The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-28
Terms. 81 Per Year. IN Advance
10 the Voters of St. ouis County.

NJ. G. Palmer. the present Registe,
of Deeds, has filed for reelection, az
is we'll known. Mr.. Palmer resides
in Virginia on the Iron Ranges, and
is the only man from the Ranges
holding general County Office.
He has thorough and practical
knowledge of the laws governing
the Registers Office, and, in accord.
ance with an established rule, in
augurated by himself, all instru.
ments presented for record, are, be-
fore being recorded, carfully ex.
amined by competent deputies to
see that they are properly executed
and that no errors creep into your
titles. BY this means, in many in
stances, parties have been saved
from litigation and a large amount
of expense in the Courts in order to
perfect their titles to their lands.
Another system adopted in the
Office is, that all instruments re
ceived for record are speedily and
properly recorded and returned to
the sender the day following.
The Chief Deputy attends to hav-
ing your deeds certified as to taxes,
saving you the trouble of coming
to the office.
This office is conducted purely on
business principles. All matters
received here are carefully examined
and compared, and as carefully
guarded as though we were looking
after our own property interests.
During Mr.. Palmer's incumbency
in the Office up to July 1st of this
year, the business transacted in the
Torren's and Registers offices
amounts to $777.73493. The expense
of running the office for the same
length of time amounts to $48,2 ,296 81,
leaving a net profit, up to July 1st,
1903, of $29,335.l1.
Iappend to this letter, for your
perusal, statement of the State
Examiners Assistant, who inspect
ed this office the 14th of July, which
statement appeared in the Duluth
Evening Herald of July 18th, and
reads as follows:
MIR. Cederberg, who inspected the
Office of the Register of Deeds, NJ.
&. Palmer, speaks in the highest
terms of the efficiency of the man
age1nent, and says there is not a
better conducted Registers office
in the State. He expressed surprise
at tine promptness with which the
business in the office is transacted,
all instruments being recorded and
mailed to their owners within twen-
ty-four hours of the filing. There
is no other office in the State, Mr..
Cederberg says, which has that sort
of system. More instruments are
handled through the local Office
than through the offices in Ramsey
and Hennepin Counties. This is
because St. Louis County is 80 large,
and there are a greater number of
Deeds, Mortgages, etc., being offered
for record"
Mr.. Thomas Clark is the Chief
Deputy Register of Deeds and Mr..
W. A. Anderson is the Deputy Reg
istrar of Titles. These gentlemen
are able, efficient and courteous,
and have a perfect understanding
of the requirements of the Offices.
The clerks employed are excep.
tionally competent and their long
and continued service here has
given them knowledge e of the Office
duties such as would take years for
new clerks to gain, and should be
successful in this election, it is the
understanding that the present
deputies and clerks in the office will
be retained.
Another reason why there should
be no changes in the office force in
this office for the next two years, is
that it is quite probable within that
time all OF the records, papers and
files will have to be transferred to
the new court house, and in that
case, it will require force of ex-
perienced deputies and clerks to re-
arrange the affairs and business
therein that accurate and reliable
information may be obtained by
the patrons of the office and bust.
ness transacted without interrup.
ton.
In soliciting the votes of the voters
of St. Louis County at the primaries
l promise to give you the same
honest and faithful service for the
next two years as you have received
in the past, and respectfully ash
all of my friends both in Duluth
and on the ranges to see to it, that
the only County Office which the
ranges now have shall not be taken
away from them without a good
and sufficient reason.
Very Respectfully,
n. G. palmer.