Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-14
WHAT DID WRITER
SAY WHEN MAN
LOST HIS TEETH?
Has Only Cost the Baraboo Resi-
dent IS Cents for Fuel During
Past Three Months

The greatest midWinter tourist sea-
son in the history of Los Angeles is
in full swing bringing thousands of
excursiOnists from cold, snOW-sWept
northern and eastern states to the
warmer and more comfortable climate,
where the sun shines 800 days year.
Managers of six largest hotels say the
tourist trade is the best in the history
Of their hOstelries. We have been
turning people away every night since
Christmas. We could use 100 addition
al rooms every day this season, said
Manager Hart of the R0sslyn. Approx
imately $4,000 tourists are in south
ern California and Los Angeles at the
present time. Los Angeles claims 7O0,
600 population, which is a gain of So
600 over this time last year. Thomas
c. Peck, general passenger agent of
the Salt Lake system, says this rail
road has always advertised southern
California as the playground of the
world. Thousands Of people say Los
Angeles is the best place to live on
earth. In the past few days we have
Ors from Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and
Montana Our records show we car
ricd $500 more tourists during Janu-
ary, 1918, than the same month of
1917. Many extra cars have been
added to all trains. Soil production in
Los Angeles county leads all counties
in the country, accepting the govern
Of 000 n G
the total value of all crops produced
in the United States. California IS
credited with 6.7 per cent of the whole
proportion California produced four
and One-half times as much on it's cul-
tivated land as the average over the
United States She did this with one
third of the number Of farmers by
having three to four crops. Citrus
fruits are the most valuable, and in
1917 the orange and lemon growers
were paid $47,675.000 after all the
freight and eastern expenses had
been deducted Notwithstanding the
big shortage of ships, commerce
through the port of Los Angeles show
ed a decided increase over that Of any
previous year. One year ago two small
ships were under construction, and at
the present time they are building
eighteen steel vessels for the United
States government. Last June the
present site of the dry dock ship-build-
ing company was waste land and later
War came and the need of steamers
% transport soldiers and war supplies
10 France. Where one year ago there
were less than 200 men employed, now
there are between 5000 and 5000 men
shipbuilding at the harbOr. There are
not homes enough for the WOrkmen
and the entire district has been Stimu-
lated to an extent never known in the
History of the harbor. During 1917
nearly 175 new industrial establish
ments opened for business in this dis
trict. These concerns are manufacture
ing from a match to an airship. The
italian Vineyard company owns 1000
If grapes. Two hundred men are en-
ployed throughout the year, and dur
7ng the picking season, and 800 more
harvest the crop.
There was $5,00O,000 paid for new
.ildfngs and improvements on one
street, West Seventh, in the last year.
nd a new apartment house costing
S5,O0,G00 is just starting to be built on
the same street. So you can see the
ity is moving along, although some
will tell you that they are ten years
;head of the times. l wish our friend,
crank burlington, could see this let
ser. as | think he would have better
Jpinion of his home state than he did
year ago.
Wisconsin People Picnic
We were out to Sycamore grove the
.ay the Wisconsin people had their
,icnic, and although there were a
ood many registered from Sauk cOun-
V. we did not know anyone except
Irs. Montgomery. Iowa people are
~oing to hold theirs next Saturday.
his city is like Chicago-takes in all
ne small cities and towns in a radius
# 25 or 80 miles around.
Real Estate Dealers
The real estate men have novel
way of selling land. They advertise a
ee land excursion, have two or three