Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-02-12

The following s.tire on Cali
70 MIA, clipped f m the Downey
Champion was sent by Walter
Mcintosh, formerly teacher Of
manual training at Baraboo, to the
obi Enterprise A copy was
provided the News by A. H. Warn:
eli, Baraboo Mr. Mcintosh says
81 must say it's all true, for | am
here" Mrs. Hattie L. Miner and
Wallace w Mcintosh gre row in
Downey with their brot er.
The other day a rcturncl pr
destrian from California, or maybe
he was returned motorist-
brought into our Office the SUD
joined 'Cressy'3 History Of Cali
rornia We have no interest in
his statement, our interest lies in
the state of mind CT the chap who
wrote it and his power CT humor.
1t is a classic Of classics and we
print it as such. Here goes:
"California's first discovery las
always been in doubt, some local
historians claiming the Garden Of
Eden was located in the southwest
crn corne" Of Golden Gate Park,
lust back Of the monkey house. 9th
ers, more modest, give the late OF
fits discovery at the time that Noah
landed the ark on the top of Mount
Shasta But tho best and most
authentic accounts give the year
1903 when Sir Thomas Drake sail
ed in through the Golden Gate and
started the st. Francis hotel. Sir
Francis brought with him a troupe
OF Spanish troubadoIrs, who spent
most of their time in the next
hundred years in building Spanish
missions and Ramcna's Homes,
promoting bull fights and building
the Jamion Real.
California at that tine had d
large population, but they were
still living in Iowa and New Eng
land, saving up their money to
buy real estate in Los Angeles.
But in 1847 California really begat
TO grow, for in that year couple
of fellows by tue name Of Lewis
and Clark hogan cunning cheap ex.
curslons over the y. p. railroad,
Two years later a man by the
name Of Marshall started a god
mine up near Sacramento and with
in six months had two hundred
gold diggers of both sexes work
ing It.
I'VE learn that 4 California was
discovered by the Spanish, settled
by the Yankees, built by the Chin
csc, and fought by the Irish
"A year later land was discover
ed over across the bay from Oak
land. A couple of real estate men
started q town there. Because OF
the way the sand drifted about it,
it was called Sand-can-drift so. This
was later corrupted to San Francis
co.
Tho following year Colonel An
dvews opened the Diamond Palace.
The first two public buildings were
the Orpheum Theatre and the jail
Roth have since been enlarged and
are still do ng capacity business.
This San Francisco became a sport
ing center for the citizens of B-rk-
eley, Oakland, and Alameda. The
flea shooting was great, as was the
crap shootin'. The St Tamalpias
railroad was built TIL S and the
San Francisco city hall arc Goa
sidered the two crookcdest things
in the world. Meanwhile a band of
refugees from San Juan hill, in Gu
ba, had come up from tbs south
end established a settlement at
Riverside. A fellow by tHe rame
of Rosfelt planted the first seed
less orange tree, and chap by TIE
namo of Burbank, by sap t-ansfu-
SIGN and grating, caused these
orange trees to bear tAornless
cactus, tastcless grapefruit, and
jagless grapes.
"A year or so later. ono OF the
players on the Riverside baseball
team, sort of roughneck by the
rame Of William Sunday, got mad,
left the team, went hundred miles
or so north and started revival.
Af'er he had c inverted all CT the
Red Indians and some of TIE white
onos, he doc dod to make his
camp permanent settlement and
in honor Of himself he called it
Los Angeles. Los Angeles is a
Sranish word M aiming City Of
Angels but this was 3 long time
ago. There are twen'ysix ways
Of pronouncing Los Angeles. all
wrong. Tie new state grew SO
fast they had to divide it into four
parts. called Non horn Calf rnia
and Southern California. They
nod ~ ,,u+ two deserts and = mann