Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-10-19
Tel Of Oil Sharks Who Are Ex.
pert Swindlersr Prey On the
Widows
OVER S93,75O,OOO
SPENT BY TOURISTS
Mike Reads OF Man Who Parks
al The Century Mark and Is Still
Working

Mike and Hanna Maher have ar.
rived in Baraboo for a short visit.
They report the weather in Baraboo
much cooler than in Los Angeles.
California, where they hail from.
Their last letter. which they brought
themselves appears below:
Oil Sharks
In our last letter we told of the oil
sharks, who for many years fattened
on the wealth wrung from the widows,
aged, and orphans. Here is the finish.
As companies are compelled to quit,
IL arrested, 13 indicted, 3 sentenced
to from l to 10 years and one serv-
ing 80 year sentence. One of the wo-
men that bought some oil shares be-
gun to wonder what she had bought
with her money. She went to the mana
ger of the business bureau and he
figured it out she got one barrel of
oil out of every 19,200 barrels that the
company produced at so cents a bar
rel. that is if they strike any OIL
Hanna knows a woman that invested
$4,000 in the oil game The firm
changed hands and she did not even
get receipt for her money. Surely
there is a sucker born every minute
Mrs. Jones arrived from Chicago a
few@days ago and met a pleasant look
ing woman on Broadway.
Said the pleasant one, 'T see you
are a stranger here. | want to show
you the sights of our city. My car is
around the corner
They drove to Signal Hill oil district
Gaze upon the wealth of gold pour
ing out millions OF dollars in oil for
anyone with a few hundred dollars
to invest" said the woman with the
caf.
Three hours after arriving she was
the owner of $500 worth of stock.
Fast Building
The other day a widow arrived here
with IL children from st. Paul at 8
p. m She bought lot and the whole
family slept under their own roof the
next night. Some fast work
Los Angeles spends half of all the
money that goes toward coast devel-
opments. 1t exceeds San Francisco,
Oakland. Seattle and Portland COM
bined More than .93,75O,000 is ex-
pended annually by the tourists. They
must be getting their moneys worth
or they would not come back year
after year
Occasionally a holler is made by
some man or woman that thinks gold
Is picked off the trees and lands with
out 500 can't get work in "a hours.
What California has to offer then,
newcomer is always worth what it
costs. One fellow hollered on too
much chicken, he said it spoiled his
digestion. Another said he could not
irrigate his alfalfa it grew so dense.
Los Angeles has it's own summer
resort. In New York they seek the
New England woods, Chicagoans go
to Northern Wisconsin, but in Calf
oruia a gallon of gasoline will carry
you to any one of a half dozen
beaches and enjoy boating, bathing
and camping and not miss a day
from the office.
A Story
A sad as well as an amusing Incl
dent is told. A girl standing in
street car, ii stopped suddenly-she
landed in a mans lap-the jar shook
one OF her ear muffs to the floor
the man picked it up and said, Lady
you lost one of your side whiskers."
She did not thank him.
l recently read in a paper Of a man
of a hundred and ten who still keeps
the pace in the grueling race of Wig
orcus red blooded men. | wrote him
to ask how he did it though. I don't
want TO lag on the stays till more
dead than alive. but I'd like to survive
TO happy and useful old age.
had hoped he would advocate rest
ing and taking az occasional drink,
or spending week-ands with my pros
porous friends who live near the edge
of the links. BY lazily swinging golf
club and cutting a bit off my score
as day followed day seemed a rather
nice way to exc out some sixty years
more. Alas. when I opened the let
ter. the old fellow sent in return,
found that to park at the century
mark involves weary methods and
stern. He rises at A every morning.
feeds the horses and cattle their hay
and harrOWS and Sr VIC and hugks corn