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

until such time as the new in
dustry is enabled to compete
with older establishments. Boun.
ties have worked wonders for
the salt and beat sugar indus.
tries OF Michigan, and the patur
al result Of the induction of iron
manufacture in our state is in
evitable.
We note that Senator Hawkins
has been appointed chairman Of
She senate committee on Mines
and Mining, and is also a mem
Der of the committees on Logs
and Lumber and Towns and
Counties. His position on this
latter committee should lend him
considerable strength in any
measure which might be pro.
mulgated for the establishment
of a new county by vote of the
people of st. Louis county prior
to the general election OF 1900
The publishers Of Carlton
county have patterned after their
fraternal brethren of the iron
ranges, and organized a Press
Association, for the advance
ment of mutual interests. We
trust, however, that there may
be found among their number no
Judas lscariot, who may attempt
to do the gang" under the
cloak Of friendship and thus
cause a disruption. Such is
practically the present status of
the Editorial Association of the
Iron Ranges.
A western editor who doub t.
less has had serious time with
wind storms, drouths and delin
quents, thus writes: We look
into a cradle aud behold crying
male babe. At the age of ten he
is noisy kid, with half the but.
tons off his pants and an eye for
meanness; at fifteen he is a devil
in print shop; at twenty he is
the publisher of a country news
paper, at the head of every en-
terprise calculated to improve
the town or enrich the business
men thereof; at IS he's al ema-
ciated worn out man with bald
head and holes in his pockets,
and at fifty he's a corpse in al
cheap coffin and his only re
sources left behind is two cases
long primer, a Washington hand
press and a subscription book
with 679 delinquent subscribers,
who line up and march past his !
office saying He was a public
spirited fellow, but he never
could save anything"
The Head of the Lakes, a new
business journal, has been
launched at Duluth~,by Ell.
Miilar, with G. D. Skillings as]
editor. Vol. l No. 1 is 81 page
pamphlet, replete with interest
ing statistical news of the in
dustries Of Duluth, the Super.
iors and vicinity, and is deserv.
ing of the rich patronage ap
parently extended it.
The Investigations into the
management Of the various de-
partments bids fair to cost more
than did the war.
The new WeYerhaeuser log.
ging road from the Weyerhaeuser
camps to Island Lake on the
Cloquet river is now in full
operation. The first load of
logs for the mills at Cloquet,
was hauled over the new line
Friday of last week. This road
will be an important factor in
logging in the Cloquet district,
as it touches some of the best
pine lands.in that section.
W. S. Brain, for the past five
years superintendent of che Du
luth, Missabe & Northern ore
docks at Duluth, has resigned
his position with the company to
assume a more responsible po-
sition with an eastern concern
During the period of Mr.. Brann's
incumbency the ore trade of Du-
luth has progressed from it's in
fancy to it's present magnificent
volume. All the ore shipped |
over the Missabe road has pass |
ed over the Oneota docks, which !
have gained an enviable reputa-
ton among vessel owners and
captains second to none upon the |
chain of the great lakes. This |
has been largely due to the I'm |
RENTING attention to business
and the untiring energy of Mr..
Brann and in losing his services
the company parts with one who