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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-05-10

Mrs. Joseph Nahcr. Of Guthrie. Wis
tied az NJ. l. NeEer's last week
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
Killed IN Mckinley Saloon.

In drunken row in the saloon of
Mike Ganda at Mckinley Sunday
last, Mike Standish was shot and
instantly killed and Arc Stavoich
received bullet in the left arm,
just below the elbow. The mur-
derer was Urik Pudkalmak, an
Austrian. who was arrested shortl y
thereafter and before Judge Salmon
of Biwabik was bound over to the
grand jury on charge of murder
in the second degree. ,
The row started over the posses.
sion of dollar which Standish had
left on the bar after buying a round
of drinks and which Pudkalmak
picked up and slowed away in his
pockets for future reference. ~
In the melee following the shoot.
ing Pudkalmak made his escape,
but was found shortly after by
Officer Grange, in hiding behind a
big pine stump in the outskirts of
the village.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
VIRGINIA STORE COMPANY.
New Corporation Takes Over the
Business of R. j. Mc6hee Co.

The Virginia Store Company is
the name of the new corporation
which succeeds to the business OF
the r. J. McGhee Co., Mr.. McGhee
retiring from the business the first
of the week.
The new company is composed OF
N. J. Smith, formerly of Ironwood
who becomes manager of the es'
tablishment, Mr.. Taylor of Duluth
and F. b. Myers, the well.known
<Biwabik banker.
They step into T. tHfivinE busf'
ness, and one capable of untold ex;
pansion.
Mr.. McGhee will remain here fo,
a time settling business matters
but will later devote much of his
time to his former business inter
Tests at Aurora. where he conducts
a large general mercantile bust.
ness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
find Body in Oliver Pit.

Workmen employed at the Oliver
mine on Monday found the decom
posed remains of a man in the bot.
tom of the pit near the east wall
where an almost perpendicular de.
scent of two hundred feet marks
:the:sp of his fall.
The remains were removed to the
Mesberg morgue, but are 80 badly
decomposed as to tender recogni
ton impossible. The clothes worn
however, tally with the suit worn
by a boarder at 212 Elm street. who
disappeared on January 4th, and o1
when mo information has since
been received.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
THE MAYOR SEES Ills CHANCE
To Veto the lmpoundng 0edaaace and Make it Stick,
Through the Abseaee ofAlderman Mesberg.

While the nerve of the mayor to
veto the impounding ordinance as
passed by vote of S to l by the
council, in opposition to his known
disires, was doubted by many, these
doubts Were resdispelled by the action
of the executive on: Monday in veto.
ing the measure. And through the
enforced absence from the city of
Alderman Mesberg, who accom-
panied his wife on trip to Battle
Greek, the attempt to pass the
measure over the mayors veto
failed, the vote standing 4 to /,
Alderman Prijanovich sticking
with the mayor.
And the poor mans cow is ,stil]
supreme.
District Agent Lang, of the Stand.
ard Oil Company, was up from Du.
luth and talked the question of the
removal of the oil house of that
company from it's location at the
east end of Oak street. A resolu.
tion was passed citing company
representatives to appear before
the council at the nextregular meet.
ing to further consider the ques.
ton. Mayor Eaton has for years
until some two or three week3? ago
been local agent for the company
but until such time as he was "le1
out" he appeared to consider the
location of the plant perfectly safe.
A committee from the council
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
4 Swell Reception Room.

L. Fong and III. Ching, of the new
European Hotel, have during the
past week fitted the reception par.
lor in their popular place with fur.
niture and fixtures made to orde,
for them in Canton, China. The
fixtures embrace four chairs and a
marble top table, all of rosewood
and handsomely carved and inlaid
with pearl, all hand work, while the
entrance to the room, at the land.
ing on the second floor, is resplend.
,ent in handsomely carved panels OF
unique workmanship.
The fittings of this room have
been viewed by many Virginiane
during the week, and receive uni.
versal admiration.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
>Mill WED, Tomorrow.

A quiet home wedding will be
celebrated at the home of Capt. and
Mrs. w. J. Sincock at the Lincoln at
10 a. m. Tomorrow, when in the
presence of a. few, relatives and i'm
mediatefriend of the family the
Rev II. A. Logan will perform the
ceremony joining in holy wedlock
Miss Mary Matilda Sincock and Mr..
James eStokoe.
The bride isswell known lin this
city, having for two years past
taught in the Franklin schools, and
ashost of friendssextendcongra
tions.
The. groom ais~sehief engineer on
the Panama canal, being located at
Culebra, Panama, and after a brief
wedding trip in the states the
happy young couple will make
their home at that point. The, best
shes-of'all-will lfollow~them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
Union Savings Association.

P. S..Jensen, of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
representing the Union Savings
Association of that city,is in the
city this week ,reorganizing the
local branch of the Association.
The Association, has several. old
members in Virginia, and that their
savings are we'll invested is attest.
ed by the continued, reports of the
company. The company has .!an
immense reserve fund and it's plan
of loans is an -inducement to any.
one of limited means to try and
own a home of their own. It is Mr..
Jensen's present plan to arrange
several loans in this city, which
offers promising field.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24

A gold mine yielding samples
that assay $2l880 a. ton promises to
be fortune maker for a number of
range and Duluth men. Some of
these men are already wealthy while
others see in the mine the 9atake"
they have been after for years.
Those interested are uSam Loeb,
Sheriff VIM. Bates; E.sW. Merritt of
Duluth, William Coss of Tower,
Joseph Backns of Virginia and r.
w. Miller of Eveleth.
These six men are equal owners
in mine at the apex of mountain
near Virginia City, Mont, and it is
possible that each will share in
a million dollars if a sale is made,
or they may do vastly better. Juat
at the present time they arewaiting
for further information which may
determine whether they will sell
and how much they will sell for.
Miller and Backus have just come
back from the claim but they are
expecting to make the trip west
again very shortly.
The search for the mine was be-
gun three years ago. Merritt, one
of the we'll known Duluth family of
prospectors, was staked out by the
other five gentlemen and went into
the very midst of district that was
the scene of the widest gold min
ing excitement thirty years and
more ago. It was figured that in
the rush "something good" might
have been passed over and this
view seems to have been substanti.
ated. Merritt soon. picked out the
very top of the mountain where in.
dications were good and a tunnel
was driven in seven hundred fee,
along vein of. gold ore. Assays
made at the Oliver Iron Mining
Co.'s laboratory here~showed gold
in quantities of $28:21 to the ton
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
zGREAT IanDaOf BeSSEMERO ORE.
KelIoQq mioe 6ves~Gceat, ,Peomise-.
May Show Up Ten Million Tons.

May Show Up Ten Million Tons.
The largest find of Bessemer ore
that has been made ON the Mesaba
range in several years is being de.
veloped by A. B. Coates of Virginia
and >A."M:Ailler, Jr, and it is now
estimated that mine of between
100000 and 100000 tons will. be
shown up.
The Kellogg mine over near sBi-
wabik was a comparatively recent
find of the Bessemer grade, but it
is not a large@mine. Messrs. Coates
and Miller pnrchased the lease,of a
forty described as the southwest of
the southwest of Is, 57-21, about ~
miles southwest of Hibbing, from
Gust Carlson of ,Hibbing and
George HI. Crosby of Duluth. The
terms of the deal have not been an-
noupced. <:Carlson and Crosby
partly. s,explored the land before
selling the lease.
Coates and Miller have in late
years been operating mines on
their own account instead. of sell-
ing the leases, and it is understood
that they propose to operate 1.-The
new property. They are now oper-
Eating the Mayas. and Alberta mines,
the former near Mesaba station and
the latter near Virginia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24

in section 3-62.12, have their shaft
down Is feet. They encountered
considerable ore while sinking the
shaft. but do not expect to strike
the main body until they get down
at least 900 feet. p,
A great many opAons for mining
leases have recently been made in
the vicinity of both Tower and Ely
and between these places if the
present demand for mining pro.
perties continue, the Vermilion
range will be buster this summer
than it has been for several years.
Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
MAKE LARGE IRON fjND.
Rich Deposit Close to sKitto. Rine IS.
land Property.

A good find of iron~ore has been
reported from section 36-63-l5, close
to the Kitto Pine island, property.
This is a statelease ownedby County
Treasurer Holgate and Hutch
Bevier of Duluth. Work on this
property has been carried on all
winter with "shot" drill, the first
of the kind ever used on the range.
While the process of sinking is
somewhat slow, it appears to have
given satisfaction on account of
cutting core four inches, in sdiamet-
er, which furnishes ample proof of
the material cut in the hole.
The Biwabik' Mining companyyhas
had diamond drills working. for the
past eight months ON the ~Kitto
property located in section 5-62.15.
Just what the drills have disclosed
appears to be known. only to the
parties interested and they are not
talking.
The reports are, however, that
they have good body: ofaore,a
that mining shaft will be. com.
menced in a short time. Supt. Lutes
is an up-to-date mining aman, and
it is quite likely that, mo matter
what the drill work shows, she swill
profit by the experience that,others
have had with diamond drills on
the range, and sink a ,ehaft. A few
drill holes, which are less than one
inch in diameter, are mot much
proof as to whether an ore body
exists on large tract of land such
as they have on Pine island, which
is about eight miles long. and four
miles: wide.
The surface outerops'on this pro-
perty are among the best seen on
the range. There are two saperate
formations, each over 100 feet wide,
carrying from 40 to SO. per cent ore
and of a good. structure. The grade
of ore, on the range. usually im-
proves with depth. Yet should this
not be the case in. this instance,
mining men claim that it. could be
mined and shippedsat q good profit,
to the Minnasota,at ,ateelnlant at. 7Du-
luth. On sacc0nnt nof itse being a
hard ore, itswould naake,ane excellent
mixture forsthesMeeab ba< soft ores. =.
No information-c can be- had from
the Mccarthy explorations on Sec
ton 662.13. The work WAS com.
menced only abort time-ago,. and
it,is7too, ,soon fol. r.xnuch, showing be-
ing made. The 4ernaatians,isscou-
sideredTRery 4ronaieing; Therefore
hkely'results are looked for.
In sections q land; 2sz62.l3, there
has been considerable quiet work
done blythe ..Queen4ron~eompany,
which commenced over a.year-sgo.
1t is believed by those who have
investigated, ,that.they- have allowed
up Large body .of~a ~axe. The hest
proof that they.have.ist the fact that
the. New York IRonaaompany.has
recently.apurchaaed nontsight, zaon.
siderable sfee,landina naAhese,seetiope
and a'cash4paynaent. ofaQ6OOo has
been made. s'sThesWhite From Lake
1roncompany,"who are operatiua
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
NJ. f. Chucch Services.

vSerYlces-iu~the,new N. s.. Church
on Sunday. Class meeting $50.
Jno' Slapp, leader; preaching at 1890
and 7;9O;s Sunday School, 11:45; Ep.
worth League, e:30.
During the mo rnings service Miss
Cotton will sing a solo. Mr.. Culp
will sing BE sAercifultosMe." The
choir will also sing.
AT the evening services Mr., Frank
Skinner will 80 aing THE. Grand
Amen" The choir. and the male
quartet will also render selections
All are invited to these.services.
Observation-Disclosures.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
Town RICH WESTERN COLD NINE
Virginia, E.elet and Parties Have Struck Bonanza
ina Pcoperty Being Developed in Montana.

These samples were taken from five
different points in the tunnel by
Mayor Charles Jesmore, who was
acting as a disinterested party
sampling the mine.
Another tunnel was driven into
the mountain side parallel with the
first but from a lower point. It was
from this tunnel that the samples
showing the astonishing value OF
$2l8.89 to the ton were taken. This
tunnel is >still being driven by
miners on day and night shifts and
when it reaches a point directly
under the end of the first tunnel a
shaft will be raised and sunk to
connect the two. When this is &C.
complished the owners will be in
better position to judge of the
value of their mine. 1t would cause
no surprise if the mine should be
sold anywhere from FIVE hundred
thousand to one million dollars.
While on the trip west Messrs.
Backus and Miller visited Butte,
Great Falls and Havre and met a
good many old timers of the Min
nesota ranges, all of whom are pros
pering, especially those who have
followed the vocation of mining.
Carl Marsden in particular they
mention, though he is not in the
mining business but in the drug
business. Marsden was in Virginia
ten years ago and had nothing.
Now he is the owner of dozen or
more drug stores in the state of
Montana, the finest being in Butte,
where he has twelve drug clerks
busy retailing all the time.
~Messrs. Backus and Miller re.
turned on the next train following
the Oriental limited which was
wrecked and burned. They con.
slider themselves lucky in not being
any closer to that disaster.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
CLOSING Hours Modified.

The $50 closing hour. tor business
places was on Tuesday modified
through the action of many EN-:
Ployers in signing an agreement
to keep their stores open until 500
o'clock. -It-is understood the action
was taken upon request of some. Of
those who had not signed the orig
inal scale of hours. {
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
Shipping from, Ohio.

Ore shipments from the Ohio
commenced "Wednesday, and from
the group of~mjnes included in the
big Oliver companye-stripping at
this. point a large, amount of ore
will be forwarded during the sea.
son. An1enornous body of ore has
been uncovered in the work at this
group during the winter. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24

comprising the mayor, President
Kimball and Aldermen Johnson
and Owens, who spent the Sabbath
inzthe Twin Cities as guests of the
interests d, financing the Mesaba
Traction Company made report
the concessions in the
proposed franchise asked by the
company. They also reported that
had given every as
surance that Virginia would be the
central point in their proposed
[system and would receive any con.
cession granted any other location
on their line. This report was made
verbally, butts provisions will be
embodied in the new franchise,
which will be up for consideration
at the next meeting.
The contract for a stone crusher,
capable of-handling rock as large
az 11x18, was awarded the Austin
Western Cenpany. The furnish
ing of ten-ton steam rollor was
also included in this contract, at
$4, 200 for the two machines, and it
looks az though at Last the city was
getting a right line on the street
improvement proposition. There
are miles of road in the city limits
demanding attention, and when ad-
jaceut property-owners are called
upon for a special assessment for
crushed rock pavement they will
be paying for something which
will last.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
Goes With Clevelaed Gifts.

Max III. Barber, son of our former
townaman#M. F.ssBarber, who has
been employed at+Ironwood, has
been appointed chief engineer fol-
the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
with headquarters at Ishpeming.
He asspmed the duties of his. new
position on, Monday.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
Sustained q Bcokeo Nose.

William More, master mechanic
on the Duluth3Rainy Lake &, Win.
nipeg, sustained a broken nose from
being thrown from a gasoline
speeder as it jumped the track
Wednesday morning, striking the
end of a tie as he lit. The accident
will confine him for several days.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
aAemoeial Day Ball Game.

The clerks base ball team, six
of which are employees of
the Virginia Store Co., arrange the
first game of the season on the
home fgrounds- for Memorial Day,
with the asaoonds. city, nine. The
&ameewilksbeaplayed in the fore.
moon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
Gave Eveleth Her. ,Needie's.

The Virginia base ball team has
not, got beyond the .incipients. .prac-
,tice stage thus far, but just to show
what maybe expected of the bunch
later in the eeseason they made trip
to Eveleth Sunday and: :waylaid the
pennant winners Of our yneighbor
ing city by score of 2 to /. And
the score they did let 'em have. was
granted only as a source of consola-
ton to their seemingly injured
feelings.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
At St. Paul's Church.

> At ST.. Paul's Church next Sun:
day, which is Trinity Sunday, there
will be divine service at 7:30 p. m.
Evening prayer will be. said and
rector will preach. A cordial invi-
tation is given to everybody to at.
tend. .=g: .,.:5 .s..5s / .s.s.s .s.@s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
Kitclhea Shower.

The Methodist ladies will enter
tain at a Kitchen Shower. at the
church parlors on next Friday
afternoon, to which everyone is
most cordially invited, ~ =. =...$Ss.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
Pceshxtefiaa Church.

Sunday sehoolsat noon. Christian
Endeavor Gas. Worship and ser
mon by the. pastor at II. a. m.. Mr.
Hare vilLsipgatth the morning. ser
Kice. Remember. the change. 4. in
timeforssyery.service.,e eEvening.ser
aonsiAustxated with stereopticon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
lookiagfoe .Busjeess Location.

- A.sMeAeA Milan, of Munisine,
nich'' and hia brother, J. A. Nc
MILLER, ,sot Dpluth, we're Virginia
visitors~Satarday.sseeking. a+loca.
non fora sasFsantile: establishment.
ana while poaxacant spaces are to
De tonnd in Virginia the gentlemen
may &ssbe< .enableds to s find room
through the erection of a building
tor ortheiEacaemodation. z:..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-24
'.'In,andIe.,

An improved 60Lacre farm in Cass.
County for Nirginia property. See
Rossom. ,7... .7 &, ~. szs ssz5
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-03-27
A Nice Legal Distinction.

\ lawyer in the Indian Territory
named McGann was the attorney for a
farmer who had killed neighbor.
McGann got the man out on bail on the
plea of justifiabe homicide or some
thing of the kind, and the farmer i'm
mediately took his gun and killed the
chief witness against him.
Naturally this nettled the sheriff and
the judges, and they offered $500 re-
ward for the murderous farmer. Say"
said McGann to the sheriff. will you
give me that reward If get him"
"Yes." the sheriff replied. and McGann
rode out to the hiding place of his
client.
The farmer came up, and McGann
shot him, took the body back to town
and demanded the reward. How
about this, McGann?" asked another
lawyer. "Do you think it is in accord
ance with the ethics of the legal pro-
fession to take advantage of your eli
ent in that manner" Ethics be blow
cdr snorted McGann. 81 killed him in
another case" Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-03-27
Soldier.

Daniel Warner is quite i'll again.
Thomas johnson, of Robertsdale, was
in town Sunday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hart
last Wednesday twins boy and girl.
Soldier was well represented at the
plays at Park Theatre at Reynoldsville
last week.
Alex. Watson attended the initiation
In the Red Mems lodge at Sykesville
last Wednesday evening.
A very pleasant surprise party was
given Mrs. Anna Carney last Monday, it
being the anniversary of her birth. On
returning from her daughters house
at noon she was met at her door by
thirty ladies who had entered her
home and prepared an elegant dinner.
She was presented with a filed purse.
Her married sons and daughters with
their wives and husbands went in the
evening and gave her second surprise.
They also gave her valuable presents.
All report fine time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-03-27
Saqacity of Blind Horses.

The way in which blind horses can
go about without getting into more
difficulties than they ordinarily do Is
very remarkable. They rarely, If ever,
hit their heads against fence or stone
wall. They will slide off when they
come near one. 1t appears from care
full observation that 1t is neither shade
nor shelter which warns them of the
danger. On an absolutely sunless and
windless day their behavior is the
same. Their olfactory nerves doubt
less become very sensitive, for; when
driving them, they will poke their
heads downward in search Of water
fifty yards before they come to a
stream crossing the roadway. 1t can
not be an abnormally developed sense
of hearing which leads them to do this
for they will act alike though the wa
ter be stagnant pool. Men who have
been blind for any great length of time
develop somewhat similar instincts to
blind horses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-03-27
Worse Inside Than Out.

"If you should visit Japanese
house." said an oriental, you would be
obliged to remove your shoes at the
doorway. Japanese floors are very
beautifully kept. know Of some
houses where thirty or forty servants
have no other duty than the polishing
Of the floors. A young japanese stu
dent, studying in London, had the mis-
fortune to live In an apartment house
where the janitor did not keep the hall
In very good condition. 1t was a
great change to him. and he felt 1t
keenly. On the approach of winter the
janltor put up In the entrance the no.
tice, Please wipe your feet The
young Japanese, the first night he OBJ
served this notice. took out pencil
and added to it, 'On going out'"-
Minneapolis Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-03-27
French Smiles For drunk"

The French have some interesting
SMILES Of their own corresponding to
the English drunk as lord' or
drunk as wheelbarrow," says a
London writer. The most generally
recognized one in the case Of "ivre,"
the less extreme and less vulgar word
for drunk" is 'ivre CONNIE une soupe"
-"soupe' meaning the piece Of bread
eaten with soup as well as the soup it.
self, and boulllon soaked piece of
bread Offering natural simile for sat
uratlon. When the less delicate soul"
is used instead Of "ivre," the French
man may speak Of being as drunk as
an ass, COW, Swiss or thrush.
The allusion in the last case is to the
fondness of thrushes for grapes, which
are said at vintage time to make them
unsteady In their flight.