Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01

mess center OF the city We COR en-
joy al city att,aa..io.4 Is e4.1 IS e -,
! without having to live there. Los An
geles is sure some city-600,000 in
habitants. / have witnessed crowds
on Broadway, New York, aound AID
street, but never saw such masses of
people there as / have seen on Broad
way, Los Angeles We are so miles
from the Pacific coast and the Beach
Cites, where we can enjoy ourselves
fishing, bathing in the surf, or see the
Pike" and 'amusements. Each city
has a municipal pier furnished with
auditorium, seats, tables, merry-go-
round, and other amusements. If one
likes scenery and beautiful flowers.
take a spin in the "tin Lizzie" through
the orange groves and ranches, along
! the foot-hill boulevard, with a side
trip through some canyon or to the
top of Mt. Lowe or Wilson, and obtain
view such as cannot be seen any
where else on earth. Hundreds of
cities are in view, and interspersed
wieth orange groves and ranches,
away in the distance, can be seen the
blue waters of the ocean and Catalina
island resting on its bosom. 1t is a
picture one can never forget. Sun
days one can spend the day at one of
the Los Angeles parks. They are fine
and large One has over 500 acres in
it. Each is furnished with fireplaces,
tables and seats. for the accommodate
ton of p'cknickers; conservatory
filled with rare and beautiful flowers,
and a bandstand where a band dis
courses fine mus, C, interspersed with
singing or other things. All expenses
are paid by the city and the people
get the enjoyment
If one prefers to hunt or fish, one
can find quail, doves, rabbits, ducks
and geese TO shoot on the lower lands
and lakes; deer, mountain lions and
bob cats in the mountains; or follow
some mountain stream with rod and
reel ana Iii ones creel with "speck-
led beauties Here one can live out
doors IN the glorious sunshine the
whole year and breathe Gods medi-
cine, pure air, thereby prolonging
ones life ten or fifteen years at the
least.
The San Gabriel mission is about
one mile from my house. 1t was built
in 1871. There is a playhouse near
the mission, where the mission play
is given every day and two nights OF
the week for about three months each
year This play depicts, the rise and
fall of the missions in California. 1t
is very interesting and instructive
Thousands of tourists witness it every
season. The missions remain a monu-
ment to the fathers who brought civ
ilization and Christianity to the In
dams. Thtre are very few native
white Californians here. Most of the
people came here from other states
When one meets q person the first
time it is customary to ask, where
did you come frOm?' Many old friends
have been found in that. way. The diff
ferent state associations hold annual
picnics at some one OF the Los Ange
les parks. Many old friends find each
other at those gather ngs Iowa has
the Target crowds-40, coo of them met
at their last picnic. Last year We mee
62 old friends at the Minnesota pic
mic. There is longing desire in the
breast of every easterner to see South
ern California, and they crafty j..
sooner or later Los Angeles is thee
Mecca for them all, If one has lost
track of ones tAvhood fl. ends, go to-
Los Angeles to find them. : found
Cyrus Macy of Company A, 9Th Wis
H. M. Russell (Marve) and Sol WOOD
mansee Of the Sd cavalry; Fred N.
Lang and Lucien Copeland, former
residents of Baraboo We have found
people from Sank county in nearly all
the towns we have visited in Southern
California.
High cost of living is about the
same here as in the east. Clothing,
shoes, meats, butter, eggs milk and
groceries are about the same in cost.
Fresh fish, fruits, nuts and fresh veg
etables are cheaper here Stove wood
$12 to 20 per cord; coal, SIS per ton,
and gas 8 cents per 100 cubic feet
We do not require much fuel, so that
expense is trifing. 1t is a fine place
in which to live. | regret that / did
not come here ten years ago.
MAIR POINTON.
1923 Cordova street
Alhamhra California