Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-12-31
8ARADOO CITIZEN
WRITES FROM Los
ANGELES, CALF
Says Work is Scarce and
Living is Cheap--Climate
Is Fine.
WESTERN CITY is
RAPIDLY GROWING
Expect to See The Two
Exposition Before Return
ing to the East

Off again, on again, gone again, tell
Mike Flanagan! We arrived in Los
Angeles about two weeks ago, this let
ter being written on December 20. We
visited in Madison, Chicago, Savanna,
Clinton, Miles, Preston, Belle Plain
and Denver We had fine visit with
our relatives in Denver and also Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Manor They are all
doing we'll and making good.
After we left Denver the weather
got very cold. 1t was 10 below and
stayed there until we got within 400 or
500 miles of California.
1t has rained here four or five times
since we reached here and it is chilly
and damp but we have heater in our
little 4 by A mild, light housekeeping
rooms and we are comfortable.
Everything seems about the same as
last winter, very dull and a lot of men
idle. AS dull as it is they are putting
up buildings every day. During 1914,
up to December l, the city issued
81, 700, 900 in building permits. A few
large buildings are being finished; one
hotel costing a million dollars. It is
ten stories high, has $50 rooms and is
fire proof.
Every Thing Is Cheap
Every thing is cheap, even to the
potatoes. One year ago they were 5
cents pound, now they are Il cents.
Bread is two loaves for five cents.
All kinds of meat, sincluding steaks,
Is cents.
Pies are 10 cents each.
Five doughnuts or rolls or pie with
coffee. cents.
Shave is cents.
Hair cut for 10 cents.
Shine for cents.
Natural wool underwear, As cents
each.
Tailor made suits, SO and up.
Clothes pressed, IS cents.
Half soles sewed on for rs cents for
men; so cents for ladies.
Butter and eggs, 80 cents.
Everyone is booming this country,
even the school children are asked to
write to their friends in the east to come
to the exposition next year.
They have one of the finest street
car systems here in the world. We
went out for Is mile ride recently and
also went Is miles on the harbor in a
steamer.
They are arranging for fine eXposi-
ton of flowers at Pasadena on the first
day of January. They say it will be
the finest in the world
We went to fine theatre few nights
ago. The seating capacity was 5000;
any seat 10 cents.
Los Angeles is growing at the rate of
go, 900 to 100000 a year but at that
everything to me seems to be overdone.
But of course they have the finest
climate under the sun. This letter is
being written in a park with no over
coat on and with the keeper cutting the
grass. Any one who comes here in the
winter will come again in order to
avoid that cold snap they have in the
eastern states. You can live here
cheaper than in the east.
We had visit with w. M. Whalen
who continues to be superintendent OF
the Southern Pacific.
Many Real Estate Dealers
There are about 400 or 500 real estate
dealers and each one has from 10 to
200 acres of land cut up in lots and half
acres. Excursions are run on Thurs
days and Saturdays to see and buy the
land
Of course we expect to see the ex-
positions at San Diego and San Fran
cisco in February. Well, I am all out
of beeswax for this time. With best
regards to all and wishing every one
Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year. we remain, yours respectfully,
Mike and Hannah Mahar
| 400 ) Croker street,
Los Angeles California