The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-08

in their homes; and hardly know thc,;'
i,av" been moved.
Even if we are not there We shall
be Interested in the town hcrcaftcr~ =
because we know so many Of the pen-
pie who live there.
\ new town like this with hundreds
OF miners on one side and lumber
camps on the other side will have its
u"c,,liaritir> and there will be numrr-
Gus saloons.
We are not particularly an advocate
Of a saloon. but we recognizes the fac!
that in Il new mining town like this I;
saloon is highly appreciated.
These miners are strangers in a
strange land. They yearn for com
partnership. and when evening comes
where shall they go? Who will fur
nish room well lighted. and heated.
where they can 90 in. make acuuaint-
ancr and visit with their comrades:
Such Il place as that in a new town,
W here nearly all are strangers. whcr"
there are no places Of amusement, no
museums, 10 libraries. is a real ne
cessity.
Somebody should supply that de-
mand, and the saloon keeper attempts
to do so. AS he has to pay $500 for th"
privleg" of keeping such Il place. he
must make it pay. 70 do that he keeps
what people like to drink.
Experience has proven that men will
use money 10 crafty appetite. if they
have any money to spend. and knowing
this men will open rooms where stran-
gers can congregate for amusement
The men who conduct saloons do not
want to make people drunk. If they
had their choice they would prefer
that the customers should NOT drink
to excess, but that they do is one ~
the evils of the business which every
one deplorcs.
Among the very first to open place
of this kind Of entertainment in the
town was Henry Hookwith, who open
cd here some six years ago. Connect
ed with his place are gents toilet ac-
Communications. which in a new town
like this, makes Il place of consider
able resort or that account alone.
Mr.. IIookwith is to be commended for
his enterprise.
An all around entertainer with wines
and cigars. is John W. Mitchell. who IS
il very genial man with many friends.
lin the same line Of business is NclS
anderson who keeps the Tower Hotel
in Evelrth and in Virginia.
The sign in front of Martin He'd
berg's place shows that he keeps sa-
loon and hotcI-while directly opEo-
site VI. Prittner has been here for the
past four years, having wines. cigars.
pool table. etc.
Charles T.. johnson has also been in
the saloon business here for the past
four years, while John Johnson. who
has very handsomely furnished 81
Ron. came here from Mountain Iron
Il year ago.
Tire stranger here who may want
livery will find Charles Jcnsmore with
IL very fully equipped stable. Mr..
.JcnSmorc. Il man of large enterprise
formerly, when ii resident of Tower
ran tine Of stages from Nermilon
Lake to Crane Lake. up towards the
gold regions, and just as fast as bll<i
ErSS opens here he is in readiness 10
take care OF it.
In the meat trade are the Fall:
brothers. who are doing a large bust
ness. and in The same line is .Jose}:!,
Karl, who came here from Mountain
tron Il year since. T; NJ Osborn has
recently opened a stock of general
hardware here, coming lately from TIib-
bin" and formerly from West Duluth.
He is an experienced hardware man.
on the ground JUST in line to supply
the large demand for his goods in the
new town. lie has Il large stock Il;
reasonable figures