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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
THR DAILY MIRACLE.

He's out with the dawn on his rubber
tired wheel,
Or his skate-and-soap-box "scootmo-
mile.''
He takes the corners with fiendish
whoop,
Like circus cyclists who loop the loop.
He's wholly callous to fear of cars
That hurtle along like shooting stars
He seems to snatch at the slightest
chance,
And leads my heart prodigious
dance!
And yet at dusk, when he staggers
home,
And we "reune" in the evening g
gloam,
We find that his legs and arms are
still
Intact, and yield to his boyish will!
We find his head on his shoulders
tight,
Although from dawn till the fall Of
night
He's braved a thousand and many
Of dangers that boys have braved be-
fore!
Then when he has supped and is put
away,
At the end of an average boyhood day,
We hold an invoice to make quite sure
Each part Of his body is still secure;
And, finding his parts are all intact
His safety a reallv honest fact
We marvel: cit seems he's good as
new;
But how on earth did the lad pull
through!"
Strickland Gilliland.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
CONNECTION AT A CAMPFRE.

Wednesday evening, Jan. 10, 1898,
Willis A. German Post, G. A. B.,
pulled off campfire in the Post
quarters in the old Hayes block. That
block was erected by the late presi-
dent Rutherford B. Hayes, owner Of
the property, and it was nearly the
first brick building in Duluth, If not
quite SO. But that's another story.
The late Col. II. R. Yowlton, Of
Saddlerock restaurant fame, started
the blaze Of the evening by few re-
marks. A string band then played,
after which Miss Anna Farrell sang
couple Of patriotic songs. Mrs.
Doyle, accompanied by MI. Doyle,
rendered "Farewell, Marguerite.
Rev. Father Timothy Corbett, now
Bishop Of Crookston, then q plain
priest, had been secured as speaker
of the evening. Those were the DAYS
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
THE KINGS DEPART.

THE KINGS DEPART.
I see the kings departl
Scepter and crown,
Trappings and royal raiment are laid
down.
The day Of pomp is done,
And one by one
From crowded court and hall
Go the pale ghosts Of kings,
Their panoply and mad imaginings.
I see them 60
Over white wastes of snow,
Over the hills with no one in their
train.
Vain, oh, vain.
Their coronets, their thrones.
The weary world disowns
Their purple and their crimson. In
the sky
The stars are singing, and a prophecy
Is written in the heavens. Soon expire
Visions Of kingdoms; and the long
red fire
OF Cars and Kaisers dwindles on the
hearth
Of the whole earth.
This is the peoples hour.
The holy flower
OF Freedom blooms in every stricken
I see the kings departl
Charles Hanson Towne.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
DULUTH is THEIR NEST.

There is no reason in tho world Why
provisions should be any higher In
price in Duluth than they are In st.
Paul or Minneapolis, yet this issue
carries an article on the food situa-
ton that will bring conviction to any
sane mind that there is q robber gang
right here in Duluth that hold up the
consumers with prices from 80 to 100
per cent higher than they are in the
Twin Cities.
Furthermore, there Is no need to
wonder whether tho packers, the
wholesalers, tho commission dealers, or
the retailers are the ones at fault. The
retailers claim that they are ct the
mercy Of the commission men and the
wholesalers. It Is our opinion that
they need not be unless they want to
be. With their organized and united
action they could break up any whole
sale holdup gang II they only wanted
to. They could buy fruits and green
stuff at retail much cheaper in the
Twin Cities than they claim they are
forced to pay the Duluth wholesale
and commission. merchants. Why do
they do this and continually do it?
Provisions are much cheaper in Clo-
quet than they are in Duluth for the
reason that cooperative companies
there buy their goods in carload lots
in tho Twin Cities and Chicago. The
Duluth food hog combine tried to
throttle these Cloquet merchants but
the latter would not stand for It and
that is the reason they are able to sell
cheaper than Duluth retailers.
Right here in Duluth Is the nest Of
tho most vicious and mendacious food
hog litter in the entire United States.
How much longer are the consumers
going to support and encourage IT.
Ransom Metcalfe, in Steel Plant
News.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
DULUTH is AT MERCY OF
SHARKS.

The Duluth News Tribune has dis
covered that the people Of the City Of
Virtue are being robbed by the COM
mission men that thrive and grow fat
under the protection Of the interlock-
ing directorate, but, in our humble
opinion, the morning daily will do
nothing to help the victims Of the VI
cious greed.
Just suppose, for q minute anyway,
that the News Tribune, or the Duluth
Herald, or both Of them, should expose
the real conditions in Duluth and those
rsspondble for tho close-in graft that
makes Duluth the most expensive city
IN the world to live in-what would
happen7
But neither Of the very excellent
dailies viii do anything Of the kind,
and for the very good reason that their
owners are cogs in tho grinding wheels
Of the interlocking directorate that is
- . milestone about the neck Of what
would otherwise be the biggest and
best and richest city IN tho nation.
Duluth Il kept and held for the
profit Of the few who compose the IN
tsriochng combination, and any man
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY.

She walks in beauty, like the night
OF cloudless chimes and starry skies,
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes,
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress
Or softly lightens DER her face,
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling
place.
And on that cheek and DER that brow
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that
glow,
But tell Of days in goodness spent
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent.
Lord Byron.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
THE LOGGING SLEDS
GIVEN FIRE VICTIMS
Richard T. Close Offers Ex-
PLANTATION After Reading Ar
ticle in Recent Rip-Saw.

The following information was re-
ceived some time ago from Mr..
Richard T. Close, advertising manager
for the Marshall Wells company. The
communication explains itself and
failure to print it sooner was due to
lack Of space in one issue Of the great
family journal and oversight in an
other issue.
Mr.. Closes communication, by the
way, is the very first and only peep
ever made by anyone connected with
the American Red Cross Of the North
ern Minnesota Forest Fires Relief
Commission. It shows that those in
high places read the Rip-Saw and that,
men of good common sense, fellow
feeling and a brotherly regard, like
Advertising Manager Close, well know
that they will be treated courteously
when they approach the paper Of the
people as one human being approaches
another. Read Mr.. Closes communi-
cation in the same kindly and open
spirit that he writes, viz:
ga recent article in the Rip-Saw
referred to the sleds and wagons fur
nished by the Relief Commission, to
the fire refugees.
"There are always two sides to a
question, sheet Of paper or a shin
gle, and I know you will be good
enough to consider an explanation on
the wagons and sleds from one who
was responsible for their purchase.
"Wagons, generally speaking, were
purchased in four different weights,
single horse with 21s-inch skein, and
team wagons in 3A-inch, 31s.inch and
81 inch skeins.
"The kind Of wagon a man took
depended almost entirely upon him
self.
"There were times when we were
short Of single wagons for perhaps
week or possibly two.
"We took all the single wagons that
were available in Duluth, St. Paul.
Minneapolis, st. Cloud and two Wis.
consin towns, using long distance
phone service and the telegraph.
81 know, however, that some farm.
ers took team wagons, with the idea
that they would get a second horse
very eheaply later, either hitch mn
with a neighbor or purchase an ami.
nal from some other refugee.
CAN the single harness was issued
complete with extra straps 10 the
horse could be driven either single q,
double.
Practically all Of the farmers ont
side OF Duluth wished sleas for the
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
TALES OF LONG AGO
The Rp-saw Historian Digs Into Dongs in the Dim, Dis
tant Past and Unearths Interesting Incidents
of Days That Are No More

an unconscious state. Several others
were taken out in the same condition.
Ten streams were played on the
flames but, by midnight, the building
was abandoned to its fate and every
effort made to save adjoining prop
erty. The International Bank and
Johnson IS pharmacy suffered some
damage. The Windsor hotel, across
the street, caught fire several times
and the Agen block also had the same
experience, but the flames were ex-
tinguished before material damage was
done.
The furniture, fully insured, was
valued at about $4,000. The build
ing, valued at $4,000, was insured at
about three-fourths of it's value.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
SURPRISE.

In paths that lead by burn and swale,
1 have surprised the galingale;
And startled in the MONDAY hush
The dreaming Of the hermit-thrush;
Caught many robber like the bee
Busted with honied thievery.
But I have sensed the great surprise
In the confession Of your eyes,
The sweetest I have ever known
Bidding love come and claim it's owni
Clinton Scollard.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
MISS UPHAM'S COMING OUT
PARTY.

Tuesday evening, Jan. "a, 1893, at
the Kitchi Gammi club, Major and
Mrs. John H. Upham gave a coming
out party for their daughter, Miss
Fannie Upham, now Mrs. Clark Flagg.
Miss Upham had been in Europe for
some months and had but recently re-
turned. A local society scribe at that
time said: "Miss Upham, although a
resident of Duluth in former years, has
for many months been abroad and her
introduction as a Duluth debutante is
warmly welcomed by old friends and
new, alike
As the chronicler of the event said:
''The Spalding was ablaze with
lights. " The parlor was occupied by
the hostess and her daughter, assisted
by Misses Miller, Markell, Munger,
Collins and Culver, each charmingly
gowned.
OF course the club rooms were dec
grated "with a profusion of American
Beauty roses, with smilax twined here
and there" The mantels were banked
with roses, palms and ported plants.
The reception proper lasted from 9
to 1890 p. M, after which dancing
was the order of the evening. They
danced, by the way, in the dining
room.
As the fulsome writer at that time
said, "The costumes were elegant in
the extreme, coming from modistes in
New York and even abroad.'
Madame Upham wore a handsome
costume Of black lace, court train,
with diamond ornaments.
Miss Upham was CARRIED in an ex-
quisite Paris gown Of pearl colored
lace over satin skirt, en- traine, cor
sage de collette, ornaments American
Beauty roses.
Miss Miller wore q pale blue silk
with maroon velvet trimmings.
Miss Munger appeared in a pretty
costume of soft red crepe, en- traine,
with diamond ornaments.
Miss Collins wore a "graceful
gown" as it was termed, of soft yel-
low silk, richly embroidered, with
roses for ornaments.
Miss Culver appeared in a dainty
gown Of pale yellow silk, with roses.
That's the way members of Duluth 8
Four Hundred brought out their
daughters before the Big Panic
bumped them so sadly.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
NOT INTERESTED THEM

An army chaplain, meeting Jock who
had imbibed freely but not wisely, Of
fered to guide him to barracks. Or
the way, Jock became discursive.
"Ye ken, chaplain" he said, me
father is a very releegious mon and
l m that way inclined masel'. Nos
I'D like to haze a bit argument wi
ye on predestination.
The chaplain was amused. Hadn 4
you better wait until you arc seberi"
he replied.
"Hoot, mon," said the Scot. al
don't care a d. about predestina.
ton when I'm sober. ''-Detroit Free
Press.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
HE KNEW HIS EMPLOYER.

The Judge evidently was getting a
bit fed up with the jury and at last
he announced:
II discharge this juryl"
A tall lank, lean member Of the
twelve then arose and exclaimed:
essay, jedge, yer KANT discharge
mel"
"Can't discharge youi Why mott"
"Waal" replied the juryman, as he
pointed to the lawyer for the defense,
~ was hired by that guy over
thari''-Ex.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
SOME LIBERAL OFFERS.

An Arkansas editor recently az
nounced: owe will give subscriptions
FOR anything to eat or wear, from 8
bale of cotton to a bundle of rags
and from roasted beef to a bull
frogs leg. We will take on account
cash or potatoes, butter, eggs, wood,
turniPs, coon hides, pearls, slugs, ap-
pies, honey; molasses, chickens, ducks,
squirrels, turkeys or anything else you
have to eat, drink, wear or trade on,
so there is no excuse. Please come
across.'
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23

When that bull-dozing Proctor chief
kills someone with his brutal club,
then the citizens in that neck Of the
woods win awake to the fact that he
is neither . safe nor sane man to
hold such position.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
PIONEER DAYS IN DRY GOODS.

On Jan. 10, 1893, the old Duluth
Dry Goods company held its annual
meeting. That was when F. A. Patrick
was in the wholesale grocery trade
and before he went in for dry goods.
What now is the F.. A. Patrick Co.,
then was the Duluth Dry Goods Co.
At the annual meeting. held nearly
81 years ago, it was reported that the
sales for 1892 exceeded those Of 1891
by 20 per cent. The sales for the en-
tire year amounted to $750,000. Of
ficers were elected for 1893 as fol-
lows: President and manager, F. Nc
liver; treasurer, Luther Mendenhall.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23

SATURDAY, A
THE TELEPHONE PROBLEM
Nearly score Of years ago, the Du-
luth Telephone Company charged Du-
luth patrons such high rates, gave
sach poor service and treated the
patrons 80 arrogantly that forbearance
ceased to be virtue. Seeking about
for relief, the Zenith Telephone Com
1sny was organised to build and oper-
ses the Zenith system.
As . result Of that undertaking, Du-
jath people got better service, lower
estes and civil treatment, as we'll as
IN interest in the company.
Through lack Of watchfulness and
the lapse Of time, the people again
wake up to find that they have lost
their holdings in tho Zenith company;
taat the peoples telephone system has
bean absorbed by the local subsidiary
q the monopolistc Bell interests; that
the City Of Duluth has been robbed
Of its power to control telephone
rates; and that the greedy Bell sys-
tam is jumping up rates faster than
tho patrons can keep up with them.
Very recently, Proctor patrons Of the
Ban system baked at excessive
charges and ordered tho company to
take out its instruments. A COM
Jromise was made as to Duluth calls
but, even then, those with the Spirit
a '76 were not satisfied. They looked
about for relief.
NOW tho Zenith telephone serves
Proctor from its West Duluth ex-
Change, therefore has neither legal
light nor excuse to charge toll for
talking to Proctor on tho hill.
Csnny Proctor citizens who next
sought relief by ordering in Zenith
telephones were refused the service CT
Informed that the company was un-
able to provide the necessary 1nstru-
msuts and equipment. As usual, the
soulless corporation had the last and
biggest word.
Low wages and high cost Of living
are great problems, but time may
solve them, at least in part. This
telephone situation at the Head Of the
Lakes is q great problem but, without
quick and decisive action, time viii
make it moro 80 and just that much
more difficult to solve.
Without competition and without
municipal control, tho monopolstic
Bell system can charge Duluth almost
any old price. The only way to get
tho public foot out Of the cruel trap
a to retain competition or, better yet,
secure municipal ownership and oper-
alton Of local telephone system.
There yet is chance to condemn,
take over and operate municipality
The Zenith Telephone company. In a
short time, that system viii be fully
absorbed by tho Bell system and the
company put through liquidation.
Then, for all time, Duluth viii be un-
able to municipality own its own tele-
phone, except at excessive cost, and
the poor patrons Of this city will be
bled, choked and robbed by the non
resident, greedy, grasping, soulless
corporation, controlled by the Bell in
terests.
Right now, to US, this telephone
problem seems more important than the
food hogs, II. q. L., the sugar famine
or anything else that robs stomach
and purse.
Where are the champions Of munic-
ipal ownership? Where are the city
commissioners elected by the COM
moners7 Have the people again been
betrayed by their chosen representa-
tives?
Let the voice Of the people be heard
IN the matter Of this most serious
telephone problem.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23
BEATS ALTAR OF ROSES

BEATS ALTAR OF ROSES.
whats the most expensive perfume
OF which you knowf" asked John J.
Lane of Martin Rosendahl.
"Gasoline," promptly replied the
man who put capital GA" in auto
mobile.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-02-11
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MR.. WILLIAMS

The remains of the late George K.
Williams, as they lay in their casket
at the family home were viewed yes
terday and today by hundreds of sor-
rowing friends. The most beautiful
casket to be obtained was chosen by
those who loved him best, and on it
his friends laid many fragrant and
lovely flowers.
The funeral services took place at
1890 today. The modest little home
on South Lime street and the grounds
around were thronged with saddened
and sympathizing friends. Rev. ]. r.
Herndon conducted the services, which
were brief and simple. as it was
known that this would be in accord
with Mr.. Williams wishes.
The pail bearers were Messrs. r. S.
Hall, Ed. Carmichael, H. D. Stokes, G..
T. Maughs, J. d. Robertsons@ H. M.
Hampton and d. S. Williams.
The remains, accompanied by Mr..
Edward Tucker left on the Seaboard
4:07 train for Chicago. Mr.. Ned Will
liams had intended to go. but thought
it more necessary that he should re-
main to help comfort his mother and
sister. The duty of accompanying the
remains to their last resting place
was therefore assumed by Mr. Tucker,
who has for years been a devoted
friend of the family.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-02-11
MR.. GLASS WANTS
STACKS OF MONEY
Desires that Congress Provide the
Treasury with at Least Ten
Billion Dollars
ASSOCIATED Pressl

Washington, Feb. 1I.-Secretary
Glass yesterday asked Congress to in
crease the amount of liberty bonds au>
thorized but unIssued to approximate
ly ten billion dollars ana give him
broad powers 70 determine the inter
est rate and other terms OF the Vic
tory Loan to be fioated in April. He
also sought permission to issue not
more than ten billions of treasury
notes maturing within five years, and
asked that the War Finance Corpora
ticn be authorized for one year after
the declaration of peace to make COM
mercial loans on exports, to facilitate
foreign trade.
AS his reason for asking such wide
authority to determine terms of the
Victory Liberty Loan, Secretary
Glass explained in letter TO Chair
man Kitchin, of the House ways and
means committee, that he could not
determine this far in advance, partic~
ularly because the country is in a
state of commercial industrial read
justment, what the terms should be
in April. Mr.. Glass expressed the
hope that the operation of the laws
Of supply and demand regarding food
stuffs would soon cause reduction in
the cost of living, and warned against
artificial retardation of the process Of
falling prices and credit contractions.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-02-11
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
FAILED AGAIN
Threats and Establishments Alike
Failed to Move Park
Trammell
CAssociated PressJ

Washington, Feb. 11.-Woman suf-
frage by federal constitutional
amendment was beaten again yester-
day in the Senate. The vote was 55
for and 29 against, which failed of
the required two-thirds.
Thus ended what leading suffrage
champions had said In advance would
be the final test of this session of
Congress. The suffrage advocates
went into the test knowing they lack
ed one vote, but hoping to the last it
would be won over.
Those voting in favor of the resolu-
ton were:
Democrats: Ashurst. Culbertson,
Gerry, Gore, Henderson, Johnson of
North Dakota, Jones of New Mexico,
Kendrick, Kirby, Lewis, Mcclellan,
Myers, Nugent, Pittman, Pollock,
Ransdell, Robinson, Shaffroth. Shep-
pard, Smith of Arizona, Thomas,
Thompson, Vardaman and Walsh-24.
Republicans: Calder, Frelinghuy-
sen, Gronna, Colt, Cummins, Curtis,
Fernald, France, Kellogg. Kenyon, La
Toilette, Lenroot, McCumber, Nc
NARY, NELSON, new, MOTIFS rage,
Poindexter, Sherman, Smith of Mich
igan, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling. Suth-
erland, Townsend, Warren and Wat
son-31. Total for, So.
Those voting against the amend
ment were:
Democrats: Bankhead, Beckham,
Fletcher, Gay. Hardwick, Hitchcock,
Martin of Virginia, Overman, Pomer-
enc, Salisbury, Simmons, Smith of
Georgia, Smith of South Carolina,
Swanson, Trammell, Underwood, Will
liams and Wolcott-1S.
Republicans: Baird, Borah, Brande-
gee, Dillingham;, Hale. Lodge, Nc
Lean, Moses, Penrose, Wadsworth and
Weeks-11.
The following were paired: Cham
berlain of Oregon and Martin of Ken
tucky, with Reed of Missouri, Golf of
West Virginia and Owen of Oklahoma,
with Shields of Tennessee; Hollis of
New Hampshire and King of Utah,
with Knox of Pennsylvania, and Phe-
Ian of California and Fall of New
Mexico, with Smith of Maryland.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-02-11
MRS. W. P. GOODYEAR

Whereas, It has pleased our Heav-
enly Father to take unto himself our
sister and class member, Mrs. w. P.
Goodyear; therefore be it
Resolved, That in the death of Sis
ter Goodyear our class has lost a
faithful member; that she was ever
faithful and loyal to her church and
Sunday school; that we will miss her
presence, but that our loss is her gain.
We acknowledge that wisdom of our
Lord and bow in humble submission
to His will for He does all things best.
We extend to her family our deep
est sympathy and commend them to
the God she so faithfully served.
A copy of these resolutions shall be
sent to her family, a copy recorded in
the minutes of this class and a copy
be sent to the Florida Christian Ad-
vocate and the Oca1a papers for pub
Ecation.
The Loyal Workers Class of the First
Methodist Sunday School,
Maud L. Williams, Secretary.
Ocala, Fla, Feb. 9th, 1919.