Year: 1871

To the Editor OF Superior TINES:


In protesting as the writer does in this brief COM


municaton, to comment slightly upon few of the


many mlsstatements contained in the Duluth Tribune
of the 4th inst, (resulting doubt, more from a


misapprehension of facts than from any intentions


the part of its editor make such gross misstate-


ments) we feel called upon apologize to your many


readers for thus encroacbing upon your valuable
space.


In editorial of less than fourteen lines we find no
less than three statements which the writer thinks
cannot be substantiated First, the assertion that


:" our quiet canal which was cut through into the


Lake Saturday last has, owing to an unusual food


of the st. Louis river, been compelled TO assume river
proportions and carry off portion of the extrao,din
airy quantity of water accumulated in the bay


be substanJated; but on the contrary reference
the records of the q. S. Coast Survey will show that
the height of the bay May lst 1871 did not vary wo
inches from the height of the same bay for May
June, July and August 1870; all measurements taken
at ppm.


Secondly the assertion that the schooner Charlie
which wintered in the bay, was saved some sixteen
miles of sailing, by going through Duluth river
instead of going down through the Superior
entry" is unfortunate statement for the Tri-
bu1ae to make arguing it does little knowledge Of
facts and less of geography The Charlie of
the tortuous Superior entry and through
the canal and glance at the chart is enough to
tute the statement that size could under any ordinary
circumstances sixteen miles" of sailing Indeed
there is but one combination of circumstances which
uggest@ itself to the writer's mind under which a
vessel could make such loss of dstance and that is
that should the Charlie have been leaving the entry
by moonlight and of the editorial corps of Duluth
been navigating the south shore in small boat, his
head might have been mistaken for the lighthouse
Raspberry Island, and thus have induced the Cap
tain of said schooner incline far in the direction
of Bayfield,


In asserting that steamboats, have passed through
the canal the Tribune makes slight mistake Every
one knows that up the 4th OF May, the only steam
boats that have passed through the canal the little
yacht Zero, which was hauled through by the
dredge We heard gentleman argue that the Fero
was tug, but had not supposed it could be demon
strated she was steamboat


The assertion that Geo r. Stuntz allows himself
to be used I" cats paw by the State of Wiscon-
sin the writer will have characterize as another
mistake. Mr. Stuntz needs Justification from so
humble source that of the writer still it may not
be of place for add what is very generally
known that he has large interest on Minnesota
Point, which in his opinion, will be materially injured
by this canal and that he has taken such steps as ap
pear to HIM to be for his advantage in opposing it.
which any will admit he is at perfect liberty to
do Further, the writer camped" with George long
before the Tribune began to advance the interest O.
of Duluth long acquaintance with him, induces
US to believe that he is poor man to make "cats
paw Of However, should the editor of the Tribune
be curious this point, he easily satisfy himself
by making few Ia very few think will be sufi-
cent) experiments with Geo. R.-should he conclude
to, we would take the liberty to suggest that ne
chooses what he thinks will be good day" for ex
periments. or he might find himself highly meta
morphosed," like quartz of which George sometimes
finds specimens, INVESTIGATOR.


P S: In the Tri5unc,S issue Of the llth inst, we
notice its usually placid editor appears be somewhat
exercised in relation to wholesome truths con-
tanned in the little CALL We can readily imagine that
this is a Payne-ful subject for him to contemplate
Among other scurrous expressions notice he fre-
quently calls its editor liar Mistaken as he is in
this instance, still know Of no in the country
who should be begter judge of what constitutes


rst-cass liar and backguard than this same editor of
the Tribune. l.