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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

from his department He has aimed. to
make the department an educational
institution on all subjects, scientific AID
practical, that deal with agriculture.
! During the last fiscal year this de-
partment issued 972 separate bulletins,
big increase over the year before, and
they comprised nearly $4,000 printed
pages. The total number of copies Of
all publications sent out during the
year. was 12,421,386 In five years, the
publication work of this department has
been doubled. In recent years the re-
quests from educational institutions
have greatly increased, with normal
schools taking the lead. ~
It has been the policy of Secretary
Wilson to see that these educational
institutions are supplied with all
they want. It is pretty heavy
draft upon the departments resources.
as the demands for documents vary in
number from 40 to SO copies of some
special class to as many as 5000 to
1000 requested by state superintend-
ents for general distribution to teach
ers. The expenditure of money in this
distribution is regarded, however, as
fully justified, as it advances the edu-
cational work of the department.
There is every prospect that these re-
quests for school supplies will greatly
increase in the future. The burden
upon the United States mail service is
as great as is the expense of preparing
and printing these documents, but
that, too, is regarded as amply justi-
fed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

row on the republican side adjoining
the middle aisle. Since the death of
President Mckinley, which put Theo-
dore Roosevelt at the head of the gov
eminent, Mr.. Frye has continuously
presided over the senate as it's presi-
dent pro tenn. He will doubtless con-
tinue to enjoy that honor and fill the
presiding officers chair when Vice
President Fairbanks is away, but the
Indiana senator, as vice president, will
WELD the gavel by right of his Office.
1t is regarded as fortunate that men,
Der of the senate succeeds to the vice
presidency.
Mr. Frye will be welcomed back on
the floor of the senate, where he long
ago earned distinction as one of the
strong debaters in that body He has
been at the head of the senate COM
mittee on commerce for many years,
and on all measures that come from
that committee he is an authority and
his speeches are always informative and
instructive. He has at his fingers tips
all sorts of information on river and
harbor improvements, as for many years
he has virtually made those appropria-
ton bills that pertain to this work. A
few years ago while debating one of
the provisions of river and harbor
bill the senate was startled by the ia
cility with which Mr. Frye reeled off
figures, percentages and estimates in a
seemingly bewildering tangle. Motto
ing the curious looks of his colleagues
as he would recapitulate a column of
figures running into the hundreds of
millions, he smilingly explained that
when boy at college his bette noir was
mathematics
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

on his own administration. That which
has ended was largely an inheritance
from the martyred Mckinley, and Pres
ident Roosevelt has done his best to
carry out his predecessors policy, and
to redeem McKinley's promises.
Mr.: Roosevelt has at his disposal
6,203 "plums,' carrying salaries any
where from $17,500 a year to nothing
These are civil Offices known as "presi-
dential,'' whose incumbents must be
confirmed by the senate. They are
places in the civil bl anch that are not
covered by the civil service In addi-
ton, of course, there are permanent
commissions in the army, navy and jul
dietary. but these do not count in the
distribution Of what arc recognized as
political positions. Tho most produc-
tive part of the presidential plum or
chard is that in the post Office de-
partment. There are 5,O82 places at
the disposal of the president, all but
IA of them being postmasterships of
the first. second and third class. The
fourth class postmasterships, which
carry less than $1,000 salary. are not
distributed by the president
In the state department there are
five ambassadorships paying $17,500
per year each; two ambassadorships
those at Vienna and Rome, paying
$4,000. There are 30 ministers who
receive $4,000 to $4,000 per annum;
then there are secretaryships of en-
bassies and legations paying from
$500 to $685. each. The total num-
Der of presidential appointments under
the state department amounts to 1.169.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

that his robe of Office will fall upon
the broad shoulders of Secretary of
War Taft. There are eight associate
ceive $4,000 per annum each, and it is
not improbable that the president will
have one or more of these commits
sions to distribute during his next adj
ministration.
There are some fat jobs in the Gus
toms service, as the collector of the
portof New York receives $4,000. There
are 1913 collectorships of customs pay
ing from $1,000 up. Those at Phila-
delphia and Boston pay $4,000; that
at San Francisco, $1,000, but the aver
age compensation is about $4,000. In
the treasury department there are 702
presidential offices that are regarded
as very attractive. There are eight as
sistant United States treasurers, one
of whom in New York receives $4,000,
or the same salary as the secretary of
the treasury himself
Under the interior department there
are 331 presidential berths, but the
salaries range from only $1,000 to
$4,000. In the department of COM
merce. and labor there are II, only one
of which pays more than $4,000
year. There are nine presidential Of
fees in the war department; three in
the navy department, and three in the
department of agriculture. In the
department of justice there are q So
alicitor general, an assistant to the at
torney general. six assistant attorneys
general, and two solicitors; there. ARE
Sc United States district attorneys and
as many United States marsha1s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
News Notes.


A big seizure of deer hides is made
in Minneapolis.
The officials of the new capitol OBJ
ject to the order of cooking.
The revised code would restrict the
correspondence of county officials.
Blue with the cold and half fam
ished, a 6-weeks-old baby was found
on the doorstep of Damas NJ. Chamber
lain, Minneapolis "
Thieves broke into the McCadden
machine works at St. Cloud and stole
tools and ransack ed the office.
C. s. Foster of Milaca has brought
suit for $500 against Frank Starr
who operates a sawmill near Royalton.
for timber tresspass
Selrog Bros block and saloon at
Warroad was burned to the ground.
photographer Wetherly- and his wife
were carrid from the building in their
night clothes and lost everything. 6
The Baptist and Congregational
ministers at their meetings in Mime.
apolis passed resolutions asking Sen.s
Nelson to stand by the action of the
senate on the statehood bill. ..zS .
r. w. Ranney, fifty years of age.
formerly of Duluth, committed suicide.
in the little town of Foxhome
The public service company Of ST.
Cloud has been reorgan:z,d and a to-.
tai bond issue OF $500, 900 authorized.
OF this amount $40, 900 will be paid in
the building of q new gas plant and
and 5000, 900 for Improvements in the.
electric light and street raj way
plants.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

every man Of them tarred with the
suspicion of corruption, and with the
certainty of connection with Tammany
ward politics, Commissioner McAdoo,
respectable man Of moderate force
who wants to do as we'll as he can,
was compelled to give higher officers
the go-by and give a sergeant the task
of being his eyes, to see iniquity in
hiding behind the broad skirts of the
police coat. Eggers is slender man
of medium height, smooth shaven,
with prominent Adams apple. He
could play a stage Yankee without
face paint He has the keenness of a
Vidocq; but unless he wins a cap
taincy out of his work he might as
we'll resign. If he goes back to desk
work there are not three captains in
the city who will not haze him un-
mercifully
O'Brien is a captain, acting inspec-
tor. He has the huge frame, the CON-
handing eye, the unf1inching valor,
that make men like Byrnes and Will
liams in tight place worth ten ordi-
nary fellows. OBrien served as the
head of the traffic bureau, and in six
months brought the street traffic of
New York, before that hopeless con-
fusion: to rival London's' in order
ly dispatch at congested corners.
O'Brien's statuesQue mounted men, sit
ting their great horses unmoving
and needing not to move. save their
lynx-like eyes, his silent patrolmen
directing the throngs with their up
lifted hands, have done what old New
Workers have said could never be done
this side of London.
And so, passing again all his in
spectors, tainted many of them with
suspicion, McAdoo put the one man
who had done things in the depart
ment at the head of the detective
bureau. O'Brien may not be another
Byrnes; few men could be- But he
is a stalwart figure, worth watching
Anyone who ever visits New York
needs such men in the blue
& l.. .. - ~. s-5;.=.e.-s4 OWEN LANGDON. s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

The sensation created in London by
Manchnow. the human mammoth, is
still unabated. The marvellous man
is 9 feet 81: inches tall, and who at
the appointed eating times consumes
six times as much food as common
mortal with a pretty fair appetite.
When nine years old Manchnow was
6h, feet in height When the giant
was transported from the railroad sta
ton to the Coliseum, where he is be-
ing exhibited. no rooted vehicle could
be found to accommodate him, so he
made the journey in moving van.
His child is of normal size
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

Jacob Burkatt, of Nebraska, will be
sworn in or the 4th of March as SEN
atOr from that state as the successor
of Senator Dietrich. Mr. Burkett was
born December 1. 1867 This makes
him about four years younger than Mr..
Bailey and about five years younger
than Mr.. Beveridge, of Indiana. who
the distinction of being the most youth
full member Of the senate.
All three o; these young men might
pass for having fewer years than they
can lay claim to. Mr. Beveridge un-
doubtedly is at the present time the
most youthful looking man in the SEN
ate. He is of rather fair complexion,
with dark brown hair, smooth face, and
is boyish in his manner and in his feel
ings. Although Mr.. Bailey is ysas his
junior, the Texan has dignifed bear
ing and a thoughtful expression That
adds to his age, although his face is
smooth and as red-cheeked as boy
of IS. His deliberate manner and
thoughtful expression are those of 4
man we'll on in middle life He, how
ever, was born on October 6, 1863, while
Mr.. Beveridge was born on the same
day in 1862.
Mr.. Burl1ett would easily be taken
for Mr.. Beveridge's senior He has
rather heavy. dignifed appearance and
is very formal in his address. He rep
resents the possibilities of the Amer
lean boy and his biography shows that
he has won his senatorial toga by merit
and hard work. He was born on farm
in Iowa and had the usual experience
of a western farmer lad with ambitions
that looked beyond the cornfield. He
taught school in Nebraska and read law
at the state university of that state, be-
ing admitted to the bar in 1898. h.
was elected to the state legislature in
1896 and served three terms in congress.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

Jcl,n +. Wallace, the chief engineer,
lock cana. According to the esti-
mates CT the previous canal commits
sion. Il canal 90 feet above sea-level
cou:;! he built for $500, 900 600 in from
seven to ten years: 4 canal GO feet
above sea,levcl for s225,o00,0o0 in ten
years: y canal 80 feet above the sea-
level FOR $3.50 100000 in - years; and
f>~ $500 100000 a sea-level canal that
could be ready for business in IL
years. and absolutely finished in 20.
These figures are somewhat in the ma
turC CT gUeeses.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

Several spots have lately been dis
covered on the sun, one of which, at
least, is remarkable for it's enormous
size of 10000 miles In other words.
his terrestrial globe: might be dropped
into the central chasm as a pea into
Il thimble without touching the Sides
The whole surface is changing and
breaking up constantly. The other
spots are two in number, each 10000
miles in diameter, one at each side of
the 70,O0O-mile spot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
The Presidential Plum Orchard.

Y extra session of
the senate is al
ways held imme-
diately after the
4th of March for
t h e purpose Of
confirming no M
nations of cab
met officers and
members of the
diplomatic corps
and of other i'm
portant officers.
President Roose-
welt starts out on
fha Ath Of March
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
Senator Frye.

\ March 4 when
Charles w. Fair
banks takes the
oath of Office he
will relieve Sen
ator William P.
Frye, of Maine, of
the duty of presid-
ing over the Unit
ed States senate.
Mr.. Frye will
again take his seat
on the floor of the
senate at the first
1ocl1 in thu f~s%
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

DR.. William Osler, OF Johns Hopkins
University, has almost shaken society
on lis foundations by the declaration,
III 4 scientific lecture, that nothing is
accomplished in the world by man
more! nan forty Yeas old; that men
Of siy'y years should be retired or
'oroformed: that American medical
colleges are teaching hybrid systems
Of medicine; and that Europe is far
::hHad OF the United States in medica!
universities.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

Forty. as a matter Of fact. is the
age to begin not the age at which.
TO end. At 40 a man begins to realize
hat life is real that knowledge is
he only thing worth while. The man
"f 20 should begin his real life, his
real study. his real thinking and his
rea' work. If he has done anything
before that and got a good start. so
much the better. But let no man
ti.lk himself mature at 40 or past
the age OF work and achievement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
The appropriation OF $1,OOo,OOO OF

The appropriation of $1.0O00O0 of
the Peabody educational fund to the
George Peabody Schoo! of Teachers
1T Nashville is a step by the trustees
towards the dissolution Of the trust
which has administered the fund since
it was created by George Peabody.
rho donation was subsequently in
creased to $3.OoO,0H0 and placed in
the hands of (, carefully selected board
CT trustees, who have been using the
interest Of the fund for the education
nt' beth white and co!ored children in
the South. Peabody was greatest Of
cur carly philanthropists.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
Some Good Berths.

H E best pa ying
presidential berth
in the home serv-
ice may be at
President ROose-
Velt's disposition
very soon. This is
the chief Justice
ship of the ST.
preme court of the
U n it ed States,
which carries a sal
airy of $4,000 a
year. 1t has been
persistently ru-
mOred that Chief
Justice Fuller will
soon resign, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

'rhr Carnegie institute. which has
thr spending OF the $1O,0OO,OOO do.
mated by he great ironmaster, has
been asked 10 set aside a gOOd-siZed
appropriation for the research work
vrin.nl 1t is probable that the re-
quest will br granted. For thousands
If years he secret has been sought
,.,,:,,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
The Buildings of insurance Men.

L is an economy
for an insurance
company to spend
ten or twelve mil
lions putting up a
great building for
its chief Office.
The income is
good from the
rental of offices.
and the picture of
the thing looks
solid on advertise
ing matter. But
there is another
kind of building
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

Two stays fought a duel lasting
more than two hours in the Bots de
Bonlogne, Paris, in full view of the
public Neither Of the combatants was
seriously injured.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

With the increased realization OF the
benefit accruing from the handling of
forest tracts by professionally trained
fnrcsters. there will develop a large
demand for young men who have
takca Up this new and interesting
active profession which so happily
combines scientific study and CONNER
cal ends and has the attraction of an
active Uurt -Oi-lODr life
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

The organization of chemical study
and research in Germany for indus
trial purposes was begun by Prof. JUS
tus Won Liebig, who set up the first
up-to-datc university laboratory at
Giessen, about fifty years ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

The Simplon tunnel engineers knew
their business. Boring parties started
at each end of the 12-mile cut through
the Alps, and the other day they met
midway The tunnel means great
things for Italy and Switzerland,
whose governments have guaranteed
the cost, which is placed at $150,000,-
OOc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
The New Byrnes.

f1EHE IS q new
Byrnes; rather
there are two new
men who divide
h is attributes.
There is the lion
m a II, S tev e
O'Brien; there is
the born detective,
Eggers. Byrnes
was both.
Eggers is a SER
geant. In the ruck
Of huge, beefy
captains and in
spectOrS, nearly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

1t has been found that all the gun
sights on the King Edward VIII, Eng
lands most powerful battle ship, are
incorrect. She will go to Portsmouth
to have them adjusted
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
Lost the Ring.

Otto Kankel, the Fertile miller, re-
Gently lost a valuable diamond ring in
q peculiar manner. lie was exalni-
ming a bin of -four in one of the upper
stories of the mill when the ring drop
ped from his finger into the flour anu
although he made an immediate effort
to recover it, failed to do so, and by
this time, in probability, is encl 'sed in
sack and will eve ntually fall into the
hands of some dutiful housewife That
particular brand of flour is now in de-
mand. ~.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
The Department of Agriculture

He department OF
agriculture is one
OF the biggest pub
LEGATION houses In
the world. The
idea that Secretary
Wilson does moth
ing but ship gar
den and field seeds
to the more or less
,appreciative con-
stituents of con-
gressmen is a mis-.
taken one. for this.
distribution is Of
minor Importance
tremendous circ1lla-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

The total length of the Russian rail-
way system on January II was 81
ST !! miles. In 1904 there were thrown
open to traffic G79 miles
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

An engineer declares that $4,000
people now do the work with the aid
OF machinery which needed 100000
people to do few years ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

BYRNES, hero OF
more semi-true
dime novels of
city life than any
other man, has
been telling how
; to reform the po-
lice. He knows.
Byrnes is a
stately, gentle
voiced, W h i t e.
haired man, pros
porous in business,
fond of telling
tales nf Tho old
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
k1NNESO NEWS
As0rowing Industry.

q E. K. Slater, state dairy and food
commissioner, has made public d part
OF the tenth biennial report Of the de-
spartmcnt. The report. shows eleven
new creaneries and seventeen new
cheese factories. The number Of cows
supplying milk to creameries. has in
creased 54,3s4. The butter output OF
the state has increased 2,047,315.6
pounds
The report shows that there are 57s
cooperative creameries, and 1913 indie
pendent creameries. There are 5000
dairy patrons in the state and 433, 74o
dairy COWS from which 1851, 642,6 19
gallons of milk were furnished to
creameries, making 72,266,3 pounds
of butter. Minnesota creameries sup
piled the state with 13, 100, 1913 pounds
of butter and 53.052, 101 pounds were
shipped out of the state.
There are Sc private and "a co-opera-
tive cheese factories; 66 cheddar fac
tories and "a curd factories. The fac
tories supplied 3,2oa,767 pounds of
cheese to the state, and 126, 258 pounds
were shipped out of the state The
factories received IS, i13.4o2 pounds OF
milk, and manufactured g ,4l9, 035
pounds of cheese.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
IN THE MONEY MART
MAKE HISTORY.
THE INSURANCE SITUATION
How Vast Sums Are Controlled by the
Companies - New York Society
Folk and Other Timely
Gossip.

EW YORK cannot
get away from
financial que S.
lions. The war in
the vast Equitable
Life Assurance So
ciety was patched
up, as such wars
must be-. by a COM
promise, but it
leaves it's echoes.
People talk, and it
may break out
again.
OF Standard Oil,
for instance. What
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

A medical authority says that in
railway collisions the passengers who
are asleep escape the bad effect of
shaking and conclusion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
Society Vanishes.

T is a relief to talk
politics, railroad
rates, anti-monop-
oily and q few
other t:ivi a |
things after the
chatter of society,
now mostly out of
town. Though So
ciety is more in
terested in these
things than it
cares TO admit.
since ostentation
in expenditure is
upon exploitation
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

in income. There was a time when
society in New York was headed by
Schuylers, Kings, Stuyyesants, FIRE.
!inghuysens and other families who
prided themselves upon their intellect
and their services to the country.
These names are still heard, but added
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
Fl Z! - +. 81
WASHINGTON !; | ! I 0 GOSSIP |;i: #
CONCERNING THE GROUP OF
YOUTHFUL SENATORS. r y
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
A Department That Distributes Much
Printed Matter-Some Of the Fat
Plums the President Has at
His Disposal.

A S H l N GTON.-
For the past, fs1r
years Joseph w.
Bailey has held
the distinction of
being the youngest
member of the
United States sen
ate. After the 18th
Of March he will
have to yield that
place, as a still
younger man will
then be the baby
senator" Elmer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17
Better Milk.

Samples OF milk and cream taken by
the state dairy and food department.
during the last week have shown q
better percentage up TO the legal
Standard OF 81 samples taken, II
were illegal and 81 legal. OF the "a
Minneapolis samples Q were illegal and
Is legal. Three samp'es which were
taken at st. Louis park were found TO
be legal.
e. X. Slater, state dairy and food
commissioner, says marked improve
ment has been noticed since the cru
SADIE began, and the use of artificial
thickener in cream has been dropped.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-03-17

compared with the tremendous circula-
ton he gives to the publications issued