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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-09
NEW YEAR AT HARDY HALL.

Back in 1928, Miss Kate Hardy
conducted a select school for girls in
Duluth, called Hardy Hall, then To-
Gated in the East End. Later on,
Luther Mendenhall financed the cree
tion Of an imposing structure out
Hunters Park way, on the Woodland
car line. Later on, Miss Kate Hardy
became Mrs. Luther Mendenhall. but
that's another and longer story.
Miss HARE, talented lady, was
Miss Hardy's able assistant at Hardy
Hall. When Jan. rolled around in
1893, Miss HARE held watch party
for the ladies of Hardy Hall. The
dining room was set apart for the oe.
casion and all the fair ones gathered
around the fireplace where weird and
creepy ghost stories were told until
the New Year was born. Miss Sibley
also read a clever poem composed by
Miss Hare and, after the advent OF
the New Year. refreshments were
served.
The palmy days Of Hardy Hall are
gone, if not fully forgotten.
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the bonds? Will the reads be fun Of
automobiles on the day before the
1920 election, with the owners boost.
ing for the Babcock amendment?
There was no emphasis given the un-
certainty Of the 1920 election in the
campaign just closed.
May we have the honor Of introduc-
ing Mr.. Booth Harrington, a literary
gentleman Of brains and other parts,
who comments suitably on the FORE
going, as follows, viz:
II begin to think about my taxes
again. I find that don't mind those
that were needed to clean up the war
bills; but all the reconstructionists
worry me more and more. They seem
to feel that they can scatter my earn
ings so much better than I CAM
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THE LAW OF THE CITY.

And this is the Law Of the City
To buy and double and sell,
To strive and save and curse and crave
For the price Of seat in hell.
You may shirk from the fight with
the forest,
From the struggle in mine and camp,
From the gnawing cold in the search
for gold,
The hunger and thirst and cramp;
You may tell of the toll and travail,
Of the sun on the sweltering veldt,
But the story Of such won't hurt
o'ermuch
If the City's jaws you've felt.
You we an arm Of Drawn and sinew
And the edge Of the ak is keen,
You we an honest fight and dream
less night,
Nor the sting of a might-have-been.
And the howl Of the wolf-pack trailing,
Is a warning fair and loud, -.
And the desolate wild is a terror mild
To the crushing lone OF the crowd.
The fang of the beast may tear you,
The trail may be weary and long.
But the stab in the back from the
human pack
Breaks your heart with the weight
Of wrong.
No, better the silent places,
The scorch of the sand and sun,
A lonely trail than a harry wall
When the dollar dance is done.
For this is< the Law Of the City
To buy and double and sell,
To strive and save and curse and crave
For the price Of seat in hell. :
Charles E. Terry, M. D.
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ludwig KAHN's FAILURE.

Ludwig Kahn once upon time cor
Quoted dry goods business in or near
the Metropolitan block. He was q pop.
ular citizen but, Dec. %, 1877 Mss s
compelled to make an assignment. his
assets were reported as being WORTH
$4,000. Jan. Z, 1898, bonds OF the a.
signee were filed with the clerk OF OF o s%'
district court in the sum OF $so,ooS'
The sureties were: Thomas Cully1olS'
G. B. Jones, F. ]. Dwyer, Frank -
Frost, E. W. Marks, a. g. fl'cnOeiD
and Bernard Simons.
The Howard & Haynie store evenE
ually replaced the Kahn oq Tnnn;e
Later on, both Howard and hay Ths
filled out and faded away. Tns
George A. Gray store is the Iouha
about successor to the Ludwig hanD
busin ,ss:
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-09

Today, price Of labor and material
would be much greater than in 1893,
when everything was quite low. Fa-
cilities in doing work and improved
methods might make up for a portion
of the increased costs for today. It
is probable, too, that the dimensions
Of the railway and roadway sections
would need to be somewhat larger to-
day. The canal section would have to
be deeper, and longer. Vessels Of
much greater draft than in 1893 now
use the canal. Provision for further
increases would be imperative. All
this would require either longer ap-
proaches or heavier grade than the
tunnel plans provided in 1893.
Col. Thomas F. McGilvary believes
that the Minnesota Point problem can
best be solved by digging a canal near
the center Of the point, longitudinally.
The tunnel would 60 under that canal
and could be constructed very cheaply.
After that, both Of the present en-
frances would be filled up. That plan
has the virtue Of simplicity, cheapness
and greater convenience, as well. The
federal government and traditional
iealousies between Duluth and Su-
perior are, probably, the chief obsta-
cles to a practical contamination Of
such a plan.
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OIL STOCK CHRISTIANS.

Eastern papers recently have pub
Hshed figures showing the enormous
sums Of money taken from the public
IN this country through the sale Of oil
stocks. As compared with the whole,
the returns received win be exceed.
ingly small.
This oil BOOM, Is one Of the worst
CANDLES ever played by tho people Of
this country. Men have. sold shares
IN oil stock companies and in alleged
oil lands upon no other basis than a
hope that oil might be there, by some
chance, q evan by some miracle.
Some of the promoters have been
frank enough to say their proportions
were gambles, but most Of them seem
70 have insisted that there was no
chance Of failure; that modest in
vestment would return heavy profits,
even independent riches.
A remarkable thing about this oil
stock gamble has BEEN the number Of
men, boosting the highly speculative
shares, who were prominent In tbs
churches TO the Innocent bystander,
the situation presented Is most puz-
xling. The higher ideals Of humanity
are those to which the church member
- pledged. His aspiration Is to grow
towards the spiritual loveliness which
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GORING THE OTHER FELL
LOWS OK.

In one Of Brainy Bingham's Big
Bertha's Of June %, the Herald said:
'The county votes seven and half
million dollars in bonds next Thurs
day to build certain hard-surfaced
highways. X X X The state will
collect the money from automobile
owners in lieu of all other taxes, fees
and assessments except the local
wheelage tax. X X SO we shall
have state and county system Of hard
surfaced highways with virtually no
cost to the state, the county or the
automobile owners. IF that isn't get
ting something for nothing, then there
is MOI and never can be any such
thing"
Query: What use, If any, has the
state madN Of the moneys collected
from automobile owners in the past7
What money will it apply to these uses
when the money goes to the hard-sur-
faced roads7
A Herald News column, In the issue
Of June 80, said:
cat Hibbing, Chisholm, Virginia
and Eveleth, groups Of from twenty
five to fifty automobiles are on the
road carrying the bond issue voters
into the surrounding territory. The
plan Of the st. Louis County Good
Roads association, in conjunction with
the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, to dis
trict the city with automobiles tomor-
row to bring reluctant voters to the
polls, has been nipped In the bud by
the Corrupt Practices Act, which pro-
hibits such . procedure"
Another Of the bilious Drained Bing-
hams Big Berthas In the Herald's
editorial columns Of July 2, said:
1.-THE bond issue carried by an over
whelming majority, = but
every voter remembered that yester-
days battle was only tho first slir-
mish. The real one comes In Novem-
Der, 1920, when the people vote on the
constitutional amendment making the
Babcock system possible. Unless that
amendment Is ratified, the state can
not reimburSe this county for the
bonds voted yesterday
) Query: When b Il proposed 70 use
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POETS'CORNER
BARNES. CUDDLE doom.

The bairnies cuddle doom at NIGHT
VII muckle faucht an din;
ooh, try and sleep, ye waukrif rogues.
Your feyther's comm in!"
They dinna hear a word I speak;
1 try an gle frown,
But aye hap them up and cry,
80 bairnies, cuddle DOOM"
Wee Jamie. VII the curly held,
He aye sleeps next the wa,
Bangs up and cries, 81 want a piecel"
The rascal starts them a.!
I rim an fetch them pieces-drinks-
They stop wee the SCUM,
Then draw the blankets up and cry
80 weanies, cuddle DOOM"
But scarce five minutes gang, wee Rab
Cries out frae meath the claes:
"Mither, make Tom gle over at once!
He's kittlin wi his taes!"
The mischief's in that Tom for tricks,
He's baither half the toun;
But still I hap them up and cry,
go bairnies, cuddle DOOM"
At length they hear their feyther 3
step,
And as he nears the door
They draw their blankets DER their
held,
And Tom pretends to snore.
"Hae a. the weans been guids" he
asks.
As he pits off his shoon;
"The bairnies, John, are in their beds
And lang since cuddled doom"
And Just afore we bed oursels
We look at our wee lambs;
Tam has his arm round wee Rab g
neck,
And Rab his arm round Tam's.
I lift wee Jamie up the bed,
And as I straik each crown,
I whisper, till my HART fills up,
30 bairnies, cuddle doon!"
The bairnies cuddle doom at NIGHT,
Wi mirth that's dear to me,
For sure the big warl's cark an care
s. Will quaten deon their glee. ..
But COON what will to ilka ane,
May He who sits abune
Aye whisper, tho their pows be bald
40 bairnies, cuddle DOOM"
Alexander Anderson.
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WHEN INDUSTRY WAS YOUNG.

When the Duluth Boot and Shoe
company held its annual meeting, Jan
II, 1893, the enterprise had been IL
existence only Is months. It was re-
ported that the business for 1892 e1.
ceeded Bob Fitzgerald's estimate At
the beginning Of that year by $93,ooo:
During 1892, nearly $4,000 was paid
out for labor in Duluth. The stock
holders voted to double the capacity
of the plant and then declared
per cent dividend.
A board of directors was elected
as follows: Robert Fitzgerald, G. IT,
Hartley, Joseph sellwood, John A.
Willard, A. R. McFarlane, A. n. Miller
and L. Mendenhall.
Officers for 1893 were chosen a.
follows: President. Robert Fitzgeraid'
treasurer, Joseph sellwood; secretary
L. Mendenhall.
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CLOVIS forever from the life Of thu
Great Teacher.

CLOVIS forever from the life Of tho
Great Teacher.
It may be quite proper for man
to entice his fellows to put their money
into oil stocks, but It Is not clear that
q mans position is admirable when he
pleads tho merits Of Christ and, at the
same time, pleads for money with
which to promate q doubtful If not .
worthless oil stock deal.
Quite recently, we have had the re-
construction movement In the churches,
known variously as the Centenerary
movement. the New Era, etc., and we
find the same men who hustled the oil
stocks, busily boosting the church
funds.
This again sets us to wondering, but
our wondering add thinking do not get
US anywhere and we try to forget it.
And yet. while W. have Lot the sane
ton for our own conduct that the
church member vendor Of oil stocks
apparently possesses, We can believe
that If the apostle were writing with
reference to this anomaly Of today, he
would say: Brethren, these things
ought not so to be.''
Then comes into our mind tho words
Of that good woman, who was 100 per
cent plus American, those inspiring,
inspiriting words:
He has sounded forth the trumpet
That shall never call retreat;
He is sitting out the hearts Of men
Before his Judgment seat;
o, be swift, my soul, to answer him!
Be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.
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even political circles, that must be de-
feated and banished for all time.
The Food Hogs, the monopolists, the
profiteers and the exploiters Of the
people in any degree or form must 60,
otherwise the foundation stones Of this
great republic will be shaken danger
ously.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-09
WHEN MRS. CHARLES PRINCE
CUT HER HUSBANDS THROAT

CUT HER HUSBANDS THROAT.
Sunday, Jan. 9, 1893, while Charlie.
A. Prince was quietly sleeping in his
bed in the family home at 2410 West
Fourth street, the wife of his bosom
took razor and gave him two heavy
slashes across the throat. Leaving her
lord and master weltering in his blood.
thu woman then Lo,k her two small
children and went to the home of q
neignbor. where the police arrested her
later on.
Charles Prince was a barber in the
Brighton hotel shop. A sister of Mrs.
Prince, Mrs. Anna Schampen, had been
living in the Prince home, and Mrs.
Prince believed, if she did not really
know, that her husband and her sister
were entirely too thick to accord with
the proprieties. Jealousy and a desire
to end shameful actions impelled the
desperate woman to attempt to beheaa
her spouse.
At first it was thought that Prince
would die, but the doctors put nine
stitches in his neck, hereby keeping
his head on his body; and, although
much sporty blood was drained out
Of the tonsorial artist, he fully recov-
cred.
Mrs. Prince, when arraigned, plead
ed not guilty and was held to the
grand jury. She was released ON bonds
signed by T. w. Hugo, then president
OF the common council, and Alderman
r. G. Kennedy. then a leader in West
End politics.
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SUPERIOR'S OPPORTUNITY,

Superior soon will have a great op-
portunity to show the whole world that
she is modern, up to date and q firm
believer in decency and honest gov
eminent.
Mayor Baxter has been at tho head
Of superior's municipal government
just thirteen months. He has per-
formed labors fully as heavy and d1f-
ficult as those imposed on Hercules.
Especially well has he performed the
work Of cleaning out the Augean
stables ridding Superior Of a horde
Of vicious, lawless, immoral, demoraliz-
ing underworld folk.
Mayor Baxter not only has cleaned
up Superior to an extent unknown for
thirty years, but he has given a grand
and inspiring exhibition Of public Of
ficer making 100 per cent Of an effort
to keep his solmen oath Of office.
Superior not only has reason to feel
proud Of the way in which Mayor Bax-
ter has cleaned out the human vermin
but, especially, Of the firmness, con-
sistency and character that he has
shown in the administration Of his Of
flee.
Some years ago Superior adopted the
modern, mobile, efficient, responsible
commission form Of government. Now
come a few disgruntled or overly am
bilious citizens with a proposal to turn
back the hands Of progress by return
ing to the Anticipated, cumbersome, in
efficient and irresponsible ward sys-
tenn.
The real and chief influence back Of
this retrograde movement comes from
the underworld folk, the crooks,
thieves, blind-piggers, pimps, gam
blers, grafters and opponents Of law
lessness and unbridled license.
Superior is a wonderful city and It
has a wonderful future If it is fully
and finally emancipated from the
blighting rule Of the underworld eIe-
ment. Old John Barleycorn has been
banished from tho nation and the IN
derworld element must be pried loose
from any degree Of control Of this
handsome municipality.
New industries, new residents and
more capital are desired by Superior.
Homes must be provided for workers
and business people. Mechanics, mer-
chants and even capitalists avoid a
city controlled by crooks, grafters and
disciples Of low moral endeavor.
Superior, to come fully into her
heritage, must be made safe for de:
cency, the family and the home, as
well as for capital. Now is the ap-
pointed time for the voters Of Superior
to rebuke for all time the lawless, i'm
moral and irresponsible element that
has dictated politics, public Officers
and the administration Of public az
fairs.
Superior never will regret the reten-
ton of the commission form Of gov
eminent and the sturdy, dependable,
industrious mayor, Fred A. Baxter.
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Strayer, Virgie LaVaque, kkss Pen.
ton, Florence Bailey, Frances BlwarS
Bernice Crowley, Julia Chaplin, Lyan
Woodbridge, Elizabeth Frazier, Bsae
Simonds, Minnie Mclean, Tim
Hirsch.
Messrs. Herbert Spencer. Walter
Watrous, Rufus Draper, Burtra,
Sears, James Eaton, James Geggis,
Jack McLaren, Marvin McLaren, Scott
Cash, Hamilton Peyton, Edward Wal
bank, Mcclellan and D. w. Stockiao
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-09
THE BUTCHERS HINT.

ct want q piece Of meat without
any bone, fat or gristle," said the DIT
matron. -
: eyed better buy an egg num-
suggested the butcher.-Ex.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-09
WHEN THE sANBORN BILL BADLY
SCARED LOCAL IRON MEN.

Away back in 1893, when the
Mesaba range was young, the Yer
million range not fully grown and the
Guyana range not even q dream, they
had no tonnage tax to scare Mime
sofa g iron magnates. In that day,
aside from the royalties, which rarely
exceeded Is cents q ton and often ran
as low as Is and 20 cents, the great
state Of Minnesota taxed ores / cent
a ton.
When the legislature convened in
January, 1893, one Sanborn, . sly
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HIGH PRICES AND THE
FOOD HOGS.


the Rip-Saw has been doing what it
could to show up the existence Of Food
Hogs, locally and even nationally, and
to inform the poor consumer as to
some Of the causes for exorbitant
prices and the High Cost Of Living.
We believe that we have been Of
real service. The public so believes,
for many have proven it by volun-
tarily offering words Of encourage
ment and thanks as well as subscrip-
tions to this great family journal.
Now, after five weary years Of
profiteering by Food Hogs, manu-
facturers, jobbers and even retailers,
the entire nation Is up in arms and
clamoring loudly against high prices
and wages that are not in proportion.
Even President Wilson and his
cabinet have become informed as to
the real situation and they are heed
ing the nationwide demands for an
easement in these intolerable condi.
lions. just what can be done and
what viii be done, does not clearly
appear. As one little help, it has been
proposed to release huge quantities Of
war supplies, now boarded up by the
government.
Food Hogs have no desire to see gov
eminent goods sold to tho people, or
even to big dealers in foodstuffs. Can
ners have, SO far, effectively used their
influence to keep the supply Of army
canned goods from being sold, strong
~ Directing to any break In prices.
There is no need to point out condi-
lions as to sugar, right II tie midst
Of canning and preserving time. Al
no time during the world war were
sugar conditions 80 serious and aggra-
waiting as today. The present state
Of affairs proves either inefficiency
on the part Of the sugar barons or I'M
expected depths Of natural depravity.
Despite the Rip-saw's efforts to re.
veal local conditions, the daily papers,
chloroformed with advertising and SYM
pathy for the people with big bank
accounts, have remained as silent as
the tomb.
Thanks and praise must be given
the News Tribune, however, for break
ing its silence and giving able and
valued publicity to food price condi-
lions in Duluth. Comparisons recently
made by Editor Mitchell have been
clever and enlightening.
Of course Bre'r Mitchell, In his
hatred and contempt Of President VIII
son, may be tempted to try to put
blame on the nations chief executive
for the deplorable sugar conditions.
But, even that silly idea should not
deprive the morning paper Of due
credit and thanks. Increased popular
ity and circulation viii be the result
with the News Tribune.
The reconstruction period and condi-
lions promise to be more serious with
the American people than in actual
war time. Now that Kaiser Wilhelm's
dream Of ruling most Of the civilized
world has been dispelled, there are
Kaiser Wilhelms, Crown Princes, Hin
denbergs and other disciples Of ruth
lessness right here ct home, in corpor-
alton. commercial, professional and
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THE TELEPHONE OCTOPUS.

THE TELEPHONE OCTOPUS.
Burning with that invincible Spirit
q '76, the patrons Of the Duluth Tele-
phone company in Proctor ordered out
thar telephones 50 quickly and gener-
any that the nonresident corporation
was compelled to take immediate
notice. As q result the tolls between
Proctor and Duluth have been reduced
from 10 cents to cents for five
1ainute talk. -.... .-..
Where there is . viii, there is q way.
The Proctor patrons Of the greedy
telephone monopoly must be congrat-
ulated on their ability to fight for
what they want and, thereby, get a
greater measure Of Justice. y
Where Proctor protests and then
fights Duluth keeps as still as the
proverbial mouse. So far as the Rip
saw can see, Duluth people are supine
daves to greedy monopolies.
The representatives Of the people, the
city commissioners, those wise, learned,
highly experienced experts in matters
municipal, are conspicuous by their
silence. After the horse is stolen, they
DO not even lock the stable door.
Mayor Magney disappears for weeks.
Commissioner Murnian fades quietly
sway. Commissioner Farrell hurries to
1sls Royale for Little Tammany's
clam-bake. Commissioner Phillips is
stricken dumb by an attack Of too
much aerial bridge. Even Commis-
sioner voss, the watchdog Of the
treasury, goes to sleep In dogdays, to
the detriment Of the peoples interests.
As q result Of all this supine slavery,
silence and soft pedal stuff, the
greedy, grasping, nonresident Bell
telephone octopus fastens few more
o. its tentacles onto this suffering
community. There it sits, as tightly
- bug in rug, sucking the dollars
out Of the entirely too thin purses Of
those who work for a living. The
wealthy do not care, for they are with
NJ only few weeks in midsummer.
The Bell telephone interests now
compel the patrons Of the Duluth Tele-
phone company to. pay $72 year,
where they have been paying only
$4S. Where the Rip-saw home and
thousands Of other homes were paying
the fat fec Of So month, they now
pay "a q month. What has been cost
ing $50 a year, now costs $40 q year.
Wages have seen no such advance as
that.
Then, browning insult with injury,
this greedy corporation milks more
money from the public by means Of the
Zenith Telephone company, an institu-
tion in which the people once had an
interest, but out Of which they have
been jockeyed and beaten.
II there were one single spark Of
the Spirit Of '76 in this sleeping, COM
ydscent, servile city, the commissioners
would not delay one single day In
bringing condemnation proceedings
against the Zenith Telephone system
and then acquire it for the use Of the
people Of Duluth. With that system
fully absorbed by the Bell system, then
look for the screws to be applied more
tightly, and still more tightly.
With cheap and reasonable telephone
service In this city, through municipal
ownership, long distance problems will
not be highly important. The tele-
graph can be used more cheaply In
many cases and there are two compel
ing systems yet existing in Duluth.
II the commissioners insist on sleep
ing, then the people must wake up and
let their voices be heard.
Evening star., 1919-04-20
FOUNLD|NGS' HOME
ASKS MERCY FUND
Seeks $4,000 for Repairs to
Homes and Comforts for
Youthful Charges.
CAMPAIGN ON TOMORROW

Following closely on drive for funds
for the Columbia Hospital. campaign
for funds to preserve the work of the
Washington Home for Foundlings will
start tomorrow. The home in the past
few years has greatly increased its OBJ
legations and is now in need of money.
The amount asked in the drive is set at
$4,000 and is stated to be needed to
cover repairs to the city and country
homes of the organization and to pro-
vide additional and much-needed COM
forts for children.
Personal and mailed appeals will be
the methods of solicitation to obtain
the amount. Saturday, April 26, has
been designated as tag day for the
benefit of the home: