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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01

levy whose rate is almost one-thlrd
the size of that of Minnesota, but the
soldiers of the Flickertail state are
given a bonus 66 2-3 per cent greater
than that given the soldiers OF the
Gopher state. ~.. .'..
Taxes certainly have increased some
in Minnesota i'm the past nine years,
in school, county and state apportion'
ments. . e. ..' A...'.' . . "
The school rate in Duluth for 1919
has climbed up to the dizzy elevation
Of 1852 mills. The highest rate in
nine years was in 1910, when it was
ISL mills. In 1914, the rate was only
1903 mills. Autocracy on the school
board and mediocrity in the superin.
tendent's office have resulted in q
very burdensome tax to keep up the
public schools. -.
The city's rate has dropped two
mills, but if Duluth did many things
that really are required, that tax rate
would climb up like Thermometer in
the monday sun. T., ..
Through the courtesy Of county au-
ditor Bergen, the Rip-saw is able to
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added to the commissioner of agricul-
ture g fund was for the purpose of pay.
ing for his investigation Of the high
cost of living and to help him "regu-
late'' cold storage houses.
State auditor Preus also has an
nounced that because of the many ap-
preparations for various things, made
both by the regular and special ses.
sions of the legislature, it will be nee.
essary to raise $26.94O.495 next year.
Of this amount, $14,176,465 will be
raised bv property tax and the remain
der will be collected by means of IL
cense fees, inheritance taxes, etc.
Next year., let Duluthians remember,
for state, school, county and city pur-
poses, they must step up to the county
treasurer's window and pay taxes at
the rate Of 53.12 mills per dollar Of
valuation.
The man whose property has been
valued at $1,00e by the assessor win
have to pay not less than $53.12. If
he has property valued at $1,000 by
the assessor, then his taxes will be
$265.60. ...&- tr--@ .,..- 49,.
Having great possessions in the city
of Duluth, especially real estate and
other things that cannot be concealed
from the assessor, is not so much Of a
pleasure as it might be under q less
expensive administration of public af-
fairs.
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shack and pilgrimmed up Minnesota
avenue until a "Peter Rabbit car
scooted up to him and took him aboard.
When old man Rip-saw came home,
long after dark, Madam Rip-saw let
him in and then said:
"Guess who was here's"
"Odin Halden,' he ventured.
"No, guess again." said Madam
Rip-saw.
"Madam Davis" he said.
"Oh, no! You are away off," he
was informed.
"Bob McKercher.'
"No, no, no, chattered the wife Of
old Rip-saw's bosom. "It was some
one who came into the house. Do you
think I would lot that awful man in
here with you gone9"
"Doc. Hoke," again ventured the
venturesome editor.
"Try, try again, Mr.. Man," said
Madam.
"The Simian Samuelson,n said the
puzzled head-sawyer Of the one-man
editorial sawmill. -.
"Who's he's" inquired Madam Rip
saw, who never has rambled around
the city hall at all. :. ..'
"He's an alleged lawyer and bull
Elk who complies q favorable opinion
about anything the city commissioners
wish to do very much and very un.
favorable opinion on anything that he
very much wishes the city commission
ers not to do. = - .'..
=. emo, it could not have been he,"
Madam Rip-saw replied. "IM give
you only three more guesses. +"
stI1l make 'em all at once" re-
torted the, old Rip-saw man. "I'm
hungry and cannot stand here guess
ing all night"
stWell, make 'em," commanded the
commander of the Rip-saw family >
HsPig-eye' oBrien, Max Rosenberg,
Warren E. Greene" rapidly uttered
the guesser. ., .,.>--.....- =, ...... :.
"Wrong again. How dull You are -
"Who was it," asked the Rip-saw
man in very inquirin' accents.
"Rev. Mr.. Schaibly, the West End
minister" quickly said Madam Rip
saw. E..-.'.
"Let me get to the telephone, ex-
claimed the Rip-saw man. 81 wish to
tell dear old Doc. to call again and to
inform him that the latch-string al
ways hangs out. -
But Madam Rip-saw edged her hun
cry husband into the dining room,
where he sat down and gorged himself
on spiritland steak, washed down with
Lake Superior water, and then topped
off his feed with dessert Of air dump
lings and some cold wind-pudding.
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stand-pat Minnesota's tax levy, for
state purposes only, payable next year,
has been set at 81 mills, an increase
of 1914 per cent over the levy OF 1918,
collected this year.
This is the highest state tax ever
levied in Minnesota. The nearest ap-
proach to it was right after the Civil
war, in. 1865 when a levy of 6 mills
was made. -. -. ....
In contrast to this sky-high tax rate
in this stand-pat state, North Dakota,
the most progressive state in the Union,
but q commonwealth: headed straight
towards financial disaster, according
to the clacquers for the Big Interests,
has set the levy for 1919 at only 2:9S
mills. , .F - e z.;'
Minnesota's rate of taxation for
1919 is very close to 275 per cent
greater than that of North Dakota. :
But Minnesota has Soldiers' bonus
Of $15 per man to consider in her next
tax collections. That is true, but North
Dakota, the "awful example" among
states, has a soldiers bonus Of $25
per man to meet.
North Dakota not only has q tax
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-01
COUNTY ATTORNEY GREENE RETURNS
Mason Recognize Distinguished Chief Long
Military Members Of St. Louis County Legal
Very Touchg-dge Wilson Pushed While Func and Step

~ ha 'hdly think I'll retu 'hn East, I"
Mr.. Greene replied. s.My family is
hea'h;. I've been discha he'd by Uncle
Sam I; I feel like wo hiking lightly; I
fancy I'll take .ovah nah old office. /"
"Then you wish me to get out Of
here and back into that side offices"
eyes, you bettah," said the just
arrived absentee.
"But Judge Wilson is in there"
remarked Mr.. Forbes.
~"Tell him to pack up and get out"
replied the newly discovered county
attorney.
"wbatn I do with Boyle and
Funcks"
"Put them back where they were
when I left he'ah some yea his ago,
and impress on them, as well as you n
self, that I have come back fully pre-.
pared to draw the enti 'ah salary Of
the county attawney," further ordered
the returned patriot and expert at ma.
joring.
every good, sir,'' said Mr.. Forbes.
"Everything shall be done as you
say"
Leftenant-colonel Warren e. Greene
is said to be spending few days get
ting familiar with the city, which has
grown greatly since he went away ma.
joring on the Atlantic seaboard. He
also is meeting quite number of for
mer lawyers, citizens and voters whom
he knew before he pulled off his late
Rip Van Winkle stunt, thereby saw
ing the nation and pulling Uncle Sam 4
out of very dangerous hole. Unless
the beloved and venerable Judge En-
sign dies unduly quickly or, through a
sudden whim, resigns from the district
bench, Observation-Disclosures
ney Warren E. Greene may be ex.
pected to take charge Of the county q
legal affairs at the next term Of court.
If the call comes, of course, he stands
ready to serve county, state, nation
and self by taking an appointment to
a district judgeship.
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DULUTH'S WEST END WESLEY
CALLS AT MORRISON Home
Rev. John G. Schab Causes Madam Rp-saw to Fear That
Tar Bucket Knights Had Grabbed Her Man When
Divine Calls to Use Family Telephone.

It was a sort of solemn, silent Sun
day afternoon. The Rip-saw man was
at his office, doing some Sunday tink-
ering around the editorial sawmill. Mad
am Rip-saw and the two little Rip-saws
were sticking quietly in the family
shack down on historic Minnesota
Point.
A man who looked somewhat like q
doctor turned in from the sidewalk
and headed for the Rip-saw family's
door. .....--.
"I wonder if any Of the neighbors
are sieks", thought Madam Rip-saw, as
she observed the approaching visitor.
"Rap-rap.rap," went the stranger 3
knuckles on the old front door.
Madam Rip-saw opened the portal
and took look at the well-dressed,
seemingly prosperous, full-sized man
standing outside sci
"My name is schaibly''-s ..
Madam Rip-saw gasped. She's .
timid woman, even if there ID a touch
of red in her hair, and when the Wis
itor said his name was Schaibly, she
at once was filled with fear that the
Schaiblian Knights Of the Tar Bucket
had carried out their threats to make
old man Rip-saw feel sorry that he
ever was born.
"Keep still, my jumping heart, un-
til hear what the man at the door
has TO say" Madam Rip-saw silently
advised herself.
-" My name is Schaibly," the stran-
ger said. "Have you the old phone
in your housei' "-"- .:.'-
eyes, we have" replied Madam
Rip-saw in timid accents. She was
not accustomed to stand uncovered be-
fore a priest and in such an informal
manner. .-...~- jfs'
"May I use it moments" queried
the West End Wesley, for it was he,
beyond all reasonable doubt.
"You certainly may" replied Mad
am Rip-saw in the. blarneyed accents
which are her habit.
So Rev. John George Schaibly en-.
tered the Rip-saw mans home, took
down the receiver Of the Rip-saw fam.
ily's telephone and put his sanctified
mouth up to the heather receiver and
spake to some one in the West End.
After that, the reverend gentleman
thanked Madam Rip-saw, not knowing
1T was she, and informed her, Incl
dentally, ttst he was temporarily so.
,journing on Park Point; that his shack
was terribly cold; that the parsonage
was receiving betterments and gar
nishment; and that he was striving to
get it into livable condition once more.
Then Rev. John George Schaibly de-
parted from the Rip-saw family 8
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stranger in the crisp but somewhat
nasal accents of a native of the Nut
meg state. --.
"Yesf'' replied Mr.. Forbes in an
inquiring tone. "That name sounds
quite familiar have known mum.
Der of Greenes. Are you Duluthian
or merely visitor within the city's
gatess"
"Bofoah the big wa'h," said the
stranger, ~ was o'nty attahney Of
St. Louis o'nty. went into wa'h
wo Ink. For conside 'able time I
have been majahing in NJ Yawk for
Uncle Saml." .-T
Mr.. Forbes passed his hand over his
brow as if trying to remember some
thing that had faded from his mem
ory. Then, rushing forward, he
grasped the stranger by the hand,
shook it vigorously and peered intently
into his face.
"Greenes Greenes Can this be
Warren E. Greehei"
eyes, sub, Fam he," promptly re.
piled the lineal ,descendent Of Gen.
Nathan 4 Greene, young Darius and q
whole line of Greenes, even down, pos
sibly, to the, obscure husband of the
late lamented Hetty Greene.
"Whyi whyl whyl" stammered Mr..
Forbes, "you must be the Greene who
once appointed me assistant county at.
torney!" ---'.
'"Now that you speak Of it," replied
the no longer stranger, 81 believe that
I was responsible for that"
"And you served as assistant to
John H. Norton, when he was county
attorney" added Mr.. Forbes.
"Now that you call the matter to
mind, believe I did," said the long
lost but just returned attorney of st.
Louis county.
"Have you come back to remain OF
merely to seek first-hand information
as to when there will be vacancy
on the district benchi" queried Mr.,
Forbes.
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Mason M. Forbes, acting county at
torney, was busily engaged in count.
ing up how. many convictions he and
his assistants had secured during the
October term of court; how many con.
victions had been tempered with mercy,
leniency and the soothing milk of hu-
man kindness; and how many disci-
pies of low moral endeavor had es-
capped the grindings Of the justice mill.
Just as the acting county attorney
was concluding his calculations, q
stranger entered the door Of the big
office with that big desk, big fern and
really legally big occupant of the Of
ficaal chair behind the desk.
With his customary politeness, both
as a private individual and q public
official, Mr.. Forbes arose from his
seat and greeted the stranger.
"What can I do for you this morn.
ing'' asked Mr.. Forbes quite defer
entially. ...
The stranger was not large man,
but what he lacked in size he made
up with a heavy name of very gray
hair. He was preceded 0y q quite
prominent Roman nose as he entered
the door. His linen was Immaculate
and his hands were white, well kept
and innocent Of manual toll. He was
dressed in the garb of a leftenant.
colonel of the U. 8. army. Shiny brown
patent-leather leggings encased his
well-turned calves and, on the heels
of his $25 army boots were gilded
spurs, about seven inches long.
The man halted halfway between
the doorway and the. desk and took a
slow, cool, critical survey Of the office
interior and then the acting county
attorney.
Mr.. Forbes became a bit nervous
under the strangers silence and cool
scrutiny of the main office in the de-
partment Of justice.
'sDo you wish to see met Is there
anything I can do for you!" queried
the legal scion of the House Of Forbes.
"My name is Greene" said the
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Jacoby and Albert Harris, for which
they gave no proper consideration, pre-
sumably being used to hold and cover
up what Harris eventually expected
to get into his. own hands.
The plaintiff alleges that Harris
fiduciary relations have been violated;
that the true cost Of the property has
been falsely and fraudulently con-
cealed; the original representations
were made, to defraud and deceive and
that defendants violated the duty
owed to Whiteside. .'':"a -
Plaintiff Whiteside also alleges that
considerable portion title to the. oil
property still remains in the name of
Fred c. Harris. He prays,. therefore,
that, said Harris be. required to con
vey the agreed interest and, If that is
impossible, that judgment in the sum
Of r$2,5o0, with interest at Per cent
from Dec. 10, 1917, be given.
Messrs. Samuelson, i.McHugh and
O'Donnell, all employed in the city at
torney's office in the city hall, are at
torneys for Whiteside, therefore they
evidently let the poor old city's bus
mess wait while they heard White
side g tale Of woe and then wrote out
his complaint. If the case ever comes
to trial, the eity's business fundnubted-
ly will be kept in allegiance so that the
Simian Samuelson, the aspiring Nc
Hugh and the pulchritudinous o Don
nell can get justice for private eli
ent.
There are ways for lawyers to make
money without becoming double-bar-
relied boys.
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THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
WORRIES LOCAL BUILDERS
Mayor Magney and Hospital Commission Given Vote Of Con
fdence at Kitchi Gammi Club Dinner and Plans
Of Canny Hosts Gang Badly Aglee

Thursday noon of last week, a big
bunch Of "prominent citizens" Mayor
Magney and many Of the members of
the Miller memorial hospital commits.
sion joined in a luncheon at the aristo-
cratic and very exclusive Kitchi Gam
mi club.
That momentous meeting was in.
spired by the Builders exchange
which, previously, had inspired prop
aganda for the use Of Duluth materials
and Duluth architects in the construc-
ton of the free hospital for the people.
The propaganda Of the Builders ex.
change first was sprung on the Kiwa-
mis- club where resolution, as out
lined and desired by the Builders ex-
change, was complacently and amicably
passed, if the Rip-saw's information is
correct. No one connected with the
Rip-saw, belongs to any secret order or
any. organization that has closed doors,
therefore must depend on others in
such cases.
But when the Builders exchange
came to the Rotary club, there was q
dearth of complacency and the club
baked at complacent passage Of the
resolution as SO kindly furnished. The
heaviest baking was done by Renwick
B. Knox and Rev. Hardy A. Ingham.
Among the prominent citizens pres
ent, some from the Builders exchange,
some from the Rotary club and some
from the Kwanis club, were the fol.
lowing: F. w. Armstrong, formerly
Of Chicago, but present secretary Of
the Builders exchange; Frank Nixon,
a local paint and glass merchant;
Messrs. Holstead and Sullivan, local
architects; F. G.. German, Duluth q
premier architect; Francis Fitzgerald,
a graduate of some royal architectural
school hin hold Hengland; DR.. Collins,
Tom Furniss, 81. M. Armstrong, N. F.
Russell, R. B. Knox, Rev. Mr.. Ingham
and w. G. Zimmerman.
Mayor Magney was there and many
Of the members of the hospital com.
mission, including Judge Cant, Mrs
Sumner Covey, w. G. Hegardt, Henry
Dworschak, Jr., and w. H. Hoyt. Dr.
Tilderquist, B. w. How, Mrs. A. M
Miller, other members Of the commits
sion, were absent.
Frank Nixon, a local glass merchant
condemned the habit Of Duluth people
going to Boston to buy glass wher
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In addition to the alarming tax rate
for 1919, Minnesota is to be shouldered
with additional bonded Indebtedness.
University improvements call for big
sums each year for period Of approx
imately five years, according to state
auditor Preus. The soldiers bonus
debt will not be wiped out for ten
years or more. The relief fund au-
thorized by the special session Of the
legislature will run indefinitely.
The extra appropriations for next
year, made by the recent special ses-
sion of the legislature, in addition to
the $32,044, 900 to be raised in the two
year period, are approximately as fol-
lows:
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they could buy it of Paine & Nixon, or
others, in Duluth.
"Where do you get your glassi"
queried R. B. Knox. "Don't you 60
to Boston for it," ~ 80. = =.
+ Previously, Mr.. Knox had congratu-
lated the Builders exchange on going
to Chicago to get "Live Wire" Arm
strong for secretary.
! Mr.. Nixon lauded Duluth architects,
builders and building materials, as,
also, did Mr.. Armstrong in some pre-
liminary remarks that he made. -
Mr.. German spoke briefly and In his
customary gentlemanly way, and ,archi-
tect Holstead had his little say. All
the speakers fostered the spirit Of
"Do It For Duluth" in their remarks,
but there was a discernible undertone
of "Do It for U.s." .. ....,
Rev. H. A. Ingham and r. B. Knox
thought it inopportune and even not in
good taste to take action at that time
They believed that the people of the
city had full confidence in the integl
rity and willingness of the Miller mel
mortal hospital commission to act for
the best interests Of all the people Of
Duluth.
: Mrs. A. M. Miller, although absent
sent letter in which she deprecated
any .mercenary. motive among Local
builders and looked on it as unwar|
ranted. She pointed out that the mat
ter was one sacred to her and Mr.. Mil
ler's memory. She advanced the poin|
that not cent Of the donation cam(
from Duluth and seemed to look on th(
Builders movement as .untimely and
in poor taste. CIT
The capitalization Of sentiment, al
brought about by the conference arounI
the luncheon table, was that Dulutj
talent and materials should have thI
preference in building the hospital, al
else being equal.
The conference closed with the pas
sage Of vote Of confidence in Mayo
Magney's hospital commission.
The Rip-saw is unofficially adviseI
that the hospital commission mos
likely will hire a real hospital expert
picking the man from a couple Of thod
who have unquestionable ability AM
reputation in the United States, AM
then have some Duluth architect u
firm Of architects work with and ui|
der the hospital expert during the COZ
! struction period.
Public Library
Duluth, MINI.
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R. J. Whiteside seems to think that
Fred G. Harris and associates skinned
him out Of $1,000 in a Kansas oil deal.
Whiteside made big bunch of vel.
vet in Minnesota iron, but that did
not teach him that oil is slippery stuff.
When Fred G. Harris, presiding genius
Of the Zenith blast furnace, came
along, accompanied by R. J.. Pryor, C.
Fl. Martin and Fred Tudor, a trio Of
boomers from Butler county, Kansas,
offering a bite at an oil deal in the
Sunflower state, said Whiteside took
a taste Of the "good thing" that cost
$2,500 in real money.
Both plaintiff and defendants were
in Duluth when the deal was made,
but the property, 160 acres, plus one.
eighth Of the lease on it, was situated
in the county Of Butler, state Of bleed.
ing Kansas. -. ,..
p; Whiteside alleges in a complaint,
now on file in the office Of the clerk
Of the district court, that the defend.
ants represented to him that the prop
erty would cost $50, 900, plus a mort.
gage Of $4,000 standing against it.
The title was to be taken in the name
Of Fred c.. Harris, trustee, when, in
reality, it was taken in his name indi.
vidually. Under the agreement, White.
side was to have a pro rata interest
in the fee and the one-eighth Of the
lease.
Plaintiff Whiteside alleges that Fred
G. Harris has conveyed certain inter.
ests to Martin, Pryor and, possibly, Tu.
dor: also certain interests to Arthur
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SEIZED RADIUM ORES.

The government some time ago
seized several cars of carnotite that
was in the possession of alien enemies
and those ores recently were sold to
Pittsburgh people. Some Of the ore
was in Denver, carload at Galveston
and another car in Pittsburgh when
the government agents were informed
Of the fact that an alien was getting
the shipment out of the country, pre-
sumably for German consumption. The
ore came from Paradox Valley, Colo
rado.-Ex.
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A REsoURCEFUL GROOM.
They were spending their honeymo,

They were spending their honeymoon
in Glacier national park and every
day they would climb to greater
heights. One day they had taken a
particularly difficult trail and came
out on the top of one Of the very high
est peaks. The bride, painting with her
exertions, exclaimed:
"Oh, Harry, darling, we have come
all this distance to admire the view
and we have forgotten the glasses.
"Never mind, dearie,' Harry an
swered, as he took a flask out of his
pocket, "there is nobody about; we
can drink right out Of the bottle.'
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.SuPERIoR,S CITIZENS.
BREAK LONG SLvMbER
Active Campaign in Progress
For the Reorganization of
Commercial Club.

Superior business men have been bus
lily engaged this week in working up
a membership Of 1000 in come .tion
with scientific reorganization of the
Superior Commercial club. An expert
in organization has charge Of the cam.
paign and signal results seem assured
as these lines are written.
Meetings, characterized by enthusing
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Many really believe that Charles 8.
Mitchell would hug and kiss the kaiser
if he thought it would harm Wilson
in any way.
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WHITESIDE BRINGS SUIT
AGAINST FURNACE WIZARD
DULUTHIANS BITE AT "GOOD THING" IN OIL LEAVES
BITTER TASTE in HIS MOUTH

Plaintiff Says That Property Cost Harris and Associates Only
100000, Although They Represented 1t as Costing
$l5o,000, Plus Mortgage Of $50 Charged That
Harris Also Violated Fiduciary Relations Arthur
Jacoby Involved in the Litigation -Whteside Demands
Either Agreed Interest or His Money Back.
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HARRIS CHARGED WITH FRAUD

comprehensive state school, county and city for the
1910 1913,
uaton wenas for sve, viz:
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This YEARS STATE TAX
IS HIGHEST EVER KNOWN
NEXT HIGHEST WAS IN 1866 WHEN SIX MILLS WE'RE
LEVIED ON MINNESOTA PROPERTY.

In Contrast With Standpat Minnesota Progressive North
Dakotas Tax This Year Is Only 2.9S Mils-"Awtul
Example, Among States Also Has Soldier Bonus OF $z5
Man While the North Star State Has Only SIS Bonus
-Duluths School Levy Reaches the Roof-Iax Levied
This Year Will Cost Duluhians 53.l2 Mills Per Dollar