The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12

SIGNS OF the times in Virginia: S
; SIS We need ten thousand. of
them for the other fellow-maybe.
THE EVENING HERALD, Of Duluth,
was "A years old on Tuesday. From
beginning as county newspaper
in Struggling county village of a
few hundred people the Herald has
kept in line with the spirit of ad.
vancement, and is today not only
the best daily in the state of Min
nesota but in the northwest. May
it continue to grow and prosper.
A POOR shoemaker of Altoona,
Pa, claims to have discovered
chemical whereby, at an expense of
20 cents per ton, he can burn coal
ashes, making better heat than
coal burned with a forced draft.
The success of the discovery has
been proven by tests, but the coal
baron or his lightweight agent has
not yet found it necessary to quit
business.
| ONE OF the latest examples of pc
litical nerve to come under our no.
tice is a letter received the past
week from the state secretary of a
political party of an "off" complex
ion, asking the free weekly publica-
ton OF column letter boosting the
beliefs, objects and aims of the or
ganization. A political party with
that class of boosters as a founda-
ton is more than apt to be mired
before succor comes from a free
and untrammeled press.
The ENTERPRIRE crew were given
a severe lecture for working on the
Sabbath day, but we feel justified
in putting in an extra shift in our
endeavor to earn those ten thous-
and great silver simoleons with the
picture of Miss Williams on the one
side and the American eagle on the
other. Don't care for cash our.
selves, only as a medium of ex-
change for the injured feelings of
a fellow citizen who either borrows
or swipes copy of our paper to see
what we say of him.
AT no time in the history of Vir-
ginia has the outlook been more
promising or the actual business
conditions more substantial than
this spring. Additional work at
surrounding mines gives employ
ment this year to several hundred
more men than have ever before
been carried on the local payroll
while the new railroad and work
along the line makes Virginia the
commercial center for a vast terri
tory which is being rapidly settled
and developed into an agricultural
section which already adds to our
wealth and promises much great
er source of revenue in future. The
erection of the new mill, which is a
guarantee of steady work for several
hundred skilled sworkmen for years
to come, is fitting climax to our
promise of future greatness, and no
Virginian as he looks ahead has
sorrow for casting his lot in this,
the business of Northern Minnesota
cities.
OUR Bro. Cuppernull. of the Vir.
ginian, who is numbered among
the disappointed seekers after post
office plums and who has since TAX
en- revenge in as huge chunks as a
small man is capable of handling
by throwing mud at Congressman
Bede, states that "Judging from the
defensive attitude he strikes when.
ever the name of Mr.. Bede is spoken
of in uncomplimentary terms one
cannot refrain from advancing the
thought that the editor of The En-
terprise has taken his rod and reel
and started for the federal fishing
pond" Nay, nay, David; our only
interest in the matter is to smile at
the remembrance of how our con-
temporary used to boost J. Adam
before the local postof6ce appoint
ment was made; lat the request of
citizens,) and to note the numerous
knocks accorded the Congressman
since. Consistency is jewel whose
lustre is often furnished by preju-
dice.
from the Fact.
From the fact that the more or