Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-03-30
On Account of the Weather Two
Events Take Place, Writes Mike
Maher of Los Angeles
SO NEAR AND YET so
FAR In AUTOMOBILE RACE
Clever Scheme of Selling Bibles
to Dead People-VoIcanO In
Backyard of Coast City

Well, the big affair has come and
gone the Wisconsin state picnic.
There was quite a misunderstanding
in regard to when 1t would be held. 1t
was to be February 11th but It rained
that forenoon and was good weather
in the afternoon, so quite a crowd
gathered at the grove, and then it was
advertised to take place the next
Thursday so mixup occurred. We
went out on Thursday and saw quite
a bunch of Wisconsin people and all
happy.
Automobile Race is Close
Driving with all the skill and daring
Tommy Milton won the speedway
auto race at Beverly Hills and pulled
in $4,000. One lap behind him was
Jimmy Murphy, just three feet ahead
of the third man. Murphy pulled in
$4,000 and that three feet means
$4,000 more in Murphy's jeans.
There was slight earthquake re-
ported in Los Angeles a few nights
ago. II did not awaken US.
Selling Bibles to Dead People
Here is a new one, selling Bibles to
dead people. The promoter clips the
death notices from all the papers then
he sends Bible TO each one that died,
the relatives open the letter and say
wasn't that nice. The last thing he or
she thought Of was to buy a fine
leather Bible and generally come
across with the price of the book.
Volcano in Back Yard
Los Angeles today has in its back
yard the only living volcano of any
American city. If you want to get an
idea Of the power of glory and the
incandescent heat of nature, you
should take a run down to Santa Fe
Springs and watch that amazing mass
of flame pouring from the hot bowels
of the earth with a roar that can be
heard for miles. The crater is 100 feet
across and a rushing volume OF blaz-
ing gas is pouring out until the high
way quarter of mile away is i'm
passible from the heat.
Prohibition and the Bible
Jim Jeffries, ex-prize fighter, is
going to preach the gospel AS to pro
hibition Jeffries said the Lord is not
opposed to liquor. Christs first miracle
was to turn water into wine. He does
not plan to enter the new field fol
financial gain as he is worth $3.50,
600 and heir to S1,000,000.
Liberty Loses Liberty
A holdup netting him Is cents cost
a man his liberty. Because he gained
Is cents at the point of a gun Franz
Liberty lost his liberty for about 81
years. II works out approximately
years for each cent stolen.
We cannot brag any about the eli
mate this winter here. II Is the coldes
and more rain. so the old timers say
in S5 years. II damaged lot of frui
and in some localities it hurt the
trees to such an extent that II will bt
or years before they will bear very
much again.
Comparative Prices
notice an article In the News il
regard to living expenses in Ions
Beach. the prices are much cheapel
in Los Angeles. Flour 10 cents |
pound in Long Beach Is 4 or 5 cent
here; potatoes $500 a 100 pounds
$500 here; eggs so cents, they ar,
from 21 cents to 40; butter so cent
3S to AZ here. Rent is about the same
Here medium sized oranges are Il
cents and lemons 10 cents; bread 2
ounce loaf, for 71z cents; four differ
ent kinds of vegetables are cheap
also meat; lard 10 cents and hambur
ger 10 cents. We don't see as man,
people here this winter as usual. Re
CARDS to all.
MIKE & HANNA MAHER
1861 Margo street,