The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
NeigbboriDg Notes.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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Hibbing is to have a second bank.
Local capital is behind the enter
prise.
A noble red man was taken into
custody by the health officer at Ely
week ago. suffering with small
pox.
Isaac Wetherby, Finnish miner
at the Newport mine, Ironwood,
committed suicide by jumping into
a shaft, falling some 1900 feet.
The water supply at Chisholm is
said to be playing out. Rather
tough outlook for those citizens of
our western neighbor who "swore
off" on hard stuff on New Years.
The new $4,000 High School build
ing at Two Harbors has been COM
pleted, and will be formally opened
at the beginning of the winter term
next week.
The Duluth & Iron Range COM
pany fills it's ice houses 1.-TWO Har-
bors with ice from Embarrass lake,
at Biwabik. No ice has yet formed
in the Two Harbors bay.
If rumors of matters to be brought
before the grand jury at the Janu-
airy term prove true the session will
be a lengthy and torrid one. The
skirts of the officials of several of
the range towns are said to be with
in the pale of the danger line.
Chief of Police Crandall, of Du-
luth, whose resignation has been
filed, was rendered farewell ban
quet by the members of the force
under him, Monday evening. A tri-
file different from the package which
the last grand jury attempted to
tender him, and doubtless more APP.
preciated.
Forged check fakirs caught the
business element and bank at Hib-
bling for several hundred dollars
last week. The checks ranged from
500 to SIG, and purported to be sign
ed by J. E. Bartley, of the Northern
Lumber company, " J. Scanlon
and +. S. Johnson, of Cloquet. The
work is said to be very smooth.
The Ontonagon Herald says that
it has been suggested that the next
change in the game laws of Michi-
gan should make it misdemeanor
for any hunter to kill more than two
men during the season; all violat-
ors of this provision to be punished
with fine of not less than $25 and
as much more as the court might
deem advisable.
+. F. Bradt, a. well-known Lake
Superior mining man, has been ap-
pointed general superintendent of
the mines and explorations of the
C>ergue syndicate, of Sault Ste. Ma
rie, with territory extending from
Sudbury, Ont, to the Michigan
ranges. For the past five months
Mr.. Brandt has been in charge of
explorations on the Marquette and
Menominee ranges for a syndicate.
The city taxes of Crystal Falls,
Michigan, with the exception of the
street district taxes, levied in the
year 1900, have been declared void
by the auditor general and cancen-
ed on the petition of several prop
erty owners. 1t was held that the
taxes were illegal because the sup
ervisors equa1ized between the sew
eral wards of the city,. while it is:
provided by law that the city shall
be treated as unit
Nolan Bros. & Laird have filed a
petition asking the county board
not to grant any more liquor licens-
es in township 1913, where the petit
TONERS have sawmill, and where
they say there is already one saloon.
They claim that there is absolutely
no police protection there; and that
in such circumstances a saloon is
an unmixed evil. Therefore they
ask that no more licenses be grant
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