Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20
West Bound Tourist Travel Has
Fallen Off Slightly, But Traffic
Still Heavy
CITY, COUNTY JAlLS
ARE ALL JAMMED
So Many Job Seekers in Los Angel
es That Wages May Be On De-
crease

crease
Mike and Hanna Maher write the
following letter from California:
Although it is admitted that west
bound tourists travel has fallen Off
slightly, Los Angeles Is due for
heavy traffic after the holidays Mr..
Brown, general passenger agent OF
the Salt Lake railroad, states that
travel will not be as heavy this winter
as last People in the east are not
spending money with such extraVa-
gance as they were year ago, ana
high railroad rates will in measure
keep a good many at home. Los
Angeles wants only the good and law
abiding people to enter her gates for
such we will try and find room, but as
for the bad actors we don't want them.
The city and county jails are jammed
to the limit.
We have a wonderful climate and
the swellest scenery that was ever
grouped out of doors. For that reason
the poor working people are coming
here by the thousands and will bring
a rather complex employment prob
lem. The number of job seekers will
be so high that the wages will de-
crease. Mechanics and laboring people
are determined to come and take their
chances of getting employmnf and
also a place to live in.
Warn People Off Street
The holdup men and women are
getting worse every day the chief OF
police has issued warning for all
people who can to stay off the streets
at night. Richard Hoeling was held
up by a pretty woman bandit and
robbed Of jewelry and money valued
at $500. She then threw red pepper
in his eyes and made her get away.
The grape industry of California for
last year brought $75,000,O00 and this
year was $13O,OO0,O00. An increase of
80 per cent and this is the most val
liable crop of the golden state. This
is the way prohibition works. An or
chard of oranges rode down Broadway
today. 1t was on it's way to the new
California hotel. The trees were in
full bearing and were taken from
grounds in Pasadena where they have
grown for the past Is years. They
were boxed and each weighed five
tons. Strange what money will ac-
Complish
eve have walked across the conti-
nent and down the coast from Seattle
and now we are going to hike down
to lyman before Christmas" said
Ruth Gehlback and Francis Pappas,
who reached this city after fifteen
months of steady walking. Hiking is
the finest sport in the world and they
have no idea of giving it up for any
thing. even a man. After seeing the
sights in TIJUANA they will walk back
to New York via Los Angeles.
New Silk Mill
A large eastern silk mill valued at
S20OO,O00 will be moved here in a few
months and 400 families will come
with it. With the new mill there will
be opened up another industry-the
production of raw silk. Nowhere in
the world is there a more favorable
place for the production of raw silk
than in southern California.
The Los Angeles railways expect
to collect 1S2,OO0,O00 fares this year,
an increase of 81 per cent. The rate OF
gain goes on doubling year after year
Many people are making their homes
in the suburbs, who have their daily
work in this city, travelling back and
forth night and morning. 1t makes
this a city of 100000 by day and 500
600 by night and the marvellous
growth of the nearby cities bears out
this theory that it is becoming q
practice to live in the suburbs and
do business in this city.
1t is seldom you hear of so many
cooks in a single hotel-40 meat, pas
try, sugar and other varieties of chefs
arrived yesterday to take up theil
duties at the new Ambassador hote
which opened January l. Most of then
came from Europe If the people O.
Los Angeles want European cooking
they must get Europeans to do it. This
dining room can seat 1000 persons
Celebrate 95th Birthday
A dozen Angelenos, who passed
or are nearing the century mark help
ed Mrs. J. F. Howard to celebrate he
95 birthday. There were over 10
end 5 over "a, one 98 and the young
est 81 1t is wonderful what climat