Reno : a book of short stories and information . s built in 1 877; it cost $210,000. The honor of discovering the ComstockLode belongs to the two brothers, Allenand Hosea Grosch. The majority of theminers on the Comstock in the first days ofits activity lived in tents and dug-outs calledholes in the wall. I never realized the vastness of our coun-try, nor the wonderful opportunities whichthe West affords those in search of wealth,until I lived there six months. There areuntold undeveloped resources, the like ofwhich does not exist in the over-crowdedEast. May this little book, in a way, servet
Reno : a book of short stories and information . s built in 1 877; it cost $210,000. The honor of discovering the ComstockLode belongs to the two brothers, Allenand Hosea Grosch. The majority of theminers on the Comstock in the first days ofits activity lived in tents and dug-outs calledholes in the wall. I never realized the vastness of our coun-try, nor the wonderful opportunities whichthe West affords those in search of wealth,until I lived there six months. There areuntold undeveloped resources, the like ofwhich does not exist in the over-crowdedEast. May this little book, in a way, serveto introduce the West to the East. Reno and her people cannot be spoken ofas typical of other Western towns and peo-ple, as the residents of this much-talked-ofbig little city are subject to conditionswhich do not exist in any other town in thecountry. They are democratic and whole-hearted Westerners, but find themselves con-fronted with social conditions which changetheir attitude toward things. However, Iwas very much impressed at the compara-. RENO 163 tively few divorces one finds among the old-er, permanent residents. I think this provesthat it is the unattainable that is most de-sired. The women of Nevada have enjoyed equalsuffrage for some time; they are wide awakeand interested in all public affairs. Besidesbeing domesticated, they are intellectual andenergetic. There are very few prudesamong them, and a great many more than in Reno is developedamong men and women a sense of being in-dividual. I attended many of the WomensClubs, and was always agreeably surprisedto find them up-to-date in every respect: acompany of women banded together to studyand plan for the betterment of humanity,and social conditions in general. The Moth-ers Club and the Century Club are doingsplendid work in aiding the development ofHeme Economics, Better Babies, help-ing with all kinds of charities, civic improve-ments and much other commendable work. It was at these clubs that I
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