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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
Testing New Washing Machine.

The new washing machine, for
the separation of sand from iron
ore, has been installed at the Arctu-
rus mine on the west end and is
now undergoing. 4 reliminary test.
The firstexperime Is, made appear
ogi. eacNrefi lent sat sfacti Guy
"A. ton and Charles A. Purd lon, Of
Duluth, who are both interested in
the lease of the Arcturus, witnessed
the operations of the new machine.
Capt. H. Jarchow says the tests thus
far made are preliminary, and there
is considerable experimenting yet
to be done, but he has faith in
ultimate satisfactory results. IT,.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
Shot Drill Gives Satisfaction.

The first shot drill to- be used in
the Minnesota iron country has
been given a finished test at Deer
wood, and. after several weeks test,
with results that were apparently
satisfactory, Cuyler Adams, who
had the. drill on his property, pur-
chased it and will operate it, the
first shot. drill to be privately owned
and operated on the ranges. Mr..
Adams found that the lnachines did
the work claimed for them, and
went through all kinds Of sub
stances, cutting a clean core 15s
inches in diameter Mr.. Adams is
drilling for iron at Deerwood, on
the west end, where he located early
last spring. : :ss .= & s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21


81 te These plans have been
made on generous {. scale and with
the ideaof progress which has char
5acterized the conduc + of the Pair
for some years past and which has
built It up to be the foremost state
fair in the land.
The fair will be opened On Mon
day, August 81 !, with an add dress BY
United States Senator Charles w,
Fairbanks,#of Indiana, an eloquent
and forcefui speaker Of national
reputation and known as a. presi-
Dental possibility Of the future.
His address will pro badly cover ag-
ricultural Questions and some 81
the great issues Of the day. .@s :s. . 1
= Perhaps the most important feat
ure of the tair will be the National
Live Stock exhibitions and sales
held in connection with the Ameri-
can Hereford Breeders Association
and the American Shorthorn Breed
ers' Association. These exhibitions
have grown from a tentative dis.
play four years ago until they are
known among breeders all over the
country as the most successful OF
their kind. The Minnesota state
fair is the only state fair which can
secure these exhibits. Auction sales
of prize: animals will be held in the
great tent on the fair grounds dur.
ing several days of the fair.
Premiums have been increased
in all departments and $4,000, is
now the grand total offered by the
Minnesota Fair for exhibits and in
purses.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
Will Attend Mining Congress.

Gov. Van SAINT will represent the
mining interests of Minnesota at
the sixth annual session of the Min
ing Congress to be held at Dead
wood, S: D.: September 7th to 18th.
President Roosevelt's appreciation
of the importance of the coming
meeting is disclosed in the. fact that
he has requested Secretary Shaw to
be present and deliver an address
on the value of the mining interests
of the country. Governors Peabody,
OF Colorado, John P. Morrison, of
Idaho, and Herried, of South Dako.
ia, have also accepted invitations to
attend. '...-- ~. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
INSPECTED NEW DEVICE.
Officers of Steel Corporation Present
at a Test in Ishpeminu.

A party of steel corporation .offic-
ials recently witnessed at Ishpem-
ing test of a new machine for: Ia
cilitating the work of getting the
ore out of the cars when delivered
to the docks to be unloaded. The
machine is the invention of Mr..
Greenway, of 1shpeming, one of the
superintendent of the steel scorpo-
ration at that place. It works on
the principle of an auger and is OPP
Grated by electricity. 1t will be of
immense advantage, if successful,
in the fall when ore freezes in the
cars and the work of getting it out
is slow and expensive. .-.~.s -. e..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
New Edition of Leith's Book.

"A new edition af a THOUSAND cop
les of the Mesabi n onograph, by
Dr..C. is. Leith, has been authorized
by the Geological Survey at Wash
ington to meet the large demand.
The new edition vii contain the
same IS maps, but q some slight
changes in the text will be made.
DR.. Leith is at work on a. revised
map to be issued by the depart.
ment next season.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

BRO. CUPPERNULL, of the Virgin
ian, reports an attemptto break into
his office one night this week. He
should profit by the warning, and
build vault for the safe-keeping OF
the office towel. - =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
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sFinisi,ed Their Contract.

Porter Bros, who had the con.
tract for the spur track connections
between the Crosby and LaRue
mines il the y ashwalak district,
have finished their contract and re
moved their utffiit to- Montana,
where they are eng IS railroad
work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
Paris Tram Lines Lose.

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{. The annual report of the Paris Gem
seral Omnibus company shows the eff
feet OF the Paris Metrop olitan under
ground road on other methods Of loco-,
motion. The receipts in 1902 were bout
100000 less than the year before,
and s14 900, 600 less than ID 1899. The
number Of passenge decreased 49,
600, 600 Fifty omnibus and tramway
lines are being run at "a loss.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

: GENERAL MILES is retiredas too
old for active service, but the Dem
ocratic party may consider him
young enough to head their ticket
in the next national campaign.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

THE wrecking of the Commercial
Bank of Duluth through the embez,
elements of E. E. Johnson, book
keeper in the institution, attracts
much attention from the press and
calls forth some merciless scorings
of the bucket-shops, through which
the money of the institution is al
legged to have been lost. The sum
total of the defalcations amounts to
close to $4,000, all Of which Johnson
says wentzon the stock markets, the
defalcations being covered from
earlier detection by being charged
up to overdraft accounts. There
would also appear to be a degree 81
carel essnesso on the partsof the bank
management, which takes the edge
off the syn1patl1y ex pressed for
resident Leland, who claims to be
left bankrupt throug the acts.of
his trusted semplo ..z=.=
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

MAYOR WALTERS, of McGregor,
Wis, shot and fatally wounded r.
d. George in a quarrel Friday night
over the big prize fight. 1t is queer
what brainless,- bullet-headed indi-
viduals are sometimes elected to
positions of honor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
Lone and yhor1I,f- HaIluII. R -.

Long and short HauI RAtes.
The average railroad ate'across=t the
american ntinent il carl load lots i.
SIS q tom; the rate on similar goods,
from London az ound the world to.
Seattle is $10sa ton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

A MILWAUKEE man has discover
ed a process whereby whisky can
be made out of sorghum. Milwau-
kee will in future have two things
to which she may point as contrib
utory attributes to her fame
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

HON. FRANK NJ. EDDY formally
declared himself as in the race for
the Republican nomination for gov,
ernor, on Friday last. It is said his
campaign will be based on the idea
of being the homeliest and most
srovenly dressed man in the state
Minnesota, two attributes which en-
title him to great distinction.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
MINI IA STATE AIR.
This Years Exhibit Nil Be the Best
81 q Wonderful Series.

the 44th Annual Minnesota
State Fair will ooe in 4 short time
S. IS quite ia order to- brief en lu.irtn,a-
eratessome Of the plans Of the fail
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

GEORGIA is aflame over the brutal
beating of a white convict. Would
the hearts of the chivalrous gentle
men who demand the blood of the
brute who dared to fog a white
woman have been so stirred had
the convict been black? ~ ~.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

In Kansas the school boards are
inserting a clause in the contracts
forbidding teachers to either court
or marry during the school year.
There will be lot of Kansas school
districts looking in vain for school
ma'ams before the year is over.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

KENTUCKY is still worth aying
for. She has convicted twofeudists
of murder. 81 .7-.7 ><~@~.7 sSs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

A DULUTH man attempted suicide
the other day because he lost his
roll, some $50. Many Virginian
has lost wad of that size over the
gambling tables which have until
very recently existed and been toll
Grated among US, but we have yet
to hear of one who thought of self
destruction as talm for his iniur-
ed nerves. It is the destruction,
with cause, of the other fellow, that
presents itself to the average mind.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

A SCHOOL board in northwestern
Iowa town is advertising for prin-
ciple of schools. He must be a nor
NAL school graduate, must have
had large teaching experience and
must come magnifcently recon:
mended. Wages. $40 a month. In
the same locality contractor is ad.
vertising for mule drivers on job
of grading. Wages $500 per day.
This comparison would seemingly
indicate that the driving of mules
is considered more trying and ex-
acting job than the driving of ideas.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21

AErER the string fends of the
daily press had fought the cham
pionship fight in each issue for a
month Jeffries and Corbett met in
friendly bout to decide the ques.
ton of supremacy on Friday even
ing last. And it was all oversin 80
minutes, , = .-.~-r -. s--t. ~; "a Fl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-21
Shirts that have the style at Halls


Shirts that wear at Halls. E< &
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-12-03

The army of the United States, de-
pending upon and governed by the
national legislature more directly than
the army of any other country, has
from the very beginning of our nation
al existence reflected the necessities
of the country by the way In which it
has expanded or contracted to meet
existing conditions, 1t may be doubt
ed II any other army went through so
many fluctuations of size as ours has
done.
After Washington gave up his com
mand at Fraunces Tavern in Deem
Der, 1888, Gen. Henry Knox as senior
officer became Communicated chief,
holding Office until June, 1854, when
he was mustered out along with most
of the army. The rest, consisting of
a regiment of infantry and battalion
Of foot artillery, was placed under the
senior officer, Major Josiah Harmer,
commander-in-c by brevet as lieu.
tenant-colonel. There were 700 men
in the army then.
In 1889, after the constitutional gov
eminent had got into working order,
the army was enlarged to forty-six
officers and $40 men, In March, 1901,
the army was still further increased
until it consisted of 104 officers and
2,12S men. Arthur st. Clair was com.
missioned Major General, and ipso
facto became commander-in-chief,
whereupon Col. Harmer resigned.
In March, 1892, the legion was
brought into our army. 1t consisted of
four regiments of infantry. four COM
panies of dragons and four compan-
les of riflemen, with total of 25S
officers and 5,136 men. Major General
Anthony Wayne became general-in-
chief of the Army of the Frontier, a
post which he held until Dec Is, 1886,
when he died. He was followed by
Major-Gen. James Wilkinson, who re-
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-12-03
Phil Mays Kind Heart

take care of the unfortunate and the
fortunate will take care Of them
selves"
And this instance of his loyalty to
an "old pal" was the beginning of a
little daylight tragedy which Phil May
never forgot and spoke of ever with
great sorrow-for, like all really great
humorists. he saw the pathetic side
of things far more clearly than many
who have no sense of fun at all. Not
many minutes after his desertion of
two great lords of the land for one
stricken journalist Phil May, leaving
the exhibition, saw the wreck, with
his eyes lit up with more hope and
more drink, staggering and stumbling
across the wide street with few
little parcels in his arms" necessar-
les" no doubt, to astonish an empty
cupboard and an empty stomach with.
But these receptacles were doomed by
a fate which Phil May always thought
so tragic, not to receive the surprise
in store for them. The miserable
man--less miserable then. with Wis
ions of better future which only
such frail ones have when they get
little bit of luck''-fell with his treas
ured parcels into the road and was cut
to pieces by tramcar.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-12-03

lar army was increased until it con-
sisted Of 1853 officers and 29,512 men,
in three regiments of dragons, regi-
ment of mounted rifiemen, four regi-
ments of artillery, sixteen of infantry,
and regiment of volunteers. This
last body was not the same as the
state volunteer organizations. Gen.
Scott had succeeded Macomb in 1S41,
and held Office until Nov. G, 1861, when
he retired.
After the Mexican war the piping
times of peace returned and the army
was cut down by two-thirds, so that it
consisted of $50 officers and 9,435
men. In 1855 1t was increased to
1,o40 officers and 1928 men. This
was the strength of the old army.
1t was just about doubled for the
civil war, reaching a total of 1909
officers and 37,264 men, divided
among staff corps, six cavalry, five
artillery and nineteen infantry regi
ments. The end of the war did not
cause reduction, however Instead,
the army was increased until, in the
stan corps, ten regiments of cavalry,
five of artillery, and forty-five of in
fantry. it had 3,036 officers andA54 ,641
men. w
Three years later, in 1869, twenty
regiments of infantry were disbanded
and the authorized strength was fixed
at 2,277 officers and So ,036 men; and
in 1874, with the same number of
regiments, only $4,000 men were
permitted.
Twenty-four years passed without a
change in the army strength. In
March, 1898, two regiments of artil-
lery was added. the officers then num-
bering 2,137 and the men 26,610; and
six weeks later the strength was in
creased for the Spanish war to 2,246
officers and 62,473 men.
This was increased in 1899 to 2,2S5
officers and $4,000 men, and then, in
1901, came a reorganization which
has given us, besides the staff corps.
fifteen regiments of cavalry, a corps
of artillery and thirty regiments of
infantry, with $500 officers and a
maximum enlisted strength of 100, 900
men. The actual strength at present
is fixed at 59,S66 men.
Since Gen. Scott retired, the army
has been commanded by Major-Gen
Mcclellan, Major-Gen. Halleck, Gen.
Grant, lieutenant-general and general;
Gen, Sherman, Gen. Sheridan, as lieu
tenant-general and general; Gen.
Schofield as major general and lieu
tenant general, and Gen. Miles as
majorgeneral and Acknowledgements
New York Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-12-03
Car Guided by Eagle

On a glorious spring morning
toward the close of May 200 years
ago momentous historic event took
place in very quiet way, with not
even a chronicler to describe the de-
tails. Woodland, water and a cloud
less sky formed the framework of
the picture, the foreground of which
was occupied with a number of boats
sailing on the surface of broad river
and manned with warriors, fierce-look-
ing, oddly dressed and wrangling
among themselves in loud tones. They
were the famous "Bombardier" regi-
ment which had achieved feats of
prowess a few weeks before during
the battle with the Swedes, and their
captain" was the most imposing fig
ure of them all, sitting in the prov of
stout vessel ahead of the rest. The
weather was bright and bracing, and
the breeze caused the face of the blue,
broad Neva to wrinkle, as 1t lost
itself In the Finnish gulf. The cap
tain" stood with his back to the sea,
gazing at the smiling islands in front,
which were literally covered with
dense forests; indeed, had 1t not been
for the noisytongued men on the
boats he might have fancied himself
in a country heretofore unvisited by
man. The whole district, Swedish
down to couple of weeks before, had
recently been taken by the Russian
troops, The captain" now landed on
the most pleasantly situated and at
tractive of the islands, and, with a
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-12-03

Phil May, the recently deceased art
list and newspaper writer of London,
whose fame has spread all over the
world, was a man of the kindest i'm
pulses. Several years ago when visit
ing the Melbourne exposition he was
walking one day between Lord Koch,
then governor of Victoria, and Lord
Darlington. Phil May whose work
in the Sydney Bulletin was beginning
to make him famous, noticed standing
in the crowd bit of human wreck
age that was familiar to him. 1t was
journalist, confrere of his own
a man who had once done well at his
profession, but had now become de-
graded and pauperized by drink. The
poor wretch turned bleared, appeal
ing eye upon his honored and dis
tinguished friend-and that look was
too much for Phil May. Making his
excuses to his noble companions, the
artist hurried through the crowd to
the forlorn figure that had as ever
aroused his quick sympathy and with
God bless you, old chap" put two
sovereigns into a dirty, useless, pal
sled hand. That was just poor Phil's
way all along He always left those
who could be of use to him for those
he could be of use to. His motto was
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-12-03
by r V rUNKIrTRick

This departure should be followed
by course each in Browning and
Emerson.
When she can read and appreciate
like a Bostonian the Sage of Con
cords my Garden" she will slice
the cucumbers with rarer uniform
ity and skin the potatoes with finer
sense of economy as regards the thick
ness of the Feelings. She will realize
that string beans do not grow upon
strings, and that bean poles haven't
roots; also that breakfast food Is not,
as rule, predigested on the vine.
When she has learned to find pleas
ure in Emerson and Browning, give
her course in Omar Khayyam. until
her naughty spirit reeks with Persian
pomp and philosophy and she wakes
to the fact that the policeman is a
mere myrmidon, that the afternoon
off is delusion and snare, and that
an attempt to borrow her mistress
hat, even when successful, is a tri-
umph, so called, that proves upon an
alysis to be follower than the hollow
est mockery.
Teach her to play moonlight soma
tas on the mandolin II you would have
your coffee made Alright, and, further
more, teach her to appreciate the
luminous beauty that will live forever
in the ripping gold of Andrea del Sar-
to, If you would have your liver and
bacon dance hand in hand in your
fancy to the Dorian mood of flutes and
soft recorders.
But in refining her with music and
literature, that she may become a cul-
mary thing of beauty and Joy until
her last month is up, and not con-
tinue to be the mere romantic beast
of burden she is to-day, look to it that
you do not let an accordion or copy
Of any cook book fall into her incar-
nadined and freckled hands.-New
York Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-12-03
She Search Elusive

up, with chairs neatly arranged fol
the accommodation of his moneyed
guests. A six-inch pipe led from the
smokestack of the sausage factory
across the alley. to supply the neces'
sary fuel for the smoke consumer
When the Investigators were all ready
Henry turned the valve that admitted
the smoke and lit the burner beneath
the firebox. To the dismay of himself
and the unconcealed amusement OF
the inspectors, dense black volume
of smoke came from all parts of tbs
invention. With true confidence In
his own work, Bliggers had neglected
to provide it with a flue, for, being
intended to utterly consume the
smoke there was no reason why II
should have a vent of any sort.
After half an hour of puttering ano
shifting of valves and pipes, the lead
er of the capitalists arose aud said
that he must be going, that he had
some business to attend to. Before
he left, however. he turned to the dis
comfited Bliggers and said:
1T was my impression, sir, that we
were invited here to see demonstra
ton of some sort. May ! inquire what
you have demonstrated"
you may, sir" replied Bliggers,
rubbing the smoke from his eyes.
"You may. And | will tell you what !
have demonstrated. have clearly
shown that this smoke is incombusti
ble."
Last week Bliggers had remodeled
the smoke consumer and confided to
his friends that he was on the verss
of perfecting machine that would
make ice by extracting the natural
heat from the water, and at the same
time could be used as mill con-
denser and cider press. But somehow
the public. faith in his inventions has
been shaken.-Philadelp Ledger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-12-03

few of his officers, was making his
way to the center when a curious
sound in the air above arrested his
attention.
Looking up he beheld a great eagle
Tapping its wings noisily, soaring up
to dizzy height and then swiftly des-
cending to spot not far from where
he stood. He did not then know that
it was bird tanned by the men who
were wont to load the boats with tim
Der, but looked upon its appearance
as good omen for his undertaking.
SEEKING a bayonet therefore, he cut
out two sods of the turf, placed them
one on the other like the beams of a
cross, then made wooden cross from
two boughs and, pressing 1t into the
sods, exclaimed: ''In the name of
Jesus Christ, let there be church on
this spot, and let its name be those of
the chief apostles, Peter and PAUL."
And it was all he had said. The
church, with its golden spire, now
surmounts the terrible fortress in
which many political prisoners have
persisted miserably, and the city
around 1t is st. Petersburg, for the
Captain of the Bombardiers" was
Peter the Great.
Such is the legendary tale of the
foundation of the northern Palmyra,
which is said to have been iotted
down by an officer of the corps at
the time. and to have been laid in a
gold casket, which still lies among the
foundations of the fortress.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-12-03
Sultan'S Sleep Is Costly

Sleep that costs 5000 night seems
pretty expensive, but that is what the
Sultan of Turkey is now paying for
the privilege of more or less tranquil
repose. The money is received by
the members of the special military
staff which guards Abdul Hamid's bed
room, and which consists of two gen
erals, a colonel, a major, captain,
and several soldiers. For their nights
work each one of the two generals
gets fifty Turkish pounds-or about
$235-the colonel $40, the major s35,
the captain $50, and each soldier 81
the entire amount aggregating slight
ly over 5000 in American money. The
officers and men get their fees every
morning Immediately they have been
relieved, and don't have to wait for 1t
like some pretty big nations to whom
Abdul Hamid owes money.