The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-24

uOV O0 we'll " GoSt viz uttG0f ny
placing these valuable lands
upon the assessors books and
have the supreme court decide
who is entitled to the tax, the
county wherein the property
lies or counties situated 100 miles
away. N. B. THAYER.
Duluth, April %.
EXPERIMENTAL FARM
Finally Located at Grand Rap;s1.. Y;rgi,a-
la Entered The Contest Too Late.
At the meeting of the board of
regents of the State University
on Friday last for determining
the location for the proposed
new state experimental farm,
Grand Rapids was the victor in
a five-cornered fight, other con.
testants nbeing Aitken. Carlton,
Wadena and Virginia.
Virginia was ably represented
at the conference by Messrs. D.
H. Moon and M. H. Martin, and
although they forcibly and con:
cisely presented the claims Of
Virginia for recognition on the
ground that we are in the midst
of the richest mineral section of
the state, the immediate section
surrounding this city paying
into the state exchequer more
than any other section of pro-
portionate size in the entire CON-
monwealth, their plea availed
naught.
But from the first it was ap-
parent, however, that the com
mittee had already agreed upon
an adverse edict, and that talk
was but waste of energy, but
that the Virginia delegation rep
resented our interests in a com
mendable manner is fully attest
ed by the following open letter.
To THE CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA:
Messrs.' Moon and Martin, of
your city, appeared before the
committee of the Board of Re-
gents in support of a PROPOSE
ton made to it by a telegram
from Hon. D. H. Moon on the
9th, stating that Virginia would
give to the University of, Mime
sofa section of land for the
purpose of establishing a SUBJ
experiment farm under the act
passed by the Legislature in '95.
also requesting the committee to
locate said farm near Virginia.
The gentlemen appeared before
the committee and presented in
a very intelligent. and practical
way their reasonsz in: support of
the propositions made; they were
listened to attentively and their
proposition was carefully con-
sidered as we'll as all others rep
reselting different localities. The
committee was unanimous in the
decision made, that Grand Rap
ids or that locality would best
represent the purpose the act
intended.
Very respectfully yours,
VIM. M. L1GGETT,
Chm of Com.
The fact is, Virginia started
her campaign too late. The
committee had already visited
other localities and personally
viewed the lands offered, while
the ever alert citizens of Grand
Rapids had, while yet we slept,
entered our own bailiwick and
secured the endorsement of the
Duluth chamber of commerce
and the efforts of many promi
nent citizens of st. Louis county.
Starting at the eleventh hour,
under such circumstances, no
city could reasonably. expect to
have her claims, no matter how
valid, receive proper and due
consideration. In this defeat,
expected though it was, we real.
ize the loss occasioneda by the
Inactivity of our Business Mems
Union and the lack of united and
energetic work on the part of
our citizens looking to the pros
perity and welfare of the city as
a whole, while on the other hand
we cannot but recognize the en-
ergetic and untiring work of the
people of Grand Rapids and the
plum secured by united effort.
The land selected is what is
known as the Herrig farm, one
and one-half miles from Grand
Rapids, containing 455 acres, i'm
proved and having 70 acres un-
der cultivation. The total cost
of the property :. was $500, of
which amount the county COM
miss iOnorS If Ttocco oorrtx, Io