The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-13

profit On their Investment if
they SO desired.
Mr.. Haapakaski,seditor Of the
American Uutiset, an Influential
Finnish paper published at Cal.
umet, Mich, Is in the city to-
day, looking after business mat.
tiers in Che interest OF his journal.
Il. L. Polk & Co. are shortly
to issue a directory of the ranges
and range towns, including Vir-
,ginia, Eveleth, Ribbing, McKin
ley, Sparta, :Biwabik. Grand
Rapids, Two Harbors, Mt. Iron,
Tower and Ely.
P. G. Kraemer, of Imperial
fame, looked after the needs Of
our merchants Tuesday,
-Supt. Redfern, of the Penob
scot mine. Hibbiug, was q Vir-
giuia visitor Friday.
Attorney General Childs has
been retained on special counsel
to push the proceedings for the
forfeiture of the Duluth & Iron
Range land grant. The decision
rests with the commission named
by the last legislature, including
Gov. Lind, Auditor Dunn and
Attorney General Douglas at
whose suggestion Mr.. Childs
was retained. The case is now
pending before Judge Lcchren
in the federal court and a vast
deal of evidence has been taken
before a special master.
At the close of an able article
upon Ely and her bright pros
poets for future greatness, Bro.
Schaefer, of the Ely Miner,
says that when the matter of
dividing the county is again
brought up Ely will be at the
front with bid for the county
seat. That makes no odds,
Bro. Schaefer, we desire county
division even if an unsurveyed
forty on the shore :of Gabitogr-
naig lake be designated as the
county seat. The gutteral notes
of the Chlppewas is far prefer
able to the grunts of the Duluth
hogs.
Another chapter is to be added
to the famous Ceder Island or
Ely lake land case, the long con-
test between Murphy & Dorr and
the U. S. Surveyor General to
come before the u. S. Court at
Duluth shortly for a new trial.
The case involves a large tract
Of valuable land which Was or
iginally surveyed as a portion OF
Cedar Island lake, but on which
stands many thousands of dollars
worth of timber These lands
have since been homesteaded,
and the suit is to compel them
to be opened for entry.
Uncle Sam con tinues to line
up new companies of infantry at
Walker, in anticipation of trouble
with a score of redskins. Be
tween the squaws of Minnesota,
the belligerants Of Cuba and the
negroes of the PHILIPPINES who
believe that governments derive
their just powers only from the
consent of the governed, Unc- e
Sam has a bright prospect for
active employment for a long
time to come.
The world is made up of in
dividnals each having peculiar
views upon all subjects which
engage the thought. No man
may attain perfection or always
be exactly right. Indeed, there
is diversity of opinions as to
what Is right in many things.
Because Of this diversity. there
are many religious societies,
differing in many minor points,
but really not very far apart in
the more important things.
There are opposing political
parties each having large fol-
lowing of honest, conscientious
men. Men with "hobbies" are
most often wise in their own
conceits. Men, who accord to
others the right to opposing
views and believe them honest
in views they themselves do not
endorse, are counted noblest and
best. Man has sought many in.
ventions, The progress of the
age is marrelous, yet humanity
is wrapped up in ignorance.
The Anoka Herald says that
so long as there are Indians,
pine trees and lumbermen, there
will be trouble. The Ortonville