The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-21

SmltnVllle insurgents against the
iron rule of the Duluth Board
Of Education, saw the warpath
and trails Of all kinds in the
wild and woody West when Du-
luth was in it's swaddling clothes.
Western Kansas once was noted
for it's hostile Indians, buffalo,
bad men and all the other fea-
lures that went with pioneering
on the plains. Victor Dash was
there and played his part.
Zone time in Osborne county,
Kansas" said Mr.. Dash as he
cut into one Of j. j. Haley's de
luxe steaks, 1--WE got very meat
hungry and one of my friends
declared that he would 60 out
| and get a buffalo. When we
took account of our ammunition,
it was found that we were en-
tirely out Of bullets, although
| well supplied with powder. What
was still worse, we had no lead
from which to run bullets.
my friend was a resource
full chap, therefore stumbled on
to the idea Of melting down the
castor, that old-fashioned rack
for the table that held the pep
per, salt and vinegar. With
slugs from that, he loaded his
old blunderbuss, concealed him.
self in a buffalo wallow away
out on the prairie and waited for
a buffalo to appear. The game
showed up and was successfully
killed with a pewter bullet but
the gun kicked so hard that my
| friends shoulder was badly
broken. Not returning, we
looked him up and found him
helpless and disabled in the buff
falo wallow. But we got the
buffalo steaks, just the same.
eve thought we would re-
turn thanks by giving a gener-
GUS piece to an old Congrega-
tional preacher who lived near
us but he indignately refused to
accept it for the reason that the
buffalo was killed on Sunday.
"In those days, we had just
as peculiar happenings and peo-
pie in Western Kansas as we do
now in Duluth
"Away back in 1867, when
Henry Truelson was mayor Of
Duluth" said a veteran of the
police department, "Ira j. Rich
ardson was an alderman from
Oneota, the old Seventh ward.
The panic still affected the city
| and uncle Ira thought he could
make a hit with the taxpayers,
by cutting down public expenses,
therefore he introduced a reso-
luton, calling for a cut of SIS a
month in the wages of the po-
licemen.
"Now, in those days, the pa
trolmen were drawing about $65
month and the officers were
paid in proportion. 1t was no
royal road to wealth to be po-
liceman.
''The Hustler, a weakly little
weekly paper, took up cudgels
in behalf Of the policemen and
declared that uncle Ira should
cut off some Of his own sine
cures before getting his resolu-
ton passed. 1t was shown that
the alderman was drawing $25
a month in salary from that Of
| flee. He further was serving
as deputy city clerk at $1S a
week. Then there was frequent
service as a municipal juror at
50 day. He also served as a
commissioner in condemnation
proceedings at Sc a day.
''This publicity summarily
killed the resolution. Long years
ago, Mr.. Richardson left Du-
luth for greener fields in Okla
homa but his example is followed
today by several county en-
ployes up in the big granite
courthouse"
Nearly thirty years ago, John
Stone Pardee came to Duluth
with a brand-new sheepskin
from a big eastern university
and a yearning to become
a journalist. He secured en-
ployment on Duluth daily and,
among many other tasks, was
assigned that Of reporting the
arrivals and departures Of the
port of Duluth.
''In those days, such informa-
ton was secured at Inman's tug
| office, at the foot Of Sixth ave-
nue. w. There was a breezy
bunch Of boys down there; both
n.