The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09
Friday, Octo her 8, 1908.


Entered ut the Post Once at Virginia, Mian.
as second class mail matter. Z
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Terms. 50 Per Year. ii Advance.
' ~. ..ss Spsetal Notice. . ~
Persons wishing q news item, change Of
''ad." or anything in the line OF locals, in
serted, v Iii please have same IN our office by
Thursday noon Of each week. Convenient,
as it saves time and trouble for both parties
We reserve the right tc positively refuse
any notice Of whatever nature after32 clock
p. m. on Thursday: :.
No HONEST citizen need be asham-
ed to lend his support to the candi-.
dacy of Marcus Lay for mayor.
He is known as. an honest1nan and
is worthy of the support of honest
men. " ~.5 Z. ~ <s :.:.. s sz sss7s:Z @=
The campaign logic in the last:
issue of the Virginian is amusing.
It serves to recall the, old saying
that "the simplest thing in the
world is sometimes the most diff
cult to understand-an idiot, for
instance" .@,,:.:.
IT is evident that the figures con
corning municipal receipts and the
sources from which they were de-
rived, appearing in our last issue,
stirred 'em up bit. At least City
Clerk Bickford was interested to
that point that he called upon the
Enterprise to know if the figures as
published were the ones furnished.
They were. - >@-...ss'
The invidious reflections, harsh
and ill-founded, in the last issue of
our local contemporary relative to
Marcus L. Fay, independent candl-
date for mayor, demand no CON-
ment. They are destined to act as
a boomerang among intelligent
voters-and it is not to be supposed
that any but intelligent voters will
cast their ballots for Mr.. Fay in the
coming contest. ~.
The effulgent rays of the Ely Iron
Dynamo have ceased to shine, Edi-
tor Wood having found hisfill in
four short weeks and madesanother
move in his Kaleidoscope career.
It is stated that he is headed for
some point on the north shore of
Lake Superior where he will WELD
his pen in an attempt to ciyilize the
hardy denizens of the forest-pro-
vided the Duluth police can find
him and get him headed outward
from the gates of the Zenith City.
FIGURES do not lie, when they are
honest figures. The figures Of MI u
nicipal receipts as given in our last
issue were honest-else they would
not have been given publication.
They show the receipts of the city
for period trifle less than eigh.
teen months to have been $444 1891,
as against $57,276.11 for the entire
three years Immediately preceding.
These figures not only show that
Virginia is prosperous, but remove
any special cause of wonderment
that the city has a small cash bal.
ance to it's credit. 49, ~
The last issue of the West Duluth
Sun dedicated considerable. space
to the "retraction" of allegedly de.
famatory and derogatory utterances
against J. III. Sharp, who is slated to
commence the publication of new
paper at the town of Ashawa-w when
the town materializes. The "retrac-
ton" is in response to formal de-
mand from Mr.. Sharp, whom il
would appear had his feelings hurt
by reading the candid words of full:
some praise reproduced in the col.
umns of the Sun from a former is.
sue of the Mesaba Ore. Mr.. Sharp
should not permit any ,nisunder.
standing to interfere with isjudg
ment of the article in which the re.
TRACTION is made, and by appreciat
ing the sound logic of Bro. Metcalfe
should avoid the necessity Of any
further "retractions" by making a
deposit of $64, together with inter
est and advertising expenses, and
calling all things square. +. g
American Art Abroad. =
| A. recent article in the Chicago
Inter Ocean makes extensive men
ton of the high appreciation Of til,
Kimbal piano in centers of art ane
= culture abroad. OF these American