Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-12-01

San Bernadeno and then on in to Los
Angeles. We liked the looks of the
country very much better around Los
Angeles than here. We intend to go
back that way little later, Frank is
looking for location in. a small town
near there. Oh, the orange trees were
grand. There were ripe oranges green
oranges and blossoms on some trees
all at one time. Right here in this
part they don't raise oranges. There
are peaches, apricots, prunes, grapes
both green and black, and figs and
pears and all kinds of vegetables and
melons. Can buy them quite reason
able.
There are quite lot of Chinese here
In the state of California there are
32,667 and in this county which is
Santa Clara there are 1881 just out
Of the city is China town They are
waring out tire now one man was
shot Just last week.
We see some nice fish here caught
out Of the ocean which is SO miles
from here. San Francisco is so miles
from here. We have not been there
yet.
Butchers get better wages here than
in the east, butchers wages $45 and
meat cutters $45. Frank is cutting
meat. House rent isn't much higher
only they live in smaller quarters.
Have good water here only very warm
as it comes so far. This is a beautiful
city of $1,000. You can look in any
direction and see the mountains Every
one here seems so lifeless and slow
They say that is the way they get af-
ter living here awhile. People act sort
of half asleep.
Stock here does not look so we'll
as in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and
Wyoming. But I don't wonder at it
as the grass is all dried up. They
say that is low it gets here after
Spring is over and the rain done with.
But the COWS seem to like it. There
are great many creameries and milk
and butter stations, also lots Of fat
beef on the market. People here use a
great deal Of mutton. They call it
lamb in the shop where Frank is and
it is small shop. They cut up NUT
ton day.
Saw some queer sights along the
way, one was a man in coaster wag-
ON with both legs off and his whole
hand pushing himself along. He was
going to Omaha, Neb. from Salt Lake,
Utah. Also saw some comic signs one
read speed limit 40 miles per hour,
look out for women and children" we
supposed they did care much whether
you ran over the men or not. In an
other town population 1903 dead
ones counted" At another was speed
limit 80 miles Fords do your best"
Another sign was at an old bridge,
Hit me easy am old and feeble" At
CoZad, Neb. was sign, Speed limit
IL miles per hour $25 for killing men"
So there we thought the men were
more valuable.
We came all way through with out
a gun of any kind only had trouble
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to steal our bathing suits ard the dog
got after him. We got to the Lincoln
Highway in Marion Iowa. followed it
to Denver, Colo, out of there we took
the o. l.. D. to Salt Lake City out OF
there we took the Arrow Head trail
and followed that to Los Angeles. We
met hundreds of tourists going east
and west and several covered wagons
and some afOot, others horse back with
their outfit on mules. But it was a
great trip take in all through | would
not of missed it for anything. We
were all terribly tired and glad to
sleep in real bed again and set to a
real table. Don't know whether to
say we like it here or not some OF us
do and some don't We do like not
burning so much fuel. Although we
have to have little heat morning and
evening. The only time we see people
move fast here is getting out of the
way of autos thy call them machines
here They do drive SO terrible fast
here Everytime one picks up a paper
one can read Of someone getting hurt
or killed. l haven't taken the auto out
at all since I have been here as the
traffic is little thicker than I have
been used to. We have been receiving
the papers more regularly now and
can't hardly wait until they arrive all
want to read them at once.
Regards to all,
LORETTA PARRISH
IS North 3rd Street
San Jose, California.
P. S. San Jose is not pronounced
like it is spelled, it sounds like it was
Cau-0-Zav