THE BURG SALOON Waldeck, Shultz and Schade -- Agents for Los Angeles Brewing Co. -- In April of 1907 the Randsburg Miner reported that Emil Waldeck and Herman Schultz had started construction on a new brewery on Butte Ave. opposite A. Nixons Saloon. The original plans were for an 18 x 20 one-story adobe building on a rough foundation with an 18 x 25 ice cellar in the rear. Julius Schade had the contract to construct the building. When the building was actually completed in December of 1907 it measured 20 x 30 feet with a cellar and a 16 x 30 concrete icehouse in the rear. During the building process Julius Schade had become a partner and the Saloon, when opened, was said to be the best-equipped in town. An elegant bar and fixtures had been purchased from the Los Angeles Brewing Company and were equipped with every convenience for rapid work. Emil Waldeck had been a saloonkeeper in Randsburg since 1898. Julius Schade had came to Randsburg in 1904 and worked as a contractor and miner until he went in to the saloon/ Brewery business. Little information has been found on Herman Shultz. How long this partnership actually lasted and what the arrangements were are unclear. In 1909 a liquor license was issued to J. Schade. Emil Waldeck apparently left town around this time as there is no reference to him in the 1910 Census or in the Great Register of Voters after 1908. Herman Schultz was listed in the 1912 Great Register of Voters as a bartender and Julius Schade as a saloonkeeper. Advertisements for the Burg Saloon” as shown on this page was found in the Randsburg Miner from February of 1912 to August of 1913 listed Julius Schade as the proprietor. Emil Waldeck retained a one third interest in the saloon, which was sold at the time of his death in 1913 for $190 to an agent by the name of C. W. Pierce. No record of a liquor license has been found for Julius Schade after 1913 until his application in 1916 which was turned down on the basis that there were already too many saloons in town at the time. It is believed that Jesse Cuddeback of Mojave conducted business in this location starting in 1913, whether he is the person who C. W. Pierce was agent for is unknown, but a description of a shooting that took place in Jesses saloon matches the layout of the Burg saloon. This building still stands and for many years housed Mrs. Puringtons Desert Shop. It is currently one of the many business buildings in town than are not open for business due to the economy and lack of cooperation amongst residents in promoting the town. The Burg Sallon is the second building from the left. This photo was taken sometime around 1912 after a flashfflood.
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