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The Detroit times., 1909-06-10
BURNS HOTEL CAFE.
Lunch, SIC. Dinner. toe.

The dealer IN selling you Stroh's
Beer gives you the best he has: but be-
ware. there are some beers offered just
as good don't be misled. For a case
Phone Main ais.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-10

New vanadium steel handsaws,
which will cut iron pipe. are capable
OF being rolled into spirals. regaining
their original form without injury
when released.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-10
COURT DECIDES BRIDGE
is NO LOVERS BOWER
Swain Who Kissed Maid on Williams
burg Span, With Her Consent,
Is Fined a Dollar.

o lovei o fire. once he drew
With one long kiss my whole soul
through
Ny lips. as sunlight drinketh dew.
-Tennyson.
But don't get caught when you do.
BATTERY Dan" Finn.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-10
IN UPROAR I.
OVER SCANDALS
Officials Are Pilloried for Inefiiciency
and Hailed Before Courts for Sell
ing Military Pardons.
BY PHIL SIM MS.

The day will come when an intelll-
gent sword will direct It's point against
the tyrants, and on that day the whole
OF France will rush to victory behind
that piece OF steel"-Oscar Harvard,
French writer.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-10

Job Printing done right. Times Prfnt~
ng Co., Is John R.-st. Phone 1898.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
Build. Miles Of New Tramwavs.

The Virginia Lumber Com pany
makes many Improvements to their
mills and yard, preparatory to con-
tinued activity at their gigantic
plant, and to the stocking of great
er percentage of their enormous
cut in the local yards Six new
tramways running south from the
new mill for a distance of about a
third of a mile each are now being
erected.and when complete will give
the company additional yard room
for many millions.
The local milling. industry has
been the backbone of Virginia's
prosperity for several years past,
and everything points toward it's
having greater bearing on the
city's future, the recent reorgan,za.
ton of the company flacing the in.
dustry in stronger hnjlds. ..
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
Given Verdict fLr $3.50,

The sealed verdicts in the two
cases of Karl I>aitanen against the
Minnesota Land & Construction Co.
and the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Win.
nipeg Railway Co.. tor alleged tres
pass in the case of the railroad and
the cutting of some timber in the
case of the Construction Company,
were opened in district court Wed.
nesday morning, the plaintiff being
given a total award in the two suits
of $4,000.
He sued for $500, triple damages
for timber allegedly cut, and was
awarded $3.50. For the land used as
right-of-way by the railroad COM
pany the jury returned verdict of
$2OOin his favor.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
WAS IT MURDER :: or Of ACCIDENT?
fred Roy, ee~s;"> Found Ground Be-
oeatls wheels Of Missabe Train.


The horribly mut,lated remains
of Fred Roy. an en1ploye of the Vir-
ginia Lumber Compa ny, were found
beneath the wheels of the evening
passenger on the Duluth, Missabe
& Northern Tuesday, as the train
was rounding the "Y" south of the
city preparatory to being placed on
the siding for the night.
The discovery was made by the
brakeman as he alighted to throw
the switch, the lower part of the
body being literally ground to
pieces while the trunk was found
beneath the baggage car. the two
rear coaches having passed over
the body, mutilating it almost be.
yond recognition.
Roy was last seen alive about
three quarters of an hour previous.
ly, and what should have taken him
into that section of the city is not
known. He was a young man of
good habits, and single. When
removedto the morgue about $1.25
in change was found in his clothes,
but search of his person and of the
tracks where his body was found
failed to reveal any trace of valu
able watch aud chain which he al
ways carried, and this fact has led
to suspicion of foul play.
Two brothers of the deceased, one
from Duluth and another from Wis
consin, arrived in the city Wednes-
day and took charge of the remains
of the unfortunate man.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
Louie Will Run For Justice.

Louis Finn, more efamiliarly known
on the iron ranges as "Cyclone Lou
the Bargain Giver," is a candidate
for the office of justice of the peace
in the new town of Gilbert.
Lou is hustler as salesman
and we predict he will make good
in his candidacy. He was at one
time municipal judge of the city of
Ashland, Wis, and should be quail
fed to hand out the proper yardage
to all deserving ones.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
Seek Lighting franchise.

o. H. Griggs, general manager
and J. A. Kennedy, superintendent
of the Virginia Light & Water com
pany, accompanied by Cashier
Britts of the FIRST National and Ed
itor Hannaford were Gilbert visit.
ors Monday evening. attendants al
the meeting of the village council
Of our new eastern neighbor, where
the two first named gentlemen look
ed after the interests of an ordln.
ance granting to the Gilbert Elec.
trio Company franchise for the
operation of a lighting, power and
heating plant. If this franchise is
secured it is understood to be the
intention of the promoters to con
meet and operate same from the
plant of the Virginia Light & Water
Company, in this city.
Should the franchise asked by
this company be granted day and
night circuit would be at the com
mand of Gilbert residents, placing
them at one bound on the same
plane with many of the older towns
Of the range, where similar serv
ice was acquired only after several
years of waiting.
That the new town of Gilbert is a
"comer" there can be little question
to those who study the industrial
activity of the new mining distric,
surrounding the place and who un.
derstand the enormous tonnage
contracts on which the royalty OF
some of the adjacent mines are bas.
ed, one underground property be
ing bound by its lease to forward
one million tons of ore annually for
period of fifteen years. And the
prediction that Gilbert will be a
city of five thousand souls within
three years is freely made and as
freely believed by those who meet
and become acquainted with the
optimistic, energetic class of young
hustlers who have cast their lor
with the new town and who are
making of the place, in it's pioneer
days, a model as regards substan
tial and permanent improvement
and cleanliness.
The new village is also apparent
ly blessed with set of officials wht
realize that they are not building
for day, and who are starting Gil
bert on the right road, ordinances
esta bIishing street grades and lev
els being among the measures pass
ed Monday evening. Similar meas
! ures we're overlooked in some of tn.
older towns until the business
streets were we'll built up, the dis
regard of any building line giving
the thoroughfares a ragged appear
ance against which the new villag.
guards.
The party made the trip over tn,
new Virginia Gilbert road, which il
a much used thoroughfare and up
on which the Virginia council viii
expend much money the coming
season, making of same first class
permanent road and placing US il
closer touch with the new indus
trial center which promises sucf
phenomenal growth.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
Rauoed Three Moves.

August Williams Tuesday morn
ing brought in the third wolf he
had killed within a week in the vi
cinity of the garbage ground, but a
mile distant from the business cen.
ter of the city.
Mr.. Williams got the animals in
trap, and the last brute brought in
although shot through the back OF
the head, showed eigns of life fo1
several hours after being brought
to the city.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
Hello UP AND ROBBED OF $4,000
John Si9el, Driver Of Mt. Iron Stage,
Claims to Have lost Roll That Way.

Ss~ssss'o ~ se~pv~ A~oS sS~Ss susSo& vS0yS
John Sigel, young man driving
the Virginia-Mou Iron stage line,
claims to have been held up and
robbed of about $500 at a lonely
spot in the road near the Waucotah
mine Tuesday evening, Sigel's story
being that two men did the job,
pounding him and relieving him of
the cash.
The money belonged TO Frank
LaSca, of Mount Iron. for whom ST.
gel had got the checks cashed dur
ing the afternoon at the American
Exchange Bank in this city.
Following the hold up Sigel drove
to Mount Iron where he reported
his loss, alleging that he was struck
and knocked senseless by the men
implicated in the robbery. Chief of
Police Walsh of this city was com
municated with and Immediately
went to Mount Iron, but failed to
meet with any suspicious charac-
ters or with any who had seen any
such enroute.
Chief Walsh reports that Sigel
bore no marks of violence, and that
at the place where the hold-up is
claimed TO have occurred no tracks
or signs of scnffie were found, a nd
seemingly has doubts of the story
as told unless additional proof is
forthcoming.
1t is said that the carrying of
large sums of money for business
men OF Mount Iron has been com
mon with the driver of this line
much greater sums having been
carried at times
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
Spoke to q Capacity House.

A capacity house greeted the Rev.
Father Cleary at the Roosevelt Aud
itorium Monday evening and liz.
tened with rapt attention to his ad.
dress upon "American Citizenship. .. y
His address was a masterful ef-
fort, full of eloquence and patriot.
ism, the ideal of citizenship being
painted in glowing and forceful
manner. :
Father Cleary ia one of the mos,
eminent platform lecturers of the
day, and his easy bearing and ex
preston has telling effect on an
audience.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
Wifi Strin the Ic0x.

The Drake & Stratton company
have been awarded the contract for
stripping the Troy mine, owned by
the Pickands-MatherC Co. Work on
the contract will be commenced at
once, equipment being placed on
the ground this week. The over
burden at this property is about 80
feet in depth.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
St. Paul's Church

Next Sunday at St. Paul's Church
there will be divine service at 1890
a. m. Morning prayer will be said
and the rector will preach. It is the
last Sunday before Lent. Every
body is welcomed.
On Ash Wednesday, February "a,
there will be celebration of the Holy
Communion at 1000 a. m.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19

awe 80
RICHNESS Of COL lof,fl0 CAMP
Ia Which b located tho Nevada Mae-
cot Mise Of tho Lake Ssperjee aad
Nevada Development Co@poay.
The United States Geological Sur.
vey, in it's official report on the min
eral resources of the United States,
in speaking of Esmerealda county,
Nevada, where the Nevada Naecot
mine, owned by the Lake Superior
4 Nevada Development Company
of Duluth, is located, has this to
say:
"Esmeralda county, Nevada, :111s
total output for the year Of s., ,2e3y3ls.
OF this $7!O36,15 in gold came from
the famous Goldfield camp. The
increase in production of THE camp
over the previous year was $3,14s.490.
The figures quoted chow q mark
ed increase in bullion product and
indicate material progress IN the
condition of the mineral industry
of the state. They may, however,
be questioned by many persons en-.
gagged in mining stock transactions
! who have led the public to believe
that millions of dollars are comiur
monthly from the mines in the new.
er camps. To those engaged in le.
gitimate mining enterprises, how
ever, who know the time required
to bring even the best of mines to
stage ofdevelopment where steady
and regular production may be ex.
pected, the showing is most satis-
factory. The grade of ore in some
mines has been remarkably high
considering the quantities shipped,
and az those shipments have been
published when the ore was hoisted
and sacked and again when actu-
ally shipped and still again when
returns were received exaggerated
ideas as to the weekly aud total out.
put Of certain prominent mines
prevail. Everything indicates L
still more marked increase. Over
35 per cent of the total yield in Ne
vada came from Goldfield. Much
very high grade ore was shipped,
but the average value of the ore
treated wac Sis per ton, of which
$116.S3 was gold and II cents silver"
That's what the sober, conserve
tive and absolutely reliable report
of the United States government
says of the production of the Cold
field district. These are facts that
cannot be disputed. Think of it;
all of the ore mined averaged $117.83
in gold to the tom,
:. The .Nevada Mascot" mine, own.
ed by the Lake Superior: and Neva.
da Development Compsnyis in this
district, and the company purposes
to open this property up on legiti-
mate mining lines in the near fu-
ture. The officers and engineera
believe it will make big producer.
Captain Isaacson, of Eveleth, told
you in the Enterprise last week all
about how rich the US. Grant mine
in Tuolomne county, CAL, also own
ed by the company is, and now the
company tells you of another prop.
erty it owns and let's you know what
the United States government OFF,
cials think of the territory where it
is situated.
The Lake Superior and Nevada
Development Company is engaged
in legitimate mining and every dol
lar received from stock sales will be
accounted for to the stockholders.
The books of the Company are al.
ways open to inspection.
If you want to try and make mon-
ey in mining, here is your oppor.
tunity. Read the advertisement on
another page of the Enterprise.
Lake Superior and Nevada Devel-
opment Company, 218 West Super.
ior St., Duluth, MINI.
k1sAAAAAnAS~ C..>-A>-..
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
Minneapolis Sympl,ooy Ouortett.

Minneapolis Symphony Quaetett.
The next number of the Lyceum
Course at the Roosevelt Auditorium
will be the Minneapolis Symphony
Quartet and Adelaide Pierce, con-
tralto.
Press comments from leading pa.
pers assure Virginians of a musical
treat in this mum ber.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19

The Orpheum gives the show
Virginia's popular playhouse.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
To Open Knox Mine.

According to reports the New
York State Steel Company, owners
of the Knox mine, adjoining the
Adriatic east of Aurora, prepare to
open the same and will place ma
chinery on the ground at once.
The Knox contains a large BODY
of high grade ore, and will be work
ed as an underground proposition.
1t is rumored that Capt. J. H. Pol
glase, who has been in charge of
development work at the Larkin,
will be, placed in charge of the new
property.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
SPLENDID CLASS OF SETTLERS
N0rtherO Minnesota Has Most STURDY
Class Of Pioneers to Be Found
ID the Northwest.

sturdy. lot OF settlers that you can
find anywhere in the northwest, and
l am acquainted with the territory
that am speaking about" said A.
c. Worrell, who makes the north
western territory for a large Chica-
go wholesale house, to a Duluth
Herald reporter.
Il have been travelling over the
northwest for the past fifteen years.
During that time have seen many
people come to various parts of the
northwest. The people in northern
Minnesota are a different class from
the rest of the people who have
come to the northwest in the time
that have been going over that
part of the country.
They are a sturdy lot of people
of the best class, and they have
come to the northern part of the
state despite the fact that many
people have told them that 1t is i'm
possible to make success in farm
ing in this part of the state. They
have come here to make a success
of their work, and from what 1 know
of the settlers in this part of the
state, there is a great agricultural
future ahead Of northern Minnesota.
"Down in Iowa and over in Wis
consin they have some of the best
farmers in the entire country. But
for sturdy character and determina-
tion to succeed they are not super
ior to the settlers that have come to
this part of the state. The charac-
rteristics of determination and char
acter are the dominant ones of the
settlers who have taken homesteads
in the extreme northern part of the
state. They have coutended with
many obstacles, yet very few of
these settlers have abandoned their
claims. Most of them have remain
ed to build homes in that part of
the state. The settlement of north
ern Minnesota will be very rapid in
my opinion, from now on, and 1
also believe that some of the best
settlers in the country will come to
this part of the state"
Business CompelIs New Buildioq.
r. L. Thompson, manager of the
New London Milling Company, of
Willmar, was in the city several
days during the week, a *guest at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Lis.
comb, looking after the range inter-
ests of his concern.
The range business of this COM
pany has shown a pleasing increase
and the business has grown to such
proportions as to demand enlarged
quarters, and during his visit to the
city Mr.. Thompson definitely decid-
ed upon the erection of structure
5Ox1OO. two stories and basement,
but will review figures before de.
Gliding whether the new building
will be frame or brick.
Mr.. Liscomb, under whose eff
cient management the local trade
has enjoyed 80 marked an increase,
has been advanced to the position
of range representative of the CON-
pany.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
COUNCIL EXTENDS PAJR0l LIMITS
Attorney Presents Ordnance For la'
soection of Meats and food.

spection Of Meats aad Food.
The council at its Tuesday even.
ing session passed the ordinance
providing for the extension of the
patrol limits to include the two
west Chestnut street blocks and the
plant of the Virginia Brewing Com.
pany, making it possible to legally
grant license to this company for
their brewery saloon.
In compliance with instructions
the city attorney submitted draft
of new ordinance providing for
the inspection of meats, fruits, veg.
etables and provisions. This ordin.
ance, which received it's first read.
ing, provides for inspection by the
health officer or inspector at least
once in each week.
An itemized statement submitted
by S. S. Williamson, accountant
showed unpaid city taxes approx.
mating $l94O0, which matter was
placed in the hands of the city clerl
with instructions to attend to same
L. NJ. Osborn, who owns the boat
house near the bridge, was granted
new lease of the cite for one year
paying ST therefor.
Responsive to letters to railroad
companies relative to providing
suitable platforms for the loading
of fire apparatus the clerk read sat.
isfactory responses from the D., NJ
& N, the D. & I. r. and the D., r. l.
& ". He read no reply from the
Great Northern.
A resolution accepting the city
engineers plat of block 43 was pass.
ed. The city attorney also explain.
ed to the council that, owing to a
technicality, it would be necessary
to make a fresh start on the appoint.
r11ent of a commission in condem.
nation proceedings on the portion
of this block desired for park pur-
poses, which was done, the same
appointees being named az were
named in a previous resolution COW
ering the point.
Five bids were submitted respou.
sive to call for furnishing the city
with 1000 feet of hose, the bid of the
Eureka Fire & Hose Manufacturing
Company for their Paragon brand,
at $1.OO per lineal foot being accept
ed. Other bidders were the Cleve-
land Rubber Works, the Southern
Fire Appliance Co., the Chicago Fire
Hose Co. and the Fabric Fire Hose
Co, by Is. G. Hilliard.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19

Have you got il? What7 The Or
pheum Habit.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19

Pay your taxes at the American
Exchange Bank.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-02-19
The q ElmuuiSt" Arrives.


The new No. fire steamer recent.
ly ordered by the city council from
the LaFrance Fire Engine Co. of
Lomira, New York, arrived in the
city yesterday and is beauty.
The new engine is named the
"Elmquist" in honor of Chairma n
Elmquist of the committee on fire
and fire department., a handsome
name plate embellishing the engine.
Another plate on the side of the en-.
glne contains the names of the
mayor and members of the council
and Fire Chief Thayer.
The new engine is bought under
guarantee of 900 gallons per min.
ute, and will be given an official
test after the arrival of the Eastman
deluge set ordered two weeks ago
This is the first fire engine on the
Minnesota ranges, and materially
increases the enviable lead held by
Virginia over other range towns in
the matter OF fire department equip.
ment.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-10-15
MONTANA NOTES.

Because he had been accused by
Patrick Shea, a miner, of having held
him up and robbed him of $50, Thomas
Griffin, aged 20, shot Shea twice
through the heart, killing him instantly
at Butte and escaped.
Martin, fireman, f. F. McKefrey
head brakeman and Mr.. Teeteers, en-
gineer, all living in Livingston, were
killed in a wreck on the Northern Pa
cifc at Silesia, on the Red Lodge
branch, Friday night Both engines
and Is coal cars were piled up in a
tangled mass Of wfeckage, tying up
traffic.
At an early hour Saturday morning
a large section of the mountain near
Adair, small station just west of the
st. Paul Pass tunnel on the Chicago,
Milwaukee g. Puget Sound railroad,
slipped, burying the track of the new
road for about 200 feet with 10 feet
of rocks, gravel and earth and effectu-
ally blocking traffic.
To reclaim tract of 10000 acres of
Teton county lands under provisions
OF the Carey act the state land board
las applied to the national government
for the segregation of 10000 acres.
Helena and Chouteau persons owning
the remainder have entered into an
agreement with the state, and the whole
will be reclaimed under one system of
reservoirs. Alex Mackenzie of North
Dakota, is one of the prime movers in
the large undertaking. The tract is to
be sold to settlers by the so-called gov
eminent lottery system of selection,
William Green of Bolton was ebewed
by a grizzly bear in Big Horn basin.
70 miles norTh of Midvale, recently.
Green was accompanied by Sam Brock
of Whitefish and stopped on the side
of a mountain to eat some huckleber.
res, when two grizzlies came out of
the brush and made for him. He killed
one, but before he could shoot the
other it was on him and chewed him
badly. Brock carried his wounded com-
PaniOn three miles to camp and then
went for assistance and carried him %
miles on hitter to the railroad sta
ton at Midvale, where he was put ON
q train and taken to Whitefish
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-10-15
RECORD REPORTED BAD.
]. M. Bennington of Ritzville, Wash
in Grip of the Law
for Forgery.

Joseph NJ. Bennington, the Ritzville
merchant charged with obtaining
money by false pretenses under cir
crmstances amounting to forgery, has
again been committed to the Spokane
county Jail, his bondsmen having
turned him over to the sheriff and
asked a release from their bonds.
Bennington, who was arrested while
or his way home from church October
{, is said to have been involved deeper
than his bondsmen at first thought
They went on his bonds for $4,000 on
each of two counts. Now he is charged
with a $4,000 forgery in Seattle and
one for $4,000 on the Baker and Boyer
National bank at Walla Walla.
Having discovered evidence of these
additional alleged forgeries his bonds
men asked permission to turn him
over to the sheriff.
Bennington, although a respected
citizen of Ritzville, has a long Grim
inal record, according to telegraph re-
ports. Besides the report of his hay,
ing been in the Oregon state prison,
word was received from Anamosa,
Iowa, that he had been a prisoner in
the penitentiary there for forgery,
from January IA, 1887, to September
"a, 1888.