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LORENZO A. SISCHO
As proprietor of Sischo's Garage of Los Banos, Lorenzo A. Sischo has established himself on a firm basis in Merced
County. He first came to the West Side as a duck hunter, which vocation he followed very successfully for several
years, until he decided that he could find better opportunities for advancement here than in any other place he
had seen. He was born in the Puget Sound country, at what was called Sischo's Cove on Henderson Bay, Washington,
on October 10, 1884, and was the first white child to be born in that locality. His education was obtained in the
public schools of Washington, which he supplemented by studying law in Tacoma. In February, 1902 we find him in
Los Angeles looking for employment, and not finding anything satisfactory he went out to the E. J. ("Lucky")
Baldwin ranch in the country and went to work as a ranch hand.
That same year Mr. Sischo drove a team of horses to Los Banos on a duck hunting expedition and upon his arrival
on the West Side he found more than a hundred men engaged in hunting ducks for the markets in the State. Being
a good shot and noting the success made by the other men, he decided he would cast in his lot and therefore he
equipped himself for the business and continued in that line of work for twelve years. He not only did a thriving
business in supplying ducks for the market, but he studied the scientific side of the game and furnished the Academy
of Science with various specimens of birds' eggs, and made a business of capturing wild geese alive and shipping
them to various parts of the United States, one shipment consisting of 352 birds. He furnished the New York Zoo
with many specimens. In hunting he used the largest bore shotgun made, a No. 2 gauge. After following the business
for a time he was humane enough to see that some restriction must be put on the wholesale killing of wild game
and he assisted in organizing the People's Fish and Game Protective Association in San Francisco for conserving
wild game for all the people instead of the favored few, and he was one of its first directors. In November 1918
he engaged in his present business with a capital of $9.45, and from this small beginning he has developed a business
until at one time he had four garages, three in Los Banos and one in Gustine. Disposing of his various places he
moved into the new and modern garage that had been built for his use in 1920. He now has one of the most modern
and thoroughly equipped garages in the valley. He is the local agent for the Dodge Brothers automobile, also handles
various makes of tires and does a large battery service business and is meeting with success.
When Mr. Sischo came to marry he chose one of Merced County's native daughters, Miss Kate Pedroni, born at Volta,
and they have a daughter Dorothy. Mr. Siseho was elected justice of the peace of Los Banos and served from 1908
to 1913. He is public spirited and does what he can towards promoting the best interests of his adopted town and
county.
From:
History of Merced County, California
With a Biographical Review
History by John Outcalt
Historic Record Company
Los Angeles, California 1925
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