Hi Doug!

Have you seen this site?

http://www.1st100.com/part2/hull.html

It's got a lot of the history of early Vegas.

Maybe Griffith & Moore had the covers printed, in anticipation of opening the El Rancho in New Mexico, and when they did Vegas instead, they had the Last Frontier printed on the inside? It's a theory, anyway! Here's an excerpt from the article:

"Hull hadn't been open long when another Western-style casino would try to rustle some of the patrons from El Rancho. R.E. Griffith, who had built and run a chain of movie theaters in the South, and his nephew and architect William J. Moore, were thinking of expanding into the hotel business in Deming, N.M. In connection with that venture they made a business trip to Los Angeles, came through Las Vegas on their way home, and were so impressed that they immediately changed their plans.
      In one of the coincidences of history which seem to defy mathematical odds, Griffith and Moore had planned to name their new hotel El Rancho, long before they had heard of one by that name in Las Vegas. Finding one already open with that name, they settled on The Last Frontier. And like Hull, they chose to operate south of town on the Los Angeles Highway."

p.s. I've been trying and TRYING to convince myself that I should send you that Cabaret matchcover.... I've succeeded in convincing myself that I SHOULD but (sorry) I'm not going to! If we ever find another one, though, it's yours! As for the Eldorado 'tray...well, George has decided he can live with one or two metal trays.. annnd.... we won a Pine Nut Lodge ashtray on ebay!