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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-29
THE PRODUCE MERCHANTS
DESTROY FOOD PRODUCTS
LARGE QUANTITIES OF SOUND VEGE-
TABLES BURNED AT CITY INCINERATOR.

Michigan Street Produce Commission Men Caught
Red-handed in Wilful Waste of Food Products
After Years of Criticism and Suspicion-A Ne
braska Professor Discovers the TraitOrOus Do
ings-Mayor Magney Had Started Investiga-
ton When Facts Slipped Out-An Commission
Houses at Head of Lakes But One Are Controlled
by One Man-Some Very Mercenary Methods
Exposed. 1,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-29

be in royal rage these days: For
months, now, he has refused to
speak to anyone whom he be-
lieved unfriendly to his political
domination of kindly old St. Louis
county and, only one short week
ago, he ordered citizen out of
the auditors office who was there
on public business and then, few
moments later, promised to
''smash the face" of the innocent
object of his kingly wrath.
1t is almost needless to say that
the man Konge Odin so shame
fully abused was a cripple, there
fore utterly unable to resent the
tyrant's insults by physical force.
Here is the plain, truthful, un-
vanished tale, dear readers,
citizens and taxpayers.
Last week, by command Of the
district court, Helmer johnson,
No. 919 Thirteenth avenue E., was
sumn1onded for jury duty. He
cheerfully obeyed the call and
served the kindly old county as
juror in the marble-lined court
house for three days.
Needing a few dollars with
which to combat the high cost of
living over Sunday, last Saturday
morning, Sept. %, Mr.. johnson
called on William R. Wasson,
deputy clerk Of the district court,
for an order for three days. pay
for jury duty. The sweet boon
was granted.
Going into the office of the
county auditor, Mr.. johnson ap-
preached the brass wicket at
which deputy auditor Hansen pre-
sides.
"Good morning, Mr.. Johnson"
cordially remarked the gentle
manly deputy. ''What can I do
for you?"
Mr.. johnson handed in his order
and said that he would like an
order on the county treasurer for
the dollars he had earned as juror.
Deputy Hansen went through
the usual preliminaries incident to
such items of business and then
remarked to Mr.. johnson:
"The man who signs this order
is not in at present but you may
come inside and sit down until he
comes back. He is in the build
ing and will be here in few
minutes"
Mr.. johnson accepted the kind
invitation to be seated and took
a chair that was pointed out to
him. A couple Of deputies showed
up just then and some conversa-
tion was indulged in concerning
the soldiers who were leaving that
day for training camp. -.
While still waiting for his order
on the county treasurer, Mr.. John
son heard from behind his back,
in gruff, rough and very angry
accents, the following words:
eff you have any business here,
we will take care of it. If not, the
best thing you can do is to get
out Of here at once. You are
nothing but a spittoon cleaner,
anyway
Mr.. johnson looked around and,
to his great surprise, there stood
his royal master, the mighty
Konge Odin.
Just then, deputy Hansen
handed Mr.. johnson the order,
duly signed by prime minister
Walker. He took it and quietly
passed out Of the auditors office
into that of the county treasurer,
where he not only was waited on
without abuse or insult, but
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-29
THE COURTHOUSE KING
DISPLAYS ROYAL RAGE
AUDITOR HALDEN ORDERS CRIPPLED
CALLER OUT OF PUBLIC OFFICE.

Helmer Johnson, Seeking County Order for Jury
Duty, Goes Inside at Request of Gentlemanly
Deputy Auditor to Await Signature Of Docu-
ment by Prime Minister Walker-Konge Odin
Orders the Citizen out Of the Office and Calls
Film a "SpittOOn Cleaner'-Later, Threatens to
"Smash" Object of His Royal Wrath Despite the
Visitors Crippled Condition.
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the realm.
Coming out of the treasurer's
office, Mr.. johnson dared to take
a peep into the auditors office.
There, in the middle of the big
entrance room, stood the great
Konge Odin, monarch of the
courthouse, the kindly old county
of St. Louis and even the repub-
lican party in said county.
Meekly, politely, almost sub
serviently, Helmer johnson once
a poor Norske peasant lad, now a
citizen Of the sovereign state of
Minnesota, approached his royal
master and said in soft and halt
ing accents:
"Mr. Halden, I wish to speak to
you a moment. What reason did
you have for addressing me that
way a few moments ago?'
The mighty King Of the Court
house gfared like a raging lion in
Barnum & Bailey's circus. Royal
anger convulsed his kingly coun-
tenance. His beautifully arched
legs quivered in. unison with his
voice as he roared:
"Don't you think I know you
come up here and find out things
about me and then tell them
around town? When you get out
side, III smash your face"
Helmer johnson with saddened
face and heavy heart turned from
the royal presence and passed
down and out Of the marble-lined
courthouse, which once belonged
to the people, but which some fear
now belongs to Konge Odin by
virtue of adverse possession.
Vending his way slowly down
the street, Helmer johnson met
the Rip-saw man who finally was
told the tale Of how the county
auditor abuses, humiliates and
calls "a spittoon cleaner those
against whom he becomes peeved
when reports Of ruined political
fences come in from the hinter-
land.
"Have some dinner with me-"
said the Rip-saw editor to Mr..
johnson. The twain partook of a
modicum Of sustenance in Haley's.
restaurant.
Konge Odin's prime minister
was eating in the humble refectory
of the Hotel Haley that fateful
day. When he saw the twain
lunching together, he cut short his
sumptuous repast and, craving ad-
mission into the Spiders Den
where his monarch still nursed his
royal crouch, the prime minister
excitedly told Konge Odin that
johnson and Morrison were lunch
ing together at Haley's.
81 fear, Sire, that they are plan
ming satisfaction against you.'
"Summon all my servitors who
heard lay hasty words" may not
the cranky king have commanded.
Anyway, several deputy auditors
were compelled to write out and
sign their versions Of what they
heard Of the outburst of royal
spleen.
81 fear damage suit" may not
tie King of the Courthouse have
observed to his prime minister,
"and should damages be secured
against me, I verify fear that I
can1iot fasten them onto the old
county so easily as 1 have some Of
my campaign expenses.
To date, Helmer johnson has
not filed damage suit against his
royal master, the mighty Konge
Odin.
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the University of Nebraska, while
they were being burned Aug. 18,
is far from the exact number. In
fact, if there is any material diff
erence there may have been more.
"Many days we have received
at the incenerator as many as 40
to so bushels Of onions to be
burned. At another time I
counted $50 bushels sent to us in
two different lots.
Were Good Onions.
"Investigation by our men has
proven that at. least two-thirds
of each of these barrels is COM
posed of good onions. Many times
some of my men have reserved
some of the onions from the bar
rels and taken them home. I may
be slightly wrong but I think my
estimate Of two-thirds is pretty
near correct.
81 cannot give as definite in
formation with regards to the
eggs as I have about the onions"
Mr.. Bishop continued. cit would
be necessary for us to break open
each egg to see how many were
good and how many bad.
'But there have been a great
many cases Of eggs shipped to us
to be burned, and the statement
being made that they had turned
bad from long storage. [ do not
know whether they were all bad
or not, I merely obeyed orders
and burned them.
"Now virtually all of these
onions and all of these eggs have
been shipped to the incinerator
by representatives of "Commis-
sion Row. on Michigan street.
They were not condemned by the
city health authorities, as that de-
partment has nothing to do with
vegetables and eggs. They were
merely sent to us with orders to
be burned"
Commissioner Silberstein, who
has charge Of the city incinerator
does not seem to have been aware
of the heavy cremation of food
produce until Mayor Magney be-
gan his investigation.
Mayor Magney is not a man
easily discouraged, however. De-
spite the fact that his stream Of
information seemed to suddenly
dry up, he kept pecking away
and, before long, planned to make
a complete report.
Baldwin Gets Busy.
Gage Baldwin, president Of the
Fitzsimmons-Palmer Company,
the dominant produce commits
sion firm on Michigan street,
wrote Mayor Magney a letter
after the wilfuf waste at the
dump and incinerator was ex-
posed, in which letter he offered
to deliver the rejected produce
at any point the mayor might de-
signate, there to be sorted over
by any who might desire.
Mr.. Baldwin now declares that
Mayor Magney never replied to
the communication, limiting bad
faith on the part of Mr.. Magney
and seemingly, trying to draw at
tention to the mayor instead Of
the commission merchants.
This subject Of wilful waste of
food products was forced into the
daily papers by communication
to the News Tribune by a Duluth
women who also pointed out the
fact that, on the day the eggs
were destroyed, the local price
was 43 cents dozen. Last win
ter, onions were as high as L.
cents a pound in Duluth.
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Everything in st. Louis County
has gone dry but the Rip-saw.
Ho! Ye that thirst! Get the Rip.
saw. Only $500 a year. Hasten
to get your name on that shining
roll of honOr-the Rip-saw sub
Scription list.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-29

The Rip-saw is the only paper
In Duluth that really, truly and
fully tries to tell all the people, all
the time, the inside facts in mat
ters of public interest. The Rip
saw fills a long-felt want.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-29

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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-19
LATEST TYPE OF PACKING
HOUSE TO BE AT LAND SHOW

A complete model of the latest
type of packing house is feature OF
the exhibit OF the United States
Department of Agriculture at the
Southeastern Land Show at Atlanta
in February next. The pattern is
in miniature, but sufficiently large
to show all tne inner details from
the place of killing to the prepare
ton for final shipment.
A plant after this model may be
successfully operated at any point
having a live stock supply equal to
the demands of town of thou
sand people, and upwards to city
of $4,000.
1t is practicable to have one such
plant every forty or fifty miles in
every part of the Southeast, where
the population of the average
density. 1t IS economy for the
owner of cattle and hogs to drive
them a reasonable distance and have
them slaughtered by a professional
packing mouse, paying specific
toll therefor, rather than slaughter
in the old crude and wasteful way
and then depend upon the unde-
pendable "cold snap" to save the
meat
At the lowest estimate the aver
age annual loss to the average Geor-
gia county, caused by spoiled meat,
is more tnan ten thousand dollars,
and equal to the total sum of one
and one half million dollars lost to
the state yearly. This amount saw
ed in one year would fully equip
Georgia with packing houses.
Nothing would so stimulate the
live stock industry in the South
east as packing houses, and the
markets they make, located just far
enough apart to afford an easily
reached selling place for the live
stock grown.
The expert OF the Federal Gov
eminent who will have charge OF
the exhibit at the Land Show, will
explain how these plants are con-
structed and operated, ana it is
quite certain will inspire the build,
ing of many such plants through
out the Southeast. Every such
plant is the basis of a possible To-
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-19

you've been up to your old tricks
again Major? Haven't l proven to
you before that it is better to buy
your goods from home merchants
Look at the trouble you've had
Contrast it with my experience.
bought a stove last week from one
of our home merchants. They de-
livered it blackened and with shin
ing nickel. They put up the pipe
and when l came home that night
the wife had a fire going and was
delighted with Our new stove
Remember you get one thing from
local merchants you cannot buy of
mail order houses and that is SER,
VICE"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-19

Col. Trade-AtHome: why the
sour expression, Maori"
Major Mailbuyer: Pm disgust
ed. Spent all morning in trying to
fit up a stove. Got my hands all
over backing, fell from a step lad
der and bruised my knee had the
pipe ready to put up and found
one elbow so badly bent | couldn' t
use it, and now after the stove is
set, / find | can't shake the CRATE,
and I've got to wait until the mail
order house writes and tells me
how to fix the crate or sends me a
new one before l can use the
stove"
Col. Trade-A-Home: "Oho! So
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-19

ed one with mis- pistol. They come
within a hundred yards of the camp
every night and you can hear them
yelping all night long.
Capt. Quillian has just issued Or
ders to sleep in our clothes tonight
because Villa had threatened to
attack Juarez and he might send
are seeing strange lights on the
prairies now. | don't know where
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-19

this letter will be mailed, l am
going to give it to some person on
the next train. We can see the
train over an hour before it gets
here, the track is so straight.
| will write again soon and tell
all the news. | suppose if we have
trouble tonight you will know it
long before this reaches you.
Write to me soon.
HENRY.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-19
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM MR.. HENRY RICE
Letter from Henry Rice, son of
Mar. and Mrs. Parker Rice, of Smyr-
ma, Ga:
"Noria, New Mexico,
January 10, 1917.
dear Mother

January 1e, lSlI {. .....
dear Mother:
81 received your letter yesterday
and was glad to near from nome. l
wish you could see where | am now.
| never have been in place like
this before. There isn't anything
here but a water tank, telegraph
office, and American section fore
mans house and a Mexican house
(Mexicans do all the section work
on the railroads out here the same
as negroes in the east. There is
a ranch about three miles out. The
nearest water is Ell Paso. Also the
nearest store. In the other direc-
ton (west) Columbus, n. M, is the
nearest water North of here and
expect it's hundreds of miles of wa
ter. The water comes from a well
that is something like a thousand
feet deep, it is not fit to drink,
though. Our drinking water is
brought here from Ell Paso. You
can look fartherest here and see
less than any place l have ever
seen before.
There isn't anything here but
Jack Rabbits, Coyotes and blue
Quail. There is hunting here ev-
cry day Yesterday the Captain
and Lieutenant Walker selected
some men and | was among them.
We went to the foot of Mt Riley
and killed over fifty Blue Quail
and nearly forty rabbits and half
of them were Jack rabbits. They
are over ten times as big as the
ordinary rabbit. They look like a
young deer with a donkey's ears
They sure can run, too.
Sergt. Steams killed fifteen rab-
bits this morning in three hours. He
also shot a coyote but he only
wounded him and being alone the
coyote got away. Sergt. Beck kill
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-14
REVENUE AGENT
TOUCHES CITY
School Fund Suffered to Extend o.
Twenty Two Hundred Dollars
His Commission Oven $500.

The County has received the sum
of $1,766, the City has paid out the
sum of $2,2O6.74 and the State Rev.
enue Agent is rejoicing over a COM
mission amounting to the sum Of $440,
as a result of transaction recently
enacted in which the Revenue Agent
on the strength of a recent decision
of the Supreme Court in like case
in the city Of Jackson, stated that the
City of Greenwood had collected the
above amount too much from the
County for the school fund.
Attorneys for the City looked into
the matter and found that Revenue
Agent was right and advised that the
money be paid. Mayor Ray yester-
day received a receipt from Hon. =.
F. Noel for the above mentioned sum,
Mr.. Noel representing the Revenue
Agent.
For six years the City has been
getting more than her allotted share
Of the County school funds, accord
ing to the statement Of the Revenue
Agent. The plan followed was to turn
over to the city all poll tax collected
in the city when the law fixed the dis
tribution Of money to special school
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-14
CHICAGO PROVISIONS.
DAILY COTTON LETTER.

New Orleans, Feb. 14th--Liverpool
had another big advance, showing old
crops "a higher, new crops II higher;
spot prices "a higher; sales 5000.
Our markets advanced as much as rs
points in the early trading, but show.
ed little resistance to selling. Inde-
pendent support is very limited at
present on account Of politics, but
bulls have yet the cent pound dis
count of futures under spots to work
on. Another 1000 bales were. sold
out Of hedged stock here yesterday
after hours. Interior buyers are buy
ing here. Direct mill demand is also
larger but transportation difficulties
check business. The logical action in
the market would seem to be to oper-
ate on the bull side on the ground
than the market is liquidated, futures
at large discount under spots, short
interest in spots with middlemen and
consumers. The only bearish outlook
is the sentimental effect of political
news which Il only temporary, as the
latest action Of the market has shown.
]. r. CLARKE 4 60.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-14
CONSUMPTION
REPORT MADE
Over Six Hundred Thousand Bales of
Cotton Used During January-Over
Three Million for Six Months.
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 14-Cotton con.
sumed in the United States in Janu.
ary totalled 663,761 bales exclusive
of linters and for the six months end
ing Jan. 81 totalled 3,367,663 bales,
the Census Bureau announced today.
Cotton Consumption Report:
This Year Last Year
South 352,533 VS.. 29S,0s8.
North 251, 1853 vs.. 243,993.
Linters 75,756 vs.. 80, GAL.
Linters for season Ali, ,040 vs.. 445,-
ee9.
For season 3,367 VS.. 3,075,721.
Active, spindles South 1922, 1888
VS.. 12,971,9e1.
North 19,2s6,276 VS.. 1s,S74,699.
Cotton on hand in manufacturers
establishments:
U. S. 2,3O4,866 VS.. 1,974,869.
South 1,293,517 VS.. /, O92,635.
North 1,O11,349 VS.. 8S2,234.
In independent warehouses U. s.
3,71s,6O0 vs.. 4,534,949. .
South 3,341, ,467 VS.. 4,170,124.
North 377,133 vs.. 364,S25.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-14
COUNTY ENJOYS
GOOD HEALTH
Despite Bad Weather of January
Sickness Was Not Much Increased
Over Other Months.

The monthly report of DR.. W. +.
Mathews, County Health Officer, for
the month of January, just filed with
the Chancery Clerk and sent to DR..
j. D. Gilleylen, Secretary of the State
Board of Health, at jackson, shows
that regardless of the extreme bad
weather during January Leflore Coun-
ty had only very small increase in
the number of cases of illness.
Influenza, malaria and pneumonia
predominated, the first mentioned
having a total of 327 cases, the sec
ond 172 cases and the latter SO cases.
One case of small pox was reported
and one case Of scarlet fever. Five
cases Of chicken pox were carried in
the report, Of the five four were white
cases.
There are AZ physicians in the coun-
ty, none failed to report to the Health
Officer.
Of the 172 cases of malaria report
ed only So were white cases, Of IS
cases Of measles Is were white, out
of three typhoid fever cases only one
was white.
The one small pox and one scarlet
fever case were both colored. M
Four out Of seven cases Of whoop-
ing cough were colored cases. Four
Of the five cases Of chicken pox were
white.
OF the more dreaded so-callsd un-
durable diseases, tuberculosis cancer
and pellegra ,only two out Of tan cf
the former were white cases. only
one cancer case was reported, TINT
being negro, and four pellegra cas-
es, three Of those being among ~
colored race. ss
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-14

League, now organizing. At recent
meeting a committee Of three was ap-
pointed to canvass the town for funds
and this committee will report at the
meeting tomorrow night.
Mr.. M. G. Dudley, the spirit behind
the movement here has received a let
ter from George Wheatley of Green
vile relative to the organization.
Mr.. Wheatley advised that Indianola
has decided to enter the league and
has raised her money. Greenville and
Clarkedale have both already raised
their part Of the amount and the mat
ter now is up to Greenwood.
It is understood that the commit
tee has met with very good success
in their canvass for funds and there
is no doubt but that Greenwood will
be one Of the four teams to compose
the league.
Don't fail to attend the meeting at
the Business League Rooms tomor-
row night at eight o'clock.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-14
SITUATION GROWS WORSE.
(By Associated Press)


Washington, Feb. 14-Germany's
continued detention of the seventy
two American seamen brought in by
the prize ship Yarrowdale loomed up
today as an incident of increasing
seriousness, particularly to the Unit
ed States which government has fol-
lowed policy Of "11ands off" toward
German crews on war bound German
ship in American ports and has shown
every courtesy to Count Won Bern
storff, German Ambassador.
An inquiry as to the cause of the
Americans detention was sent to Ber-
lin yesterday and the subject was dis
cussed at the cabinet meeting.
The break in diplomatic relations
with other Central Powers seemed
nearer today. The Turkish govern
ment has interferred with American
relief work in Syria and is OBTAINING
more than 100 American refugees at
Beirut.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-14
districts upon basis Of the number

districts upon basis Of the number
of educatable. children in the district.
The Greenwood special school dis
trict did not have the required num-
Der of educatable children to take all
Of the poll tax collected in the city.
On the other hand had Greenwood had
more than enough such children to use
the amount collected in the city more
would have been collected.
The bond issue Of $4,000 to build
the new school building in 1912 was
not large enough TO compkte the
building and the City was carrying a
floating indebtedness for several
years agsinst tho school fund. In
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-14
UNITED STATES MAY HAVE TO
INTERVENE IN CUBAN TROUBLE
Lansing Warns Leaders of Both Sides That This
Government Will Not Recognize Government
Established Through Revolution.

Lansing today sent to the Cuban peo-
pie a warning that any government
which might be established by revolt
could not be recognized by the United
States.
Intervention is contemplated with
regret but the inimation was convex
ed to President Menocal and the rebel
leaders that such step will be taken
# necessary
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-14
by Associated Pressl

Washington Feb. 14-President
Wilson is expected now to defer his
decision upon the question of furnish
ing guns to American merchant ships
until he decides to go before Congress
and ask for additional authority for
the protection Of American ships and
lives. @
So far the government has received
nothing official to indicate any change
in the submarine policy of Germany
and it is feared that American lives
or ships may be sacrificed at any
moment.