The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-01-07

[ The state officials hesitate to start real
trouble because Of certain connections
that Little Eva has in the Zenith City.
Moses wrote the laws for the Israel
ties and Aaron announced them with
his silver tongue. John Stone Pardee
writes the pieces about digging a deep
waterway to the sea and Charley Craig
speaks 'em. .....
A hermit at Gary was robbed of
$500, his savings for a year. He would
have Jared better had he stuck the
money in the Mike Norris Plan Bank
at 8 per cent and then borrowed it back
at 10 per cent. z3rw - '>,>..'|
The nonpartisan league headquarters
in Duluth are said to be at No. EOS
First National Bank building, where
Col. A. G. Weiss and Hon. Levi M. Will.
cuts have their private desks and pay
the. office rent. !. s.
The deposed Kong Odin, former mon
arch Of. the marble-lined court house,
may be Viking brother of Gov. ,Preus,
bat -hs< has 10 slecal political pull that
will make him of real benefit to the
statehouse machine.
When the civic council recently de.
bated the city manager plan, Billy
McEwen. informed the members that
@The poorest person to put into city
position is an average business man.
Better results can be obtained from, a
politician with politics for his life.
work." Unlike John Alden, Billy is
not too bashful to speak for himself.
The, Rip-saw was started with bare
hands and it got out Of the woods by
working up big volume Of business,
not breaking the laws n, to get, easy
money. Other concerns can profit by
the Rip-saw's experience and example.
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A large number Of Norske republicans
in state and county are patiently wait
ing for Gov. Preus to satisfy them that
he acted for the best when he Kicked
Hans P. Bjorge off the state board of
appeals in the local board of trade
building. ,r.. 49,. : -
Now that Sir Frederick "A. Patrick
is giving all his time to the finances of
the Patrick interests, he can do the
Lords work by helping Col. Tom Rey-
nolds figure out a more attractive wage
scale for the women who toll behind
the counters Of the Glass Block store.
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Bentley P. Neff did not begin his
career in Duluth like Lincoln in Illi-
nois, splitting rails, but he did start it
by working for the slave-wage Of So a
week. Now he's president Of the great
Patrick concern, something that, in
many ways, beats being president Of the
United States. 2
Hon. Levi M. Willcuts, state revenue
collector, poses as a great friend of
o. 8. senator Kellogg. Mr.. Willcuts'
political moves and methods, however,
are hurting Sen. Kellogg more than
they are helping him. Perhaps Hon.
Mr.. Wiileuts is listening too much to
Gov. Preus' political ideas and wishes.
There is a lot Of ability in Duluth,
both latent and dormant, that Mayor
Snively could seek out and use on the
city planning committee. Some day,
some Of the few whose names appear
in connection with all the local activ-
tiles, public and private, will die. The
time seems ripe to find some under
studies. '@>s &
Last fall, Art. Buchanan entered into
contract with the people Of Douglas
county, Wis, to serve them two years
as sheriff. Now, without referring the
matter to- the people, he breaks that
contract, making it merely scrap of
paper, by DESERVING his post as sheriff
and taking place as chief Of police Of
Superiof.
The merchant who puts goods out on
the sidewalk for display purposes, usu-
ally gets arrested. If he ran gam
bling den in some deep basement, the
strong arm of the law would not reach
him at all. A gambler ought not to be
better before the law than a merchant.
but he seems to have a. big advantage