and bones is sup
ported bv tiny feet that are incased
in number three shoes. At sixteen
years of age, Nettie was some kid all
right; she weighed lao pounds. She
was married that year, was mother
at seventeen and a widow a couple
Of years later. After the death of her
husband Nettie supported herself by
keeping books and at other times
feeping rooming house. Her home is
IN Spokane, though she was born in
Kansas City and comes from Canadian
stock.
Nettie's greatest trouble is finding
eds that are large and strong enough
TO hold her. The management usually
has to scout around town to find n
suitable place to put her up and now
adays, since Nettie holds the world Is
record for smashing beds, representa-
tive makes thorough test of bed,
before Nettie is allowed to repose
therein, and if necessary, as hap
rened in Truckee the bed is shored
M. At Truckee peach crates were
used for that purpose. One of the
worst and funny experiences Nettie
has had was at Moosejaw, in Canada,
where she was stopping at the Ameri-
can hotel. A high porch led to the
fort door and when Nettie was en-
terirg, the entire stoop collapsed. AT
Loveiock Nettie's popularity was at
is heighth. In the few days she was
there, she received no less than three
proposals of marriage.
0f course the dancing girls at La
Belle Rogue drew big crowds, who also
became intensely interested in the
glass blowers and the glass steam en-
gine at Devine Bros tent, shuddered
at the big snakes and watched the eff
forts of our ball tossers to "duck the
nigger'' at the African dip. Among
those who had the satisfaction of put
ting the black man into the drink were
Harry Bonnifield. Oscar Reinhart, L.
DE Almond, who came in from camp
Awakening yesterday, Jim Moore,
Judge Dunn, f. C. Krenkel and
Skinny Pascal Bonnifield had the
good fortune to drop the negro twice
in succession.