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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
DART MAKES THE TOUR
OF THE GOLDEN COAST
Proctor Railroad Man Writes
Friend of His Adventures
in the Far West.

While Proctor-on-t he-Hill has beer
covered with snow and the shop boys
have been putting the D. M. & N. roll
ing stock in order, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H
Dart have been making a tour of the
Pacific coast. Writing to a Duluth
friend under an early February date
Mr.. Dart very picturesquely reported
as follows:
"We have been travelling the pace
that kills. After a week in Sand Point
Idaho, we spent day in Spokane and
week in Portland. Then going tt
Roseburg, I hired out On the Southern
Pacific. Made one trip, which added g
whole chapter to my railroading ex
perience.
"The weather was fine and the
work cinch, but it took eight and one
half hours going and IL hours returning
to cover a run of SO miles. I got ne
pay after 16 hours; made $3.50 ani
spent So for board and room.
"Why are you quitting?' the trair
master asked me.
"He was a good fellow, therefore
did not wish to bawl him out. Instead
I showed him where the greasers OF
the section had the best of me. HI
grinned and said he was sorry to SET
me 60. Men are badly needed.
'We visited a cousin of mine and
also, friend Of Mrs. Dart at Grenada
That's a desert section, with alfalfa
the only crop and half enough water
for that.
"Penngrove, California, is situated
in pretty country, just four miles from
Burbank, the horticultural wizard.
expect to pay his place a visit. Penn
grove is in a embarrassing section. II
is common to see anywhere from 5000
to 10000 white chickens in one flock.
"Thirty or forty miles north of here
are the big redwood trees. may hire
out for a couple Of weeks, just to see
how they lumber out here and to joir
the I. W. w. They have no use for the
Wobblies here, but they are not so bad
as the real estate sharks.
"Greetings to all the boys"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
PR0FITEERINC GREATER
MENACE THAN THE REDS
Senator Capper Of Kansas Shows Heplessness Of Consu
ers and Presents Facts and Figures Exposing Greed in
Wool, Sugar Leather. Lumber and Steel

for profit cormorants. The recent in.
crease in the price Of sugar will add
billion dollars to the burdens now be.
ing borne by the American people. The
stock of the Cuban-American Sugar
Company has advanced more than 200
per cent in the last twelve months
probably because Of the sugar short.
age The remarkable rise in its stock
quotations indicates it is near q rich
mine of easy money"
The United States Steel Corporation
received this comment from the sena.
tor.
Steel and Lumber Kings.
"While we were sending the boys to
France, eating war bread, and conduct
ing all kind of drives to win the wal
the United States Steel Corporation
made $1,3OO,0O0,0O0 net profit. The
price of steel common stock, worthless
at the beginning, scars to values Of un
belief.
"We have 100000 homeless people
in the United States as a result Of the
melon-cutting in lumber. There has
been and is shameless profiteering in
that industry. Yet weekly advances of
So and SIS thousand are not uncommon.
"The market price Of the farmer Is
live stock has declined nearly so per
cent, bringing many farmers to the
verge of bankruptcy. But the high
prices the consumer pays for meat are
virtually unchanged. This is particu-
larry true Of pork, of which we have
a surplus of more than 100000, 900
pounds, produced last year, besides
large quantities in storage.
Bookkeeper Won't Tell.
"The Fuel administration restricted
the advance in wages asked for by the
striking bituminous coal miners to IA
per cent, because at that per cent the
consumer would not have to be further
taxed for his coal. Notwithstanding
this estimate, carefully based on facts,
Chicago coal dealers, and perhaps 9th
ers, have since advanced the retail
price Of coal 60 per cent or more ton.
The income tax returns prove the mine
operators get excessive profits, running
in some instances to over 1000 per
cent. During the recent strike it was
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
RED CROSS PRESENTED
SURPLUS OF BOOSTERS
Male Fowls Remained Bache-
lOrs Because No BiddieS Were
Sent to the Farmers.

The practical farmers in the. hinter.
land were much amused when they read
in the Great Family Journal about the
nine young bulls and one heifer that
Little Eva has been keeping at the
county workfarm for the Red Cross fol-
about year.
Now comes story from Arnold about
a multiplicity Of ROSTERS and a dearth
of hens given to the forest fire suffer
ers out there.
One day the Rehbeins were greatly
surprised to receive ten roosters but no
hens from the relief commission in the
new armory in Duluth. Then Anton
Hosig received a jolt when nine roost-
ers and one lone hen were left at his
place, with Little Eva's compliments.
Another farmer by the name Of Palm
quist received ten ROSTERS, but no
hens.
Those hinterland farmers did not
know what to think or say or do with
those misfit fowls. They rather as
sumed that some of the Florence Night
ingale Brides boxed up the fowls and,
being innocent of fowl sex, the same
as most of them were of calves and
other livestock, got the ROSTERS and
hens mismated and wrongly boxed,
something as young clerk might do
with shoes in a shoe store.
No one ever came along to correct
the msmatement of the fowls. Mr..
Rehbein sent word to the armory as to
his excess of ROSTERS and entire lack
Of hens. He also said that he did not
have the means to fed ten big, bar
rem, eggless roosters. No heed was paid
to the matter and, in due course, the
-Rehbeins sold, ate up and otherwise
disposed of the excess in ROSTERS.
Farmers out Arnold way tell many
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06

interesting tales Of the doings' of the
bunch at the armory. On quite old man,
without family and without money, too,
eked out the winter in lumbr camp
Noting that most of his nighbors had
received help, he humbly asked for
some tools, a table and a few kitchen
utensils. In most SIMPLY way, very
hurtful to an aged mans feelings, he
was brusquely and summarily denied
any consideration at all.
When the Florence Nightingale bird.
les made out the questionaires around
Arnold, one man was listed as having
employment in sight. Soon afterwards,
his wife broke her leg, being laid up
long time, which made it impossible
for the husband to 60 to work. He was
denied potatoes, tools or any relief. 1t
was shown that he had employment,
therefore that settled things. Relief was
firmly refused.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06

William A. Pittenger has thrown a
big monkey-wrench into the local re-
publican machine by filing for con-
gress. This act of political sabotage
came as the surprise of the season and
naturally, there are lot Of angry and
disgruntled republican medicine-mak'
erS.
Mr.. Pittinger is a product Of the
Hoosier state, hence his inclination.
skill and cleverness at entering pc.
litical tourney in a dramatic manner.
He is a practicing attorney, with of.
fees nthe First National Bank build.
ing and he has represented the Fifty
ninth legislative district in the legis-
lature for two terms. He also is one
of the oldest Of the odd in the I. o. O.
F., standing very high in the local and
state councils Of that order.
Being Intercepted as to his candi-
dacy, Mr.. Pittenger expressed himself
as follows to the Great Family Jour.
nal, viz:
'sI want no understandings in re.
gard to the liquor question. I never
believed in the American saloon as it
was conducted. It is gone and I am
glad of it. I do not wish to see it
return. I do believe in the stand taken
by broad-minded public men, such as
Samuel Gompers and others, in favor
of beer and light wines, under proper
regulations. I favor legislative action
in that regard. I believe in handling
the drink problem here as it is done in
some European countries, especially as
in the Scandinavian nations.
Mr.. Pittenger says that he expects a
fierce fight will be put up against him
by a number of different elements. He
declares that there is nothing he fears
to face and all he asks of the public
is not to pass judgment on him and his
principles until they really know for
what he stands.
This early bird candidate, who seeks
to get the congressional worm, says
that he is fully aware that some have
tried to discredit his labor record in
the legislature. He expresses the per-
sonal opinion that he made an excel
lent labor record, as he will undertake
to prove. He expresses hope that his
opponents and critics will be fair
enough not to try to influence the pub
lie to pass snap judgment on him be-
fore he has been fully heard and his
expressions of live questions and issues
of the day carefully weighed.
This early march, stolen by Pitten-
ger, certainly has disturbed what Col.
A. C. LeDuc loves to term the "status
quo" Already his critics are working
overtime. One of the inner circle de-
clares that Pittenger is suffering with
a severe attack of "over-confidence"
and that, like the spring fever, the
distemper soon will pass, leaving the
victim practically unframed in every
way except political prestige.
The Pittenger move undoubtedly
strengthens congressman Carss in his
aspirations for another term. It undoubt-
eddy has tendency to bring together
divergent elements that easily might
be diverted from the big congressman.
While the Pittenger factor in the po-
litical equation does not mean that the
solution necessarily means Carss, it
shoves his cause along a bit.
To the Rip-saw Mr.. Carss recently
said:
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
HoNoRs FOR PROCTOR GIRL.

Miss Ida E. Grafton, formerly a stu
dent in the Proctor schools, has been
awarded place on the university de-
batting team of the University of Mich
igan at Ann Arbor, where she is now a
student. Miss Grafton enjoys the dis
tinction of being the first girl in the
history of the university to acquire the
honor. She was member of the team
which defeated the Chicago University
team on Jan. Is at Ann Arbor. Each
member of the team is awarded a gold
medal and is pledged in the national
oratorical fraternity.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
TAXPAYERS LIKE IT.

Three or four members of the school
board are now spending the people s
money chasing around the country
looking for school superintendent,
when the chances are SO to that there
are men right here in Duluth now con-
nected with the schools that could
serve the people better and at less cost
than any imported "professor. When
these school board members are asked
to provide additional school room they
always whine that there are no funds,
but they never fail to find money to
squander on needless trips.-Ransom
Metcalfe, in Steel Plant News.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
SHE WAS so SWEET.

A sweet young creature from the
aristocratic and financially corpulent
East End dropped into Gasser's High
Price Emporium.
Yes, miss, what can we do for
yous" queried an industrious slave of
the place as he Bonded low
81 would like pound of sugar."
was the reply.
we can't let you have any, even
at thirty cents pound" replied the
polite profiteer, "for we sell sugar
only to those who really need it. You
certainly are sweet enough without
any sugar.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
GET-RICH-QUICK ENGLISH.

A city boy wrote to his brother in
the country as follows:
"Thursday we autoed out to the
Country Club where we golfed until
dark. Then we trolleyed back to town
and danced until dawn. Then we mo-
tored to the beach and Fridayed there"
The brother On the farm promptly
wrote back:
YESTERDAY we buggied to town and
baseballed all the afternoon. Then we
went to Ned's and pokered until morn
ing. Today we muled out to the corn
field and geehawed until shutdown. Then
we suppered and then we piped for a
while. After that we staircased up to
our room and bedsteaded until the
clock fived.'
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
of the government. Europe got sugar

of the government. Europe got sugar
that ought to have gone to American
consumers, and the swollen fortunes of
the profiteers grow larger and larger.
"In the fiscal year ended June 30,
1914, the United States exported o.
O52,34S pounds of sugar. In the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1919, the United
States exported 1,124,125,271 pounds.
This is why millions Of American
housewives and their families have
been starved for months and are now
paying prohibitive prices for, the small
amount of the commodity which they
are able to purchase"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
BIFFED THE BANKERS DOG

Down at Barnum, recently, three
young men Of the village were indus
triously engaged in rudely insulting the
bankers dog by tanning the animal
with brickbats. A few minutes later,
the banker, himself, came along and
invited the boys to come out and throw
brickbats at him. Consideration on the
par of the boys caused them to decline
the invitation at least SO the Anti
dog association informs the Rip-saw.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
WANT WEST FOB GOVERNOR,

Twin City friends of w. NJ. West,
owner Of farm in and citizen of
1tasca county, at present head of the
department of history in the state uni
versiy, are boosting that able gentle
man for governor Of Minnesota. Mr..
West is well known in state and nation
and it Us declared that if he became a
candidate, he would be Independent of
political factions.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-06
A PROMISING FINANc1ER.

81 want dime to give to a lame
man." said a boy to his mother.
"You shall have it." replied mother.
And who is the lame manfo
"Oh, he's the door-keeper at the
movies" replied the boy. '-St. Louis
Republic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
MORALE AIDED BY MUSIC
Fret Brought Out by the War Bound
to Have Great Effect on Future
Generations.

"Music makes morale" and SC
promptly music was enlisted in the
war. Song leaders were appointed AT
all the training camps and immedi-
ately the glory of real music was
spread before the millions of men
as reinforcement and aid to the
idealism which had brought them into
the war.
From then on the soldiers had mu-
sic individually, In masses, in groups.
They made it themselves. ii was made
for them by our finest artists. They
had monographs. They had records
by the million. The process of must
cal education was swift. and the pu-
pills were apt. Now they have return
ed TO us men who know good music
as a large part of their life and en-
tertainment. have become reasonably
apt performers themselves in great
many cases. What must this mean to
tie country? 1t must mean that the
people as whole are reader than
ever before to listen to II as well as
to be taught 1t.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
Acid Stomach
Makes the Body Sour
Nine Out of Ten People
Suffer From It

It sends its harmful acids and gases AL
over the body, instead of health and
strength. Day and night this ceaseless dam
age goes on. No matter how strong. its
victim cannot long withstand the health
destroying effects of an acid stomach.
Good news for millions of sufferers.
Chemists have found a sure remedy-one
that takes the acid up and carries it out
of the body; Of course, when the cause is
removed, the sufferer gets well.
Bloating indigestion, sour, add. gassy
stomach niseries all removed. This is
proven by over half million ailing folk,
who have taken EATONIC with wonder
full benefits II can be obtained from any
druggist, who win cheerfully refund its
triAing cost If not entirely satisfactory
Everyone should enjoy its benefits. Ere
auently the first tablet gives relief.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
NATIONS PLAN 1920 MEET
Wilson May Issue Call for First Meet
ing of the League Body
in Fall.

Washington, May 13.-The first
meeting OF the assembly Of the League
of Nations probably Will be called by
President Wilson this year. Prepare
tons for the meeting are to be taken
up by the league council during its
Rome meeting this month, and as II
has been estimated that at least four
months should elapse between the is
sue of the call and the actual gather
ing of the assembly that body proba-
bly, will be convened, 1t has been in
dicated, some time this fall.
BY the terms Of the league covenant
the first meeting of the assembly is to
be called by the president OF the Uni.
ted States. The list Of nations entitled
to formal representation In the as
sembIy. as prepared by the league,
number 35.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
She Had It Buried.

In illustration of the extent TO which
gold and silver are being boarded in
China. the far eastern division of the
bureau Of foreign and domestic com.
merce gives currency to an incident
reported of an old woman paying for
her purchase of cotton mill with
100000 worth of gold bars, which she
had dug out of its hiding place. 1t is
estimated that. due to the disturbed
political conditions and lack of ade-
quate banking facilities. throughout
China. at least billion dollars worth
of silver is similarly boarded, which
may partially account for the present
exchange situation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
catarrhal Deafness CANNOT Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There Is
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an infiamed condition OF the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is infiamed you have .
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when II is entirely closed, Deafness is tho
result Unless the Inflammation can be re-
dueed and this tube restored to Its nor
NAL condition. hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which Is an infiamed
condition OF the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case OF Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRE
MEDICINE.
r. J, Cheney e Co, Toledo. Ohio.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
FOOD PRODUCERS
To TEST POWER
Organizations Formulate De-
mands on Party Conventions.
FARMERS TO ASK PLANKS
Cooperation to Cut Prices Is One Of
Ten Main Points Framed at a
Two.Day Conference Held
at Chicago.

Chicago. May 13.-Fof the first tine
In the history of American national
political conventions the agricultural
interests of the country are going to
test the power of their organizations
in demands upon platform makers of
both big parties in tie June conven-
tions-the Republican in Chicago and
the Democratic in San Francisco.
The inclusion Of planks in the big
party platforms which would give the
food producers of the nation the voice
which they believe they should have
had is to be demanded. The farmers,
through their various organizati $,
will throw their support to that party
which gives them the greatest guar
anty, according II Charles A. man,
executive secretary of the national
board of farm organizations, which
concluded here a two-day meeting of
the executive board.
Farmers Main Demand.
The main points which the farmers
will insist upon, as outlined by II. ID.
Cooper of Little Falls, n. Y, ,ice
president of the National Milk Pro-
ducers' association and president of
the National Dairymen's league. are
the following:
1. The right of collective bargaining
by agricultural interests, as set forth
in the Capper-Hermans bill now pend
ing; an amendment 10 the Sherman
antitrust act which would give farm
ers the same rights In this respect as
organized labor enjoys under the Clay
ton amendment.
.. Conservation of forests. with a
view toward keeping down prices to
the consumers Of print paper and lum-
Der.
3. Payment of the war debt by di-
rect taxation upon those best able 10
pay" meaning corporations and indi-
viduals who acquired great wealth
during the war.
Aim to Reduce n. C. L.
4. Reduction of the high cost of liv-
ing through elimination of middle men
and the provis; n of more direct deal
ing between producers and consum-
ers.
3. The appointment of n secretary
of agriculture who knows practical
farm conditions.
g. Elimination by legislation OF farm
tenancy ar Of the acquiring of great
tracts of land by individuals and cor
porations.
Z. Provision of equal rights with
corporations. packers and others, in
transportation. state and interstate
and international.
g. Federal control Of the packing i'm
dustries.
0. Arrangements for more elastic ma
tional credits for farmers.
10. Opposition to universal military
training If such ls to be made a plank
of party platforms.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
What's In a Name2

"A printer informed me recently
what the Evansville Bar association
really is" said Joseph II. Igleheart,
secretary of the Evansville associa-
ton.
Mr.. lgleheart recently ordered print
ed number of licenses to be granted
to members of the association. When
copy of the proof was shown him,
he discovered that the words Evans
gille Bar association" were in unusu-
ally large type.
'What do you think these licenses
are for-saloon keepers?" inquired
Tgleheart of the printer.
"Why. certainly; what else does the
word bar meanw was the printers
esponse.-Indianapo News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Eau Claire-The sheriff of Eau
Claire county was placed on a salary
basis by the county board here on and
after Jan. i. 1921. by vote of is to
Is. The salary was fixed at $4,000
after long debate. and out of this
amount he must provide his deputy
and also to furnish his own automo-
bile. All fees collected must be
turned over to the county. He oper-
ates the Jail. however. as before, be-
ing allowed so much per capita for
board and lodging. Heretofore the
sheriff's Office has been operated on
the fee basis. all fees going to the
sheriff.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
POLISH JEWS COME TO U. S.
More Than 100000 Prepare to Leave
Poland for America This
Year.

Paris, May 13.-If the present immi-
grafton into America OF Polish Jews
continues for year mt its present rate
there will be. according TO dispatches
from Poland to Paris JournaIe, more
than 10000 more Jews in America by
the end of the year. Since the begin.
ming Of the year the number of appll-
cants for vises at the American con
snlate at Warsaw have averaged ] 100
daily.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
CDCnVI &c POSITIVELY I...y! .smcyrD y D., s.zr,':
LuhLLO % s ne; sssa s. o.; 6 es s.
A Clean sweeper.

Frank A. Munsey, who has now add
ed the Gordon Bennett newspapers to
his long string, is a very critical en-
ployer, and many "a clean sweep oc-
ours in his various Offices.
It Is said that visitor called at
one of Munsey's Offices and asked the
office boy IL Scribbs, the reporter.
was In.
II Dunno said the boy. II amt
seen today's reporters yet"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26
UnexpIored Libya.

Italian Libys now comprises the
fwo provinces of Tripolitana and
Cirenalca and lies along the northern
coast of Africa. between Tunis
tFrench) on the west and Egypt on
the east. in longitude from about o
TO 81 degrees east. The extremely
northerly part of Libya is at about
the parallel of latitude SO degrees
north; the southernmost point is un-
known as the territory runs south
into the unmapped Sahara indefinitely
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-26

Darlington-For thirty years Oar
lington has had to put UP with the
same train service-four passenger
and mail trains each day, two east
and two west. With the increase of
all kinds of business these conditions
have become deplorable. The daily
morning paper is not delivered at the
post Office before p. m. To better
conditions the common council unani-
mously petitioned the c. nj. & st. Paul
authorities for another train, one leav-
ing GAINESVILLE at about a. m, and
returning to reach GAINESVILLE about
p. m.