The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08

and not making too much noise
when he secured access to the in
ner precincts. The same Puritan
ical :,lan prevailed in Duluth dur
ing the administrations Of Ray T.
Lewis, Henry Truelsen, T. w.
Hugo and even Roland D. Haven.
After Iron River had bowed to
the proprieties, a bunch of bibu-
-lous lumberjacks essayed to enter
the saloon Of Joe Chanteloix, one
Of the most famous characters this
region ever knew. They pounded
loudly and persistently. Finally,
coming to the door, Joe Indignant
ly exclaimed:
"Sacre Bleu! You 60 round to
re side door. You stand zere and
max re noise, you give my place
re bad name.''
Today, all saloons are supposed
to close at midnight. Before auto
mobile touring was over for the
season and the busy season was in
full sway, the white-aproned dis
pensers of the stimulating st!ffs
were tired enough to 60 to bed
promptly after the legal closing
hour. A few confirmed night
hawks admit seeing lights in seine
Of the places long after midnight,
during these mild winter nights,
but they carefully refrain from in
vestigating, therefore cannot
speak as men having personal
knowledge.
Just now, visitors are not any
too numerous. Automobile tour
ing has ceased for the time. The
bibulous chaps at Duluth and Su-
perior who do not possess auto
mobiles and big bank accounts
seem to swarm to Gordon, that be-
ing quicker and cheaper to reach.
At present, therefore, there is no
excuse for a saloon proprietor not
to teach his Sunday school class
or his bartenders to absent them
selves from the divine sanctuary
on the holy Sabbath day. There
is ample time to swamp out and
fix up stock for the ensuing week
after going to church and thea cat
ing a good Sunday dinner.
AS stated, in the wild and woody
days, Iron River had as high as
Sc saloons. Later on, the number
stood at about 20 for some years.
Today, the entire number, whole
sale and retail, is around a dozen.
I may have missed one or two in
the counting.
There seems to be some techIi-
cality, either state or municipal,
which limits the number of retail
saloons. When Duluth, Superior
and then unlucky little Oliver
went dry and the tide Of the booze
business turned towards Iror
River, there were not enough re-
tail licenses to supply the demand,
therefore wholesale licenses were
issued.
Some of the retail stores are
conducted by old-timers, such as
Isaac Hubbard and Adolph Carig-
non. Then there are Maras &
Rabotich, Louis Sand and Gus Eg-
dahl. The latter formerly con.
Quoted the Fifth Avenue hotel in
Duluth.
T. F.. Mackmiller, an Iron Rl7er
pioneer and local magnate, heads
the list Of wholesalers. He also
owns the local electric light and
power company, a cement worl e.,
many residences and business
blocks ard, until he got peeved at
the banker, fat bunch Of bank
stock. He is well known in Du-
luth and Superior. Not being a
man who believes in starving his
brain, he also was the first volun-
tary subscriber to the Rip-saw in
Iron River. T.y4y 49,
Ferguson & Paradis, the Moth
Star Lique.. Co., Wake and Har-
ney, Charles Rebek and the Len
nox Liquor Co. conduct wholesale
houses. Walker & Varney fed TO
Iron River from Ashland when the
dry boys gave the boot to the bib
ulous boys. The Lennox Liquor
Co. is conducted by big, affable
Paul Maras, WelE known in HID
bling and all along the Mesaba
range.
Old John Barleycorn acts lady
/ here at times, just as he does in
other places only a, few days
ago the old roysterel wrestled
hard with man who runs res