The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-01-29
CLUBS ENO0XSE RANCE COURT MOVE


Justice OF kA0Do Oea,oaoG.
The meeting of the federation of
county clubs at Duluth on Friday
evening last bore beniiceut fruit in
the confederation of the proposed
bill for the establishment of court
of proper Jurisdiction on the range,
and even the members of the Du
luth bar and the Duluth press have
been forced to admit the validity of
the claims tor recognition made by
the range bar aud range CONNER.
cial clubs, the following resolution
being adopted at the County Club
meeting by unanimous vote:
"REso1vED, BY the Commercial
Clubs and other business Clubs of
St. Louis county, in convention as.
sembled, that we earnestly endorse
and urge thu efforts being made to
procure the establishment on the
iron ranges of St. Louis county, of a
Superior Court, Of independent,
equal and concurrent jurisdiction
with the District Court, and We de
clare it to be self-evideut to every
honest thinking person that it is
the right of the people ::on the iron
ranges to have such court estab-
lished.
"The fact that more than one-half
the law cases originating in St.
Louis county originate on the
ranges, and that more than three
tifths of the values of rights and
property litigated in the courts of
st. Louis county originate on the
ranges, and that the ranges and
territory contiguous thereto pay
more than three.t1fths of the taxes
of the county, and the fact that per-
sons interested in court proceed.
ings, and jurymen, and witnesses,
and attorneys who are directly con.
cerued in such litigation are, under
present arrangements of court, com.
PEELED to travel distance varying
from 40 to $50 miles to have their
legal business attended to, involv
ing great loss of time and expense,
conclusively ehow the need of such
a court and the great injustice of
present arrangements in court mat.
ters in this county, and the i'm mpora-
tive need of such a court az 10 here
in asked, in order that the people of
the iron range country may be re-
lieved of the gross nnfairness and
injustice of present arrangements;
and we appeal to- all persons who
are actuated by i1b5n,es, convictions;
and spirit of fairness to assist in
procuring such legislation az will
obviate the existing gross injustice
to this part of the county, which, in
a large sense. results in denying
this people fair and equal protec.
ton and to a denial of Justice,
which will only be defended or sup.
ported by those who are actuated
bv grossly selfish and unjust mo.
tives; aud we earnestly pray that
all reasonable efforts be put forth
to secure the esta blishment of an
independent court with equal and
concurrent jurisdiction to the dis
trict court. terms Of which shall be
held at Hibbipg. Virginia and Ely"
In the face Of the adoption of such
a resolution by the united CONNER.
cial bodies of the county, the antic
ipated antagonism to the proposi
ton of the people of Dulutl, aud of
large corporate interests centering
there had not the temerity to pre-.
sent itself in the open, and even the
press Of the Zenith City which has
always been manifestly unfair to
the ranges on any point which
might in any manner delract from
the assumed greatness of Duluth
are trying to hide the fange of envy
beneath eulogisms of the ranges
and the justice of our demands.
With the fading OF such open op-
position the committee in charge of
the bill for the creation of the pro
posed court should find the road to
a successful iesue of their mission
comparatively easy.
layme@'s Missionary Coefeeeace.
The Laymen's Missionary Move.