Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-17

majority of votes for Hughes. The
owners of some of the big newspapers
in the state have interests in Mexico
and for that reason have been clam
oring loud and long for settlement
of the Mexican question, even though
an army be sent across the border.
| These papers have no doubt welded
a powerful influence in the state and
this has been against President Will
son. The state is ordinarily Pro-
gressive and for that reason alone
will hardly go Democratic this year.
Eager for Deals
Many who go to the coast from this
side of the mountains and invest in
real estate, lose by the transaction.
Values are too high. There are many
who are eager to sell or lease, but
one must be acquainted with condi-
tons in order to avoid distress. When
it comes to paying $500 or $1,000 an
acre for orange groves it should be
remembered that the returns must be
large in order to pay a reasonable
return on the investment
Speaking of values and liars, here
is the way one man expressed the sit
uation as it applied to some places in
the state:
Every village is a city
Every acre is ranch.
Every shack is a bungalow.
Every man is a liar.
Much lntermarrying
There are many races in Califor-
MIA and there is much intermarrying.
Here are some of the combinations:
Chinese men marry Indian women.
Japanese men marry Indian women.
Negro men marry Indian women.
Chinese men marry Mexican wom-
en-.
Japanese men marry Mexican wom-
en-.
Negro men marry Mexican women.
Negro men marry Japanese women.
White men occasionally marry
women of either nationality.
1t will be seen by the above that
the coast will face rare race situa-
ton some day. The orientals are in
creasing rapidly and accommodating
Cd i~l,% IN
fornian expressed it, Chinaman will
"stay put" but a Jap will not. When
a tourist goes upon a coast boat, into
the hotels, in the dining and sleep
ing cars, the Japanese are there. One
never sees a Chinaman in these
places. The Japs ride along the
streets in fine automobiles and are
trying to locate in the best residence
districts Never the Chinese. The
aggressiveness of the Japs is what
irritates the Californians. They say
if a Jap takes a contract to do GER
tain piece of work and finds that he
has taken it too cheaply, he abandons
the job without saying a word. Not
so with a Chinaman. He will stay
by the task until completed. Japan
ese will come to ranch and agree
to pick the oranges, lemons, grapes,
hops or other crops at lower rate
than the white help and usually get
the job. The next year they ask for
more and later still more, finally ask
ing to lease the place. The grower
has let his white help go and is at the
mercy of the oriental The Chinese
are not so aggressive and the Cali
fornians like them better Like the
colored race of the south, the coast
industries must have these people to
do the work and cannot get along
without them 1t is no small prob
lem and one that is worrying them
more and more.
California, especially the southern
part, finds the best crop to be tour
lists The travellers of the world take
millions of dollars in Los Angeles,
San Diego and tributary territory each
year. It is the tourists paradise. The
delightful climate, the attractiveness
of the region, the superb roads, and
the friendly spirit of the people COM
bine to draw the stranger. A ques-
ton to trainman, policeman, street
car conductor or citizen in plain
clothes nearly always brings a most
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