The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

Princeton Union circulates.
JAKE JACOBSON is willing to run
on .his "record" and Joel Heatwole
is. willing to run on platform
which, if carried out, would make
for him record of which any man
and any state might we'll be proud.
ANOTHER entry into the race for
treasurer of School District No. q
is promised in the person of H. E.
Foosness. Mr.. Foosuess is one of
the Oldest residents of the city, COM
ing here in 1892, and is known to all
as man of honor.
THE H1BB1NG TRIBUNE and the
Virginian will in future be issued
as semi weeklies. The brethren will
know there is more work than play
in running print shop after
time, in all likelihood, bnt we wish
them both success.
"ANYBoDY but John Norton" is
the manner in which the Biwabik
Times has the county attorney
ship sized at the coming election.
And while John may not agree
with the sentiment it is not unlikely
that the people will agree It some
other candidate gets on the line.
THE Eveleth friends of Sam
Owens are boosting him tor
sheriff. If the two ranges would
get together and stick tog ether Du-
luth would not know there was such
thing as a county plum to be
picked when it came election time
And in consideration of the spirit
which has ever been manifested bv
the voters of the Zenith City such a
turn of affairs would be more than
justifia BILE.
Some day, after the mining cor
porations have tired of all other
expedients, they will consent to
a division of St. Louis county in
order to have a range court hear
and decide the scores of damage
suits being brought against them.
1t is easily perceivable that the
sympathy dodge continues to carry
weight with the Duluth juries,
whose members seemingly believe
in soaking the corporations and
have no personal knowledge of ex.
listing conditions to temper their
ideas of justice.
1T is evident that the employers
of labor, who were responsible for
the influx of Austrians and Monte
negrins to this section a year ago,
have concluded that they cannot
make silk purse out of sow's
ear and propose driving or starv.
ing the class out of the district
through a concerted action in re-
fuslng then, work. Orders to that
effect have been given all employ
ment agencies at the head of the
lakes, and men OF the classes named
have been turned away by the score
while orders for men have been
untitled.
WILL the instructions issued to
assessors throughout the state be
made to apply to the corporations
with the same degree of stringency
as in the past, or will the assessors
having the rating of these greater
industries permit their Judgment
to deal with millions on the same
basis as though it were hundreds
with which they had to contend? If
justice is done, and all property as
sessed on an equal basis, the home
owner or the smaller business man
will have no complaint to offer.
But past experiences have taught
the smaller taxpayers to be some
what skeptical about figures-even
though figures do not lie.
THE MEsABA ORE breaches new
one as a solution of the blind pig
problem-the prohibition of the
sale of liquors by breweries or
brewery agents to any other person
than Ole who has a license for the
sale of Intoxicating liquors at re-
tail. The idea may be all right
but if it were enforced with the
same degree of stringency as are
other lave relating to the govern
ment of the liquor traffic in the
state of Minnesota it's only purpose
would be to help fill space in the
session laws. The liquor laws as
enforced are farce, and their utter
disregard by those engaged in the
business will some day prove the
greatest lever in the hands of the
prohibition agitators.
IT is estimated that over $2O,OOO,OOO
annually is spent in the Adirondacks
by visitors in search of sport or
pleasure. Yet, with it's 10000 lakes,
its rivers and creeks, it's woodland
and prairie, and it's forests, Mime
sota has many advantages which
the Adirondacks do not offer or
cannot surpass. In order to make
its resorts better known the Mime
sofa Federation of Commercial
Clubs has entered upon a campaign
which it ia expected will resnlt in