Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-07-01
Los Angeles Celebrates Its Indus
trial Growth With a Very Long
Parade
MUSIC BY rs BANDS
IS FURNISHED FOR OCCASION
Street Cars Rerouted Causes Big
Mixup; People Late the Follow
ing Morning

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! Los Angeles amazing progress as
industrial center was celebrated with
parade which provided abundant sur
prises for the thousands of people who,
lined ON the streets and also gave evil
dence of the vastness and wealth pro-
iducing value of this city. More than
450 floats were included in the process
| sion which required more than liz
hours to pass given point. Every
line of human endeavor that figures
in industrial production from matches
to automobiles was represented. In
addition to the long line Of gaily dec
GRATED floats, there was rs bands.
There were more than 800 manufact-
uring plants established during the
year 1919.s An olemargarine plant to
cost more than 100000, one of the
largest Of it's kind in the world is to
be erected in this city in the near flI-
ture. The city street cars were re-
routed on last Sunday and caused a
big mixup. Monday forenoon there
were 5000 people late for their work.
The first real test during the early
hours left thousands of workers strand
| ed and bewildered at various points
! throughout the city. "There goes my
car" frequently was heard as those
waiting learned too late that their
car had gone under disguise. The
carmen were like a bunch of boys the
first day at school. When Garfield
ellis rushed into the police station to
report the loss of his dog he said "I
have been trying to get here for three
days Twice / landed up on the east
side; once went to Eagle Rock and
once / looped the loop and returned
home without knowing it. This time
walked. Please look for my dog; it
must have taken a street car and new
er came back"
First City To Have Wireless Tele-
phone
Los Angeles is to be the first city
in the world to have regular CONNER
cial wireless telephone service. Now
where is the amazing rapid growth OF
Los Angeles more apparent than on
Sixth street from Grand avenue to
Broadway here, distance of four
blocks. Five mammoth business build
ings are being erected representing q.
total outlay of $5.900,000 and other
projects, which will amount well into !,
the millions, are in prospect for the
street.
A New One in Real Estate
A man buys home and lets the
rent pay for it. Henry Park of Port
land Oregon, a business man of much
experience came to Los Angeles and
took peep into the future. He pur-
chased home from the Investment
Co. on the pay-like-rent plan. He was
offered more money by a renter to
pay monthly; so he let the renter have
the place Immediately he bought an
other house to live in, allowing the
first one to pay for it. In other words
the renter is buying a home for Mr..
Park and by the time the latter has
the second one paid for, he will own
them both. am getting little ex-
perience in the real estate business my
self. / exchanged 80 acres of land In
Wisconsin towards a bungalow and
sold at good profit. I also traded a.
lot in Baraboo towards a house and
realized some profit and believe me-
it is some job to trade where the prop
erty is $500 miles away. | had to
make a good many trips to different
men before finally succeeded. I have
had some experience in mortgage in
the last 30 years but did not dream
that could buy and sell house at
a good profit. 1t requires a little
nerve and some judgment The first
bungalow | bought was but years
old, modern with cement cellar, a big
garage, cement driveway and the lot
SO by $50 feet with 28 varieties Of
| fruit; and as good as it was, it proved
to be a lemon as found out it was in
an undesirable neighborhood and it
sure was some job to sell it. finally
sold to machinist that makes $500
a month but after he was in the house
30 days, he got sick of the neighbOr-
hood and threw up the contract. So
I sold to street car conductor for
$3.50 more. The deal opened my eyes
Now, when I buy any house | go out
and go looking for legged 'coons'
Only for the fact / was lucky In
getting such a coed ba.rgain. | glesa