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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27

ir setting out trees and shrubs are,
first. the fear that most people have
of putting the plants In firm. Sec
ondly, the great reluctance which all
inexperienced gardeners have of cut
ting back the top.
In setting out any tree or plant II
is essential to get 1t as firmly in the
ground as possible. A piantsman who
had sent out lot Of roses received
hack word from his indignant Gus
toner that they had all died but one
which. strangely enough. her hus-
band. who weighed over two hundred,
had stepped on and broken when they
were setting 1t Quit" All the others
It proved upon investigation, had
merely been placed in the ground and
had the earth gently drawn over their
roots and carefully patted down by
hand on the surface There Is very
little danger Of getting the soil too
frmly about the roots Of any plant
when setting It out. II II Is a small
tree or shrub the soil should be
pressed down firmly about the roots
with the foot. bearing ones entire
weight. In case Of larger trees, re-
curing a good sized hole to take the
ball of roots. the soil should be filled
In a little at q time and firmly tamped
down with a blunt stick as the hole Is
gradually filled up. When the plant
ing is completed the tree or shrub
should be SO firm In the ground that
considerable pull on the top will not
show any signs Of looseninS the roots,
Many planters cannot bring them
selves to spoil the looks" OF the tree
or shrub that is to be planted. The
reason why. In most cases. it Is neces.
sary to cut the tops back severely IL
that a large part Of the roots have
been destroyed, and in order to keer
the balance between the roots and tor
even part OF the top must also b
sacrificed; otherwise the whole plant
is weakened and may die.
The first thing to do with plants
when they are received Is to examine
the roots without removing the wrap
ping Of burlap or moss, and II they are
at all dry give them a thorough soak
ing. II they are dried out II may be
necessary to place the ball Of roots
with their wrappings. in a pail OF
water for several hours. II pos
sible, preparation for planting should
be fully made before the plants arrive
The sooner they can be got into the
ground after receiving them and soak.
| ing up the roots the better. II delay
is necessary keep the plants In theil
original wrapping in a light place with
the roots kept moist. Or they may b
removed and "heeled in"-that is, put
into trench in a corner Of the gar.
den or some other convenient plac,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27

Delaware farmers are busy bedding
sweet potatoes for early sproutns.
Many carloads of seed potatoes
have been shipped from Laurel the
past week to New Jersey and several
western States. Sweet potatoes dur
ing the past two years have brought
tremendous returns to growers, ana
the indications are that the acreage
will be twice as large as it was last
year. A much larger acreage Oh
u,atermelons is also being planned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
SEEDLESS FRUIT.
Ky MARTHA McCULLoCH-wILL
IAMs.

Navel oranges. albeit they approx
innate that Dead Sea fruit which
'tempts the eye. but turns to ashes
on the lip" SO intrigue the fruit Gull
tur!sts as to set them specializing
afresh on the potential breeding out Of
cores and seeds. The problem, an old
one, Is not solved by the navel orange
which was brought from South
America by a wide awake American
Consul Out OF seventy young trees
which he had secured only four lived
of the four one suffered eclipse by
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
GOOD TREE LABELS.
BY NJ. &. KAINS.

Tree labels In considerable variety
have been tried by the public and
found wanting. Scarcely any have
proved durable. economical, easy to
attach and harmless to the trees. Or
binary wooden ones rapidly turn gray
and the writing upon them becomes
illegible. Thin sheet copper ones, so
often recommended to be written upon
by style or sharp point. by no means
make good the claim that they are In
destructible. for often after only one
years exposure they will leave nothing
but the eyelet to tell where they once
were. Zinc strips are no less disap.
pointing. for they do not long retain
the pencil marks; but worse. when any
OF the copper sulphate compounds as
used In spraying with Bordeaux mix
ture. ammoniacal copper carbonate
&C., come In contact with the zinc, a
chemical action takes place and the
zinc literally melts away into thin air.
Corked glass phials containing tree
names and hung in the trees are
fairly satisfactory except for the facts
that they are hard to see and are too
| easily broken.
trees are rarely labelled because there
ia planting chart with the position
OF each tree and variety plainly marked
upon It. This should also be the case
in home plantations. but often the
owner feels the need Of label ac-
tually attached to the tree. And this
is good thing, especially when trees
have been grated. as they often are in
amateur gardens. with two or more
varieties. In such cases each growing
scion should carry It's own label.
The label that I have found most
satisfactory IN all respects is made
from nurserymen's six inch wooden la
| bells and stout wire. say number IL or
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
NEW BUTTER BEAN NOT A BEAN

The so-called New Zealand or New
Guinea butter bean Is not a bean at
all. according to the Department of
Agriculture, but an edible gourd. used
by Italians but not usually relished
by Americans. The plants do not re-
seinble beans in any particular and it
is n deception to advertise them as
such.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
LEARN ABOUT GOLDFISH

and aquatic gardens We make artistic
aquAriums suitable for the most beautiful
homes, consarvatOries or lawns for keeping
goldfish and aquatic plants We will make
any special sixe TO order, with fountain II
desired. We 90 anywhere &c construct
aquariums or aquatic ponds. Descriptive
WORKS. Racine. Wisconsin.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12
NOTORIOUS ELCIN HOTEL
SHELTERS IMMORAL FOLK
Madam Gains Old Homestead Does Not Improve
With Age-Women, Booze and Gambling
Leading Pastimes of the Guests.

blush and shake his complacent
head.
1t is alleged that, for long time,
Madam Kirby lived in room 10 with
a dope fiend who was wanted by the
police. He is represented as hav-
ing been protected by Col. Harris.
Be that as it may, he finally jumped
the town without getting arrested.
Some say that baby born to Madam
Kirby a few months ago was the re-
suit of her associations with that
hophead. She laid the response
bility onto Earl Spooner and he has
stood for the charge to the extent
Of helping pay Madam's room rent.
Madam Kirby has little girl
about three years old, sweet little
child, for whom all the patrons Of
the place feel sorry. When her
mother was in the hospital, the poor
little child kept wailing, where has
my mama gomez" Now that her
mother is back, she greets the guests
with the query, "Do you want to see
my little brother, Earl Spooner?"
In some cities, humane society
officers might investigate this case
of two little babies being kept in
room 10 while the unfortunate
mother helps support them by re-
ceiving strange men in the place.
For a time, Maxine and Dorothy
roomed at the Elgin. A young pa
trolman is represented as calling
there number of times to see Doro-
thy and, although he was young
married man, one guest claims to
have seen the auburn haired lassie
cling lovingly to his manly form.
Maxine and Dorothy at one time
lived at the Park hotel and were put
out of the Elgin because of some
pique of Madam Beach, alias Anna
Olson, if the inspectors report is
correct.
On one occasion, 1t is alleged, a
patrolman went up there to the room
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12
SOCIALISTS WIN
AT TWO HARb0RS
Where April First Was Last Of
August, April First Now Is
First Of August.

TWO HARBoRs, April 10
Especial to the Rip-Saw.)-The first
of April was the first Of August this
year, which is altogether different
from what it was two years ago when
the first of April was the last OF
August.
This statement is not an attempt
to ridicule or upset the calendar, but
simply to show how the tables will
turn. Two years ago the socialists,
who had been in power here for six
consecutive years, lost out in the
election, their candidate for mayor
being defeated. They also retained
only three of the seven aldermen.
The progressives, as they termed
themselves, were jubilant and COM
menced to march the streets shout
ing 'The first of April will be the
last of August" The meaning of
this was that city clerk August
Omtvedt would be kicked out of the
city hall. - -
The people of this city now have
had two years Of progressive
government and they seem to have
learned q lesson. The principal les
son learned, they say, is that the
SO called progressives were, in real
ity, retrogressiyes, and that they did
not have sufficient education to carry
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12

of Maxine and Dorothy to investi-
gate some suspicious circumstances
and Dorothy held the door so that
he could not come In. A chap was
sitting inside, shivering with fear
Of being arrested.
Some hot poker games are played
in the Elgin. Col. Harris, him
self, is credited with making goo
goo eyes at the Goddess Of Chance.
He ever is ready to match coins or
make q. bet, no matter how much
regular business is neglected there
by. He is credited with getting by
because he is a member of a promi-
nent and influential secret society.
On one occasion, a printer and
half dozen boon companions played
poker from 8 p. m. to Sunday morn
ing. It is stated that gambling on
the green is not difficult to find
around there.
About the middle of February, a
male occupant of room 6 roared
loudly and claimed that, in the night
in some way, by some one, he was
relieved of SIS that he had secreted
under his pillow.
You can get into the Elgin hotel
either by way of the front or up a
back stairs route. There is a sys-
tenn of bells and signals, possibly
installed by the late Madam Cain
which sometimes is used to advan-
tage. On one occasion, one long
ring and two short ones sent a man
flying out of room 10 and down the
back stairs. The signal also caus-
ed madam occupant to make visit
to the front office.
The police have had an eye on the
place more or less. There Is diff
ficulty in getting positive evidence
in such a place, and, too, it is limited
that any butting into things there
has not been at all encouraged by
the head of the department of pub
lie safety.
The patrons of the complacent
hotel Elgin must be very thirsty
bunch. Empty bottles are taken
out of there by the barrel. For
about every four barrels of ashes
from the furnace there is at least
one barrel of empty bottles. On
one occasion, q empty pints were
taken out between Friday noon and
Sunday noon. It is not impossible
that boot-leggers and even blind
piggers find the Elgin a profitable
place to hang out. The new COM
missioner of public safety may be
able to find out something as to
that.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12
WAS JOSEPH H. CARLSON
DANGEROUS GERMAN SPY?
Minnesota Steel COmpanys Former Special Agent
Said and Did Disreputable Things-He
Resented Criticism of AutOcracy.

Carlson house found Col. Joe eating
a big supper with a couple Of dizzy
looking females. He stated that
they were his cousins" and that he
could not talk business that evening
because he had an engagement to
take them to the theatre.
On one occasion, Col. Carlson in
structed helper to get all the evil
dence he could against blind pigs
and redlight houses. A goodly lot
Of information was turned in but
none of the places ever was disturbed
by the police.
Carlson boosted Of his friendship
for and relations with chief McKer-
cher. He urged a helper to be friend
ly with the Big Chief. what he
and I say, goes" boosted the crook
ed colonel.
Carlson once had a row with q
Greek who ran a candy kitchen
somewhere near the Rex hotel. He
was very angry at the candy man
and most seriously asked helper
what he would take to blackjack
the Greek. On another occasion, he
tried to induce the same fellow to
break into the /. w. w. hall and to
steal all the books and records. AS
previously told, Carlson and Meker-
cher finally did that bit of burglary
themselves. There's a man in Duluth
who saw the job actually pulled off.
Carlson spent the money of the
employing corporation like water.
When he took a man to dinner the
bill always ran from $3.50 to $500.
He was a prodigal buyer Of booze, his
expenditures at one time, at one bar
often mounting up to considerable
number of dollars. He was a con-
firmed patron of the Oliver bars
after Duluth and Superior went dry.
He also kept plentiful supply at
home and at office.
Carlson had the canny habit OF
paying off a helper as cheaply as
possible, in cash, and then borrowing
a part Of the sum. OF course no re-
payment ever was made. He invar-
iably made memorandum of a pay
ment and many an employe of the
Minnesota Steel Company's secret
service man firmly believes that
where Carlson paid but SIS in cash he
charged up SIS against the corpora
ton.
One former employe loaned Carl
son his rifle, worth SIS, watch,
worth $40, and also loaned him
something like $50 In cash. He
never got back rifle, watch or cash.
Carlson also promised the same
helper ga big job tomorrow" but
that tomorrow never came. The WHY
wcbbler invariably played both ends
against the middle.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12
POLICE ARREST
REDL|CHT FOLK
Crippled Co|ored Woman Who
Specia|izes in "Chicken,"
Boasts Of Immunity.

All the lawless folk in Superior
are not followers of Old John Bar
leycorn. There are gamblers, red
light ladies, panderers, keepers of
disorderly houses and even worse.
Mildred Brown, who graced the
premises at 1922 Third St., was ar
rested a couple of weeks ago. She
forfeited her bail and is credited
with taking temporary asylum in
Duluth. Whether she did her trad
ing at the Silberstein store, affiant
knoweth not.
But Mildred mourned for the
nasty underworld in Superior. She
was bound to come back, just like
dog to his vomit. She showed up
on Friday of last week and resumed
her miserable redlight trade. The
sporting fraternity received her with
glad acclaim. For couple of hours
everything was as fine as a bug in
a rug. Then came the cruel police.
Mildred's dump Of low moral en-
deavor was raided and she again
put up 500 bail which she again
forfeited.
A frequenter of Mildred's dump
was fined only IS, at which he
howled loudly. He would not have
minded so much if the police had
permitted Mildred to have finished
her job at drinking to him with
her eyes,"
Bessie Rowan, a crippled colored
woman, has been getting by because
of her physical condition. But that
dusky resident of Infamous Third
street has a soul much blacker than
her face. She is more badly crippled
in morals than in body. This Sene-
gambian happy specializes in young
girls of under age, "tid-bits," they
call them in the big cities.
Bessie not only claims that she is
immune from arrest, but it also is
alleged that she has made her will
in favor of Sergt. William Miller, a
member of the police force.
Gambling on the green is not
lively but it can be found. The
knights of the goddess of chance
have been badly routed by this cruel
cleanup war. Nick Beskos recently
was caught in his school of chance.
He paid fine of SIS for himself and
SIS each for 20 patrons, a total of
1925. It was a bargain day in fines
for gamblers.
Stewart McCutcheon of Allouez
was caught with eight others for
flirting with the gay goddess of
chance. They tried that old poker
bluff of pleading not guilty. Their
trials were set for a later day.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12

out the socialist economic program.
They tried, all right, but they failed
signaIly.
At the election this year, August
Omtvedt was candidate for mayor
and he was elected by an overwhelm-
ing majority. With him went five
socialist aldermen out OF seven, so
he has a good working majority,
and the two non-socialists are men
who worked with them on the coun-
Gil for six years. -
Thus it comes that while in 1917
the first Of April was the last OF
August Gas city clerk), this year
the first Of April was the first OF
August Gas mayor). And the one
who laughs last laughs best.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12
SAWDUST
AND
SHAVINGS

Now that the cruel campaign is
over, let us love one-another.
4
Prospective chiefs of police are
more plentiful than roses in June.
Now watch Little Tammany" try
to shake the city hall plum tree.
Where is Mile Post 81 on the AL
ger-Smith line, anyway, and what is
there?
One hundred gallons Of Passover
wine ought to be enough for purely
sacramento purposes.
E. "Bert" Farrell ran like a scared
steer in cornfield, as the Nebraska
farmers often express it.
Duluth soon will be provided with
a real city attorney if the commits
sioners do their full duty.
Notwithstanding his very early
start, commissioner Farrell got a
mighty good scare, anyway.
Despite the serious errors in his
diagnosis, DR.. Hammond brilliantly
pulled his patient through.
=
It soon will be time for senator
Bessette to begin shooting the other
barrel Of his state salary roll.
Midshipman Midget must feel
somethinglike a German submarine
that bumps into a depth bomb.
That Warren Guy now ought to
feel free to 60 back to that old Job
of gambling in grain at $1,000 a
Year.
"Big Bill" Murnian now can try
his hand as an organizer by lining up
his colleagues in a City Commission
ers' Union.
Former senator George M. Peter
son has been keeping so quiet OF late
that many are beginning to wonder
what mischief he may be Matching
UP.
Mayor Baxter dropped his dragnet
into the underworld waters in SUI
perior last week and hauled in at
least seventy tough and crooked old
fish.
What Mark Hanna unce was IN
Ohio, Gustaf Lindqvist promises tc
be in Minnesota. The North Star
State can raise anything from hell to
politicians.
If their actions mean anything
some of the Superior policemen d.
not believe In a free press and the
untrammelled circulation of plain.
speaking papers.
The friends Of the late Odin Hal,
den are beginning to wonder where
he has gone into exile. There certain
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12

There, are those in Duluth who
believe that Col. Joseph H. Carlson
double-crossed his employer, the Min
nesota Steel Company.
It is generally admitted that Col.
Carlson double-crossed his friends
He borrowed money of them and
then ducekd out of Duluth when the
Minnesota Steel Company fired him
for inefficiency, neglect of duty and,
possibly, other shortcomings. Where
Col. Joe went and where he is today
are problems that number of heavy
mourners would like to solve.
Col. Joe Carlson had any number
of names. At some times and in
some places, his name was Smith. AT
other times and places he was known
as Cooke. He also changed offices
now and then. He started in at
Twenty-first avenue w. and Superior
street. Later he operated from the
Lyceum building. When he was
| kicked out of the employment of Du-
luth's biggest corporation, he had an
office in the Palladio building and
was known as Joseph H. Carlson.
Carlson posed as a labor hater
strike breaker and sure cure for
what he called the I. w. w. plague.
There are those who firmly believe
that Col. Joe really was secret SYM
pathizer with the I. w. w. move
ment, strange as that may appear.
A former employe of Carlson firm
ly alleges that Col Joe had a strong
habit of singing I. w. w. songs when
alone in his office. He urged this
man to read I. w. w. literature and
often was found with his nose buried
in I. w. w. books. It would be diff.
cult to convince this chap that Carl
son was not, in reality, a true and
trusty I. w. w.
; The same employe also firmly
believes that Carlson was German
spy. He invariably was peeved when
anyone roasted kings and autocracy,
So marked was Carlson's sympa-
thy that, on one occasion, the subor-
dinate asked:
care you a German spy, Mr.. Carl
SOM"
81 wish I were," was the reply.
Carlson strongly advised an en-.
ploye against marriage but boosted
concubinage and free love. Married
life is a dogs life," he asserted.
On one occasion, Col. Carlson took
a picture of Christ, autographed on
calendar, and made obscene addi-
lions to it with his pencil. He ex-
; pressed great contempt for the
Prince of Peace. "This belief in
Christ is all hot air." he said.
The fact that Col. Carlson worked
four years for the Minnesota Steel
Company without really delivering a
satisfactory service, although he ex.
pended the corporations money very
| heavily, Is one bit of evidence that
Col. Joe did not have his duties really
at heart.
AS narrated previously, Col. Joe
Carlson was hard man after booze
and women, as well as a crooked Dor.
rover of money that he never repaid.
One former companion tells how Col
Joe patronized blind pigs in Gary
He bought booze freely and paid well
for it but, despite his close relations
| with chief McKercher, no arrests
ever followed.
His associations with lewd women
need not be enlarged upon. Once
upon a time, when Madam Carlson
had gone to Chicago, a caller at the
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12
SEES LONG, DRY SPELL.

OEEO 0ONOS OIEI 61 EAl1Ho
EDO you believe, Major, that spir-
its ever will return to earth?" asked
Mrs. Occult.
cit may have been possible in the
past" replied Major Guxzle, "but
they simply can't do It after July
first."-Adapated.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12
Oh, PICKLES!

OH, PICKLES!
There was young lady named Per.
kins,
Who had q great fondness for CHER
kins;
She went to q tea
And ate twenty-three,
Which picked her internal workins.
-Froth.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-12

The friends Of the late Odin Hal
den are beginning to wonder where
he has gone into exile. There certain
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
Authors Handwriting.

II readers and admirers Of the pol
ished sentences Of popular authors
could see the original manuscripts
from which their works are printed
they would be given Interesting side
lights on the character and personal
ity Of the writer's. The handwriting Of
G. X. Chesterton has been described by
an English editor as shocking" w.
w. Jacobs, comedy writer Of the sea,
has all his literary work typed and
makes but few corrections on the fin
ished manuscript. Other English
writer's whose copy Is reputed to be
neat and quite acceptable to printer
are H. G. Wells, Eudyard Kipling,
Arnold Bennett and Sir Arthur Co.
nan Doyle. Editors say they never
know what to expect from that i'm
aginative genius, 81. de We're Stacpoole.
Sometimes his work is neatly typed on
good paper, but often 1t is scribbled to
sheets torn from copybook.