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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-04
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nifty theater performances will be
worth while coming to see from Albu-
querque, Las Vegas and Ell Paso, for
in setting and in character there is
nothing of the sort to be had from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, except in this
ancient capital city.
o.
HONORS FOR DIR. HEWETT.
Twenty years ago the first class
graduated from the Normal univer-
sity of New Mexico at Las Vegas. 1t
was at the beginning of the Otero
administration that the main building
was dedicated. Chairman of the
board of trustees at that time was
Hon. Frank Springer, to whose en-
deavors mainly the founding of the
first normal school in New Mexico
was made possible. 1t was Mr. Spring
er who was instrumental in bringing
to Las Vegas as president of the uni
versity, DR.. Edgar l.. Hewett. and for
several years they wrought together
for the success of the great school in
the Meadow City. tits quite remark
able and significant that the twain
stayed together in another great en-
terprise, the founding and mainten-
ance of the Museum of New Mexico
and School of American Research,
thus contributing UNNECESSARILY to the
cause of higher education and to the
fame of New Mexico. Both men are
eminent in science, their names being
as well known among the scientists of
Europe as among those of the United
States. 1t is quite fitting, therefore,
| that DR.. Frank II. II. Roberts. pres
ident of the Normal university, has
arranged that at the twentieth COM
mencement beginning on Sunday, May
| %, Mr.. Springer IS to be the guest of
| honor, and DR.. Hewett is to deliver
the baccalaureate address. A booklet
containing the various baccalaureate
addresses delivered by Dr. Hewett, for
he was as much in demand then as
now as public speaker, will be print
ed as a souvenir of the occasion. Gov.
| O. A. Larrazolo will deliver the class
, Grafton and Superintendent of Public
! instruction Jonathan Fl. Wagner the
! commencement address to the gradu-
ating class of three score or so of
young men and young women. The
affair is to be q memorable and gala
| occasion.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-04
COMMENCEMENT WEEK FOR
HIGH SCHOOL.

The season of commandments was
ushered in last Sunday with the bac-
calaureate sermon by Rev. Gabino
Rendon of Las VEGAS to the gradual
ing clfss of sixteen girls of theAllison-
James mission school. Monday. Tues
day and Wednesday were given to the
commencement exercises, including
class play class day exercises and the
commencement, at which DR.. Hugh A.
Cooper of Albuquerque made the ad-
dress. Next month public school COM
mencements Will be staged, including
the annual class play, which will be
given in the Elks' theater. while the
commencement proper is announced
for the st. Francis auditorium. and
other exercises in the Sena high
school and Catron grammar school
auditoriums.
In the weeks following until the
end of June there will be other COM
mencements, including those of st.
MichaePs college, I.oretto academy,
the United States Indian school, the
School for the Deaf and Dumb. St.
GATHERINGS Indian school, the paro-
chial schools-for Santa F'e IS nothing
if not an educational center.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-04
THE STORY oF'"BENNY."

This is the story of Benny" of
Sunmount. The tale is not a long
one, but it is worth relating Benny
is adding to Santa FEES fame and rep
utation, and it now looks as # he will
bring Santa Fe more prosperity and
money than it has ever seen before.
Not that Benny" is rich, or that
Benny is a great artist, or that ne
has endowed a big institution. He is
only twelve years old; he is afflicted
as only one in thousands is afflicted.
His parents are poor. very poor. but
out of their poverty they send him
once in a while two bits" which
Benny" on his bed of pain. cherishes
and saves until there is a Red Cross
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-04
Santa Fe Society Features Art
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Literature and Commandments

Pueblo drawings and paintings ex-
hibited, while dealing mostly with In
dian dance figures and costumes, also
included spirited compositions of the
chase and of daily life. Some of them
were distinctly reminiscent of what
one meets with in Japanese art and
elsewhere among oriental nations.
Mrs. Henderson pointed out the dis
tinctiYe features of each drawing and
led to a keener appreciation of the
truly wonderful primitive art that eX-
listed in the southwest long before the
coming of the white man and at this
late day experiencing significant re-
naisSance.
CONSIDERATION OF NEW BISHOP.
on Wednesday the capital will be
thronged with visitors who come to
take part or to view the conservation
of Father Dagger as archbishop of
Santa Re. High prelates and over a
hundred members of the clergy will
participate. and the out of town Visi-
tors will number thousands. Some
of the guests are already arriving,
most of the others will not come until
Tuesday evening or Wednesday morn
ing. Every preparation will be made
to house and feed the guests, but 1t
will tax the resources of the commu-
nifty to the utmost.
The event is of great significance.
1t is the first time that an American
| born prelate and a Frisciscan at that,
will occupy the arch-eplscopal throne
at Santa Fe, and it is rather unusual
that an archbishop is consecrated by
his predecessor, who has resigned as
Archbishop Pitaval has done.
| 1t is blossom time in Santa Fe and
orchards and gardens are in their
spring glory, SO that the setting for
the great ecclesiastical festival will be
appropriately beautiful.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-05-24
N0RDIN LOSES FIRE DAMAGE ACTION
Arnold Tried Before Judge
With Result That Defendant VerdctOther Actions
Started Will Be Tried Their Merits.

A local lawyer, L. B. Arnold, has
started nearly half hundred suits
against the Big Interests, chiefly the
Duluth, Missabe & Northern Rail-
way, for damages from the forest
fires last October.
It is the contention of Mr.. Arnold
and his clients that the fires were
due to the carelessness Of the defen-
dants in handling fires, or failing to
handle them.
The first case tried was that Of
Carl Nordin against the director
general of U. s. Railroads and the
D., M. & N. The trial lasted from
Monday to Friday of last week. The
case went to the jury Friday after
noon. After celebrating twelve
hours, a sealed. verdict was returned.
When that was opened last Monday
morning, it was found to be in favor
Of the defendant.
As stated, L. B. Arnold represented
plaintiff Nordin. The defendant
director general and the railroad
were represented by Messrs. Bald
win, Baldwin & Holmes, with Mr..
Albert Baldwin in actual charge at
the trial.
An interested spectator was Col.
Frankel, q prominent citizen of St.
Paul, who is believed to have helped
finance the suits started by Mr..
Arnold.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-05-24
IS GARY A H0T-BED OF VICE?
this is enough to make a preacher
swear at the local High Cost of

this is enough to make a preacher
swear at the local High Cost of
Living.
Barnum standard eggs must weigh
26 ounces per dozen. Soon after this
Duluthian came home with his At
kinson bargain in eggs, a telephone
call to a leading Superior street
grocery gave the startling informa-
ton that their Barnum standard eggs
were held at So cents a dozen. An
other prominent supply house, not
located on Superior street, admitted
that it had no Barnum eggs but
that It's eggs from here, there and
everywhere, represented as fresh
from the henneries, were selling at
Al cents a dozen, retail. Still an
other grocery, on East Superior
street, catering to the best trade in
the city, asked 48 cents a dozen for
eggs that, the firm frankly admitted,
were not selected eggs.
On the same day, the leading egg
jobber in Duluth telephoned that
eggs by the case or any number OF
cases would cost the buyer As cents
a dozen. Those eggs were from "all
over" not selected at all or any
where near the Barnum standard.
There is no danger of a Duluthian
trying to flap his wings and crow
as a result Of eating too many eggs.
None but the idle rich can afford
such costly fruit.
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There is war to the knife and
knife to the hilt between city COM
missioner Farrell and Lieutenant
Bob McDermott, if the Steel Plant
News knows what 1t is talking about.
Most voters in the city have heard
of commissioner Farrell, sometimes
proudly called "The Boy Engineer
by his more intimate friends. Lieut..
McDermott is a member of the police
department and very popular man
with many out there at New Du-
luth and even Gary.
According to the Steel Plant News,
commissioner Farrell some time ago
declared that New Duluth and Gary
were a hotbed of vice and crime;
that 60 or 70 immoral women were
giving sinful service to licentious
males out there; that a host OF
places were harboring bind pigs,
gambling joints and other places
of low moral endeavor.
The Steel Plant News declares
that Commissioner Farrell repeated
ly made allegations to that effect
during the late municipal campaign
to anybody and everybody who would
listen or had ears to hear. They
were specifically made to Lieutenant
McDermott himself.
The sturdy Steel Plant News de-
clares that, during the late campaign
some tattle-tale connected with Lit
tie Tammany told commissioner Far
rell that Lieut.. McDermott was
working against him before the pri-
maries. The Boy Engineer did not
Investigate but began to backfire on
McDermott by telling how New Du-
luth and Gary had not been cleaned
up by the police officer in charge of
that station.
Further than that, the Steel Plant
News alleges, James Albert sent four
of his retainers out there to circu-
late among the sinful places with
the result that they made some lurid
reports to their Aeolian chief.
A Gary merchant expressed in
dignation to the editor of the Steel
Plant News over commissioner Far
rell's alleged statements. The editor
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-05-24

The jurors were Duluth men and
some of the faces have been seen
many times in the jury box. They
were as follows, viz: John Williams,
L. H. Burnett, Charles D. Campbell,
E. o. Barbo, w. C.. Robinson, Fred
McQuade, J. E. Cannon, P. O'Brien,
w. E. Brown, George Grant, Nels
Nostrud and A. P. Overland.
The defense was assisted by a
goodly array of witnesses, the star of
whom seemed to be Gen. Sam
Coulter, a former special agent for
the U. S. land department and, it is
alleged, politician of parts.
No sooner had the sealed verdict
been return in the Nordin case, than
Judge Cant set the wheels of justice
in motion to try and decide second
fire case, that of Sievert Holton
against the director general of U. S.
railroads and the D., M. & N. Much
better progress was made and the
case was rapidly nearing finish, SO
far as testimony was concerned, last
Tuesday evening.
Under date of May Is, the St.
Paul Daily News had quite a sensa-
tional article on forest fire matters.
It stated that nearly 1000 suits
against the railroads, and the gov
ernment were in prospect, aggregat-
ing $2O,000,000 or more.
Allegations were made in that
article that corporation agents, right
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known the doctor for several years
and could not believe the tip to ba
based on facts, therefore gave the
information less attention than he
otherwise might have done.
August E:.Helmberg has been an
outlaw in the: sale of Intoxicating
liquors for some time. He has
paid several fines after being caught
by Detectives employed :. BY mayor
Baxter. On one occasion, Holmberg
Mrs. Holmberg and several others
were arrested and then released on
cash bail near the sum of $4,000.
The druggist eventually pleaded
guilty, paid a fine of $1,000 and
the charges against members of his
family and his clerks were dismissed.
Holmberg has one drug store at
ia Tower aveiue, where he makes
his personal headquarters, and a
branch store in the eastern part of
the city.
Both Holmberg and DR.. Nyquist
may be expected to fight the charges
most strenuously, for conviction will
be no trifling matter.
The Investigations were made by
special agents w. j. Cantrell and E..
A. McHugh of the department of
justice. They stated when here that
the main source of dope supply is
Canada and some of the larger
American cities, especially Mime
apolis.
Last year, DR.. J. B. Barnsdale
was convicted of violating the Har-
rison narcotic act. He appealed and
used every possible legal effort but
finally lost out.
DR.. A. S. Andrews, a local dentist,
also is in the tolls for alleged viola
ton of the Harrison act. He was in
dicted on six counts and, after ar
raignment, was released on bail in
the sum Of $4,000.
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after the fire, by use of special car,
inveigled fire victims into making
sworn statements to corporation
agents under the belief that they
were talking to government agents
who sought to make reparation for
fire losses.
It is alleged that what were
represented as government agents,
working in behalf of the settlers,
now turn out to be agents of the
railroads, who come into court for
the defense in these cases and make
use of evidence gained in confidence
and by deception. The entire article
is quite sensational and many are
wondering by whom it was inspired,
to say nothing of the actual author.
A goodly number of inaccuracies in
dicate that it could not have been
written by a well-posted Duluthian
or resident Of the burned region.
Immediately after the fire, 1t
seems to have been a foot race be-
tween lawyer Arnold and agents Of
the Big Interests. Mr.. Arnold tied
up many settlers in contracts, on a
contingent basis, and was criticised
at the time for unethical procedure.
If the article in the News is half
way correct, the agents of the gov
ernment and railroads were even
worse than unethical. AS to all
these allegations, time must tell as
to truth or falsity.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-05-24
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OPPOSE EICHT.HOUR DAY
Joseph Becks Supports Progressive Idea-His Col
leagues Stand Committed to Records That
Yet May Bear Very Bitter Fruit

County commissioner Becks re-
Gently went on record in favor of an
S-hour day for workers on county
roads. County commissioners Swans
from, Fraser, Naughton and Nc
Mahon flatly went on record against
the 8-hour day for road workers.
Commissioner Harvey balked at vot-
ing, therefore commissioner O'Neil
was not compelled to show his hand
at all. Some men certainly have
the luck.
There is quite a story connected
with commissioner Becks' attempt to
secure the adoption of the S-hour
day on county road work.
Over two years ago, at the second
meeting commissioner Becks at
tended after his election over Charles
Kauppi, he introduced a resolution,
calling for an 8-hour day for county
road workers. The resolution was
not supported, therefore died where
it was born.
At the time of the regular meet
ing of the board of county commits
sioners, held May Z, in the marble
lined courthouse, commissioner Becks
again introduced a resolution, fixing
eight hours as standard day Of
work for all road employees except
drivers Of trucks and tractors.
The resolution was read to the
members of the board. $780,.
"Whaf do vou wish IN dO with II 20
asked chairman O'Neil.
II move its adoption" replied Mr..
Becks. --
"Call the roll,"~ commanded the
chairman.
Deputy auditor Little. called the
roll.
"No," voted commissioner Fraser.
"No," responded commissioner
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-05-24

SUPERIOR, May 23.-(Special to
hte Ripsaw.)-August e. Holmberg,
Superior druggist, and DR.. Jacob
e. Nyquist, Duluth physician,
were arrested last week on a charge
of conspiracy against the Federal
government to violate the so-called
Harrison narcotic act, passed Dec.
II, 1914, by congress. ~.
Both Halmbarg and &NyaHist had
been indicted by the federal grand
jury. Arrest of both men by deputy
u. S. Marshall Pugh followed soon
afterwards. U. s.. court commission
er Tfchnor set bail at $4,000 which
was furnished in cash by Holmberg.
When druggist Holmberg and DR..
NyQuist were formally arraigned be-
fore judge A. L. Sanborn last Sat-
urday morning, May II, both men
pleaded not guilty and they were
released on bonds, each in the sum
of $4,000.
Holmberg was indicted under five
counts while DR.. Nyquist was in
dicted under a blanket charge of
conspiracy, he being outside the jur-
isdiction of the officials of the west
ern, federal district of Wisconsin.
The charge against the two men,
simply stated, is that they operated
together to furnish cocaine, NOR
phine and heorin to addicts, not for
medicinal purposes, but just to sat-
isfy the appetite for the narcotic
drugs. The federal authorities al
lege that nearly one thousand ficti-
tious prescriptions were issued over
period of two months. 1t further
is charged that prescriptions were
issued daily. AS the Rip-saw un-
derstands it, the authorities allege
that DR.. NyQuist issued the prescrip-
tions and druggist Holmberg filled
them.
This is DR.. Nyquist's first ap-
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-05-24

at once asked Lieut.. McDermott how
about it. The most popular police
officer in the Western tip Of the city
replied:
II heard that Farrell had been
circulating charges against me and,
when I was up town recently, I
called at his office and asked him
point blank as to the truth of the
rpeorts to me.
EYES," commissioner Farrell is al
legged to have replied, "You plugged
against me during the campaign. I
sent four of my men out to investi-
gate conditions and they found that
there were from 60 to 70 immoral
women plying their trade out there
and host of places in New Duluth
and Gary used for blind-pigging,
gambling joints and houses of pros
titution.''
Commissioner Farrell is said to
have concluded his remarks with a
characteristic wave of his arms.
Then with another wave of the Far
rellian arms, the commissioner ex-
claimed:
ooh, we'll, forget it,"
Lieut.. Bob McDermott replied that
he would not forget 1t. That may
be taken to mean that commissioners
Farrell will be wise if he takes the
Interstate bridge should he visit
Oliver in the future.
Lieut.. McDermott then denied to
the Steel Plant News that vicious
conditions existed in New Duluth
and Gary. He asserted that places
had been pulled and laws enforced
as soon as information was secured
that illegal conditions existed.
Lieut.. McDermott also declared
that he voted for Farrell in the last
election but that he now is extremely
sorry for it. So far as that is con-
cerned, there may be many others in
the same frame of mind. But that is
another story.
The Steel Plant News in it's report
of these matters incidentally said
that the Rip-saw had made some
TURN TO PAGE FOUR.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-05-24
DIR. NYQUIST INDICTED IN SUPERIOR
and Druggist Hmberg SUPERIOR Held
Trial Federal Court Serious Charge Con-
spiracy Violate Harrison Narcotic Act.

pearance in a criminal court. He
is a prominent physician in Mime
sofa, having practiced at Cloquet,
where he was interested in hospi-
tai and then in Duluth, where he
has resided for some years. His
office is at 2O30~ West Superior st.
and his residence at 1928 East
Fourth st. ..y.*.. .....~~
When DIR. NXquista came. to Dulnth.
he bought the handsome residence of
the late Fred B. Rossom. A few
months ago a street car ran off the
track at the turn on the corner of
Twenty-fourth avenue E. and Fourth
St., and attempted to Informally and
suddenly enter the Nyquist home.
A tree halted the fugitive car and,
after receiving first aid, it was event
ually pulled back onto the tracks.
It is hard for DR.. Nyquist's Du-
luth friends to believe that he has
purposely and knowingly violated
the federal laws concerning the sale
of narcotics. He has enjoyed a good
practice and the motive for turning
outlaw has ben lacking to that ex-
tent at least.
Others point out that DR.. Nyquist
has been somewhat speculatively in
clined at times, therefore the temp
tation to make quick and easy money
may have tolled him away from
the straight and narrow path that
ethical and reputable physicians fol-
low so closely. He has pleaded not
guilty, therefore his friends in Du-
luth declare that they will hold
judgment in allegiance until after
the trial.
A Rip-saw inspector was told
many weeks ago that DR.. Nyquist
was carrying On an illicit trade in
narcotic drugs, contrary to the fed
eral laws, but conditions at the
item made it impossible to investi-
gate. The editor of the paper had
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here, he informed prominent citi-
zen that he was selling his un-
skinned milk for FL cents gal
lon. When you sell milk, there are
four full quarts in gallon. When
you buy, there may be less, but
that's another story, also.
Hinckley milk, sold to the mo-
nopolists at 21 cents g. gallon, goes
through various secret processes and
then is bottled for sale to the poor
suckers of this city at IA cents a
quart, or Sc cents a gallon.
It is no wonder that milk monopo-
lists can come up from small b.,gin-
nings and be rated j. more than a
million in a few years.
If you live in or near Two Har-
bors, Jenkins creamery will sell you
sweet, fresh skinned milk at 10
cents a gallon. You can get fresh
buttermilk that is the real thing
for only five (5) cents quart.
Fresh-churned creamery butter
costs 81 cents pound, but it Is
real butter, not a made-over, reno
vated, doctored, refrigerated smear
for your thin slices of daily bread.
Even your Sunday ice-cream, "the
best in the city," the Jenkins cream
cry declares, costs you only Is cents
,a-. quart in Tive Hafbors. H you
eat it at home. as every family should
there is no luxury tax on 1t, either.
Last week, a great lover of good
hen fruit was driving by car from
st. Paul to Duluth. At Atkinson,
only 28 miles out of Duluth, he
stopped at store where he bought
strictly fresh eggs at 35 cents a
dozen. They were eggs, too, every
single dozen running better than 80
ounces to the dozen. The big, white
barnyard fowl down Atkinson way
lay big eggs, many of them exceed
ing the Barnum standard. One OF
the dozen bought by the Duluthian
weighed 48 ounces, three full
pounds, yet the price was only IS
cents.
After eating the hubby little hen
fruit, not much bigger than quail
eggs, at fifty cents dozen, none too
fresh, either, such information as
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-05-24
Jimmy MULHERN
TURNS INSPECTOR
Member Of The Orpheum Staff
Will Serve Uncle Sam on
Steamer America.

Col. James w. Mulhern, a pop
ular and efficient member of the
Orpheum staff, has taken position
with Uncle Sam and will serve the
Federal government during the nav
iagtior season by acting as immigra-
ton inspector on the SIS. America,
plying between Duluth and Porth Ar
thur, via Isle Royale.
Col. Mulhern has made a change
in work for several reasons. In
the first place, he wished to show
his friends that if DR.. w. E. Ham
mond could secure a berth as secre-
tary to congressman Carss, he could
graduate from a theatrical job to a
Federal position.
In the second case, Col. Mulhern