The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-02-20
HON0[U[UILIK[D|
BY NEVADA ELKs
Uncle Harry" GOsse, Reno Hotd
Owner, Known BY More ID
vorcees Than Any Man in Unite
States, Says Stringent nivorc
Law win Not Rstard rGrowtl
Of sagebrush state.
lFrom Thnraday .Adxeftiaer.l

Uncle Harry Gosse, otherwise
known as H.. J. Gosse, probably RnowA
more iiyorssesbs aIsti1 AIT name thsi'
any other man IN the United States
Probably, also, he has listened TO mord
stories OF marital unhappiness than any
other man in the country. Mr.. lGos.e
is proprietor Of the Riverside Hotel Of.
Reno, the biggest hotel IN Nevada, and
n place whore at one time OF another
ilufihg the time they were seeking d.
vorte, most Of the noted Divorces and
livotc6us OF the past dozen years have
made their headquarters.
" Fame thrust upon Him.
Gosse p fame was thrust apan him,
and he became SO expert ID ieheefing
up the unhappy sojoufnefs 1t his hotel /.
that he was finally able To diagnose ,
their cases before they told him Of
tier troubles. For insiahcaf lie could
tell whether 4 iiyorcee was soehing
decree on the grounds Of spi,itual in.
compatibflity OF temper OF intempers
aDee, or whether 4 ditorron wanted a
Nevada sepafation techuBe OF q tnoable- \
some inothef-in1aw 81 mysteriou,
''thlrf bafty. sAftef a whileaho hun
cry hordesbf atf6f6eys vino infest Reno
learned 81 0osse IS popularity, and they
cultivated his ffiendship. The minis.
.efs, too, who reaped profit because
of the weddings which generally, follow
the granting Of divorces at Reno, left
their cards and telephone numbers with
him, so that they could be called up
when the ceremony was being arranged
for. However, Gosse finally nut an end
to this when one of the contemplating
ministers offered TO divide bis marriage
fees with the hotel man, with the nm
derstaDding that the munster was to
get all the business originating at the
Riverside Hotel.
Besides owning and taking care Of
the biggest hotel in Nevada, Gosse has
time to be leading member Of the
chamber of commerce. OF Reno, to take
live interest in the affairs of the
Mystic Shrine, the Eiks, Knights of
Pythias and number of other lodges,
and TO be one Of the best-liked men
in Reno.
"Reno has weathered worse blows
than the wiping out Of the so-callei
divorce business, said Mr.. Gosse upon
his arrival yesterday SIT is now On
the upgrade. the mining industry Is
on solid basis, fthespeoplsi have gotten
over the speculative craze and Reno
and all the State are prospering.o
Taking First Vacation.
This IL the first real vacation Mr..
Gosse has taken in a number of,years
and he is accompanied by Mrs ,Gogse.
edo like Honolulu9', he inquired
Yesterday. "Well, IL is the frest town
J ever struck. IL is pleasing change
to get over here away from the cola
and snow, but dom I forget Nevada has
Just as, fine summer climate as la.
wall. One asset you should feegtproud
of is your hotels They are modtls.,,
Accompanying Mr.. and Mrs. Gosse
from Nevada are Mr.. and Mrs Sam
Frank of Reno and Mr.. ana Mrs. n
Kent OF Fallon, Nevada. Mr.. Frank
is a member of the city council Of
Reno and is also one of the prosperous
merchants of the Riverside CITY he
has been a consistent advocate OF clean
government in Reno and has taken as
much interest in municipal pgai,s as
ne has ~ his own business. In this
ne has strong support from his fellow
mdmhers and the result is Reno has a
modern progressive government
hent an Old Pioneer
il. Kent Is one Of the pioneers Of
Churchill county, the center of the
great government reclamation project
In Nevada. He went into Churchill
county when there were more Indians
than white men there, and knows every
man, woman and child within fifty
miles of his homo by their first names.
Though one of the wealthiest men In
that section OF Nevada, be is one of
the plainest and most democratic.
Nevada has an infant sugar indus
try, said Mr.. Kent yesterday. s.We
have beet sugar factory al Failon,
and many of the settlers had arranged
70 devote considerable acreage TO beets.
The elimination of the sugar tariff dis,
oouragel many, but we still have hopes
that il will not be many years before
Neyada's Leet sugar industry will be
almost as large as your cane sugar in.
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