The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-07

clements when Joseph Becks de-
feated the cunning Kauppi for
county commissioner last Novem-
Der. The cunning Kauppi repre-
sented a district as large as some
of the monarchies in Europe. He
was an "easy boss in his domain
but kept in close harmony and
step with County Auditor Halden.
The cunning Kauppi does not
like the lonesomeness and quiet
of private life a little bit. He is
trying hard to "come back" and
in way to help the Halden ma
chine. Just now, this foxy Finn
seeks an appointment as state
highway commissioner. If Audi
tor Halden has a proper pull with
Gov. Burnquist, which some are
inclined to doubt, the cunning
Kauppi is quite likely to land the
prize. Although reported as i'll
in his home, Auditor Halden has
been in St. Paul, trying to ad-
vance the political fortunes of his
old night school friend and fellow
medicine-maker.
Later-Gov. Burnquist threw
down Col. Kauppi and Halden
by appointing another man.
The little birds around the
courthouse further whisper that
if the cunning Kauppi does not
land this fat state job, he will
push his logging and pulpwood
business as hard as possible for
the next year and then, in 1918,
come up for the nomination as
sheriff Of st. Louis county in op-
position to John Meining, who
has no desire to retire to private
life and who is not in proper &C.
cord with Auditor Halden. Sher-
if Meining has troubles enough
Of his own without tying up to a
man who has passed the zenith of
his power.
The cunning Kauppi knows a
plum tree as a fox knows a hen
roost. He also is an expert in
shaking the plumtree. He has a
cultivated taste for plums and
there are many interesting stories
as to his methods in shaking the
tree.
You can hear some interesting
stories about county tents, tools
and blankets being seen in Mr..
Kauppi's lumber camps, when he
was commissioner. Citizens in
some parts Of the Fifth district
declare that every road job ever
started in their neighborhood re-
quired an entirely new and com
plete purchase of road-making
tools. The wear and tear on such
tools seemed frightful.
Out at Pike Lake, Louis Ander-
son, a friend and supporter of the
cunning Kuppi, has farm that
can stand fertilization. There are
some interesting stories to the eff
feet that the cunning Kauppi, to
make a good fellow of himself
with Louis, loaded county dump
cars with manure from another
loclity, where it was not desired
for use as fertilizer, hooked the
county's traction engine onto the
string of county dump cars and
hauled the manure out to the An
derson farm, freely and without
price. Naturally, some county
employe had to run the traction
engine but what's a little matter
like that between political cron-
les?
There are still other stories
about the county automobile be-
ing loaded with supplies for the
cunning Kauppi's lumber camps,
which saved trouble and expense
for the thrifty county commits
sioner that Joseph Becks licked
last fall.
When Adolph Olson Eberhardt,
former governor Of Minnesota,
sought a nomination as United
States senator, he was supported
by Auditor Halden and the auto
mobile furnished the cunning
Kauppi by the county Of St.
Louis, was used almost exclusive
ly during that campaign in carry.
ing Eberhardt cards and medicine
over st. Louis county.
These narratives illustrate other
ways in which Auditor Halden
and some Of the county commits
sioners use the peoples property
and do business from the court
house.