The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

get business location on the main
stem in Virginia you are entitled to
hustle.
HIzzONER learned Tuesday even.
ing that the enforcement of city
ordinances was the duty of the ex-
ecutive. Lestwise, he should un-
derstand it, after the manner in
which his information was received.
The once Hon. Robert c. Dunn is
reported to again have evil designs
on the Republican. gubernatorial
nomination. 1t seems to US the Re-
publican party of Minnesota has
had sufficient suff1ciency of the
Bob Dunn horse play and spirit of
revenge.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT seeks an
"artistic" gold coin, and has a cele-
brated New York artist at work on
design for new issue. The old
design may not have any particular
"artistic" beauty, but it has never
been recorded where either the poor
man on the graft hunter refused to
accept it at face value.
The many range friends of H. C.
With row, humane officer, regret to
learn of his falling health, which
has compelled his removal from
Duluth and the abandonment of
the work of mercy to which his
life has been devoted. He is at
present in Minneapolis where he
will remain for several weeks prior
to his departure for the south, where
he will seek to recover from his ills.
MIKE MCCLELLAN, of Hurley, sher-
iff of Iron county, Wis.,, says "tha'
as far as gambling and dive saloons
are concerned he has the 'lid' down
tight. at Hurley" and proposes to
keep it there during his term OF Of
flee. A Mike McGeehan if sheriff of
St. Louis county would save to the
workingmen of this range hundreds
of thousands of dollars annually:
and incidentally remove the stigma
of alleged official graft from slot
machines, pokerrooms and robbers
roosts by removing the cause.
THE CHICAGO RAILWAY JOURNAL
says: eff the railways Of the west
maintain friendly relations with the
rural shippers and particularly the
farmers, there is no danger of So
cialism or government ownership.
If not, then some new legislation
may so closely centralize the regu-
lation that we may be in a bad way.
The immediate tendency seems to
be to treat the railways as enemies
without allowing for. the many
physical conditions they have neith-
er had time nor money to relieve,
and the public confidence in the
roads as factors in our PROSPERITY
must be regained. The wave of re-
form in application to transporta.
ton interests has swept clear of the
bulwarks of constitutional protec-
ton and washed away the land
marks of private contract. Central
ization continuing must mean the
abolition of state rights, and if the
various state legislatures follow
the practice of passing the. most
burdensome laws, possibly a: better
course for the railroads would be to
seek at least concentration of pow
er that, while regulating them. also
means federal charters and ignor-
ing of state rights. The better plan
we believe would be sincere efforts
to make friends of the larger num-
Der of shippers, not the largest ship
pers but the majority of shippers
whose votes will send to our state
legislatures and congress those who
have no axes to grind except for the
public welfare. Get away from the
politicians and be- polite. Treat
the question personally and work
for the friendship of the Individual
generally, because communities are
only individuals in the aggregate
of communities. Let the great
inanciers scrutinize carefully pro-
posed stock and bond issues, so that
they fairly represent the actual re-
quirements and do not seem to the
average layman financial sensa-
tions. Let the money mean the ex-
tension and betterment of property,
and not Wall Street millionaires
first and some improvements later.
We can say frankly that at no time
have we seen men of intelligence
and influence the country over SO
thoroughly determined upon anti
railway legislation, and while not
clear as to the proper laws they
want some laws to restrict the roads
in every department"