The Duluth rip-saw., 1917-08-18

FLOODWOOD, Mimi, Aug. II
Especial to the Rip-saw)-This
is my first visit to the pictur-
esque and thriving village of
Floodwood, the metropolis Of
Floodwood township and situ-
ated in the northwestern corner
of that organized unit of kindly
old St. Louis county. came
down here from Hibbing, that
"Richest Village on Earth, - and,
while Hibbing has some of the
real wonders of the world, Flood
wood is not without distinction
and I am enjoying my visit here
greatly.
Already, I have seen "The
house that St. Louis county
built and a noble structure it
is, too.
I have walked under the elms
along the marge of the st. Louis,
Floodwood and Savanna rivers.
1 have listened to the lays of the
wild-birds and I have, breathed
in the fragrance Of the new
mown hay from many fields.
Il have viewed the battling
ground in the business, political
and social feud between that gal
liant Virginian, DR.. M. N. Trip
lett, and that aggressive pioneer,
NJ 'sieu Jean New.
I have seen the hospital where
the fair-haired doctor from Chi
cago batted in the ribs of little
Dan, a boy patient, for which act
the genial doctor has just fin
ished three months Of involun-
v tary servitude at the county
workfarm.
Incidentally, I may remark,
while the dear doctor was in
durance vile. his victim left this
wilderness of woe and his spirit
is supposed to have winged it's
flight to Better Land than st.
Louis county.
incidentally, I may further add
that the state authorities by ST.
lence and failure to act on the
genial doctors case, tacitly- ad-
NIT that it is entirely safe to bat
ter in the ribs of a boy patient
without losing a state license to
practice medicine.
I have met Austin j. Meagher,
a son of ould Ireland, once prom
inent in the Land League but
who summarily left the old sod
Immediately after the humping
off of Burke and Cavendish in
Phoenix Park.
I have also found that this
section Of st. Louis county has
turned heavily against auditor
Halden. Once his stock was much
above par. Today, it has
slumped so low that very few
consider it Of intrinsic value.
Floodwood is Is miles north,
west of Duluth and just about
halfway between ClOuuet and
Grand Rapids, being IS miles
from either Of those two places.
It is the first station below Is
land, the location of G. G.. Hart.
ley's famous farm, where thor.
ough-bred cattle, celery and head
lettuce are so profitably pro
duced. Floodwood also is about
Is miles northwest Of Brookston
Floodwood is served by the
Great Northern railway, that por.
tion formerly known as the Du-
luth & Winnipeg, which SO
bravely started away back in the
sos from the Head of the Lakes
to Manitoba. That road never
got further than Deer River, be.
yong Grand Rapids. In time.
James j. Hill absorbed the Du.
luth & Winnipeg and extended it
to Bemidji, Cass Lake and on to
North Dakota.
There is much interesting his
tory connected with the old Du'
lutk & Winnipeg and some Of the
men who helped make that his.
tory stuck to this region. Their
stories are most interesting and
at some future time, ! propose to
tell them in the Rip-saw.
The passing Of the lumber bar.
ons in this region cut off the big
noises Of the night. Floodwood
is situated near the confluence OF
the st. Louis, Floodwood and