Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-11-18
'Tremblers' in California Have
No Effect on Flow of People
Into That State
FLIVVERS FROM ALL PARTS
OF COUNTRY ARRIVE LOADED
So Many Children, Cats, Dogs, etc.
Clothespins Might Be Necessary
to Hold Them

to Hold Them
If you have any notion that the
few tremblers, which we experienced
a few months ago, shook the faith of
anybody headed this way you have
another ponder or two coming. The
rush to southern California during the
present season is considerable in ad-
vance Of anything on record. can
imagine a Kansas farmer whose home
had been picked up by tornado and
strewn around the country. He says to
his wife, Sarah, I'm through. It's me
for southern California" and / can
picture Nebraska farmer, after bliz-
zard has frozen him up solid for the
9th time saying, Here is where I
pull up stakes and beat it to a warm
er climate" and away off in Canada,
where it gets so cold that the only
way to extinguish candle is to throw
it in pail of cold water. Many Can
adams are buying tickets for here. We
go down to the Depots some days to
see the tourists detrain. Some of
them have lived in the cold country so
long that they can't believe the sun
shines anywhere. They come loaded
with furs, overcoats, mittens ana
woolen socks half an inch thick. AT
ter they strike California they unload.
You can go along the tracks for miles
and gather enough discarded clothing
to start a store.
II you want to see sight, just go
out on the roads of travel which ra-
date into Los Angeles and you'll get
an eye full You will see flivvers load
ed to the limit-household goods, dogs,
cats, chickens and kids-so many you
would thing it would be necessary to
fasten them on with clothespins and
that it would be difficult to house
them. They seem to think if they can
reach anywhere in southern Califor-
MIA and get away from the bitter cold
winter they have back east they are
going to take chances on a home to
live in A tent or shack or even the
shelter of tree Will do for time. 1t
seems they/ get tired of having sun
tornadoes, billiards. and freez-
ing weather dished out to them as a
steady diet and that is why the trains
are booked months ahead, The rush is
at full tide and we may be crowded
for time but there is plenty of room
in this land of opportunity.
All Prices Are SIashed
Retail grOcers are slashing COM
modities. Potatoes are 10 lbs. for Csc
milk IL c, flour $12 barrel, rice $3.50
a hundred lbs drop of SO 1-3 per cent
sugar 12c a lib. oranges 80 to 40 cents
a dozen dearest time of the year,
fine large lemons at 10 cents a dozen
rhubarb cents h., "a OF. loaf white
bread 11cts, bran, graham or whole
wheat flour "a OF. for 121sc, ham 43c.
bacon 43c, steak, Is and up, strawber-
ries 24c box, cantaloupes 3 for
l0cts, mutton stew 10 C lb. and 3
kinds of vegetables cts. a bunch.
A gigantic street parade through the
downtown district this forenoon her
aided the opening of the livestock ex-
addition at Exposition park. Jim JEFF
'ries is there very strong-he says he
lever gave Bob Fitzimmons such a.
Knock out blow as he gave his oppo-
nents in the live stock ring at Expo
;ition park today, when in one round
With his pet heifer he won the worlds
Who wants to be
prize fighter when he can be ranch
sr? Mr. Jeffries displayed % ribbons
IN "a head he entered. He lives here.
Rents Raised Again
Rent jumps from $11 to $2O0 a
month With her IL years old son ly-
ng in the hospital for months. her
husband just getting over an operation
ner aged mother and children to sup
port, lady is trying to figure out !.
how she can exist in this world. 1--WE
moved here 4 years ago. she says,
and neighbors told us the house was
moved onto the lot and cost $100. Last
July | decided to take mother and
he children to the beach for a few
days and when we got back, the land
lord raised the rent to SIS month
and said if we could afford to go to
the beaches, we could pay more rent.
The property changed hands 2 months
ago. On Aug. / my new landlord told
me ne was offered $25 month, but
ne would Let me stay for $22. A couple
Of weeks ago he said he had the