Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-06-24
Interesting Stories Told by Mike
and Hanna Maher of California;
Much Theft
GOOn PAY FOR
ALL FARM HELP
Many Imrovements Are Being
Made in Los Angeles and Vicin-
ity; Profits Large

Los Angeles bank clearings this
year were double those of 1919. The
total in the first quarter Of the year
approximates a billion dollars as
against less than half billion the
same period last year. It is not
known for how much of this in
crease the motion picture industry is
responsible for the withdrawal Of
money from the east for the mainten
ancy Of visitors and new investments
but this city is arriving at dignified
position in rank among the financial
centers of the country. There is list
of enterprises headed by the Good
year $6,000,000 plant, the California
New Hotel to cost S5,000,000 and four
magnificent theatres with many OFF
ce buildings, stores, club houses and
factories under construction. A total
expenditure of 80 or 40 million~dollars
is to be made this year, steady
growth and no boom.
We have been asked by few OF
cannot give a very intelligent account
of the labor problem as we are not
looking for that kind Of game.
do not want you to think that we have
joined the l. w. WIS, but we think
we are entitled to well earned rest
and a little enjoyment in the later end
of our days. The last letter we wrote
gave a very clear report of the mum
Der of people for whom the employ.
ment bureau found work and there
are all kinds of buildings going ur
and that requires much labor. They
tell me however that the wages are
not SO high here. l see an ad in the
papers every day for laborers al
$500 day.
Good Pay for Farm Help
E. H. Hancock, superintendent OF
the public employment bureau, says
his office can put 1000 men and WON
en- to work in "a hours at good wages
All that is required of them is q
fair days work. Farmers are com
planning that they can not get labor
ers at less than $50 month and
board on the average is higher. Milk
ers are getting $35 a week and board
Agricultural hands get 800 a month
with upkeep and privileges, namely
the right to raise few pigs, chickens
milk a COW and keep the money wher
the surplus is sold. here is no rea
son why any one should beg. Before
the war the wages were SIS a month
now harvest hands want from Sc tx
$40 a day and board. Some wages!
A great new theatre unique in The
annals of picturedom to cost $4,000,
600 and which is proposed to make
one of the finest picture theatres il
the world is about to be built in thi:
city by the first National Exhibitors
circuit.
Man of Many Wives
A man Of dozen aliases held al
"Bluebeard,' J. P. Watson, (not ou
Mr.. Watson from Lyons) is charged
by Nick Harris detective agency witt
having 25 wives. I don't understand
what kind of a game Of talk mai
puts up to make 25 women love hin
and a lot of us old bachelors can
get one.
l can't understand why the peopl
that come here are so careless wit
their money The Brunco men ge
all kinds of it and a great deal get
lost. More than $4,000 in bills, a.
the owner had in the world, was los
a few days ago. Mrs. Click of Ne0
York pinned the money in the COZ
sage of her gown. She and her hu:
band took an automobile ride t
Venice and when they got back, tn
money was gone. They offer $500
reward. The loss was very distress
ing as it was intended to invest
something to make a livelihood Thi
is one of the many instances c
careless handling of money. Whf
are the banks for?
Profiteering Changes
All over America charges of prof
eering are being hurled at landlord
Demands for legislatives control {
rents are being made by rent payer
There must be a proper adjustment
rentals all down the line and that ca
be done only by building sufficient
TO make supply equal to demand. Fa
rentals can be worked out on
basis of the landlords receiving Il