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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-04
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CONSERVATION IN RAIMENT

"The menfolks are going to be
shorn of some of their flubdubs,
like the women,'' says a writer.
"The fashion makers, who fix the
rules upon which clothing is
built, are going to save a million
yards of wooden fabric by elm
mating cuffs, belts, and patch
pockets. Besides, clothes art to
be closer fitting, taking up the
slack so as to save a few more
square miles of perfectly good
cloth. The women already have
sacrificed about all the clothing
they dare, under the law, there
fore it is up to the men to do
their bit"
Commenting on the foregoing
another editorial brother declares
that skirts are getting shorter
and waists lower, causing some
to think that conservation in
clothing will restore the fig leaf
as soon as the law permits. After
that will come breechclouts for
fashionable young men who now
are wearing pants which do not
reach the shoe tops. :
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MADAM JULIA WALLACE
REM0VETH TO ST. PAUL
The Gentle Guardian of Little Alice i'm Wonderland
Faileth to Get Hotel License, Therefore Shaketh
Dust of Duluth From Her Feet.

permit the good woman to con-
tinue her work. .Onkel Bernard
defaulted in payment of some
election debts. A wide-open town
was impossible.
"I1l take out a hotel license, y
said Madam Wallace, jerking out
a five-dollar bill.
cts no. use," replied Uncle
Bob and Onkel Bernard. "The
public will not support us in
granting a license to a woman Of
your antecedents. The better
course for you is to apply for a
license in the name of some other
woman, less well known. J."
Madam Wallace went away sor-
rowful for she owed F. S. Kelly
and the Bayha boys big punches
Of money and she must have prop
er leeway in her own peculiar line
of business if she made money to
satisfy her creditors.
Madam Marie Pearson, an al
legged widow and mother of two
children, laid down five dollars
and asked a hotel license. This
was on April 26, 1917. The city
commissioners kept the V but
made no response, for or against,
as to the license.
Then, on May 81, 1917, Mrs.
Mayme Neugebauer laid down an
other five dollar bill and asked
license to conduct the Brunswick
hotel. The city treasurer took her
money, also, but the city commits
sioners failed to hand out Ii
cense. Neither women received
a pro quid quo, as City Attorney
Samuelson would say.
The next play on the board was
the arrest of Madam Wallace, her
self, by cold-blooded Bradley,
city detective. Madam Wallace
appeared by counsel and took a
continuance or two, the last one
being up to July 80. In the mean
time, she commenced to pack with
all the zeal that one of her fair
sex can pack. Her face now is
turned towards St. Paul. Her
household goods are billed to St.
Paul. Her railroad ticket reads to
st. Paul.
There are some sad faces in
some very select male circles in
Duluth. To them it's "Farewell,
a long farewell, dear old Madam
Julia"
Incidentally, Mrs. Marie Pear
son, a widow with two dependent
children and Frau Mayme Neuge-
bauer-a woman with name like
a German spy-had to petition
the city council to get back their
license money and the city coun-
Gil had to pass a special resolution
to get the two fees out of the
treasury.
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Montague fellow seems to have
laid himself open to charges of
libel, misrepresentation and even
language calculated to incite an
assault. The very idea of calling
our esteemed fellow citizen can
thony" Weiss.
Some time ago, editor Koen of
The Biwabik Times, declared that
opposition to auditor Halden
came from several thousand men
whose fingers had been raped
for trying to get into the county
treasury. The real fact is that
those several thousand and then
several thousand more, are
against Halden because he has
handed them the Double Cross at
one time or another during the
past thirty years.
X
The poor Park Pointers declare
that they rejoice to see from
5000 to 10000 people come down
there daily but they do feel
peeved at the way in which
thoughtless, selfish and even law
less pleasure seekers make RATS
out of their beach wood or burn
it up in big, blazing bonfires.
Minnesota Point is not govern
ment land. Every single lot down
there is privately owned. Any
thing on those lots belongs to the
owners, not to any rambling
roysterers who come along. When
Minnesota Point can deliver
1000 votes, ample police protec-
ton will be furnished.
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PEOPLE GET new DEAL
IN SCHOOL ELECTION
Several Vital, Burning Issues Bring About the
Election of the Opposition Ticket and In
sllres Entirely New Policy.

may have suffered somewhat from
dominant and aggressive fellow
members of the board. There is
much more personal criticism OF a
few hold-overs than Of the men
who were retired. But the people
felt that a beginning must be
made somewhere and at some
time.
For the three-year terms, Oscar
A. Amundson, A. G. LeDuc and
Charles G.. Firoved were elected
by votes of 1541, 1851 and 1497,
respectively, defeating E. Il.
Cobb, H. j. Grannis and DIR. l.. y:
Greeley, who received votes OF
1174, 1922 and 1901, respectively.
For the one-year term, DR.. j. G.
Armand defeated M. A. Dunning
by a vote of 1852 against 992.
Oscar A. Amundson resides at
Smithville and has been leader
in the campaign for retention OF
the Smithville school. He was
reared in Duluth, went through
the Central high school and at
tended the University of Mime
sofa two years, saftcr which he
married and entered business life.
At present, he is employed by the
Bridgman-Russell Company.
A. G. LeDuc has charge Of an
important department for the
Oliver Iron Mining Company with
Offices in the Wolvin building.
He was a teacher for twelve years
and retains a deep interest in
educational work. He will be an
exceedingly strong and valuable
member of the board
Charles G. Firoved has strong
enough a character to work for
himself ever since a bcy. He has
had his share of ups and downs
but has sturdily kept his eyes to
the front. He will be a stickler
for economy that is real economy
and watching the little leaks, such
as employees using school board
automobiles and gasolene for
private pleasure.
DR.. j. G.. Armand has spent a
lifetime in Minnesota. He edu-
Gated himself and, before entering
his profession, was a teacher in
the public schools.
While the Rip-saw bias no in
timations whatever, the logical
inference is that the next presi-
dent of the board will be either G.
Francis Colman or A. G.. LeDuc.
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TEAMSTER COMPLAINS OF
CONDITIONS ON RAIL-
ROAD STREET.

Duluth, July 26, Ut.
To the Editor Of the Rip-saw:
I invite the city commissioners
and all interested citizens to take
a walk across the viaduct at
Sixth avenue w. to see the way
Railroad street is blocked with
scrap iron. Before half way
across Railroad street, they will
become aware that traffic is
very heavy on that thoroughfare.
At certain hours, teams hardly
can pass one another. Pedestri-
ans also are greatly handicapped.
Switchmen also have a habit,
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If William I. Prince will keep
all Hidden Hands from getting
hold of the tail of his coat, he
can and will make so ideal sec,
rotary of the Duluth Commercial
Club that Col. Eva will be made
secretary of war and excused
from further local service.
The Rip-saw could say a whole
lot about Oden Halden, the pri,
vate individual, but refrains from
doing so, as a matter OF decent
craftsmanship. It's Oden Haldin,
auditor of St. Louis county, the
King of the Courthouse and oocu,
pant of the old Spiders Den, that
the Rip-saw proposes to open up
Remember that, dear old voter.
X x
When rare old Alexander Pope
left London he exclaimed, "Dear,
ID, distracted town, fare
WE'LL" Every redlight lady who
crosses the Interstate bridge for
long-suffering old Superior ex,
claims, "Amen! But make it
read Duluth And the remain
der of their remarks is just
about as unprintable as the re-
mainder Of Pope's Farewell to
London"
"Cecil Montague" alias John
Paul May, calls the owner of the
Duluth Herald "Anthony" G.
Weiss. In our younger days, it
was spelled Anton G. Weiss. This
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-04

Madam Julia Wallace has
packed up her massive furniture,
thick, red carpets and heavy dra-
peries and, by the time these
lines appear, probably will be
grazing St. Paul with her sportive
presence. Thus passeth from the
environs Of dear old Duluth, a
noted redlight lady Of the old
school.
The Brunswick hotel ever has
has been the center Of high life
and excitement. Irrigation par
lors have occupied the ground
floor and no one but the old devil
himself, knows all the stunts that
have been pulled off on the up
per floors. One old resident de-
clares that the upper floors origi-
nally were intended for office
rooms. But rest rooms, slumber
chambers and gardens Of delight
in time supplanted dry, dusty,
hum-drum-c commercial business.
"Sol." Klein was one Of Du-
luth s most noted and popular
gamblers. His brain softened
from night work and, in time, he
cashed in his chips. Mrs. Klein
open a rooming place in the old
Brunswick building and, for
years, rented apartments to old
friends of her husband, at good
prices.
Finally, Jeannette Palmer
opened a quiet redlight place but
she fell foul Of the city peace au-
thorities and kicked the dust OF
Duluth from her red slippers,
passing the buck to Madam Julia
Wallace, distant distant relative
by marriage to Sir William Wal
lace, the noted Scottish patriot
and sword fighter.
There, in the classic upper pre-
cincts of we old Brunswick, the
good Madam Julia conducted a
veritable Wonderland, the chosen
abode of dear little Alice, the
prize pet of Wonderland. The
gentle Sister Julia also made we
Brunswick rooms haven OF re-
fuge for many little eve lambs,
thereby protecting them from the
human wolves prowling up and
down Superior street.
Little Alice in Wonderland, for
many months, was a favori tie with
many Duluthians high in social
and commercial circles. They no.
bly, rallied to the good Sister
Julia in her good work and con-
tributed heavily to her cause.
Then the dry boys carried the
municipal election. Public senti-
ment failed to support gentle
Sister Julia and her fold. Under
pressure of the new regime, Sill
berstein Prestige was unable to
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-04

Charles E. Adams twice ran
for county attorney against John
Norton, making a very creditable
showing and, once, very nearly
being elected.
May not Odin Halden have
considered Mr.. Adams a man
with a punch and future. May
he not have called him into the
Spiders Den and addressed him
somewhat as follows:
"Adams, wish to congratulate
you on your race against Norton.
l recognize in you a valuable po-
litical asset if you will join for
tunes with me. I will, in that
event, have a profitable place
provided for you at the pie coun-
ter"
Adams may have demurred
and then fallen for the plan. The
public knows, anyway, that audi
tor Halden satisfied the county
commissioners that they needed
a different brand of legal advice
than was being furnished, there
fore the position of special county
attorney, was handed to Mr..
Adams on a silver salver, so to
speak.
Time rolled by and the Halden
regime flourished and became
still more strong. Many irons
were kept in the fire and much
political medicine was made,
some of it not at all unprofitably.
The dear old state of Mime
sofa has power to make and un-
make laws. Friends in the legis-
lature seemed advisable to the
dictator in the marble-lined
courthouse. Cunning laws would
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THE COURTHOUSE KING
FACES CERTAIN EXILE
Continued from Page H.

When an assistant engineer
went into the army, an engineer
from Superior, Wis, was hired in
his place.
When good surveyors and engi-
neers in Duluth were idle, an as
sistant was hired from Grand
Marais, Cook county, MINI.
When several experienced men
gladly would have accepted posi-
lions and filled them we'll, two
young fellows were hired and
brought up from the Twin Cities.
Being a citizen, voter and tax
payer in st. Louis county really
and truly seems to be a handicap
in getting job with the county
road engineers department.
That Halden machine has some
wheels fearfully and wonderfully
made.
X X y
AS previously stated by the
Rip-saw, a competent engineer
asked a county commissioner for
influence in getting a job on road
work. After stammering and
stalling for awhile the commits
sioner said:
"Well, 60 see Walker
The son of one of Duluth s
pioneers, now gone to his reward,
called two times on the King of
the Courthouse in an effort to get
place as assistant engineer. One
session, at least, was very long.
The aspirant talked long and
hard. He showed his engineering
qualifications and he also empha-
sized the fact that he was a son
of man who pioneered in Du-
luth and did much towards the
upbuilding Of the place.
No hope OF a JOB was given
but, some days later, it is al
legged, an intermediary slipped up
to this engineer and said:
"Halden says you can have a
job if you will play the game'.''
What the game was, the Rip
saw need not say at this time. 1t
may have been d poker game. It
may have been a political game
in the interests Of Konge Odin
and some Of his tame pets. It
may have been a hunt for wild
game, moose, deer or wild ducks.
It is safe to assume that it was
nothing to safeguard the dear old
treasury Of kindly old St; Louis
county.
No matter what "playing the
game" really meant, the engineer
did not like the undercurrent, he
declared, therefore sought and Sc
cured employment Win a 1lfm OF
private contractors.
There are many little tracks
around the county and even in
the noble old courthouse indicat-
ing that the King Of the Court
house still retains the right to
saw somethinp unite definite
about the employment Of road en-
gineers, although the county en-
gineer is supposed to be supreme
and "petty politics" fully elm
mated. Of course there's a diff
ference between "petty politics
and "big politics., just as
there's difference between Gre
tail business and "wholesale
business"
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| stood around there like a traffic
policeman.
Finally, the agriculturist got
| on the nerves Of the boys and one
| of them offered to show him
where he could find Halden.
"He took me through rooms
and halls and steel vaults until
did not know where [ was. Fin
ally, he stopped in front Of a
| door. knock three times on
that door," he said, and left me. I
knocked but got no answer. l
kept knocking and, finally, I
heard a noise inside and then a
crack appeared in the door and
county auditor Halden stuck his
nose out of the crack and asked
what I wanted.
II pushed right in and sat
down. Mr.. Halden informed me
| that he was very busy and did
not have much time to give me
I told him what 1 wanted and
| soon after, he let me out of a
| door that showed me real day.
light and the trail down stairs
and out of doors. [ actually
breathed sigh Of relief for, hon
estly, | did not know where that
fellow took me. It was a good
deal like being lost in the
woods"
The story about the county sur.
veyor who surveys nothing but
his monthly salary check, as told
in the previous issue Of the Rip
saw, was Illuminating on condi
lions in some corners Of the
marble-lined courthouse. In
many voters and taxpayers it also
aroused anger. That so import
ant a public servant as a county
surveyor will complacently SIT
from day to day, from month to
month and year after year, doing
nothing and taking $208.33 out Of
the kindly old treasury each ano
every month, without a word Of
serious protest, seems unwar
ranted to the people who furnish
the money to pay the bills. But
that seven commissioners in st
! Louis county will take great
pains to ignore such an official
refuse to command his services
permit such a wasteful state Of
affairs to continue; and even g
out of their way to import mar
from the outside, at a princely
salary. to do work that could b.
done through the county engin
eer's office, seems incredible tt
the taxpayers.
Not only is the county sur
veyor ignored but St. Louis
county engineers are similarly
treated to a high degree.
The present county road engi
neer was hired in St. Paul anc
paid salary Of $4,000 a year
when he had been drawing only
$1,000 a year in the service Of
the state, and when there wer'
several competent engineers il
the county who gladly would
have taken the position for $4,000
a year. But, possibly, they woule
not have been complacent ano
"played the game" with auditor
Ealden and his tame pets, a com
placent majority of the county
commissioners.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-04
THE POLITICAL POT
Medicine in City, County and State, tho
Old Pot BOils and Bubbles Fiercely.

help along his game and his
fortunes wonderfully. Charles
E. Adams had been loyal, cap
able and complacent so far as
he had travelled the courthouse
road. The Old Spider planned
the further spinning Of entang-
ling webs. Calling in the special
county attorney may he not have
said:
"Charley, you must run for
the state senate
II cannot do that. I cannot
hold down two jobs,'' Adams
may have declared, surprised
but pleased at the prospect of
higher honors and a winter in
the noble halls of legislation.
"You can if I say so," may
not Halden have replied.
Be that as it may, the people
now we'll know that Charles E.
Adams ran for the state senate
and won easily, thereby enter
ing the ranks of the double bar
relied boys. He pulled wires and
passed measures pleasing and
profitable to the King of the
Courthouse.
May not the cunning Old
Spider have sat in his Den and
pondered somewhat as follows:
envy tame pets, a complacent
majority Of the board of county
commissioners, do not thrive on
skim milk. They need some raw,
red meat. Adams must procure
that meat. Calling in the digni-
fled senator, may Konge Odin
not have said:
Adams, / made you. I took
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-04
THAT KINGLY INTEREST.

There are some people in the
town of Morcum who are ask
ing why Odin Halden should
take so much interest in the COM
ing school election of this town.
ship.-Bear River Journal.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-04
THE PUBLIC PULSE

The printed below do not necessarily the
opinions of the Rpsaw management They printed
of public entirely the responsibility of the
pondnk All Communications be signed BY the writer's
of good faith but such will published it is
nots
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-04

itably can cooperate both de-
fensively and extensively with a
congressman who has thrown
down the gauntlet to the rapidly
waning Halden regime.
It's more fun to watch this
procession than to see chief
McKercher come in from Pike
Lake in his MarmOn car.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-03-08

The Mobridge News has been sold
to a company Of local people who
will discontinue the News and es.
tablish a new paper to be called the
Mobridge Tribune, which will be
issued semi.weckly. The new COM
pany are installing an up-to-date
plant and will no doubt fill the de-
mand for live newspaper and re-
ceive merited support. Roderick
Weir, who has published the News
for several years, has bought a
dairy farm near Mobridge, and will
in the future devote his time to a
profitable milk route and the breed
ing of Hereford cattle.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-03-08

F. j. Scott, who has successfully
conducted the Mcintosh Globe
Chief for the past year under a lease,
has bought the paper outright from
J. l.. Owens. Mr.. Scott is a good
all round newspaper man, and the
Pioneer wishes him continued
success.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-03-08

Attention is called to the change
of advertisements in this issue of J.
M. Carignan and Hokanson- Turner
Company stores. Fort Yates has
the two best general stores to be
found in this section of the state.
Both are completely stocked with
seasonable lines of merchandise,
and both enjoy a prosperous bust
ness. No need to send your money
to Chicago or New York mail order
houses when you can get high quail
ity goods at moderate prices right
here ut home.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-03
By ALINE THOMPSON

where they went in a party to Mr.. and
Mrs. Pages.
The evening was devoted to $500
six tables being arranged in rooms ar
tistically decked with yellow spring
flowers The score honors were won by
Mrs. William II. Thielsen and Mrs
George II. Burnett.
After the card games lovely birth
day cake with yellow candles outlin-
ing the number 81 was placed in front
of Mr.. Thielsen to cut and the refresh
ments were served.
r.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas A. Livesley,
who have been sojourning in Paso
Robes, California, for the past two
weeks, are planning to leave there in
about ten days for Los Angeles and
other southern points.
Although the Livesleys stay is indef-
mite, they expect to linger in the south
for sometime yet, returning the latter
part Of March.
En- route home they will pass sever
al days in San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. Livesley both are ar
dent golf players and are enjoying
much of their time in Paso Robles on
the links
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reynolds
(Frances Adams) left the middle of
the week for Silverton, where they win
make their home. The Reynolds have
many friends IN Salem and their de-
parture is the source of much regret.
As little farewell attention to Mrs.
Reynolds, Mrs. w. d. Fletcher, Mon
day, entertained at her apartment in
The Court, with table or two of
bridge.
The affair was most informal, only
a few matrons being asked.
Those making up the tables with the
honor guest were; Mrs. Clyde c. Gra-
ham, Mrs. William Walton, Mrs. Har-
ry Hawkins (Lora TaylOr), Mrs. Chas.
Durkee, Mrs. Arthur Rain and Mrs. +.
l.. Edwards.
Mrs. Asahel Bush left today for Cali
fornia to join the A. N. Bushs who
with the former s small son, Asahel
Jr., have been in the south for several
weeks. At present they are in Paso
Robles, whence they will motor after
the arrival of Mrs. Asahel Bush to Cor
onado Beach and other southern points.
They win return to Salem the latter
part of March, visiting en- route in San
Francisco.
Mrs. Edwin l.. Baker went to Port
land today and will be the week end
guest of friends.