The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

:: GILBERT has one:of the most CON-
modious school buildings on the
range, but the growth of the new
town is shown by the fact that
already the school accommoda.
tons are being found too small.
HAVING finished his tour of ex
plantation relative to the manner in
which the tariff was revised with it's
friends, President Taft is again
down to business, one of his first
official acts being, the Promu'ga-
ton of the annual Thanksgiving
proclamation. Inasm,ich az tur
keys are not enumerated in the tar
ritt schedule, it is to be hoped the
citizens of this glorious tariff rid
den country may find something
on that date for which to be thank.
full.
The prospective formation of
new national party as the indirect
result of the tariff-,nsurgent up-
heaval in the republican ranks
might not. he bad thing for the
common people provided. of
course, the party would remain
party of the people instead of be.
coming political organization
whose leaders would emulate the
illustrious example of other parties
born for. the common veal but
which have bee ONE mere represent
tatives of the interests.
AT the January meeting of the
St. Louis Comfy Club it is under
stood the question of the proper
division of the money paid in
taxes by the various localities will
be one of the subjects under con-
sideration. Under the present sys.
tenn the range localities, which pay
some eighty percent of the taxes of
St. Louis county, receive but a
small percentage in return, and the
question will come before the body
on proposition to have all the tax
money collected returned to the
various localities paying same, in
stead of having the ranges con-
tinue to pay for street and road i'm.
provements inside the corporate
limits of Duluth, as exemplitied by
the action of the board of county
commissioners at their last meet.
ing in appropriating $500 for the
Germantown road Improvements
inside the Duluth boundary lines.
When the tax question is adjusted
to point where the ranges are rid
Of the Duluth imposed burden of
paying for highway and other i'm
provements in Duluth the people
of the ranges will doubtless have a
different feeling toward the recent
ly adopted slogan of the people OF
the county seat TO "Do 1t For Du
luth." Heretofore and under the
present system the people of that
lefty have and continue to do the
ranges for Duluth.
Awarded Gilbert Water Works Con.
tract.
The II. l.. Bartlett Co., of this city
was on Monday awarded the con-
tract for :. the inatal'atiop Of the
water works system At the new
town of Gilbert, the contract ap-
proximating $780,
Work on same has already com.
tnenced, some forty men being EN-.
ployed in excavating, and material
tor laying the mains has been or
dered and will b*. on the ground at
an early date.
4 Wise Idea.
The printers of the country have
done nobly toward enc ouraging
trading with the home merchants.
Now let's start something with the
end in view of encouraging patron
izing the home printer. - Grand
Rapids Independent.
Presbyterian Church.
Preaching services at lO:45 a. IN.
and 7:45 p. III. Sunday school at
noon. Junior {. r. AT 800 p. m.
Senior c +. at GAS Pm.
Thursday at 1000 a. III, Union
Thanksgiving services.
Scandinavian Mission Church.
Sunday services; Preaching at II
a. IN. and 7:45 p. m. Sunday School
at 9:45 a. M.
Wednesday, prayer meeting at 8
p. m. All are cordially invited.
REV. p. LINDH, 4l9 HemIock st.
Sunday at first N. E. Church.
IN IL