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Title: Reno : a book of short stories and information
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Stratton, Lilyan Bushnell Studios, ill Van Noy Inter-State Company, ill Coyler Printing Co. pbl
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Publisher: Newark : Colyer Printing Company
Contributing Library: University of British Columbia Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of British Columbia Library

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g, assaying and milling. At sixteen he joined the University andbecame a member of that most select of fra-ternities, with that weird-sounding name,Phi Kappa Kappa. He had specialized in min-ing at college, and upon graduation left theState, and engaged in several mining enter-prises in British Columbia and Mexico. Thenwhen his father passed away, he returned toNevada and was offered a position as StateEngineer. In 1915 he was made Nevadas Tax Com-missioner and he traveled the State far andwide, gaining both fame and popularity. At college the Governor had distinguishedhimself considerably in the sporting arena,and he was known to be a particularly strongman v/hen it came to kicking the ball. Once a sport, always a sport! If thisspirit does not have the opportunity to showitself in active practice on the field of sport,it will nevertheless make itself felt in onesrelations with men on the field of life, andso we have in Emmet D. Boyle a practicalman with a vast knowledge about Nevadas
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GOVERNOR EMMETT D. BOYLE OF NEVADA RENO 263 foremost sources of success, with a true ap-preciation of the booklore of our ancestors,a keen eye and the love of fair play of thetrue sportsman. That he has a kind and humane heart canbe judged from the fact that it was he whowas responsible for the re-introducing of thesix months residence law. Why should twopeople be forced to live together in distrustand misery any longer than was absolutelynecessary? And so he worked as best hecould to shorten that time, as much as thestatute would permit. He succeeded, andthanks to him, several people have had theirhappiness given back to them I had the honor to meet the Governor ona number of occasions and always foundhim so simple and unassuming that I couldhardly realize I was conversing with the manholding the highest position in the State, as ifI had known him for years. The leading man of the State should havea charming wife! The Capitol would indeedbe a desolate place without a hostess to en-te

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