The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

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| VOLUME XII, NO. 4.
! With this issue the Enterprise, thu
oldest newspaper on the Mesaba
enters upon its thirteenth year. Blu
our fears of the unluckiness of thu
year ahead have been overcome b,
the fact that Uncle Sam has seen Fl,
to make of that unlucky number, ID
an emblem on one of the most com
mon of it's minted coins-the Amer
lean quarter-on each of which ap
pears Is stars, Is letters in the scroll
held in the eagles beak, 10 marginal
feathers in each wing, 10 tail ~feath.
ers, 13 parallel lines in the shield
13 horizontal bars, 13 arrow heads
and Is letters in the words designat.
ing the value of the coin. Our be.
lief that the constant hammering
of concentrated thought on the an.
vii of hard work will continue to
overcome the obstacles in the path
of any also leads us to look hope
fully forward-not only to the inn
mediate future, but to many years
of business success.
AS in the past we will continue to
accept eight of those unlucky Amer.
lean quarters in full payment for
your years subscription account
so you need not fear the Offering
and will continue to give the news,
fresh, concise, correctly.
During the past year we have add.
ed several hundreds of dollars to
the mechanical equipment of our
plant, made possible by constant
and pleasing increase in our bust
ness and desire to keep in line
with the continued growth and COM
mercial advancement of the city
Such will continue to be our aim.
Thanking our many friends and
patrons for past favors we solicit a
continuance of the business favors
extended, assuring them that it will
be our endeavor to merit same.
THE Philadelphia mint turned out
seven million gold coins last year
Get your share?
FAITH may move mountains, but
the mining companies of the
Mesaba seemingly have hope OF
better results by the employment
of steam shovels tor the removal
of dirt in this section.
THE citizens of Eveleth at a
public meeting few days since
showed signs of awakening to the
necessity of having a cemetery for
that city. A long time awakening,
but at that it is the first authentic
awakening of the dead on record.
| A NEW YORK man who has had
his tongue cut out by the roots as a
cure for smokers cancer, can still
talk. Had the case been one of a
woman talking under similar con-
ditions it would have attracted
much less interest among scienti-
fic men and people in general.
AN Illinois woman prevented her
appearance in court by swallowing
the summons which was served up
on her, thereby making it non-re
turnable. If this becomes general,
justices of the peace will be com.
PEELED to have their warrants print.
ed ONO, not on sand paper, but
fly paper.
IT is stated that the present ad.
ninistration may take upon itself
the responsibility of looking up the
manner of granting mineral leases
under the regime of the former
state auditor. There are many men
on the iron ranges who would be
pleased to see the matter probed tc
the bottom, and hear things called
their right and proper names.
The steel corporation evidently
believes in rewarding faithful ser
vice, and at the annual payment o.
bonuses in January distributed &
million dollars among it's trusted
employees as reward for the sue
cess which crowned the work o.
1904. A plan which will be foun6
to rebound to future success in thu
business of the big corporation.
COLE YOUNGER would again lik.
to have the ban taken off, and b.
granted pardon which would per
NIT of his return to the state O.
Minnesota. But the board of par