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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
WANT COUNTY Gut IN TWO.
seat;@eat for the o;,;.;s. Of St. Louis
County Growing through. out the
Rasae-liib6i"q $eatimeot Ap-
pears to Favor MIe'";a for the
Cov0ty Seat.

NVOssey ~CO&o
The feeling that the county of St.
Louis should in the interests of the
northern part of the same and the
county generally be cut in half 10
growing in intensity every day aud
the matter of the, selection OF a
county seat is the hast important
part of the discussion, according to
the business men ofth city.
There appears to be feeling in
favor of the nomination of Virginia
as the county seat on account OF
the central nature of it's position
and the fact that it is more easily
reached by the railroads from all
parts of the state than Hibbing.
The generally expressed sentiment
is that it does not matter a little bit
which town obtains the honor of
the county seat but that the county
must be divided in the interests of
the range generally.
One prominent man had this to
saw in regard to the matter: I'VE
would have had the division long
ago if it had not been tor the
squabble in regard TO the location
of the county seat. This has past.
No one gives continental now
where the site NAV be; all we want
is the division in the general in.
terest of the range and we are go.
ing to get it."-Hibbing Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
4 Pen Picture.

The Eveleth Star of last issue con
tains the following pen picture o1
the principal business thorough
fare of our sister city, which is
vivid enough to remind Virginians
of the time they had paint.rocl
paving put on the main street a,
public expense that it might b<
hauled off another season at addi
tional expense:
"Grant avenue-does it not make
you sick to look at it? Isn't it thu
vilest, muddiest looking street tc
be found anywhere in modern civ.
ilization? What a shame, what a
disgrace to our city, what mud
hole to have to wade through. IL
it not enough to drive business to
other cities and towns?''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Baaqed the Whole Daroed flock.

The story goes of a party of Vir-
ginia hunters who left here a week
or more since for a trip to Kabto.
CANA lake, laden with provender
and accoutrements, including a
number of pneumatic decoys; of
how the party had arrived safely at
their destination, and after looking
over the ground with care and pre-
cision had decided upon about the
right spot to set out their flock of
decoys; OF how they afterwards be.
came lost and after rowing about
the lake for some time sighted the
floating bunch of beauties they had
set out from afar and after row.
ing carefully came within gun-shot
of the same, and proceeded to show
their ability as marksmen by pune
turing the rubber hides and sink.
ing the whole darned flock before
discovering their error.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
KiaQ.Whiti0Q NuptiaIs.

Miss Bessie Whiting. the popular
clerk of the Municipal Court of this
city. was on Saturday last united
in marriage to Mr.. George r. King
of Hibbing. an engineer in the EN-.
ploy OF the Oliver Iron Mining Co
the ceremony being performed in
the presence of immediate friends
by the Rev. G. p. Bates, of the
Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. King will continue hel
court duties for the winter. it being
the intention of the happy young
people to make their permanent
home in Hibbiug later.
Many friends extend congratu.
lations and best wishes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
70
Organize Protective Association.

G. c. Mclean, who has been IN
the city the past couple of weeks
interviewing our business fraterni-
ty relative to the organization of a
Protective Association, has met
with pleasing success and has Sc
cured a sufficient number of names
to guarantee the permancy of such
an organization, which will be per
fected at meeting of the men in
terested this evening.
In connection with the Protective
Association, which will keep the
merchant in touch with the finan-
cial standing of his patrons, Mr..
MCLEAN will open a collection
agency, which should, in this city,
furnish him with ample work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Court Grind IS On.

The October term of district
court for the range opened at the
city council chambers on Tuesday,
Judge Hughes presiding.
There were on the calendar up.
wards of sixty cases, aud in the
hearing OF the calendar the greater
proportion of these cases were set
for trial at Virginia, some twenty
of them being, by consent of attor.
neys, set for an adjourned session
at Hibbing.
The Virginia term promises to be
a lengthy one, inasna uch as several
of the cases will necessitate the in.
PRODUCTION of much testimony.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

The Johnson Memorial Fund
continues to grow slowly, the list
at 1900 o'clock today showing the
following contributors:
G. B. Lenont. A. c. Osborn, A.
kellar, Julius Shanedling, E. c. A,
Johnson, o. f. Moilan. O. A. Poir.
ier, J. w. Murphy, A. N. Thompson,
N. Boylan, D. w. Elmquist. Lafay.
cite Bliss, George F. Shea, A. w.
Norton; Marcus Norton, Chas. S.
Norton, w. f. Hannaford, Louis NJ.
Osborn, Adelbert Trotter, Victor
Nelson, Ebert l. Hannaford, S. c.
Hohmann, Tno. Costin, Jr, J. r.
krogdahl, w. r. Byrne, b. F. Pear.
son. D. f. Cuppernull, D. f. Shea,
Landrigan & Darcy, Alexander
Reid, William Rooney, DR.. NJ. F.
Guidinger. y;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Sold lalVark Cloar Co.

William Swenby, proprietor OF
the LaNark Cigar Co., on Saturday
closed a deal tor the sale of the
business to Peter NJ. Primeau, OF
Davenport, Iowa, who will con:
tinue the business under the same
name, removing the plant from
Walnut street to a new location al
the corner of Cleveland and Beech.
Mr.. Swenby and family will re.
main in the city for time, at least
Mr.. Swenby figuring on having a
well.earned vacation for a few
weeks during the hunting season.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Best Town Met With In His travels.

~~s '~''"s WV VsSss ~ sUo - 0VVUSs
J. ]. Beatty, a pioneer Virginian
and who has the distinction of be.
ing the first man 10 place an order
for commercial printing with the
Enterprise when it opened for bust.
ness in February, 1893, but who has
since drifted away from the Mesaba
and has made good in other fields,
was in the city over Sunday for a
brief visit with former friends.
Mr.. Beatty is at present located at
Yerrington, Nevada, near which
point he has large copper and gold
mining propositions which assures
him of a prosperous future. He
also owns a new townsite which
will soon be placed on the market
in the heart of the mining district
in which his chief interests lie, to
be known as Morning Star, and
says he would be pleased to have
the Enterprise scribe come out and
start a paper in the new town as he
knows a man who can lay the
foundation for a building in two
feet of snow with the thermometer
forty below can do business in the
west.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
GET-TO6ETnfR SPIRIT MAKES 4 LIVE
TOWN.
Recent Number Of Trade Applies With
Peculiar fitness to VirQioia.

PeCUlide fitness 10 VHql0s0.
The current number of Trade, a
leading merchants journal, con.
tains an article on "What Makes a
Town." which hits the situation in
this city squareiy on the he ad
The article is quoted herewith:
"What makes town, anyway? Is
it the wealth evidenced by fine
homes and splendid store build.
ings: This may attest the stability
and thrift of certain people, but
they offer no great inducements to
commercial and moral progress.
Is it the spirit of good order and
law observance: That is factor
only. The sleepiest old hamlets
that dot the map have this spirit in
rank abundance. Ia it the schools
and churches: May their number
ever increase, but they don't make a
town-they only culture it. Is it
the geographical location, the
character of the country surround
ing, the shipping facilities, the
natural advantages!
"None of these are essentials.
Well, what is it that makes town,
anyway: Just one thing-the unity
of the people, the existence of
common bond which causes busi-
ness and social enemies to put
aside all differences when it comes
to boosting the town. No town
ever made real progress on the way
to substantial success without the
get together spirit unanimously
adopted. 1t has rejuvenated old
huiks of towns that were yawning
their way into endless sleep. 1t
has infused new life blood into the
heart of commercial life and made
thriving cities out of paralytic vii.
lagos. Natural advantages count
for much and prosperity cannot be
built on shifting sand, bu, any
town with half a chance can be
made to grow and expand and thrive
when its citizens join with accord
in the boosting program"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Cedar Island Nliaiao Co.

A company has been formed at
Eveleth for the purpose of explor.
ing and developing the famous
Shea homestead lands, adjoining
the big Fayal, which have been in
litigation 80 many years.
The officers of the new COMPANY
are Neil McInnis, president, w. +
Smith vice'president aud r. N
Morrison. treasurer. The company
is capitalized at $4,000, and will
place stock on the. market at 81 q
per share.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
The Court Moved.

Owing to the remodeling of the
city hall building and the use OF
the council chamber by the die
trict court, the municipal court on
Tuesday moved into temporary
quarters in the I. o. O. F. hall in
the Hawkinsou Block, where Judge
Carey is handing out the usual
ones to the breakers OF the law as il
ia written.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
nibbioo viii Have Creamery,

r. NJ, Pritchard on Tuesday
closed deal tor the purchase Of
80 acres OF land near Hibbing for
the purpose of erecting creamery,
to be built on the most approved
modern plans.
The opening of creamery will
do much toward making of the
district a dairy section, tending to
bring the land into its proper use.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
AlUCKY WRECK ON Tue W,NNePEG.
Flyer Leaves Track, Coaches Being
Turaed Over. But Nobodv Injured.

What tuay be jotted down as one
of the most miraculous escapes of
hundreds of passengers from death
or injury is recorded in wreck on
the south-bound Winnipeg Flyer
on the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Win
nipeg on Monday morning, when
the rear wheels of the engine left
the track through spreading rails,
throwing the baggage. smoker and
two coaches into the ditch, nobody
being injured.
Engineer Mccarthy was hitting
the ball to keep apace with the
schedule time of about forty miles
per hour set for the train, at a spot
some six miles north of Cook, when
he felt the sudden bump of the
wheels as they left the track and
realized the danger. Sticking to
his post he threw the emergency
brake and brought the train to a
stop within it's length, the front
wheels of the last sleeper only
leaving the track.
Hastily leaving his engine he
made his way through the slough
into the coaches, which were lying
on their sides at an angle of about
forty.five degrees, and was happily
surprised to find naught worse
than bad mix up among the oc-
cupants OF the well-fiiled coaches,
no injuries resulting.
The train makes good time under
the schedule, and the track is con.
stantly undergoing improvement,
looking toward the safety of the
passengers and workmen, and it is
anticipated that even better run.
ming time on the line will be in
stituted another season.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Followed His Last Section Line.

The RENAME of Michael Cassiday
an old'time~ cruiser, were brought
to the city Monday from Pelican
Lake. near which place his lifeless
body had been found: From indi.
cations it would appear the man
had been dead some three or four
weeks, and it ia generally accred.
tied that he lost his life through
exposure during the heavy storm
early in the month. The deceased
was about 20 years of age, and
single.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
4 Pleasant Rejection,

Rev. Wilcox. newly appointed
pastor at the n. E. Church. and his
estimable wife, were rendered a
pleasant reception at the church
parlors on Tuesday evening, some
two hundred being present to ex-
tend welcome.
A short program was rendered,
and light luncheon was served by
the ladies,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
New Manager Mesaba Telephooe Co

F. E. Lister, district manage, Of
the Meaaba Telephone Co., was in
the city Tuesday accompanied by
+. H. Hotchkiss, who comes from
Connecticut, and who will succeed
c. NJ. Godfrey as local manager OF
the company.
Mr.. Godfrey rendered his resig,
nation some since in order to &C.
cept of position on the Virginia
Fire Department. having entered
upon his new duties on Octobe,
IL tn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
for Sale.

Bids will be received for the next
four or five days for the six room
house on Spruce Street. located on
Lots 5 and 6 of Block IS, Virginia
proper.
The parties purchasing this
house will have to remove the
came. Cali on or write
C.E. HENDRICK.
2l3 Spruce St., Virginia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Called to -Chin,oey fire.

The fire team responded to a
hurry up call from Lake Boulevard
Tuesday afternoon, the cause being
a chimney FIRE at the home of Capt.
Alfred Martin. But little damage
Vas done by the inc,pient blaze.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

Que to the tjoQesty OF the Commis.
sion.
st. Louis County Is to be con.
graduated. She started to build a
new court house with one million
dollars. The job is complete and
there Ia $4,000 left. This don't
sound just right, but it is true
Two Harbors Journal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20
Minot Has Natural Gas!
Ga. Well Struck the Fair Grounds Monday Afternoon
at Depth Of III Feet-Well Shows Capacity
1900, 900 Cubic Feet a Day-Wl Mean
Great Things For Minot if Well
Pans Out All Right

Gas, the real article, was struck at
the Fair grounds, a mile south of the
city Monday afternoon about three
O'Clock at a depth of 1T feet. The
drillers encountered the gas sand, a
dark green substance at that depth,
but it was not until they had drilled
10, depth of 1875 feet that gas was
found in considerable quantities. Mr..
O. S. Johnson, President of the Great
Northern Gas, Oil and Pipe Line Co.
came at once to this city in his auto,
and took representative of the In
dependent to the well. Several others
arrived within few minutes, and all
afternoon long string of autos,
Jacks and other vehicles brot curious
spectators to the scene. When we
arrived, the bit was taken from the
casiug, and the gas came out in
spurts, making a loud Kissing sound.
The gas, a dark blue color could be
seen easily One of the spectators
placed his hat over the top of the
casing, and it was carried into the
air several feet. No effort was made
Monday afternoon to burn the gas, be-
cause the proper fittings had not been
placed on the casing. The smell of
the gas was easily detected several
feet away from the pipe. The drillers
soon drove another length of casing
into the well and proceeded to drill
thru the gas sand yet that afternoon.
This well was drilled on the north
end of the fair grounds. just ten feet
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

northeast of the old we'll that was
drilled two years ago. At the time
that the old we'll was drilled, the
workmen at the same depth, encount-
cred gas, which spouted out, making
great noise and sending mud, sand
and water away out of the hole. At
that time, it was reported that gas
had been found, but as the drllers
have never had any experience with
it, they allowed the wafer to run in
Oh the sand destroying the gas. The
drllers at this time are more careful
and will preserve what gas is found.
Mr.. Johnson has been confident right
along that gas would be found, and if
it is only in paying quantities, Minot
will have cause for great rejoicing.
The result will be watched with great
interest
The gas we'll is proving to be a
better proposition than was at first
anticipated and as the drill goes In
to the sand, the pressure seems TO
be increasing steadily. 1t is asserted
by Mr. Johnson that the we'll already
shows capacity of million cubic
feet a day, with excellent chances of
being double this amount. No one
can tell at this time, just how strong
the flow of gas really is. The gas
has been tested and found to burn.
There are traces OF greenish oil,
found in the water taken from the
vicinity of the sand.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

Former City Auditor Poe of Will
liston is charged with the embezzle-
ment Of municipal funds which he
had in his hands The defalcation is
least Judge Goss, who ordered Poe's
arrest stated in his order that there
was reason to believe from the hur-
ried examination of the books and
records Of that city, that the former
auditor was guilty of embezzling this
amount. and ordered that Poe be
taken in charge and tried at the May
term of court. Judge Goss sitting as
= magistrate heard the evidence
against him, and bound him over to
district court under $1,000, which
was Immediately furnished by E. J.
Hagen, N. B. Mayes, II. 3. Field, A.
e. Field, A. H. Brown, A. J. Field,
Sonaca Brown and Jud Pettus,
The arrest was made by Chief of
Police Art McGahey, and Poe did not
seem surprised. In fact it was ex-
nected for some days that the arrest
would be made, but owing to the
Intimacy existing between the states
attorney Braatlein and Poe, the at
t0rney was not disposed to go ahead
with the case, and owing to this in
dmacy existing Judge Goss appoint
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20
Big Ware. ..,~ j. 49, .
House Filled

The j. B. Reed Transfer Co. is do
ing the biggest business in it's his
tory, seven drays being in use all of
the time. Fourteen men are now en-
ployed. This concern handled a
hundred pianos last month. The ware
houseon the Great Northern was
filled in remarkably short time, and
now there are 100000 worth of
goods in the big building. This in
cludes several cars of canned goods,
a car of vinegar besides many other
classes of goods. Mr.. Reed is plan
ming to build basement under the
entire building, for his apple bust
ness. which he pays considerable at
tention to, during the winter months.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20
Poe Arrested On Two Charges
Former City Auditor at Wiiston Siad to be Short Not
Only With Citys Money, But With County
Funds as Well

ed Atty. Bessie to prosecute the case.
City Atty E. A. Palmer is also inter-
ested in the prosecution. Assistant
Attorney General Alfred Zuger from
Bismarck is at Willlstoh to assist
in the prosecution.
Poe is represented by Col. Dank
Greenleaf of Minot, who at the hear
ing made no effort to introduce any
testimony in the behalf of the defend
ant.
Poe was arrested a second time
charged with the embezzlement of
county funds, handled by him while
he was Justice of the Pe'ce. He was
released on $500 bonds, furnished by
E. N. Disney and NJ. A. Olsen.
1t will be remembered that Poe was
arrested in Minot by Chief of Police
Hyland, but upon learning that there
was no warrant for him at Williston,
he was released.
A good many pages of the auditors
books were recently torn from the
books at Williston but were found
burned in the cindera. near the Great
Northern tracks. They have been
returned and a special examiner was
able to detect shortage in Poes
accounts, it is alleged.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

From this time on, Mayor Clark
announces that he will sign no war
rants unless there be money in the
funds on which those warrants are
drawn, to cover the same. AS the
wafer works fund il about the only
one that is not over drawn, the city
employees are wondering where they
are going to get paid for their SER
vices The firemen will be unable to
draw any salaries, the official printer
will have to whistle for his pay and
nhe mayor himself will have to get
along without that fifty per month.
The mayor states that in the spirit Of
the law, we are already under the
commission system and he is virtual
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20
Mayor Will Sign
No More Warrants
Positively Asserts that Unless There Money in the Funds
He Will Refuse to Sign Warrants-Ciy Employees
are Set to Thinking

ly the president of the commission,
and each alderman a commissioner.
This being the case, the mayor con-
siders it misdemeanor to sign war;
rants on funds which are over drawn
and he will no doubt stick to his
statement. This comm .ssion bust
ness may be all righy IN time, but as
one of the firemen said, even the par
rot is swearing because the fremen
have no money with which to buy
poor Poll a cracker. Guess we will
all have to donate our services for
while for the good of tho cause or
accept certificates, which may be
paid when there is sufficient funds in
the treasury.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

Commissioner Abbott is putting in
460 acres of crop on his Bowbells
farm. He had seeded 1870 acres by
last Saturday night, and will COM
plete the seeding by the end Of next
week.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

L. B. Pendroy the district game
warden from Towner, was in Minot
that he has not yet appointed all of
his deputies. He is more than
pleased with the manner in which
everybody is cooperating with him,
in the matter of seeing that the game
laws are respected, aid there is real
ly very little illegal shooting in this
part of the state.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20
Must Invest In Three Baby Buggies

will have to invest in three baby car
riages, one for the north side, one
for the south side and one to keep on
top of the viaduct. Some years ago
the Great Northern had practically
its own way in Minot and closed up
Main street, which never can be
opened again. We see only too late
the folly of the matter.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

The Anne street viaduct will soon
be completed and it is not going to
entirely satisfy the residents of the
north side. There are just forty-two
steps at the south approach and
about the same number at the north
one. The bridge is not beautiful ar
chitecturally. A woman with a small
child who wishes to come over town
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

The ball game between Burlington
and Minot Friday evening cost James
Johnson Just five dollars. Mr.. john
son promised the Burlington team
five dollars for every score that they
made in their game with the Magic
ians and as the game was II to in
favor of Minot, he got off rather
cheap.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

A. Skeoch is reported slightly bet
Ger. He has been ill for ten weeks
nf typhoid fever, and will be some
weeks yet before he will be about,
under the most favorable circum-
stances.