The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-22
MANY FAMOUS
 RESORTS WILL BE CLOSED

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 (by As sociated Press) )-"The Palace bar turned into a soda-water and ice cream parlor-Gosh!" To men who are reaching the sunset days of their lives; who were part of the hectic period of the Comstock mining boom and other famous bonanza days in the various sections of the unfettered west with its open gambling and many famous bars and hotels it becomes an effort of the imagination to picture the transition which will occur July l.
 But the Palace Hotel bar, will make the change, it has just been an- nounced The largest and most famous of the far western institutions of that character, whose net income is said to have been in the nieghborhood of $175,OOO a year, where men discussed millions over their cocktails or high balls and where many a gigantic min ing, land or stock deal was consum- mated, will fall in line. Behind this bar hangs Maxfield's Parrish's mural decoration "The Pied Piper of Ham, lin," which cost the management $25,- 900. A companion piece, "Old King Cole," hangs in the Knickerbocker hotel in New York.
 The Lick bar, rebuilt since the earthquake and fire of 1906, is asso- ciated with the early days of the city and about the name cluster many of the associations of the vigilantes who put an end to murder and lawlessness in San Francisco.
 The same may be said of the Ex- change saloon, the marble floor of which was shipped around the Horn about 1S49. It was the headquarters of the leaders of San Francisco af- fairs.
 In Bakersfield, is the Southern Bar. It was the scene of many revel of
 
 used to ride in from the colony at Rosedale and, filling themselves with sparkling wine, were prone to remem- Der their mounts by pouring bottles of champagne down the throats of their horses. Tradition is that Lord Shalto Douglas was one of the gay blades.
 With the passing of the liquor trade will go Jack Doyles place at Vernon known to all followers of the prize ring and where nearly one hundred bartenders serve the crowds. Here in their heydey 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 courthouse, already had passed out. Its nickname of "Dyna- mite Reef was acquired, not on ac- count of any high power stock it may have carried, but because it was the favorite meeting place for many of those concerned in the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times 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 Chi nese were lynched by mob more than quarter of century ago; and the Bucket of Blood," name to be found in many western cities. Texas, already dry, even now only has memories of the Cactus, the Par Tor, Wigwam, Gem, The Ranch, the Ruby, Astor House, Palace, Coney Island and Lobby, names which will endure in books of fact and recrea- tion seeking COW punchers galloped down the streets to fusilade of pistol shots and rode their ponies up to the bars.
 Billy Duncan's Silver Dollar Saloon, in Denver, which got it's name from the silver dollars cemented into the floor. Tortoni's which went Duncan several better and made flooring of twenty dollar gold pieces, have gone, for Colorado anticipated national pro- hibition.
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