Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-23

him to the bourne which waits for all
of us.
One of the most popular and well
known citizens OF the old days In Los
Angeles was Joe Bayer. As q young
fellow he had gone into the army and
came out with hats full Of commenda-
tions from distinguished Federal ofi-
GERS He was In addition handsome
fellow, gay and bright. He and a man
named satter for years kept Congress-
hall, joint saloon and restaurant on
the corner of Main and Requena streets
opposite the New York hotel 1t was
for a long while what Levy's has been
for some years back. although with this
difference that the patronage was ex-
clusively male.
Not Always Easy
Satter was a really superior German,
who evidently was not congenial to the
business in which he was engaged. I'M
noting the physical qualities Of the two,
Hamlet's Hyperion to satyr" often
required to my mind. When he and
Joe dissolved partnership Satter be-
came coffee planter down in Guate-
mala and graduated into the millionaire
class. When they parted Bayer went
into the wholesale liquor business
where General Last now holds forth.
1t has by no means always been
"skittIes and beer in this gala city Of
ours and Bayer struck some hard lines
in his business relations. He stood
right on the brink of failure. One day he
thought of Satter down in Guatemala.
He telegraphed that he needed $4,000
and needed 1t badly. hardly believing
that he would get it. Along 1t came
the next morning, however. and Bayer
was enabled to put his affairs in good
condition.
Later Bayer and Last formed part-
nership in the wholesale liquor busi-
ness. Not only were they associated
in that line, but they owned the Sec
ond Street park, where the first really
profitable oil development Of Los An
geles began. Largely through this oil
incident was Joe enabled to leave his
family in good circumstances,
Speaking of good fellows. have been
led more or less into talking Of where
the good fellows were wont to go. The
rumor goes out occasionally with more |
or less authority that the Temple block |
will be shortly dismantled to make |
room for a modern up-to-date building. |
Where there is so much smoke there is
probably some fire, and Kaspape Cohn
will probably soon give Los Angeles a
business palace. The Reception saloon
located in that block has for forty
years past been one of the noted re-
sorts of its kind in California. It's re-
cent proprietor, John j. Shay was one
of the most respectable men ever en-
gagged in the business and nothing but
the best of it's kind was ever allowed
to be dispensed in his place. He made
a fortune there and did it by the squar-
est kind of square dealing.
The Old Reception
Forty years ago the Reception was
the great headquarters of that portion
of the Republican party which attached
itself to the wings of the unfortunate
banker, F. P. F. Temple. Here his ad-
the unnumbered shekels the "old man.
would let loose. The saloon at that
time was run by Joe Williams. Some
very we'll known men have dispensed
liquor behind that bar, such as Charley
Shredder and that old young man, ex-
Sheriff T. Frank Burns. ex-banker and
at present detective for the trolley
lines, who acknowledges that he is IA
years of age and who would easily pass
muster for 81. Burns, however, was al
ways great ladies' man. and that is
the kind that always lives forever, as
witness the celebrated duke of Riche-
lieu.
A somewhat noted Angeleno in those
days named Portugal kept the corner
store In the Temple block and was sup
posed to know more about the AFFAIRS
of Temple & Workman's bank than
any man in Los Angeles. In fact, when
that institution put up It's shutters ow-
ing the good people million and a
quarter dollars most of the hoi poll
loi thought that it was buried down
in Portugals cellars and was held
there for a dividend between the bank
er and his confidant--all Of which OIL
course was downright rot. Portugal