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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01
Notice of Trans fer of Liquor
License,

To THE PUBLIC:
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th
day of July. 1870 the undersigned will
sell his rights and privileges in Liquor
License No. 497, issued to Chas Oakman, by
the city council of the city of Virginia, Min
nesota. to Louis Cameron. and that on Tues
day, the 18th day of July, 1910, at O'Clock
p. M. the city council of the city of Virgin
Ia. Minnesota. will hear this notice read
and will either order or reject the transfer
ring of the above license to the party man,
cd In this notice or to some other reliable
party who will have filed with the city
clerk, on or before the above meeting,
surety bond in the sum of $1,000. running
to the state of Minnesota, according to the
laws of said state
The license is now held by the under
signed at the following location: The front
room, on the ground floor of that two story
brick building, No. 49, Chestnut street.
City of Virginia, Minnesota.
Dated at Virginia. MIMI, this 10th dav If
June, 1910. CHAs. OAKnAN.
Witness: -=EzS:r
ALBEIT E. BICKFORD, T.:
CORA HELSTROM.
Received this 30th day of June, 1910. ~-..
ALBEIT Is. BIcKFORD.
City CLERK. )
corporate oeaL) lis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01
Opens Law Offices in Karoa Block.

Sigvert S. Dahl, who recently re-
turned to the city from finishing
his law course at the University of
Minnesota. has secured office apart.
ments in the Karon Block and this
week opens Offices therein.
Mr.. Dahl is an all home product,
a graduate of the Virginia schools,
and is recognized as a young man
of ability who should make good in
his chosen profession.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01
Drowned in bog.hoIe at Commodore.

Hjalner Likso, aged u years, was
drowned in bog-hole formed by
the dump ground near the Com
modore at about 800 o'clock yester'
day afternoon, the body being re-
covered about 900 o'clock last even
ing.
At the time of the accident Likso
was swimming in the polo with
three companions, and was taken
with cramps sinking before assist
ance could be rendered. He was a
single man, having one brother in
this country, residing at Commod'
ore.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01
will Erect Fire-Proof Building.

The Cole & Mcdonald Company
on Tuesday concluded deal for the
purchase of the Hawkineon lot on
Maple street in the rear of their Of
fee building, and will shortly com.
mence the erection thereon of fire.
proof building for the storing of
blue-prints, drill cores, etc., which
are matters of great value to the
company.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01
NorWegian N. E.. Church.

Sunday School at $40 a. m. No
service at IL O'Clock. On Sunday
evening at 8 o'clock you will be en-
tertained by the Sunday School.
Come and hear the children's pro.
gram. On Wednesday evening the
weekly prayer meeting ats O'Clock.
AH,are welcome.
j %. RoHRsrAFF, Pastor. =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01

4S Chestnut street, city of Virginia. Minn
Said application will be heard and deter
mined by said city council of the city of
Virginia at meeting of said council to be
held at the council chamber in said city of
Virginia on Tuesday, the 18th day of July,
A. D. 1910. at o'clock D. m. of that day.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
city this Goth day of June, A. D. 1910.
ALBEIT E. BICKFORD,
City Clerk.
CORPORATE Seal.) 71a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01
NAY BUY VILLAGE OF MCKINLEY
Rumored Republic Iron & Steel Co. will
Thus Settle Right TO Mine the Ore
BODY al the Wills.

A persistent rumor, which cannot
be traced to a definite source, is to
the effect that the Republic Iron &
Steel Co., operators of the Wills
mine which includes the Mckinley
townsite, consider the purchase of
the surface rights and improve
ments as method of AMIGA bly, set
Ting all disputes as to the right of
the company to continue explora.
tory and mining work beneath the
TOWNSHIP as they may see fit.
In the course of exploratory and
development work the company is
claimed to have drifted beneath the
buildings on the townsite to an ex-
tent where alarm was felt by resi-
dents, resulting in an appeal to the
courts for restraining order pro-
hibiting further work. The CON-
pany disclaims having worked be.
meath the village to an extent war;
ranting alarm, but have refused
permission to residents to inspect
the underground workings.
It is stated exploratory work has
shown a larger body of ore than
was at first thought to exist on the
property, making the purchase of
the surface rights business prop
osition on the part of the company.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01
Graham. Young Co. Gets School Contract

The Graham-Young Company,
with Offices in this city and Hib-
bling, was, on Monday evening,
awarded the contract for the con-
struction of the handsome new
high school building to be erected
at Gilbert, at an estimated complet.
ed cost of approximately $l25,OW.
The bids submitted, FIVE in mum.
Der, ranged from that of the suc-
cessful firm, $751;, 1872, to that of the
Bailey Marsh Company for $95,s0O.
The building will be largely terra
Gotta, and the contractors are to be
bonded to have same complete and
in readiness for occupancy by Feb
ruary let, next. The outside dimen-
sions of the building will be 1OOx157
feet. one of the largest school struc-
lures on the iron ranges.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01
Stlll On Your Head 10 Rad En-.

In glancing over the Two Harbors
Iron.Port Advocate we note that a
number of advertisements are turn:
ed upside down. Evidently meant
to be catchy warm weather reading.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01

If you want cedar posts for fenc.
ing Of building nee F J. Hughes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-01

J o. RoHRsTAFF; Pastor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08
KEEP BABYS SKIN CLEAR

Few parents realize how many es-
Unable lives have been embittered
and social and business success pre-
vented by serious skin affections
which so often result from the neglect
Of minor eruptions in infancy and
childhood. With but little care and
the use of the proper emollients, baby's
skin and hair may be preserved, puri-
fed and beautified, minor eruptions
prevented from becoming chronic and
torturing, disfguring rashes, feelings,
irritations and chafngs dispelled.
To this end, nothing is so pure, SO
sweet, so speedily effective as the con-
slant use of Cuticura Soap, assisted.
when necessary, by Cuticura Ointment
Send TO Potter Drug & Chem. Corp,
sole proprietors, Boston. for their free
32-page Cuticura Book, telling all about
the care and treatment Of the skin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08
TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

knew how to account for it. To me
Mr.. Jameson was far less formidable
under my eyes, where l knew what he
was doing, than he was off in the city,
twisting circumstances and motives to
suit himself and learning what he
wished to know about events at Sun
nyside in some occult way. I was
glad enough to have him there, when
eXcitements began to come thick and
fast
A new element was about to enter
into affairs; Monday, or Tuesday at
the latest, would find DR.. Walker back
in his green and white house in the
village, and LOuise's attitude to him
in the immediate future would signi-
fly Halsey's happiness or wretched-
ness, as it might turn out. Then, too,
the return OF her mother would mean,
OF course that she would have to
leave us, and 1 had become greatly at
tached to her.
From the day Mr. Jameson came
to Sunnys1de. there was subtle
change in Gertrude's manner to me.
1t was elusive. difficult to ana,yze, but
1t was there. She was no longer frank
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08
CHAPTER XIX.
ConcerninQ Thomas,

Mr.. Jameson" | said, when we
found ourselves alone after dinner
that night, the inquest yesterday
seemed to me the merest recapitula.
ton of things that were already
known. 1t developed nothing new be-
yond that story of DR.. Stewards, and
that was volunteered"
An inquest is only a necessary for.
mality Miss Innes," he replied. "Un.
less crime is committed in the open
the inquest does nothing beyond get.
ting evidence from witnesses while
events are still in their minds. The
police step in later. You and | both
know how many important things
never TRANSFERRED. For instance: The
dead man had no key, and yet Miss
Gertrude testified to a fumbling at
the lock, and then the opening of the
door The piece of evidence you men
ton, DR.. Stewards story, is one of
those things we have to take cautious
ly; the doctor has a patient who
wears black and does not raise her
veil. Why, it is the typical mysteri-
GUS lady, Then the good doctor
comes across Arnold Armstrong. who
was a graceless scamp-de mortuis-
what's the rest of it?-and he is quar-
reling with a lady in black. Behold,
says the doctor, they are one and the
same"
(TO BE CONTINUED
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08

he put the new cooks trunk there last
night the wall was as smooth as this
This morning it's dug out, and there's
plaster on the cooks trunk Miss
Rachel, you can get a dozen detectives
and put one on every stair in the
house, and you'll never catch any
thing. There's some things you can't
handcuff"
Liddy was right. AS soon as | could
| went uD to the trunkroom. which
was directly over my bedroom. The
plan OF the upper story of the house
was like that of the second floor. in
| the main. One end. however, over
the east wing, had been left only roug
ly finished, the intention having been
to convert it into a ballroom at some
future time. The maids rooms. trunk
room, and various storerooms, includ-
ing large airy linen room, opened
from long corridor, like that on the
second floor. And in the trunkroom,
as Liddy had said, was a fresh break
In the plaster.
Not only in the plaster, but through
the lathing, the aperture extended. |
reached into the opening, and three
1eet away, perhaps, could touch the
bricks of the partition wall. For some
reason the architect in building the
house had left a space there that
| struck me, even in the surprise of the
| discovery, as an excellent place for a
connagratlon to gain Roadway.
You are sure the hole was not here
| yesterday" | asked Liddy whose ok.
preston was mixture of satisfaction
and alarm. In answer she pointed TO
the new cooks trunk-that necessary
| adjunct of the migratory domestic. The
top was covered with fine white plaster.
as was the floor. But there were no
large pieces of mortar lying around
no Dlts OF lathing. When | mentioned
this to Liddy she merely raised her
eyebrows. Being quite confident that
the gap was of unholy origin, she did
not concern herself with such trifes
as bit of mortar and lath. No doubt
they were even then heaped neatly
on gravestone in the Casanova
churchyard!
l brought Mr.. Jameson up to see
the hole in the wall, directly after
breakfast, His expression was very
odd when he looked at it, and the first
thing he did was to try to discover
what object, if any, such hole could
have. He got a piece of candle and
by enlarging the aperture a little was
able to examine what lay beyond. The
result was nil. The trunkroom. AL
though heated by steam heat. like the
rest of the house. boosted of fire
| place and mantel as well The OMEN
ing had been made between the fue
and the outer wall of the house. There
was revealed, however, on inspection.
only the brick Of the chimney on one
| side and the outer wall of the house
on the other; in depth the space ex-
tended only to the flooring. The
breach had been made about four feet
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08
On Some Ministers,

The worst O. these here shepherds
IS, my boy that they regularly turns
the heads of all the young ladies'
about here. Lord bless their little
hearts, they think it's all right, and
don't know no better; but they're the
victims O CANNON, Samivel they're
the victims O. CANNON. Nothin' else,
and wot aggregates me, Samivel is
to see EN- awastin' all their time and
labor in making clothes for copper-col-
ored people as don't want EN- and
taking no notice of flesh-colored Chris
tians as do. If I'd my way, Samivel,
I'd Just stick some O. these here lazy
shepherds behind a heavy wheel-bar-
row, and run 'em up and down a IA
inch plank all day. That 'ud shake
the nonsense out of 'em, If anythin'
vould.-Mr Weller. Quoted by Charles
Dickens.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08

with me, although / think her affec-
the change to the fact that | had for
hidden all communication with John
Bailey, and had refused to acknowl-
edge any engagement between the
two. Gertrude spent much of her
time wandering through the grounds,
or taking long cross-country walks.
Halsey played golf at the Country
club day after day, and after Louise
left, as she did the following week,
Mr.. Jameson and l were much to-
gether He played a fair game of crib
bage, but he cheated at solitaire.
The night the detective arrived.
Saturday, l had a talk with him.
told him of the experiences Louise
Armstrong had had the night before
on the circular staircase, and about
the man who had so frightened Rosie
on the drive. l saw that he thought
the information was important, and to
my suggestion that we put an addi-
tional lock on the east wing door he
opposed strong negative.
81 think it probable" he said, that
our visitor will be back again, and
the thing to do is to leave things ex-
actly as they are, to avoid rousing
suspicion. Then l can watch for at
least a part of each night and prob
ably Mr.. Innes will help us out.
would say as little to Thomas as pos
sible. The old man knows more than
he is willing to admit"
l suggested that Alex, the gardener,
would probably be willing to help, and
Mr.. Jameson undertook to make the
arrangement. For one night, how
ever, Mr.. Jameson preferred to watch
alone. Apparently nothing occurred.
The detective sat in absolute dark
ness on the lower step of the stairs,
doing, he said afterwards, now and
then. Nothing could pass him in
either direction, and the door in the
| morning remained as securely fast
ened as it had been the night before.
And yet one of the most ineXplicable
| occurrences of the whole affair took
place that very night.
morning with face as long as the
| moral law. She laid out my things as
| usual, but l missed her customary
| garrulousness. l was not RECALLED with
the new cooks extravaganza as to
| eggs, ana sSt, even fOrbore to mention
that Jameson" on whose arrival she
had looked with silent disfavor.
What's the matter, Liddy?" asked.
at last. Didn't you sleep last night"
mo, ma am" she said stifly.
Did you have two cups of coffee
at your dinner?" I inquired.
mo, man," Indignantly
I sat up and almost upset my hot
water-I always take cup of hot wa
ter with pinch of salt, before 1 get
up. IT. tones the stomach.
"Liddy Allen" / said, stop combing
! that switch and tell HE what is wrong
with you"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08
Drink in the Subarctics.

Writing on conditions in Labrador
DR.. Wilfrid T. Grenfell, the noted mis-
sionary physician of the coast, states,
"A careful study Of the health con-
ditions of the coast by the doctors of
our staff all these years has shown
that there is no need for liquor what
ever in these subarctic climates;
that, on the contrary, the first man
to go down in hard physical condi-
tons is almost always the drinking
man. Among men on the sea the
dangers from its use are enormously
enhanced"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08
Liddy heaved a sigh.

Liddy heaved a sigh.
Girl and woman" she said, I've
been with you 20 years, Miss Rachel,
through good temper and bad" the
idea! and what l have taken from
her in the way of sulks!-"but l guess
l can't stand it any longer. My trunk S
packed"
Who packed it," I asked, expecting
from her tone to be told she had
Weakened to find it done by some
ghostly hand.
81 did; Miss Rachel, you won't be-
lieve me when I tell you this house
is haunted. Who was it fell down the
clothes chute? Who was it scared
Miss Louise almost into her grave?"
I'm doing my best to find out" I
said. What in the world are you
driving att" She drew a long breath.
There is a hole in the trunkroom
wall, dug out since last night It's big
enough to put your head in, and the
plasters all over the place"
NONSENSE" 1 said. Plaster is al
ways falling"
But Liddy clenched that
Just ask Alex" she said when
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from the floor, and inside were all the
mis- bits of plaster. 1t had been
a methodical ghost.
1t was very much of a disappoint-
ment. l had expected a secret room,
at the very least, and l think even Mr.
Jameson had fancied he might at last
have clew to the mystery. There
was evidently nothing more to be dis
covered; Liddy reported that every
thing was serene among the servants,
and that none of them had been dis
turbed by the noise. The maddening
thing, however, was that the nightly
visitor had evidently more than one
way of gaining access to the house, and
we made arrangements to redouble
our vigilance as to windows and doors
that night.
Halsey was inclined to pooh-pooh
the whole affair. He said a break in
the plaster might have occurred
months ago and gone unnoticed, and
that the dust had probably been
stirred up the day before. After all,
we had to let it got at that, but we
put in an uncomfortable Sunday. Ger
trude went to church, and Halsey took
long walk in the morning. Louise
was able to sit up, and she allowed
Halsey and Liddy to assist her down
stairs late in the afternoon. The east
yeranda was shady, green with vines
and palms, cheerful with cushions and
lounging chairs. We put Louise in a
steamer chair, and she sat there
passively enough, her hands clasped
in her lap.
We were very silent. Halsey sat on
the rail with a pipe openly watching
Louise, as she looked broodingly
across the valley to the hills. There
was something battling in the girls
eyes; and gradually Halsey's boyish
features lost their glow at seeing her
about again, and settled into grim
lines. He was like his father just
then
We sat until late afternoon, Halsey
growing more and more moody Short
ly before six he got up and went into
the house. and in a few minutes he
came out and called me to the tele-
phone. 1t was Anna Whitcomb, in
town, and she kept me for 20 minutes,
telling me the children had had the
measles and how Nine Sweeny had
botched her new gown.
When | finished, Liddy was behind
me, her mouth a thin line
Il wish you would try to look cheer
full, Liddy," 1 groaned, your face
would sour milk" But Liddy seldom
replied to my gibes. She folded her
lips a little tighter
He called her up" she said oracu-
larly, he called her up, and asked her
to keep you at the telephone, so he
could talk to Miss Louise. A thank
less child is sharper than a serpent's
tooth"
Nonsense" l said brusquely. u
might have known enough to leave
them. It's long time since you and
l were in love, Liddy, and-we for
get"
Liddy shifted.
mo man ever made a fool of me-"
she replied virtuOusly.
Well, something did" I retorted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08
Leaders Of Temperance In the Army.

United States Secretary of War
Dickinson has recently followed the
example of Gen. Frederick Dent
Grant in publicly declaring himself
on the side of total abstinence. He
writes: q believe in everything that
encourages voluntary abstinence,
both within and without the army.
The man who abstains is better quail.
fed to be a useful and law-abiding
citizen and to promote his own hap
piness and that of his family ana
friends. One of the greatest burdens
upon our country is that of crime
which is the direct result of drink.
When the Romans achieved their
greatest success they were water
drinkers"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08
Not So Bad.

Nervous Lady-DOn't your expert.
ments brighten you terribly, profess
sor? l hear that your assistant met
with a horrible death by falling 1000
feet from a balloon.
Professor-Oh, that report was
greatly exaggerated.
Nervous Lady-EXaggerate How?
Professor-It wasn't much more
than $500 feet that he fell.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08
CHAPTER XvlI.-Continued.

you heard no other souud?" the
coroner asked. There was no one
with Mr. Armstrong when he ell
tered?"
ut was perfectly dark There were
no voices and l heard nothing There
was just the opening of the door. the
shot and the sound of somebody fall
ing"
Then, while you went through the
drawing room and upstairs to alarm
the household. the criminal, whoever
it was, could have escaped by the east
door,"
Yes"
Thank you. That will do"
| fatter myself that the coroner got
little enough out of me I saw MI
Jameson smiling to himself, and the
coroner gave me up, after a time. l
admitted I had found the body, said
had not known who it was until Mr..
Jarvis told me, and ended by looking
up at Barbara FitZhugh and saying
that in renting the house l had not
expected to be involved in any family
scandal At which she turned purple.
The verdict was that Arnold Arm
strong had met his death at the hands
of a parsOn or persons unknown, and
we prepared to leave. Barbara Fitz-
hugh hounced out without waiting to
speak to me, but Mr.. Harton came up,
as | knew he would
You have decided to give up the
house, | hope, Miss lines" he said.
Mrs Armstrong has wired me
again"
II am not going to give it up" l
maintained, until | understand some
things that are puzzling me. The day
that the murderer is discovered, l will
leave"
Then, judging by what l have
heard, you will be back in the city
very soon" he said. And l knew that
he suspected the discredited cashier
of the Traders bank.
Mr.. Jameson came up to me as l
was about to leave the coroners Of
zee.
How is your patient?" he asked
with his odd little smile.
81 have no patient" l replied,
startled
81 will put it in a different way,
then. How is Miss Armstrong;"
"She-she is doing very WELL" l
stammered.
Good" cheerfully. And our ghost?
Is it laid?"
"Mr. Jameson" I said suddenly, 81
wish you would come to Sunnyside
and spend a few days there. The
ghost is not laid. I want you to spend
one night at least watching the cir
cular staircase. The murder of Arnold
Armstrong was a beginning, not an
end"
He looked serious.
perhaps | can do it," he said. 81
have been doing something else, but
well, l will come out tonight"
We were very silent during the
trip back to Sunnyside. l watched
Gertrude closely and somewhat sadly.
To me there was one glaring flaw in
her story, and it seemed to stand out
for every one to see. Arnold Arm
strong had had no key, and yet she
said she had locked the east door. He
must have been admitted from within
the house; over and over l repeated it
to myself.
That night, as gently as I could,
told Louise the story of her step
brothers death. She sat in her big.
pillow-flled chair, and heard me
through without interruption. 1t was
clear that she was shocked beyond
words; if l had hoped to learn any
thing from her expression, l had
failed. She was as much in the dark
as we were.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-09-08
SameneSS.

There is a certain sameness about
natural scenery" said the man who
looks bored.
DO you mean to compare a mag
nifcent mountain with the broad ex-
panse of the sea-"
yes. Wherever you find a spot of
exceptional beauty somebody is sure
to decorate it with sardine tins and
biscuit boxes"