The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1923-07-07
THREE TICKETS FILED FOR
ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION
Clough, CooIe and Mrs. Wilson VIII Try to Cure
Blight of Bentley on the Public Schools By
1s Winning Seats on the Board.

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city of Duluth will be held Satur-
day. July 81. The polls viii open
at 8 a. m. and close at Z p. m.
The representations are that 1t
win be warm day in Duluth.
AS these lines are written, three
full tickets. of three candidates
each, are in the field.
! The autocrats are backing an
administration ticket, ironically
called ''The Citizens Ticket" Di-
rector Eklund gets the credit OF
having had an important hand In
lining up that ticket, under the
supervision of Supt. Bentley, Madam
director Barnes and Pres. Grass
weller. There Is q rumor that. IL
the ticket Is elected, fair young
society woman has pledged her hand
to the silent young doctor as his
reward for making such strong
medicine, so to speak. )
Harry G. Gearhart, who recently
refused the Preussian appointment
as district judge, is one of the three
candidates on the Bentley-Barne
ticket. So far. as known, Judge
Gearhart never has shown any deep
interest in public school matters
and, If he ever has any children of
school age, he might not wish to
send them to the public schools,
following the precedent established
Eby Madam director Cotton with her
very nervous little Alpha.
| A fitting slogan for Judge Gear
hart would be: "a kitten for every
Kindergarten kiddie." Madame
Gearhart Is clever and famous
breeder of cats, rather than Riddles,
therefore kittens from the Gearhart
stud easily could be furnished to the
Riddles in the kindergardens, should
Madam Barnes and Supt. Bentley
succeed in electing the Judge to a
dictatorship.
| OF course that despised minority
might raise legal bubble as to
the legality Of Judge Gearhart's
immediate family furnishing kittens
lao the kindergarten kiddies., The
j fact that Miss Carey held the posi-
ton of supervisor Of art for four
i years, despite the fact that heI
sister, Madam director Barnes, was
on the board, may have established
precedent. With lawyers on the
board and strenuous efforts being
made to elect two more. thereby
causing the board to be bossed by
barristers, presidents viii have
] much forceS-and effect with said
majority. Then. too. as sort q
thank-offering for his election.
:. should ne happen to get elected,
4 Judge Gearhart might donate en-.
I ough kittens to give one to every
! kindergarten kiddie.
| Even that act OF generosity might
be resented and turned down by
miss Gertrude Carey, lovingly call.
ed Aunt Gertie. as an affront te
! the art department Of the public
schools.
General Rodney Paine, q World
War hero. Is q second member OF
the Bentley Barnes ticket. He is the
son Of Fred w. Paine. former bank
!, ler and present capitalist. It is safe
to assume that General Rodney
would be strong for the blightfns
! Bentley scheme Of Doing II to Du'
tluth" by hiring Chicago architects
. when Duluth has some just as good
II not better. The senior Paine was
Influential. in hiring outside archi.
, Itects for the Kitchi Gammi Clut
, building, st. Luke's hospital. the
Episcopal church and even some Of
i his personal building. Like father
, like son." you can wager q dollar
, to a doughnut.
n In a public statement. Mr.. Paine
declares that. II elected. he will lool
before he leaps, jump independently
: and according to this best judgment
} and keep politics out Of the schoo
, board, as well AZ the school board
OFT Of politics.
. The fact that Mr.. Paine has beer
permitted to run on the Bentley
Barnes ticket Is prima facie evidence
that he will be compelled to stand
for autocracy, not democracy, In
:. the schools and that the blightins
Bentley will demand that he serve
: as a human rubber stamp to O. X
the autocratic acts Of the ruthles.
superintendent.
Yes, Mr.. Paine already holds one
public job, that of superintendent
of the Jay Cooke park.
A suitable. campaign slogan FOL
the aspiring young Mr.. Paine would
be: silk socks for all the sissies.'
II Leonard T. Peterson, successful
, i tea and peanut, merchant OF thu
; West End, is the third candidate OF
the Bentley Barnes ticket. He is &
self-made man and, undoubtedly
worships his maker, otherwise ht
, would not consent to run on .
ticket that, IL elected. will be bu'
a rubber stamp to o. x. the act!
of the blighting Bentley. Mr. Pc
. terson Is stakeholder in bank o.
which young Doc. Eklund is pres
! ident. Mr.. Peterson's brother ani
, partner also is o director in the
! same bank. Is It not possible thai
! Mr.. Peterson went onto the ticke1
[ lof the autocrats rather than have
!, his line of credit revised?
Q The local milk trust has beer
very successful in getting its scald
ed skim milk introduced into ths
! schools for the enforced drinking
/ by under-nourished pupils. Il ma,
Carey stamped her foot and inform
ed Jerry" that he could not put
Ia table in nook near her door
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