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 SIX 
 MONTHS 
 IN RENO 
 
SIX MONTHS 
 IN RENO 
 
 GEO. W. BOND 
 
 Lester J, Hilp, Sole Reno Agent 
 
 STANLEY GIBBONS, Inc. 
 198 Broadway, New York 
 
 COPYRIGHTED 1921 
 BY THE PUBLISHERS 
 

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 CHAPTERS 
 
 I. The City of Reno. 
 
 II. Reno's Business Houses. 
 
 III. Reno's Professional Men. 
 
 IV. Reno's Housing Accommodations. 
 V. Reno's Roads and Resorts. 
 
 VI. Reno's Social Life and Entertainment. 
 
 VII. Reno's Legal Side. 
 
 VIII. The Law. 
 
 IX. Railroad Distances and Fares. 
 
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 Reno Printing Company 
 
 Rfno, Nevapa 
 
 m 12 1921 
 
Chapter I. 
 THE CITY OF RENO. 
 
 THE City of Reno is situated in Western Nevada, 
 twelve miles from the California State line, and is 
 practically surrounded by mountains. 
 
 Leslie Curtiss, that well-known author, describes the 
 
 City as "A Cameo set in snow-clad mountains, kissed by 
 glowing sunsets, caressed by pure breezes from the great wastes 
 of silence, a beautiful garden on the edge of the desert." 
 
 Most Eastern people who talk of Reno, seem to think it 
 is a little town composed of cowboys, wooden shacks and wild 
 Indians; I, myself, asked a New York lawyer what kind of a 
 place Reno was and I got for answer, "It is a little Western 
 town with nothing to do but to loaf and live out your six 
 month's cure. " 
 
 Some kind friend told me it was "So near California that 
 it was sure to be nice and warm all winter long," whilst the 
 only other man I met who professed to know anything about 
 it at all, told me that "there were lots of silver mines in Reno;" 
 although I have, from that day to this, failed to see how the 
 proximity of silver mines helps anyone's sojourn in Reno. 
 
 There are two ways of reaching Reno, one from the East 
 and one from the West, people coming from the Eastern cities 
 usually go directly to Reno by the Overland Limited or by 
 the Pacific Limited, whilst those who come from the West find 
 it to be only one night's journey from San Francisco. 
 
 For New Yorkers, however, there is a charming way of 
 making this journey, by combining a sea trip with a railroad 
 journey. If ones cares to do so, one can take the Mallory 
 
6 Six Months in Reno 
 
 Line steamers from the City of New York to Galveston, 
 Texas, by way of Key West, Florida. 
 
 Arrivmg at Galveston one takes a little shuttle train to 
 Houston and from Houston one travels to San Francisco, 
 passmg through Los Angeles. This is a particularly interest- 
 ing journey because one is able to get a glimpse of Florida, 
 and the railroad trip from Houston to San Francisco affords 
 a combination of insights into the desert, from the desert to 
 the orange groves; from the orange groves to long lines of 
 beautiful blue sea washing the California coast and thence to 
 San Francisco. 
 
 After a night's ride from San Francisco I arrived at Reno 
 about eight o'clock in the morning, to find myself not in a 
 town of cowboys, wooden shacks and Indians, but in a real 
 up-to-date progressive little City of some fifteen thousand 
 inhabitants. 
 
 True it is that there are no Woolworth buildings, no 
 Rookeries, nor Hippodromes but the business streets are lined 
 with well-built structures averaging four or five stories filled 
 to overflowing with busy tenants, whilst the bank buildings are 
 particularly fine and substantial and are certainly the equal 
 of New York banks as far as accomodation goes. 
 
 I was instantly struck by the exceedingly high class of 
 merchandise exhibited in the store windows and any one 
 imagining that the stores of Reno have a lot of last years 
 fashions, will receive a very severe shock to this impression 
 after he or she walks up Virginia Street. The merchants 
 themselves, or their representatives, make the usual pilgrimage 
 to the fashion centers of the East, several times a year so that 
 their merchandise can truly be termed "up to the minute." 
 
 There are !wo distinct residential districts divided, as is 
 usual in most American cities, by the railroad. That part 
 
Six Months in Reno 7 
 
 of Reno which hes to the north of the railroad tracks, is almost 
 entirely made up of private houses and, except in a very few 
 instances there is practically no business center on that side of 
 the tracks. 
 
 The South Side is the side that contains the hotels, apart- 
 ment houses, larger private houses, the Court House and the 
 Parks. 
 
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 LOOKING NORTH ON VIRGINIA STREET 
 
 This photograph was taken from the bridge of the Truckee 
 River; on the left is the Masonic Hall and thence all the way 
 down on the left are Reno's first class shops, extending possi- 
 bly four blocks. On the right is the United States Post Office 
 and likewise all the way down are more shops of the first grade. 
 
 The Truckee River, an extremely picturesque and winding 
 stream, divides the business from the residential section. 
 
 From a folder lately issued by the Reno Chamber of 
 
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 Six Months in Reno 
 
 Commerce I gather the following authentic facts: "Reno is 
 three miles square, and is forty-five hundred feet above the 
 sea level. Its w^inters are short, moderately cold and open 
 with very little snow. The summers are dry, cool, and de- 
 lightful with no thunder storms, hail, fog nor earthquakes. 
 Average days without a cloud in the sky 195, partly cloudy 
 105, and cloudy 65. Doctors prescribe Reno's sunshine, dry 
 atmosphere and altitude for health." 
 
 THE TRUCKEE RIVER FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE 
 
 New Yorkers, therefore, who have passed through an 
 average New York summer, which chiefly consists of a Turk- 
 ish bath atmosphere with almost daily thunder storms and 
 drenching rain, will appreciate this wonderful climate. 
 
 Add to this desirable climate a pure water supply, good 
 hotel accomodations, good schools, good streets and a hos- 
 pitable lot of permanent residents and you have some faint 
 idea of Reno. 
 
I Six Months in Reno 9 
 
 In the following chapters I propose to describe in more 
 detail the various phases of life in Reno, the amusements that 
 can be found here — where to live — what to do — and how to 
 do it. As our American life centers round business, perhaps 
 it would be well to devote a few lines to that phase first. 
 
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Chapter II, 
 RENO'S BUSINESS HOUSES. 
 
 TO describe the main street of Reno, which naturally 
 contains the business stores, I should perhaps make it 
 more intelligent to an Eastern reader if I said that it 
 
 reminds me very much of Thirty-fourth Street in New 
 
 York, and whilst, of course, stores do not have the vast selec- 
 tions that one finds in the Metropolitan Cities, still, the class 
 of merchandise carried in the Reno stores is certainly of a 
 very high order. 
 
 I found very little cheap trash offered, and any article of 
 daily necessity wanted by any man or woman was there, and 
 that article was good. 
 
 I would also say that I had no difficulty is finding almost 
 anything that I wanted, and I found the prices to be quite 
 reasonable. 
 
 Naturally one must expect to pay a little more for an 
 article on which the freight for some three thousand miles cuts 
 quite a figure, but notwithstanding all of this the prices were 
 still reasonable. 
 
 I do not propose to give any particular send off to any 
 particular store — the advertising pages will do this. 
 
 The ladies, who naturally spend more time and money 
 in the shops than the men, will certainly have no cause to 
 complain of their experiences, and for this reason I would 
 suggest that people who intend to visit Reno, would do well 
 if they only brought with them such supplies as they actually 
 have on hand when leaving their homes, so that upon arrival 
 here they will be able to purchase merchandise which was 
 entirely suitable to the climate. 
 
Telephone 129 
 
 GRANDFATHER FATHER L5QN 
 
 ^ JOCQUE'S 
 
 5jRr)<rEANSING 
 
 "That Cleaner Who Cleans' 
 
 Efficiency , Reliability 
 
 Dry Cleaning a Specialty 
 
 Laces, Linens, Silks, Woolens, Furs 
 
 Expert French Cleaners 
 
 and Finishers 
 
 Office: 134 West Second Street 
 
 Tocque s 
 
 The Only Modern, Up to Date and 
 
 Fully Equipped Plant in 
 
 This City 
 
 Works — West Third Street 
 Reno, Nevada 
 
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Six Months in Reno 13 
 
 There are at least half a dozen first class drug stores, 
 an equal number of dry goods stores, several very good shoe 
 stores, besides quite a few shops that cater to the fanciful 
 tastes of the ladies in the way of knick-knacks. 
 
 There is also an excellent French cleaner who does pre- 
 eminently good work, which will be welcome news for fas- 
 tiduous visitors. 
 
 Most of the business men in Reno belong to a very pro- 
 gressive Chamber of Commerce which is in itself a meeting 
 place for the business people of Reno and a very excellent 
 place for the welcome visitor, since the Chamber maintains a 
 voluminous library and a very comfortable reading room. 
 
 And further than this, the Chamber indulges quite some in 
 social activities and is particularly proud of its Glee Club, 
 which is formed of Reno business men. 
 
 The president of the Chamber of Commerce is ready and 
 willing, at all times, to furnish every possible information upon 
 any subject pertaining to Reno or, in fact, to the entire State 
 of Nevada. I made considerable use of this Chamber of 
 Commerce for the membership fee of $25 per year is well 
 spent from the men's point of view, but being practically a 
 business club, I do not think the ladies would find it very 
 useful to them. Reno is a distributing center for all of Nevada 
 and for quite a portion of Eastern California, and for that 
 reason any one wishing to engage in industrial activities will 
 find Reno a city of considerable opportunity. 
 
 The population of every city is usually made up of three 
 classes of men. Business men, Professional men and Loafers. 
 I have endeavored to explain the business end of Reno, and 
 not knowing anything about the loafing end I am incompetent 
 to discuss it and so I find myself left to say a few words about 
 the Professional men. 
 
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 EDWARD C. GALSGIE | 
 
 M. D., D. O. I 
 
 Physician and 
 Surgeon 
 
 specializing in 
 OSTEOPATHY 
 
 Odd Fellows Building Reno, Nevada 
 
 Phone 416 
 
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 You Are Cordially Invited to Visit Our 
 NEW BANKING ROOMS 
 
 WASHOE COUNTY 
 BANK 
 
 Reno, Nevada 
 
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Chapter III. 
 RENO'S PROFESSIONAL MEN. 
 
 ONSIDERING that Reno has only about 15,000 
 people I was surprised to find such an exceptionally 
 fine class of professional man, but after careful in- 
 quiry I found the cause to be the same as that effecting 
 its business men, namely, that Reno is a distributing point and 
 a great many residents of Nevada come to Reno for expert 
 advice in cases which appear to be out of the ordinary. I need 
 hardly touch upon the point that there are a preponderance of 
 lawyers, that is to be expected, since Reno is much absorbed 
 in the divorce situation. The classified directory gives me 
 ninety lawyers, but I think there are probably more. Con- 
 cerning their business I have nothing to say in this chapter. 
 The whole legal question of divorce is treated by an expert 
 
 THE WASHOE COUNTY BANK 
 
Diamonds 
 
 We have but one object in selling you a Diamond 
 and that is to give you the 
 
 Greatest Diamond Value For Your Moriey 
 
 Visitors to Reno 
 
 Can have their old Jew^elry reset in Gold or Platinum 
 in the very latest up-to-date styles 
 
 R. Herz & Bro., Inc. 
 
 Thirty-five Years in the Same Locality 
 
 237 N. VIRGINIA ST. 
 
 (Next door to American Express Co.) 
 
 Reno, Nevada 
 
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Six Months in Reno 
 
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 in this line in later chapters. There are several first class doc- 
 tors in this town, and a considerable number of gentlemen 
 practicing chiropratic methods of drugless healings, etc. 
 There is also one good X-Ray Specialist, and I believe I am 
 right in saying that a second and very imposing X-Ray outfit 
 is about to be installed. We have here some excellent dentists 
 fully equal to any practicing in the larger cities. In addition 
 
 THE Mckinley park school 
 
 to it there are four hospitals, St. Mary's Hospital being also 
 a training school for nurses. 
 
 With a staff of thirty-three physicians these hospitals are 
 well able to take care of any emergency, and there is no doubt 
 but what the most expert treatment can be secured right in 
 the City of Reno, so that any visitor arriving in Reno with 
 the telephone number of her Eastern Doctor in her pocket- 
 book, can save the telephone calls and be perfectly taken care 
 of right here in Reno. Under the heading of professional 
 
A Corner of the Studio 
 
 l^eiirietta ^d^tiht Ctifeer 
 
 (Formerly Teaching in New York City) 
 
 Vocal and Piano 
 Instruction 
 
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 Edouard de Reszl^e Paris 
 
 Fraulein Jacobson Munich 
 
 Signori Roberto Villani Milan 
 
 Signor Salvatore Cottone.... Milan 
 
 STUDIO 
 
 559 North Virginia St. 
 
 Phone 736 
 
 Reno, Nevada 
 
Six Months in Reno 
 
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 men I presume that must include the bankers, and there is 
 little to say on this question. Any one arriving in Reno will 
 see some banks and bank buildings that will open his eyes. 
 There are no less than six banks having deposits close to 
 $16,000,000 the clearing average being four and one-half 
 millions a month. From a banking point of view, therefore, 
 Reno does the business of a City of at least twice its size. 
 Again we must class under professional men the Clergy and 
 
 MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES 
 
 School teachers. There are twelve churches in Reno, the 
 Baptist, Congregational, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Christian 
 Science, Lutheran, Methodist, Christian and Missionary Alli- 
 ance, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, Seventh Day Ad- 
 ventist, and Spiritualist, so that there is absolutely no lack for 
 the spiritual needs of the visitor. When 1 touch on the schools 
 I do so because a number of ladies coming to Reno bring their 
 children with them and it must naturally interest them to know 
 that the schools are of a very high order. In Reno there are 
 
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 Ladies 
 
 If you wish to see the Finest Lingerie — just as fine 
 as is shown in New York's most exclusive shops — 
 all you need do is to visit the 
 
 The Silk and Linen Shop 
 
 25 W. FIRST ST. 
 
 — Reno — 
 
 (Opposite the Rialto Theatre) 
 
 This Store is continually^ supplying Silf(s, Linens 
 and real Laces to Eastern customers Tvho originally^ 
 made their purchases here. 
 
 
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 Photograph 
 
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 Riverside 
 Studio 
 
 The kind you like to 
 show your friends; 
 the kind they like to 
 see. Not high priced 
 
 Riverside Studio 
 
 228 N, Virginia St. 
 Next to Sanioville & 
 Flagg-Phonel584J 
 
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Six Months in Reno 21 
 
 five grammar schools, three kindergartens, a High School and 
 of course the University of Nevada is here in Reno, 
 
 I am told that the School of Mines, so liberally endowed by 
 Clarence Mackey, is one, if not the very best in the country. 
 Very few of the people arriving here have any definite home 
 to go to and I think one of the most important chapters of 
 this book is the one which deals with what I call the Housing 
 Accommodations. The next chapter deals with this problem 
 rather extensively. 
 
 The author of this book finds that it is a practice amongst 
 the best dentists to discountenance any form of advertismg. It 
 is not for him to question the wisdom of this proceeding but it 
 is certainly of interest to visitors to Reno to know of reliable 
 dentists should they have occasion to consult them. The author 
 knows positively that the undermentioned are absolutely A-1 
 dentists. 
 
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 RIVERSIDE 
 HOTEL 
 
 Just Across The Bridge 
 
 — AMERICAN PLAN — 
 
 Transfer Meets All Trains 
 
 Headquarters For Commercial Men 
 
 H. J. GOSSE, Mgr. 
 
 Reservations Made by Letter or Telegram 
 Correspondence Invited 
 
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 Chapter IV. 
 
 RENO'S HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS 
 
 F ANYBODY asked me what kind of housing accom- 
 modations were m Reno I should be rather incHned to 
 grade it down by saying there is one Hotel running on 
 the American plan suitable for men, women and chil- 
 dren ; two first class Hotels catering more particularly to the de- 
 mand of commercial men; some forty or more small Hotels 
 catering to various classes of trade. After the latter come the 
 private houses, many proprietors of which are glad to rent one 
 or more rooms to visitors. The Riverside Hotel, well situated 
 just out of the business district and overlooking the beautiful 
 Truckee River, is the hotel to which many people go upon 
 their arrival. This hotel runs on the American plan and rates 
 
 THE RIVERSIDE HOTEL 
 

 
Six Months in Reno 25 
 
 can be secured by writing the management. The next two 
 hotels are patronized to a great extent by business men coming 
 to Reno and of course, to some extent by visitors. Both the 
 Golden and the Overland Hotels are situated within one block 
 of the depot. They are well built, fire proof structures and 
 undoubtedly should be classed A-1. The two hotels are con- 
 ducted on the European plan and might be more suitable to 
 those people who prefer to take their meals when they like and 
 wherever they may happen to be. Both the "Overland" and 
 "Golden" are managed by highly experienced hotel men and 
 people whom I have known to live there have nothing but praise 
 for the management. Disposmg of these three hotels we come 
 to a large number of what should be called rooming houses. 
 These accommodations are usually above ground-floor stores 
 and scattered right in the heart of the business center. The few 
 that I have been in are well kept and clean, and the rates run 
 from $8.00 to $15.00 per week, according to the choice of 
 the room. There are also in Reno a number of apartment 
 buildings, and exceedingly nice buildings they are too. As a 
 rule they consist of a nicely furnished sitting room with Vv^riting 
 desk affixed to a door which swings around and exposes, on 
 its reverse side, a very comfortable iron bed which pulls down 
 at night. Why this system is not adopted in the East 1 do 
 not know, but out in the West, particularly in San Francisco, 
 and Los Angeles, this form of apartment is very common in- 
 deed, and well patronized. In these little apartments are com- 
 fortable little kitchens provided with all the necessary utensils 
 and also a thoroughly modern bathroom, so that each apart- 
 ment is a self-contained flat properly furnished and well heated. 
 The rents for these apartments run from $50.00 to $65.00 
 per month. Those of more pretentious proportions rent for 
 $75,00 to $100.00. Amongst the best of these apartments 
 
26 Six Months in Reno 
 
 I would mention : The Frandsen, the Conway, the Ridgeway, 
 the Colonial, the Gibson and several others. Reference to the 
 advertisements in the two Reno newspapers will easily put the 
 visitor in touch with such residents as wish to rent furnished 
 rooms, and by the same token can be found quite a few offer- 
 ings of entire bungalows, furnished, at a reasonable rental; so 
 that to strike a fair average for house accommodations I should 
 say, that you can rent a well furnished room for $10 per 
 week, a small apartment for $50 per month and a bungalow 
 anywhere from $25.00 to $150.00 a month. The higher 
 prices carrying luxurious and beautiful furnishings, location, etc. 
 
 In connection with the housing accommodations the con- 
 sideration of food comes before us. This proposition need not 
 worry the visitor to Reno. There are Cafeterias or "help 
 yourself" restaurants; there are several very fair general res- 
 taurants and a multitude of lunch counters. The cost of food 
 in these restaurants is about the same as in the Eastern cities, 
 but to any one who is not too fastidious I would recommend 
 the "regular" lunch and "regular" dinner served in quite a 
 number of restaurants at a cost of forty cents and seventy-five 
 cents respectively. I found these meals to be excellent and 
 the food to be very good. 
 
 To those who prefer to prepare their own meals m their 
 apartments there will be found in Reno plenty of grocers, 
 butchers and purveyors of food of all kinds. The price for 
 groceries here is about normal, but the housewife will be in- 
 stantly struck with the very reasonable prices prevailing for 
 the meat and vegetables. Exactly speaking I should say that 
 meat, and first class meat, much of it home killed under Gov- 
 ernment inspection and very little of it cold storage, can be 
 bought in Reno thirty percent less than it can be bought for in 
 the large Eastern cities, and being in such close proximity to 
 
Six Months in Reno 27 
 
 California, the most delicious fruits, vegetables and flo\v^ers 
 can be obtained at prices considerably below those of Eastern 
 cities. The Chamber of Commerce estimates that an average 
 fanrily of five can live in Reno on $150 a month, and from 
 personal observation I should say that this estimate is very 
 nearly correct. 
 
The 
 
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 Cafe 
 
 The best known Cafe in the State. Known from 
 
 Coast to Coast for its Excellent Service and 
 
 High-class Entertainment 
 
 Headquarters For The Colony 
 
 Located in the Heart of the Business District 
 
 33 East Second St., Reno, Nev. 
 
Chapter V. 
 RENO'S ROADS AND RtsORTS. 
 
 IN the last chapter we found ourselves situated in some 
 kind of a home and the next problem that confronts the 
 , ^ visitor is the use of his time, what to do with himself and 
 — where to go. 
 
 The visitor's life in Reno goes through three stages; in 
 the first stage, he is interested in exploring the city, noticing 
 where the shops are, looking at the public buildings, etc. In 
 the second stage, the visitor finds himself becoming rather 
 weary of the City and senses a feeling that there is not much 
 to do and what there is can be done in a very few hours. 
 After he has been here a while, however he passes into the 
 third stage, which dispels this feeling of weariness because by 
 this time he has begun to make friends, parties are made up, 
 dinner engagements are made, visiting one another becomes 
 
 TENNIS COURTS 
 
L. S. Harxev 
 
 Phone 96 
 
 HARVEY'S 
 
 RIDING 
 
 ACADEMY 
 
 SPLENDID SADDLE HORSES 
 Reasonable Rates 
 
 Expert Instruction — Special Classes for Children 
 
 30 CALIFORNIA AVE. - - Reno, Nevada 
 
Six Months in Reno 
 
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 popular, and finally the day becomes a busy one and time no 
 longer drags. 
 
 As we are denied the use of the trolley for expedition we 
 find ourselves narrowed down to our feet, a motor or a horse. 
 There are many very beautiful walks and climbs too, for that 
 matter, in and around Reno. The City also maintains a public 
 play ground with three excellent tennis courts used constantly 
 during the winter, yet my illustrations will show not only the 
 tennis courts but the play grounds for the children, in addition 
 
 PLAYGROUNDS 
 
 to which the City has dammed the Truckee River right at 
 this play ground so that an excellent swimming pool is pro- 
 vided in the summer time. There are several first class livery 
 stables in Reno the proprietors, of which, make a specialty of 
 hiring out well trained horses to those who wish to ride and 
 arrangements can be made whereby any particular horse can 
 be used by one person only, the cost of which is usually about 
 $60 per month. It is very common sight to see parties of three 
 or four ladies riding out into the Sagebrush Desert or out to 
 
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 PHONE 7 PHONE 7 PHONE 7 
 
 Star Taxi and 
 Transfer Co. 
 
 Fee: 50c for 1 or 2 Persons, 25c each additional 
 
 Large Touring Cars with Careful Drivers 
 
 Furnished for Out-of-town Trips and Picnics 
 
 225 North Virginia St. - - - - Reno, Nev. 
 
 PHONE 7 
 
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 Special 
 Afternoon Teas 
 Home Made Cake 
 
 A well-known Reno Saying is: 
 
 'MEET ME AT THE SUGAR PLUM" 
 
 31 W. Second St. Reno, Nev. 
 
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Six Months in Reno 33 
 
 the Springs, so that those who are fond of horseback riding 
 had better bring their riding clothes with them. To the motor- 
 ist accustomed to the level roads in the East, the roads outside 
 of Reno at least at first appear to be positively awful, but 
 after one has driven a car along these desert roads for a week 
 or two he finds that they are not nearly as bad as he thought 
 they were, and he acquires a sort of intuition in driving, and 
 the bumpy roads appear to be far less formidable, Reno, how- 
 ever, is rapidly improving her roads. To the south there is a 
 concrete highway to Carson City — 30 miles — about half com- 
 
 STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 
 
 pleted. This fine road will be completed in 1 92 1 . To the 
 west there is a hard surfaced road to Verdi — 12 miles — and in 
 1 92 1 this road will be all hard surfaced right to the California 
 State line. To the north there is a hard surfaced road to 
 Purdy — 12 miles to the California line — grading and gravel- 
 ing to be finished in 1 92 1 . To the east the county has com- 
 pleted plans for a hard surfaced road to Wadsworth — 35 
 miles to the county line. The Nevada Highway Association 
 conducts a most excellent Bureau with offices in the Chamber 
 of Commerce, and any motorist can get full information as to 
 
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 Six Months in Reno 
 
 the Nevada highways from it. Motor cars can be picked up 
 second hand in Reno at all kinds of prices, a fair average 
 quotation would be a good second hand runabout at $500 and 
 a good five-seated touring car at possibly $900. People who 
 have bought such cars tell me that they have no difficulty in 
 disposing of them at a small loss from the purchased price. 
 The garage accommodations m Reno are ample. The average 
 fee for storing small cars is about $10 to $12 a month. With 
 a car one can make many expeditions. I will not lay out any 
 
 DESERT ROADS 
 
 particular tour since the Highway Association is more com- 
 petent than I am to do this, but I should like to say that within 
 an easy run from Reno one can go to Carson City some 30 
 miles from here. In one half hour he can go and see the won- 
 derful Steamboat Springs whose volcanic action keeps them 
 bubbling and steaming night and day, year in and year out. 
 He can go in 15 minutes to Moana Springs, also volcanic, 
 where there is a swimming pool patronized during the winter 
 months, then he can go to Laughton's Springs, to Verdi, 
 
Six Months in Reno 
 
 35 
 
 whilst one of the most enjoyable trips of all is a thirty-five 
 mile trip to Pyramid Lake. I cannot pass this trip without 
 enlarging somewhat upon this beautiful lake. It measures 
 forty miles long and is roughly eight miles across. The Truckee 
 River flows into this lake, but no water flows from it, the eva- 
 poration being great and is responsible for a more or less 
 uniform level. The fishing is magnificent, speckled trout run- 
 ning from four to eighteen pounds each, being plentiful, and 
 one of the most delightful trips out of Reno is to go to Pyramid 
 
 PYRAMID LAKE 
 
 Lake and stop for a few days at the Willows. The Willows 
 IS a ranch right on the shore of the lake. The proprietor has 
 built a number of water proof cabins where visitors can sleep 
 and furnishes meals at $1.00 per person. There they fur- 
 nished me for $ 1 .00 with food enough to feed a regiment, 
 the food being of excellent quality and splendidly cooked. 
 What makes this Pyramid trip more attractive than any other 
 out of Reno is, in my opinion, the magnificent scenery which 
 
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 Six Months in Reno 
 
 one passes through and no words can describe the majestic 
 splendor and positively awe inspiring silence of the desert that 
 one encounters on this trip, neither can I describe the peculiar 
 sensation that the view of this lake produces upon one's mind 
 when, after miles of desert hills and valleys, this magnificent 
 sheet of blue water bursts into view. There are many other 
 trips that one can make, and the train service on the Southern 
 Pacific and the Electric Line to Minden affords quite a num- 
 ber of interesting side trips. One can also reach Pyramid 
 
 LAKE TAHOE 
 
 Lake by the Southern Pacific should a motor car not be 
 available, 
 
 I cannot close this chapter without reference to that mag- 
 nificent body of water known as Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, 
 like Lake Pyramid, is a vast sheet of water perched upon the 
 mountains, two-fifths of which is in Nevada, three fifths of it 
 in California and the Lake is only twenty-three miles from 
 Reno by air-line, but one has to travel some forty-nine miles 
 
Six Months in Reno 37 
 
 by road to reach it. The shores of the Lake are dotted with 
 some wonderful hotels and a large number of Nevada and 
 California people make it their summer residence. I have only 
 mentioned in this chapter the main objectives out of Reno, 
 there are dozens of fairly well kept roads which one can 
 traverse at one's leisure, and Reno is the center of the High- 
 way System of Nevada, and has an important situation on the 
 three Trans-Continental Highways; the Lincoln Highway, the 
 Overland Trail and the Pike's Peak Ocean to Ocean High- 
 way. 
 
A SCENE.ON THE TRUCKEE RIVER 
 
Chapter VI. 
 SOCIAL LIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT. 
 
 THERE are four theatres in Reno, devoted m the or- 
 dinary course of things to the best class of moving 
 picture entertainment in addition to which, road com- 
 
 panies often stop off at Reno and play for one or two 
 
 nights. The reason that there are no more theatrical com- 
 panies offermg entertamment m Reno is, because that during 
 the winter season the Southern Pacific Railroad is likely to be 
 experiencing much snow trouble in the mountains, and com- 
 panies which tour rather hesitate from stopping through fear 
 that they may not get out on time. Arrangements have now 
 been made to transport theatrical troupes to Reno on mail 
 trains so that henceforth this class of entertainment is likely 
 to be a more frequent visitor. Hitherto two days were lost 
 in giving one show in Reno on account of the inconvenient 
 tram schedules but this is now a thing of the past. With four 
 moving picture theatres, changing their program at least twice 
 a week, one need not fear for lack of amusement. There are 
 also a considerable number of respectable dancing academies 
 and the Riverside Hotel conducts dances once or more every 
 week. The fraternal lodges will appeal to the man visitor 
 and besides the smaller organizations, there are very active 
 lodges of Elks, Masons, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows 
 and Woodmen. More particularly during the summer, tennis 
 IS much in vogue and a short walk out of Reno brings the 
 visitor to a small but well kept golf course, where he will 
 experience, possibly for the first time in his life, the sensation 
 of finding an earthen putting green. An excursion can also 
 be made up to go over to Carson City, and inspect the pre- 
 
40 Six Months in Reno 
 
 historic evidences to be found amongst the excavation taking 
 place on the Prison grounds. I suppose I must include the 
 two daily newspapers under the heading of Entertainment, 
 these two papers, the "Reno Evening Gazette" and the 
 "Nevada State Journal" give full Associated Press reports. 
 The Gazette is published every evening except Sunday, and 
 contains, on an average, eight to ten pages of matter and the 
 Journal publishes eight to ten pages on week days and twelve 
 pages on Sunday. Reno also has a Carnegie Library which 
 IS equal to any similar mstitution in any city her size, with all 
 the usual privileges of the Carnegie institutions. 
 
 There is also a dramatic club formed in Reno and full in- 
 formation about its organization and functions can be secured 
 from the "Harmony Shop" whose address will be found on 
 the advertising pages. 
 
Chapter VI. 
 EMPLOYMENT. 
 
 I 
 
 FROM a reliable source it has been pretty well said that 
 fifty per cent of the men and women who visit Reno, 
 come here with the expectation of finding employment 
 and of earning sufficient wages to support themselves 
 during their visit. Being not only a small and thriving City, 
 but being also a distributing point to many other Cities, Reno 
 is generally able to provide employment to those who seek it. 
 There is always work to be found in the trades as well 
 as in the unskilled labor market and the supply of office and 
 store positions is about equal to the demand. 
 
 Tliis fact soon becomes patent to the visitor for, in place 
 of the very ordinary and usually obnoxious person that one 
 finds in the Eastern retail stores one finds here in the dry goods 
 stores, the grocery stores, the restaurants and other shops, a 
 very high class and genteel force of store people. Unfortu- 
 nately most of them do not stay very long — they are probably 
 taking the "Cure" — but then again others come to take their 
 place. The average wages that a woman can depend on, to 
 secure in Reno, is from $16.00 to $22.00 a week, whilst the 
 men usually have no difficulty in finding employment with an 
 average pay, of possibly Five Dollars a day. There is also 
 another class of female visitors who is able to earn a very fair 
 livelihood by attending to the needs of the wealthier lady visi- 
 tors, in such things as dress making, hair dressing, etc., and, 
 as the furnished apartment houses merely provide lodging, 
 the occupants of these apartments give considerable work in 
 the way of clothes washing, sweeping and cleaning. This 
 work is usually paid for by the hour and runs from Fifty Cents 
 
42 Six Months in Reno 
 
 to a Dollar. To the man not afraid of real hard manual labor, 
 Reno will be found willing at all times to provide work, and 
 there is usually a chance to fit into some job without any delay 
 at all. The working girls who arrive in Reno, would do well 
 to put themselves in touch with the Young Women's Christian 
 Association, situated in the City Hall close to the Post Office, 
 as this organization performs the same efficient work here that 
 it does all over the country. There are also positions to be 
 obtained as waitresses and so forth in the hotels and I am 
 quite safe in saying that no girl or woman need have any fear 
 as to her ability to find employment if she really wishes it. 
 
Chapter VII. 
 THE LEGAL SIDE OF RENO. 
 
 HEN, in the course of conversation round tea- 
 tables, in the theatre, or elsewhere, one hears the 
 statement that Mrs. So and So has gone to Reno, 
 nobody ever asks why she went there, because 
 poor little Reno is only known in the East as being a place 
 one goes to for divorce. Perhaps it would be well to delve 
 into this subject a little and find out why Reno is considered 
 such a Mecca for those who suffer from marital troubles. 
 Away back in the early Sixities, the great State of Nevada 
 was so thinly populated that the pioneers of the State set about 
 to enlarge the population by offering considerably more liberal 
 inducements than those offered by the more settled com- 
 munities, and therefore, a law was passed making the residence 
 of six months in Nevada a sufficient time to acquire citizenship, 
 and citizenship in Nevada naturally offers amongst its induce- 
 ments, the protection and right to sue under its Laws. The 
 Nevada Solons who passed this law of six months residence, 
 did so to induce settlers to come here, so that sixty years after 
 this law was passed we find its benefits being enjoyed by a 
 very different class of settlers from those intended by the old 
 time law makers. The reason that people come to Reno and 
 establish a six months residence, is not because it gives them a 
 legal standing here to sue for divorce; but because at the ex- 
 piration of six months one is able to secure a divorce Tvithout 
 anp strings attached to it. The chief objections of the Reno 
 visitor to securing a divorce in his own state are, either the 
 statutory grounds are too severe, or else because the decree 
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 prevent re-marriage for a considerable time after the decree 
 has been granted; whereas, if one secures a decree of divorce 
 in Nevada one is free to re-marry immediately, should one wish 
 to do so. In the year 1919, the State of Nevada granted 740 
 divorces, whilst in the same year the City of Los Angeles 
 granted 7,4 1 9 ; so that it seems to me the spot-light might very 
 conveniently be turned off Reno and put on Los Angeles for 
 a while. Still, there are a number of people every year who 
 
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 come from Los Angeles and establish there residence in Reno 
 for the simple reason that Los Angeles grants an interlocutory 
 decree which prevents the party re-marrying within one year, 
 whereas, Reno grants a straight out and out divorce. From 
 time to time considerable disturbance is caused to the divorce 
 situation of Reno by the circulation of petitions to the legis- 
 lature. 
 
 These petitions usually pray that the laws be made more 
 stringent, or that the Interlocutory phase of the situation be 
 
46 Six Months in Reno 
 
 injected into the decision, or that the time of residence should 
 be made longer; but the business men of Reno, appreciating 
 the commercial advantages of her present divorce law, nat- 
 urally have no sympathy with these petitions, and up to the 
 time that this book is published, there have been no recent 
 amendments made to the rules and regulations governing the 
 divorce laws in Nevada. The wildest stories have been cir- 
 culated from time to time as to the ease with which one can 
 get a divorce in Nevada. There are stories of a lady coming 
 to the city for two days, getting back to New York for five 
 months, and then coming back to spend the final month in 
 Reno, thus establishing her residence. Another story is how 
 a lady arranged to serve papers on her husband by having him 
 pass through the City on one of the Trans-Continental trains. 
 
 These stories are absolute fabrications and I should like 
 to say, with the greatest possible emphasis, that the better class 
 of lawyers and the Judges themselves are, without doubt, of 
 the very highest order of probity, and I have no hesitation 
 whatsoever, in saying that anyone who states that any Nevada 
 Judge can be improperly approached is grossly misinformed. 
 
 It is only because contestants for divorce have wilfully 
 endeavored to dodge the necessary requirements that Judges 
 have, of late years, become more strict in their rulings and in 
 their questions to applicants for divorce; and I know for a 
 positive fact that a great many of the legal talent in Reno 
 were infuriated at an article which appeared in the "Pictorial 
 Review" for October, 1920, entitled, "Taking the Cure at 
 Reno." Quite recently a case came before the court in which 
 the Judge demanded of the "Residential witness" as to 
 whether she had seen the plaintiff each and everi) day during 
 the six months of her residence here. So the mere fact that 
 you were, or even were supposed to be, in Reno for each and 
 
Six Months in Reno 47 
 
 every day of the necessary six months seems to be insufficient, 
 and future residents would do well to see to it that one person 
 actually saw them here in the flesh, each and every day of 
 these six months. I approach the subject of legal fees with 
 great temerity because, as Mr. Samuel Weller wisely remarks 
 in the "Pickwick Papers, "You pays your money and takes 
 your choice" — neither have I any authentic facts on which to 
 base my estimates, I have heard of the fee of $25,000 being 
 paid, which of course is a blue ribbon fee for all time to come; 
 but to people of good social standing and means, I think the 
 average fees charged by lawyers in Reno run from $500 
 down to $200. 
 
 There have also come under my notice, several cases in 
 which the plaintiff was personally known to me to be of very 
 slender means and in some cases even dependent upon such 
 monies that he or she could earn here, and these people have 
 secured lawyer's services without payment of fees. Under the 
 Bar Association's Rules the minimum fee is $150, but when a 
 client cannot pay this amount it is not unusual for reputable 
 counsel to contribute their services gratis. 
 
 As a matter of fact, the lawyer has but little to do be- 
 cause, until completion of the fifth month, his client probably 
 never consults him except in some extraordinary situation. At 
 the expiration of the six months, when the person wishing 
 divorce has become a duly recognized citizen of Nevada, the 
 lawyer begins to get busy. The machinery of the Law which 
 records such things as service by publication, service inside and 
 outside of the State, personal service, etc., does not come 
 within my province to explain; but the following chapter, by 
 a well versed and thoroughly competent lawyer, explains these 
 things very carefully. To sum up this entire chapter, there- 
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 that the judges sitting in the Washoe County Court are men 
 of kindly temperment; satiated with stories of domestic un- 
 happiness day in and day out as they sit upon the bench; that 
 it is their desire to temper Mercy with Justice, and with this 
 end in view they are, in my opinion, wilHng to help and anxious 
 to bring happiness to the apphcant before them, and it is the 
 greatest tribute to the integrity of these men that they remain 
 unsulhed by bribe and intrigue when one considers that their 
 recompense by the State is an insignificant Forty-five hundred 
 dollars per year. The all absorbing subject of six month's 
 residence in Reno is not without its farcial side, many queer 
 stories are circulated as to its workings. It is rather amusing 
 to hear somebody say they are going for a trip to some place 
 or other but are not quite sure whether it is in Washoe County 
 or not and must therefore consult a road map; other people 
 premeditate a wild dash to San Francisco and back, until their 
 better judgment tells them not to; but I think the most ludicrous 
 situation was one which came under my notice whilst in Reno. 
 A certain lady came to Reno in order to establish her residence 
 here and engaged a home on the ground floor of one of the 
 more expensive apartment houses. So afraid was she that 
 friend husband, (whom she had not heard of for some years) 
 would find out that she was in Reno, that she purchased some 
 very healthy iron bars in the hardware store, which she had 
 affixed to the windows to keep friend husband out, should he 
 suddenly turn up. 
 
 Not being satisfied that these iron bars were entirely a 
 protection to her and an opportunity presenting itself, she 
 gave up this ground floor apartment and took a second story 
 apartment in another house, in order that she might be more 
 secure from assault by her husband, should he suddenly ap- 
 pear. Safely and snugly she roosted in the upper story apart- 
 
50 Six Months in Reno 
 
 ment, ever on the watch for the monster, passing her time 
 until the moment arrived when she would serve him with the 
 necessary legal papers, which she did. Imagine the surprise, 
 disgust and mortification that were hers when the papers were 
 returned from her husband's last known residence with the 
 indorsement upon them, **Part^ has been dead three years" 
 
 The great theme of discussion amongst the visitors here is 
 as to whether or not the defendant will sign his or her Power 
 of Attorney, to be read at the trial. Along these lines I once 
 heard a woman at a Spiritualist meeting ask the medium the 
 following question: "Will the man wot (sic) never done (sic) 
 a decent act in his life do the right thing by me now?" I csr- 
 tainly sympathize with the medium whtn she dodged the 
 question by answering it as follows: "You should try and see 
 the good in the man and not the bad." An answer which 
 did not seem to be of much comfort to the person asking the 
 question. This Power of Attorney that I speak about is an 
 important phase of the action which is fully discussed under 
 the legal heading. So that as a final word, my advice to the 
 intending Visitor is this: If you intend to come to Reno with 
 the object of securing a divorce, make up your mind to live 
 up to each and every requirement of the Law; and do not 
 imagine that you can circumvent this Law, because you cannot, 
 and any attempt at "putting something over" will probably 
 result in your having wasted your time. 
 
 Please note that the very latest styles in Sport Specialties 
 and Gowns of all kinds from London, New York and Paris 
 can be inspected at Reno's newest and most exclusive show 
 rooms conducted by Madame Schick. These show rooms are 
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 Apartments, 239 N. Virginia St. 
 
Chapter Vlli. 
 
 THE LAW. 
 
 The Statutes of Nevada, relating to marriage and divorce, 
 as amended February 23, 1915. 
 
 Section 5838. Divorce, How Obtained, 
 
 Divorce from the bonds of matrimony may be obtained by 
 complaint under oath, to the District Court of the County in 
 which the cause therefor shall have accrued, or in which the 
 defendant shall reside or be found, or in which the plaintiff 
 shall reside, if the latter be either the county in which the 
 parties last cohabited, or in which the plaintiff shall have re- 
 sided six months before suit is brought, for the following causes: 
 
 Causes for Divorce. 
 
 1 . Impotency at the time of the marriage continuing to the 
 time of the divorce. 
 
 2. Adultery since the marriage remaining unforgiven. 
 
 3. Wilful desertion at any time of either party by the other 
 for the period of one year. 
 
 4. Conviction of felony or infamous crime. 
 
 5. Habitual gross drunkenness, contracted since marriage 
 of either party, which shall incapacitate such party from con- 
 tributing his or her share to the support of the family. 
 
 6. Extreme cruelty in either party. 
 
 7. Neglect of the husband for the period of one year to 
 provide the common necessaries of life, when such neglect is 
 not the result of poverty on the part of the husband which he 
 could not avoid by ordinary industry. 
 
52 Six Months in Reno 
 
 The above causes are plain In their language and meaning, 
 and require no further explanation. There has been, how- 
 ever, a good deal of discussion as to cause six thereof, i. e., 
 what constitutes extreme cruelty? 
 
 A complaint, in an action by wife for divorce, alleging 
 that defendant inhumanly caught plaintiff by the throat in an 
 angry and threatening manner, and forced her out of the 
 house; threatened her and commanded that she leave; called 
 her vile and opprobrious names ; thereby causing her to become 
 weak and nervous, fearfully suffering bodily injury at de- 
 fendant's hand — sufficiently alleged extreme cruelty. 
 
 (Kapp V. District Court, 31 Nev. 444, 103 Pac. 235.) 
 
 In an action by a wife for divorce, the complaint, after 
 alleging several threats of defendant to kill plaintiff, set out 
 that, on a certain date, defendant falsely accused plaintiff of 
 improper conduct m keeping company with other men without 
 defendant's consent, and that such accusation, reiterated almost 
 daily for six weeks, in conjunction with the said threats, and 
 defendant's frequent drunkenness, and a habit of gambling, 
 had caused plaintiff great bodily pain and mental anguish 
 which seriously affected her health, destroying her happiness, 
 and rendered her life so unendurable that she was forced to 
 cease living with defendant: Held, sufficient to constitute a 
 action for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty. 
 
 (Gardner v. Gardner, 2 Nev. 207, 45 Pac. 139.) 
 
 A divorce will not be granted on the ground of cruelty 
 where it appears that the complaining party has wilfully pro- 
 voked the violence or misconduct complained of, unless such 
 violence greatly exceeds the provocations. 
 
 (Reed V. Reed, 4 Nev. 395.) 
 
 False accusations, by the wife, of marital infidelity on the 
 
Six Months in Reno 53 
 
 part of the husband, may in certain cases constitute such ex- 
 treme cruelty as to entitle the husband to a divorce. The 
 Statute contemplates cases in which the husband may be the 
 complaining party, and in such cases it affords him the same 
 relief it extends to a complaining wife. (Idem.) 
 
 In an action for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, 
 the evidence is not necessarily to be limited to the particular 
 facts charged, but evidence of other facts whether before or 
 after suit brought, which serves to give character to the acts 
 of cruelty alleged and proved, is admissable. 
 
 (Gardner v. Gardner, 23 Nev. 207.) 
 
 The acts or character of treatment which will amount to 
 extreme cruelty sufficient to constitute a ground for divorce 
 must, in a great measure, depend upon the character of the 
 respective parties and the peculiar circumstances of each case. 
 
 (Reed V. Reed, 4 Nev. ^95.) 
 
 There may be extreme cruelty without the slightest vio- 
 lence; if it appears probable that the life of one of the parties 
 will be rendered miserable by any character of misconduct 
 upon the part of the other, although no personal violence be 
 apprehended, a divorce should be decreed. (Idem.) 
 
 Section 3609. Legal Residence Defined — Proviso. 
 
 TTie legal residence of a person with reference to his or 
 her right of suffrage, eligibility to office, right to naturaliza- 
 tion, right to maintain or defend any suit at law or in equity, 
 or any other right dependent upon residence, is that place where 
 he or she s;hall have been actually, physically and corporeally 
 present, within the state or county, as the case may be, during 
 all of the period for which residence is claimed by him or her; 
 provided, however, should any person absent himself from the 
 jurisdiction of his residence with the intention in good faith to 
 
54 Six Months in Reno 
 
 return without delay and continue his residence, the time of 
 such absence shall not be considered in determining the fact 
 of such residence. 
 
 This provision of Nevada law has been passed upon by 
 the Supreme Court of Nevada and with reference to its appli- 
 cation to residence in divorce action in which residence is an 
 essential requirement of jurisdictional proof, it has been held 
 that plaintiff must establish positive proof that he or she has 
 resided continuously, actually, corporeally and physically 
 during the entire period of six months before the filing of suit 
 in the County in which such suit has been instituted, in order 
 to confer jurisdiction. (Fleming v. Fleming, 36 Nev. 135.) 
 
 Section 5016. Actions, How Commenced. 
 
 Civil actions in the District Court shall be commenced by 
 the filing of a complaint with the clerk of the court and the 
 issuance of a summons thereon and the placing of the same 
 in the hands of the Sheriif of the county or other person author- 
 ized to serve the same, provided, that after the filing of the 
 complaint a defendant in the action may appear, answer or 
 demur, whether the summons has been issued or not, and such 
 appearance, answer or demurrer shall be deemed a waiver of 
 summons. 
 
 Section 5018. Summons, What Shall State. 
 
 The summons shall state the parties to the action, the 
 court in which it is brought, the county in which the complaint 
 is filed, the cause and general nature of the action, and require 
 the defendant to appear and answer the complaint within the 
 time mentioned in the next section after the service of summons, 
 exclusive of the day of service; or that judgment by default 
 will be taken against him, according to the prayer of the com- 
 plaint, briefly stating the relief demanded in the complaint. 
 
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 The names of the plaintiff's attorneys shall be indorsed upon 
 
 the summons. 
 
 (Sweeney v. Schultes, 19 Nev. 57. 6 P. 44.) 
 (Sherwin v. Sherwin, 33 Nev. _. I 11 P. 288.) 
 
 Section 5019. Answer, — Time Allowed For. 
 
 The time in which the summons shall require the defendant 
 to answer the complamt shall be as follows: 
 
 1 . If the defendant is served within the county in which 
 the action is brought, ten days. 
 
 2. If the defendant is served out of the county, but m 
 the district in which the action is brought, twenty days. 
 
 3. In all other cases forty days. 
 
 Section 5022. Summons, By Whom Served, Proof of Re- 
 turn. 
 
 The summons shall be* served by the sheriff of the county 
 where the defendant is found, or by his deputy, or by any 
 citizen of the United States over twenty-one years of age; 
 and, except as hereinafter provided, a copy of the complaint, 
 certified by the clerk or the plaintiff's attorney, shall be served 
 with the summons. When the summons shall be served by the 
 sheriff or his deputy, it shall be returned with the certificate or 
 affidavit of the officer, of its service, and of the service of a 
 copy of the complaint, to the office of the clerk of the county 
 in which the action is commenced. 
 
 Section 5026. When Service Made by Publication. 
 
 When the person on whom the service is to be made re- 
 sides out of the state, or has departed from the state, or can- 
 not, after due diligence, be found within the state, or conceals 
 himself to avoid the service of the summons, and the fact shall 
 
56 Six Months in Reno 
 
 appear by affidavit, to the satisfaction of the court or judge 
 thereof, and it shall appear, either by affidavit or a verified 
 complaint on file, that a cause of action exists against the de- 
 fendant in respect to w^hom the service is to be made, or that 
 he is a necessary or proper party to the action, such court or 
 judge may grant an order that the service be made by the 
 publication of the summons. 
 
 Section 5027. Order, Mailing Copies, Personal Service, 
 When Complete. 
 
 The order shall direct the publication to be made in a 
 newspaper to be designated by the court, or judge thereof, 
 as one most likely to give notice to the person to be served, 
 for a period of six weeks, and at least once a week during 
 said time. In case of publication, where the residence of a 
 non-resident or absent defendant is known, the court or judge 
 shall also direct a copy of the summons and complaint to be 
 deposited in the post office directed to the person to be served 
 at his place of residence. When publication is ordered, per- 
 sonal service of a copy of the summons and complaint out of 
 the state, shall be equivalent to completed service by publi- 
 cation and deposit in the postoffice, and the person so served 
 shall have forty days after said service to appear and answer 
 or demur. 
 
 The service of the summons shall be deemed complete in 
 cases of publication at the expiration of six weeks from the 
 first publication, and in cases when a deposit of a copy of the 
 summons and complaint in the post office is also required, at 
 the expiration of six weeks from such deposit. 
 
 (Pratt V. Stone, 25 Nev. 366. 374.) 
 
 (Coffin V. Bell, 22 Nev. 169. 183.) 
 
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 Section 5034. Jurisdiction, When Acquired. 
 
 From the time of the service of the summons in a civil 
 action, the court shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction, 
 and to have control of all the subsequent proceedings. 
 
 A voluntary appearance of the defendant shall be equiva- 
 lent to personal service of the summons upon him. 
 
 Section 5230. Reference Ordered Upon Agreement of 
 Parties. 
 
 A reference may be ordered upon the agreement of the 
 parties, filed with the clerk, or entered in the minutes: 
 
 1. To try any or all of the issues in an action or pro- 
 ceeding whether of fact or of law, and to report a finding or 
 judgment thereon. 
 
 2. To ascertain a fact necessary to enable the court to 
 proceed and determine the case. 
 
 (Fitzpatrick v. Fitzpatrick, 6 Nev. 65.) 
 
 Section 5235. Report of Referee to Stand as Decision of 
 Court. 
 
 The referee shall make his report within ten days after 
 the testimony before him is closed. The report upon the whole 
 issue shall stand as the decision of the court, and upon filing 
 the report with the clerk of the court, judgment may be entered 
 thereon in the same manner as if the action had been tried by 
 the court. The decision of the referee may be expected to 
 and reviewed in like manner as if made by the court. When 
 the referee is to report the facts, the report shall have the 
 effect of a special verdict. 
 
 Section 5842. Testimony, Pleadings and Orders. 
 
 The testimony of witnesses in suits for divorce, shall be 
 
58 Six Months in Reno 
 
 given orally in court, with the right to either party to take and 
 use depositions, on the same terms and in the same manner as 
 in actions at law; and the proceedings, pleadings and practice 
 shall conform to those at law, as nearly as conveniently may 
 be, but all preliminary and final orders may be in such form 
 as will best effect the object of this act, and produce sub- 
 stantial justice. 
 
 Section 5845. Jury Trial. 
 
 Either party, on application to the court, may be entitled 
 at such trial, to have the issue of fact involved in such case and 
 presented by the pleadings, tried by a jury, in accordance with 
 the general rules governing the trial of civil actions in the 
 District Court. 
 
 Section 4863. Divorce Proceedings — Public May Be Ex- 
 cluded. 
 
 In an action for divorce the court may direct the trial of 
 any issue of fact joined therein to be private, and upon such 
 directions all persons may be excluded except the officers of 
 the court, the parties, their witnesses and counsel. 
 
 Section 5458. Testimony Taken Out of the State. 
 
 The testimony of a witness out of the state may be taken 
 by deposition in an action at any time after the service of the 
 summons, or the appearance of the defendant, and in a special 
 proceeding at any time after a question of fact has arisen 
 therein. 
 
 Section 5459. How Taken — By Whom Taken. 
 
 The deposition of a witness out of this state, shall be taken 
 upon commission issued from the court, under the seal of the 
 
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 court, upon an order of the judge or court, on the appHcation 
 of either party, upon five days' previous notice to the other. 
 It shall be issued to a person agreed upon by the parties, or, 
 if they do not agree, to any judge, justice of the peace, or 
 notary public selected by the officer granting the commission, 
 or to a commissioner appointed by the governor of this state 
 to take affidavits and depositions in other states or territories. 
 
 Section 5840. The court, in granting a divorce, shall 
 make such disposition of, and provision for, the children, as 
 shall appear most expedient under all the circumstances, and 
 most for the present comfort and future well-being of such 
 children. (Lake v. Bender, 18 Nev. 362, 4 Pac. 711.) 
 
 Section 5843. Alimony Pendente Lite. 
 
 In any suit for divorce now pending, or which may here- 
 after be commenced, the court or judge may, in its discretion, 
 upon application, of which due notice shall have been given 
 to the husband, or his attorney, at any time after the filing of 
 the complaint, require the husband to pay such sums as may 
 be necessary to enable the wife to carry on or defend such suit, 
 and for her support and the support of the children of the 
 parties during the pendency of the suit. 
 
 (Lake V. Lake, 16 Nev. 363, 366.) 
 
 Section 5844. Cite (Wuest v. Wuest, 17 Nev. 221.) 
 
 Section 5844. Effect of Divorce — Female's Name May Be 
 Changed. 
 
 Whenever an order of divorce from the bonds of matri- 
 mony is granted by the court of competent authority (District 
 
60 Six Months in Reno 
 
 Court), such order shall fully and completely dissolve the 
 marriage contract as to both parties ; and in all suits for divorce 
 brought by a female, if a divorce be granted, the court may, for 
 just and reasonable cause, change the name of such female, 
 and shall in its order, decree and appoint. 
 
CHAPTER IX. 
 RAILROAD DISTANCES AND FARES. 
 
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 O description of Reno can rightly be called complete 
 unless is included in it a table of distances and fares 
 from our largest centres of population. Reno seems to 
 attract visitors from all over the Continent so that an 
 alphabetical list of distances and fares may be found useful. 
 
 Mr. J. M. Fulton has very kindly furnished me with these 
 authentic figures, and as Mr. Fulton is the Assistant General 
 Passenger Agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Reno, 
 my raders may rest assured that the information is correct as 
 of January 1 , 1 92 1 . 
 
 The fares of course are merely transportation rates and 
 do not include sleeping accommodations nor meals, but intend- 
 ing visitors to Reno can look forward to very excellent service 
 on the Southern Pacific which is, in all respects, one of the finest 
 railroads in the United States. Some idea of its service can 
 be gained from the fact that from January 1 to September 30, 
 1920, the road carried no less than Thirty-eight Million pas- 
 sengers. 
 
62 Six Months in Reno 
 
 FROM RENO TO 
 
 War Dept. Fare 
 
 Town. Mileage. One Way. 
 
 Boston, Mass 3060 $1 15.94 
 
 Buffalo. N. Y 2552 98.60 
 
 Charleston, S. C 2873 104.94 
 
 Cheyenne, Wyo. 1023 43.50 
 
 Chicago, 111 2027 86.17 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio 2312 86.03 
 
 Cleveland, Ohio 2384 92.00 
 
 Denver. Colo 1130 47.28 
 
 Detroit, Mich 2299 ' 89.60 
 
 Galveston, Texas.. 2226 79.12 
 
 Indianapolis, Ind. 2211 85.12 
 
 Kansas City, Mo 1733 63.60 
 
 Los Angeles, Calif.. 601 23.28 
 
 Milwaukee, Wis 2112 82.85 
 
 Minneapohs, Minn 1920 74.93 
 
 New Orleans, La 2429 86.10 
 
 New York, N. Y 2936 1 1 1 .66 
 
 Ogden. Utah 539 26.04 
 
 Omaha, Neb 1539 61.86 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa 2844 108.42 
 
 Pittsburg, Pa. 2495 95.f57 
 
 Portland, Me 3169 119.85 
 
 Portland, Ore.. 800 30.38 
 
 St. Louis, Mo 1953 73.64 
 
 St. Paul, Minn.... 1910 74.53 
 
 San Francisco, Calif 243 10.26 
 
 Savannah, Ga 2858 131.51 
 
 Seattle, Wash 983 37.04 
 
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