tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581230122476881763.post6451890193086926119..comments2023-07-18T11:12:29.129-07:00Comments on Jue Joe Clan History: Details: Jue Joe, Saloon Keeperjjuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960807215145734076noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581230122476881763.post-51260386018190357072010-08-03T13:50:17.303-07:002010-08-03T13:50:17.303-07:00Correction: It was Harry Chandler who had the pho...Correction: It was Harry Chandler who had the photo and newspaper article of July 1, 1918, taken of Jue Joe, San You, and San Tong on the rooftop of the original L.A. Times building. The trio posed in front of a brick wall that connected the two elevator shafts; an eagle sat atop one shaft. Harrison Gray Otis, one of Jue Joe's best friends, had died on July 31, 1917. So it must have been Harry Chandler that San Tong saw sipping moonshine with Jue Joe on the ranch. Or perhaps San Tong had heard that Otis came to visit Jue Joe at the ranch in earlier times and had sipped Jue Joe's homemade brew. Auntie Soo-Yin.1860soohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369634149285406896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581230122476881763.post-75067901538007261272010-07-29T17:22:25.854-07:002010-07-29T17:22:25.854-07:00UNOPENED BILL FOR 2 KEGS OF BEER, 1920: Jue Joe&#...UNOPENED BILL FOR 2 KEGS OF BEER, 1920: Jue Joe's bill (for 2 kegs of beer) lay unopened in 1920 because of Prohibition. I found out that Prohibition began from 1920-1933 in the USA. This explains why Jue Joe stashed the unopened bill in a field box, along with other unopened mail. He and Thompson had to shut down their saloon at 2nd and Broadway. And with the money Jue Joe had remaining, he bought the Van Nuys ranch on Vanowen Street with asparagus farming in mind. On the Van Nuys ranch San Tong recalled seeing Harrison Gray Otis and Jue Joe sitting on stools in front of a round wash tub near Jue Joe's cabin. They were talking and drinking Jue Joe's "moonshine" through a rubber hose dipped into the tub. Auntie Soo-Yin.1860soohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369634149285406896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581230122476881763.post-78902355813300010982010-07-26T21:41:16.610-07:002010-07-26T21:41:16.610-07:00There is a cut-off oak barrel placed above the ent...There is a cut-off oak barrel placed above the entrance to the corner unit at the upper right of the #2 photo. San Tong had said that Jue Joe's kegs of beer came in oak barrels with a spoute for pouring. Maybe this logo signified that the unit was a saloon in those days, like barber shops had their logos. Also, in the #1 postcard picture that shows the Merchant's Trust bldg, there are boxes visible, indicating that the same unit could have been handling produce. Auntie Soo-Yin.1860soohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369634149285406896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581230122476881763.post-33047982582645710012010-07-26T16:56:32.640-07:002010-07-26T16:56:32.640-07:00Correction: I meant the "Merchant's Trus...Correction: I meant the "Merchant's Trust" building in the above statement, not the Manchester's Trust. Auntie Soo-Yin.1860soohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369634149285406896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581230122476881763.post-21577611771646260882010-07-26T16:38:55.877-07:002010-07-26T16:38:55.877-07:00In Old Los Angeles it was custom to sell produce i...In Old Los Angeles it was custom to sell produce inside saloons. It is similar to today's mini "deli" housed inside retail stores. I believe that Jue Joe also owned the shop to the right of the "round awning" shop as well, the end unit at the right corner. There is also an alley at that end. Jue Joe was a born entrepreneur so he would have sold Byron Brant's citrus products together with his own potatoes, tomatos, and asparagus in his saloon. San Tong had said, "The saloon was at a corner of a building...it stood diagonal across the street from the L.A. Times building, and its street level was raised above the Times location. The saloon's sidedoor opened onto an alley." Perhaps the two shops at the right end opened onto one another from the inside in order to sell both drinks and produce. I can imagine L.A.'s patrons meeting in Jue Joe's saloon to make business deals and to sell acreage in the newly subdivided San Fernando Valley. Then they would buy fruits and vegetable to bring home to the family. This was custom in saloons of Jue Joe's day. San Tong said that his father always wore his Colt.45 in a holster belted around his waist whenever he went to his saloon. "I saw other men in the saloon carrying their guns in the open like my father, too," conintued San Tong. Old Los Angeles was a frontier town. And you can see Jue Joe's saloon in a photo of the "Manchester's Trust" building, too. It is the first awning located behind the Manchester. And the Chinese doorway is next to that first awning. A drain pipe stands at the same location in both photos. Auntie Soo-Yin.1860soohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369634149285406896noreply@blogger.com