Show 'V s ? r" ' U rvjfr Jt0- f fS I A r sl v1! If K ! ’ " t rn? rnrar il i1! is w i iL Q' ii f 2?3l ss1"1 V ir" I U 'id i ‘ 1 " 'sspja ’ $ 1 r1 J v ' “ 2Cm r'?? u7l Ly1 ‘ V J! — 4 t X' N - n ' N J' ' f - ’ ’i " J B j - 0 ' V J&lY- j S v:- - h tit ' X'C t " ? A$y i £'-- V w a ? 1' 1 fsisu V Jfc & bum T v "IB! iian- i- W VH - - Vacationers in Las Vegas' glittering resorts find plenty of relaxation sunshine and swimming to occupy their days m NEVADA you yesterday or live in m A can become lost in tomorrow you can lose your inhibitions and legally win a bankroll (if you’re not playing with scared money) and you can dine and dance or gamble around the clock for casino and resort doors are never locked Down in Las Vegas they consider Los Angeles a suburb That’s because large numbers of Southern Californians seem to live there commuting occasionally to their homes and businesses on the coast And Reno feels the same about San Francisco After all they say the wealth dug from Virginia City's Comstock financed most of Market Street and Bay Region residents spend their time playing at Lake Tahoe and fighting the battle of Virginia Street While the glittering palaces of chance and luxury living at moderate rates are Nevada's chief tourist attractions the more serious student of western lore and legend can easily lose himself among the ghosts of the past and the outdoor vacationer finds plenty of inducement to explore desert and- mountain Every saloon in Virginia City is a museum You can see Mark Twain's old printing press and Diamond Jim Brady’s banquet table and a thousand more mementoes of a fabulous era Reno’s luxury hotels feature top entertainment and when you tire of the casino and night life palls Pyramid Lake is only 35 miles away The - beach is nice swimming’s good and cabin accommodations are available Moving east along US 40 you can swing north on 95 at Winnemucca into Paradise Valley and find solitude and fishing streams high in the Santa Rosa Mountains At Elko you’re In cattle country and you can take side trips south into the Ruby Mountains ride the ranges on dude ranches or come fall go around into Ruby Valley for duck and goose hunting In addition to cosmopolitan hotels which fill up with ranchers and cowpokes come Saturday Hko has plenty of modern motels and a new golf course and they throw a big show and race meet "The Silver State Stampede” each fall Take Nevada 11 north from Elko and you'll find the ghost town of Tuscarora to remind you of the mining heyday and farther north on A3 is Mountain City a booming copper camp until recent times Surrounding areas in the Humboldt National Forest are prime hunting and fishing grounds At Wells US 40 and 93 intersect 40 continuing to Salt Lake City through Wendover which is taking on new life with reactivation of an Air Force installation North 93 enters Idaho with Twin Falls the first major city South it cuts down to Ely thriving copper mining town surrounded by still more ghosts of bygone times— their rest shattered by the roar of Jet planes flying out of Nellis Air Force Base at Las Vegas their skeletons etched against the blinding glare of nuclear blasts from Yucca Flats I '? f Swidoy May 15 1955— Stank Edition THE SMT LAKE TRIIUNE - 45 |