The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-05-01
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)I Aue Dig steel Df1o&e acfO0o IN
Rainy River at Rainier is now con,
plete, and = large delegation Q
prominent Duluth aud Virgini,
wholesaiers aud business men &C
cepted the invitation of the resi
dents OF Fort Frances to COM
acroee on the first train over tn,
structure and assist them in form
Tally commemorating their connec
tion~ith the FanEes and the zenitt
fCity at 2 banquet and jolhfication.
! Served at the Emperor Hotel, tn,
banquet was all that could be desir
FED, the visitors being welcomed
with speech ard goeA cheer, to
tgether with table 4aden with all
ftse dehcacies OF such occasions
land the true friendlisess 1T oar new
northeEn oeiGhboss 1as .faliy ex
femPlifed il every possible manner
THE residents of that northern city
fseeing in the advent Of the ne@
road great PFoosiDe 0f 4 new il.
fdustrial growth ssd of an uupre.
Icedented commercial activity fer
|'their beautiful city.
The toests fol1owing the feast of
good things embraced the follow.
ling numbers, together with the
lspeakers:
"rIse King as,d the President of
1.-THE United 0tutes."
"Our 0uests-The Duluth, Raiuy
Lake 4 Winnipeg Railway" accom-
pansed BY presentation of an ad-
droes to President Cook and cou.
pied with the names of General Man
ager Murphy aud Secretary Ander.
leon.
THE City of Duluth" coupled
with names Of ". Is Magnar. presi-
dent of the Commercial club, and
wv. p. nars, vice president of the
Marshall.W Wells Hard ~are Co.
"The Canadian Northern Railway"
co~Pled with the pas,,e Of George HI.
Saaw, general traffic manager, and
Superintendent Wilcox.
"Duluth Commercial Club" coup.
led with: name Of III. Y. Eva.
"Our Sister Raiaways," coup,ed
with names Of ". Fl. Gemmell, gen.
eral manager of N. 4 l., and w. H.
Strachan, superintendent of n. K I.
"Navigat;on" coupled with name
Of George A. Graham. pses;dea.
Rainy River Navigation Co.
"The Press" coapled with ,nauee
Of r. b. Legeett, D~su'h Eveni~1
Her.id; J. ". Dafoe. managing
editor Winnipeg Free Press and
Mr.: Campbell Of Winnipeg Tele.
|graan.
Fort Frances is on the Canadian
eide of the great Kooch,chiax Falls
2O6 miles from Winnipeg, lsO miles
from Duluth, 233 miles from Port
Arthur, 400 miles frem niuneapol
and o25 miles from Chicago. 1t IL
is the nstaral o>atlet for the great
grain, lumber and pulp induutries
of the Canadian northwest, aud the
output of these immense natural re.
] sources are destined in future to
become an i.nportant factor IN tf,e
i prosperity of the new line. coupled
with its traffic arrangements with
the Canadian Nerthern, with which
road they connect on me Canadian
sids of the new bridge.
4 The water power Of the fa1Is, the
j greatest in America with the sin.
| gle exception of Niagara, will event
I ua1ly be utilized for nanufactur.
! ing and milling purposes, $Ayo000O
having thus fer been spea< in tas<
great work of bridlinG the 36eo(
4 horse power energy which has here.
tofore gone to &as&e, ,aud the citixeua
Of the Plece lsok forward with war.
ranted confidence to a city Of i'm
mense proportions and industrial
I activity.
Nature has also marked the sec.
| ton as one Of more than passing
interest, providing wate.wsys owe,
which boats ply between Other
points on Rainy River aud Rainy
Lake, which latter body Of water i,
dotted withupwazdsof u eco islande
and which cannot but appeal to ali
az summer resort. Game and tish
of all kinds abonsd, oad the sec
tion 10 . sportmaa's psradise, while
iumbering, farming and mining
insure for the section steady de
/ velopmeot.
Il Raaos Aeeooi1Aioo q odd Ee)lo~s.
n Anniversary exercises we're held
y by Half Neon Lodge ct Odd Eel
lows at Eveleth on Tucoday even
ing, and 1t ea1e s.ue time the HauE<
n Association held q meeting. Thl
| president and secretary of the 40
4sociation Weee ee.e1octed ooA Rev
Blake, of BY wss e4ected treasurer
A committee on Bylaw vas ap