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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-04-04

Montpelier is going TO have a biz
Fourth Of July celebration this year
That fact was determined upon at the
the regular monthly meeting of the
Booaters' club at the city hall last
Tuesday night. and tho amunemen,
committee was instructed 10 work ON
an outline OF q program to present
and special meeting OF the club %
be held next Tuesday night. At that
time the various committees will be
appointed and the ball started TO roll
ina for q riproaring celebration, 60
which The people OF the entire county
will be invited 10 attend. y
The question OF butiaiag new
road from tho county highway TO the
cemetery was discussed. The nenti-
ment was unanimously In favor of the
proposition and 4 committee, COM
posed Of Mcssrs. Thicl. Hon and Sta
Icy. was appointed TO secure intormA-
tion as TO the coat OF obtaining a
r.ght-of-way Tor q road running al.
rootly west from the cemetery TO the
county road and the probable cost Of
constructing the same and report TO
the city council.
Tho secretary Of tho club was tn
structod to confer with tho proper
officials OF the short Line Railroad
company with the view OF having pas
sengor train No. Is stop at PegTam.
AZ II 10 now. the people OF Pegram
who have business at the county seat
aud Montpelier have TO remain hore
over night. That 10. they have come
here on either Nos. 10 or II and can
not get back until the following
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-04-04
MANY GARMENTS ARE
COMPLETED FOR REFUGEES

While the attendance at Red Gross
work rooms was fairly good for the
past month. there ID still a crying
need Off more workers who will do
the work on children's garments.
There is considerable amount of
all supplies necessary for this work
on hand, but the shipment of needed
garments to Europe has been greatly
curtailed by the lack OF workers TO
do the necessary sewing. Those who
are not able to 60 to workrooms are
privileged to take the work home.
On Tfmlay and Saturday after
moons ~ material can be Sc
cured al = Eooms in the city
hall by Lish to do. the
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-04-04
NOMINATE CITY TICKET
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT

Mayor Sheldon has authorized the
Examiner TO announce that a mass
meeting OF the citlEena OF Montpellar
wall bo held Al the Guy hall Monday
night. April at : o'clock for the
purpose OF nominating candidates for
tho various city ofIices All quaiIned
electors In the city are invited to at
tend the meeting.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-04-04

soaa spr:nGs h yaFy mueh on tha
nap slnes fia designation e. tire saaf
= government % the naw county Of
CARIBOU. Several ne~ and modefn
draesuFea VIII soon b undaF wav.
Tnd within another gear the naunre
attended - . part vim give rsesp-
70n 70 al up4o-dkte court k0asa
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-04-04

Il = pretty tough whsn tlse -ruII of
aonos eoDsists 81 hastsrIass arY
bread.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15

who buy it know booze. Among the
bunch Of roysterers were Torrance,
Genevieve and Jack Lavinsky. A
wrangle started in some way and it is
said that Genevieve was decorated
with black eye by her loving hus.
band, that shaded lamp plainly show.
ing for several days afterwards. The
habit seems to be growing on him
since he came home from France.
There's another tale about Torrance
and Lavinsky selling three women for
immoral purposes. Many a Bingoland
sport wonders what Mayor Baxter 8
vice-hounds are doing. Several Of
these Bingoland boys seem determined
to find and follow Max Rosenberg 8
trail. That notorious route leads to
white slavery and the end Of the road
is at the federal penitentiary at Leav-
enworth, Kansas.
If the mayors sleuths wish to catch
bunch of lawless folk, they can do
so by paying closer attention to the
Torrance family, the Lavinsky gang,
Madam Lola, Betty West and even
others who stand quite high in Supe-
rior.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
Chief McKinnou Has Ambitions.

Vincent McKinnon, for thirty-one
long, eventful and interesting years
chief of police, is credited with aspir.
ing to higher and better public po-
sition. His candidacy is considered
conditional, he having neither desire
nor license to oppose his old night
school chum, Charles N. O'Hare.
If, however, Mr.. O'Hare should
make a vacancy by real retirement
and, especially, if Mayor Baxter should
put the skids under chief McKinnon
and then shove him out of the police
station and onto the cold, cold street,
then, it is believed, the veteran chief
would try to make the run. 1t is re-
ported that Bob Shields has put his
stamp Of approval on the McKinnon
candidacy, if there is to be a change,
otherwise the fox Of the muskeags will
be well satisfied to have O'Hare in
the city council and McKinnon on the
police force, that is, if.
Geo. w. Kane a Candidate.
George w. Kane, the present city
treasurer, is said TO be an avowed can
didate for commissioner. He is a vet
eran city official and, if he enters the
field, will represent the better element
Of citizens outside Of labor circles.
During the past year, when feeling
as run high between lawless folk,
disciples of low moral endeavor and
profiteers by vice on the one hand and
dry, moral, law-observing folk on the
other hand, Mr.. Kane ever has been
found on the side Of decency, law and
order. Instead Of trying to trap Mayor
Baxter and to cut his political throat,
treasurer Kane has gwen the city 8
chief executive heavy and efficient
support. Mr.. Kane cannot be classed
as an anti-labor candidate and, should
run, labor cannot have any personal
feelings against him. The feeling
should be decidedly the opposite and,
'onld the forces Of labor fail to sup
port the Kanean cause it will not be
due to dislike of him, but because they
feel impelled to support some one from
their own ranks.
Labor Holds Balance of Power.
Organized labor undoubtedly will
have the deciding vote in the next mu-
1icipal election and the man favored
by that element in the body polite
probably will be the one to win. The
Superior Labor News, in a recent edi,
torial, indicated that labor's candidate
will be one who has been tried and
t"sted when there were 70 politica
plums to be picked, and that self-seek
VIC avid professional seekers for polit
zeal pie will have their pictures turned
to the wall.
Superior's labor organ further de-
clares that union labor in the lowland
ity will not stand for dictation from
any clique or faction Of politicians,
but that, when the proper time comes,
Tie union card boys will make their
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
TORRANCE GIVES WIFE A BLACK EYE

appointed delegate to the metal trades
department of the Al F. of L. by the
plumbers international union, being
The first man in Superior ever chosen
as representative Of an international
organization.
Mr.. Campbell is a strict and con.
sistent champion Of law, order and de.
cency in municipality. If organized
labor makes him its choice, he undoubt.
eddy viii be elected, for he has q
strong personality and is widely and
savorably known outside Of union cir.
cles.
Bernard Strong Is Strong.
Bernard Strong, business agent of
the Shipbuilders' union, is another can.
didate mentioned by organized labor.
He has been a union man ever since
early manhood and he has proven his
ability and integrity on many occa.
sions when the men of his union have
7ad important questions to settle. Mr..
Strong is quiet and unassuming and
never has much to say until it is nee.
essary to really say something, when
Re talks with forcefui and calm de.
liberation that is almost uncanny in
its effectiveness.
Last summer Mr.. Strong was sick
in bed when he heard that a strike
was imminent and that a meeting
would be held that evening to decide
the matter. He entirely forgot that he
was sick in bed and, somehow, man.
aged to reach the hall where, in a most
disconcerting way, he dashed the strike
advocates and turned the sentiment so
signally that the organization was
saved from calling an illy-advised
strike.
Bernard SHong's service in the
anks Of organized labor is not so long
as that of Mr.. Campbell, but no union
men doubts the ability, integrity and
honesty OF the former. If nominated,
he will make a formidable candidate.
Horner Has Champions.
Thomas Horner, present president of
the Superior Trades and Labor assem-.
bly,, is considered a possibility as a
candidate of union labor for the COM
missionership. If selected, he will
make a strong man in the fight. For.
mer party affiliations will not hurt
him, as he made very creditable run
for sheriff on the socialist ticket, de-
spite the fact that the war was on.
Some say hat Mr.. Horner is not in.
viting nomination at the hands of
organized labor and that he really
would prefer to see some other man
selected. It is stated that he will sup.
port the choice Of labor but, even If
personally DESTROYS Of being not con.
sidered, he cannot prevent his friends
from supporting him for the nomina.
ton.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
CLAUDE GOES STEPPING
SAY BINCOLANDS SPORTS
War Hero Plays With Betty West When Cenevieve Goes to
Hospital Dry Dock-Madam Torrance Catche. Naughty
Couple and Waite. Hubby Home By the Ear.
Fry Bunch Goes Over to Lolas Flat Where They Lick Up
Bind-Pg Booze and Torrance Biffs Wife in the
" Eye-White Slavery Stunt Is Hnted.

A citizen of Bingoland informs the
Rip-saw that it is incorrect and unfair
to blame Genevieve Torrance for all
the low moral endeaver in tn, Tor-
rance family and the family flat.
Strong allegations are made that Claude
F. Torrance, returned hero Of the
World War, taxicab driver, bingo mer-
chant and a willing "stepper" through
the Bad Lands of Superior, not only is
guilty of acts entirely imprope- in a
faithful husband, hut it is intimated
that the man who helped make the
world safe for democracy, by fighting
in France, even profits personally from
any coin annexed by his friend wife.
Some time ago, Genevieve was in
the hospital dry dock for repairs. Hub
by Claude, instead of carrying her
flowers, jelly and the latest romantic
novels, did not even sit by her bed
side, holding her hand.
Claude not only let nature and the
doctors take their course in getting
Genevieve out of the hospital dry dock,
but he went gosthering around with
other fair and even frail women. 1t is
alleged that, one night, the cunning
Claude took Betty West to the Tor
rance flat and kept her there all night,
making the place as unsafe and unfit
for decency as did Ole Peterson when
he was a policeman bold and in the
habit Of throwing his cap behind the
door Of the Torrance flat.
Claude is polite chap, therefore he
returned Betty Vests call, going to
her apartment over Holmberg's booty
drug store and undertaking to stay
there all night. Betty has maintained
snug little redlight parlor there for
several years.
Lady Genevieve got word of her hus-
band g amorous stunts, therefore she
shakily donned her street clothes,
FASTENED from the hospital and caught
Claude Torrance and Betty West Sleep
ing in the same bed, one lying at the
foot and the other at the head. Gene
We've took the adventurous Torrance
by the ear and waltzed him back to
his own bed and board in the famous
Torrance flat. Betty West seems to
be quite immune from arrest and other
official annoyance.
There's story going through Bingo-
land that Torrance recently bought a
grand new hat for a local woman not
his wife, but that's another story.
Tuesday night, Nov. 5, Torrance and
some Of his friends went out stepping.
They called on Lola. a notorious WON.
an who is credited with running a flat
that BELONGS to Chris. Peterson where
she is selling much booze, if the boys
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
THE WICKED GENDER PIT"
CAUSES DIRE COMPLAINTS
Padded Room Shelters Tables Around Which Shorty Men
Play Poker Projectors Family Lives in Mansion
Bought With Money Dropped By Poor Suckers.

ing these trying times with what few
nickels and dimes their foolish sons
and husbands do not drop into the in
satiable depths Of that lawless 'Cinder
PITT
"Now, Mr.. Editor, you will relieve
many an aching heart and even aching
stomachs. if you will INVESTIGATE this
place and then get it cleaned up if you
find this complaint well founded. You
also will have TIE grateful thanks of
the women and children who suffer be-
cause of the hellish work Of the greedy
proprietor"
The Rip-saw is informed that the
'Cinder PITT gang was so numerous
and so sadly enthralled by the poker
games in tie padded back room that
an adjacent Greek candy merchant was
compelled to move to another location.
He complained that so many sporty
men stood around that women would
not enter the candy store, therefore
the poor Athenian lost the cream Of
his trade. Anything that can freeze
out Greek merchant must be pretty
strong and raw stuff.
Vincent McKinnon is chief Of police
Of the city of Superior. The Rip-saw
suggests to its sorrowing correspondent
that the matter be seriously laid before
that gentleman. He has been connect
ed with the Superior police force for
shout 20 vea-s ana ~ +-n-n 10 "rv way
Of cleaning out this "Cinder Pit, the
clever and experienced chief ought to
be the very man to determine ways
and means.
1t would look to the bead.sawyer as
if two-legged chief ought to be able
TO beat this mysterious one-legoed man,
whn h"-"+s ~" ";tv hall. IN !'n+tino TO
the "Cinder Pit" when the four poker
tables are coverd with chips, coin and
cardr .
If chief McKinnon has the asthma and
cannot run real fast, "Jehu Jack"
McNon"I1 r,irht oo~co-+ ~ rive him
ride in the automobile that, 80 some
say, Max Rosenberg gave to him.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
HE NEEDED ENCOURAGEMENT.

"Well," remarked Cupid Sparks, the
marriage license man the other day,
ga chap in my neighborhood whom I
have been waiting to come around for
a license for long time, finally mus
tered up COURAGE to propose and came
in the other day for his license. I
know the young lady quite well. too,
so asked how he finally managed it.
She said:
"Well, he stayed around one night
till nearly ~. 7 gave him q '~+ of en-
courageNent. but he just eouldn t say
anything. Finally, after he had gotten
his hat, he said:'
mabel, do you read the paperss'
81 told him of course 7 did.
"'And have you read about the in
come taxes9'
81 certainly have.
"'And have you read that after
sixty DAYS the government is going to
tax marriage lirenses?'
eyes. 7 read that.
well. don It YOU think that-that
we ou"ht to nrartice economy and hur-
ry!' LOS Angeles Times.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15

Wis, be summoned or it had been
suggested to her by friends, the Rip
saw is not certain which. Tuesday,
Miss Coma was seen going from house
to house along Second street, asking if
anyone had seen her brother.
Mrs. Eva Busch finally was called
up at the Associated Charities. She
developed the fact that Miss Coma had
niece in Chatham Flats, Mrs. Holt,
if information is correct. Taking the
unfortunate woman to the Holt home.
Mrs. Busch was informed that the
Volts probably could take charge Of
her.
Miss Coma laid down on the floor
at the Holt home, wept and said that
she would have to die. Mrs. Busch
again was summoned, if information
is correct, and asked to take charge of
the homeless, friendless, moneyless,
foodless creature, the Hollis evidently
feeling unequal to her care and pro-
lection.
Mrs. Busch then swore out COM
plant, charging insanity, and stating
that the cause was "thought to be
disappointment in love-"
Judge Gilpin issued a warrant and
sheriff Magic took charge of the wom-
an Tuesday evening, Nov. 4, and
lodged her in cell in the county Jail.
There an examination was held, at 4
p. m, Nov. S, the county attorney be-
ing notified and Doctors Wallace and
Vercellini being appointed examiners
by court commissioner James E. Gard
ner. A certificate to the effect that
Miss Coma was ga person of unsound
mind" was signed by the medical ex-
aminers, therefore the unfortunate
woman was committed to Fergus Falls
and taken there Friday, Nov. 7. The
brother, John Coma, arrived from Bay.
field Thursday afternoon, Nov. 6.
Women friends of Miss Coma who
visited her at the county Jail Thursday
afternoon, Nov. 6, found her lying in
the bunk in her cell. She evidently
had not been undressed nor her shoes
taken off for nearly 48 hours. There
she laid, in hysterical stupor, motion.
less, speeches. and with eyes closed.
There was nothing in the environment
and nothing being done to bring WON.
an worried to distraction out of her
hysteria. Perhaps not fully over the line
Of insanity, her arrest and Imprisonment
in that smelly, bare, cherries cell
might easily have pushed her across.
A Finnish woman prisoner nodded
her head sadly and tried to say that
the place was not a fit one for the
poor creature and that she should be
in hospital. The cell door was un-
locked and entrance to it was open to
anyone who might pass.
Another insane woman, evidently
harmless in her dementia, is alleged to
have had access to Miss Gonia's cell
and, it is claimed, that she was found
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15

holding the unconscious or at least I'M
responsive victim of q heartless world
in her arms, petting and loving her,
possibly thinking she was q beloved
child or kinswoman. Had her dementia
taken a maniacal turn, she just as cas-
lily could have throttled her helpless
fellow prisoner.
There is q rumor that Miss Genia
broke down mentally once before. It
is not believed by those who knew her
best that her nervous and mental col.
lapse at this time is due to any disap-
pointment in love. Years of devotion
to her parents robbed her Of opportu-
nifty for home and q husband and
there may have been q blighted TO-
nance in her life, but it was years ago,
If at all.
Miss Coma was a very quiet, retir-
ing, unostentatious woman. She seemed
the very personification Of propriety.
She was serious, very religious and just
the type to bravely bear her burdens
in silence and then break suddenly.
She dressed in sober garb and told a
patron some months ago that she had
not had new dress in seven years.
She made one think Of a nun deprived
Of her convent by some dire fate.
Money from her sister-in-law in Bay.
field enabled her to buy a badly need.
ed pair of shoes in October.
The Rip-saw will wager dollars to
doughnuts that Miss Gonia's nervous
collapse and dementia really were due
to worry over lack of food, money. q
congenial abode and lack Of responsive.
sympathetic friends. She was woman
who thrived on kindness, hut who
avoided anything that seemed like
seeking or accepting charity. What her
sensitive mind and tortured soul suf-
fered, mere mortals never may know.
For this torture of frail, sensitive,
delicate woman, untitled by nature and
conditions for strenuous battling with
rough and selfish world, the system
in state. county and city must be
blamed for any prostrating blow given
by arrest and Judgment in a rough
bunk, behind brutal bars. Local hospi.
tails refused to renew a former con-
tract with the kindly county for tenn
porary care of the insane. therefore
sensitive. delicate and tender women
like Miss Coma are compelled to en-.
dure the unaccustomed terror and hor.
r"r of rough, smelly cell in the county
jail.
And what comfort the fortunate
women Of community could bring to
Gods unfortunates like Miss Coma.
The Stalled danes, with rustling
silks. costly furs, dazzling jewels. a
whole sack of sugar in the store-room,
male protectors, a $1,000 car for sell
fish self and pampered poodle to go
airing, could, if they cared, do much
for their sensitive. helpless. less fortu.
nate sisters. The inhumanity of WON.
an to woman backs the inhumanity Of
man to man entirely off the boards.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15

noted egg ranch tributary to Supe-
Tor. He has worked up an imposing
list of wealthy customers. He takes
their orders for the hen fruit and
makes deliveries. Instead of white
apron and a scowl, Joe Belle now
wears the corudroy trouser, the white
sock, the yellow slipper and the blue
shirt. 1t is an imposing sight and a
fine example to the wild lads in Bingo.
'"nd whom Ioe wa'ts out everv morn
ing to buy the daily paper SO that he
can keep closely in touch with the
egg markets.
"Me, Joe Belle, have to keep posted
on zie market for zie egg," says the
aspirant for the better way Of living.
"Tha Fr'' "a verv ronnlar drink
with the rich folk in Superior. They
abhor blind-pigs and blind-pig booze,
but many of them have some very fine
private stock.
An eek" is made by first order
ing strictly fresh, hand-picked eggs
from Joe Belle. Then the prominent
citizen, in the secrecy Of his own home,
takes a pinch of lemon and then proper
proportions of gin, Bourbon and port
wine. He next breaks in one of Joe
Bellies select eggs and, on top, SHOW
els a proper quantity of shaved ice.
After vigorous shaking, imported So
da is siphoned in and then the nectar
is strained off into frosted glasses of
ample dimensions Tt is said that about
two "Elks" will make man think he
IS millionaire or president of a
bank.
Me, Joe Belle, furnish zie egg and
my customair he furnish zie nog, zen
he have zie fine egg-nog," says NJ 'sieu
Joe, Superior's classiest egg merchant.