The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
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VISION >Bciuq
EDITIONS Circulated.

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For some weeks past a CON-
mittee of Virginians has had it's
eye on the county division ques>
ton, knowing that time would
ripen when it would behoove
Virginians to hustle.
The time is here and upon his
return from Duluth Monday DR..
Stuart Bates brought with him
the necessary petitions, which
have since been circulated in
range towns, some 1900 signers
being obtained on the Mesaba
alone.
The following is a copy of the
petition, which speaks for itself:
To THE SECRETARY OF STATE
OF MINNESOTA:
We, the undersigned residents
and legal voters of the county of
st. Louis, Minnesota pray that a
new county nay be created and
be composed of the territory
within the following boundaries,
towlt:
Commencing at point on the
west side OF Lake county,. Mimi
esota, where said west line of
Lake county intersects the town.
ship line between townships fif.
ty-six 1857 aad hfty-seven (57) as
shown by the government sur
vey of said townships. said line
OF intersection being the south
line of township fiftY-seven (57)
and the north line Of township
(56) thence west along and on
said township line to the point
where said line intersects the
east line of Itasca county, MINI
esota, thence north along and on
the east side of said Itasca
county to where said line inter-
sect5 the boundary line between
the state of Minnesota and the
Province of Ontario, in the Do>
minion OF Canada, thence east
and easterly along aud on the
said boundary line between said
state of Minnesota and said Prov.
ince of Ontario in the Dominion
of Canada following the curva-
lures, variations and sinuosities
of said boundary line to the
point of intersection of said
boundary line with the west line
of said Lake county, Minnesota,
thence south along and on the
west line of said Lake county to
the point of beginning; said ter
ritory so composing the new
county being all that portion of
said Saint Louis county, Minne>
sofa, as now constituted and ex
listing lying north of the south
line of township (57 in said
county as fixed and located by,
the government survey of said
township.
And that the name of said
county be Iron.
And that the City of Virginia
be the county seat thereof.
And that William N. Shepard,
of the City of Tower, and Mar
Gus L. Fay. of the City of Vir>
ginia, and E. J. Longyear. of
the Village of Hibbing, and
William T. James, of the City of
Ely, and William Carmichael, Of
the township of Biwabik, be and
constitute the first board of
county commissioners of said
proposed county.
That SAID proposed new
county of Iron contains more
than 400 square miles Of terri
tory and has within it's proposed
territorial limits more than two
thousand (2000) Inhabitants. +: T.:
That the existing county 81
Saint Louis after deducttng
therefrom the proposed new
county of Iron, will contain more
than 400 square miles 81 terri<
tory, and will have more than
two thousand 10000 inhabitants.
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The proposition is self-com-
mandatory to the people of the
ranges, as is also the board OF
county commissioners named.
The village Of Eveleth is said
to have aspirations for the
county seat, but 50 far as known,
no steps have as yet been taken
looking to that end, and should
the petition be favorably. acted
upon BY the state board we shall
expect the support Of all range
people, as We believe they will
recognize the fact that county
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