The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-13

DoN'T kick" because you are ask
ed to live up to the law IF the law
is wrong, change it. :'
THE new depot which supplants
the cracker. box which has done val
liant service for years at Wolf, nears
completion. A decided improve
ment. but the only proper improve
ment to the service would be the
making of Virginia the terminal
point for the through train. Under
the present schedule two-thirds of
the passenger list transfer at the
junction point.
MANY of our exchanges are "tak-
ing fall' out of the state fair man.
agement, because of the decision of
the management to give each Min
nesota publisher SIP advertising
contract at regular rates and "cut
out" the paste-boards which guar.
antee "free" admission at the turn
stile of the big show. So far as we
can see the proposition is o. X. We
fail to see why the Minnesota State
Fair should not be given the same
consideration as any other patron
OF the advertising columns of the
state press. But if the Fair man.
agement expects a column or two
of "readers" in the various publica.
tons without compensation they
will naturally be forced to take il
out in expectations. Under the
promised contract they will get
what they pay for, but the 'steen
dollars worth of boosters will be
noticeable By their absence.
THE Hibbing Commercial Club
has struck the keynote in move
ment for the bonding of st. Louis
county for half million dollars TO,
the building and improvement OF
county roads. \ more feasible
proposition for the rapid develop
ment of St. Louis county Was neve,
preached, inasmuch as good roads
are the prime necessity of any agri
cultural community. And at the
rate at which good roads have been
built in St. Louis County-outside
the immediate proximity to Duluth
during the past decade, our grand
children may en- Joy the convent
ences which properly belong tc
this generation. BY all means
push the idea, and push it sc
strongly that there will be no turn.
ing it down. But let it be first
distinctly understood as to how the
money is to be expended; leave this
to an unbiased commission who
will endeavor to help the settler in.
stead Of bending their energy tc
the task of helping some particular
community 10y building automobile
paths for thirty-fve miles in order
to divert the natural trend of trade
IN speaking Of the candidacy OF
Walter J. Smith for the state treas.
urership the Duluth News Tribune
of yesterday brought a smile to the
countenanCe of many not in direct
touch with the gang of political pi
rates who have worked overtime
for the past decade at their seIf.ap'
pointed task of ruling the political
bearings of St. Louis county, by the
statement that Mr.. Smiths candi.
dacy "was rather nervy undertak.
ing, not to say presurnptuous. Sc
far as known he did not take his
way via Duluth or any other place
What was his backing no one
seemed to know. Where the germ
of his ambition was incubated was
equally Mystery" Mr. Smith's"pre.
sumption" in daring to come before
the people without first obtaining
the sanction of any gang of politi.
cal outlaws is move which has
given him appreciate standing
among the rank and file of republi.
can voters, however, inasmuch as it
savors Of that political freedom on
which our government is allegedly
founded. And while the apparent
oversight of Mr.. Smith-either in.
entional or otherwise-in failing to
consult the self-appointed Duluth
powers before announcing his de-
sires has seemingly miffed tie gang
the apparent strength of his candi-
dacy has commanded such respect
from all sections of the state that
even the acknowledged organ of the
bunch feels constrained to close it's
expose of his "nervy undertaking"
by congratulating and commend
ing him to the people of Minnesota,
however reaching commentator
may or may not be from such a
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