The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-12
Big Revenue.


State Auditor S. G. Iverson an
nounces that the states outstanding
loans from the permanent school
fund aggregate nearly $2,o00,0o0. The
money is loaned to 1900 different
borrowers including counties, cities,
villages and townships.
Bonds aggregating SIT, 604.1O and
interest amounting to $76,55651 will
become due July l, 1903. The inter-
est goes to the general school fund
and is apportloned among the schools
of the state per capital. The state
loans about 100000 every year.
Most of the loans were made for
the erection of school houses. Others
were used for jails and court houses
in counties, water and electric light
plants in cities and villages and roads
and bridges in townships.
Prison Irvine Sold.
Minnesota farmers are getting
binding Irvine from the prison plant
at 212 cents a pound less than the
jobbers' price for the same quality
This concession is appreciated, so
that contracts are now out for every
pound of the 100000 that will BE-
made by the plant up to Aug. 1. For
the first time in the history of the
plant there is no Irvine left for deal
ers. Last year dealers took about
I 100000 pounds of the 100000 man
ufactured.
Warden Wolfer has been able to
make the extremely low price by 60
ing direct to Yucatan and buying the
sisa1 from the planters, avoiding the
manipulation of the market by the
binding Irvine trust.
Reduced Fare.
Attorneys representing the Mime
sofa & International railway are said
to have consented to judgment being
entered in favor of the state in the
case against the company in which it
was ordered to show cause why the
passenger rate of four cents mile
should not be reduced to three cents
a mile the same as on most roads in
the state. a hearing in the matter as
between the state railroad commits
sion and the Minnesota & 1nterna-
tional was to have been held in this.
city on Thursday before judge
Spooner, but the judge received /,
telegram announcing the decision Of
the company as stated above. The
new rate will become effective July I.
To Prevent Fires.
Copies of the new forest fire law
will be sent to all fire Wardens by
General C. c. Andrews, sttae fire war
den. General Andrews is getting out
1900 cloth posters to warn people
against setting fires adjacent to tim
Der lands. Malicious setting Of fires
is punishable by $500 fine or ten
years. imprisonment. Careless hand
ling of fires near timber lands, use
of combustible gun wads, or refusing
to assist fire wardens in putting out
fires, are punishable by 500 fine or
three months imprisonment.
News Notes:
The village of Piliager voted bonds:
of $500 to aid in. the construction of
a bridge across the Grow Wing river.
The members of the German LII
theran church at Glencoe have sub
scribed over $4,000 for their new edi-.
fee which they will start this fall.
The manufacture of turpentine,.
axle grease and charcoal from pine
stumps will be the business of the.
Standard Turpentine Manufacturing
Company of st. Paul with a capital
stock of $4,000, which filed articles
of incorporation with the secretary
of state.
Judge Kelly of the Ramsey district
court has decided that the state audi
tor is an official of so high a station
that he cannot be mandamused by the
Minnesota Sugar Company, which
seeks to compel him to draw a war
rant for $19,523.21, claimed to have
been earned under the bounty law