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The broad ax., 1917-03-17

Are Anglo-Saxons conceited about
their pre-eminence in matters Of ma
chinery? A book. English and Amer
lean Tool Builders" by Professor ].
w. Roe Of Yale, answers the question
thus: Practically all the creative work
in tool building has been done in Eng
land and America. The
French have shown an aptitude for
refnements and ingenious novelties.
The Swiss are clever artisans.
but have excelled In personal skill.
Germany has developed splen-
did mechanics. but the principal ma
chine tools had taken shape before
1870, when the empire began. The
history Of English and American tool
building therefore covers substantially
the entire history Of the art"
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
[nrldUh SHUTMEH 10
| On RECORD FOR UPLIFT
In Endeavor to Check Unjust
/ Ittaeks on Their Business.
Sunday Sends Message.

r.r york.-In these days Of uplift
.1smpnts the statement Of the newly
1 ~nizad Association of the Outdoor
Is'Tmpu of the World that its chief
[.rOSp in life is to uplift and purify
4. outdoor show business has attract
/. .ttpntion. The association is a
I-irpp aggregation Of outdoor show
{.srpsts embracing every variety Of
-aoOr amusement enterprises, from
!. big exposition and circus to the
r. carnival and concession men, and
s nHcers are carrying on a wide cam
IT, to secure membership in all
LUIS Of the world.
nna of the outdoor showmen's an.
snements, made at the organization
,4Dg and banquet at the Hotel AS
n was that of President Frank P.
|hunan, who in explaining the scope
fSe organization said that Billy Sun
m bad been invited to become a men,
y and to attend the banquet, as it
wrecognized that che is the greatest
-hrman of us all" Billy Sunday in
EEuwledging the letter Of introduc-
lin said in characteristic fashion.
|Fu fellows could go some for God u
|pl would"
we have more practical objects, of
purse, than the ethical uplift of the
|rdoOr show business" said President
|ellman. I'VE propose to exert our
Eiuenee to make certain that we get
square deal in the various state leg
futures. We will have legal repre-
|EaiTes in every city, and we will
meet other abuses that we believe
|rt We will endeavor to check un-
IN attacks made on the outdoor show
|kneSS and to secure fair and equita-
Y treatment. We believe the public
ube with US in this campaign"
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
A Daring Voyage.

The smallest boat to cross the Allan
tic under her own sail was sailed By
Captain Andrews. This craft was but
fourteen feet long. but in It Captain
Andrews crossed the ocean In 1891,
landing at Palos, Spain He Travelled
about Europe exhibiting his boat until
the Worlds fair In Chicago. when he
returned to this country and placed It
on view there. He had previously made
two unsuccessful attempts to cross the
ocean.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17

sanity, and hurled many into premature
and ignominious physical dissolution.
The doctor observed that the patient
was convinced of his first error, the cof-
fee drinking, and his second error, the
attempt at treating himself, by COM
prehensive appeal to reason. The rush
ing of the blood into the brain by the
needless and injurious whipping of the
heart had escaped the unframed mind
of the patient, but he easily understood
when the physician told him that sleep
lessness as well as frequent urination
are signs of coffee drinking, even in
moderation. The patient needed no
medicine in this case, but he sorely
needed understanding, the greatest as
set.
Frequent urination means that there
is disease and it takes a trained mind,
a diagnostician, a physician, to find the
cause, because there are many, and to
prescribe the treatment for cure.
Among common causes of frequent
urination should be mentioned patho-
logical psychic states principally the
emotion of fear, excitement, hurry and
worry and the physical toxic agents of
alcoholic consistence, such as beer, wine,
whisky as we'll as the diseases of the
genito-urinary tract of which gonor-
rhea is the chief Tobacco also is a
cause. Every agent or condition that
hurries the action of the heart causes
frequent urination. Back of the result
is always the cause, and we must rea-
son from cause to effect and from effect
to cause. Back of the effect called
frequent micturition or frequent urina-
tion is the cause, and that is heart
hurry which shortens the life of the
physical body.
The moral is: "Protect your heart
with all diligence, for out of it are all
the issues of life.' Avoid stimulants is
another way of saying the self same
proverb.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
FOB SALE FOB coLoRED PEOPLE.

Beautiful 2 fat buildings, brick and
stone, hot water and furnace heat, 5
8 and z room fats. Located on the
North side, in one of the best districts
Only two blocks to the Wilson Ave
and Evanston "L," and the Broad
way cars.
One block to beautiful Sheridan
Road, blocks to the new Clarendon
Bathing Beach. Convenient to theatres
stores and churches. This neighbor
hood offers great opportunity for en-
ployment, many positions being open
for janitors, porters, laundry work, etc
Prices range from 100000 to 100000
Small cash payments, balance like rent
For further information address
Julius F. Taylor, GALS Champlain Ave.
Phone Wentworth 1897.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
LACE GROWS ON TREES.
lima Product May Take Place Of
Mosquito Netting.

N"a TToouCt way axe FIaCo OF
Mosquito Netting.
sW Orleans, La.-Lace grows on
q on the iSthmus Of Panama, and
tees grow wild In the swamps.
qan L. ". Richards Of the steam
NOrwalk brought a fine sample,
merely as curiosity, but to induce
as to the probable utility Of the
or the tree in this section.
wen the bark Of the limbs is strip
mere are rolls Of filmy substance
texture very much like mosquito
ag' The size Of these layers in
.aSs with the size of the tree, the
sN being about a foot in diameter.
T. RDric is strong and can be sewn
aout tearing.
ts natives use the stuff in making
4entS. Captain Richards believes
Oy cultivation the trees may be-
very valuable, and if the lace
as cannot he enlarged some process
@perfect i by which they can be
@ INTO a fabric which will make
uleN mosquito bar and may even
elOr summer raiment,
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
BEAR IN RUSSIAN ARMY.
Huge Animal Fights With a Regiment
ON French Front.

Petrograd.-Fighting with the Rus
sian army in France is a huge bear
from the Caucasian mountains, who
seems to enjoy his sojourn on the
French front fully as much as his mas
tiers enjoy theirs.
He is the mascot of one Of the Rus
sian regiments that were transported
halfway round the world from the Rus
sian to the French front to show the
solidarity of the allies.
When the time comes for the bears
regiment to 60 to the front line
trenches for its six days Of duty the
bear goes along He keeps the all night
vigils with the sentinels, and as there
is nothing else to eat but the regular
rations brought up from the rear he
permits the soldiers to divide their
share with him.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Seen on an Ostrich Farm.

It IL no uncommon thing to see a
male ostrich strutting about followed
by three or four distinct broods, all Of
different sizes. When the incubating
process is completed the cock bird leads
his young ones of and, If he meets an
other proud papa, engages In terrific
combat with him. The vanquished bird
retires without a single chick, while
the other, surrounded by the two
broods, walks away triumphantly.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
A Good Mokto.

We've got a good motto for our pa
per-" said Kidder.
~What is it?" asked his acquaintance.
"'What we have we hold"
-Oh, 1 see! Referring to your circu-
lation. By the way. ] didn't know you
were q publisher"
"We're not; we manufacture ny pa
per."-Chicago News
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
RIsTO PROFIT 1903 PER CENT
:" what South Jersey Farmers
earnen @ Thair Sfnnk

-" What South Jersey Farmers
In Earned Their Stock.
~OuS'OWn. y. Farmers are pros
~ st least down in southern New
nv where 4 large percentage Of
LORE tOfk citys POTATOES are grown.
Ou'n Jersey Farmers exchange
In w d loo lei cent stock dividend
Suo Per cent cash dividend.
u AchanSr is a cooperative SELL
|lsHsanlzation, with $50 farmers as
h. eaS At It's sixteen stations last
|ASsnsea carloads Of white potatoes
Ia uleu at an average price Of 90
h ME- OuShel. ii did a total business
|Ah y, OF 81 N.o>7.3l7.7O. with a net
kNs S4'2S'.I9. This was the big
WI since its organization in 1909.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Just q Precaution.

$50 you are attending cooking
school?" said the friend Are you
going to do your own work after you
are marriedT
mo; I want to be able to teach my
husband how to prepare the meals in
an emergency"
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Hpiets oIIo>u Tuy;n.

VN Qo wiz" Twins.
III VIZ te' lnd.-Mrs. Joseph Mar
|Mbrs VI a miner east Of the city,
II M " triplets, and all are doing
Ss br uUther Is thirty-six years old
N q. usOand forty-seven. A year
10 nm %Uener gave birth to twins,
|% css. I'VE The triplets make ten
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Inhuman.

Gentlemen Of the jury" said the
lawyer for the plaintiff, "the defendant
claims that when he ran over my client
his car was going but three miles an
hour. Think Of the agony endured by
my client when being run over as slow
IL as thatP'-New York American.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
More Than Serious.

Eulalia elderly heiress) - Do you
think the baron regards me seriously :?
Rosa-Seriously? Why, my dear, every
time 1 mention you he looks positively
sad.-Fliegende Blaetter.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Sa.n,;b,I Gets Mark Twain's Chair.

Hannibal. Mo.-A willow cnalr.
which was Mark Twain's favorite seat,
has been presented to the boyhooo
home of the humorist In Hannibal by
Albert Bigelow Paine. Accompanying
II was a photograph taken by Twain
seated in the chair In 1909, upon which
the humorist wrote: '1This u my best
Mark Twain"
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Too Much.

Doctor-Have you tried counting up
to 100? Insomnia Patient-Yes, but at
forty 1 remember that's the amount of
your bill, and at eighty my wife's new
gown gets my goat!-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
COUGARS EATING DOGS.
Live CANNES az Bait Very Popular
Among Mountain Beasts.

Among Mountain Beasts.
Los Angeles.-John B. Miller. presi-
dent of the Southern California Edison
company, has encountered a problem
which he did not consider when he
built his country home in Liveoak can
Won. north of Pomona. last summer
The problem is how to get rid Of the
mountain lions.
It not only is worrying Mr.. Miller
but threatens to spread to the county
authorities for determination or the
question whether or not live dogs may
be used for bait
Reports from the Miller home were
that the tracks Of the lion were as
large as a mans hand and that the dis
lance 1t covered when 1t leaped on the
animal killed was fifteen feet.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Tiuhtwad.

Miss B.-What a frightful night for
q dance! But, Of course, you've a taxi?
Frugal Suitor-Well. not exactly, but
I've brought you rubbers.-Life.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
BIG REAL ESTATE BARGAMs.
Sacriice-Two Flatl
Only $3.50

Biggest bargain in the City. Fine
interior, new baths, good light, con-
venient to 35th St., Indiana surface and
Elevated cars-only $500 Cash down.
Phone or write Il. E. Evans, SIT E.
And st. Phone Oakland 2726.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Very Thoughtful.

Miss Askit-Did your husband smoke
those cigars you gave him for his
birthday? Mrs. Nuwed-He smoked
one and said he would keep the rest
to remind him Of my kindness.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Contrarlness of the Sas

OUHT dTINos8 OF tTIo 0oNs
"How was It your wife came to give
mp housekeeping"
-Just her contrary ways First she
broke down. and then she broke up
Baltimore American.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
National Forest Lands,

On about 100000 acres Of national
forest lands grazing by domestic stock
In either entirely prohibited or n great,
b restricted to provide range for elk.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Good Nlaht.

He-Let me stay an hour more. dear;
Just an hour by the clock. She-But,
Billie, the clock doesn't need company.
Penn Froth.
The broad ax., 1917-03-17
Natural Preferenea-

DO you believe much in wives to or
derr
sid rather have one ready maid
Baltimore American
The broad ax., 1917-03-17

The truest wisdom q q resofuts d.
Neutrality-suspicious. ],
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-07
THAT CENTRAL MARKET

Almost in the first year of the
commission form Of government
in this city, a committee of the
Commercial Club raised a hula
baloo over an all-the-year market
in the basement of the old
armory. Supplementing that noise
Mayor Prince as official actor,
several gentleman agriculturalists
and divers club members, work
ing a sort of intimidation racket,
drove the department of public
works, with it's shops, machinery,
tools, vehicles and foremen's
quarters right into the open
street.
Then, when the servants of the
city begged for little less hurry
in the establishment Of one Of the
greatest markets in the country,
at least one daily paper branded
them as "unfaithful." The as
sumption was that the men lead
ing the movement were far above
the average business man in in
telligence and foresight, there
fore who should presume to ques-
ton the immediate success of
their project.
If enough noise and agitation
are used, an ordinary fad can be
given the appearance of the
greatest thing under the sun.
The department of public
works suffered a period Of demon
alization in it's arrangements,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-07

which was not at all beneficial to
the public interests. Mr.. A. Fit.
ger loyalty came to the rescue
He permitted the city to use an
old red barn which he was about
to tear down. It was old, dirty
unsanitary and inconvenient, yet
at the time, the city was most
glad to get it's use.
Note the outcome, dear citizen
and reader.
Scarcely two years later, Mayor
Prince led the movement to dis
pose entirely Of the old armory
and the city was left without 9
square inch of market room in the
central part of Duluth. A mar.
ket place was decided not to be OF
much account after all.
There is a lesson to the taxpay.
ers in this incident. When any
body of men, for selfish reasons
dragon an official into their
service, the honest public senti.
ment of the community and the
public servants faithfully re.
garding that sentiment, get the
worst of it.
There also is a lesson in this
incident for the public official.
When men have succeeded in
using an official to further off.
cial ends, their interest in him
rapidly diminishes. They are free
and Independent voters when
election rolls around.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-07
WAYS BUSINESS IS DONE

an insurgent, he is punished by the
others, guided by the cunning brain
of the auditor. This state of affairs
is inconsistent with good county gov
eminent and improbable to the al
ready over-burdened taxpayers.
Neglect of office and his duties is
a loud complaint against Mr.. Halden.
He spends entirely too much time
out of the city on business not con-
nected with his office. When here.
he scuttles into the spiders Dem
in secluded corner of the court
house where he avoids unwelcome
constituents and plans and plots
unto the Day when he shall usurp
Lee Willcuts as political boss of st.
Louis county.
The telephone exchange operator
in the courthouse is the person who
really knows most of the time where
Mr.. Halden is hiding and she seldom
will say unless the password be given
her.
The daily press passes by the
meetings Of the county commission
ers with mighty few details and any
movement of Mr.. Halden's cunning
hands is unheeded. The people
really are ignorant of much that
takes place or fails to take place.
Fulsome flattery about Mr. Halden's
wonderful efficiency" really be-
longs to a number of old-time, faith
full and highly capable clerks. If not
for them, the office might be a
splendid imitation of chaps.
st. Louis county cannot afford to
have Mr.. Halden further entrench
himself as political boss and per-
sonal owner of the county officials.
The steady stream of candidates for
lodgings at Saltwater speaks badly
for his methods. His domination of
the board of county commissioners
smacks too strongly of adventuring
with the taxpayers money.
Scrub out the Courthouse"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-07
SCRUB OUT THE COURTHOUSE,
(Reprinted by request from the pre-
- ViouS issue)

(Reprinted by request from the pre-
% Vious issue.)
"Scrub out the courthouse" is q
sentiment rapidly growing in favor
In st. Louis county. The scrubbing
very profitably can begin in the
county auditors office. Right now
is none too soon to plan and provide
for the Augean job.
Twenty-four years as auditor OF
st. Louis county is enough for Odin
Halden. He has waxed fat in person
and property. If not satisfied with
his pile, let him look to the lumber
barons and iron kings for a pension
The time is fully ripe for the people
to take look at the books and into
the pigeonholes Of that office.
As king of the Courthouse" Mr.
Halden may have been an indispens-
able institution, but when he plans
to become "Czar of ST.. Louis
county," the time has come for a
revolution.
Ever since he escaped saltwater
twenty years ago, Mr.. Halden has
held his fellow officials more or less
under his thumb. He has presumed
to dictate nominations and appoint
ments. One scandal and embezzle-
ment after another in the Court
house has startled the people and
besmirched the good name Of the
county.
"See Halden" has become intoler-
able to the rank and file of the peo-
pie. They find the yoke of "Konge
Odin" irksome, expensive and IN
profitable.
Today, loud complaints are made
that Odin Halden has ceased to be
statutory clerk of the board Of coun.
ty commissioners and has assumed
the powers and prerogatives of thai
body. Insidiously, persistently and
successfully, he has so hypnotized q
majority of the members that they
are as putty in his hands. They have
entirely too few policies and ideas
of their own. Their main concern
is the size of their road appropria
lions. They lean on Halden in the
most trifling matters. They follow
his suggestions without question. 1
one shows independence or becomes
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-07
SMOOTH WORK AT DULUTH.

House file No. S04! What do you
know about it? Nothing! That's
the very element the cunning county
politicians are building onArelying
upon your ignorance to allow them
to slip a damaging bill through the
legislature, and the first thing you
know you find yourself tied hand and
foot and wondering how the stunt
was pulled off.
House file No. S04 is what is
known as Duluth Legislation" and
painful experience has taught the
people of the iron ranges what that
means. This is the title of the pro-
posed iniquity: A bill for an act
entitled IAN act authorizing a COM
mittee composed of the county audi
tor, the county road engineer and
the county commissioner from the
commissioners district in which road
work is to be done, in any county
Of this state having an area of more
than five thousand square miles, to
open bids and let county road con-
tracts in amounts not exceeding
eight hundred dollars"
1nnocent-looking, to be sure, but
wait!
If the bill becomes a law, and it
Will be If the Duluth gang can put
1t over, it will make the county audi
tor supreme political power in
Saint Louis county, and that's the
whole object of the underhand prop
os1tlOn. Odin Halden, corporation-
serving auditor of Saint Louis
county, IS slated to go at the next
election, and this bill was conceived
In the hope of perpetuating his hold
upon the county and save him in
that important office where he is so
useful to the corporation interests.
The bill does not take away any
OF the functions of the board of
county commissioners, but it does
create a power that will be used
against the people of Saint Louis
county for the benefit of the
rich corporations. 1t will create a
power that will not only insure the
reelection of County Auditor Hal
den, but may be used for the cleo
ton of only such county commits
sioners as Halden may dictate, and
thus will the board of county COM
missioners be the more a creature
of the big money crowd that want
to dominate the affairs of the county
for their own selfish ends.
The road engineer holds his Of
nee by the grace Of the county audi
tor. therefore he is subservient to
that official. With county auditor
and the county road engineer on the
committee with county commits
s1oner you can readily see for your
self how much influence your county
commissioner could WELD in the. ad.
mlnistration of the affairs in your
district. If you cannot see, then il
must be because you do not want to-
With no restraint on the letting of
road building contracts up to eight
hundred dollars, the county auditor
would have a power in his hands
! that would bind the county commits
s1oner hand and foot, and also gag
him. With the manipulation Halden
is capable of, by reason of long prac.
tice, he could bring almost every
voter in the county into his net, and
thus enable him to build up polit-
zeal machine that might never be
| destroyed and you know Odin.
The scheme is as subtle as a snake
and as venomous, and it is hoped
every elector in the state will bonn
bard the state legislature with a pro-
test against the proposed outrage
&C. NJ. Atkinson in "The Mesaba
Ore"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-07

Rene T. Hugo, who lives up
town and runs a little factory in
West Duluth, signed an open let
ter, advising the people of Duluth
to vote for Newton Fl. Wilson.
There is much curiosity as to how
this popular young citizen ever
plucked up enough courage to
support anything not endorsed by
the Duluth Commercial Club.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-07

It seems rather hard work but
Judge Travers still is able to smile
and take a little nourishment.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-07

County Commissioners Hold an Obedient and Sub
missive SessOn-Fred B. Myers Friend OF Wal
ter j. Smith and Odin Halden Makes Profit
able Bond Sale-Reverend Walker Loses Fat
Check While Celebrating-Col Hank johnson
Finds Gravel Pit.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-10
NINE. SCHUMANNR GlNN POPO
LAR EVERYWHERE

That Phoenix is due for the musical
treat OF the past decade. Is well as
siired BIZ clippings received here from
the papers in which she has appeared
Following are a few samples
Criticism Of Schum2nn- Hcink SAID
the Brooklyn Citizen in recent re-
view. Us somewhat like criticism OF
the sky or sea. she scars at her usual
height. beautifully oblivious To what
ever might be said If her. Certainly
the noted prima donna sill holds her
dominant sway of e-eminence among
the worlds song birds.
"Schumann Heinks voice has lost
none Of its virility and beauty, and ner
interpretations are inimitahle. New
York Herald.
'Schumann- Hcink has rarely been
in better voice, which means that her
singing reaches the souls OF her hear
ers. leaving a vivid Impression OF the
greatness Of song singing. New YORK
Press
THE audience that filled Carnegie
Hall to hear the greatest OF living
contraltos had every reason for the
enthusiasm lavished on her singing r.
New York Times
1--WE never have heard Nine. Schu-
mann Heink deliver herself Of singing
more beautiful as to tone and more
convincing as to Interpretation. ~ NJ
cago Record Herald.