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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
TO FIRE SUFFERERS.
IMPORTANT!

The Rip-saw, some weeks ago,
printed the first informative article
on the underlying causes Of tho re-
cent forest fires.
This week, there is printed a story
concerning Fire Relief work that
should be deeply interesting.
The Rip-saw has been told many
stories for many weeks about ex-
periences Of forest fire victims with
the Relief Commission. There has
not been time to personally investi-
gate many complaints received.
The policy and time Of the Rip
saw now will be turned seriously
that way. Each and every fire VIC
tim is asked and urged to call at tho
Rip-saw office, No. 112 Manhattan
building, to make any statements de-
sired, concerning experiences In the
fire, with the Relief Commission and
its hired workers.
The question of rehabilitation has
a financial side Of great importance
to fire sufferers. Information and
discussion can be had at the Rip
saw office. It is Of great import
ance that as many as possible Of
fire victims come personally to tho
office Of the great family journal.
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PEASANTS FIRE ON COL. EVA

in any manner with intent to de-
ceive.
I. Makes any charge for COM
missions, or otherwise, in excess of
those authorized by the department
of foods and markets.
Is guilty of q misdemeanor, and
the commissioner shall forthwith re-
woke the license granted to such auc-
tioneer and direct his bond to be for
fcited.
Section 10. The sum of fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,OO0.00> or so
much thereof as is necessary, is here
by appropriated annually, out of
money in the treasury, not otherwise
appropriated for the purpose of car
rying out the provision of this act,
payable by the treasurer on the order
Of the commissioner Of foods and
markets.
Section II. This act shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
Several states have laws mere
or less similar to Mr.. Erickson s
measure. The state of New York
is credited with having the law
that works the best. Mr.. Erickson
has drawn his bill somewhat after
the law now in force in the Em-
pire state. Concerning the mat
ter, he says:
"The New York law has been
in force since 1914, with very few
amendments, and has worked out
very we'll. The New York legisla-
ture appropriated 100000 dur
ing the 1917 session for this de-
partment in the City Of New York,
alone. I have examined the laws
along this line in practically every
other state having similar systems
and it is my firm belief that the
New York law is the most COM
prehensive and covers the situa-
tion more fully than any other.
"The understanding at present
is that, when this bill comes up
for a hearing in the committees,
o joint puhlie hearing will be held.
We would Eks s6 have Ffspresen-
tatives from Duluth and other
cities present at these hearings.
Any additional information, in the
meantime, will be- cheerfully
given.''
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The Bolsheviki in the burned
area of Northern Minnesota are
bombarding Colonel Hubert v.
Eva, vice-chairman and general
manager Of the Minnesota Forest
Fires Relief commission.
The bombardment Of Col. Eva
was especially heavy last Monday
evening, when big Capt. Burress
fired a high explosive shell,
charged with the complaint that
Mrs. Charles A. Gilbert died out
Arnold way because Of neglect by
the Relief commission.
A similar charge, previously
made, was Indignantly repealed
by the gallant colonel. Monday
night, he held his trenches by
force of a preponderance Of evil
dence, valiant Red Cross allies and
subcommittee from the appro-
priations committee Of the house
|fof representatives - s,-..., :. = :
This was not the first charge
made against Col. Eva and his
forces, and the indications are
that it will not be the last. To
throw light on the matter more
effectively, a brief review of past
events seems advisable.
October II and IL, terrible for
est fires swept across the regions
tributary to Duluth on the North,
West and Southwest. 1tis stated
that 1900 square miles were ac-
tually burned over, those units
being scattered over 8,400 square
miles Of territory. "
That the destructive holocaust
burned to death 432 human beings
and 1926 domestic animals. In
jured people were treated to the
number Of 2,1O0. Refugee fami-
lies registered to the number of
1882, affecting 52,371 persons.
Buildings destroyed embraced
4,0S9 houses, 1926 barns and Al
school houses. After culling the
scrub stock, the Relief commits
sion had 1886 head Of horses, cat
tie and other domestic animals for
feeding through the winter.
An exhaustive survey by the
Relief Commission set the aggre-
gate Of money loss at $22, 1896, ,730.
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ors have been owned by the Big
Interests, the saloons and gamb-
lers, some little ring Of selfish citi-
zens or some bunch of political
profteers. The people are salts
fed with Mayor Baxter and do
not propose to let him get lost in
any backward shuttle. They more
likely will send some Of the old
barnacles here to the scrap pile.
Slowly, steadily, irresistibly, the
lawless underworld folk are being
blasted out Of their warrens.
Even those highly privileged vio-
lators Of the law we'll up Tower
avenue are getting neither protec-
tion nor special favors. They
must behave or feel the strong
arm Of the law.
Virginia Reed has packed her
Saratoga and fed to Duluth
where she is welcome guest at
the Holland hotel. Virginia is the
notorious Max Rosc15erg'.; "wo-
man" and if she sets foot in Supe-
rior, Judge Parker will send her
to Jail for 60 days, just as sure as
the sun shines or wattco-- runs.
The authorities also are bring
ing steady pressure TO-, bear on
"Gefuellte Max He and his
helpers in low moral endeavor are
being regularly and persistently
arrested. A recent raid found all
kinds of booze hidden behind the
smephoarda In sMax,s sden, Of in
Mnify Ekatel lhent proceedings
have been started against the
premises and a court decision is
due soon. -
=. Poor @old Max Rosenberg is
spending much Of his time in Du-
luth, where the fair Virginia can
comfort him and administer first
aid. He does not like to have the
Rip-saw shout. his Shortcomings
from the housetops and, for some
time, has been scouting up and
down the Zenith City, trying to
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son such an auctioneer be unable to
sell any portion of such. produce at
public auction, or If he be unable to
sell it at auction at q satisfactory
price, such unsold portion may be
distributed and sold at private sale
at the best price obtainable therefor.
After such sale, such auctioneer shall
deduct his commissions and other au-
thorized charges, and promptly
transmit the balance to The con-
signor.
Bulletins; List Of Producers and
Consumers.
Section Z. The department Of
foods and markets shall publish a
daily bulletin, setting forth the quo
tations for which produce has been
sold for the preceding day In all the
principal markets of the state, in
cluding the auction markets estab-
lished by the department of foods
and markets, and also giving advice
as to the available supplies of the
principal farm produce, and as to the
demand in the several markets for
local as well as foreign produce. The
department of foods and markets
shall also prepare from time to time
bulletins as to the most efficient
methods of standardization, packing
and transportation, and cause notice
thereof to be distributed in such man
ner as the commissioner may deter
mine.
The department of food and mar
kets shall also investigate the source
of supply of food produce and prepare
and publish lists Of the names and ad-
dresses Of producers. and consignors
and supply the same to persons ap-
plying therefor.
Additional Duties of Department.
Section 8. The department of
foods and markets, in addition to its
other duties shall Investigate delays,
improper conditions, overcharges and
unfair rates in the transportation OF
agricultural products, and may cause
proceedings to be Instituted In the
proper courts for the abatement or
redress of such injuries; and, when
deemed advisable, may cause to be
instituted proper proceedings to pre-
vent restraint OF trade or unlawful
combinations to ffxyffces0fsfuuat
stuns.I y When notified BY prod duears
that food products. produced within
the state can not be sold or will have
to be sacrificed for lack of ready
market, it shall investigate such case,
and make such suggestions to the
producers or take such steps as seem
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manded bail in the sum Of $500
to insure her appearance for trial
Feb. II. She said that she was
unable to put up that much but,
later, started to hustle ways and
means
Looking at the fair but frail
Anna, Judge Parker blurted right
out from the bench:
at does beat HI how a pros
titute can 60 dressed in a fur coat
when decent people have to wear
rags"
The last issue Of the Rip-saw
contained an article about P. R.
Dill, alleged "box-car detective"
Capt. Dill recently called at the
Rip-saw Office and, in a very gen.
tlemanly manner, not only depre-
eated being made a butt for the
;iokesmith hut categorically denied
allegations in the Rip-saw's ar
ticle. Capt. Dill also invited the
Rip-saw's inspectors to "look him
up" in Superior, which invitation
will be accepted as time and duty
permit. If the rather Pickwickan
story did Capt. Dill an injustice or
seemed to put him in a pickle, the
great family Journal regrets it. It
lis pleasure to give his version
of matters the same publicity as
the original story. secured.
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"get something on der Rip-saw
man." According to Max's mind,
there is something that can be got
on every man and to ''get some
thing on him. is the conventional
way to stop unwelcome activities.
Poor old Max is welcome to any,
thing that he gets on the Rip-saw
man.
The Radisson hotel, over Max
Rosenberg's notorious cafe Amer
lea, has been a dirty, lawless dump
for many moons. Interference Of
the police caused Mrs. Blanche
Krim, former owner, known to the
police as Blanche White, to wish
the joint onto Dolly Davis, recent
arrival from Minneapolis. Madam
Krim assured Dolly that she could
let sinful people act shamefully in
the rooms if they first registered
as man and wife.
The police failed to concur in
Madam Krim's representations,
therefore pinched Dolly Davis
about a week ago. She put up
bail in the sum Of $50.
The herd of bling pigs in Supe-
rior is something unprecedented.
The past week fully forty arrests
were made for Illegal adventures
with Old John Barleyeorn. Many
confirmed offenders were caught
in the net and several who should
know better either were arrested
or soon will be. The police have
the btdson theur: ~: q: .s,.s 8 =: :.
Judge Parker shows 40 mercy
to the lawless underworld folk.
Anna Parsons some time ago paid
a fine Of $3.50 for selling booze
from her joint in the II Terminal
building At the time, she was
out of booze but, over the tele-
phone, ordered ''two quarts of
cream 9 hen it.came, it proved
to be eontraband BOOZE. &:
Miss Parsons was arrested again
a few days ago. Judge Parker de-
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
UNDERWORLD FOLK LOSING GROUND
PolceBind Pig Boys Are
Trouble-Detectve Dill Denies Story

SUPERIOR, Feb: 6.-(special
to the Rip-saw)-The lawless un-
derworld folk, the blind-piggers,
the boot-leggers, the blockade
runners, the gamblers, the pander-
ers and the poor redlight ladies
are steadily losing ground in Su-
perior, under the slow, steady and
irresistible pressure Of the law, as
administered by Mayor Baxter
and such members of the police
department as are faithful to their
trusts.
During the month Of January,
receipts from fines in municipal
court aggregated $3.50, Of which
$5,9S9 went to the city treasury.
That average for IL months would
give a revenue exceeding former
Mayor Konkel's 60 saloons on a
license basis of 81, 900 a month.
Former Mayor Konkel, now
known as Jeremiah, the Weeping
Prophet, loudly walled in the last
municipal campaign that Superior
would go to the dogs if deprived
Of that precious saloon license
money.
The aawless element, the "var-
mints'' of society, is more than
paying any loss as a result OF BAN
ishing the saloons. At the same
time, merchants are getting money
that they never got before, the
saloons always getting the first
big bite out of SO many paychecks;
The selfish boys, the somplacent'
citizens and the lawless element
now are talking loudly about vot-
ing out the commission form of
government at the municipal cleo
ton in April.
Many Of those boosting this re-
dictionary move are doing it in
the hope that Mayor Baxter will
be legislated out Of Office The.
people are with Mayor Baxter. he
is the first mayor the people have
had in Superior. Previously, may
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
advisable for facilitating the sale
thereof.

advisable for facilitating the sale
thereof.
Offenses.
Section g. Any licensed auc-
tioneer doing business at. an auction
market established by the commits
sioner, as by this act provided, who
shall
a. Impose false charges for
handling or services in connection
with farm produce; or
b. Fails to account for such farm
produce promptly and properly and
to make settlements therefor, with in
tent to defraud; or
C.. Makes false or misleading
statement OF statements as to market
conditions With mtl6ht fw6 w deeEsss; or
d. Directly or indirectly. pur-
chases for his own account goods re-
ceived by him upon consignment: or
- e. Makes false statements as to
grade, condition, markings, quality or
quantity Of goods shipped or packed
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08

A report issued a. few days ago
by state forester Cox fixed the
money loss at over $2S,000,000;
$25, 100000 may be taken as
reasonable average.
Although Duluth lost nearly
300 houses from this epochal dis
aster, the people responded in
stantly, cheerfully and very heav-
lily with relief Of all kinds. Money,
clothing, food and personal serv-
ice were given without stint.
The entire state and nation fol-
lowed Duluth's glorious example.
Money came from far away, in
unexpectedly heavy sums. Car
loads, almost trainloads Of things
to eat, wear and use in resuming
life in the devastated areas ar
rived quickly, freely and in huge
quantities. ..-.-.
"This northern hinterland Of
the great North Star state must
be rehabilitated!" was the con-
certed cry from hundreds of thou
sands of voices and souls.
Unanimously, without hesita-
'tion or class distinction, Duluth
ians rallied to the need of inme-
diate relief, keeping ever in mind
the eventual task of rehabilitation.
Duluth does not lack ability,
even genius, when it comes to
Herculean tasks. The local Red
Cross members were invaluable.
Their methods were grateful and
satisfactory to the fire victims.
There was Il minimum of red tape
and delay in administering relief.
'Stomachs were fed. Naiiud backs
were clothed. Nuclei for again
rearing and sustaining hearth
stones were supplied. Order
quickly came from chaos.
October IA, committee was
appointed to make. a survey and
report on the loss occasioned.
That repoA filled 73 sheets and
was comprehensive. The men,
.bers of the committee were j. A.
Scott, Adolph Anderson, Odin
Halden, w. C. Sargent and
Thomas Olafson, all of them hav-
ing ample qualifications for the
work before them. -, =. i,
The Minnesota Forest Fires Re-
lief commission also was organ
lied under state auspices, and ac-
tive work started at once. The
executive members of that COM
mittee were:
Chairman, w. A. McGonagle;
vice chairman. and general man
ager, Col: Hubert Y: Eva; treas
urer, j. w. Lyder. All of these
were Duluth citizens.
The commission was given
statewide Importance and the
other members were as follows,
viz: ...
Mayor C. R. Magney, Duluth;
George II. Partridge, Minneap-
oils; G. I. McNair, Cloquet; E. G.
Steger, st. Paul; G. A. Duncan,
Duluth; G. F. Mahnke, Moose
Lake; Ben R. Hassman, Aitkin.
Local workers, men and women
of experience and high ability de-
clare that, soon after. the commits
sion took charge Of the work,
there was a sudden change in the
local atmosphere. There was a
chilliness in and around the ar
mory. There were longer and
more numerous delays in satisfy
ing applications for relief. Many
nuestinns were asked. some of
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
FIRE RELIEF OFFICIAL
COMES UNDER CRITICISM
FOUNTAIN PEN AND CARD INDEX SYSTEM
SUPPLANT HEART-THROBS.

Capt. Burress Fights for Aged Neighbors-Little
Red Cross Army Defends Col. Eva-Flock of
Imported Florence Nightingales Twtter at
Hotel Spalding- Legislative and Relief Com
mission Programs Call for Mere Subsistence
Until Grass GrOws-PeOple Expected Prac-
tical Rehabilitation of Burned Region.
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HON. DAVID J. ERICKSON
WOULD CRINP FOOD HOGS
DEPARTMENT OF FOODS AND MARKETS
WITH STATE COMMISSIONER.

Powers for Investigating Food Costs-Co-Operative
Enterprises Aided-Judicial Powers as to
Witnesses and Compelling Testimony Under
Oath-Ample Power as to Handling, Storing
and Selling Food Stuffs-Auction Markets and
AuctiOneers-Bill Is Drawn After Successful
New York Law.
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lContinued on Page ~
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creating q group Of new writers, better
standards, better taste, but when the wal
set in her literary progress vas inter
ruptcd.
AT present know only one writer III
the United States who would get an
audience all over Europe and he will
get it, too-and that is Theodore Dresser
american book reviewers who attack
his work object to him simply and chiefly
because they're not used to appraising
work of this kind. He is essentially n
European writer of American life. In
some o. his novels he has been discursive,
rambling, JOulnalistically overproductive;
but, in the first place, he has produced
such rovcl As Jennie GerhGrdt, which l
think the best story of real American life
ever written; in the second place, every
one of his books contains a vast amount
of remarkable art.
Ills EitsaHcier, for instance, is far too
long and overburdened with detail that
would be more appropriate in historical
treatise on commercial life in Philadelphia
than in 4 novel, but at least half of the
book is made up Of stuff of seulpture-Eke
incisivcness. There are three or four
characters in that novel that stand out in
ones mind As living creatures of flesh and
blood of the incifaeeable kind. The father
Of the heroine, the old corrupt politician,
in his domestic atmosphere and in his
public life, is 4 wonderful piece Of por-
trait painting taken from the heart Of
life. So is his daughter, the heroine. Take
that book and cut it down half, leaving
the rest untouched and formless as it
might appear, and it is a masterpiece that
would be read with eagerness on the Con-
tinent. His Genius" is perhaps half full
of journalism that can't be taken Sc
rioIsly, but the remaining so per cent. is
crowded with living creatures highly in
dehcately drawn. / can't
think Of any of the great conventional
succt sses of American literature that Offer
ike it.
Booth Harrington, for instance, has
produced many interesting types and sit
nations. but not in q single instance has
he achieved that highest of literary val
ues- absolute artistic sincerity. Trailing
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A Talk With Abraham Cahan in Paris

aft.r his In32st successful effects there l
always an after tssss Of design, calcutta
ton, Gle, er artllIclaT'tr-~r1 essential WORK
ing for purpose.
"The reader Of literature on the Con-
tincnt is a cultured man while lie reads
his novels, Just as he is a cultured nlau
when he goes into a drawing room. lie
. has Outlived the story of plot and happy
ending. Artistic portrayal of life, paint
ing of character, atmosphere, in all their
complexities and subtleties- are his
great sources of aesthetic pleasure. Plot,
conventional moral lesson and all the rest
would be artistic sacrilege to his taste. In
this respect We are City years behind him,
and feel fhat one of the effects of this
war will be to oblitcrate these fifty years
between US.
Russian literature of the pre- war pc
Rod had a growing vogue in England,
and because of these qualities that are the
very soul of it. As matter of fact Rus
sian literature is not the only one to-day
that derives its inspiration from these ar
tistie ideals. The Norwegians have built
up 4 remarkable literature in recent years
that is just as simple and natural, as deep,
rugged and real. Knut HOmsun, the Nor
wegian, in many of his stories is almost
as amazingly human as Tehekof, whom
many American readers have learned to
appreciate and admire OF Nexo's FIVE
volume story would say that the first
volume reached high altitude Of artistic
strength and beauty, while the rest, to my
mind, are scarcely worthy of the author
of the first.
in Italian and Spanish literature there
are many fine things to-day. As for the
French, two-thirds of Roman Rolland's
Jean Christophe is of the same substance
as TOlstoy's or Dostoiefsky's and often
almost as good. Anatole France is
writer of the first order and Henri Bar
bussc has wonderful strength and insight.
! fear that if any of these writers from
Knut Homsun down had written in ELg-
lish they would never have found pub
fishers"
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everything they say is calculated, me
rhanical. There IS as little room for sin
cerity in what they write then as there Is
in small talk at high tea. There j.
more fine writing than imagery and gonu-
Inc feeling, and there is far more plot
these men of talent, when they come to
writing literature, let themselves be dom
mated by plot. The plot looks over their
shoulder as they write and tells them 10
do this thing here and the other thing
there, and thus the real stuff of hfe is
pushed aside and left out for mere me-
chanical effects.
81 have WATCHED the career of many a
highly gifted American writer, and it is
heartbreaking TO see native merit of 4
high order being polished Out of existence
10 make room for the mechanical devices
Of plot machinery and character drawing
that really draws no character but offers
cmudges under the guisc Of character
sketches well hammered prctcnce.
coplc III I-HlOpt give -AIDcIlCdiiS
credit FOR almost supernatural efficiency
and inventive genius IN the matter of pro-
ducing cheap automobiles and OF trans
porting gigantic army inside of twelve
months. Also they give US credit for
lindliness and human sympathy in res
euing nation like Belgium from starva-
ton, but the European doesn't know that
Uncle Sam has vast amount of literary
treasures in his mind and heart They
don't know it, because our novels and
magazines don't show it,
1.-THE coming Of 100000 Americans
and the most conspicuous part played by
then in the remaking of Europe cannot
help having the effect Of bringing the two
continents in much closer contact than we
ever dreamed; and just as it is absurd to
imagine Europe could help buying Ford
cars | feel it would be absurd to imagine
that we're going to continue producing
and reading novels which could evoke only
sneers on the part of the readers of
France or Italy. think that England is
as much in the process of recasting her
literary ideals as VIC are, except that she
is a little ahead of us. England started
auspieiously five years ago. She was just
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genius for friendship-the man with the
power of rebuilding other men-society
women-thieves-a score Of people woven
into this interesting story.
And it gives you a picture Of New York -
the New York you know yes land
glimpses of the New York you don't know
the one you would like TO know-vhich
j. different-which you'll learn to look
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THE CITY OF COMRADES
By Basil King

He is not afraid of the dark OF things-hc
is too great an artist-he pictures life
has touched all with spiritual fire. He
has seen the underneath of things She is
the spiritual Balzac.
With unforgettablc vividness, they move
before you-Regina, the girl Who dared
break her engagement when she knew she
couldn't love the man-Lovey, the strange
old man with his terrible secret, and