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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
THE ENTERPRISE.
w. E. HANNAFoRD, Publisher.
VIRGINIA. MINNESOTA,
The Day Of the Farmer.

The farmer who is not an amateur
Is really an increasing factor In to-day's
life. In fact, farming is rapidly be-
coming one of the professions. We
have our agricultural schools, just as
we have our law schools. It Is get
ting to be business as we'll, remarks
The World To-Day. Farmers have
their trusts, like other manufacturers.
1t is far cry from the New England
farmer, trying to arrange an exploded
granite quarry into stone wall that
he may have room in which to plant
his crop, and that master of capital,
science and black earth ten feet deep
reaps with ten-horse team. And be-
tween these two types of farmers the
drift is steadily toward the latter.
The comic paper does not laugh at the
granger" as frequently as it used to
laugh. 1t wants his subscription. The
capitalist does not foreclose mortgages
on the prairie farm now. He borrows
money Of its owner The farm is
the nursery of individualism. If you
are a cliff-dweller in the city send
your boy there this summer, and let
him see what it means to create
wealth with the help of nature rather
than with the ticker. You will help
make him a better American.
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ment in Paris. A few weeks ago, for
instance, Mr.. Barnes gave to a few
footlight favorites a small breakfast
for which he cheerfully paid $1,000.
Last week he was the delighted host
at little vaudeville cafe, the cost of
which from three a. m. till six a. M
was $500.
Another of Mr.. Barnes foibles is
the hiring of automobiles. He began
to indulge in that pastime by engag-
ing an auto by the hour. He kept the
machine one year, paying for it a
little more than $72 each day.
Mr.. Barnes said he bought the Hotel
Rand because he was dissatisfied with
the way hotels are run in New York.
Il think some of the rules and regu-
lations are fussy and silly" he de-
clared. In addition the hotels are
not up to date. Finding that Mr..
Miner held similar sentiments, /
joined him in the purchase of hotel
which we intended to make the finest
in New York. But that's only a side
bet
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
CABINET OFFICERS OFTEN
VISIT SYCAMORE HILL

not they would be quietly advised to
keep moving. The guards know who
has and who has not the open ses-
ame'' to the summer White House.
No one can bluff his way past them.
Some have tried.
The presidents bodyguard is CON-
manded by Jim" Sloan, who has had
the chief responsibility for his safety
since Secret Service Agent Tyree was
made United States marshal. Sloan
now has eight men to help him.
Guards at the house and at the en-
trance from the highroad quarter
mile away are changed with the regu.
larity Ct military discipline, night and
day. The guards are all picked men,
who have shown not merely zeal and
devotion, which are essential, but
horse-sense, alertness and quick judg-
meht.
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r HE cabinet is rarely called together
i in the presidents vacation, and
then only to consider matters regard
ed as of the highest importance.
Nevertheless, in the course Of a sum-
mer most of the members of the cabi-
net pay visit, either of business or
friendship to Sycamore Hill. They Of
ten cine and sleep there. Some of the
presidents closest friends in the SEN
ate, members of the tennis" cabinet,
or literary cronies, are overnight
guests. But most of Mr. Roosevelt's
Visitors who call by appointment are
asked to arrive in the forenoon and to
stay for luncheon.
It Is the impression at Oyster Bay
that there will be many such visits by
the closest political friends of the ad-
ministration from next week on. The
master of Sycamore Hill is watching
with the closest scrutiny the develop
ment of the campaign for the nomina.
ton of his successor, and it is likely
that he will have frequent consulta-
tons with the leading statesmen who
are devoted to him and his policies.
Any incident tending to show a recrll-
desence. of the "reactionary conspi-
racy" would almost inevitably be fol-
lowed by a procession of party chief
tains eager to prefer advice and
swear allegiance anew, both to Mr..
Roosevelt and to the public through
the press.
There is no barrier up to prevent
persons who can give q reasonable
account of themselves and betray no
signs of the crank, from driving up to
Sycamore Hill, on the understanding
that they are not to halt their horses,
but drive around the house and out
again. If any person should gain en-.
trance by giving this assurance to the
secret service men at the outpost and
then try to break faith and seek en-.
trance to the house, he would be stop
ped by other secret service paer "a
guard near the porch.
These men, chosen for discretion a.
we'll as for valor. would politely In.
quire of the visitors whether they had
IN appointment with the president. II
q, e. Ht Z q T.
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HERE is one of set of business men
L in New York who have their estab-
hshments all ready for summer
whether that tickle season delays it's
coming or not, and they spend all
sorts of money to do it. These are
hotel keepers and the owners of
apartment hotels. In readiness for the
straw hat and summer visitor season
they had veritable companies of
housekeepers and under servants at
work before the real summer weather
made it's debut, changing the appear
ance of the public and private rooms
OF their establishments from the heavy
richness that goes with the winter
temperature to one that COMFORTS
with the hot days of July and August.
These preparations include covering
all the heavy furniture in the sleeping
rooms and private parlors with thin
stuffs to make them look as cool as
possible; the taking down of thick
curtains and putting up thin ones;
and often of putting willow furniture
in some of the best rooms where the
prices warrant such an extensive
change. In all of the public rooms
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lar dividend rates. The dividends to
be paid are: Railroad, $3S,750,O89;
industrial, $41 OF ,273; traction, $685.
675; bank and trust companies, $7,7O0,
900; total, $92, $50, 037. The amount
last July was $80,753,331.
Among the railroads the most nota-
BILE increases in dividends have been
made by the Vanderbilt lines The
largest amounts to be disbursed by
railroads are Chicago & Northwestern,
semiannual,. $3,4s6,661; Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern, semiannual, ST.
967, 1890, and New York Central, quar-
terly, $2,689,230.
The largest amounts to be distribu-
ted by industrial companies are
United States Steel, common stock,
quarterly, $751; 12; Anaconda, quar-
terly, $2,100,000; American Telephone
and Telegraph. quarterly 1851, 02S;
General Electric, quarterly, $1,304,314,
and Western Union, quarterly, $780,
757.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
Laughter at Meals,

Worry at mealtimes and hurry dt
rectly after are two great factors in
weakening the digestion. One of the
most important meals of the day is
breakfast, yet how often one hurries
over food or scrambles through it in:
stony, frigfd silence, scanning the COL
umns IF q favorite newspaper. An
old physician, writing 70 years ago,
said: Laughter is one of the great
est helps to digestion with which I
am acquainted and the custom preva-
lent among our forefathers of exciting
1t at table by testers was founded
upon true medical principles. There
fore, endeavor to have cheerful and
merry companions at your meals"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
DEVOTES PART OF EVERY
DAY TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OYSTER BAY.-Although President
~ Roosevelt is settled down at Oys.

OYSTER BAY.-Although President
~ Roosevelt is settled down at Oys.
ter Bay for four months vacation he
will not be able to escape from good
deal of the labors and duties of his
job. The public business at Washing
ton goes on just the same There are
officials to appoint, questions of policy
to decide, commissions in the army
and navy to sign, many other things
that no one but the president can at
tend to, and which President Roose-
welt would let no other man attend to
even If he had the power.
While he spends the summer in his
modest and comfortable country house
at Sycamore Hill he is obliged to de-
vote a few hours day-often more
than few-to the nations business.
When the president went down to
Oyster Bay recently he was accom-
panied by Secretary Loeb, Assistant
Secretary Latta, and four clerks from
the executive staff at Washington.
They began work next day in the ex-
ecutive Offices in the village of Oyster
Bay, three miles from the presidents
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
SEMI ANNUAL CUTTING
OF WALL STREET MELON


N EW Notwithstanding time is
~ at hand in Wall street. A pleasing
function at any time, it is going to be
salubrious this season, because the d.
vide will be the largest in history.
The July dividend and interest pay
ments Of corporations will reach the
scupendous total of $18,881,849.
July and January are the months
when the great bulk of corporation
Profits are up for division. The pros.
I'erity that reached such great head
way last year and is still under way
is responsible for the magnificent
proportions of the July melon this
year.
The payments will be $1S,097, 674
greater than those of last July. Some
corporations that never before paid
dividends come up smiling with profits
Ter their stockholders. Others that
were obliged to suspend dividends now
cheerfully renew, and many companies
announce an increase over their regu-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
The Festive Flea,

1t Is said that flea leaps 200 timeA
Its height, and while it usually does
land on its feet, it often fails, es-
pecially when it falls on a perfectly
smooth surface where the claws can
get only slight hold. A flea has six
legs, whose great length and bulk
make them so heavy that they must
be great help in keeping their owner
right side up when it makes one Of
those gigantic jumps; and when it
lands upside down, or in some other.
way, Its ability to kick is SO great that
not more than one wiggle is needed to
SET things right. A flea's wings are
mere scales, and Of no use; but small
ana worthless as they are, they tell
the entomologist something about the
proper classification of the insect. To
the nea itself they have no value.-st.
Nicholas. 81 zss Mas. 1t s.g5 BIZ
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r HE executive Offices at ''the sum-
/ mer capital" as Oyster Bay folk
take pride in calling their village,
never fail to impress visitors by their
unpretentiousness. They consist of
seven Office rooms and a storeroom,
into which a loft above a corner gro
Gerry has been divided. Mr.. Moore, the
enterprising purveyor of pure food to
the villagers and surrounding gentry,
is famous man every summer. The
whole country hears each summer in
the press dispatches of "the executive
Offices over Moore's grocery" Mr..
Moore's pride would be greater if the
president should come down some day
and transact some important piece of
business there.
Secretary Loeb has a large, sunny
room in the front overlooking the bus
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president will be glad to see them at
such and such an hour on the day
mentioned"
The president has telephone in his
house, but if you, Mr.. Citizen, had
something in your mind that you
thought the nations chief ought to
know about at once, you couldn't go
into the nearest pay booth and call
him up. The telephone exchange girls
at Oyster Bay have strict rule on
that. All persons, from cabinet rank
down who call for Mr.. Roosevelt's
number are switched over to Mr..
Loeb. If it's all right, Mr.. Loeb says
SO, and you "get" the president. If
Mr.. Loeb doesn't know you he asks
you your business and probably ad-
vises you to put it into writing, for
MIR. Loeb is methodical and careful
secretary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
EXECUTIVE OFFICES THE
PRIDE OF VILLAGERS
mess center of the village. His door

mess center of the village. His door
is always open; any one can walk in
upon him, get pleasant greeting and
see as much of the government wheels
going round as he could in Mr.. Loeb's
Washington Office. All he will see is
Mr.. Loeb busy at big fat-topped
desk, with another desk close by COW
cred with the newspapers which the
secretary to the president reads dill.
gently. He will see the rest of the
staff in the five other rooms. One
room is occupied by one of two tele.
graph operators who are on duty by
turns from nine a. m. to II p. m. They
are kept busy most of the time Much
of the matter is summaries of CORE
spondence, to which Secretary Loeb
directs routine formal answers to be
returned.
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nees OF the department
Mexican
remained
work and the construction
Buhalo he built
engineers here and
was while he stationed
IN ne study OF canal work. and his writings
now
natural therefore,
money appropriated kon
IN
to have special
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
u LANS have been filed for the new

d LANS have been filed for the new
I city mansion, to be built by George
]. Gould on the northeast corner Of
Sixty-seventh street and Fifth avenue.
Mr.. Gould's house on the site of the
proposed mansion will be torn down
at once. The building is to be 45x113
feet, and the plans provide for a six
story house. The entrance will be
upon Sixty-seventh street. The ar
chitect will try to reproduce as many
as possible of the rural features of
Georgian court, the idea being to have
all the available atmosphere of coun-
try life.
At Georgian court the Goulds had a
great swimming pool. Their city
house will contain one which will ex-
coed the size of some in the largest
Turkish baths and clubhouses in New
YORK. The pool will be Boxes feet;
built on the top floor of the house,
save one. The kitchen and the sleep!
Ing quarters of the servants will be on
the top floor: The dining'room and
the salon, petit salon and ball room
will be on the first floor. It is sup
posed the two salons and the ball
room will be so arranged that the
whole floor may be thrown into one
when necessary. The upper floors
will be given over to the library and
sleeping apartments Of the family. A
feature Of the house. will be a, stair
case arranged so that the person step
ping upon it will be elevated to any
story. It will be spiral, along the lines
of an esculator adapted to the needs
of q private mansion. There also win
be IN electric elevator from the lltst
sAoor to the top aoor. The building,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
LOEB DECIDES WHO CAN
SEE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
A LARGE part of Mr.. Loeb's busi-
n ness in summer is deciding "whO's,

A LARGE part of Mr.. Loeb's bust
"a ness in summer is deciding who's
who'' in the matter of requests for per-
sonal interviews with the president.
Few persons are allowed to go up to
Sycamore Hill ana ring the door bell
Or course, cabinet officers, senators
and a few representatives would be
permitted, if they chose to arrive in
Oyster Bay unannounced, to drive up
to the presidential door and send their
cards to Mr.. Roosevelt. But these
privileged men are the very ones who
would never think of doing so. All
visiting statesmen write or telegraph
beforehand, asking whether it will be
convenient for the president to sec
them on given day. The query and
the answer pass through Loeb's hands
He writes these gentlemen that the
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ecOTatOr
He travelled
country and long
which
say depending Che owns
comfortable home in WilamsbAg
work OF the without giving
funds
His 12yearold daughter S his
belongs
against
He autobiography
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Those persons who live in the very
heart of charming rural SIMPLICITY
can't help thinking as they see the
summer boarders coming out where II
is hot and dusty what a fine time a
person could have spending a vaca-
ton in an ice cream parlor with e,ec.
trio fans running in every corner.
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NEW GOULD MANSION TO
HAVE RURAL FEATURES

exclusive of ground or furnishings, is
to cost 100000. Horace Trumbauer,
OF Philadelphia, is the architect.
There are many reasons assigned
Tor giving up Georgian court at Lake.
wood. It is said there was lack of
society in Lakewood, and that the
trades people of the village were dis
posed to be extortionate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

Woman clerks in Washington are
very proficient in counting money
They do not have to take any civil.
service examination for that. It is one
of the gifts that nature gives to them
at the same time it hands them be-
witching dimples and fluffy hair
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
Peter Spoiled the Hedge.

There is something about holly
hedge that challenges the destructive
instinct in mankind. John Evelyn,
the diarist, had one Of the finest in
England in the grounds Of his home
at Deptford, and Peter the Great
ruined it for him. III tx E#'sE Il Z
That extraordinary car, when he
came to the docks to learn shipbuild-
ing, took q. tenancy Of Evelyn's house.
Whenever he felt II need Of relaxation
he sat down IN whee1barrow and
caused . servant 70 charge with i at
the holly hedge g hard as he could
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
Gave: Up uneoual. Fioht.

"A mans suit Of clothes and boots
have been found on the towing--path
of the river Lea, in England, near
Clapton. In one Of the boots was a
piece Of paper, containing the follow
ing: To anybody or everybody:
Hitherto I have been wanderer with
no fixed abode. but henceforth It win
be fixed and permanent, the river
Lea. One Of the Submerged"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

q villager Of Cauterets, ii the
Hautes Pyrenees, was gathering wood
brought down from the mountains ~
ayalanches, when he found q hum4n
head messed in block of Ice. IT Is
believed d BE that 81 i Partisan Who
was lost on the Tegur last summer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
MAKES MONEY FLY in
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
r HE latest broadway Monte Carlo"
! nas been discovered.

! nas been discovered.
Everybody in the white light district
is amazed at the lavish expenditures
of Oliver Barnes, the 22-year-old
grandson Of Col. Oliver Weldon
Barnes, builder of the famous Horse
shoe curve on the Pennsylvania rail-
road.
Mr.. Barnes, it is estimated by those
who have kept careful account of his
public spendings, has been getting rid
of about $500 a day in his "inalienable
right the pursuit of happiness. In
addition he has periodically disposed
of tens of thousands of dollars in var
ious ventures, in connection with vii.
son Miner, ex-husband of Mrs.
Yerkes, of the Hotel Rand, at Forty.
ninth street and Broadway
Since Mr.. Barnes has been in New,
York his daily expenditures have beer.
punctuated by little breakfasts and
vaudeville entertainments for which
he has paid as lavishly as did Count
Boni de- Castellane for similar amuses-
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60. Also he cut up Evelyn's fine lawn
most terribly by .'leeping and shew-
Ing of trikkes" with his suite. Alto
gether, he did not No the house. or
garden any good. But the owner
could get no adequate compensation.
News. . 81 #5.z !
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Mark Twain is said to have .x-
pressed a desire for a funeral process.
sion five miles long, and as he will he
in no hurry to reach the cemetery
he'll probably want to occunv tho ,as+
carriage in the line.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

Having succeeded in getting the
douma of his hands the car will have
nothing to do for the next few months
but keep cool and avoid the bomb.
xarowers y ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
4larasst Apples Grown.

Apples costing 70 cents each whole,
sale are offered In Coyent Garden
market, London. They come rom
Tasmania and are said to be- the
largest apples ever grown. They are
equal N size to the small English
melon. - -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

Referring the discoveries in bacological
Frederick said that he looked forward the
a in ENGLAND,
During Young King Edward in
doctor?
world"
which refers Frederick 1.-The that the kings
Edwards
removing
medical
services.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
POLICEMAN TO PASTOR

Brooklyn, the "city of churches" has in the
list OF her houses of worship that interests the
public chiefly through the personality of it's pastor
1t is the Gospel Mission church, at Evergreen ave-
nue. and Moffat street, and it's pastor is Rev. John
E. Brown, formerly member Of the New York
police force.
He resigned from the department IL years
aeo, and, according to his own story, which he is
never tired of telling for the benefit OF the man
who has sunk into the mire of intemperance
passed through period when he "slept on truck
in the Bowery, drank with the buns and became
ons of them"
He became interested in religion reformed
and entered upon evangeistic work, in addition to
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DIGGING GREAT CANAL

Co.. Thomas w. symons, U. s. A.. who has
been engaged as chief consulting engineer for tho
great New York barge canal. has some original
methods OF canal digging. Uncle Sam has merely
loaned MIN to the Empire state until the SOL 900
600 improvement is completed.
The story Of COL Symons career is a success
story. He was born in Michigan of poor parents
He early expressed desire to join the army, and
after overcoming numberless difficulties received
an appointment to West Point He graduated four
years later at the head of his class. He was first
stationed at the torpedo school, Willets Point now
Fort Totem He was then detailed successfully
upon western survey work, in Oregon, Washing
ton, California, Nevada and Utah as chief of en-.
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fered their despoied by organized graftcrs
have served, in respects as blessing in disguise"
native
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LEADING FRISCO CITIZEN

James Duval Phelan, for six years mayor of
San Francisco, sees IN the conviction of Mayor
Schmitz and the confession of Boss" Ruef the
dawn of new era of great prosperity for the city
of the Golden Gate.
Mr. Phean is president of the Mutual Savings
bank of San Francisco and one of the wealthiest
and most influential business men. He explains
the situation in these words
1.-THE east might Hell have Complained of the
government of San francisco and withheld it's
credit prior TO the fire of April 1906, because no
serious attempt had been made to expose and
punish the criminals who held public places, AMI
a charge against the citizens might lie that they
supinely bore the yoke without protest and SUI.