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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
SUPERlOR'S POLITICIANS
LOOKING OVER THE CARDS
Organized Labor l. Pulling Old Line Politicians and Show
ing Strong Determination to Take Winning Hand in
Selecting Candidate for Commissioner Next Spring.
Commissioner 0lare Playing Part Of Man Of Mystery
Chief McKinnon Has Ambitions Treasurer Kane Is
Candidate Campbell and Strong Labor's Favorites

The next city election in Superior
is only five months distant, but the
political pot is beginning to steam al
ready. Those interested in the polit'
ical game are looking over the cards
and those DESTROYS of taking dive
into the political pool are trying to as
certain the depth and temperature of
the water.
An important factor in the next cleo.
ton will be organized labor. The union
card men are getting busy to the end
of nominating and electing member
of organized labor to a city commits.
sionership next spring.
Union Labor Has Aspirations.
Old line and style politicians find it
difficult to understand the political
hopes and aspirations of organized Ia
Dor. They cannot grasp the idea that
union men wish to elect their own
members to office and, above all, it is
beyond their comprehension that the
unionists should be dry advocates and
on the side of law and order. In other
places, organized labor has been count
ed very often on the wet and wide
open side.
In Superior, however, organized Ia
Dor favors the dry movement and, on
two different occasions, has had the
credit of voting the city dry as well
as defeating some so-called advocates
Of unionism who supported the wide
open policy.
The vets have been temporarily de.
luded with respect to union men, ow-
ing to the result last spring, when the
city went wet, thanks to the help the
vets received from number of cas-
uals, men employed at the shipyards,
who liked drink now and then but
who had not lived in Superior long
enough to become familiar with local
conditions and who have since moved
away.
O'Hare Plays Waiting Game.
OF the old-line candidates, all eyes
are on Charles n. O'Hare, one of the
three present commissioners. Mr..
O'Hare tells his friends that he is not
going to seek re. election and that he
feels like retiring with honor and leav-
ing the field open to other aspirants.
This has developed various Barkuses
willin' to scramble for the o Hare bro
gans. But when asked if he really and
truly means to retire, commissioner
O'Hare smiles mysteriously and winks
his. weather eye, indicating that it is
meme of your business. Audihly, he
will say that it is early yet and that
he cannot make a statement at this
time.
Those who have watched the O'Har.
can political career don't take much
stock in these retirement stories. 1t is
not human nature to back up from a
fat public crib unless forced to do so.
Commissioner O'Hare has his share Of
human nature.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
HUNGER, WORRY and WANT
DRIVE GOOD WOMAN CRAZY
Annie Gonia Gentle, Refined Pious Lady, Formerly Of Bay
field Wis.,, Is Committed to Fergus Falls After Lying
in County Jail for Sixty Terrible Hours

If you are a timid, modest, refined
woman, without money, real friends or
enough to eat, therefore are so buffet
ted by cruel fate that you lose your
mind, you are not given shelter and
care in Duluth 8 hospitals until the au-
thorities can act on your case and COM
nit you to Fergus Falls, or some other
madhouse.
Duluth hospitals are so discriminat.
ing and st. Louis county is so indif
ferent that cases such as described in
the foregoing are confined in the
rough, smelly, illy-equipped old county
Jail.
If you are a modest, timid, refined
woman, slowly sinking in slough of
despond as result Of empty purse,
lack of responsive friends, pulling
against the tide of fate, half-fed and
half-clad, hardly knowing where or how
food and shelter for the morrow will
come, hysteria may be logging your
steps.
If hysteria clutches you and com.
plant is made against you and then
the sheriff is required to grab you
and throw you into the stenchy county
Jail, insanity easily can become your
lot as result Of shock ACCOMPANYING
such treatment.
The case outlined is not hypothetical.
It recently was the experience of Miss
Annie Coma who was taken to the
insane asylum at Fergus Falls on Fri
day Of last week.
Miss Coma has lived in Duluth for
about eight years. She came from
Bayfield,, Wis, where she devoted her
life for many years to the care of
aged and infirm parents Her patri-
mony was small and she eked it out
slowly and very economically In re.
cent years, at least, she peddled a
stain eradicator to the housewives of
the city, as a means of support
For many years Miss COMA had a
room at the Whelan hotel, No. 2 East
First street. That place changed hands
and Miss Coma was compelled to move,
much against her wish, taking a room
at the Dacotah flats.
As near as the Rip-saw can learn,
Miss Coma snent a week ago last Sat.
urday with Mrs. Whelan at Lakeside.
She seemed to be rather melancholy.
The next night, Sunday, Miss Coma
spent with old friends having apart.
ments on West Superior street, when
she appeared perfectly normal and
slept soundly.
In the afternoon Of Monday of last
week, the lonely woman called on Mrs.
Mcintosh at No. 80 West Second street.
She staid there until 1:30 a. m. Tues
day morning when she left. presumably
for her room at the Dacotah, staying
there until daylight.
Miss Coma either had requested that
her brother, John Coma, at Bayfield,,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15

Like a clap of thunder out of a clear
sky comes a complaint against "The
Cinder Pit" Tower avenue institu,
tion conducted for the entertainment
of railroad men in general and the
profit of the wise proprietor in partic.
ular.
Some time ago, Rip-saw inspector
dropped few dollars there and re.
ported that there were four poker ia.
Hoe for the convenience Of engineers
firemen, conductors. brakemen, switch.
men and other railroad employees who
seek to WOO the Goddess of Chanre
The sly old inspector saw no boys at
play and he expressed the opinion that
the chief frequenters seemed to be
railroad men who could afford to drop
part of their salaries each payday.
Now comes a Superior woman with
serious complaint against the place
where the railroad men gamble on the
green. She says, in part:
: "The Gender PITT is located back OF
a cigar store and many of Superior 3
most prominent citizens, besides many
many railroad men, play gambling
games at the round tables stacked
w;+h mnrev Tho games 90 on all
night, but the walls are cleverly pad
ded so that human voices, rattle OF
chips and clink of coins cannot be
heard by those outside.
"Many a wife and mother has asked
that 'The Cinder Pit be raided, but a
onelegged duck, a stool pigeon from
the city hall, keeps the proprietor post
ed when there is any sign of danger
So far, all attempts to catch the owneI
of the joint and to pinch the bunch
have failed.
"Just recently, the proprietor of the
Joint built heartifnl home on Hughitt
avenue. so that his dear wife and dar.
ling little child might live in luxury
In the meantime, wives and mothers
dependent on weak-willed railroad men
are laughed at when they make com.
plants and compelled to get along dur.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
ROSENBERC'S BARTENDER
NOW HAPPY EGG VENDOR
Mseu Joe Belle Weared Of Booze Business Therefore De-
cided to Seek Simple Life and Paths Of High Moral
Endeavor-His Eggs FIJI Great Want.

Joe Belle is one of the happiest men
in Snpe-'nr. When he sees his old en-
ployer, Max Rosenberg, sentenced to
the hoosgow in Milwaukee for six
months and his. former bartender as
sociates, Emanuel Stevens and Mike
Turniski, given 80 and 80 days, respec.
lively, in the Douglas county Jail,
M 'sieu Joe thanks his lucky stars that
he cut out the lawless lines of human
.endeavor and went into a legitimate
business.
Joe Belle was q bartender for Max
Rosenberg when Superior was much
tougher than now. Despite his EN-.
ployment in lawless dump, NJ 'sieu
was of a devout nature. Regularly,
every Sunday morning, he ever was
seen to head for the divine san :tuary
with Madame on his arm and woody
little Fiji trotting simultaneously be.
hind. ..
"Sacre!" exclaimed Joe after the
Rip-saw began to publish regular re.
ports from Bingoland. "Zie booze
beszness is not for one good familee
man like me, Joe Belle. Right here
and now me, Joe Belle, turn ovair zie
new leaf, as zie holy pere say. Me,
Joe Belle, cannot look zie good pere
in zie face W ZEN mix it wiz zese bad
actors. Here goes for me, Joe Belle,
for zie bettair life and zie high moral
endeavair.
Joe Belle kept his word. He quit
the lawless business Of dishing out.
blind-pig booze for Max Rosenberg and
took up the legitimate business of egg
merchant
The former dispenser of stimulating
beverages has made connections with
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
DOUGLAS COUNTY GIVES BOOST
TO GOOD ROAD MOVEMENT.

"The good road movement in Upper
Wisconsin was riven moe impetus this
week when the voters of Douglas coun-
tv. bv vote of more than to l. au-
thorized bond issue for $l.200,OO0 to
improve the highways Of that county"
saws the IRON River Pioneer. "The
money will be expended on main or on
trunk lire roads only and these high
ways will radiate. from Superior to all
narts of the county. The plan calls
FOR the construction of 20 miles of con-
crete highway, 100 miles Of graveled
''""w"v, and the grading up of 25
miles,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
WISCONSIN, SUPPLIES Half OF
COUNTRY'S PEA PACK.

Wisconsin supplies 49.7 per cent of
the commercial pea pack of the United
States this year, 4,375,0OO cases vera
backed in this state, according to the
fi"nres of the national pea packers
association.
This state is easily first in the indus,
try, with New York as the nearest
competitor. This year the New York
oack was 100000 cases, or about IL
ner cent Of the total pack. Last year
was the greatest in the industry. Wis
consin Gamers packed 100000 cases
Of a total Of 100000, or about 40
uer cent of the pack. New York pro
duced 2,OO0,0OO cases. A case contains
"a pint cans, weighing one pound, four
ounces each.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15

own selection. It is generally taken
for granted that this will be by refer.
endum vote, as followed in other cities.
Bob Shields italian Hand.
Bob Shields is suspected of trying
to pick the candidate for organized la.
Dor. One reason for this suspicion is
the fact that John Shafer has been
announced for the office by the Supe-
rior Leader, publication in which the
indomitable Bob is a stakeholder and
which is conducted by the McKeagues,
members of the old but badly worn
Konkel- Shields machine.
Mr.. Shafer is a union man of long
standing. His chief public distinction
rests in having been a delegate to the
metal trades council once upon a time
and election to the old city council as
.lderman at another time. Now that
a rich, juicy plum is rapidly ripening
on the tree Of municipal politics, John
is credited with getting ready to don
and hold out his apron when the lus-
cious fruits drop. His first move was
to secure the endorsement of the metal
trades council, but it is stated that he
failed Of endorsement in the machin-
lists union.
Be all this as it may, John Shafer
can be counted as an active trade
unionist from now until next spring.
Wise dopesters declare that if aspiring
John gets the nomination he will have
to depend on the vote of individual
union members instead Of getting the
endorsement of a small central body.
The question will be settled by the
rank and file of the unionists.
Campbell Urged to Run.
James B. Campbell is being urged
to run for commissioner. He has de-
clared that while he is not seeking the
office, he will neither dodge nor run
away if labor drafts him to make the
race. He is consistent advocate of
nomination by a referendum and that
every member Of organized labor is
vitality interested, therefore should
make the selection. Mr.. Campbell de-
clares that he will support anyone
whom the unions may select.
James B. Campbell needs no intro
duction to the workers Of Superior and
Duluth. He has fought organized la
boris battles for years without thought
of public office and he has been one
of he most efficient champions Of Or
ganized labor ever known at the Head
of the Lakes. Last year he made two
trips to Washington to appear before
the war labor board and, both times,
he won the battle for increased wages
and better hours for the workers. Last
summer, Mr.. Campbell attended the
of the American Federation
Of Labor at Atlantic City, having been
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
HE KNEW HIS MAN.

"What do you mean, young man,"
asked the merchant Of the boy, "by
counting your change so carefully. Are
you afraid I would cheat youf"
CT don It know" replied the boy.
"I'm making sure that you won't. I
used to caddie for you at the golf
club. ''-Ex.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
HE MADE A SALE.

81 have yere-"
81 don't want no 'Lives of the
Poets'."
"Say-"
"No Home Hints for Helpless
Highbrows'."
"But-'
"No Compendium of Handy Wit
and Humor'."
"My dear sir"
"No Last Words of Famous Fops'."
"Lissen a minute, will yous"
"WeufD
"I'm selling a book telling how to
make real stuff with a real kick"
Then he was invited in.-Judge.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
JUST LIKE NJ. B. CULLUM.

His father had taken him out to the
golf course. That evening he seemed
ill-at-ease.
"Willie," said his mother, "what 8
the matter with yous I do wish you
would slap scratching yourself"
81 don't know what's the matter,
but I guess I must have got some Of
those golf bugs on me-" was Willie g
reply-Detroit Free Press.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15

The poor old Lyceum theater is be-
ing still further debased by using the
top for gaudy, garish billboard ad.
vertisement.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
TOO MANY STUDIES.

"Don't YOU think you could learn
10 love metz queried the ard-stricken
student.
"Prexy saws 7 am taking too many
studies already,' responded the fair
co-ed-Ex.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15

own selection. It is generally taken
for granted that this will be by refer.
endum vote, as followed in other cities.
Bob Shields italian Hand,
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-09
BOTTLE
 OF AGED BOOZE
WORKINGMEN TEARING DOWN BUILDING FINDS l00-YEAR
 OLD WHISkET.

It was an old brown bottle-100 wears old. or whereabouts. It reposed in the cellar of the old Sammis hotel in Hempstead, L. I, where George Washington is said to have stopped once overnight No scholar historian has yet advanced the opinion that he bottle was the cause of the Reyolu- ton of '7G. but take look at the rev 9lution it has just caused.
 A wrecking crew was tearing down the landmark (the hotel, not the bot tle). In the cellar they found an old gun. a solid shot, and the brown bot lie. Albert Voight of the wreckins crew sensed an exquisite aroma, some Of that forbidden fruit stuff. Albert immediately shouted that the crew had struck whiskey, real, aged iii the aond. 100 years old, and in a brown bottle. There were fifty men about him. but none dared taste the con r0nts.
 In stalked Cutie Gardner, who is nothing more or less than cop, and nothing more or less than six foot four and of ample girth. Cutie lifted the bottle-the 1O0-year-old bottle
 nd drank deeply.
 "Whiskey," he calculated.
 
 Twenty men sent longing pairs Of arms in the general direction of that old bottle Cutie snOrted and clutch ed the bottle desperately. The tweltH pairs of arms entangled and uper dts md just plain broadsides went whiz- zing among the thirsty twenty. Cute's arms were pinned to his side There were some more uppercuts. And
 The old brown bottle-the 1O0-year old bottle-fell with a crash to the floor.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-09
EDDIE JUNIOR
 REPORTED Q. K.
LUSTY SON IS BORN TO MIR. AND MRS. EDDIE O'BRIEN AT
 CORDONA

According to d telegram received by Mrs. Mike O'Brien yesterday, d son was born to MT. and Mrs Edward O'Brien, in Cordoya, Friday morning. Both mother and child are reported to be doing nicely. The new ar rival is a lusty youngster, weighing ten pounds.
 Both MT. and Mrs. O'Brien are well known to all Fairbanksans. Mrs. O'Brien was formerly Miss Ruth Lamb, while MT. OBrien was in the old Model restaurant here for years. He now owns Model restaurant in COrdova and recent arrivals from the coast say that he is doing a big business.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-09
ELECTION DOPE
 FROM OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA, Okla, Nov 8.-(P)- Returns from IFS precincts out of a total of 359 in the fifth congressional district in this state give J. w. liar rold, republican, majority of 1,O7O over Claude Weaver, his democratic opponent. This district is normally republican and the vote is no surprise altho democratic leaders made strong
 forts to carry it. It is believed that is too great to be overcome.
 the lead of the republican candidate
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-09
PEOPLE
 ENJOY OUTING.
YOUNGER SET GO FOR SLEIGH RIDE TO EXPERIMENTAL
 FARM LAST NIGHT

Taking advantage of the wonderful weather now being experienced a number of young people last night Commandeered d sleigh and went for a joy ride out to the government farm on the Ester road, Their des- tiuation was the Hahn residence where most enjoyable evening was spent by about fourteen couples as guests of MT. and Mrs. C. & Hahn.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-09
MAIL SHIPMENT
 DELAYED SOME
HELD UP BY RIVER CONDITIONS AT SALCA; PROBABLY AR
 RIVES TODAY

The incoming shipment of mail from the states arrived on the south bank of the Salchaket river yester- day afternoon, but was unable to get across as the ferry has been re- moved and the ice is not sufficiently heavy to be bridged. It is probable that a crossing will be effected this morning, if not a transfer will be made with the mail which leaves Fairbanks this morning for the coast, and our mail get in this evening. It is second class, the shipment com prising ten ties and two locked pouches.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-09

Time is money, so don't lose any time.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-09
CURLERS SEEK
 NENANA MATCH
TRYING TO ARRANGE BONSPIEL FOR CELEBRATION. NENANA-
 T1TT-- nf-.rDlN-r,
TIES RESPONL

In an effort 10 arrange a bonspiel with Nenana curriers'. the Fairbanks Curling Club yesterday telegraphed Dr. Bowen. of that town, asking him To see if he could get together a rink and bring them up here Thanks swing Day and also to arrange for other matches later in the season. Tn, local club building will be in shape for d match in plenty of time for the celebration.
 Information received from Nenana last night by The Citizen said that the Nenana curriers' are enthusiastic about the proposal and they will try to secure stones from the Fairbanks club SO that they can get in prac- Gca for the season The local club has made them an offer to supply the stones and these will probably be forwarded on Inc next train to Nenana
 Once in while woman gets so angry at hr. husband that she refuses ro talk back
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-09
FARMERS HAVE
 COCO MEETING
HAVANA VALLEY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION MEET AT ODD
 FELLOWS HALL

The regular monthly meeting of the Panama Valley Agricultural Associa- tion was held last evening at Odd Fellows hall with a goodly percent age of the membership in attendance. Following the transaction of routine business, the usual social session was held at which exceptionally good "oats" were served.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-09
NEWSY NOTES
 FROM NENAM!A!

NENANA. Nov. n. The Ianana river in front of Nenana is now fro. over sufficiently hard to enable persons to cross il on foot It Is be Heyed that in another day or two the ice will be sufficiently heavy to permit rhe crossing of teams.
 Louis Lee, foreman ol the steel gang south of Ligntte, with his Drldo. .oir this morning Tor his camp. Mr. Lee and Mrs. Peterson, formerly of Ruby. were married here a few days ago.
 Jack O'Nen, an oldtimer of Fair banks, who has been in the g1y,sn nent hospital for some time. is fully recovered and is back in town.
 The railway bridge across Dry creek was completed today. IL is 56o feet long and has 43 bents in it Steel laying south of this point to- ward the Nenana Canyon will be started at once and be- carried out ae rapidly as the grade will permit Ii is estimated that the track wl 5e
 oUplrted to the north end 0. lac canyon by December. Rock work will be opened in the canyon, giving employ ment to every experienced rock man In the district, as soon as possible after the completion ot the road 4 supply atoreroom will be established -ear the canyon for the convenience of the men employed.
 Val Diebold who has been IooGag yer the Lignite country for few days. returned to town tonight and will leave for Fairbanks Tuesday.
 ban Hanoff was seriously injured today while working on Sherwln's woodsaw about ten miles from Ne anana. He had an arm almost severed when he fell against the saw. He was brot to town and placed in the hospi- taI Dr. Smith believes that he will be able to save the arm.
 Much enthusiasm is being shown in the Thanksgiving celebration to Ov staged in Fairbanks on Nov 2L and it is believed that large number of Nenana people will make the trip It is probable that train load of eXcursionists will go to Fairbanks for the day.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-09
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP

The partnership heretofore existing between Oscar W. Anderson and Emil Dorfner, conducting general min ing business on Dome creek, is this day dissolved by mutual consent On and after this date the undersigned will not be responsible for any debts contracted in the firms name.
 OSCAR W. ANDERSON
Cleveland County herald., 1919-10-02
NEW ARMY PLAN
 IS CONSIDERED
WOULD REoRGANIzE ON SkELE. TON BAsls-CoMMTITEE IS
 EXAMINING PLAN.

Washington. - A new plan for re- organization of the regular army on the basis of a skeleton army corps il each military department, with the department commander also acting as commander of the corps. has been laid before Secretary Baker and Gen. March, chief of staff. It is now being examined by special committee of officers on duty here.
 Officers who evolved the plan say 1t would provide means fcy rapid mobilization of six army corps, or of ten if the insular departments were included. In the event of war re. serves drawn from the universal training system would be called out to fill up the units to fighting strength. All troops within a de- Eartment would be placed under the department commander, to be organ ized into such provisional divisions or brigades as their numbers war ranted.
 The project is an alternative for the present War Department prope- sal to hold enough divisions intact to form a field army, but to organize the corps only when an emergency arose.
 Congressional opposition to one man control of the army developed in the House military committee as ter Maj. Gen. William G. Haan, chief of the war plans division, general staff, had urged that a free hand be given the president, Congress fixing only the size of the army.