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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01

Once upon a time, when ro-
nance was young and warm and
tender, a fair daughter Of a lum-
Der baron and iron king, heavy
laden with real money, yearning
for a mate and love and even
some of the snuggly, cuddly re-
suits thereof, gave the benefit of
the doubt to a specimen of the
genus homo who proved to be
small in mind, body, heart and
even morals. He fell far short
of being an affinity for we lady
who was beautiful in mind, heart,
face, body and purse.
The blind little god, in such
an environment, flew out of the
window, leaving years Of yearn-
ing, bitter tears and a shoreless
ocean of heart-hunger behind.
This terrible tragedy, played
before the eagle-eyed East End
ers, was seen by all, although
none were supposed to see or
know.
In the course of human events,
a slender, serious, studious dis
ciple of Blackstone came to Du-
luth from the Sanity City. He
tackled up his single and began
hard grubbing for fame and
fortune.
Now this young lawyer was
far from an Apollo in physical
appearance. But he was head and
shoulders above the husband who
proved a frost to romance and
love. The serious-minded advo-
cate, as unsophisticated as young
Joseph when Potiphar's wife
fruitlessly made eyes at him, was
however an Apollo in mind and
heart. What he needed was en-
enlargement, a proper environ
inert and a chance to soar on the
wings Of romance and love.
The fates so wound their tan
gled skeins that the most gracious
lady with empty heart and disil-
lusioned, tragic eyes, met the
slender, serious, unsophisticated
young lawyer. -.
It was case Of fire touching
tow. There followed a commun-
ion of souls. Ashes of love, cold
in an empty heart, burst into hot,
blazing flames. Their intensity
would have melted a nature old
err, harder and more seasoned
than that of the young lawyer. In
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01
CAPT. JAMES W. BISHOP
LOSES STATE SINECURE
One of Duluth's DOuble-Barrelled Boys Gets Too
Thrifty and Now Can Devote Entire
Time to City Incinerator.

district in place of double bar
relied Bishop.
Capt. Bishop is the second
double-barrelled boy to bite the
dust recently. The signs in the
sky indicate that more will follow
in good time. While some of the
double-barrelled boys are not vic.
lating any law by making hogs of
themselves at the political pie
counter, people who have been
properly raised do not consider it
good manners to take two pieces
Of pie at. one helping. For those
not fortunate enough to receive
proper training when young, the
Rip-saw is considered quite a
good book Of etiquette.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01

James W. Bishop no longer is a
double barrelled boy. He now is
in a position where he can devote
all his time to the operation of
Duluth's old incinerator, thereby
fully earning his salary of $500
a month.
Until recently, Capt. Bishop
was in charge Of the city's in
Generator and, as a profitable side
line, was deputy state boiler in
spector. In this capacity he main
tanned an office in the Manhat-
tan building, a stenographer, tele-
phone and all the usual acces-
series. He was a double barrelled
boy, beyond dispute, and rather
gloried in the fact, if all signs
failed not.
Once when asked how the in
Generator was able to run when
he was absent, he waved his hand
and said that he had good
assistants.
Capt. Bishop seems to have
been a thrifty chap. Some time
ago, G.. G. Olson, state boiler in
spector, received complaints to
the effect that deputy Bishop was
issuing licenses outside of his
district, which displeased other
deputy inspectors. In addition to
that, he issued a license to Thibi-
deau as a pilot on Rainy River.
That classic stream happens to be
international waters, therefore the
government, inspectors were
moved to object. The state au-
thorities sought no mixup with
Uncle Sam, therefore cancelled
the pilots license issued to Thibi-
deau and told Col. Bishop that he
was fired.
Louis Ouellette, until recently
chief engineer in the Manhattan
building, has been appointed dep
uty state boiler inspector for this
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01
SOME WILD GAME DOPE
Duck Season Opens September Is
With Kill Limit and Hunt
ing License.

AS time for fall shooting draws
near, says the Tower News, it
will be well to remember that
partridge on a logging road has
a right to stand there until
October Is, 1920.
The grand opening of the duck
season occurs on the morning Of
September 16. The duck limit
here is so seldom violated that
it is a negligible law, but the
number allowed is fifteen a day
or forty-five in possession at
one time. And there is a license
fee of dollar to look after be-
fore going out. Remember this,
unless you are hunting on your
own land or leased land upon
which you are living. A provi-
sion is made this year in the law
whereby a duck hunter may fol-
low a wounded bird into open
water and kill it. But the bird
must first have been shot along
shore and within the natural COW
ering Of weeds, rushes or vege-
tation growing above water.
An alien cannot go out with
gun at all save that he may
pay $500 to hunt deer and
moose, or $40 for a small game
license: the same as if he was a
nonresident. Aliens are barred
from owning firearms in Mime
sofa
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01
The saloon was closed up tt
that time.

The saloon was clOSeu up 10
that time.
The Virginia Daily Enterprise
came out with an article in which
it was said that rumors were rife
to the effect that bribery had
been perpetrated on some OF the
aldermen. Six of the nine alder
men became much incensed over
that article and proposed to have
an investigation. The six Sc
lccted M. H. Mcmahon to con-
duct the investigation; also to
fight Rev. Mr.. Leech's injunction
suit. Resolutions to that effect
were passed, vetoed by the
mayor and not passed over his
head. I,
City Attorney Dahl then said
that he would appoint a man to
conduct the investigation but
that he would not permit Mr.. Nc
Mahon to do it.
Dahl appeared before Judge
Freeman on July % in behalf of
the city. Mr.. McMahon appeared
for the aldermen in their private
capacities.
E. L. Boyle, assistant county
attorney, personal attorney for
Kostainsek, and, also, attorney for
the Duluth Brewing Company,
appeared for Kostainsek. -
Dahl maintained that only the
attorney general could bring
such an action as was before the
court. :.
Judge Freeman asked why Kos
tainsek did not withdraw his ap-
pication and then make a new
one.
Mr.. Boyle informed the Judge
that the matter was none of his
affair and that he would attend
to it in his own course. ,
AS stated, Judge Freeman dis
missed the injunction suit.
On motion of Alderman Har-
vey that Attorney General Smith
be asked his opinion by the coun-
ell, the attorney general replied
!hat the city attorney was the
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01
MISSOURI RIVER BOOZE
BOATS.

With South Dakota, Iowa and
Nebraska dry, booze boats on the
Missouri have been forced far
down the Big Muddy by the Off
GERS of the law. At least five
booze boats have piled those river
waters, carrying cargoes worth
from $500 to $4,000. The illicit
traffic has possessed many spies
and an elaborate system OF sig
mails. The system Of espionage has
been so perfect that the bootleg
gers even knew when the officers
of the law left their homes, warm
ing being given accordingly
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01
BIG INJUN ON WHEELS.

1t made the people Of Nevada,
Iowa, stare, when an Injun from
the Cherokee reservation in Okla
homa rode into town in a hand
some "Winton Six" touring cal
with his squaw and pappooses.
The noble red man was on his
way to the annual pow-wow OF
the Mesquakie Indians, after
which he planned to tour through
the Dakotas. It now is in order
for St. Louis county Chippewas to
get some flying machines.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01
BARRoWs' PICKLE PLANT.

Barrows, an iron mining town,
few miles south of Brainerd,
Grow Wing Co., Mimi, has a
plant for sailing cucumbers for
pickle making. Machinery re-
Gently was installed by j. E. Barr
Of st. Cloud. From 10 to Is bar
rels of cucumbers are being sailed
daily and the industry brings a
dozen or more farmers to Barrows
each day. Cucumbers were a
prolific crop around Barrows this
year and a heavy acreage was
planted in the spring. Other towns
might profit by Barrows' ex-
ample.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01
THE TWlCE-BURNED CITY
IS PEARL OF THE MESABA
Continued from Page ~
proper person to advise with.
L may not have all the many

proper person 10 ADVISE WIN.
L may not have all the many
steps in their proper order, or
even exactly stated. The mixup
is too complicated for a stranger
to understand and explain with
out ample time for checking and
rechecking. But, someone in
some way, brought out an opinion
from Attorney General Smith that
the council had not acquired juris>
diction to issue a license to Kos
tainsek; that Kostainsek was
running an unlicensed drinking
place, and that it fell within the
attorney generals scope to bring
an injunction in the case.
Attorney General Smith put
the matter in the hands of County
Attorney Greene and he, in turn,
"passed the buck" to Assistant
/ County Attorney Boyle, Kostain-
sek's personal attorney, as well
as local attorney for the, Duluth
Brewing Company.
- =
The Kostainsek case came up
before Judge Freeman last Tues
day, and that member Of the dis
trict bench decided that the sa-
loon is a public nuisance and that
a permanent injunction stand
against maintaining it.
The matter formally came be-
fore the court by stipulation,
without brief or argument. Since
Mr.. Boyle, Kostainsek's personal
attorney, was required to repre-
sent the state, in his capacity of
assistant county attorney, Mr..
William Montague appeared for
the defendant.
Kostainsek's position is inter-
esting legally. He has a new
application for a license pending,
but, under the law, a liquor dealer
convicted. of violating the law
must wait at least a year before
another license can be granted.
The. Virginia aldermen and all
the lawyers in the city now may
wrestle over the problem as to
whether or not Kostainsek has
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01
CAPT. DARWIN E. STEVENS
WEARS THE D0UBLE-CR0SS

rom PAGE -
late special county attorney
Adams and become a genuine dou-
ble-barrelled boy.
Last spring, although a county
commissioner, Col. Ralph S.
O'Neil tried to become mayor Of
Chisholm but the voters vetoed
that ambition.
Although still a county COM
missioner, Col. O'Neil is suspected
of nursing an ambition to run for
sheriff at the next county election.
He likes the honors, the big pieces
of pie and all the other pleasures
incident to the tucking of one s
feet under a political pie-counter.
Col. O'Neil is chairman of the
board of county commissioners.
AS such, he must be hand in glove
cheek by jowl, with Odin Halden,
usurping king of the courthouse.
They suck cider through the same
straw and make common cause in
killing off political enemies or
maintaining their political pres
tige.
The king of the courthouse
hates sheriff Meining. To shove
him out onto the friendless world,
without any political pie about his
person, would be considered a
duty and a pleasure by Konge
Odin.
If, therefore, Col. O'Neil can be
made a mischief-maker by run
ming for sheriff of the kindly old
county Of st. Louis, then rest as
sured that auditor Halden will
encourage the idea all he can.
But Col. O'Neil lacks unanimity
at home. A lot Of the boys with
votes are not with or for him for
further honors. He is considered
selfish by some of his best and
oldest friends.
Once upon a time, ten citizens of
Chisholm signed notes in the ag,
gregate Of $4,000 to aid Col.
O'Neil in his hotel venture. One
of those friends has some teams
which, at times, he desires to work
on the county roads. Never yet
has Col. O'Neil given those par
ticular teams a chance.
On the other hand, there are
four or five teams that are sus.
pected Of belonging to Col. O'Neil
when they are in the. logging
camps in winter but, in summer
when on the county road work
they are, on the books, credited
to another man. A man who
throws down his friends often
falls down in his political plans
as former mayor Truelson and
several others can testify.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01
of Mystery to many in his own
district as we'll as the kindly old
county of st. Louis in general.

The honest, Woodworking, God
fearing farmers in Clinton town.
ship also have bone to pick with
commissioner Penttila and many
of them now are very, very sorry
that they did not vote for John
Cosgrove, even if he was a Catho-
lie. Col. Cosgrove, it will be re-
membered, came within four votes
Of beating commissioner Penttila.
But some of the farmers thought
much of Martin Luther and very
little of the Pope, therefore voted
against Cosgrove, it being re-
ported that the latter eats fish on
Friday and goes to confession,
like any son Of "The True
Church.
Any such farmers in Clinton
township now fear that they have
bitten off their noses to spite their
faces.
Fred Beacham, no kin of the in
ventor of the Beacham pills, was
foreman on some road work in
that township both last year and
this year. 1t is taken for granted
that he received the standard pay
as foreman. In addition to that,
he worked three of his own teams
steadily, probably getting at least
Sc a day per team.
All this season, the settlers and
farmers have failed to get any
road work for their teams, unless
it was something extra heavy and
likely to strain the legs Of fore
man Beacham's horses. It makes
a lot of the horny-handed sons of
toll sore to see their teams barred
so that foreman Beacham can pull
down about $25 a day from the
kindly old county Of st. Louis.
But, despite any selfishness,
foreman Beacham is considered a
merciful man to his beasts. When
it rains at any time before the
quitting hour, whether it be 9 a.
NJ, high noon, or 2 p. M, he is
credited with saying:
"Well, boys, we'll quit and call
it a day, anyway"
Kindly old st. Louis county
seldom finds fault with so kindly
a foreman of road work.
The voters are beginning to sus-
pect that commissioner O'Neil,
who has about 100000 to expend
this year in the great Seventh
district, has an ambition to emu
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01
WHERE IS bill BAILEY?"
why NOT GET HIM HOME?


the city
living dead Many
most nd remembered by who remain But all knowledge Of
The
that special effort should made citizen
walk of l Bi Baieys"
the business position
low briefly write the
business the Rpsaw will without
publish the information a
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01

The home guards at Biwabik
have received word that their
guns are on the way and that
their uniforms soon will follow.
The Biwabik home guards hold a
regular weekly drill every We'd
nesday with a large attendance
and q deep interest.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01

Hibbing, the Richest Village eli
Earth, appropriated $1,000 to buy
uniforms for the home guards.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-01

The Biwabik public schools will
open for the year Tuesday morn
ing, September 4
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-05
FIRST WORK ON
CANT0NMENTS
OLD FRAME BARRACKS NEAR POST
GATE WILL BE RAZEO-lS LAST
OF FOUR OLD BUILDINGS.

Actual work of construction of the can
Torment of the officers and men Of tho
Fourth United States infantry. Sixteenth
cavalry and auxiliary troops at Fort
Brown. began today when a force of men
began locating and constructing the foun-
dations for the buildings To be constructed
near the main entrance to the post ~
Elizabeth street. To follow the post wall
TO the field at the eastern md. The work
will require several weeks to complete,
Ii was decided today to raze to the
ground the old barracks building located
near the post entrance. Il structure that
has stood 30 long that ''evcn the army
historical ecords do not contain the date
of it, construction according to "a MEM
Der of he quarterma~ter department mt
the post. The building was one Of four.
the other three having been destroyed BY
fire about twelve years ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-05
san ANTONIO ANTON OMEN Men
EN- ROUTE HOME
SPEND NIGHT IN BROWNSVILLE AND
: LITERALLY TAKE ClTy-ARE
GIVEN AD MATTER.

After spending the night in Brownsville.
the San Antonio trade excursion left the
city this morning en- route Corpus Christi
and San Antonio. They today visited San
Benito, Harrington, Raymondville, Lyford
and kingsvine, and will wind up the tour
at Corpus Christi tonight when they will
participate in a big loyalty parade in the
seaside city.
Following the arrival of the special train
in the city, the San Antonians formed i'm
line and with Secretary Louis Cobolini Of
the Board of City Development and Man
sager Henry Hirschberg Of the trade excur-
sion and the band at their head. paraded
! through the city, bearing small American
flags aloft. Many Brownsville business men
joined in the march.
The late afternoon and evening was
spent by the visitors in calling on business
houses in the witty. Later the band took
station at the Board of City Development
I headquarters, where they PLAYED during
the informal reception. Secretary Cobo-
.lini distributed seventy-on Brownsville
books and Illustrated booklets among the
visitors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-05
Texas Company Makes
Present To Agent

Ii was long. low rakish and red, the
craft hat made it, way down Elizabeth
street Thursday Above all il was red.
The reddest red that reds. And two in
three of the startled pas~er~ on the street
>hrickcd "A German submarine" Whez
observers had shaded their eyes with their
hands they found that it was the new
Texas company ear. given TO Valley rep
rcsentativc B. l.. kowalski by The Texas
company for hiS excellent record of sales
in the past year.
The scarlet ear arrived Thursday morn
ing. Ii j. IL runabont. with the rear Of
the body flattcned like the quarterback
of 4 submarine, and with a railing of
heavy iron piping enclosing n space large
enough to hold two 56-gallon oil drums.
should the salesman wish to take oil along
for special service or bring back cmpties
from isolated customers. Mr.. kowalski j.
delighted with his present.
Ii j. certainly n great nd, he says, and
since the first requisite OF advertising j.
that it seizes and holds the attention. ev-
cryonc agrees that il l.. Ii l. said that
Jealous fellow statesmen in the local T. p.
A. are trying 10 get kowalski'~ ear barred
off the downtown streets. on the ground
that it, color will blister and scorch the
woodblock paving.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-05
NOT
FLOCk|NG SOUTH
DESPITE RETURN OF AMERICAN CON-
SULS UNITED STATES HAS NOT
SANCTIONED IMMIGRATION.
tBy Associated Prcss.)

MONTERREY, Mexico. April 5.--Not-
withstanding recent return Of American
consulates to Mexico the American gov
eminent has not a. yet sanctioned the re-
turn of Americans Ia this republic. Con
sequentlv there has been no decided influS
Of citizens to this section.
Conditions are very quiet in this city
but business j. commencing Ia take i'm
petus and IA gradual bcttcrment in com
mcrcial ines j. anticipated BY natives and
foreigners who nave opened their estab-
liShment~.
Food supplies of all kinds are plentiful.
They crying need throughout northern
Mexico j. the apparent lack of change
To complete a purchase il J. necessary IL
carry the exact sum of money to pay for
4 purchase. Otherwise the inconvenience
of leaving "A bill or waiting for Il clerk
to seek change. l. encountered.
Many business establishments make a
practice To credit their customers until 4
sum. for example 10 pesos, has been ex-
pended whcreupon they exact payment.
This practice which j. effective only
where the credit Of the client i well known
j. practiced among all CLASSES of bust
ne~~ men hotel keepers. proprictor> Of
eating establishments, small merchants,
BARRIERS. etc.
Banks a. yet do not 10 Il general bank
ing business. such n receiving deposits
and honorin. checks. but have their c>tab-
liShment~ open for transaction Of business
on a large scale.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-05
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D946

The Bridge Luncheon club, made up OF
eight ladies of the army post set, has
luncheon Thursdays at one with Mrs. Will
Us +. Mills Mt her apartment on Leve,
street. As usual an afternoon at bridg,
will follow the luncheon.
Holy week has disrupted certain social
ftztures on the calendar. The Frida,
bridge tournament has been moved over
this week from Good Friday to Saturday
afternoon. This weeks will be the thirc
m the series of five Friday sessions at
bridge in which sixteen of the army posi-
mdaes are playing at the post pavilion.
On the fifth Friday prizes are to go to
those holding the tire highest tourney
aeorss.
Because of the passing of Holy Week
the Saturday night semi formal at the
post pavilion will not be danced this week.
1 The Parent Teachers association holds
its regular monthly meeting at the high
school Thursday afternoon at $50. Off
GERS will be elected. A full attendance ia
urged.
Anna Mae and Corinne Walton are to
have IN Easter egg hunt next Saturday
out at the Country club and twenty-four
little girls are going to hunt for most two
hundred bunny eggs. The bunny l. going
to send some assistant Dummies out TO the
Country club the night before Anna Macs
and Corinne's patry and they are going
to lay eggs just all around that Country
club lawn, in all the likely places and som
that aren't likely and maybe YOU neve,
will find all the eggs those Dummies lay.
When you get quite tired of hunting and
You ave found out who has the most and
who has the next to most, everybody is go
ing to play all kinds of games. And then
when everyone is sort of tired and hungry
Mrs. Walton is going to call every little
girl In to the big table with a great big
bunny in the middle, and ribbons running
all around to a basket of candy eggs al
each little girls plate. Even the napkins
viii have rabbits and little chickens OF
them. And Alphonse is going to serve the
little girls all sorts of good things and
You better believe he will do it Just a.
though you were your own big sister. No
nurse is going to tie a bib round under
your chin. No, sir. Alphonse and hi
walters are going to serve a regular grown
up dinner with only one thing different
from a grown-up dinner and hat is il You
want more of something that is mighty
good you ask for it and you get it. Grown
.ups never do that, though don't ask n
the reason why. Then about five O'Clock
everybody will tell Corinne and Anna Mae
and Mrs. Walton and Alphonse what !
very nice tine we had and thank YOU so
much for your beautiful party. And then
everyone will get into dady's automobile
and settle down on the big soft cushions
and say: "Home, James,"
o.
Mrs. William p. Wooten and Master
Sidney w. Wooten, wife and son Of Major
William p. Wooten of the engineers. left
Wednesday afternoon, having spent the
winter here with Major Wooten. They GO
to visit their old home in Lexington, Ky.
pending the settlement Of Major Wooten's
location.
The Bible Class of the First Baptist
church is to be entertained by Mrs. $. c
Tucker at their West Brownsville home
Friday evening, April sixth, at eight
o'clock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-05
LONDON A CITY OF DIRTY WINDOWS
by AssocIated I'ress.l

LONDON. April 5.-London j. a city
of dirty windows. This j. especially true
of the windows of the large office build
ing sand the hotels. Women cleaners have
been employed but they have confined their
work 10 the windows nearest grounds.
Most of the work l. at dangerous heights
and the insurance companies have refused
to insure against accidents to women win
dow cleaners.