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Evening journal., 1918-03-29
New Sport Suits
in wool jersey cloth

Smart affairs on the most fashionable lines,
some with pinch backs. some box plated,
and with patch pockets -girlish models in
the correct spring shades-Sammee, French
grey. khaki, copen blues, corn, the new plum,
navy, $3.50, $500 and $500 each
Lighter weight wool jersey cloth Suits,
too, and new models that you must see to prop
erly appreciate. Come tomorrow for your
time is getting short if you would have the new
suit in plenty Of time for Easter. Poplins,
burellas, French serges, silvertones. And semi
tailored models for stout figures, $500 to
$3.50.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16

the end of the school year, On con.
dition that the teacher serves out
the year.
Inasmuch as the increase in pay
is so small, why wait until Dec. l
to begin? It seems an affront to
the intelligence of the teaching
corps to infer that a mere $35 will
hold them in their present posi-
tions.
I have observed that your
paper has presented many facts
concerning public affairs that,
otherwise, might have passed
without notice or comment; also
that you always stand for the
rights of those being imposed
upon. Here, in this case, you have
an opportunity to do some real
missionary work.
What profession has so many
and varied demands and receives
50 poor a financial return as that
of the teacher9 Why not give the
teachers the niggardly S. for the
full ten months, thus at least
showing good intentions?
APPRECIATIVE READER.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
Cooperation.

When Jehovah made the universe
The planets, stars and suns,
And gave to each and every one
A course in which it runs,
He saw that all this wondrous work
Would be reduced to naught
If every little world and star
With all it's neighbors fought.
And so he passed a stringent law
And placed it on creation,
That every part must work with all
In strict cooperation.
And when he got around to make
This little world of ours
And dressed it up with fruit and
grain
And beasts and birds and flowers,
He saw it was first-class piece
And one appropriate
Where man could raise a family,
But he must cooperate.
And so, kind friends and neighbors,
Who pillow and SOW and reap;
Who range the rangy cattle
Or herd the f1eeceful sheep,
Well have to stop all quarreling,
All jealousy, all hate,
And use bit of plain horse sense,
Which means-co-operate.
G.. E. Dill.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
our NOBLE SELF
PRAISED THE LORD FOR
HALDEN'S DEFEAT.

A former Duluthian, now lead
ing the simple life on a quarter
section of lowland in Aitkin
county, was riding on a 500 Line
train a few days ago, when he
overheard a passenger say:
"That id Rip-saw DEBATED
Halden.
Up jumped the former Dulu-
THAN and exclaimed:
els that so?"
eyes, it is so,' replied the pas
senger.
"Then thank the Lord" replied
the inquirer. II will believe in
Him more than ever
II suppose you know the Rip.
saw editor and Halden, both &
the former Duluthian asked the
passenger.
II never have seen the editor
of that paper,''' was the reply.
"but I met Halden once in a st,
Paul saloon and I thought him
to be very fine fellow
The former citizen Of St. Louis
county then proceeded to give
facts and figures concerning the
former King Of the Courthouse.
with force and effect.
81 was rather down-hearted on
account Of having lost in the ter.
rible forest fires everything I pos.
sess in this world, but the news
did me lot Of good and made me
feel just fne,'' writes the former
citizen.
It is almost needless to say that
the writer of that letter once was
badly double-crossed by the late
Kong Odin.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
AMERICA IN FRANCE.

You have not fought in vain, o dead,
Who sleep amid the peoples red:
Your plea, attested with your blood,
By all the world is understood,
And we, your brothers, come from
far
To win our nations service star.
How could we fail you, in your fight
For liberty, for truth and right!
You quailed not when the tempest
broke
About your homes; your bold guns
spoke
A message we ourselves would speak;
And we are here; with mighty tread,
Our sons avenge your noble dead.
Brave France! We cross the
troubled sea
Not only at your battle plea;
Though stirred to strife by wars
alarms,
We come not only men in arms:
We come 80 seal our broken past
With fellowship and friendship fast
One heart, one soul, for all the years,
Till earth may hide her warlike
fears; .
Till Freedom, idol Of your sires,
May pledge to all her sacred fires.
Thomas Curtis Clark.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
IN ATTENUATION.

We fully know and appreciate
the fact that the Rip-saw is not
at all up to par this week. No one
is more sorry for it than we are
but, we believe, our thousands Of
appreciative readers will overlook
the fact when they hear our plea
in extenuation.
The recent election was the cul-
mination Of a crusade, cam
paign of education, carried on for
nearly twenty long, weary, wear
ing months. When the finals came
on November 5, we were ready
and willing to take a few days
rest. -.
For the past ten days, two little
Rip-saws-Rip-s they are
have been i'll at the family shack
down on classic Park Point. Every
nights sleep has been badly
broken and nothing wears down
an editor like broken sleep.
Then came the collapse of the
Kaiser and his terrible hordes.
Rest, relief and celebration were
imperative in that event and we
joined more or less with the re-
mainder of patriotic Duluthians.
AS a result of all these condi-
lions, we have not been in a con-
dition of mind and body to prop
erly run a Rip-saw. Not only has
there been a dearth of readable
matter, but we have not been at
our best in putting it into read
able shape. : ~-~--
Our thousands of readers yearn-
ed for a Rip-saw last Saturday.
They expected it and were at a
loss without it.They burned with
curiosity as to what we would
have to say over the great battle
fought and victory won in the
late campaign.
We dislike, greatly, to disap-
point the expectant ones but it
hardly has been possible to avoid
it. We ask indulgence for this one
time and, if it is a human posi-
bility, the next issue will be one
with stiff. whiskers.
Now that the cruel war is over,
let there be peace and let US love
one another.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
HOTLUNCHES NEEDED.
Duluth, Nov. Ia, '08.
To The Editor of The Rip-saw:

To The Editor of The Rip-saw:
wish to call attention to what
I consider a glazing fault in the
Duluth public school system, viz:
The eating Of cold lunches by
thousands of school children.
Some farmers are humane
enough to warm the swill for their
hogs; some heat the water for
their COWS in cold weather; but
the coming generation Of men and
women is compelled, after several
hours of mental labor, to sit
around in class rooms and eat cold
lunches.
No doubt the superintendent
goes home to a warm meal. l
would think that some provision
could be made for giving boys and
girls a warm drink at noon time,
milk or soup, at cost price. With
all the demands made upon their
supply of mental and physical en-
ergy by growth and study, surely
something should be done to re-
plenish depleted enegies OF our
boys and girls.
Nearly every school has equip
ment of some sort for domestic
science work. Why not use such
| equipment to the fullest extent I?
If the domestic science teachers
lack the time to prepare warm
drinks or foods, then let the stu
dents do it for practice. If that is
impracticable, then hire a woman,
anything to get it done.
| If there is not money enough
| to carry on so important a work,
| then cut out some Of the frills,
fads and furbelows already in the
system, such as music and art sup
ervisory who are reputed to lack
sufficient pupils to keep them
busy.
Is it any wonder that the army
tests show such a large percentage
of our young men to be physically
unfit for service, when no provis.
ion is made at all for the most
important function Of the human
being, proper eating and good di,
gestion.
| It is about time a halt is called
in the rapid introduction of every
new fad in educational work. Let
as first get our feet on solid ground
and, after once standing firmly
we can keep that position by hav-
ing a fit and proper noon time
meal for our children stomachs.
PHYSICIAN.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
THAT FOOD HOG HUNT.

Editor Morrison, Of the Duluth
Rip-saw, is doing a splendid work
in showing up the methods Of the
Michigan street food hog graft
ers-a snug little monopoly that
gets the people coming and gong,
says G. M. Atkinson in the Mesaba
Ore. "The man with nerve
enough to stand. up and fight the
Duluth hogiteers will win in the
end, and do northern Minnesota a
great and lasting good, and we
believe Editor Morrison is the man
to do it. That accomplished, there
will be break in the interlock-
ing directorate that has the City
of Virtue by the throat"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
EVIL EFFECTS OF KITCFIE GANINI BOOZE.

old Chawley MITCHELL edtorinchef of the Duluth News
Tribune been the Kch Gammi club Wednesday
afternoon broken Gill Haey liquor locker Who
Kche Gamm jag could write wilder editorial than
following entitled "The County Loses Its Best Official pub
ished in the issue of Thursday Nov. z, viz:
he has been accused
until he died.
had helped many politics and had out
he built himself He
penalty the that of St. Louis county, not of himself
political
and outeas in of candidates
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
THINKS A WICKED DEED
HAS BEEN DONE.
Duluth, Nov. IL, '18.

DuluGu, 1NON. L., 10.
To The Editor of The Rip-saw:
Iwish some one would ask Supt.
Hoke why he removed a principal
from a building that was "going
all right and emo fault to be
found with it,; where she had
served well and faithfully; and
where her life was bound up in
the life Of that school and that
neighborhood. Not only was that
principal moved without the usual
courtesy of talking over the
change with her but also in a way
that has been taken by everyone
as a demotion; also as a gentle
hint that the Power That Is has
a personal favorite to move up into
the place.
Teachers were moved in Sep
tember with no word about it, as
custom, ethics and common cour-
tesy require. Some designations on
the spot were the result.
The board Of education may not
comprehend that teachers need
and deserve some explanation when
a change is desired. At any rate,
most of the members Of the school
board appeared at the first teach
ers' meeting apparently for the
purpose of telling the world that,
no matter what crime was COM
mitted, they would back up the
superintendent. =
If the present superintendent is
unpopular, there are reasons for
it in the way he uses teachers who
do not run along and bow down.
In the writer's opinion, director
Davis undoubtedly had a hand in
the humiliation of this particular
principal, so summarily transfer
red. Those responsible for that
transfer have, l believe, done a
wicked deed. They have done more
harm to a human soul than they
could have dreamed. A hurt has
been given that never will heal
and there are many who feel it
a shame. r'
HIGHLY INDIGNANT.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
THE PEOPLES VICTORY.

On election day, in the words
of a frontier: statesman, the peo-
pie "seen their duty and done
it." They cleaned out the Spiders
Den in the marble-lined court
house and they sent their non
resident congressman, with his
carpet bags, back to Washington
to complete his term of office be-
fore retiring to private life.
Odin Halden, so-called king of
the courthouse and county auditor
for twenty-four years, has been
banished by the people of St.
Louis county. On the first Mon
day of next January, the auto
cratic official will step down and
out and Walter Bergen, his heav-
lily elected successor, will step in
and up.
The king is dead! Long live
the king!
Odin Halden was doomed. His
defeat surprised no one so much
as himself. He was out of touch
with the common people and bust.
ness men who believe in square
dealing and close attention to Of
fetal duties. Although Mr.. Halden
put up the greatest campaign in
all his political experience, the
people were not to be seduced
from their determination to re.
place him with a new servant.
Honor, manhood and good citizen.
ship stood firm. The decision to
make a change in auditor was
effectively carried out,
The Rip-saw positively pre-.
dicted Halden's defeat. The out
come Of his last race for pie
counter power was known weeks,
even months, before Halden and
his friends woke up to the seri.
BUSINESS Of the situation.
For twenty long months the
Rip-saw handed out information
to the people as to the undesira-
bility of Halden's further occu.
pancy of the office. From office,
shop. farm and forest came the re-
Spouse: "We have not known
these things. We now know and
believe. We have voted for Hal.
den for the last time.''
Every two weeks, for twenty
long, weary months, the Rip-saw
editor held reception with the
citizens of Duluth and st. Louis
county as he vended the great
family journal on the city's
streets. The people, thirsting for
facts, not only bought the Rip
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
JOURNALISTIC ,JIM-JAMS
BROTHER BROWNS BOOTY BRAY.

Walter Brown edits the Tribune-H Chisholm In his
Nov he urged his readers vote for prohibition
the Col Brown printed editorial that superfn
example of editorial mjams due of
hooch. Here it is, gentle reader, viz:
candidates
auditor The former has filed that office and the latter
making socially
of both beyond question The fact that bkhg
the
diedt either certainly that Walter Bergen
Odn Hdn has d for matchmaking other All that
which would
render the county the most efficient service Would be the who has filled
it
the the who seeks the office with the intent to determine
hard thing
but would be decided
Odin Halden has made
all citizens.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
AUSTIN J. MEAGHER.
PRAISES RIP-SAW'S WORK

Clifton, Mimi, Nov. 6, 1918.
John L. Morrison, Esq,
Duluth, MINI.
Sir Il have been instructed by
the Clifton voters to congratulate
you, Mr.. Bergen and the Rip-saw
for the splendid campaign you put
up against the king Of the court
house. All of us here now are
willing to walk that extra mile
when we 60 to or from the D. &
I. R., seeing that the Rip-saw has
come out on top. Keep the pot
boiling and show up the old News
Tribune, as well as some Of the
candidates it has been boosting
for office, as it really is.
Truly yours,
OLE BERG.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
ELECTION RETURNS ANALYZED

comprehensive, calmly CRITICAL enghening and deeply
interesting and county election results
by Ransom Mce editor of the Steel
the history of and events in St.
county and he willing to play the
of toady the Fat Boys he could and
would bank Editor Metcalfe
would be right than be rich His review of election results
district county S follows, Wis
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16

The defeat of Congressman
Clarence B. Miller by w. L. Carss
Of Proctor, the labor candidate,
was surprise to some people but
not to others. Mr.. Miller won
considerable prominence but the
feeling was general that he had
drifted away from his early moor
ings and had forgotten that the
plain toilers were the ones he
should serve. 1t was not because
he had written letters at the out
break of the war indicating that
he was against it, not because he
had criticised the national admin
istration, not because he supported
the presidents war measures, that
he was defeated, but because he
came to be looked upon by the
toilers as a reactionary who not
only desired to ''sidetrack" all in
.dustrial reforms until after the
war, but to sidetrack them for
ever thereafter, that he was
elected to stay at home.
It is to be hoped that the newly
elected congressman will not fall
into the same error, that he will
steer clear of the Little Tam
manys, the unsafety commissions,
the wiles of the profteers, and be
and remain truly and surely indie
pendent, in which case he can
count upon long and honorable
career. The Evening Herald pro-
prietor, who fell into line for
Carss at the last moment, when he
saw the drift was all that way,
will want a finger in the pie so as
to further entrench himself and
his band Of political pirates in
power and there will be other vi
cious elements that will try to
pull the wool over his eyes, but
to their willy pleadings he should
turn a very deaf ear.
Oh, yes, by the way, the morn
ing paper is very sorry for Mr..
Miller, after having tried to defeat
him two years ago with a candi-
date of its own, yet it DEGREES that
while the general national results,
which show a drift toward the
Republican party, are big re-
buke to the Democratic admins
tration, the defeat Of Miller has
no national significance whatever.
Of course. That's logic for you.
The defeat of Odin Halden was
something that should have been
done the first time he appeared
for reelection to the office of
county auditor. We said 20 years
ago that he should be defeated
and have said so ever since, be-
cause we have realized that he
was a tool of corporate interest
and greed. It takes the voters
Of St. Louis county a long time
to wake up, but they do some
times. To Commissioner Little,
who was defeated for reelection,
is due much Of the credit for be-
ginning the campaign that re-
suited in Haldep's debacle; and,
for carrying on the work to q
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
POETS CORNER
WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME.

WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME.
There's a happy time coming,
When the boys come home.
There's a glorious day coming,
When the boys come home.
We will end the dreadful story
OF this treason dark and CORY
In sunburst of glory,
When the boys come home.
The day will seem brighter
When the boys come home,
For our hearts will be lighter
When the boys come home.
Wives and sweethearts Will press
them
In their arms and caress them,
And pray God to bless them,
When the boys come home.
The thinned ranks will be produtest
When the boys come home,
And their cheer will ring the loudest
When the boys come home.
The full ranks will be shattered.
And the bright arms will be battered,
And the battle-standards tattered,
When the boys come home.
Their bayonets may be rusty,
When the boys come home,
And their uniforms dusty,
When the boys come home.
But all shall see the traces
OF battles royal graces,
In the brown and bearded faces,
When the boys come home.
Our love shall go to meet them
When the boys come home,
To bless them and to greet them,
When the boys come home;
And the fame of their endeavor
Time and change shall not discover
From the nations heart forever,
When the boys come home.
John Hay, in 1868.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
HIGHLY INDIGNANT:
DISSATISFIED TEACHER
Duluth, Nov. 10, 1918.

To the Editor Of the Rip-saw:
Perhaps you have noticed that
the Duluth teachers were given a
raise Of SIS a,month, beginning
Dec. 1, said raise to be payable at
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ENJOYED A GLIMPSE.

VISIIIId, 1NVV' y, iO1O'
Editor of the Rip-saw:
Will you please send me the last
two issues of the Rip-saw. I wish
to subscribe and will remit as soon
as I receive the papers and learn
the subscription price. I only got
a glimpse Of one of your papers
but surely was glad of the
glimpse.
Very truly yours,
W. A. SMITH.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
RIP-SAW FURNISHED FACTS.

E1OouWOOu, 1NOF. I, IOIO.
My dear Mr.. Morrison:
More power to the Rip-saw. The
citizens of St. Louis county are
under heavy obligations to it's edi-
tor for placing facts before them
which, otherwise, they never
would have known. Without that
knowledge they would have kept
on voting for the now defunet
king Of the courthouse, as it had
become a habit and the late konge
claimed it was a vested right.
The king is dead. Long live the
citizen.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1918.

saw but they passed words of en-
couragement and expressed their
plain opinion Of our position on
public matters. Still others called
at the office, telephoned, or COM
municated by letter. Thousands
swore allegiance to the cause of a
clean and kingless courthouse.
What was a surprise to many
men, possessing more money than
real information, was we'll known
in advance and taken as a GER
tainty in the Rip-saw office.
Our residence and reputation
in Duluth for the past twenty
six years made it impossible for
anyone to impugn our motives.
The ignorant few who howled
about Throwing mud' either
were newcomers or beneficiaries
of the Halden system Of pie
counter benefits. The people and
the people alone were back Of the
anti-Halden movement.
In not a single, solitary instance
did we publish nything concern
ing the defeated auditor that we
did not know or believe to be
true. Not in a single, solitary in
stance did Halden deny the Rip
saws charges. He could not do
it and dared not try. Knowing
that, he tried to wave his royal
hand and sheer away the Rip
saws indictments.
But through this long campaign
against autocracy and inefficiency
in the auditors office, we have
had no personal grudge or spite.
Our only purpose was to serve
the people and improve conditions
in the county auditors office.
So signally, so easily, was the
peoples courthouse made safe
for democracy by Halden's de-
feat that the rank and file of
the voters now deeply regret that
they did not make still other
changes. 1t would have been as
easy as rolling off a log. The Rip
saw believes that the people made
a mistake when they did not pick
a successor to county attorney
Greene, but that's another story.
Congressman Miller, like Odin
Halden, never believed that de-
feat was possible. It came quickly,
easily and overwhelmingly. Mr..
Miller, alone, was responsible for
that defeat. He forgot his consti-
tuents. He rocked the boat when
the country and the president
were in sore trouble. He climbed
onto the band wagon at the last
minute of the eleventh hour. His
| loss will not be nearly so great
as some Of his partisan friends
| now: feel.
Although the Rip-saw helped
the cause Of Carss, the people
| nominated him and elected him.
The Rip-saw showed up Mr.. Mil
ler's weaknesses. 1t was, in fact,
the very first paper in the dis
trict to come out strongly and
aggressively for the sturdy man
from Proctor.
| The plain, common people have
much to rejoice over in the au-
| ditorial and congressional cleo
lions. The pie-counter contingent,
the Big Interests, the boot-lickers
and the weaklings who merely
echo the Big Noises have cause
to hide their heads in clouds of
gloom.
Now that the cruel war is over,
we offer the olive branch to the
defeated. Our congratulations and
best wishes are extended to the
virile victors whose banners now
float over battlements so lately
won back by and to the people.
I
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NUTTY CHATTER OF THE SQUIRREL.

The Herald squirrel after camperng and down The top rail Of
the old the ground Saturday evening" Nov
and handed the minormaton as follows Wis
Hlden bids fair to succeed himself county
Walter
condition
theseuu mean and Importance.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
INCOMPATIBLE BRAIN FOOD

Buyck, Mimi, Nov. 3, 191o.
Editor of the Rip-saw:
Enclosed you will find check for
81 to apply on subscriptions as
designated herewith. I have
bought a few copies when in Du-
luth, therefore this business is the
result Of your good work in tell
ing the truth about our beloved
servants in the courthouse.
Yours truly,
FRANK SHEBAT.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-16
HAS PLACE TO. FALL,

Oh, no, you needn't be sorry for
Halden. He has a good berth to
fall into and one the voters can
not get at. He's earned it, too
The Mesaba Ore.