Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-03-06
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INLCS ANGELES
Mike Maher Tells of Loss Suffered
by Dakota Man---Sees Friends
---Meanest Man
Los Angeles. Feb. q, 1919.

uoudS, Alut Trains bringing o,VUu tour
lists fleeing eastern billiards.. All ac-
commodations are gone and hotel men
are puzzled 10 know where the visit
ing crowds can, be housed. Every
available room In the downtown hotels
is occupied, On Saturday night every
hotel was turning away people. new
er saw anything like it, said Mr.. Nc
Nish, room clerk in Los Angeles for
many years. It is necessary to run
the limited trains in three sections all
this month. The stampede is on for
homes in Los Angeles. One reason is
eighty per cent of the tourists are
coming without return tickets and in
tend to locate here, and are coming
from all parts of the world.
Bad Case in Hollywood
Hollywood has bad case of home
buying bees in their bonnet. One real
estate firm sold So lots in As days.
These sales provide for As homes cost
ing from $4,000 to $4,000. Long
Beach also has boom. Half dozen
business buildings are to cost $1,700,-
000 New homes and apartment houses
are also going up. Popular express
sions on the street nowadays are what
a wonderful progress Los Angeles is
making since we were here last win
ter. Never in the history of the state
is there so much booming and boost
ing going on as since the war stopped.
Although they say there are more peo-
pie here than ever before, we don't
see them, and there are some good
reasons for not coming. The railroad
fare is considerably higher than year
ago and the flu was very bad here In
November and December, and the
most of the people bought Liberty
bonds and stamps until it hurt.
have a man that owed me S4S in
terest and he bought so many bonds
that he had no money to pay the inter
est. so he sent me a $50 bond for the
interest, and guess great many did
the same.
Climate and Picnics
They certainly have the climate out
here! Crowds were hocking to the
seashore last Sunday. and old Sol
climbs to 50. 1t was like midsum-
mer day at the seashore. Venice and
Santa Monica entertained the largest
crowds and there were many ocean
batherS.
We were out to the Wisconsin state
picnic February II and saw good
many from Sank county. The Iowa
state picnic will be held February 22
and they expect $4,000 to attend-1O,-
600 at Wisconsin picn C.
Runco Games
| don't understand how a man that
is wise enough or stingy enough, as a
good many call it, to save his money
and then fall for bunco game. They
catch the suckers quite often here.
About a month ago a man from Can
ada lost $35,0O0 on a wire tapping
horse race. A couple Of weeks ago a
man from Dakota lost $4,000. He met
two men in a downtown hotel, II, KEEL
: fogg and J. II. Brock. They We're very
pleasant fellows. The Dakota farmer
said all his life had been spent on q
farm, and this was his first vacation
in years. The two friends stated that
he was fitted for better things in life.
They told him he could win millions
and they would secure him a job for
life as president Of an oil COM
pany. He gave them $4,000 in cash
and received in return 5000 shares Of
the capital stock Of the Texarkana Oil
comrany and letter which showed
that the advisory board had selected
him as vice president of the company
He was given a railroad ticket to Tex
arkana, Arkansas, and when he ar
rived there he found no such company.
When he got back to Los Angeles he
failed to find his friends and now three
detectives are looking for them.
National Orange Show
Practically every producing citrus
section of southern California will be
represented at the Ninth National
Orange show. which will open at San
Bernardino. There is considerable IL
Yalry between the nortn HAIL VI TIC
county and the south half to see which
could raise the best oranges and lem
ons.
Homes Are Cheap
A person can buy home here very
cheap. A good many are in debt for
their homes and something happens,
the bread winner gets out OF job or
gets sick and cant meet his payments.
A house was sold to Scratch Cannon's
son-in-law a month ago that cost 81
900, for $1,000.
The weather is very fine the last
six weeks and but little rain to bother
The thermometer stays around 40 al
night and from so to rs in the day
time. All kinds of fruit and vegetables
are commencing to get cheaper.
Oranges are three dozen for 20 cents.
The knights of Columbus opened a
service employment bureau Tor sol
diers and sailors regardless of creed
or nationality No stone will be left
unturned to obtain jobs for service