The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-17

Entered It the Postomcs sc Vir:inla. MINI,
assecond class mail matter.
Terms. ~ Per Year. IN Advance
AND despite the fact that the
Thaw case is with us: again we got
the first real touch of winter this
week.
WHILE the pass is officially. a
thing of the past the ruling does
not appear to keep some people
from getting on the railway payroll
with little provocation.
Down at Pittsburg a young
couple were married on roller
skates. That bride ought never
kick in future if her spouse comes
home with his skates on. She en-
couraged the habit.
E. B. HAWKINS would be pleased
to act as delegate to the next Re.
publican national convention. Mr.
Hawkins has not got the edge on a
number of others from the city at
the head of the lakes, either.
EDITOR scHAFER. of the Ely
Miner, is the latest to tell some
thing about what ails the man who
did not get the Virginia post-office
job. And he tells it in a manner
which can scarce be misunderstood.
OVER at Chisholm a gang of
crooks who went through saloon
while the bar-boy was calmly
dreaming, caught onto the proper
way of beating a slot machine.
They took a beer mallet to the
animal.
THE continued driving of the
range press has apparently made
the county attorney set up and take
notice on the blind pig issue. Al
any rate he appears to be doing a
thriving business in the sightless
porker line these days.
THE Twin City papers tell the
brethren of the country press that
in future the exchange habit does
not go with them. To the boys OF
the north half of the state, however
this will cut no ice, inasmuch az
they still receive the Duluth dailies
the two newsiest papers pub.
lished in the state.
A ST.. PAUL dispatch of Wednes
day announces that S. r. VanSant
twice governor, is again willing tc
accept the Republican nomination
and try to place the state in ite
rightful column politically. And
there can be little question but he
could unite the various factions az
we'll as any man in public life in
the state.
THE ENTERPRISE is not over sen
sitive on small things, but it does
object to having the Duluth Even
ing Herald copy a three line editor
ial from the Virginian knocking
Congressman Bede and credit same
to us, as occurred in the issue Of
Wednesday. 1t is up to the Herald
to make correction. Thank you, We
never aspired to an appointment at
postmaster at Virginia..
CHARLES DAUTREMoNT, of Du
luth, has been suggested as guber
material possibility on the Demo
cratic ticket. Provided Gov. John
: son decides that he will not accep,
of further honors the field will be
an open one to Mr.. d'Autremont
But in case Gov. Johnson should
decide to forego further honors a,
the hands of the people of the state
1t is unlikely that Minnesota will
have Democratic governor for the
next two years, at least.
/ SAINT PAUL lines are now ser.
iously considering reform which
if adopted will prove an importan,
curb to the activities of Chicago
catalogue houses. Heretofore cata.
'ogue-house freight shipments into
the Northwest, amounting to many
thousands of packages, have been
loaded in full cars and forwarded
to Saint Paul, the individual ship.
ments being unloaded into the
warehouse there and then forwarded
individually to consignees. This
means that such houses have paid
a car.lot rate over three.fourths the
distance the shipment to the north:
west goes, and the usual less than
car lot merchandise rate for the
distance from Saint Paul to desti.
nation. 1t is now proposed to
charge 3 cents per 100 pounds for
distributing such shipments in
warehouses, which makes addition
al freight of $40 per car on cata-
logue-house shipments. Several
Chicago houses are shipping as
high as 10 cars day of such
freight. The proposed new rule
will also operate against the prac-
tice of loading cars at the catalogue
houses in Chicago, switching them
to local freight houses aud there
distributing their contents without