Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-31
r ound about
San Diego

ancients and they too say:
THE mountains look on San Diego
And San Diego on the sea-"
This city of about $4,000 has a beau
tiful location and an ideal climate. A
person is never too warm in the sum
mer and there is never freezing wealth
er in the winter. One young lady
told us on our recent visit there that
she had been a resident of San Diego
for about two years and had never
been warm. During the recent hot
spell a visitor came from San Diego
to Wisconsin with the statement that
she had not been warm for months
! She was warm before the mercury
crept back to where it belonged.
Laying all remarks aside, the Cali
forni city has one of the most equit-
| able climates in the world. The cool
breeze comes from the ocean all day
long and man never has an excuse
for appearing on the street in his shirt
, sleeves. 1t is excellent strawberry
weather every day in the year, pro-
viding there is water for irrigating.
No Dinner Pals
In Chicago or Pittsburgh between
500 and 700 in the morning one sees
an army of men and women going to
work with their dinner pals. During
those hours of the morning the street
cars of San Diego are empty. There
is little manufacturing in the city, a
saw mill, an ice plant and few other
industries. It is not a manufacturing
city and never will be- The raw ma
terial and power are too far away.
There is but one railroad and the
boats usually have so much speed
they cannot stop when they come to
the harbor, bound for Panama or San
Francisco.
Live on the Tourists 4
The people of San Diego live on
the tourists or on the interest of the
money they have name before locat-
ing there. San Diego is a playground.
There is considerable complaint about
hard times, real estate not selling
and building activities being below
the normal. One citizen desired to
know about the boom times in the
east, and remarked they were waiting
in San Diego for the fasteners to
come to San Diego and spend their
money.
Real estate values are TOO high. At
the corner of the park in front of the
U. S. Grant hotel l met a tall, gruff
gentleman one morning who gave
vent to his feeling on the real estate
question in no uncertain terms. From
the way he talked one would suppose
he had lost all he had in an unscrup-
ulous deal He condemned the high
prices OF property and said that the
owners of real estate were waiting to
rent or sell at unreasonable prices.
He was genuine kicker and vehe-
ment knocker and seemed to feel bet
ter after he had exploded.
Strangers going to any place be-
yond the Rocky Mountains should be
very careful before taking longtime
lease or investing in property. The
man or woman of caution may not
have a cause for sleeplesS nights.
Plenty of Vacant Rooms >
On one side of block in the direc-
ton of the exposition grounds and
not far from the center of the city,
counted ten vacant business rooms
and four occupied. Not far away on
the same street another building was
being erected, although there seemed
little opportunity for the structure be-
ing occupied. Many business places
were empty and numerous flats were
not occupied. When the eastern peo-
pie have finished making war sup
plies, no doubt they will go to San Di-
ego to have a happy time. San Diego
is waiting.
Water is the Problem
Water is the great problem at San
Diego. When the rain falls in the
winter the hills and valleys become
green as if by magic. Later the clouds
roll away and the country becomes a
desert, except where the water comes
down from the mountains many miles
away. The water is obtained by con-
structing great reservoirs where the
water is stored until needed.
Hotels Numerous
Hotels are numerous in San Diego.
From appearances there are more hos
telries to the square inch than in any
city in the United States. They oc-
cupy choice locations in the center. of
the city and may be found in almost