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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
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The author Of that very compre.
hensive sign must be a very pa
triotic individual for the lettering
is in blue on a>field Of white. A
heavy border is painted in red.
That famous sign, by the way,
hangs in front Of the wholesale
house of Judge Charles Rebek,
once a real estate dealer in Du-
luth and, later, proprietor of the
only retail liquor store in the IN
fortunate oasis of Oliver
The same place Of business adj
vertises alcohol at So and IS a
quart, depending on the grade of
the fiery stuff and the purse of
the purchaser. -.
Another booze emporium adver-
t.ses the Baker brand Of .whiskey
in its show window at $3.50 a
quart, bottle. Other brands are ad-
vertised as low as $3.50 for quart
bottle. That may be "hnjun
whiskey'1 OF the kind that a lrm-
berjack drinks when he desires to
start rough ;house and then en-
gage in rough and tumble fighting,
including ealked boots, biting and
eye-gouging. y.
Something like twenty years
ago there was revolt against
wide-open conditions and 4 cru.
SADIE brought about a municipal
mandate that front doors should
be closed at certain hours and on
Sunday. The pilgrim who thirssed
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
COL. CARLSON IS. FIRED
BY MINNESOTA STEEL CO.
Nervy especial Agent" Muddles Up Local Matters
and Then Skips Town, Leaving Fancy As
sortment of Unpaid Obligations

with about one more such slack
and unsatisfactory servant prob
ably would cause Gen. Sheldon to
abolish the well-paid office Of
Especial agent. %
It is now alleged that Col. Carl
son discredited his employing cor
poration by meddling in local pol
itics, without the knowledge and
even the real wishes of the local
officials Of the Minnesota Steel
Co. He brought odium on their
heads which it may take years to
remove and they now realize it.
Col. Joe was something like two
edged sword or even a boomerang.
Col. Joe Carlson was a bosom
friend of the late R. D. McKer-
cher. The two of them broke into
the [. W. w. quarters and took out
fall the records. Who did It and
where the belongings went were
deep mysteries at the time. Tie
act was plain burglary but no One
squealed. In fact only one or two,
besides McKercher and Carlson,
knew who broke into the place in
the small hours Of the night. At
that time, too, the I. W. w. had
no standing before the law, local
law at least, and no squeal would
have had any effect, save to get
the squealer in bad with the au-
thorities.
Col. Joe Carlson was one of
those who tried to discredit the
Rip-saw editor by helping frame
up the notorious Spalding hotel
deal a year ago last month. His
methods were all of the old school,
Cap. Collier style Of stuff, there
fore he did not get very far with
them in Duluth.
Now Col. Joe Carlson has faded
away into other and unknown
fields. The officials Of the Min
nesota Steel Go. rejoice while
many merchants through the dear
old town mourn sadly and heavily.
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Col. Joe Carlson has left the
employment of the Minnesota
Steel Co. and ducked out of town.
It all happened more than month
ago.
Col. Joe left the employment of
the Minnesota Steel Co., it is al
legged, because he was forced to do
so. When he got out Of town he
neglected to pay large number Of
bills, it is further alleged. One
automobile concern is reported to
be in the hole over $500 as result
Of Col. Carlson's neglect.
Joe Carlson was especial agent"
for the Minnesota Steel Co. In
other words, he was chief detec-
tive, chief investigator, or some
thing Of the sort. Out at the steel
plant he went by the name of
"Smith" and was known as Smith.
Up town, around the hotels and
in his personal office in the Pal
ladio building, he went by the
name of Joe Carlson.
Col. Carlson had an automobile
and he was a good fellow wLe1. it
came to giving the boys rides or
buying them drinks and meals.
After things went dry, Col. Joe
made daily trips to Oliver and
then Iron River. He could not
feel happy unless well primed with
bug juice. He was very active in
chasing booze and women.
Col. Joe usually insisted OIL pay
ing for the drinks or the eats.
t'This is on me-" he would say
with a lordly wave of the hand.
81 have an unlimited expense &C
count and I believe in making use
Ct it,
The little. birds in the bushes
twitter that Col. Joe worked sew
eral years for Duluth's big cor
poration but that he failed sadly
in giving value received, q pro
quid quo, as John Emeritus Sam
uelson might say. Experience
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
NOTED WISCONSIN BURG
VISITED BY RP-SAW MAN
Finds Plenitude Of Irrigation Parlors for Those
Who Thirst-Dairying and Farming More
Than Replace LAUNDERING Industry. 81 -

IRON RIVER, Wis, Feb. L.
Especial to THE Rip-saw)-:I am
making my first pilgrimage to tie
noted oasis of Iron River, one Of
Old John Barleycorn's few re-
naming outposts in his last cam
paign against dry conditions at the
Head of the Lakes. The old rascal
has held high carnival here for
many years but he never has been
much quieter than right now.
Iron River was put on the map
of Bayfield, county between
twenty-five and thirty years ago.
After the railroad came, but before
the village was born, there was a
sidetrack on the N. P. R. Even
before that, j. A. Pettingill kept
store in log building. There
were trails and tote roads for the
convenience Of cruisers, losgers
and lumberjacks. -
Iron River certainly was wild
and woody in it's early days. At
one time, there were Sc saloons.
There were no keys to the doors
and those doors swung on their
hinges night and day from one
years end to another. AS ono rio-
neer expresses it: '.sSunday was
all same as Tuesday and night was
all same as day."
In the pioneer days there we're
gaudy redlight conditions as well
as an ample supply Of fre-water.
The town swarmed with river
hogs, lumberjacks and sawmill
men.
Today, redlight conditions have
disappeared. There are enough
saloons and to spare to take care
of all legitimate trade. 1t is.steted
that some illegitfmate trade, such
as blind-piggers and blockade ron
ners, patronize local dealers but
they are not responsible for law
breaking done outside of their
places Of business. A saloon is not
a charitable institution nor it's
proprietor an almoner. About the
most that can be expected of him
is to administer first aid, for a
consideration, to those who need
a strong throat gargle or an anti
dote for snake bite.
When you step off that antique
South Shore train and start down
the main street of Iron River, your
eyes are greeted with a huge sign
hanging over the sidewalk, as fol-
lows:
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him. On that day the .restaura-
teur was able to walk but that was
all. He entered the restaurant
and, finding madam absent for the
moment, tapped the cash register,
took out $40 Of the good woman s
hard-earned money and then stag
gered down to the South Shore
depot, where the agent sold him a
ticket to Duluth 'to see the prize
fight" The poor old South Shore
needed the money worse than the
poor woman who accumulated the
500 at feeding the public.
I have said that the redlight
features of Iron River vanished
many years ago. Many believe
that the redlight business and the
liquor business are inseparable.
That does not seem to hold good
here to any great degree but there
are those human degenerates Who
try now and then to make such a
combination.
T. H. Hudson is reputed to Lave
been an N. P. R. train man. JAN
uary 6, he came to Iron River N:th
three women. They eventually ad-
mitted to the names Of Leila joyce,
Cora Parmalee and Mayme E..
Armstrong. In the beginning,
Leila Joyce claimed that she was
Mrs. Hudson.
The lop-sided quartet put up at
the Lennox hotel. In due course,
herd-master Hudson retired to his
downy coach. He also shared it
with Leila Joyce and Cora Parma
lee. Mayme E. Armstrong took a
bed all by her lonesome but she
received a couple Of Iron River
business men while dishabille, as
county attorney Morris might say.
They, in turn, being more modest,
kept on their hats and great-coats
and left the door of the room open,
not wishing to offend Madam
Grundy nor to disregard the pro-
prieties.
Chief of police Mineau was not
pleased with visitors sleeping
three in a bed, therefore he in
vaded the Lennox hotel and in
vited Mr.. T. H. Hudson and his
string Of alleged redlight ladies' to
relieve the pressure at the hotel
by becoming guests of the village
and accepting the hospitality #
the village Jail. Hudson, Leila
Joyce and Mayme E. Armstrong
promptly arose, donned their glad
raiment and went with the stern
old chief. Madam Parmalee Gid
not have to don her glad rags for
she already had them on. She
seemed to be trying to introduce
into Iron River the new fashion
of wearing your street clothes
when sleeping three in a bed.
The women were charged with
a common immoral and unlawful
ofense and the two kindly bnsi-
ness men, who had called on Cora,
put up bail for them. Hudson was
held and is in the Washburn Jail.
It is believed that the county at
torney will turn him over to the
federal authorities for prosecution
under the Mann Act. If found
guilty, his address is likely to be
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Leavenworth, Kansas, for a year
or two.
LAUNDERING first put Iron River
on the map. There was the Gus
tomary excitement and activity
incident to filing on government
claims, acquiring title, selling the
timber, cruising the timber lands
and then cutting, saving and mar
keting the pine. After that, came
timber of lesser value. Today, tor
est products are source of con-
siderable revenue to settlers.
Iron River was something of a
sawmill town for some years. The
Lee-Ingram Co., the Alexander
Edgar Lumber Co., and then the
Edward Hines interests took their
turn at turning pine logs into Prof
it's. The Bowen Lumber Co. and
the S. F. Staples Lumber Co. also
operated at Iron River. Today,
there is a local planning mill which
secures most of it's rough lumber
through the operation of a port
able sawmill in tributary neigh
borhoods and one small sawmill in
the outskirts Of the village.
Of course the good old DAYS of
pine logs and a pQenitude of pine
lumber are gone, never to return.
But other things are coming along
to replace them and to remain per-
manently, thereby beating lumrer-
ing all hollow.
Iron River has creamery that,
last year, produced 10000 poErds
Of gilt-edged butter. The money
distributed by and through that
creamery was equal to a sawmill
or a factory employing 125 aen.
This creamery has increased it's
business 100 per cent for the last
five years. In other words, the
business done in 1913 was 500 per
cent greater than for the year five
years before. It is estimated that,
within ten years, the creamery
business of Iron River will be pay
ing out as much money per year
as did the sawmills in their most
palmy days. Every year that a
sawmill operated, it came that
much nearer it's finish. Every
year that a creamery runs, if IAN
aged ably, it gains accordingly on
it's previous years Of business.
Increas in the creamery's butt
ness also is ample proof that farm
ing is increasing. Every ye. !:
sees new faces among the farmers.
Lands are being. cleared and
brought un :er cultiv~ tion. Farm
crops are steadily increasing.
Lands are changing hands anl in
creasihg in value. Increase in
dairy products means increase and
Improvement in the grade of
horned stock. A blooded horse can
be fed at about the same cost as
scrub but he brings many times
the value Of the scrub in many
cases.
The sheep business is booming
in northwestern Wisconsin and the
farmers tributary to Iron River
are doing their part and securing
tt:-.eir share of the benefits. he
nation now needs wool and NUT
t n and : section Of Wisco~~ in
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
COULDN'T SWEAR TO IT.

"Do you know that George
Washington never told a le?''
said the teacher.
"No, sir; I only heard it, }" re-,
piled the student. .,~.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
IT MAY COME TO PASS.

A Biblical prophecy says: "And
the crooked shall be made
straight (which means, perhaps,
that under prohibition corkscrews
will be turned into bradawls.-Ex.
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:, responding as heavily y
promptly as local conditions per-
NIT.
Iron River has two banks and
all kinds Of merca1 tile business
are fully represented. Two 1: H.
roads serve the place, the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic and the
Northern Pacific. An excellent
brick school building shelters sew
EN- or eight teachers and the pupils
Of the district. The principal ed
win A. Naedler, recently was mar
ried in Duluth to Miss Mattison,
a young lady from Rice Lake.
Ernest Sauve, a local lawyer, To-
Gated in Duluth in 1884 and pos
sesses many interesting reminis-
cences of the days when Duluth
was wild, wide open and getting
ready to boom. He came over here
just before the panic in '93.
Iron Rivers municipal court is
presided over by Judge Peter j.
Savage. The village has the Unique
distinction Of possessing a chief Of
police with only one arm, Col. F.
x. Mineau, who never fails to
bring in his man, once he grapples
him.
Judge Savage also is editor and
proprietor Of the Iron River Pho
neer, an interesting SPACE weekly
paper. He has served faithfully
and we'll for twenty years. I am
surprised, however, that more rer-
chants do not advertise in the COL
umns of the Pioneer. Several pages
that now are given over entirely
to straight reading matter should
be occupied by live, carefully pre-
pared advertisements. The lner-
chants not only would get a direct
return from intelligent advertis-
ing, but the entire community
would benefit from strength added
to the publication through a heav-
Ter support. I wanted a list of pro-
fessional men, but was surprised
that not a single one carried his
card in the paper. That fact,
alone, might send many a man to
Ashland, Washburn or Bayfield,.
Iron River is a hospitable, inter-
esting place to visit. I have en-
joyed every minute Of my short
stay. I am determined to come
again, if the village fathers do not
object. I have an idea that the
fishing season would be an excel
lent time to come. There is no
lack Of liquid bait here for fisher
men who cannot make satisfactory
catches with fly, worm or frog.
Any number of streams are aear
I-on River. A glance at the map
shows that they almost radiate
from the place, like the sticks Of
fan. There are 81 lakes tribu-
tary to the place, each and every
one stocked with some variety of
game fish. Their waters are clear
and the shores clean. You can get
pike, pickerel, bass, croppies,
perch, suckers and trout. Then,
in\the heated season, you can get
to Lake Superior in Is niles,
where the climate ever is cool.
JOHN u. MORRISON.
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The public demands action.
You'll get it here. These two
grapplers fought like tigers for
8 hours and IL minutes at Ish-
peming a year ago. The bout
was so fast and furious that the
fans themselves stopped the bout
and called It asdraw..
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-04
A GOOD SUGGESTION

The American Federation of Lab
or has asked that immigration be
forbidden for at least four years af-
ter the close of the war and the sign
ing of peace, on the ground that
there are more workers in the Unit
ed States now than can find jobs,
But If the workers here now refuse
to work at wages from 100 to 800
per cent greater than European lab
orers are getting II may become nee
essary to ifport foreign laborers to
the United States. And just to av-
old going empty one way" it might
be well to load the ships that go to
Europe to bring laborers here, with
the foreign laborers here who refuse
to work for the high wages offered
Let the ships carry loads both ways
Moscow, Idaho. Star-Mlrror.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-04
"CASCARETS" WORK
WHILE YOU SLEEP
For Sick Headache, Sour Stomach,
Sluggish Liver and Bowels
Take Cascarets tonight.

Furrca Tongue, Bad Taste, Indiges
ton, Sallow skin and Miserable Head
aches come from a torpid liver and
cloggcd bowels, which cause your stom.
ch to become iillcd with updigcstcd
food, which sours and fermcnts Re gar
bagc in swill barrel. That's IN. OrBt
step TO untold miscry--,ndigcst iulI
gases, bad breath yellow skin, mcuta.
fears, everything that Is horrible and
nauscating. A Cascarot TONIGHT wilt
give your constipatcd bowels thorough
cleansing and straighten you ont y.
morning. They work while you sleep
l0-cent box from your druggist wiz
keep You feeling good for months
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-04
FEW ESCAPE

There are few indeed who escape
having at least one cold during the
winter months, and they are forum.
ate who have but one and get tnru
with it quickly and without any scr
lous consequences. Take Chamber
laIn's Cough Remedy and observe tn
directions with each bottle and you
are likely to be one OF the fortunate
ones. The worth and merit of this
remedy has been fully proven. Some
families who have always used It fol-
years when troubled with a cough
or cold. and with the very best re.
suits. ADV
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-04
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that Fire
man noneducationad examination VIII
be held on March 81. 1919, for theA
purpose OF filing vacancy In the
position of Fireman Laborer in the
Custodian service at Lagan, Utah, az.
$40 per annum.
Application blanks and further In
formation may be obtained from the
Local Secretary. Board OF Civil Ser
vice Examiners, at the Logan, Utah.
post Office.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-04
COMMONWEALTH
RECONSTRUCTION


Inc oisseS' r''o'u' movement
iro" 'ne STANDPOINT OF p'oot'V"' re-
haoli''auon Oh s'a'e government ~
along the ''ne vi reuu''ns expense"
an" increasing ''nc'enc' ny 'onSo'o-
ioa''on oi 'unc''onS anu reuuo'nb 'n'
huii'"er vi oou'eS "h'cn nave 10 no
WIN administration anu 'eNE'ns toN
|" iu""o' '"o '"o'"'' ~ S'e''' VI d
s'''"i "ui''oo' Vi "e""S VI '"''o' YAM
departments "'' u"'e' '"' Po"e' vi
appointments anu 'e'''o'"' ny "'e
so'e'"o'' mus '''"N'"s ''e executive
e'e''e" ny '''o pe'p'' ''Spo"S'o'e III
'"'' "S "'i' as '"'''' 'o' Tue S'"'e
s'''' ""''"'' '"S '''" WI "'N 0''
anu eh"''e" INTO law
! In California Governor Stepheps
seems TO have a well defined pro-
gram on the same lines and has nam
ed an efficiency commission 10 work
ont a pIap which he will hack before
the legislature. In California the
Iiden Of marty responsibility is brought
ont nv the governor saving that the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-04

There are two contending forces In
the world that have been in a deadly
struggle for over four years. 1t has
been fight between autocracy ana
democracy; fight to decide VINO
shall rule the masses of the people,
says a statement given out by the
Chiropractic association. The state
ment continues: I
A fight for the lights Of the peo-
pie is being carried on locally on the
same principle. to lesser degree
The medical profession has for
several years been fighting the non
/ medical practitioners of the state In
an endeavor to have their competi-
tors prohibited from practicing by
the order of the court. The chiro-
practors have vigorously opposed
such prosecution. declaring 1t to be
class rule, which is autocracy in its
fullness.
The questions that arise In the
prosecution of the chiropractor by
the medical physician are of pecu-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-04
they are useful.

they are useful.
The medical board declares chlro-
practic to be an imposition upon the
people, a quackery, and then turns
to the courts and charges it to be the
practice of medicine" Is this con
sistent?
The new discovery that pressure
upon the nerve at the spine is the
cause OF nearly all of mans diseases
is a truth that will live, upon its own
merit. and no prosecution can perma-
nently crush 1t. The medical board
for a brief time may jail It, but It is
1.-THE privilege of the people to receive
its benefits, and this is time and
day when the peoples rights are be-
( ing protected and class legislation is
being suppressed. The chiropractor
asks no favor he asks simply the
privilege and right to help his fellow
man by system that has absolutely
proven It's worth to the sick and he
asks that the legislature provide an
examining board TO pass upon his chi.
ropractic qualifications.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-04
Sneaklnu Of Trees.

Said the rural philosopher; "A fel'
Ter must have heart of oak If he
doesn't pine after he finds he aint
poplar with that peach he met"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-04


what the doctor does whether he us
Cs medicine or not, but whether he
receives a fee for doing the same, II
his act is performed gratutiously, II
is not the practice of medicine, " but
it fee enters into the act it is the
practice of medicine" The inno-
cent legislators were influenced to
vote favoraOiy upon bill that out
wardly appeared to be for the protec-
ton of the people against unquali-
fled drug prescribers. But the real
intent of the bill from the medical
angle has proven to be for their own
protection against the effective COM
petition of nonmedical practitioners.
CHIROPRACTOR HIT
The medical board prosecutes the
ShiopIdlCoI WIN Nne people ldA
money. The chiropractor and the peo-
pie who indorse his system of heal
ing complain of the unfairness of us
ing state funds to Jail a competitor
simply because of his better success
in healing the sick. The medical
boards plea has invariably been that
such step is taken to protect the
people," And yet it has been the
people who declare it their constitu-
tional right to select the doctor Of
their choice. The chiropractor is
prosecuted because of his success in
healing his patients, not his failure
to heal them. Is this not pure auto
cratic ruling?
The science of chiropractic has
lproven itself to possess wonderful
ltruth. 1t is proving that nearly all OF
mans sickness is due TO a nerve
lpressure at the spine caused by dis
lplaced vertebra, and IL 1t has scien
ltifically proven itself why should no
the people have the right to receive
IL If it be their choice?
We realize that In the medical pro
fessian we have had, and now have
some of the worlds greatest brains
Many lives and fortunes have beel
lspent in the effort to perfect the dru
System. Yet we cannot overlook tn
fact that even though me have NOR
and better qualified schools tina
lteach medicine, and better prepare
medical physicians in our midst, ye
There Is more sickness. And NOR
than that, there are but few disease
today that medicine declares 1t ca
cure. If medicine were curing its p
tients there would be no work for Il
chiropractor.
i NEW SCIENCE