The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01

THE VIRGINIA. ENTERPRISE.
". Il. HANNAFURD. EDITOR.
Friday, November l, 1907.
Entered at the Post-Onice at Virginia., Minn.,
"a second class mail matter.
Terms. 50 Per Year. IN Advance
VOTE early-and vote right.
BUT if you're not a legal voter.
don't try the game.
MANY a silent man gets credit for
being wise because he can't think
of anything to say.
JAMES SULLIVAN says he is going
70 be lit" with a big II" in the Third
ward on Tuesday next.
WHEN marking your ballot on
Tuesday next remember Virginia's
municipal flower-the beauteous
cowslip.
THE poor mans COW" may be
permitted to destroy lawns and
gardens, but she will scarce be per.
mitted to vote.
IT'S all over but the shouting
and the Independent ticket sup.
porters will do all of that on Tues.
day evening next.
THE rush of idleness is what
breeds the microbe of misery in a
mans mind, but a busy man even
forgets his dyspepsia and his debts.
IF the county attorney reads the
eastern Mesaba twins he may final
ly become convinced that there are
still a few blind pigs on the range.
A PLEA on behalf of good city
government would not make a bad
theme for each of our local minis
tiers at their services on Sunday
next.
THE deer season and the fool
hunter-the r racked fellow
who seldom gets a deer but never
misses a 1man-will soon be with us
again.
AND don't you forget that next
Tuesday is election day. And
another thing for you to remember
is that unless you are a legal voter
it will be a very wise act for you to
forget where the polls are being
held.
IF ma could vote next Tuesday
there would be a different order Of
things decreed in Virginia. And
we think it will be found that mas
influence on the situation will have
a bearing on the vote-whether she
can vote or not.
THE president has decreed that
Thursday, November 2Sth, be OBJ.
served as a day of national thanks.
giving. The volume of thanksgiv.
ing by some of Virginia's citizens,
however, will depend on the out.
come of next Tuesdays contest.
A FARMER has made a discovery
that will be of vast importance tC
farmers during a dry season He
has found that by planting onions
and potatoes in alternate rows, the
onions, being the strongest, bring
tears to the eyes of the potatoes in
such volumes that the roots of the
vines are kept moist and a big CROP
is raised in spite of the drought.
JOHN L. OWENS filed as an in
dependent candidate for alderman
in the First ward on Saturday last
leaving the race in that bailiwicl
between Messrs. Owens and Boylan
1t is freely predicted that the in
dependent ticket, throughout, will
receive a substantial majority ir
this ward, despite the fact that thu
republican candidate for mayor
votes in the precinct.
THE ENTERPRISE is not a politica
prognosticator-in fact, the Enter
prise has always been a very docilf
family paper at election times-bu'
a feeling of the public pulse indi
Gates a tidal wave in behalf of the
independent ticket on Tuesday next
And we feel assured that if the
home.owners of Virginia vote as
they feel the wave will be of such
force az to sweep the boards.
CAPT. POLGLAsE is making a live
ly hustle in the Third. and while he
may not win out he will certainly
let some of them know he is run
ming. The aldermanic fight in this
ward is a three cornered contest, in
addition to James Laviolette, the
Republican nominee, Mr.. Polglase