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fe3FILTHY NESTSDULUTHUNSEEN BY GOOD PEOPLEHigh-Minded Men Strain at Jitney Gnats andSwallow Blind Pigs—Needed House-cleaningAwaits New Administration.b 0 e; v0e0A few weeks, three humble Sons of Central Europe appeared before the city commissioners to secure licenses to run jitneys between the end of the car line at New Duluth and the bibulous little village ot Oliver. The applications were turned down on the grounds that such jitney service would foster the welfare of Old John Barleycorn in the Wisconsin oasis.Frank Crassweller, prominent citizen and profound lawyer, appeared before the commissioners to oppose the granting of the desired licenses.s*is/tebiIf you grant licenses to these bus drivers, declared the able advocate, you do it for the express purpose of carrying drunken men. The idea of giving drunken , men such privileges in a city which' four times has voted its opposition to liquor is preposterous.Rev. George Brewer, shepherd of the First Presbyterian flock in Duluth, also was present, for a change, and his voice was lifted up against the desired licenses.ers, were carrying on a propaganda of low moral endeavor and scattering seeds of venereal disease, for the reaping, bye and bye.No one in this long-suffering city ever heard members o' bar or clergy protest to the council against that dirty dump and various other similar dumps in dear old Duluth.aatseIf you force the pilgrims to that Mecca, naively said the divine, the police can tell whether they are drunk or not. You are getting into dirty business if you grant the permission to run these busses.Rev. Charles Pace, pastor of the First M. E. church, also took time from parochial duties to jump onto the poor foreigners who believed that their mission in life was to run busses between dry Duluth and wet little Oliver.Boozers need not go to Oliver for strong drink. It can be found in scores of places in Duluth, right now, and most raw, rotten stuff much of• X 9It IS. ’ ~There's a dump adjacent to the municipal court room that is not above strong suspicion as to redlight and blind pig features. On the opposite side of the street there might, on a bet, be fotind several places that break the laws of God and man.Come along to Lake avenue and narrow Superior street. As stated before, it’s dollars to doughnuts that a good base ball player could throw a ball and hit anywhere from three to five places where they shelter either redlight women or blind pigs, or both.betreeINo one is running a bus line for charity, sagely remarked Rev. Mr. Brewer. Under existing conditions, the temptation to carry intoxicated or half-intoxicated men will be great.The sancltified Smithies supported the legal and ecclesiastical protests, therefore the commissioners turned down the humble aliens.Coming down East Second ptreet a block or two from the First Presbyterian church, booze can be picked up in joints much closer together than those in Oliver. How about that blind pig down the avenue from the Mitchell hotel and how about the place across the street?While the Jezebel may have moved long ago, there *was a time when sinful boys went to see a painted woman in a brick flat building a door or two from the First Methodist sanctuary.rr30a0The great family journal has just about much use for booze and the booze business as Bishop MacNieholas has for a portrait of Martin Luther in his private chapel. It is encouraging to see the members of bar and clergy, especially the able and prominent members, appear in the municipal council chamber and lift up their voices in favor of sobriety, decency and propriety.At the same time, this great family journal has indisputable evidence that there are much worse things in Duluth than busses plying between New Duluth and Oliver.Then how about that neighborhood tributary to the Inclide and West First street. One knowing chap some weeks ago declared that, for money, marbles or chalk, he could get drinks in at least seven places within a radius of two blocks of No. 1 firehall. It is not a human impossibility for some of the brave fire-fighters to give zealous lawyers or clergymen reliable tips on some of those lawless dumps.The drouth does not bother some of the leading hotels very much. The old Bowery is credited with retaining a bit of moisture and there are several moisture parlors and little caverns along towards the Point of Rocks.sf3Sedtetr9It must be admitted that many people have business in Oliver not at all connected with the booze traffic. They have a right to visit that unique Badger burg. They now have to walk if they do not own their own Henry Ford, thanks to the action of the council. To a map with broad, logical, sensible views,it looks like class legislation. The general public is inconvenienced so that guzzlers and boozers may be protected against their own acts— men of age and supposed to know what is best for themselves. However, it is better to give than receive, therefore sober men must continue to trudge on foot between New Du-luuth and Oliver, otherwise some human weakling may drink more than he can carry.Then arises the question:liIf aman drink more than he can carryOnly a few days ago a man and a girl, the latter below the age of I consent, were yanked out of the Adelphi hotel, where they had been consorting for weeks. The girl and, possibly, the man, suffered from venereal disease. The woman, who usually pays, was listed for the reform school. The man, named Brady, got off with a simple sentence of 60 days at the comfortable old work farm. When the roses begin to bloom, he will be out, ready and willing to defile other sixteen-year-old girls and to scatter venereal infection up and down the city.Out at West Duluth a former business man is credited with keeping as high as fifty cases of booze at a time in an old church. The devil may keep away from old churches but the West Duluth boys are not so superstitious. Some days ago they stole a goodly number of cases of that booze and, the next day, over half of Raleigh street’s population was drunk. The former merchant^ 1 A -CCA av* /\no full ao oo a f Kaa70
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The Duluth Rip Saw
Duluth, Minnesota, US
Sat, Apr 12, 1919
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