Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-03-22
Mike Maher Makes Reply to
Frank Burlington His Region
He Thinks Much the Best

! ter of February at hand, and was
, pleased to hear from you, but cannot
understand you. In your first letter
| you said that fruit was about the
same price here as in the East, and
f, in your last letter you said fruit was
so plenty where you lived they fed
I it to the hogs some seasons. You
, spoke of grapes being the same price
here as there. I suppose grapes and
apples both are about the same, as
they are grown at home, but I can't
agree with you in regard to the rest
, of the fruit being the same.
| You wanted to know what became
of the barefooted man. have not
seen him since, but we have seen
] several newsboys at different times,
| barefooted. 1t cannot be very cold
when the mail carriers don't wear
| coats or vests. I know the newspa-
pers notified the ranchers a few times
| there would be a frost, but sometimes
none showed up. The Old-timers said
January was cold, and the reason was
there was lots of snow on the noun
tains. Also, it was cold all over the
United States, even in Florida they
lost millions of dollars in fruits and
vegetables by the frost. did not hear
of any loss by frost in California. I
did not say it was all sunshine and
roses, but there is plenty for us and
we are we'll satisfied. Of course no
two people are of the same opinion.
! mentioned the freight rates for fruit
was 81, 200 car, and that would make
quite a difference in the price of fruit.
sSTay be the reason ! don't understand
your figures I did not get nigh-school
education, as my father and mother
were poor and there were seven of
us in the family. l left school when
was Is years old and commenced
working for the G.. & N. w. railway
company, so we could get enough to
eat, as $1.25 a day was not quite
enough. But got enough schooling
to enable me to pass good examina-
ton to run locomotive for 20 years,
and guess did as good work as the
average man.
Don't Worry About Real Estate Men
Don't worry about the real estate
men or the boosters getting me, as
all I intend to invest is for little
home. You said there were plenty
of opportunities to be had but that l
could not get them on the trees sit
ting in the park Bless your heart,
Frank, if my health was good I would
be running an engine for the North
western, as I have nothing but praise
for them. They used me fine after
working 80 years for them, but my
being disabled prevents me from that
occupation. I was fortunate in saving
little change for our old age and am
on easy street. We don't need mil
lion, as some people think they have
to have, as we cannot carry any of it
with us. am sorry I can't make a
little extra change betting on that new
hat proposition. thank you for your
kind invitation to visit you. We have
some relatives in San Francisco, and
may go up there, and if we do we will
call and say hello.
This is only friendly argument
and passes the time for me. My sis
ter says stop while we are friends.
The year 1917 starts out with build
ing permits at record pace, with sew
eraI large permits pending, still unis-
sued and not appearing in the official
totals. The figures for the year to
date, February Is, are past the $5,-
00O, 700 mark. There is pending also
an application for theater building
permit on Grand avenue, together
with several others of good size, in
cluding apartment houses, hotels and
business blocks. Altogether 1917
starts out with every indication of
proving a notable year in the con-
struction of the growth of Los Ange-
les.
In the number of new industries and
factory buildings erected, the year
1916 surpassed all others in the life
of Los Angeles, says A. w. Kinney,
industrial commissioner, in his re-
port.
During this period there were COM
pleted and under construction So new
manufacturing plants and one hum
dred and fifty new industries came
into existence, representing an ex-
! penditure Of over s14,000,OO0. This
| development calls for the employment
of $500 workers. Another large con-