Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-08-30

who have been living on milk toast
can partake OF hot mince pies with.
out suffering.
The real estate market will be /
dull" most of the time if you try
to sell property without the help of
the Bonanza advertising
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dent Of Reno and Nevada feels that
their metropolis has been shOwered
with some undeserved and some
unearned notoriety on the divorce
question. One state official. for in.
stance. pointed out that the Nevada
divorce laws are almost identical
with those which have been recon-
mended by a national civics associa-
tion committee appointed to suggest
a uniform divorce law for all the
states of the union. He explained
that Nevada first became a harbor
for Divorces most largely because 1t
was considered far away from every.
where. out in the wilderness; and
because II had pleasant climate
and was an interesting place to pass
the required six months TO establish
legal residence, and the additional
two or three months to gain the ear
OF the court.
T., ~. oningon ns thie official No
vada will probably never lengthen
the period OF legal residence, though
there is considerable sentiment To
the effect that the law should be
modified so that period OF at least
six months must elapse after di-
yorce is granted before new mar
riage can be contracted. Nevada's
? divorce reputation doubtless results
. in transplanting to Reno a sprinkling
Of those loose-living. freely-spending
q "affinities" that attract so much
space in the penny newspaper of the
large cities But on the other hand
the large percentage Of the Divorces
are from states with extremely puri
tanical marriage laws
But there are other sides to Reno
and Nevada. The visitor cannot bt
in the metropolis Of the state tel
minutes until he realizes that Rene
is the monument to a store of wealth
There are palatial residences, costly
public buildings. good schools and Ii
braries, a fine new Y NJ. c. A. hons
for which $4,000 was subscribed il
ten days. The explanation of Reno
wealth begins to come when yo'
happen to see the several rooms am
the large bulletin boards in the bus
= ness heart of the city that are d.
voted to mining stock reports. an
mining stock operations.
" In the early days, some of tn
legislative fathers of Nevada showe
" ,heir caution as regards mining II
" yestments. They provided for il
stance, that certain school funds r'
sulting from the sale of school Ian
grants must be invested in outside
the-state securities. OF course. thi
was in the early mining days whe
everything was on a flimsy-bottol
boom basis, and nobody exactly kne
= what might happen next So todH
the Nevada state schools have b
hind them securities guaranteed
: Uncle Sam and by some of the oil
est OF the eastern states,
o. The gold and copper prospects,
days OF Nevada are not yet owe
lhe There are live memories anS refle
h'E Itions of the wild. rushing boom da
II Of the openings of new camps
you other rushes may come any tin
AZ Take any representative group
'eo Nevada citizens. and you VIII dou
less find that four out OF five
you them have slowed away somewhe
TAN package OF mining certificat
~ The particular mining proper
arr which has absorbed their surpl
err wealth may not have happened
ih' come through but they are G
ser stantly being melted and encour
e1e ed on TO such Investments by
lhls examples OF the men who did y
play out men who rank all the way tr
TO Just plain millionaires 70 Uni
NO States senators
MP The boom mining DAYS OF New
aoru are not over, Tor the mineral wea
OTTO Of the state is TAT from being
: velopod but mining is much