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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13
HALDEN IS DOOMED.

: County auditor Halden has been
saved from defeat couple Of
times by the votes Of democrats.
Usually those votes came chiefly
from democrats who think more
Of a place at the political pie
counter than they do of official
efficiency and principle. Pick
ing being poor in democratic pas
lures, they were willing, even
anxious, to swap votes for a seat
for themselves or their followers.
:. The courthouse carpenter. for
example, who put on and took
off county auditor Halden' s
storm windows at expense of
county time and money, origi-
nally secured his place through
the efforts of a democratic ward
boss.
Under existing state laws the
office Of county auditor is non
partisan, therefore men of any
party can legally and properly
vote for a candidate without ref
erence to his party affiliations.
But what is legal often cannot
be done with consistency and
good taste.
If Odin Halden, for example,
were at least halfway nonparti-
san, no question could or would
be raised as to good taste and
consistency on the part Of any
party man voting for him.
But there is nothing nonpar-
tisan about Odin Halden. He is
a partisan of partisans. He even
imagines. he is the local boss of
the party with which he affili-
ates. He never winks an eye or
takes a step without considering
party politics. He looks on any
voter outside Of his own party as
a mercenary, hired and paid for
in cash, place or promises.
Any consistent party man, dem
ocrat, republican, prohibitiopist
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13
SATURDAY, JULY Is, 1918.

or socialist, who votes for man
like Odin Halden, shows poor
taste and encourages a man who
plays the people as counters to
enable him to jump into the king
row on the checker board of
county office and politics.
There is no good excuse for
any democrat to vote for Odin
Halden this fall, no matter what
his inducements or arguments,
and there are logical reasons why
every real democrat should not
vote for him.
Halden's political doom is
sealed.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13
WHAT DID YOU DO?

When the war has been won,
When our duty Is done,
When our sailors come sailing the
foam;
When our men Of the air
And the guns over there
All the Nation is welcoming home;
They will come to your door,
The young winners Of war,
They will look you up, over and
through,
And in word, or in thought,
They will ask, like as not:
"Well, we did quite q lot
What did you?" .'~ f-''s@sraE q"
When the years have gone by,
And the pages are dry
That the story Of struggle record:
With democracy sure, ..,..,.,.,,,.
When we're living secure go
In the strength Of our soul and our
sword
In that glorious time
70 your knee there will climb
Then Z boy, or . girf, or the two.
And will say, Some we're brave
On the hAA and the wave,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13
THE GRIM REAPER.

The Grim Reaper certainly has
laid heavy toll recently on men
near and dear 10 St. Louis county
and the city Of Duluth.
Senator E. B. Hawkins was
hardly past his prime. Many a
man has done his great life work
after the age Of fifty-four years.
The ways of Nature are past un-
derstanding Of poor mortals.
Death certainly loves shining
marks.
Senator Hawkins was literally
a self-made man. With great
business success and wealth to
his credit, he loved nothing bet.
ter than to share his good things
with friends and deserving &C
quaintances. There was nothing
misery or selfish in his big heart.
Loyalty to a friend was a religion
with him, and his word, once
given, was as good as his bond.
It was not our good fortune to
possess a personal acquaintance
with Senator Hawkins, but we
count as our friends many who
were near to him and who loved
him like a brother. To all such,
we beg to extend our deepest
sympathy.
W. w. Walken another man
right in his prime and with great
success ahead Of him as we'll as
behind him, in the railroad world,
was cut down at a time when his
services were needed by his coun-
try and when his thousands of
friends and admirers little ex-
pected it. He was a favorite son
Of this city and his departure for
that Far Country will be incurred
and his memory revered for many
years.
We. personally knew, admired
and appreciated j. u. Greatsinger
who recently died at Elmira, N,
Y. He was a popular man while
he resided in Duluth, president
Of the D. & I. R. He was a mas
ter hand in managing MEN and
he had heart that ever respond.
ed to the calls of those who were
worthy He had a rare, likable,
even unique personality. Knowl-
edge Of human nature and a sense
of humor helped him to go far
and easily. Peace to his ashes.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13
A WORD WITH OUR READERS

Some of the Rip-saw's valued
and esteemed readers make the
criticism that the previous issue
was too dry. At other times,
still other readers have made the
criticism that the Rip-saw was
too lively and breezy.
To strike a happy medium is
an editors exacting task. If he
takes one course, street and news
stands sales fall off. If he takes
another course, prospective sub
scribers side-step the subscrip-
ton list and disappoint the pub
Usher.
The average reader, too, is
prone to judge a publication by
some particular article in one is
sue out of the entire year Of is
sues. The average reader is
quite apt to find fault with one
little paragraph, in one little ar
ticle, and fail to praise or ap-
prove the many interesting, in
structive and carefully prepared
articles over months of time.
The Rip-saw is a genuine one
man sawmill. The entire work,
shaking out dead-heads, filing
the saw, piling the product, get
ting it to market, even loading
and billing it, falls on one man.
1t often takes eighteen hours a
day and seven days week to do
all that half way creditably, to
say nothing Of brilliantly.
The head sawyer invites crit
icisms and takes pleasure in re-
ceiving words Of approval for
anything creditably done. No
one knows so we'll as he how far
short this undertaking comes Of
measuring up to the high stand
ard he has set. He has great
hope and desire Of attaining that
standard, despite these troublous
and stringent times.
A big, paid, loyal list Of sub
scribers will do more to bring
the Rip-saw nearer perfection
than any one thing. If you can
see more of good than bad in
the great family journal, push it
onward and upward by getting
your name on the roll Of honor,
the subscription list.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13
Some they everything gave
What did youg'a s

Or it may be at night 49, =. go,
Yol viii sit by the light :, u.
Ola. fire in home that is free;
You will sit all alone
Meath a roof of your own
In some year of the future to be,
> And q voice down inside
Will say, Some of them died.
Or they suffered their duty to do,
And the ones who could not
Give their all, gave a lot,
Gave their money-say, what,
What did you?"
Douglas Malloch.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13
CIVILIAN STACKER FINED.

Down in Pine county Ole Sohl-
berg lives on q farm of 120 acres.
Last year he failed to cultivate
the land and he started on the
same policy this year, possibly
thinking that he could make q
living by the use Of his mouth,
just like J. Adam Bede. This
year he also permitted his herd
Of ten or twelve cattle to run
wild.
Sohlberg was recently pulled
up on the charge Of being a CIV
ilian Stacker and was prosecuted
by direction Of the state safety
commission. The recreant plead.
ed guilty, paid a fine Of 800
and promised to get to work.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13

which does not include his
mother.
There can be no German peace,
and it is foolish to entertain such
a notion-the kaiser and his
damnable bureaucracy must be
forever destroyed. So long as
Bill the Damned is at large, de-
mocracy can never come clean
to the world.-The Mesaba Ore.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13
GOODBYE, BILLY SUNDAY.

Billy Sunday has been to Du-
luth and gone away. After weeks
Of wrestling with old Satan, De-
mon Rum and other Imps of
Darkness, about 5000 people,
hiked down the famous sawdust
trail and announced to the world
that they wished to improve on
their past lives.
The Rip-saw has only words Of
encouragement and congratula-
ton for any fellow who wishes
to lead a better life. 1t is a ter
rible thing to put a stumbling
block in the way Of anyone seek
ing to travel the straight and
narrow path. If only a small
number adhere closely to their
professions of religion may not
even that be worth MANIFOLD the
cost in dollars9
While we certainly do not
think exactly as Billy Sunday on
many things, and while we may
not, individually, enthuse over
some Of his methods, that is a
matter chiefly for him and his
disciples. If his views and his
methods get results for the bet
ter, then strength to his body,
heart and soul. It is not for us
to put obstacles on the track.
The Rip-saw did not specialize
on Billy Sundays campaign here.
When it came to handling it from
a news standpoint, the daily pa
pers did it fully and effectively.
When it came to writing some
thing with individuality and out
Of the ordinary, condition of
health, demands of daily work
and various other things seemed
to make it impossible to under
take such a task.
The Ripsaw begs to offer good
wishes and encouragement to
Billy Sundays converts. May
they and the community in which
they live be the better for the
epochal experience Of their lives.
Billy Sunday came here to do
good, not harm. There is every
indication that much more good
than harm came from his minis
try to this community. May long
life, good health and a heavy
measure of success be given him
in his chosen field of endeavor.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13
MY BONNIE LAD.

my lad" I said, I'VE must not ask
The men who look to you
For anything on Gods green earth
That ye would never do"
He tilted up his chin and said,
eyes, I'll remember, Dad"
And, oh! the Draw look on his face
Will always make me glad.
We ken I had my doots about
War being right Or wrong,
But not a doot about the boy
I'm loving in my song.
I took his hand and said goodbye,
And kissed my bonny lad,
Who pledged himself in hearty word.
II will remember, Dad"
SO long as we could see bit
OF that old dock in sight,
We saw him waving to his Dad
That everything was right.
We sailed away-we left him there,
To go his way alone;
The days were long without the lad,
Who was our only one.
My bonny lad, my bonny lad,
He's faded from my sight;
A wee bit road is left to me,
I want to make it right.
While God shall let me hold the flag
And gle me strength to sing,
I'll have a care for other lads
And comfort to them bring.
My bonny lad, your Dads old heart
Is well nigh broke in two
The while he sings to other lads
The songs he sang for you;
For in each boyish, ,upturned face
He sees the other lad,
Who signals from an unknown port,
II did remember, Dad"
Mrs. John Palmer Nye, Shenan>
doah, Iowa.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13
TROOPER ON THE TRANSPORT.

TROOPER ON THE TRANSPORT.
Oh, the seas all right for the sailors,
With their suits Of navy blue,
But the trooper on the transport
Has a different sort of view.
I can't get used to slanting decks,
The motion makes me pale;
And I do my exercising
With my head hung DER the rail.
Oh, roll out in the morning,
Maybe roll a cigarette;
And I roll up in the mess room
Ny rolled oats there to get.
Then I roll around until
The sun is westward drowned,
And I roll into my bunk again
First time it rolls around.
Oh, q boat drills not exciting,
Tho we do it on the run.
I want to hear "Trot" March"
again;
That's my idea of fun.
Or when out on scouting duty,
Taking bitches at the lope
Is better job than watching
For a German periscope.
Oh, give me my good steed again,
I'm tired Of bucking berths;
When my saddle starts to slide
around
can tighten up the girths.
But when old "Hor" starts stirring
up
= The waves with mighty hand,
Oh, the seas all right for sailors,
But I'll take mine on land.
Sergeant Traxton.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-07-13

II you do not see it in the
daily papers yeu probably will
find it IN the Rip-saw, =
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

with which some Of tho most prom
inent leaders of the two organiza-
cations have d worked together is
shown by the recently published let
ter from the secretary of the Nom
Partisan League to the president of
the l. w. w., both being among the
guiding spirits of their respective or
CARNATIONS. This letter was written
when the United States was practi-
cally at war, with Germany, and only
the day before Congress formally
admitted and declared that this state
Of war existed with Germany. In
this etter, Mr.. LeSuer, the secretary
of the Non-Partisan League, writes to
Mr.. Haywood, who has since been
convicted of violation of the cspion-
age act and sentenced to 20 years in
Fort Leavenworth. He speaks of
the damned war business interfering
with the work of their respective
organizations and adds 4 think the
fight should now be centered against
spy bills and conscription.' This is
the essential sentence.
"Many honest, but as / believe
misguided or nfisinformed men, were
at the time against the declaration of
war, just as many of the men who
then in April favored the declaration
of war had, as believe, mistaken
and misguidedly opposed it two
months previously, or two years pre-
viously. You gentlemen, all know
that as soon as the Lusitania was
sunk l publicly advocated cur acting
precisely as we did act two years
later, during which the conditions
suffered no substantial change.
"But,I am not speaking of M. Lee
Suer having been against the decla-
ration of war with Germany--what 1
wish to call attention to is his then
being in correspondence with Mr..
Haywood to center opposition against
the passing of spy bills and against
CONSUMPTION.
Remember that the spy bills were
passed in spite of this opposition and
that Mr.. LIE Seur's correspondent and
friend, is now serving a penitentiary
term in consequence Of violating the
spy bill. AS for the opposition to
conscription it was simply another
way of announcing opposition to the
effective carrying on of the war.
Loyal American citizens cannot
afford to support or give aid and
comfort or to be politically associated
with the Non-Partisan League and 1.
w. w. while they are under the
present leadership.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

The hearts of thousands have bled
this week over the awfulness> of the
Fire Demons work. 1t is an awful
chapter of human suffering and the
heart is small indeed in him who can
not sympathise and help the unfor-
Inmates in this great calamity. Ely
people have responded nobly and to
their credit. 1t comes home to us of
the ranges for we too at times have
faced this same Demon Fire. We
know it's awfulness and it is easy to
give all that we can to alleviate the
sufferings of the peoples who have
passed through it. And those who
started this confagration there are no
words adequate to describe them
What pity that they cannot be ap.
pretended and then left to the mer-
cies of the survivors of their awful
act. How any human being can have
it in their heart to commit such g
crime is beyond us. Let us hope
then that there is place prepared
for them so carefully provided that
full reparation will be handed then
for all the human suffering they
have caused.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18
The American Flag is flying today

The American Flag is flying today
on the Seven Seas. And wherever
it flies we are proud of it. Not
smirch on its silken folds. Not a
stain of dishonor. We are fighting
fairly and history is being written
that our children's children will not
be ashamed to read anywhere or in
any country. The great old banner
is casting it's shadow in every cline
and every country and the peoples OF
those countries are learning what it
signifies and Equality to
all. Some day, some time the Old
Flag will be revered by every nation
because of what it has taught them
in the past. Some day under its
folds each person can call his soul
his very own and recognize no master
from the viewpoint of the slavery in
which, mayhap, he has lived. The
Old Flag speaks in every language
and tells of the most precious thing
in life-LIBERTY! When the Old
Flag is draped over the Peace Table,
and it will be draped there, at the
conclusion of hostilities, it will stand
for the Equality of Men. Regardless
of tongue or nativity Old Glory will
be there as an emblem of humanity
and fairness and square deal for
all. Some day, some time, the word
Democracy will be the better under
stood by every nation and Old Glory
will be given the credit of bringing
about the downfall of kings and
Kaisers and Royal Families to the
good of the common people. May it
continue to wave in the great cause
it has espoused until such time aseall
shall be born free and equal and with
certain inalienable rights. We each
know the rest And the time is
coming and not long off as the ages
run by US when we shall be free and
equal before God and man and all
and through the uplift concealed
in the folds of the greatest flag in the
world today-The American Flag.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

Possibly now that after this awful
blow, when the stricken people come
out of their stunned condition, that
they will first build retreat for the
family before building the home in
the forest again. A place in which
the family can go to in case of for
est fire. A cave in the ground, and
smoke protected where the whole
family can retire and not be suffo-
Gated by the intense smoke. 1t is
good judgement to do so. The lives
of the family are of greater value
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

"Long Tom" Davis, certainly had
his crust with him when he invaded
the range townws week ago talking
tonnage tax. While Tom showed an
abundance of nerve, we very much
question his judgement. Tonnage
takers should be tabooed and other
wise given the cold shoulder in the
range towns and we are sure that the
only thing that saved Davis while
here was the law-abiding spirit of
fair play usually shown by residents
of this section of the state. How'nell
a man advocating the ruination of
our cities, schools and homes, can
expect to get votes for himself and
party with this line of talk, is past
our comprehension.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18
ROOSEVELT ENDORSES BURNQUIsT

Speaking at Minneapolis, Monday,
October z, Theodore Roosevelt, Am
erica's foremost private citizen, gave
the following endorsement of Cover
nor j. A. Burnquist.
Governor Burnquist has been as
staunch a war governor as there has
been in the entire country. From
the moment the war was on he drop
ped all other considerations except
that of loyalty and service to the
nation and he has stood for
100 per cent Americarism and loo
per cent prosecution of the war to
the peace of overwhelming victory.
'The hitter opposition to him las
been engineered with es ,ecia; ma
liynity b. the men whose real :b-
lection to him was the fact that he
was absolutely loyal.
"Loyal Americans should stand be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

Our hats off to Ely and its gen.
erous citizens. No sooner had the
news of the terrible disaster that
befell the towns and cities in the dew
asted section of the state reached
here, when steps were at once taken
to do all possible to relieve distress.
Money began flowing in and up to
the hour of going to press a fine
showing of generosity has been dis
played. A list is given in another
column. This list is not complete
but will be added to as fast as the
names come in. Ely does things in
the good, old, efficient Ely way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

A few of our exchanges feel that
it was. calamity when the fellow
who Was tarred and feathered in
Duluth a few weeks ago, hung him
self. He was one of those who had
partaken of everything coming to
the American citizen and when asked
to become one of us, refused. After
being shown the error of his ways
with a coat of tar and feathers the
fellow evidently took the lesson to
heart and hung himself. The only
calamity we can see in the whole
affair was that several more of a
like calibre don't follow suit. 1t is
to be hoped that the fair trade-com-
mission of the United States will reg
ulate the price of rope so as to bring
it within the reach of few more of
this class. If these newspapers have
tears to shed we hope they will use
them for someone besides a traitor
to the country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

A large section of the State of
Minnesota was destroyed by a fire
which swept like hurricane through
the devastated region. An account
of the horror will be found in the
inside pages but words are a weak
vehicle to convey the restitution
and death wrought by the holocaust.
Towns, cities, farms, families and all
were wiped out inside of an hour.
Homes, it had taken a lifetime to es-
tablish lasted a minute or more
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

We hardly believed it but the U.
S. Fuel Administration tells US that
so far we have saved half million
barrels of gasoline during the past
four gasless Sundays. There is lot
of "kicks" in a half million barrels
of the10 per cent stuff and it will all
go to the boys over there in France
and help them to win this war for us.
And to think of it, lot of people
have had faces as long as horse,
since the ban was put on because one
day was cut out of their joy-riding.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

Those who shed tears over the al
legged airplane fiasco we have all of
us read of in the papers the other
day, will now brace up after reading
that our boys staged the biggest flock
of planes that the world has seen on
the 18th of this month and over the
Kaiser's platte patch at that. Cheer
up-someone may yet get the old
sparkplug on the Liberty Motor to
firing yet instead of short-circuiting
as reported.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18
Two Children. Die.

Frances, the eleven-months old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Jacklin,
died Sunday after long illness da-
ting from birth. The funeral took
place from the Catholic church.
Elmer, the 7-months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. Mannigo, died Wednes-
day of bronchitis after a short ill
ness. The funeral takes place today
from the Finnish church.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

The papers state that some mis-
guided cuss stole something like four
teen million dollars of German Sc
curities the, other day in Berlin
The thief evidently desired to pape,
the woodshed, or the old wood-boH
perhaps, and figured that possibly
that was about all they were gooo
for anyway,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

. And we lived beside them for al
these years, and merely thought OF
them as.sfgiends and ..neighborsy and
today, I'VE, find them with influence
germs in their possession and trying
to kill us off as unfairly. as they can
knowing that they canot do sc, fairly
Guess whom we mean-Right. YOU
guessed it the first time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

That was awful nice of President
Wilson to save the wear and tear on
his typewriter in replying to the Ger
man bluff of peace. It would have
been mighty interesting to have been
a mouse in the Royal Den over there
when Bill put on his storm windows
to scan that note.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-18

That certainly must have been a
depth bomb Woodrows' message to
Bill. At least it got under. their old
hides and seemed to stir things from
the floor of dugout to the rag car
pet in the throne room. You bet it
was loaded good and plenty. Never
again. Bill talk peace to an American
without first handing over your gun.