The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-06-23

conveying liquor on public con-
veyance can be arrested and his
booze confiscated.
The blind pig ordinance,
proper, provides both punish
ment and confiscation Of wet
goods. Provision is made against
liquor "sold or given away" con-
trary to law. Possession of a
government license may be con-
sidered prima facie evidence
against violator. The burden
of proof is placed on the de-
PENDANT by these very strict Or
dinances. Best features Of bone
dry laws in different states were
considered in framing the Or
dinances.
Penalties for violation Of the
anti-booze. ordinances range from
fines of $50 to $500 to imprison>
ment from 80 to IS days.
Soft drink places will be re-
quired to pay a license fee Of
$1.OO each. Penalties for violat-
ing that ordinance may run from
SIS to $500, in the discretion Of
the court.
In the previous issue, the Rip.
saw unwittingly did an injustice
to Mr.. H. j. Huber in stating
that he was man of words but
not of deeds in the matter of
not providing promised wire for
the Zoo.
Mr.. Huber satisfies the Rip
saw that he kept his promise and
furnished the wire. 1t came
through him from the Pittsburgh
Steel Company. Mr.. Huber states
that twenty rolls Of 20 rods each
were delivered to the city. The
wire was four feet wide, 11-3
inch mesh and No. 9 strands.
That wire was worth $500 when
given the city. Today, it's mar
ket value is $1,000.
Not only was the wire deliv-
| cred but Mr.. Huber offered to
provide skilled men to put it on
the posts, once they were set.
Mr.. Huber states that, as a
member of the B. P. o. E. in
Duluth, he was interested in the
plan to have a Zoo and, therein,
some really and truly live elk.
He pushed along the idea and,
through his company, made good
each and every promise.
| While the statements made in
the previous issue of the Rip-saw
were written in a Pickwickian
sense and facetiously rather than
condemnatory, it is pleasure
and duty to set Mr.. Huber
exactly right in the matter. His
statement throws light on mat
ters that never before have been
illuminated.
With a man or two like Mr.
Huber on the city commission
the city might not be the loser.
| The story entitled "Feeding
the Fox" as printed in the pre-.
vious issue Of the Rip-saw, was
not intended to charge any city
official with crookedness but
only to illustrate how easy it is
to let small sums trickle through
the fingers of the city fathers
without adequate return. It is
similarly so in private business
as most men fully know.
| In this Zoo matter, the citi
zens probably were responsible
for pushing along something that
at least a portion Of the city
fathers felt could not be af
forded.
Postholes for the Zoo were
dug after the ground froze anC
cost close to $1.0O each. They
must have set the city back al
least $500. The park depart
ment always refused to pay the
bill. If ever paid, it was by the
department of public works anG
charged against the park depart
ment. The city's portion of thu
| fiasco was about $500, not in
GLIDING the recent cost of fill
ing up the holes.
| The late John Millen donated
about 500 cedar poles, seconds
many Of them, about IL feet long
and from 5 to 8 inches in diane
ter. They never were set but
lie in two piles out at Lester
Park now, and are worth al
! aggregate Of $3.50 to 5000. Thu