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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
BATTLING WITH BALLOTS
FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD

the board of education, backed
by the patrons, allowed him a
permanent pension of several
thousand dollars a year. Duluth
took thirty years Of an able
mans life; saw him develop boys
and girls inc useful members of
society; waited until i'll health
and old age confronted him and
then, without due notice, bumped
him out without the considera-
ton, even, that trolley car COM
panies formerly paid their worn
out mules, so Mr.. Denfeld s
friends declare.
Whether their feelings are duly
warranted or not, the Rip-saw
cannot say, but they feel as has
been stated and those feelings
are an element in today's cleo
ton.
Other issues are the needs, de-
sires and grievances of schools
and patrons in different locali-
ties, such as the Smithville case,
conditions at the Munger school,
and others.
Still another issue is the lack
Of school board members in the
Western portion Of the city. The
aristocratic East End keeps
somewhat Of a monopoly of
school board memberships. DR..
Greeley now is the only resident
member for the entire Western
half of the city. He and Mr..
Amundson are the only candi-
dates in the growing western
half of the city. Mr.. Amundson' s
election seems certain to anyone
who honestly can read the signs.
AS these lines are written. it
looks as if it might be some cleo
ton. And if the patrons do
change the personnel Of the
membership of the board Of edu-
cation, it is not impossible that
two or three voluntary resigna-
tons may follow.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21

The Guyana iron range expects
to be linked up with the Missis-
sippi river traffic that is being
rejuvenated between St. Paul and
st. Louis. The Northern Pacific
Railway hopes to enjoy heavy
traffic in iron ore from the
Guyana range to the SANITY City,
at which point iron ore will be
dumped into barges for transport
to st. Louis furnaces and coal
brought up the river after the
iron ore has been unloaded.
Secretary of commerce Red
field is carrying on campaign
to bring the great inland water
ways into greater use. 10 that
end, Walter Parker, general man
ager of the New Orleans Asso-
citation of Commerce, recently
was appointed by secretary OF
commerce Redfield to promote
river traffic development. He
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
CITY'S HARB0R MASTER
WORKS IN WISCONSIN
Capt. Hoy Draws Salary From Dear Old Duluth,
But Spends His Time At AllOueZ
Ore Docks.

from the harbor Of Duluth, and
not at all convenient for harbor
mastering when the harbor mas
ter is tug boating.
When Capt. j. W. Miller Was
harbor master, he occasionally
did a little mastering, liking the
water front as a result Of a gen
Grafton spent at sea, having no
other duties and rather expect
ing to do something to earn his
salary.
After Capt. Miller slipped his
cable and sailed across Jordan.
"Doc." Inman, who knows Du.
luth harbor as well as he knows
his own house, became harbcl
master. Incidentally, Mr.. Inmau
warmly espoused the cause Oh
Hicken, daddy of the famous
Hicken Code. When Mr.. SLIDER.
SUolu UcCdmt COIlIulSSlOuCl NJ
public safety, he slugged "Doc.
Inman behind the ear with a
chunk of that potent stuff, Sill,
berstein Prestige. "Doc." took
the count and, when able to Sit
up and absorb nourishmenv
found that Capt. William Hoy
was harbor master and that an.
other campaign debt had been
paid by Onkel Bernard.
Some mighty good sailors OF
the unsalted seas declare that
Duluth harbor has about as
much use for a master as a dog
has for five legs. The harbor Is
big, broad and not at all con
gested. If anyone holds the posi-
ton, these critics AID authorities
declare it should b. some one il
a position to do harbor master:
ny, not some one employed and
tied down in a neighboring state
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Both teachers and patrons
charge that Supt. Hoke has not
kindled the divine spark; that
he has failed to arouse enthusi-
asm and to plant inspiration. In
support Of that, they point to
the fact that so many teachers
are dissatisfied and leaving for
other fields.
Further complaint is made that
Supt. Hoke has not visited
schools and teachers enough to
become properly familiar with
conditions. Personal information
is considered imperative, no mat
ter how great an ability to SUI
perintend.
The startling statement is
made that Supt. Hoke has called
but one general meeting of all
the teachers and that was to en-,
able a friend to advertise a book
he had written. This seems al
most incredible but the com.
plant is positively made:
Supt. Hoke undoubtedly is an
issue in this election, whether
justly or unjustly. His critics
admit that he faced a difficult
task when he came here, a total
stranger, and stepped into the
shoes of a man who labored here
for thirty long years and was
personally known to every one
who had attended the public
schools during an entire genera
ton.
Another important element in
this election is that army OF
friends of R. E. Denfeld who feel
and believe that he was treated
brutally when he was discharged
as superintendent. He no longer
was desired by the controlling
influences Of the board and was
told so. He replied that he had
another year to serve under his
contract and was ready to earn
his money for that year. He
was told to get out and that,
in view of his contract, a years
salary would be paid him with
out the year of service. 1t was
so done. But-the dominant ele-
ment Oh the board let the idea 60
out to the public that the $4,000
was a sort Of gratuity, paid as a
slight appreciation Of long serv-
ice.
When a superintendent of the
Minneapolis schools retired,
utterly without warrant Of law,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
AN IRISH PATRIOT PASSES.

After an illness that pro-
crossed for two years, John D.
Murphy died at his home in
Tower Monday afternoon, July
9. He was buried at Tower from
the Catholic church the next
Wednesday. Thus passes into
the eternal beyond a patriotic
citizen, a lover Of liberty and a
loyal friend.
Mr.. Murphy was a pioneer on
the Vermilion iron range and
will be missed by thousands Of
friends all over st. Louis county.
He was born in 1853 in Ireland
and, when a mere boy, was trans
ported by the British government
because of membership in a boy
ish organization calculated to
free Ireland. Making his escape,
after hardship and even torture
by the government, he came to
America, where his voice ever
was raised for freedom, liberty
and justice.
Many local honors came to Mr..
Murphy in his home town. He
was active and prominent in
politics. He leaves a widow, five
daughters and one son, with whom
mourn a host Of friends and to
whom sympathy is extended.
John D. Murphy died before his
time and he will be sadly missed.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
DEEMS RULE TOO SEVERE.
To the editor of the Rip-saw:

To the editor of the Rip-saw:
There is a rule at present in
the fire department whereby any
fireman is punished with a whole
hour of extra duty for each and
every minute that he is tardy in
reporting for regular duty.
All will admit that strict disci-
pline is necessary in the fire de-
partment. Promptness is a neces-
sity as we'll as a virtue. But do
feel that this rule is too inflexible
and severe. It seems as if cir
cumstances should be considered
somewhat, even if putting an Of
ficer in a serious and delicate po-
sition.
In one of the engine houses is
q fireman who has worked nearly
a quarter of a century for the city.
He is an engineer and mechanic Of
rare skill. He takes great pride in
doing a workmanlike job. In
the past he has done much work
outside his line Of duty and
saved the city, many dollars. He
has worked overtime frequently
without grumbling or thought of
extra remuneration.
Some time ago this fireman
had sickness in his family and
lost much sleep. AS a result, he
slightly oversight one morning
and, although he ran all the way
to duty, failed to get there on
the minute. Justice, in my opin-
ion, often can be wisely tenn
pered with reason and common
sense, based on a correct under
standing of all the facts in the
case.
FAIR PLAY.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21

The salary of 5000 a year pail
to Capt. William Hoy as master
of the harbor of Duluth may De
ornamental to the city and most
welcome to the gallant captain
but, under existing conditions,
far from useful to the harbor,
the dear public o. the genial Oh!
metropolis of Duluth.
This salary of $500 a year
really means about $50 a month,
for the harbor of Duluth hardly
permits of any mastering for
more than six months year. In
cidentally, said sum Of $500 4
year would help considerably in
giving the policemen their
needed raise of $40 a month n
salary, thereby preventing the
disintegration Of one OF the
city's most important depart
mentS.
Capt. William Hoy not only is
harbor master for the harbor OF
Duluth but also is master of the
tug America, belonging to the
Union Towing and Wreckins
Company. That corporation ex'
poets it's tug masters to put in
their time and fully earn their
salaries, whether any harboI
mastering is done or not.
Incidentally, Capt. Willia:'
Hoy, Duluth haroor master, Is
stationed with his tug at the
Allouez bay ore docks where he
chaperones the good tug America
when it accompanies the big
freighters up to the locks 10
take on iron ore belonging to the
Hill interests. Many will re.
member, Of course, that the Al
louez ore docks are over in the
state of Wisconsin,, quite far
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
A STARTLING CHARGE.

The Bear River Journal, printed
away up in the hinterland of st.
Louis county, where there is
plenty Of time to think, springs
most startling charge as fol-
lows:
A strenuous effort is being
made by the range mining com
pany papers to precipitate a strike
at the mines, with the apparent
intention Of giving the Public SAT-
ETY. Commission an opportunity to
suspend the operation Of labor
legislation.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
A PROGRESSIVE CAPITALIST.

R. R. Wise, capitalist and pro-
gressive citizen of Brainerd, not
only has a handsome summer
home overlooking Long Lake, 81
miles northwest of the capital of
Grow Wing County, but he is de-
veloping a farm of $500 acres on
the lake. Features of that farm
are herd of thoroughbred Here
ford cattle and pedigreed Poland
China hogs. Mr.. Wise's work is
doing much to show what Grow
Wing county can raise and
greatly improving the live stock
in the county, a result patriotic,
pleasant and profitable.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21

CHESTER MCUSICK, reared in
Saltwater and, for many years, a
lawyer in Duluth, now practices law
in Bemidji.
ANDRUS r. MERRITT, one of the
original Merritt brothers, who came
to Duluth in 1856, at present resides
in Minneapolis.
G. E. ALSTEAD, we'll known in
Duluth, now lives in Minneapolis,
where he is interested in mining in
vestments.
GEORGE j. MALLORY, for many
years a resident of West Duluth,
then deputy U. S. marshal, also
prominent in real estate and politics,
now resides in Minneapolis.
Ed CAPLIS, postmaster at West
Duluth many years ago when that
section of the city was an indie
pendent village, resides in Missoula,
Montana.
FRED DAVIS, once road master
for the D. M. & N. R'y company
and, later, county surveyor, now
lives at Elko, Nevada. He is de-
veloping the Nevada-Bunker Hill
mine into large property.
WILLIAM SPENCER, who founded
the Spencer Pharmacy in West Du-
luth, lives at America, Oklahoma,
where he has numbering business,
general store and much prominence
in the place.
JOE NYLANDER was engineer
for the Scott & Holston plant for
many years and very prominent in
local politics. He went from Du-
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
PROFITABLE PATRIOTISM.

To the Editor Of the Rip-saw:
Last spring here was a big
noise to the effect that the city
would pillow vacant lots at cost
for people Of small means who
wished to become amateur gar
deners. It now is claimed that
the city found the project illegal
or impractical, therefore the Du-
luth Commercial Club is credited
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
HIBBING'S HIGH ASPIRA-
TONS.

AS sort Of joke, Hibbing bust
ness men talked about a million
dollar hotel for Hibbing at the
expense of the U. S. Steel Cor
poration. The talk eventually
took a serious turn and now that
great corporation will be asked
to erect such a hotel in "The
Richest Village on Earth. -
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
OLD JOHN BARLEYCORN
MAKES BUHL B0ISTER0US
Iron Range People Taking Kindly to Idea of
County Option Election and Helping County
Dry Committee in Many Ways.

day decided upon by the Dry
County Committee for the vote
to be taken.
Town clerks, justices of the
peace and other officers qualified
to administer oaths are volunteer
ing their services in the cam
paign, a fact which would seem
to indicate a pronounced dry
sentiment in the rural commun-
tiles of the county.
Arrests in Hibbing have fallen
off noticeably since the Indian
treaty lid was clamped on. In
1916 there were 224 arrests COM
pared with AL during the previ-
Gus year when Hibbing was wet.
Municipal officers state that
nearly all of the arrests due to
drunkenness in 1916 came from
the east-in the direction of Bull
while practically none came
from the other direction, where
there are no saloons.
Hibbing bankers are lining up
on the side of the drys in the
fight for a saloonless st. Louis
county. All three banks in Hib-
bling have agreed to receive
signatures for the county option
petition, a fact which surely in
dicates that the business men IL
the "richest village" are salts
fled with the dry regime.
What strikes the visitor to
Hibbing is the absence of vacant
buildings. When the, lid was
clamped on and whenever a dry
election is staged, cry goes up
that there will be a "For Rent"
sign at every saloon location.
Hibbing has practically no va
cant business buildings and rents
have not been reduced as the
result of the elimination of the
saloons.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21

Busse of Chicago and made a big
bunch of money.
WILBUR j. MERRITT, one of the
first explorers on the Mesaba iron
range and the man who proved up
the Golden Star mine at Mine Cen
ire, Ont, lives near Marysville, Mon
tana, where he has ranch and
breeds blooded horses. For time
he was superintendent of the Red
Warrior mine.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21

Billy Sunday has promised to
bring his great religious vaude-
vile to Duluth in 1918. Efforts
will be made to get Mayor Kon-
KEEL, Of Superior, hiking up the
saWdust trail.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21

The opinion steadily grows
that Uncle Bob's Marmon car
yet may become as famous as the
horse that Paul Revere rode. 1t
certainly can run whole lot
faster.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21

VIRGINIA, Mimi, July 90
Especial to the Rip-saw).-The
opponents of old John Barley
corn on the Mesaba range firmly
maintain that the traffic between
Hibbing and Bull is a condition
imperatively calling for remedy.
Many thirsty people from "The
Richest Village in the World
motor over to Bull to moisten
their gills. The Bull saloons
close at 10 p. M, owing to war
regulations, which compels the
Hibbingites either to camp out
in the bushes or 60 home.
Well stimulated, with their gills
waving nicely in many cases, the
residents of the Town Of Stunt
go home at a rate Of speed and
with a recklessness that would
make chief McKercher of Duluth
very jealous. Automobiles driven
by men under the influence of
Bull booze make the roads
dangerous for sane and sober
people. A further complaint is
made that this reckless driving
also adds to the cost of maintain
ing the roads.
Many women have qualified as
notaries public in order to help
circulate petitions calling a
county option election in st.
Louis county. These petitions
are now in circulation and it is
expected nearly fifteen thousand
voters will attach their sigma
lures to the big petition ere it
is filed with the county auditor.
Those in charge of he cam
paign have been advised by the
county attorney that the petition
must be filed with the auditor
between July Is and August l,
in order to bring the election
on Monday, September 10, the
luth to Alaska, where he spent sew
eral years. Latest available reports
are that he is now engineer in a
Seattle hospital.
WILLIAM p. M'MILLAN who
spent several years in Duluth and
followed mining promotions for a
business, left here six or seven
years ago for Chicago where he now
resides. He became interested in a
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21

When a county auditor com.
pels courthouse servitors to
chore round his residence at the
expense of kindly old st. Louis
county, it is safer to do it when
al, the neighbors are on pic
mic or at church.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
THE PUBLIC PULSE

The Communications printed below do not necessarily the
opinions of Rpsaw They printed
public entirely the responsibility Of the
pondnt All communications be writer's
good faith but such will be published
desired
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21

The parlor, with pa and ma
nearby, is an excellent place for
a soldier to court girl or for a
girl to be courted. It certainly
is superior to a bridge, dock o:
dark stairway as a trysting
place.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-21
HELP THE SCHOOLS.

The public schools are the very
last institution that should be
crippled or held back through any
policy of economy or stinginess.
Even if materials are high and
some hoggish interests in Duluth
get the bulk Of the material and
supply business, Duluth should
erect every single school building
or addition to buildings actually
needed, no matter what the cost.
The public schools are more i'm
portant than war. yet any old
price is being paid for ways and
means to "strafe" Germany.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-13
WITH THE EDITORS
(EmmOns County Record.)

(EmmOns County RecOrd.)
The other evening the Bismarck
Tribune called attention to near sedi-
tious ,utterances translated from
Dickinson newspaper printed in the
Germans language For several months
we have heard rumOrs Of pretty rough
stuff being printed in foreign language
newspapers, either to curry favor with
that class of readers or to satisfy the
rabid proGerman feelings of the pub
lishers We have had reason to be-
lieve that much Of the unrest appar-
ent among those who cannot talk the
English language, or read it, mas come
from such newspapers. One reason
why the Record is more than anxious
during the war to have little Ger
man matter each week is to attempt
to counteract the evil effects Of just
such conditions. Most of our foreign
speaking population are upright, hon
est, hard working people and only mis-
information and lack of a chance to
keep up with conditions as is possible
for English readihg pebble causes them
to appear Somewhat DIT of Sympathy
with their" government" Experience
is showing US, however, that most of
those who are dependent on this coun-
try for a chance to make living and
to rear a family aren't being led very
far. astray by ,German-inspired arti-
Giles in German language newspapers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-13
KEEPING UP.

When they let him out OF Massa-
chusetts state prison the other day
he felt the light and heat OF the sun
on his shaven head for the first time
in 80 years. He blinked his eyes, nat
urally. More than that-his brain
blinked.
He asked to be taken to the navy
yard He rode there on an electric
car. There were no electric cars
when he was "sent up"
At the navy yard he watched them
repair several government super
dreadnoughts. Dreadnaughts had nor
been dreamed of when he last sat on
his front porch with his coat off in
the cool of the evening and read his
newspaper.
Sideways and aeroplanes, skyscrap-
ers-the list of the commOnplaces CT
this day which were brain-stunhins
novelties to him is endless, He sat
in silence. Then he. tried 10 smile,
but failed.
What he said was short:
II don't feel that | am alive
Returned to life for the first time
in 80 years, he felt less alive than
at any time in 30 years Of living
death. All he knew anything about
any more, was death-the death of
prison.
He couldn't come back They had
to take him Blackjack to the state
penitentiary.
What happened to him in 80 years
may happen to other men in 80 days
1.Ra-Rsan who stands, still for a month
or a year is behind, and must come
back. He may have been a scratch
man when he started, but the handi-
cap is likely to prove too much for
him.
Don't fall behind It is hard to
come back. 1t is bitter to be taken
Blackjack to the rear, seats of the
world theatre. 1t is better to keep
up. S''
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-13
dom, I am glad to say. that anything
Of the sort happens among u.s.

dom, I am glad to say. that anything
Of the sort happens among u.s."
For the second time that morning
Louise was conscious Of an unexpected
upheaval of emotion. She felt that the
sunshine had gone. that the whole
sweetness Of the place had suddenly
passed away. The charm Of its simple
austerity had persisted.
"And I thought I had found para.
dise!" she cried.
She moved quickly from John
Strangewey's side. Before he could
realize her intention, she had stepped
over the low dividing wall and was on
her knees by the side of the plain. neg.
lected grave. She tore out the spray
of apple blossom which she had thrust
into the bosom of her gown, and placed
it reverently at the head of the little
mound. For moment her eyes
dropped and her lips moved-she her
self scarcely knew whether it was in
prayer. Then she turned and came
slowly back to her companion.
Something had gone, too, from his
charm. She saw in him now nothing
but the coming dourness of his BROTH
er. Her heart was still heavy. She
shivered a little. It was he at last
who spoke. = 3tsEEssgs.
'Wia you tell me, please, what is the
matter with you, and why you placed
that sprig Of apple blossom where you
lid?'
His tone woke her from her lethargy.
She was a little surprised at its
poignant, almost challenging note.
Certainly" she replied, II placed
it there as a worhan's protest against
the injustice Of that isolation"
Il deny that it is unjust"
She turned around and waved her
hand toward the little gray building.
1.-THE Savior to whom your church IL
dedicated thought otherwise she re-
minded him. do you play at being