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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15
RUNNING WILD.


Some sport, headed for the "kink"
OF late for playing poker.
A do know think
The Henry be the Joker.
One hundred thousand fish have added Okan lakes
and by the states fish and department
proud OF iorteen dollars fishing still feels
there much to live for which there i The poa paim ap-
proximae third
instead boshesm Had Russia angling whke
lro1ky might have been compelled work for living
Every married wonders that employed
detectives
Sulphur has killed
such frequently the married petition the
legislature for a closed
Mother apt think her a bright boy but much
Political definition The dangerous demagogu. the silver
ongued orator of the opposition party
Oklahoma mvtys organization OF known the Jazz
Hounds, bu, OF them will be able TO live il down
In recent headline the Bug referred Burglars OBJ
vousb the panng prooader knew something the Buga
didn't have the heart TO change
The longest week is the one before one begin, his vacation
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15

people anticipate hard winter but boy coal
il they felt
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15

The Texan who landed hospital here drinking hal
onc. may have been trying find for IT,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15

Some statistical shark informs are 100000 sutomo
bles in the United States but lodges them fre-
quently his estimate seems somewhat conservative
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15

Not all the suton Of punishment display their fortude the oped
arena sport writer's quantity dub the prize irnsuce there
James Ross candidate for the congressional
read all the speeches printed the pas, sis
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15

Speaking OF music and grand immortal the wri
OF the OF Texas oil Sundays Okahoman made reference
shooting craps and gambling.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15
Ten Years AYo.

Shak lie river are estimated at 30,
UO by Field Marsha OSama
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15

Some sport, were headed for the "klink'
OF late for playing auto poker.
A game we do not know hut think
The Henry car must be the Joker.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15

Oklahoma university, organization Of l. known the
Hounds but many OF them will be able to live it down
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15

Political definition: The dangerous demagogu. the SILVER
tongued orator of the opposition party
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15

The longest week the before begins his vacation
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-15

Mother is apt TO think her bright boy but she hasn,
fdence in his ability to wash his neck and ears.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29
COMMISSIONER FARRELL
WASTED VALUABLE DIRT
West Third Street Improvement Done Contrary to
Contract and in Manner Inconsistent With
Good Engineering Practice.

than needed fills along the lower
side.
There is a stretch where the board
sidewalk is on stills, out of line and
without proper width of dirt foun-
dation, through neglect to properly
use the waste from the lowering of
grade Of the Low paved roadway.
Commissioner Farrell and his in
spectors must be held accountable.
You find the same shiftless, shaky,
twisty, needless conditions as you
proceed westward. Near Thirty
seventh avenue West there are places
where ample shoulders could have
been built up from dirt that was
wasted or diverted elsewhere. West
of DR.. Confer's property the board
sidewalk is anywhere from a foot to
1S inches below grade, as we'll as
shaky, canted and twisted.
All that could have been different
had the contract been followed as
drawn by the city,. -. 49,
The most asinine stunt of all was
the construction Of vitrified brick
intersection on Thirty-seventh ave-
nue. West at point where the cross
street will not be put in for the next
one hundred years. The only ex-
cuse for that seems to be based on
the idea Of using as many brick as
possible. Why commissioner Farrell
was interested in using up an excess
Of brick is best known to himself
but the property owners have their
suspicious and they are not creditable
to the commissioner.
Evils of stent work on that job
as well as sighted work might be
told. But what's the use of more
information? The proper proceed
ure is for taxpayers and voters to
see those botches and utilities with
their own eyes. Even then, some Of
them will shut their eyes, not wish
ing to see or know, hoping and ex-
pecting, perhaps, for job of soldier
ing on street work through Farrell's
favor.
Any political promises from the
cunning commissioner should be re-
quired in writing. Safety first is a
good motto when dealing with the
Boy Engineer.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29

their kinfolks over in the Old Coun-
try were going to eat up the French
and Italians.
Farrell does things all right, all
right. For example, he requires =
gang Of 10 to 10 men to do winter
repair work that his predecessors did
easily and well with only two men.
The Rip-saw never will die 50 long
as the brave boys from far and near
keep bringing and sending in sub
scriptions as freely as they have
since the New Year.
DR.. McGill, Superior's city physi-
clan, must be q Canadian, otherwise
he would not make smallpox pa
tients hike for tall timber when
they need a water closet. Many
people in Canada 60 to the bushes.
1t was worth going many miles to
see how Frank Heidman and his
men bumped into it when digging
ice and hopping up slush in front
Of the News Tribune building last
Monday.
Big I, the Boy Engineer, made a
joke of civil service in his depart
ment. One of those jokes cost the
city about $4,000 for damages. But
the money. did not come out Of tho
Boy Engineers own pocket.
=
County attorney Greene recently
escaped from Uncle Sans service
long enough to appear in Duluth as
a witness against young girl whom
he tried most bitterly to send to
Saltwater. Duty to office and pub
lie failed to have that much pull.
=
Farrell, when first in office, was
going to cut D. A. Reeds salary.
Now Reed returns tho compliment
by denying an employe the right of
freeman to discuss campaign is
sues privately, merely because he
does not whoop it up for Farrell.
If you work in the water and light
department, you must not discuss
the political situation with your
! friends, even out Of working hours.
If you work in tho department of
public works, you must whoop it up
for Farrell in working hours and out
Of them.
Commissioner Farrell roared loud
~ because ono of commissioner Phil
lips employees discussed the cam
paign to Farrell's Displacement.
When the Boy Engineer shuts of
free speech, he is initiating the late
Nicholas Romanoff or Bill Hohen-
zollern.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29

in Duluth was assessed for the year
1918 at $3,211,782, and including
the full and true value Of its assess
ment on real estate the amount OF
this total assessment would be ap-
proximately $3,500,000.
Value Of System To-day.
Naturally, materials for construc-
ton, maintenance rs we'll as the
equipment, are higher today than .
few years ago, and Reproduction"
value Of the system Is higher.
As for the increase in cost Of ma
terials, an Interesting comparison
may be gained with q perusal Of the
records Of the Bradstreet agency and
the United States department Of
labor.
This record is one Of general. COM
modify prices. Starting from An az.
erage for the period between 1860
and 1918, the increase has been from
80 per cent in 1910 to 210 per cent
the end Of 1918. This is an increase
in prices of 120 per cent.
Increase Is 80 Per Cent.
Allowing for everything and con.
servative in every degree, the figures
of the street railway company, as for
prices of materials entering into OPP
Grafton of a traction plant, show an
increase of so per cent, comparing
1910 with the four year average OF
1913-14-15-16. This is the latest
figure of comparison which the COM
pany has, though naturally mas
much as that was before the war,
the increase has been great since
then. lit is believed that were the
company figures brought down to
date they would compare quite evenly
with those of Bradstreet and the
department of labor.
Extensions include such big pro-
jects as the construction Of the Nor
gan Park and New Duluth lines,
double-tracked; the Kenwood avenue
line, completed last year; the East
Ninth street line, completed In 1912;
the taking over Of the Park Point
system, and other work.
Value of Franchise.
Lastly the value Of the unexpired
franchise is problematical. The fran
chise of the corporation does not ex-
pire until 1881, with some IL years
still to run. The question Is: chow
much does the corporation consider
this period OF operative years worth?',
II do not care to hazard a guess"
was the only answer Of Herbert War
ran. general manager of tho system,
to this question.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29
MOTOR CORPS
BARRED BY Law
Must Be Scrapped II Not Made
Part Of the State Gen.
stlbUlg.

The Minnesota motor corps must
be created a. 4 state colstabulary or
be consigned to the scrap heap. The
motor corps, organized by the pub
lie safety commission, can not be
made part Of the national guard.
These facts were brought out at a
public hearing of the senate military
affairs committee, at which a new
military code was under considera-
ton.
General George c. Lambert, for
mer adjutant general of Minnesota,
who is recognized as one Of tho fore
most authorities on military law in
the United States, gave the commit
tee the two alternatives on the mo-
tor corps.
"The motor corps can not be made
a part of the national guard, for
there is no provision in the regular
army for a motor corps" he said.
"The national guard in Minnesota
must conform to the regulations Of
the national defense act, or Min
nesata will lose every cent of fed
eral aid for the support Of the guard. I"
General Lambert also volunteered
the information that the national
guardsmen are, opposed to the motor
corps.
If the military affairs committee
attempts to make the motor corps q
state police force the farmer-labor
forces in the legislature will put up
a tremendous fight.
Organized labor and the Nonparti-
san league members Of the legisla-
ture have feared from the start that
the motor corps was designed rs q
state constabulary to break up
strikes, suppress lawful assemblage
and intimidate tho farmers and
workers in the cities.
General Lambert's disclosures on
the motor corps will necessitate an
amendment Of the bill as it passed the
house. If the motor corps Is to be
made a state constabulary. The SEN
ate has not acted on the bill as yet.
although the original measure has
been recommended for passage. The
bill is now on the table, and will lie
there until Senator Gustaf Wtdsu Of
Blue Earth county has prepared his
minority report in opposition to the
motor corps.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29
BIG APARTMENT
HIS MAGNUM opus
Whitney Wall Plans Improve
ment For City That Will Cost
Half Million Dollars,

Whitney Wall proposes to erect a
modern apartment house in Duluth
at a cost of a half million dollars.
There is nothing SO pretentious in al.
Duluth and the project should find
favor with many people, especially
those with ample means. both As
medium for investment and a desir-
able place in which to live.
Incidentally, Mr.. Wall merits en-
couragement and congratulations for
investing his capital in his own nome
; town and using his best energies
where he has lived for about a quar-
ter of century, instead of sticking
1t into some haZy venture near the
Rainbow's end.
The writer we'll remembers when
+! Mr.. Wall came to Duluth, early in
! the dark ZOOS, to serve Uncle Sam in
a federal position. He had vision
enough as to Duluth's future to in
cuce him to camp permanently in
the city by the fresh water sea. His
vision and industry have been re-
warded literally in material way.
Now, as this well-rooted resident
nears the apex of a busy career, he
takes time to plan bigger and better
things for his nome city than ever
before.
In the meantime, Whitney Wall,
Jr., has grown to vigorous man
hood. After period of creditable
service in the army, where he easily
won commission, the younger Wall
/ has come back and taken a load OF
details from the paternal shoulders,
! thereby relieving Wall the elder
greatly and giving him time and OPP
portunity to plan and develop his
magnum opus, as the musicians say.
Mr.. Wallis extremely busy life
forces him to be very brief and even
brusque at times when meeting his
fellow men. This causes some who
do not really know him to form q
! wrong opinion of his personality.
Away from business, the man who
has made good in Duluth scores
high in sociability. When it comes
to consideration of less fortunate
fellows, Mr.. Wall does many a kind
act that he refuses to shout from
the house tops or to proclaim with
the blow hg Of trumpets in tue daily
| papers.
Mrs. Wall. incidentally, a model
helpmest to her husband, has done
her bit In Duluth and done it well.
To mere ;Glers and social climbers
she has set an example Of domestic
skill and efficiency and, at the same
, time, taken her place in the best
| circles of society. During the cruel
war, no one was more Jealous, faith
full and efficient than that ideal wife,
| mother and citiZeness.
The writer never expects to have
| enough real money to live in the
modern half-million dollar apartment
house of Whitney Wall but he does
propose to chip in enough to pay for
a window or two, at which he can
gaze as he passes by on the pavement
! far below. More strength to the
arm of the man who puts big apart
ment building where nothing stood
before and who provides place for
local investment Of idle. dollars.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29

payment of taxes against the COM
pany that:
Actual Value in 1910.
"The actual value for the purpose
of taxation of the personal property
of said defendant within the city Of
Duluth on May 1, 1910, was $685.
607."
This, of course, did not include any
Of that part Of the company's prop
erty assessed as real estate, such as
buildings and ground.
The Duluth Street Railway COM
pany has reported the cost Of addi-
lions to its property in Duluth by
years to the city auditor. City Audi
tor Ben Campbell now has charge Of
those records.
In the company report Of Jan. 80,
1919, it is shown that the total cost
of additions on Jan. 1, 1919, had
reached $5,033,3S1.67.
Additions between Jan. 1, 1910,
and Jan. !, 1919, cost, according to
the company's reports to tho auditor,
$1,40S,457.33.
The company's personal property
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29
FARRELL BROKE
many PROMISES
Every City Job In His Control
Was Chee|tu|Iy Promised
TO Several Men.

Should commissioner Farrell, by
any accident, stick in the city hall
long enough, he may become as pro-
ficient in use Of the deadly Double
Cross as was the late Odin Halden.
When the Boy Engineer was MAX
ing his "Do or Die" campaign four
years ago, he never overlooked a
bet in clinching vote. He was all
things to all men, playing both ends
against the middle and giving the
glad hand at every possible oppor-
tunity.
Among other things, candidate
Farrell promised anywhere from two
to half a dozen men every possible
job in his prospective control.
To James M. Murray, his cam
paign manager, he promised the sec
retaryship, the place now held by
Mr.. Culver. That same position was
promised to Scott Cash, Eddie Furni
and, possibly, one or two others.
Then, after his election was safe and
sure, he turned down the bunch and
picked Culver.
Andy Hagen put in a couple Of
months at campaigning for the Boy
Engineer. He not only worked early
and late but he drew $3.50 out of the
bank that he had laid away and
used all that, much to Bert's delight,
who informed Hagen that he, Bert,
had borrowed every dollar that he
possibly could.
Farrell was elected and Hagen
eventually was thrown down and in
formed that nothing could be done
for him. Finally, when his wife got
sick and Hagen was hard up for
cash, he went to Farrell with a re-
quest that he return some Of the
$3.50 that had been blown in to elect
the prince Of camouflage.
"Oh, I can't do that, Andy; it
would be violation of the corrupt
practices act" replied the canny
commissioner.
'You can make a present Of some
Of it," suggested Hagen.
Nothing doin'," replied the man
who was safe on home base. Andy
went away greatly troubled and had
to dig hard elsewhere for the badly
needed money.
Then there was q boilermaker on
Garfield avenue named McAulay. He
boosted hard for Bert and was prom
ised a certain job. Bert finally told
him that he had been compelled to
give the place to another man. The
sturdy boilermsker took the turn
down In very good part.
"I'll tell you," finally said Far
rell, you can have the running Of
the rock crusher at the Point Of
Rocks"
That was fairly satisfactory and
McAulay waited patiently for word
to take his new job. Ono day he
strolled up that way to see how his
new field Of endeavor would look
when, to his amazement, there was
good old Pat Haley bossing the rock
crusher.
The boilermaker swore deeply and
went home sadder but wiser man.
Later on, Pat Haley got fred be-
cause he and some of his men stuck
their heads up above the rocks to see
the elephant when a circus parade
went by.
Commissioner Farrell certainly is
qualified for admission into the Or
der Of the Knights ok the Double.
Cross.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29
TROLLEY Line PURCHASE
Is PROBLEM FOR VOTERS
Even Municipal Ownership Men Find Themselves
- in Grave Doubt AS to Duty-Interesting
Discussion by Local Publication.

that faced Duluth citizens
is the Duluth Railway
puzzled whether vote for Mag
It. Many confirmed
thinks seriously the
mat tey o his mind definitely.
duyloving
another dodge his duty by
not the question at all.
At this time and under existing conditions many Of most
criticised
questioned matter another
equally highminded and progressive.
serious article pointing out
purchase smack somewhat OF being
but
brain of towering ti
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29
WORST ROADWAY
IN ALL DULUTH
Grand Avenue Westward a Very
Fine Sample Of FaIrsAs
Engineering Failures.

A lot Of commissioner FarrslPs
campaign talk is merely . statement
Of his opinion or personal viewpoint,
not necessarily Of fact. No dsubt, n
his own mind, Mr.. Farrell II infel-
lible. Whenever q Fat Boy or the
head Of some Big Interest pats the
Boy Engineer on the shoulder, pre-
liminary to q request for sone SPEC
ial favor at the expense of the gen
eral public, no doubt commissioner
Farrell really thinks he's a bigger
man than engineer Goethals, who
built the Panama canal.
In illustration of some Of COM
missioner Farrelps imaginary eng1-
neering ability, read what Ransom
Metcalfe, sturdy editor Of the Steel
Plant News, has to say about some
West Duluth grading, done under the
Farrellian regime, viz:
During the primary campaign
certain theaters in Duluth were
displaying on their screens as
an aid to commissioner Farrell
the wonderful work he had done
on Grand avenue westward from
West Duluth. This roadway
looked very fine on the pictures,
but you ought to see 1t now.
Better yet, in order to get a
proper idea Of this road you
should ride over it in an auto
mobile. If you get through with
out breaking down you are In
luck. It is easily the worst
piece of roadway in Duluth and
It is safe to say that every dollar
expended upon 1t by commits
sioner Farrell has been abso-
lutely wasted. And there have
been many thousands OF dollars
thrown away on Improvement"
of this roadway-enough to
have paved It from end to end.
Commissioner Farrell has done
some good workout the work
done on this stretch Of road Is
not Of that character. The pr1n-
cipal trouble is that It has been
built up too high each side OF
the street railway tracks with
the result that the water from
the melting snow Is held in the
center of the roadway and Is
thoroughly mixed with dirt by
passing traffic until now the
clay is on top and the crushed
rock on the bottom.
The city is full Of such municipal
Futilties but the public knows 1t not
and seems slow In arousing to the
fact. The daily papers have boosted
Bert, the Boy Engineer, praisilg sv-
erything he does and keeping mum
about his many mistakes. until the
general public naturally assumes
that all the guff Is . fact.
When there is criticism and .
plain statement Of The many ways In
which money 10 being wasted or per-
mitted to leak out, of the public
treasury, the people are slow in
waking up. There is danger that
they will not wake up in time to
avoid danger of four years more Of
windy talk, woeful taste and special
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29

millionaire. While one is having a
pipe-dream, he might as we'll have a
good one.
Wise boys, with vision, are begin
ming to call at the Rip-saw office to
leave advertising. They appreciate
tho value Of live, growing, heavy
circulation.
It already is whispered that w. A.
Cant will get of the district bench
and wreStle with William L. Carss
two years hence for his job in con-
grsss.
J. r. McGiffert, while bucking Or
ganized labor, also is supporting
Farrell with all his little heart and
soul. Organized labor will do well
to keep both eyes on the Artful
Dodger from the city hall.
Since Halden has been banished
from the marble-lined courthouse
and now threatens to move to Min
neapolis, it is believed that Lee Will
cuts will hang on as republican boss
OF st. Louis county.
Last year, Farrell was strong for
a municipal piggery. He may have
meant a piggery Of blind swine.
There's q big herd in the city and
the Farrellian voice never has been
lifted up to drive them hence.
Farrell's pro-German employees
finally had to quit boasting how
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29
SET HIM GOING AGAIN.

"Why has your landlord again
started to dun you for that back
remit" asked a certain lawyer of
another lawyer in the Alworth
building. go
''He caught me buying a new
pair of shoes today" was the
reply.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29

CHOW that the war is over"
said the first author, chow long
do you think it will take the lit
erary market to settle down to
iiormal?"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29
LIFE AT HUNTERS PARK.

Borrowing something from your
neighbour" asked IN inquisitivs citi-
zen of Simon Clark?
emo" was the reply, 'I am just
trading ton Of coal for . bottle Of
old Scotch"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29

The trouble with the peace table
is that the allies want 1t . In carte,
and Wilson wants it American plan
table de hote.-Life.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-03-29

Truth crushed to earth sometimes
crawls into . shell-hole and VISITS fer
Man to paSD by.~~Idfe.