.THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 8, 1919.
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FAMOUS BARS IN
WEST CLOSED BY
BONE DRY LAW
Many Mourn Passing of Re
sorts Associated With Thrill
, ' ing Pages of History in
; Western States.
San Francisco, Cal, June 7."The
"Palace bar turned into a sodawater
ana ce cream parlor Gosh I" To
men who are rrarhinir the sunset
days of their lives; who were a part
oi me necuc period ol the Lorn
stock mining . boom and other fa
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We Deliver To All.
;Part of the City
mou bonanza day in the various
section! of the unfettered west with
its open gambling and many famous
bars ami hotels it becomes an ef
fort of the imagination to picture
the transition which will occur
July 1.
But he Palace Hotel bar will
make the change, it has just been
announced. The largest and most
famous of the far western institu
tions of that character, whose net
income is said to have been in the
neighborhood of $175,000 a year,
where men discussed millions over
their cocktails or highballs and
where many a gigantic mining, land
or stock deal was consummated.
will fall in line. Behind this bit
hangs Maxfield's Parrish's mural
decoration, "The Pied Piper of
Hamlin," which cost the hotel man
agemrint $25,000. A companion
piece, "Old King Cole," hangs in
the Knickerbocker hotel in New
York.
Other Famous Bart.
The Lick bar. rebuilt since the
earthquake and fire of 1906, is as
sociated with the early days of the
city and about the name clustered
many of the associations of the vig
iliantes who put an end to murder
and lawlessness in ban francisco.
The same mav be said of the Ex
change saloon, the marble floor of
which was shipped around the Horn
about 1849. It was the headquar
ters of the leaders of San Fran
cisco affairs.
In Bakersfield, is the Southern
bar. It was the scene of many a
revel of titled and high-born Eng.
lishmen who used to ride in from
the colony at Rosedale and, filling
themselves with sparkling wine,
were prone to remember their
mounts by pouring bottles of cham
pagne down the throats 'of their
horses. Tradition has it that Lord
Sholto Douglas was one of the gay.
blades.
Doyle's Will Close.
With the passing of the liauor
trade will go Jack Doyle's place at
Vernon, known to all followers of
the prize ring and where nearly 100
bartenders serve the crowds. Here
in their heyday have passed Jeffries.
Johnson, Choynski, Fitzsimmons,
Kid McCoy, Britt, Ritchie, Young,
Corbett, McGovern and many other
men famed in the history of the
prize ring.
In Los Angeles-the Oak, situated
near the court house, already had
passed out. Its nickname of the
"Dynamite Reef" was acquired, not
on account of any high power stock
it may have carried, but because it
was the favorite meeting place for
many of those connected with ' the
trial concerned in the blowing up of
the JLos Angeles limes building.
Other saloons of Los Angeles
around which memories of various
sort cling were "Dead Rat, known
to police and newspapermen; the
Pantheon, the heart of Chinatown,
near which more than a score of
Chinese were lynched by , a mob
more than a quarter of a century
ago; and the bucket ot Blood, a
name to be found in many western
cities.
Other Dry States.
Texas, already dry. even now only
has memories of the Cactus, the
Parlor, Wigwam, Gem, The Ranch,
the Ruby, Astor House, Palace,
Coney Island and' Lobby, names
which will endure in books of fact
and fiction which-have been written
about the early days when bands of
recreation seeking t cow punchers
galloped down the streets to a fusil
lade of pistol shote and rode their
poniea up to the bars.
Billy Duncans Mlver iJoiiar sa
loon, in Denver, which got its name
from the silver dollars cemented in
to the floor, Tortoni's which went
Duncan several better and made a
flooring of twenty dollar gold
pieces, have gone, tor Colorado an
ticipated national prohibition.
Everywhere it is the same, and
while many mourn the passing of
the famous resorts, all are prepar
ing for the transition.
Briton Plans South Pole
Dash In An Aeroplane
London, Tune 7. Plaans in pre
paration of the British Imperial
Antartie expedition," which leaves
England in the famous ship Terra
Nova in June next year, are being
rapidly matured, according to Mr.
John L. Cope, the leader of the
expedition.
"The expidition will consist of
58 men, and will be split up into
three parties," said Mr. Cope. "The
main land of 22 men will remain at
New Harbour, while there will be
parties at Scott island within the
Antarctic Circle, and at Loss island,
which forms the gateway ' to the
Ross sea. When the Terra Nova
has landed these parties it will
return to Wellington, New Zealand,
and will take sufficient provisions
on board to last for four years.
"It will leave Wellington m the
following summer, 1921, calling at
Scott island, Cape Crozier, on Koss
island and New Harbour, after
which it will proceed to circum
navigate ,the continent, attempting
to reach Cape Ann (Enderby land)
tht following winter ,1922.
The program, after leaving
Caoe Ann in the summer of 1922."
continued Mr. Cope, "is to proceed
along the coast lines at present
known, making for the South Shet
lands. During the trip in attempt
will be made to visit Coats Land,
but the Terra Nova will not attempt
to cross the Weddell sea. Owing
to ice conditions, it is possible that
it may be forced to winter at
Coats Land instead of the South
Shetland!. In any case, however,
she will be in wireless communica
tion with the Falkland islands-
The three new features of the
expedition," explained Mr. Cope
"are the winter period spent on the
barrier, the taking of an aeroplane
with the possibility of a flight to
the South pole, and the circumna
vigation of the Antarctic continent
If the proposed night ts under
taken, a sledge of provisions and. a
tent will be carried on the aero
plane to enable the party to return
to their base if they are forced - to
come down." - - . '
Let Water Pour Into Bath
Pool All Winter, Costs $66
Chicaaro. June 7. When" Arthur T.
Aldis, a member of the Lake Forest
colonv. received a bill recently for
$66 for twenty-one days' water bill,
he decided ihings were not as they
should be, and started an investiga
tion. He kicked so hard to the
water company that they started an
investigation also and reported that
a- servant in the -Aldis home' had
neglected to Jura' the water off in
the. swimming pool intake test fay,i
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