Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-11-06
Mike Maher Says There Is a
Great Citrus Crop in Goldea
Gate State
GREAT RUSH OF
PEOPLE TO THE STATE
Majority Are Families That Have
Sent Household Goods TO Their
Future Home

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The 69th anniversary of CaliforniNE
admission into the union was ceye-
brated in the knights of ColumbGR
hall by more than 1000 native sons
and daughters. Oratory, musical
numbers. singing of patriotic SONGS
and an evening of informa! dancing
were features of admission day cele-
bration. w. J. Ford. former chief
deputy district attorney, was the
chief speaker Of the evening.
1t has been an exceedingly prosper
Gus season for the citrus growers OF
the state The total production was
$4,000 car loads of which 35, 900 were
oranges and 1914 lemons. The re-
turns were $75,000,000. The crop on
Valencia oranges and lemons was the
largest ever shipped from the state.
There is no longer certain season
for them, for shipments are con-
tinuous and the consumer need new
er abandon the habit of eating orang-
es regularly Walnuts is another
good paying crop; the crop for this
season. nets $4,000. About 10000
workers, both women and men.
marched in big street pageant. The
city declared holiday, closing
banks, stores, and factories. They
opened the days festivities by march
ing in the largest parade in the his
tory of the city. A band marched at
the head of the parade and other
ious divisions. There was 1000 met
al workers; iron mo1ders, foundry
and pipe filters, formed one long
section of the parade. The railway
shopmen were there strong The
shipyard workers followed and in this
section were riggers,. shipwrights,
and steamworkers who did so much
to help win the war.
The landlords raised the rent in
the apartment houses for the second
time this summer and in addition
they make each tenant look after the
laundry Of the rooms and both part
les are having hot time.
There are, 100000 persons raising
rabbits in California. Once again is
the climate boosted tqbhow its worth.
There are long cared rabbits, short
cared rabbits, long tailed rabbits,
and short tailed rabbits all doing
business. To each family are "a
bunnies. Each year the meat and
fur is valuable.
| am getting good service out OF
my Panama straw hat this season. r
had it blocked and cleaned the mid
die of March started wearing it
Easter Sunday and 1t is still on the
job every day.
Los Angeles public school teachers
to the number of 5000 are agog over
the report here of a local branch of
the American Federation of Teachers
and they further report that they are
affiliated with the American Fedora
ton Of Labor.
Ascot speedway has acquired a rep
utation for thrill Not content with
ground thrills, the management has
added aerial didoes which are cal
culated to freeze the nerve centers
and among the modest stunts which
has been added to the program is
the diving from bucking aeroplane
at height of 1000 feet. This leap
will be made by woman who will
carry parachute and hope for the
best.
The street car conductors and motor
men were on a strike FOR or q weeks
and a good many steam railroad men
struck, also, in sympathy with them.
Not wheel turned on any of the
three roads and thousands Of dollars
worth Of fruit and other stuff that re-
quired ice spoiled and had to be-
dumped into the river. The strike is
over now with good many men out
a job as they hired new men. They
kept the street cars going day time
but abandoned them at night.
A $1,00O,000 club house is to be
erected by the Elks' lodge-the finest
in the world. They will also start a
membership drive-10,000 Elks for
Los Angeles is the goal toward which
the present $500 members will work.
A million dollars will be speLs in con-
structing the house, $250,OOO for the
site and an equal amount for the
furnishings. The greatest private