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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-11-24

1t as pointed out that the
board was pleased with Mr.
Boerner's sketches, his talk at the
meeting and his personality
Every member present, except di.
rector Brewer, voted to employ
Mr.. Boerner's firm. Mr.. Brewer
did not vote either way. The
ability of the firm was illustrated
by heavy and important work
done in Duluth and other parts
Of Minnesota.
AS to the firm not being resi-.
dents Of Duluth, it was shown
that Mr.. Boerner was reared in
Duluth; he graduated from the
Central high school; his parents
now reside here and have for
many years; he aids in the sup
port Of his parents and resides
with them; he worked his way
through the technical schools and
has had a broad and successful
experience; an office is main
tanned at 1901 Fidelity building,
as we'll as one in Minneapolis,
Mr.. Boerner being responsible
for the local office and Mr..
Croft for the Minneapolis office.
A heavy majority of the mem
bers Of the school board declare
that they have neither reason,
desire nor intention of backing
up in their action. It further is
believed that the executive COM
mittee Of the Duluth Commercial
Club, the Kiwanis Club and any
other clubs that might have been
thrown at the school board will
be full * satisfied with explana-
tions and drop the matter.
The members of the school
board point out the fact that
there will be other schools to
build in Duluth from time to
time and that competing archi-
tects will stand every show for
chance at the work, provided
they are loyal citizens and gen.
tlemanly in their methods Of ap-
proach.
This little tempest in educa-
tional and architectural circles
still further indicates that de-
mocracy is gaining ground on the
school board and that .autocracy
is rapidly on the wane.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-11-24
HOW NOBLE TURKEYS ARE TORTURED
Chaps Yank the Feathers Off the Suffering
Extinct.

When you sit down to your
turkey dinner next Thursday, OBJ,
serving holiday that had its
inception in pious, puritan New
England, just remember that the
noble bird on your festive board
died slowly and in suffering.
Those poultry killers on motor,
ious Michigan street pluck the
poor turkeys alive.
If the officers Of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals know anything about
this cruelty to the turkeys, they
say or do nothing.
When you stick your legs un-
der the festal board next Thurs
day end spread the napkin across
your breast or across your knees.
according to your lights, you
probably will give thanks that
you live in a Christian land; that
the Americans are a humane.
kindly people; that you are not
as those Prussians are; that you
are thankful war has not pre-
vented you from eating roast
turkey that cost forty cents a
pound, etc., etc.
When you say or think all
that, do not fail to bear in mind
that the steaming turkey before
you was crucified and plucked
alive to make your Christian
holiday pleasant and profitable.
Those pluckers of fowl down on
Michigan street are a strenuous
bunch, utterly devoid of senti-
ment and feeling for what they
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had not been so insistent in his
behalf.
Early this week, trouble with
a big B commenced brewing all
over town for the members of
the school board. The Archi-
tects and Builders Exchange got
extremely busy. Some of the
members, as individuals, went
after the members Of the school
board hammer and tongs. One
architect, a Pro-German cham
pion named deWaard, talked
loudly and abusively to some of
the members last Tuesday. He
disturbed the circumambient at
mosphere and used language that
was more common in Duluth s
wet days. He told director
Amundson that he and his asso-
ciates who favored Messrs. Croft
& Boerner were "a bunch of
cheap skates" ." He also declared
that Croft & Boerner were not
architects.
The Architects Association
and the Builders Exchange par
ticularly raised the point that
Messrs. Croft & Boerner were
non-residents. They ran to the
Duluth Commercial Club, the XII
wants Club and, possibly, sew
eral other of the semi-secret or
ganizations that assume to mould
the welfare and future of this
dear old city.
Tuesday forenoon, all the new
members of the school board re-
ceived a summons to appear be-
fore the executive committee of
the Duluth Commercial Club to
present their side Of the matter.
DR.. Armand neglected to appear.
Mr.. Firoved received his rather
mandatory invitation less than
an hour before the time Of the
meeting, therefore could not ar
range his work so as to appear.
He sent a note of regret, adding
that he saw no reason for back
ing up On his vote the Thursday
night before. Directors LeDuc
and Amundson, Brewer and Nc
Giffert favored the Executive
committee with their presence
and made some plain, under
standable statements as to their
position.
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A WASTED BLUFF.

A young man in charge Of a
newly-platted realty tract, upon
which the only building was the
office Of the company, upon see
ing the first person to enter the
door, hastily took down the tele-
phone receiver and commenced:
eyes, sir, I think we can agree
on those terms. Thirty lots In
one parcel and twenty in an
other. Yes, sir, the price is salts
factory, thirty thousand dollars
at the transfer and the remainder
in sixty days. Did you say I
could meet you in the morning at
nine o'clock and receive your
check for ten thousand dollars as
the initial paymentY Very well,
sir"
Hanging up the receiver, this
busy person turned to the man
who had entered the office. "Is
there anything I can do for you,
sir?"
"Naw, not thing" returned
the visitor. ''I have just come
to connect up yer telephone,
that's all"
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ARCHITECTS BUCK THE SCHOOL BOARD
Action Employing
Up Trouble With Architects Association Builders Exchange
and Some Commercial Bodies

The board of education started
trouble and turmoil when it Sc
lected Croft & Boerner as archi-
tects for the new school building
near Tenth street and Eight ave-
nue. East.
AS stated in another column,
a special meeting was held
Thursday evening, last week, at
which every member of the
board was present except direc.
tor Colman.
Only two applicants appeared
before the board. One was a rep
resentative Of Mr.. F. G.. German
and the other was Mr.. Boerner,
a member Of the architectural
firm Of Croft & Boerner. -
Mr.. Boerner showed sketches
that particul larly appealed to
the members Of the board. His
personal presence and remarks
also were highly pleasing to the
members present.
Mr.. Brewer worked valiantly
in behalf Of Mr.. German. Other
members supported Messrs,
Croft & Boerner. Mr.. Amund-
son favored the young firm, tell
ing how satisfactory a service
had been given in the erection of
the new Bridgeman & Russell
building on the former site of the
old street car barn.
Director Foster supported
Croft & Boerner, telling how Mr..
Boerner was an old pupil Of his,
a. graduate of the Central high
school and taking the position
that young men should be- given
chance, when competent.
Mr.. Boerner declared that he
would 60 to great length in meet
ing the wishes Of the board of
education. He felt able to so draw
+ the plans and specifications that
there would be little if any charge
for extras, instead Of anywhere
from 21a to 10 per cent, as in
some cases mentioned at the meet
ing.
Despite Mr.. Boerner's mas
terly way in presenting and
pushing his cause, some of the
members of the board state that
the job probably would have gone
to the older man if Mr.. Brewer
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pluck. When a carload of tur-
keys arrives, the. poultry mer-
chant summons a gang of pro-
fessional pluckers. They strike
bargain, on a piece-work
basis, and then the dealer tells
them to 60 to it.
Grabbing a fat turkey from
down the state, the plucker
quickly hangs him up by the
legs. Next he ties back the
wings, spread-eagling the bird in
the form of the cross. Then
there's a heavy cup with some
sort of a sharp device attached.
This sharp instrument is jabbed
deeply into the turkeys head
somewhere between an eye and
the nose. This cuts an artery
and permits the bird to slowly
bleed to death. The cup, by it's
weight, keeps the long turkey
neck stretched and steadily
hanging downward.
In less than three shakes of
a lambs tail the air. is full of
blood and feathers. !: The more
turkeys those pluckers pluck, the
more money they make. They
are neither slow nor tender in
their motions. If a plucker can
not have every feather off a tur-
key and the bird thrown aside
before life is extinct, he is not
much Of a workman. Before one
bird is fairly dead after that
cruel plucking, another is strung
up and undergoing the same ex-
perience.
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A turkey plucking plant is NO
place for tender women or timiid
children. It's a place that makes
many a strong man shudder or
even feel sick to his stomach.
If you have any qualms about
eating a turkey that has under
gone cruel torture-died on a
cross, as it were, to make a
Christian holiday, the better plan
is to buy your bird alive and
quickly, humanely, summarily
behead it in the woodshed or OIL
a back lot with. a sharp axe or
hatchet. Then, even if the feath-
ers do come off a bit more slow
ly, you will not have to think Of
pain and suffering on the part of
one Of Nature most noble birds.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-11-24

1t Is plainly evident to trained
observer that county Sauditor Hal
den is leading a Lost Cause. He
met his Gettysburg up there in the
marblelined courthouse last week.
He will encounter his Appomattox
at the polls next year.
The people have so decreed it.
1t is so written in the stars.
County auditor Halden's bitter
defeat last week was administered
by six of the county commission
ers. For the first time in many
years, a majority Of the board
of county commissioners went
against the royal plans and
wishes, thereby knocking an audi
torial grand-stand play higher
than Gilroy's kite.
Until last week, county auditor
Halden absolutely dominated a
majority Of the county commits
sioners. Their recent disregard of
the autocrat of the courthouse ill
dicates a development Of inde-
pendence by the commissioners
and waning prestige for the audi.
tor. .,-,-,.cr; s,.s,...x..sa..7..
There's an election next fall
and, perchance, some of the com
missioners propose to hedge and
avoid going down to defeat with
their liege lord. The sad fate Of
Col. Kauppi a year ago sends shiv-
ers up and down their spines.
They desire nothing like that in
their political dish.
Trained diagnosticians are
unanimous in the decision that
the auditorial nerve is weakening,
the royal brain is growing dull;
the autccratic hand is losing it's
cunning.
A campaign cry of "Conserva-
ton and Economy" comes too late
to save the auditorial bacon.
Tremulous plants about patriot
ism are received with doubt and
derisiOn.
Auditor Halden's grand-stand
plays have lost their punch.
When the board of county com
missioners met to make the tax
levy for 1913, auditorial plans and
wishes were committed to the care
of deputy Walker, sometimes
called the prime minister.
When the road apportionment
was reached, Mr.. Walker said Ill
that smooth, kindly, persuasive
voice of his:
81 presume you wish this to re-
main about as it is this year''
The commissioners did not wish
to let the matter stand the same
as this year. They boosted the
road fund from about $724,OOO to
$1,056,OOO.
Not only had the auditor!al
plans been thwarted but the cum
ming old King of the Courthouse
saw an opportunity to pull OFT
one of his famous grand stand
plays. Calling a servitor, ne die
tated long resolution in which
he shed tears for Russia and Italy,
put a big P in patriotism and pro-
vided for a heavy cut in the diff
ferent county funds.
Then a mandate went forth,
summoning the board OF county
commissioners to assembly in spe-
cial session. They obeyed the
royal call, sparing neither time
nor expense and not knowing the
purpose Of the meeting.
At the morning session, the COM
missioners rescinded the resoln-
tion which fixed the levy and ap-
portionment for 1918.
In the afternoon, there was
long discussion, some of it very
spirited. When it came to the
road fund, a majority of the COM
missioners stood pat. Even com
'Ssioner Penttila refused to ac-
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-11-24
A DoUBLE-HEARTED CHAP.

While Smith Strader, of Clarks-
burg, W. Va, was being exam
ined for the national army the
examining physician discovered
that he had two hearts, each beat
ing Independently. of the other.
Strader appeared to be in good
health and said that he never
had been troubled at all by the
abnOrmality.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-11-24

cept a reduction greater than 10
per cent.
County road engineer Acton was
asked to express himself on the
matter. He pointed out that
money was required to carry out
the county road policy but that
the matter in hand was one for the
commissioners and not for al en-
gineer. . ~
| Commissioner Little said that a
firm and fixed policy had been
adopted as to county roads and
that the system would 60 to pieces
if the levy were reduced. He ex-
pressed belief that the people
! would back the board in liberal
road appropriation. He called
attention to the fact that, when
the levy was made, a strong COM
mittee, embracing such men as
Henry Bridgeman, Harry Arm
strong, Senator Peterson, Charles
P. Craig, H. l. Pinneo, Luther Men
denhall and William Burgess, rep
resenting Duluth's leading COM
mercial bodies, had urged a lib
eral appropriation, saying in ef-
feet; we will pay the taxes if if
you will give us the roads,
When the commissioners stood
pat on the road appartionment,
proposed cuts in other funds were
discussed. One proposition was.
! to reduce the new county Jail levy
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Konge Odin brought in district
judges Cant and Fesler to speak
in support of the reductions. They
did not say single word about
the other funds, but .confined
their remarks to the proposed new
county Jail fund. They pointed
out how the present Jail had been
condemned by the state board of
control and protested against any
reduction in the levy Of $4,000.
That judicial throwdown was a
bitter pill. for the autocrat to swal-
low but it had to 60 down.
Other proposed reductions were
$4,000 in the general revenue
fund, $500 in the courthouse
maintenance fund.-. SIS, 1000 in the
county sanatorium fund, $4,000 in
the workfarm fund and $40 in
the fund for the home for girls.
True to fern, auditor Halden
scuttled back and forth like an old
spider. He feared defeat and
pulled every possible wire. Dep
uty Walker even suggested that
the board adjourn for a week or
ten days but he was informed that
his suggestions were unwelcome
and that the matter should be set
tied at that session if it took until
midnight.
.. The outcome of the whole thing
was that the commissioners voted
to stand by the original levy, after
! which they adjourned.
Thus ended the Gettysburg de-
feat of the autocrat of the court
house. -...
Any who doubt that the auditor
Of st. Louis county is an artist at
grand-stand plays need but to
glance over his political record.
For thirty long years he has
played the game in this county
and his methods are as plain and
well known as the MONDAY sun.
It's enough to make horse
laugh to hear the willy old cI,sp
talk about economy and the well
fare Of the taxpayers. He always
does that before political cam
paign, not afterwards.
If county auditor Halden really
and truly cared for the interests
OF the many taxpayers, then the
Big Interests would be unable to
say that they must stick to him
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The City met with much bril-,
liant success in establishing a
Zoo and owning it's own fox that
several commissioners now are
very agreeable to the installation
of a municipal piggery.
Commissioner Farrell's mas
sive dome Of thought first fur,
nished the idea. His plan calls
for the purchase of about %
pigs at about SIS each and then
corralling them near the old in
cinerator where they can be fed
succulent eggs, onions, rutabagas
strawberries and other edible
products sent out for incinera-
tion by the Food Monopolists
along Michigan street.
Further than that, commission
er Farrell's plan calls for feed
ing the little grunters edible por-
tions Of the garbage picked up
here and there in the dear old
city. He points out that many
cities are doing away with incin-
orators and such garbage as can
not be turned into pork chops
and spare ribs Of pork, is con-
verted into fertilizers.
Commissioner Farrell proposes
this plan in an experimental way.
He has no desire to overdo it. He
says that he knows where there
is lot of rough lumber belong
ing to the city which will do, on
the start, to make styes for the
youthful swine.
If his memory has not failed,
Mr.. Farrell also knows where
there are four hundred rods of
meshed fence wire, the same hav-
ing been donated to the city by
Col. H. j. Huber to enclose the
municipal Zoo. That wire never
was used for the Zoo and now
idly reposes in a pile out beyond
Lester River. Today, it has a
value Of at least $1,000 and
would make a nifty enclosure for
inmates Of a piggery.
Digging postholes for the Zoo
cost the city close to $500 and
those holes have since been filled
up. 1t is not impossible that the
Farrell brother who dug the ele-
CANT Zoo postholes might, for a
proper consideration, pro quid
quo, as city attorney Samuelson
would say, be induced to do some
expert work in digging postholes
for the proposed piggery.
Commissioner Phillips enthused
over the plan at the last council
meeting to an extent that, forth
with, he favored purchasing 100
pigs and setting them to work
at consuming municipal garbage.
Other commissioners feared a
cold winter, therefore rather fa-
vored deferring the piggery plan
until the violets bloom in the
spring, or, at least, until the
tulips bud.
Commissioner Voss, that care
full, safe, experienced old con-
servative, feared the ravages Of
hog cholera in the tender herd
Of hoglets. Since he "slopped
the sows'' in old Injeanny in his
boyhood days, wise men have
found a serum that, by injec-
ton into the veins Of the pigs,
by experts like DR.. Harris, DR..
Armand or DR.. Findlay, will rem
der young grunters immune to
the terrible cholera. Commits
sioner Voss, not taking a farm,
stock and fireside journal, evi-
IDENTIFY has not read about this
serum.
The question of swineherd
was raised. Commissioner Far
rell waved aside that detail with
a belief that '.the boys at the III.
cinerator' could do the work.
If a plump little salary be At
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-11-24
SAWDUST AND SHAVINGS.

Mayor Konkel asserts that Su-
perior has less drunkenness with
60 saloons than when there were
$50 Of them. The logical concln-
sion is, therefore, that there
would be still less drunkenness
with no saloons.
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This is a war for democracy
and against autocracy. For this
reason, alone, the King Of the
Courthouse will 60.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-11-24
THE COURTHOUSE KING
TASTES BITTER DEFEAT
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAND KONGE
ODIN HIS POLITICAL GETTYSBURG.

Cunning Autocrat Cleverly Grabs the Cloak Of
Patriotism in Which to Play Politics - Board
of County Commissioners Refuses to Reduce
Tax Levies-StOry of a Typical Grand-Stand
Play i'm the Past-SuggestiOns for Kingly
Practice in Patriotism and Economy.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-11-24
FILTHY CITY GARBAGE
MAKES SUCCULENT PORK
COMMISSIONER FARRELL SPRINGS HOG
RANCH IDEA ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

1t Is Suggested that Municipal Pig Pen Be Built
Near Old Incinerator-Wire Fence Not Used
for the Zoo Would Make Classy Pig Stye.
Commissioner VOss Fears Ravages of Hog
Cholera Commissioner Phillips Comes Out
Strong for the Plan.
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1.-THE New Freedom" is q book
containing writings of President
Wilson. Chief McKercher re.
fused to permit Prof. Nearing to
take copy to his prison cell,
thinking it was an 1. w. w. hand.
book on how to blow up jails.
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Continued on Page 81
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1917-11-09
OlOwalu Water Case

Judge Edings this morning sustain
ed two points in the demurrer of de
PENDANTS in the water controversy of
John Keao, ct al, VS.. Olowalu Sugar
Co., bill for injunction, and five days
were allowed petitioners in which to
file an amended complaint. The points
sustained We're (D Misjoinder of par
ty petitioners and cause of action;
(2) Allegations are indefinite and un-
certain as they do not show title or
right of petitioners to any water or
water right lands. E. r. Bevins, for
petitioners, Case and Vincent for
respondent corporation.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1917-11-09
Fire Destroys
Puunene Camp |
Teachers Cottage
All Furniture And Much OF Personal
Effects Go Up In Smoke
= Loss $4,000
ROBERT JUDD SLIGHTLY INJURED

An accidental fire completely des-
troyed the teachers cottage at Camp
l, Puunene, between $3.50 and o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
The building was completed at the
end of August, just in time for the
school opening, at a cost of something
like $4,000 1t was well furnished. All
Of the furniture and most of the priv
ate belongings of the teachers went
up in smoke.
Accounts differ somewhat as to the
origin of the fire, but not as to the
main fact that ii came from small
oil stove in the kitchen. The story
as it has been gathered, is that the
employed Portuguese girl named EN-
lily Meyers found that the oil contain
er, Just below and attached to the
burner Of the stove, was nearly emp
ty. She took small oil can and start
ed to fill the container, with the usual
result. When the blaze started it is
claimed that the girl dashed water on
it. causing it to spread.
At that juncture Robert Judd called
at the cottage to interview the young
Continued on Page Eight)
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1917-11-09
'TODAY'S AND LATEST
NEWS BY WIRELESS

Honolulu "Wednesday nights killing the Majestic hotel
in place of the Occidental reported yesterday.
The nersand will use the habor boards prepared plans
immediate survey TIo construction
legm the three months 1t will be 25Ofoo affair and will
be permanent.
The Maui Agricultural Co. has a contract to Cation Neil Co.
for 75Oklowatt electrical plant.
The Lasy Companys Sesue Hayakawa Hio
tomorrow make pictures of the hidden pearls Napoopoo
Something like 200 natives will be used in the picture.
Retailers debate freight embargo
THE PII4IKIAS OF RUSSIA
New YOrA congress of workmen soldiers council
etrogad to discuss the The
formation the constitutional assembly composed
$50 Boshe Zk $50 Socialists revouons Minimals
mast nternaona Nationalist Socialists non-parisan
lists, other than dependent.
1t reported that Kereny has gone the 'front.' although
is uncOnirmed.
the winter palace which capuated under fire of the
rora, ST. Peter, St Paul and fortress.
RUSSIAN NEWS FROM ENEMY SOURCES
of Russia except by wireless which is controlled
OF Kerensky Reuters agency that the Black Sea fleet
he workmen soldiers. Three regiments of Coacs promised
kerensky support.
ITALIANS ARE STILL RUNNING
Washngton-There cessation of Italian
Venetian plains Berlin claims 1900 prisoners middle 1agia-
attack including general is claimed that the Teuons
taken 100000 and 23O0 guns inception the
On the front there only artillery dues with raids
The British have gained in Palestine along the Tgs.
RUSSIAN SECURITIES GO DOWN
New York-The market demoraized because
being the lowest of the year Russian bonds the curb
the lowest in history.