White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-12-02


The ordinance prohibiting prosti-
tuition in the city of Reno was SO
amended by the mayor and city coun-
Gil last Monday night as to permit
houses of that character 10 run when
located $50 feet from public street
or alley.
Mayor Roberts and the members
of the city council with the exception
of Councilman George F. Smith
went on record as favoring the
measure.
The restricted district in the city
of Reno by the new ordinance is
moved a few feet from its former
location and the ordinance passed by
the former administration to abolish
the 'redlight" is automatically con-
signed to the waste paper basket.
1t is quite generally understood the
new ordinance has been made to
ORDER and fits "vice" perfectly.
The new junior high school iE
Reno. which it is said will be ready
for occupancy within the next sixty
days, and regarded as one of the
finest school buildings in the state, is
within the 400-yard limit of the old
restricted district, but the new dis
trict will be just few feet outside
the line. Then again it will be $50
feet from any street or alley.
In the new quarters everything is
|'all set and raring to CO." In the
neighborhood of fifty small but neat
and cozy apartments have been erect
ed in brick structure OF semicir-
Gle formation and the famous mid
way of Chicago was but a slight at :
traction to what Reno NOW offers.
The opening of the new high school
building would doubtless have re-
suited in compelling the mayor and
city council to enforce the ordinance
as it stood, or the state law might
have been invoked to prevent the
operation of the district within the
400-yard limit. While the new dis
trict is within stone throw Of the
old it will be within the ncw law.
When the property which the new
ordinance fits so admirably recently
passed into the hands of some twen-
ty men for handsome consideration
the view was readily accerted that
at least some "gentleman's agree
ment" had been reached.
Strong opposition developed and
the meeting of the mayor and city
council last Monday night was per-
haps the stormiest session in the his
tory of the civ of Reno
Long before the regular meeting
time had arrived the crowd began to
gather, and when Mayor Roberts
called the meeting to order not only
was the assembly chamber packed,
but likewise the stairway and hall
leading to the large room were a
solid mass CT humanity. Clear out
into the street were anxious and in
terested citizens awaiting the news
from the front.
No doubt there were those present
who favored the course which the
mayor of Reno has pursued since he
was inducted into Office a few months
ago and likewise favored the adop-
tion of the amendment to the ordi-
dance which was quite generally re-
:erred to as the mayors amendment.
This was aptly expressed in publ
cation strongly in sympathy with the
mayor and his administration which
by way of reference to the historic
meeting said:
Standing on the sidalines and ex-
erting an influence of unknown ex-
tent, were handful of persons in
terested in the matter for the
money there is in it fer themselves
They represent the most sordiG
page in the chapter.
During the heated disc ussion which
attended the entire meeting there
was not one who championed the
measure by speech except the mayor
himself, who, when the vote was
taken read a statement in which he
bitterly assailed Rev Norman w.
Pendleton, pastor of the Federated
church, who has been active in a
crusade against the vice measure.