Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-06


president of the Tours Co. OF Boston,
who arrived recently. "A heavy travel
is already booked; 10000 arrived in
December. There will be no travel
TO Europe this winter and several
Florida hotels will not open. Cali
fornia will get thousands OF tourists
who have heretofore gone to Florida.
The south America travel will be by
the way of California and the people
will have to seesSan Franciso and Los
Angeles. ss.ts
Holiday Hi!arity
Los Angeles dispensed Christmas
cheer with a lavish hand. The public
purses were turned inside out TO
brighten the homes of the poor. Four
thousand was reached and each basket
contained five dollars worth of
groceries, besides clothes and some
fruit. Los Angeles welcomed the New
Year with the greatest celebration in
the history of the city. Happy New
Year! The New Year 1919 dawned in
Los Angles after one of the most joy
full celebration of New Years eve In
history. The biggest celebration was
held down town where thousands
people swarmed the streets, blowing
horns, throwing confetti, and ser
pentine paper ropes. Bombs and fire
works were sent off in Pershing square
just as midnight passed. Two hundred
thousand viewed the rose tournament
parade at Pasadena, crown city's
pageant the scene of splendor The
throng revels in flowers and sun
shine while storm and cold grips the
eastern states. The Liberty fair has
just closed. It lasted 10 days and is
like a county fair. Next week the
Auto show starts and lasts 10 days, so
you see something is going on all the
time. Building, Superintendent J. J.
Backus says there is going to be $zO,-
600, 900 worth Of new buildings put up
in 1919. One hotel is to cost S5,0UO,-
600 and will have 43 acres OF land
connected with it; and every known
amusement. Another one is to cost
$1,000, 600 and man from Minneapolis
will build an apartment house to cost
5000, 900 and a great many more large
buildings are going to be built.
Los Angeles has one of the best
harbors in the world. Any ship that
sails the ocean can come in to the,
wharf without any assistance and
under it's own power; quite a saving
in expense. Three years ago San Pedro,
about 1000 then, had about 200 men
working in the ship build lg plant.
Now there are $4,000 wor ing there
and over half of them conM to Los
Angeles to sleep. They cansAnot nnd
beds there although the town has
grown from 1000 to $4,000.
Eqqs z Cents Each
Some wise guy says the high cost
of living is on the toboggin and has
one foot in the grave. Prices are fall
ing. Some things are cheaper than
formally although eggs are over
cents apiece and COW is ashamed to
look butter in the face. Now the tide
is turning, the hold up man is crawl
ing into his hole. Our harvests are
good we have wheat and beans
enough for the whole world. One may
eat bit of meat now without ruin to
his bank account. Potatoes are plentr-
full and fairly cheap although saw
some new ones a few days ago at 742
cents pound. am glad the prices are
dropping as the way prices were gong
I was afraid was going to starve.
Everything was so high an eight acre
orange grove at Ontario, Calf, without
any buildings sold for $4,000 a few
days ago a record price.
7 wonder there are no elevated cars
here as it would relieve street traffic
a great deal. 1t is quite dangerous at
the crossings. You have to stop, listen
and look both ways and it keeps you
woke up and guessing whether you are
gonig over in safety. On account OF the
flu the city father had quite Jangle
about paying the school teachers but
they finally consented to pay them IN
full. The schools have been closed
since October z. The flu is dropping
some but still there are 400 or 500 new
cases every day.
| tried to do little shopping the day
before christmas, and by clever elbow
ing l got from Sth. and Broadway to
4th and Broadway in two hours.
there was 25,000,000 people on
the streets that day.
Housemaid a Princess
Wages for servants are higher than
ever before and are paid from so to 80
dollars a month. A well known woman
of Glendale, eight miles from here, adj
vertised for a servant. A girl appeared,
the wage terms were agreed on, the
hours of duty fixed, and all the rights
of the autocrat of the kitchen were ad-
iusted. Then the new maid asked if
they had garage room for an extra car.
The employer said, YES" In due time
the maid arrived, driving big Super
Tor six passenger, Pantasote top, STOP
ing wind shield, plateglass windows,
and all the luxuries of modern buzz
wagon. In the toneau of this beautiful