Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-05-22
California
HAS MILLION
dollar rain
Foot and Mouth Disease Has B,
Effect on Wages on Busiy, 81
HOLLYWOOD Is FLOSp
MOVIE ISTRUCA GIRLS
Former Baraboo Resident Writes
Of Conditions in California
BY M. and n. Manner

Forty thousand greeted Easter morn
at 4:3O a. m. services at the Coliseum,
science, man and nature joined for
ces to celebrate Easter morn and it's
message of resurrection, the steady
hIshed entry of thousands coming on
street cars and automobiles. Holly
wood bowl was the scene of another
beautiful sunrise service. The set
ting was perfect for the worship OF
Christ on the anniversary of his res
direction in this great natural out-of-
door cathedral situated at the foot OF
great towering hills of Hollywood.
Thirty thousand persons packed the
great open air amphitheater and with
heads bare listened to sweet music
of eastertide and when time came to
join in te music did so admirably.
California is having a hard time on
account of the foot and mouth disease
and is pretty strict in the quarantine.
They won't allow any shipping out Of
the state and it is affecting wages and
has laid off a great many men in the
stock yards and packing plants, One
half the amount Of meat is not eat
en- that there was three months ago.
Tourists Are Careless
The tourists are very careless about
their money and jewelry. They think
that all are honest here. At night they
leave their valuables on top of the
dresser and I'm the morning they are
looking for a policeman to find the
thief
We are having the dryest winter
in the last 80 years but was broken
last night when a steady downpour
drenched the state. 1t was worth
100000.
Thirty-six thousand convention del
egates from all parts of the world are
coming to Los Angeles in the next
six months. 1t will mean big adyer-
Using for this city.
For the first time in the history o.
the world an automobile viii ascend
to the twelfth story of an office build
ing and garage. The building is to
cost S4,000,0O0 they are going to park
the autos there and will receive auto
park congestion On each floor
washi1~ and gTeasing racks will be
instale.i. Al offices in the building
will have outside light and the build
ing will face three streets. They GER
tainly are going some in this city.
New Buildings Everywhera
Hollywood is starting a new hotel
to cost $6,0O0,000 and no matter which
direction you go new buildings are
being built. The chances for making
money in real estate are not SO good
as they were They have got the
values up so high that you can't
set but a small increase on your buE
Bank clearings in Los Angeles 90
1928 reached the tremendous total Of
more than $7OOO,OO0,OOO surpassiaa
$4,000 900, 900 over the high figure @.
1922.
We have a man and woc,a2 who
like children. They have % OF their
own and adopted four more. Twelve
of the sons served in the army and
seven are policemen.
>Fank May owns an apartment store.
He bought home at Beverly Hills
tor 100000. Five acres Of land go
with it, the lagest price ever paid in
California and as much as the house
cost, he is going to doll it all up and
put in improvements, a swimming
pool and all that kind of dope to cost
another 100000
City Is Crowded
1t is commonly supposed that Los
Angeles is just winter resort and
every one is out of town in the sum.
mer. All the resorts advertised are
in the country To look at the newspa-
pers you would think that all the city
inhabitants had gone to the lakes,
ocean, and woods, but as q matter. OF
fact the streets are as crowded as in
winter The hotels are full the side
walks, are as crowded as in winter,
the street cars are packed. The city
people go to the country and the
country people come to the city for
vacations.
The city of Hollywood is in despair