Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-19
ESTABLISHED MAY 26. 1884.
,ounds and feed about 1900.

year and sends 1000 baskets of food
the poor who would otherwise have
no Christmas dinner. They also have
i large Christmas tree about 80
'eet high with presents for the kids,
also a musici entertainment that
lasts one and onehalf hours, out il
theI open air.
/ Mrs. Susan Dorsey. who has DeenI
connected with the public school sys
tenn for "a years, was elected superin-
tendent of schools in Los Angeles, tha
only woman to fill such position in
he United States.
Queer Way Paying Laundry Bill
When a package of laundry was de-
| livered to a customer few days ago
on Olive street; the owner told the
man he would be saving money by
allowing him to keep the package
and he did.
The worlds biggest carnival, the
Tournament of Roses, on January 1,
1920, was viewed by 100000 people. So
eager were thousands of persons to
obtain vantage points for viewing the
parade that they went to Pasadena the
day before the parade, many spent
the nights in the parks and many
slept in automobiles. The Pacific
electric began operating cars at $50
on a 3 minute schedule and every car
was crowded to capacity. The parade
was five miles long and cost $500, 1000;
some floats cost $4,000.
Theatre Burns
The Shrine auditorium, one of the
largest buildings in the city, burned
down last Sunday; it seated 5000;
they are going to build a new one toI
seat 10000.
Knot Not Tied Tight
They met at 9 a. M, wed at p. 10.
parted at 1886 p. M; the courtship,
marriage and separation all occurred
January 3rd. This is the schedule:
900 a. m introduced.
10000 a. m. head over heels in love. |
11:30-proposes.
11:31-accepted.
12:15-arrived in Los Angeles for
he license.
1.UU =. Ill. SOI lue 1lC6H6e-
2:00-married.
arrive at brides home in Long
Beach.
3::34-informed by the bride that
her parents objected to the. marriage. |
3:35-bride announces that she caa
never live with him.
$40 bride groom on the train
leaving Long Beach for good. a--I
Such is life. He did not wait for q !
divorce.
Before the end Of 1920 over 10000, |
eco automobiles will be in use in
America. The highest ratio of autos
TO the population is III Iowa where
there is motor car to every pert
ons. California comes next, then
Nebraska, and then South Dakota. To-
furnish the accessories for these cars
more than $1,O0O,OOO,000 is invested in
factories.
New Radiant Way
Merry makers cheered the great ra-
diant way when Broadways new
lights were turned on at $50 the
stream of splendor hence forth will
be known as radiant way. Los Angeles
will have a municipal lighting sy5-
tenn now and has the distinction OF
being the best lighted street in the
world. Over 100000 people we1e on
the street and band in each block OF
ten blocks. A great many were in)
costumes and danced on the street.
At the city hall chorus of 200 voices
sang several selections; they also had
fireworks.
Tourists, Tourists, Tourists
There are half q million tourists
now in California; visitors arriving in
Los Angeles at a rate of 1900 a day
+, and they expect another 100000 tol
come before February 2Sth.
Potatoes Are High
Potatoes are soaring in price, sky
high. Before the last three months
we never paid more than 21s or C.
pound, now they are &c and going UP
in price every day. I guess we will
/ have to eat rice like the Chinaman.
| 1 shave myself except when l want
a hair cut or neck shave, | got a.
shave yesterday also neck shave for
! 10 c; got three hot towels by very
careful man and as good shave as
got in years. / don't see how they
| do it. Hair cuts are Is cents.
| Establishing new record in local
railroad transportation, the Santa Fe
limited arrived in Los Angeles
Hast evening in five sections. The 40
coaches had more than $50 tourists
| from the east. These figures, along
with the regular passenger trains