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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05

hurt me in my business he is
reported to have said.
What particular kind of am
munition bowled over commits
sioner Farrell has not been defin-
itely stated, but he threw up his
hands.
81 cannot see how single and
continued opposition to Scott is
going to help me any politi-
cally,'' exclaimed commissioner
Voss, so he came back to the
reservation.
Mr.. Scott certainly can be
proud Of the support so promptly
given his cause. The only weak
point is that no effort was made
to consult the wishes of the labor
organizations, the little taxpayers
and those in the humble walks OF
life. But they will not kick on
that if equitable and scientific
assessments are made without ex-
ceptiOn.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
THE FIGHT OVER FARES
Daily Papers Have Cooled Off and Outlook is Bright
For Trolley Line Extension to New Duluth

When the previous number of
the Rip-saw was issued, the two
daily papers were trying to give
joint exhibitions of volcanoes in
heavy eruption because the peo-
pie Of New Duluth were willing to
stand a street car fare of 10 cents
to parts Of the city East of the
New Duluth zone and because a
few Of the retail advertisers in the
banking center Of the city feared
a few dimes from the suburbs
would be denined them, because
Of the double fare from the Steel
ton district.
Although Duluth's dailies at
different times have given some
great exhibitions Of extreme emo
tionalism, rarely has the recent at
tack Of Mysteries been equalled.
The Duluth street railway COM
pany got a fine scattering from
the mud batteries but, being a cor
poration at present controlled by
outside men and money, it was
considered fair game, with no
question as to whether or not it
was the open season.
A week ago last Tuesday night,
the city commissioners were
guests at a meeting of the New
Duluth Commercial Club, where
the subject was exhaustively
threshed out.
Although the Herald had been
demanding Scent fares for the
central part Of the city: and the
News Tribune demanded a uni
versal Scent fare to any and all
parts Of the city, with or without
the consent Of the street car COM
pany, both papers cooled down
greatly after the New Duluth
meeting. Information was given
there which put different face
on some matters. The pathetic
case of a community Of nearly
5000 souls, marooned on the west
erly border of the city and wait
ing Is long, weary years for
street car service, filled some of
the journalistic breasts with at
least a moderate measure of
shame.
Some days ago, the Herald s
batteries were withdrawn and
turned over to President Wilson
and the cause Of CONSUMPTION. The
News Tribune let its guns cool off
considerably but resumed firing
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
AMERICAS GREAT WEALTH

Speaking of the great bond
issue in the sum Of 100000
and the financial conditions Of
the country, Messrs. Howard A.
Riley & Co., New York City bro
kers, say:
"The wealth of America has
increased beyond all precedent
in the past seven years. Our ma
tional income has been enhanced
80 1-3 per cent; our foreign
trade for 1916 amounted to
$8,OOO,OOO,0OO and surpassed the
combined totals of 1911 and
1912. Since August 1, 1914, our
foreign trade balance totals
nearly $6,000,0O0,0 00-about six
times the national debt of the
United States.
"This country possesses about
So, 000,000,000 in gold-one-third
the worlds supply. The assets OF
our country equal the aggregate
Of Great Britain, France, Russia
and Italy. We have two and a
quarter times as much wealth as
Great Britain, four times as
much as France and eight times
as much as Italy. We are the
richest nation in all history.
"To illustrate how relatively
insignificant is the authorized
bond issue of $1,000, 100000, it is
necessary only to point out that
Great Britain has borrowed a
little more than one-quarter Of
| the amount Of her national
wealth; France and Russia, less
than one-fifth; and Italy, less
than one-tenth. The combined
wealth of the United States is
figured at $200,000,0O0, 900, and,
from the above statistics, our
borrowing capacity should be
more than $4,000, 100000"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05

The first issue of the Rip-saw
charged the Kettle River Com
pany, a corporation that supplies
sandstone 'for paving and other
purposes, with being a Hidden
Hand" in Duluth municipal poll
tics as we'll as business affairs. The
article also stated that men. who
were in a position to know,
charged the company with dOnat-
ing $4,000 to the election fund at
the time commissioners Silberstein
and Farrell were elected.
Mr.. @. J. G. Bunting, most
affable and worthy citizen, recent
ly informed the Rip-saw that he
now is the sole and exclusive bust
ness representative of the COM
pany in Duluth; that he has been
on the company's staff for several
years; and that he does not believe
the Kettle River Company spent
any money in the campaign two
years ago. He admitted, however,
that it easily could be done with
out telling him anything about it.
It now appears that Mr.. Ed
ward Towne has had his duties
greatly circumscribed by the Ket-
tie River Company. For a long
time he was an all-around handy
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05

heavy calibre cannon Wednesday
morning, under the personal di-
rection of G. G. Hartley. Wheth-
FER this form Of rooting'' for
East Superior street and a few
retail advertisers will bring re-
suits and whether or not it will
cause the street car company to
run up the. white flag, cannot be
told as these lines are written.
Very soon, now, there will be
meeting between the city COM
missioners and the officials of the
street railway for the purpose Of
settling the contention. The Rip
saw believes that New Duluth will
get the extension on a double fare
basis and that the street car COM
pany will deem it fair and expedi-
ent to have either reasonable
time limit or an earning limit as
to said double fare, after which
scent fare shall prevail.
No matter how the matter is
settled, both daily papers will
smite their manly breasts and
loudly proclaim how they won a
great victory for the dear people.
Incidentally, be it observed, the
dear people refused to get excit-
ed over the matter. Nearly all
quickly saw that justice should be
done New Duluth, even if a few
petted retailers uptown lost few
dimes because of the 10-cent fare.
Still others felt that, before
pounding the street car company
into the earth, other things uh-
dertaken for the benefit Of Du-
luth should be completed, such as
better freight rates, better train
service from the Hill railways, or
even G.. G.. Hartley's competing
line to Fargo and Grand Forks.
Constant Reader, Vox Populi,
Guilty Bystander, Taxpayer and
all the other Influential pioneers
and citizens, refrained from lam
basting New Duluth and the
street car company in "The Open
Court" "The Public Forum, -
and similar columns Of the dai-
lies, which shows how public SEN
timent stood
Thus will pass into history one
Of the greatest "spells" Of jour-
nalistic jimjams ever witnessed in
this city. But after New Duluth
gets the trolley cars, all will be
cheerfully forgiven.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05

cannot help wondering what ef-
feet this will have on the Clifton
depot and the "Big Bill Adams
booze bungalow.
Claude M. Atkinson, presiding
genius of The Mesaba Ore at
Hibbing, pulled the Rip-saw's
latchstring the other day. No
one can make the Rip-saw be-
lieve that "the old man hereof"
ever belonged to any plumber
bund. 1t must have been a case
Of mistaken identity.
The Philadelphia North Amer
lean says: "The grain used in
the liquor industry of the United
States would make 100000
loaves Of bread every day in the
year-enough to supply the CON-
bined armies of France, Great
Britain and America when we
take the field. Which are we
for-Booze or Bread?"
Funny how politics changes, a
mans feelings. When Odin Hal
den boosted Col. Overton for
county commissioner, Col. Kauppi
could not speak too badly Of the
King Of the Courthouse. Then,
in turn, when Col. Kauppi
skinned Col. Overton and "came
back" the king and his commits
sioner kissed and made up.
Since Edward Freeman of
Chisholm was appointed sixth
district judge, another of John
E.. Samuelson's day dreams has
gone glimmering. And since
Gov. Burnquist vetoed the in
crease in salary for the judges
Of the Eleventh district, the err
mine looks just a trifle less in
wiling to "the heir apparent
X Il n
If the fight gets much more
bitter between Gov. Burnquist
and state auditor Preus; if
auditor Preus becomes an
avowed candidate for governor;
and if Odin Halden makes stab
for Mr.. Preus's present position,
it is wondered if the good COVER
nor will consider a growing de-
mand to put a public. examiner,
who really knows how to exam
inc, in the St. Louis county
auditors office? That would be
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
HOBBLED TOWNE
Kettle River Sandstone Company Makes Col. Bunt-
ing Its Sole Business Agent.

man for the concern. But the
company feels that Mr.. TONNES
threats to "make run" on former
commissioner Murchison resulted
in a loss of the sale to the city Of
at least $4,000 worth of sand
stone paving blocks, therefore Mr..
Towne has been asked to confne
his activities exclusively to the
corporations legal business, all
diplomacy, promotion of business
and general interests of the COM
pany being placed exclusively in
Mr.. Bunting's hands.
Mr.. Murchison denies that Mr..
TONNES imperative manner and
supercilious remarks to him had
any influence whatever in allot-
ting contracts for paving material
while he was commissioner of pub
lie works. But, when informed of
Mr.. Towne's circumscribed duties,
the former commissioner was OBJ
served to smile one of his quiet,
gentle, significant smiles.
The Rip-saw has known Mr..
Bunting long and well. He always
is a gentleman, no matter where
or whom he serves, and nothing
but great success is wished him
in his broader field of authority.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
JUDGE CUTTING GOES
TO PAR.

It is beneficial for the city and
entirely due to the man that the
revised state law puts Judge Gut
ting on an equality with Judge
Smallwood on the municipal
bench. Judge Cutting is a man
who is jealous Of the true use and
Interpretation Of the law. He
frowns on the modern tendency
to bend or misapply the law for
purposes seemingly beneficial.
"False in one, false in all " is a
fixed legal principle and bending
a law for a good purpose helps
to make any bending easier for
bad purpose.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
PRINCE TAKES TRAINING
Hotel St. Louis Manage
ment Affected By Call
of Uncle Sam.

Mr.. Frederick Prince, one Of
the very able managers Of the
hotel st. Louis, has been &C,
cepted for military training by
Uncle Sam and will leave very
soon for Fl. Smelling. If Mr..
Prince makes as able an officer
as he has been in local hotel
management, he will make a
great hit with his superiors. If
he proves as unpopular with the
enemy, as he has proved popular
with Duluthians, then it will be
a sorry day for the Prussians
when he reaches the front.
But the hotel St. Louis will not
be left unmanaged. Mr.. 81. L.
Elliott came back from Boston
some weeks ago. He now treads
the quarter deck, as it were, with
that pleasant manner and quiet
efficiency so characteristic OF
him. Mr.. Elliott fits into the
hotel business just like olive oil
in a lettuce salad and very many
Duluthians rejoice that he has
turned his back on Boston for
the Zenith City.
Then, in addition to Mr.. Ell
lott, must not be forgotten Louis
Bouchard and Louis Funk. Any
thing that they cannot handle,
well may be turned over to the
Duluth Board of Strategy which
makes the St. Louis lobby its Of
fetal headquarters.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
THEM'S OUR SENTIMENTS.

It would have been much bet
ter had the Commercial club
stepped aside and permitted the
mayor Of Duluth to appoint the
local Council of National De-
Tense, says The Labor World.
For some reason or other the
masses do not take kindly to
such projects promoted by bust
ness mems organizations. They
fel that as President Wilson ap-
pointed the Council Of National
Defense and Governor Burnquist
the State Public Safety Commits
sion, Mayor Magney should have
been permitted to name the local
council of National Defense. In
deed the mayor had his list about
ready to announce to the public
when the Commercial club COM
mittee was given out for publ
cation.
Had the Federated Trades and
Labor assembly, the recognized
central body of Duluth's wage
earners, named a local Council Of
National Defense little co-opera-
ton if any would be expected
from the business interests. Union
labor would have regarded it as
presumptious to have named such
a committee. It would naturally
look to the mayor, the duly &C.
credited representative of all the
neon1e. to have taken such a step.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05

opened up. They also had be-
come reconciled to wading ankle
deep through water when going
from curb to street car. No re-
lief from the department Of pub
lie works was provided. Then
came the wind and sun, drying
up the water along the curb and
thawing out the catch basins
and storm sewers. Now all is
we'll except the mud, sand and
litter on the concrete pavement.
Some miracle, undoubtedly, will
remove all that if patience be
practiced.
There's man at Deerwood,
Mimi, who is likely to make the
double-barrelled salary shooters
in the st. Louis county court
house jealous. He bears the sug-
gestive name Of Cox-F. E. Cox.
He wears a star as special Off
Ger Of the village. He's a regu-
lar marshal, at $50 a month. He
has been appointed street COM
missioner. Besides that, he runs
the village pumping station,
rings the curfew bell and at
tends to a fine lot of miscellan-
eous duties. AS a drawer Of con-
current salaries, he has our
bunch Of boys, backed off the
boards and he further has them
beaten a mile by being on the
job constantly and performing
the services for which he is
paid. Now and then, the city
fellows can learn something
from the country boobs.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
SAWDUST
AND
SHAVlNGS

Salute your country's flag, dear
old fellow citizen. It's a credit
able habit to acquire.
Even the state railroad COM
missioners yet may hear Of the
modest little station Of Clifton.
There actually exists a stub
born determination to revise the
personnel of the Duluth board Of
education next July.
Remember, dear old public SER
want, that you have nothing to
fear if your corner Of the court
house is clean, orderly and prop
erly attended.
The boys at Brookston boost
for the Rip-Saw. They know a
good thing when they see it even
if the Great Northern is their
only railroad.
1t must have been an inspiring
example to the D. & I. R. en-
ployes when president House and
superintendent Owens showed the
Clifton depot down onto King
Odin's land, thereby boosting
for "Big Hill" Adams booze
bungalow.
Why stick your money in lands
far away, where you cannot use it
or know not how to raise the
crops, when you can get land
tributary to Duluth that is equal
to any on earth? Boost northern
Minnesota, for change.
Hardly an hour of the day
passes without from one to half a
dozen callers at the Rip-saw Of
fee, buying a bundle Of papers,
expressing appreciation or telling
stories of unfaithful public serv-
ice.
The Good Book says that "a
child shall lead them Poor,
illiterate, downtrodden Russia,
the child among the great ma
tions, became bone dry in a
night, almost. England and
France partially followed the ex-
ample. Now Uncle Sam talks
seriously Of locking up all the
distilleries, the breweries and
even the saloons. The Rip-saw
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
THE FLOODWOOD GRAVEL
PIT.

Floodwood, Mimi, April 80, 1917.
TO the Editor Of the Rip-saw:
In your issue of April 81, you
report Mr.. Charles Kauppi as
saying that Mr.. Coe and the state
engineers went over the Duluth
St. Vincent road for "a year with
out finding any gravel and that
the discovery Of a bed by Mr..
johnson was worth 81 900, rather
than $3.50, since it saved the
heavy cost Of getting gravel by
freight. Your paper also states
that he dismissed my Importance
with a sub-kingly wave Of the
hand and a remark that l owned
Il yellow dog.
I do not now and never have
owned a yellow dog and l do
not claim to be of any import
ance personally, but I have paid
taxes in st. Louis county for
about Is years and, because Of
that fact, do claim the right to
object to dishing out the county
funds to friends Of the county
auditor and commissioners with
out receiving full value in return.
I have claimed and still claim
that Mr.. Henry johnson did not
discover the gravelpit for which
he received $3.50 for finding. AL
though paid $40 a day, for %
days, he does not yet know
where the gravel is.
Mr.. Kauppi is represented as
saying that engineer Coe OBJ
jected to the gravel as being too
fine but that state engineer
Cooley decided it would do with
the clay of the road.
From these statements, l can
but conclude that neither state
nor county engineer ever looked
beyond the point where the
county road passes through
sandbed.
At that point, the deposit is
only a few hundred feet wide but
lit runs about a mile south from
the road and covers some four or
five hundred acres. The gravel
pit, proper, is from a quarter to
half a mile south Of the sandpit
now owned by the county. The
real gravelpit has coarse, clean
gravel, better than that of the
Great Northern pit at Brookston,
I think, for it contains less small
stones and rubble and is free
from clay.
This disposes Of Mr.. johnson s
finding the gravel.
As to the sandpit which Mr..
johnson claims he found, being
paid $40 day for $25 days, that
and the real gravelpit had been
mentioned by Mr.. Withee, j. w.
New, w. A. Baune, and others, in
and around Floodwood, long be-
fore Mr.. johnson went on his
historic prospecting trip. Some
of them even told Mr.. johnson
about it.
The writer had known of the
gravel bed for 25 years and, some
weeks before Mr.. johnson went
a-prospecting, had brought some
| of the coarse sand from Section
II to the First State Bank at
Floodwood. While on the ground,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
CITY PROSECUTOR SUDDENLY. FIRED TO
AVOID SILBERSTEIN'S RECALL.

Walter Gonska was Re-appointed Over the Objec-
tons of Magney and Phillips Commissioner
Silberstein Hears Rumors of Recall and Com
mits Political Suicide While i'm a Panic-Mr
Gonska and His Friends are Much Displeased and
Plan Revenge-Some Inside History Concerning
l. Assessor SCOTS disappointment.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
THE PUBLIC PULSE

The communications printed below necessarily the
views opinions of the Rpsaw They printed
matter Of public entirely responsibility of the
pondent All communications be signed writer's
good published If it
desired
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05
GREAT
SPRING
TONIC!

Take dose of that great men,
tai medicine-The Rip-saw. Buy
it. Take it home. Use it in your
families. Recommend it to your
neighbors. If it does not cure
that tired feeling, come and get
your money back.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-24
EQNEfXll1NSoEaWF6
TRUE LOVE MUST BE MUTUAL.

Il never could really understand Marge" said Paula "wby
kept on loving another after that loving
who does not love The
not really care for me began to get over loving him.
the French describe having heart like archoke
for every woman who wishes to pluck
But Jack Van Rensselaer, seemed take thinking
ne was IN love with me even after he did
for him. $500
But Paula ese do your he asked
Yes dear Jack love present than anyone
know answered very selfish a person.
We'll, shall love always and shall hope will
come when will be together always
Margie Jacks sentence and there
a storm brewing Immediately
Jack, she said, will you take back my cabin?
in his pleading with
pened and his said rather mpatenty In just snoher
be with you
Jack. I Miss Newton will excuse Won
With pleasure Mrs Van Rensselaer, anything help
Perhaps after WHILE she uncompromis-
ingly. 1 will let
Send for time, assured her,
Margie, q form 7
down luxurious suite
Newton sent for tell absolutely depend
his father If he should marry consent he
will be pennless.
-" where that news which you seem to
consider important might interest in the
together always "
rs my Rensselaer, one of those for
tunate who gets everything he
" What do mean by thatr
Il who is dear irresponsible boy
in love with and thinking this he marry
That is just that to which referring
we'll tell when the wife
laer , you will not have penny to bless yourself with
would not be the wife of Jonn
millions and Rockefeller combined
for the third time marry
Charlotte and be happy, said.
And Marge ia almost
While Mrs Van Rensselaer, did
her she much insuled did
of any girl in my position not wanting to do So"
Ito BE Contnued)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-24
The Aurora Borealis

number of nights has privileged witness
natures throbng the boreais north
lights.
About 10 o'clock this instance spectacle
ped broad panel extending the heavens just beneath the
North The rapid
motion from right left observed thru these bars from end
of the panel to the other
What phenomenon it that occasionally paints the northern
bright from horizon zenith paen that forms itself
arches light
coor that the wires the EARTH the cables under the
lights did this week back
those questions perhaps will
solve the mystery the oea and that be the unlocking Of
Gods greatest sanctuary.
Thomas Edison asked his opinion Of the northern lights and he
sad IF only knew whence they what caused them then might
claim know something of real value the human
they caused by electricity much about
anybody else, so far as am aware
The display of the northern lights this latitude
Nov A. 1887 At that me there scientific
the site of Tacoma make record of the phenomenon but
points there Professor Omstea then of Yale college, described
follows:
The sunset had covered the earth with mantle of
white The day closed early the evening with curious pageant
About o'clock while the sky thick with falling flakes all things
suddenly appeared dyed blood The entire atmosphere the surface
the EARTH the the houses and short the whole face of
Nature, tingled with the scarlet hue.
The display continued until after o'clock most and in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-24
BE CAREFUL IN USING
SOAP ON YOUR HAIR
Most SOAPS and prsnarsd .b.u

Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alksli,
which is very Injurious, as IL dries
the scalp and makes the hair
brittle.
The best thing to use il tust
plain mulsified cocoanut oil, for Il
70 pure and entirely grsaselsss.
It's very cheap. and beats the
most expensive soaps or any
thing else all to pieces. You can
get this at any drug store, and .
Few ounces will last the whole
family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub II In, about a tea
spoonful IL all that Ii required. 1t
makes an abundance OF : rich,
creamy lsther. cleanses thorough
ly. and rfnses out easily. The
hair dries quickly and evenly.
and ia soft. fresh looking, bright,
fluffy. wavy, and easy to handle.
Besides. 1t losssns aud takes out
every particle OF dust, dirt and
fandruff adv.