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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
To Promote Child Welfare

ceived from 900 parents who desire
measurements made of their children
to determine moral and physical de-
fects.
The department has not been long
enough organized to show results, and
it is not definitely known how it is to
be received by the child-welfare or
CARNATIONS Of the country, but from
the number of letters received lately
concerning it, DR.. Curtis thinks it will
leap into popularity at once.
Parents who have children with
physical or moral defects may have
them examined. Those who fear to
pass them into the hands of scientists
need only consult with the head Of
the department Of experimental dletet.
les.
It is planned to have every depart
ment 10 well organized that every
question pertaining to the child can
be adequately answered.
THE chief purpose of the organiza-
tion." said DR.. Curtis. "is to correlate
the work Of chila welfare institutions
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

The bureau of standards of the de-
partment of agriculture has before it a
duty nearly as important as that
which is being performed by the bu-
reau OF chemistry in insuring purity
IN foods. 1t is endeavoring to estab-
l1sh a system under which consumers
Will get packages of full size and full
weight 1t is said that the shortage
In flour delivered in jute bags avera.
ges four pounds to the barrel and that
purchasers Of cereal products in board
cartons do not get full weight It is
we'll known that bottles are smaller
than full pint and quart receptacles,
and the public has accepted the fact
as an eccentricity of trade; but the
establishment of standards may rem
edy the bottle shortage as we'll as the
shortage in weights in board cartons
holding breakfast and other foods.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
PREVENTING FOREST FIRES.

Forest fires spring up from innurner.
able causes, but they are usually tho
result of carelessness. Sometimes q
camping party neglects to put out its
campfire before leaving. Sometimes
match or cigarette or cigar starts
the blaze. Disastrous fires have been
caused by gun-wadding which fell
among dry leaves. No one in the
woods can exercise too great care in
the matter of preventing fires. The
chief damage done by them is not so
much to the matured timber as to the
young trees, to which we look for our
lumber supply in years to come. We
insist, and in this we are supported by
all who have made study of forestry,
that only through the exercise of wis
dom In the use and care of our forests
will it be possible to make our natural
~ matchless timberland permanently
productive. There is nothing about the
practice Of forestry that is difficult, or
mysterious, or in any manner beyond
the grasp Of the ordinary, everyday
mind. 1t does not mean circumscrlb-
ing or abbreviating the use of the
land. Far from It, On the other hand,
conservative, common-sensc lumber
ing, together with the protection of
the young growth from fires, will bring
about a steadily increasing output
from the forests. With cultivation
and care the yield of the forest in
creases and the quality of the product
improves in exactly the same way that
the value OF farm increases under
Intelligent cultivation and manage
ment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
Latest London Organization Has Nc
Visible MISUNDERSTANDING
Done Automatically.

London.-The latest London club Is
called the Five Hundred. Its formal
opening will take place on Ne"
Years day. Every member will be
known by a number. and the use OF
names will be forbidden. There will
be an electric tablet in an ante-cham'
Der. which will contain every men,
ber's number. On entering, each
member will be required to announce
himself by registering on the tablet,
which will display his number In the
clubrooms. On leaving. he viii go
through the same process.
No walters will be visible. The
members will serve themselves, pay
Ing for whatever they take. In the
case of drinks they will write their
requirements ON a piece Of paper and
drop It In q revolving desk. which win
turn Immediately with the required
drink. The members win b largely
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

Americans visiting China and noting
the tremendous resources and the
great population of that country, have
been accustomed to charge American
merchants and manufacturers with
lack of enterprise in failing to build
up big trade with the Flowery king.
dom. 1t appears, however, that the
establishment of a large trade with
China is no easy matter, and Amer
lean manufacturers and merchants are
not alone in this discovery. According
to Consul General Bergholz, at Can
ton, English and German tourists are
complaining Of the scant trade be-
tween their respective countries and
China, and the fact seems to be that
China Is not inclined toward foreign
trade.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
RAIDING EAGLE. FOUND DEAD
Last Of the Golden Variety In the
Black Hills Succumbs to Old
Age in Strange Nest.

Deadwood, S. D;-When the pio-
neers entered the Black Hills IS years
ago, golden eagles were as common
as English sparrows are at present,
but in the death of "Old Sentinel"
a few days ago, it is believed that the
birds became extinct.
Unlike eagles Of other sections of
the country, the golden eagles were
much larger, more fierce, swifter OF
flight and of a different color. Inc
feathers of the back were almost
jet black, the wings a light brown anu
the breast a golden yellow, hence the
name.
In the early days of the hills the
birds were so numerous that they
were a menace to the settlers. Ere
quently they would swoop down into
ranch lots, pick up lamb or small
pig and fly away to some crag. where
they would devour the catch, or carry
it to their young. Many stories are
told of golden eagles having attacked
small children.
"Old Sentinel had been one OF the
landmarks for more than quarter OF
a century During all of this time he
occupied the crest of one OF the high
est of the peaks of the Ragged Top
range. There, upon a shelf of rock.
1000 feet above the valley. "Old Sen
tinel" and his mate made their home
until about five years ago. when the
latter died.
After the death of his mate, "Old
Sentinel" made trips to the southern
and western hills, frequently being
absent for weeks. Many times he
was shot at, but he seemed to bear
a charmed life, for the bullet was
never cast that was to end his life.
Ernest N. Norman of the United
States land Office at Rapid City, came
here, determined, if possible, to cap
ture the golden eagle alive. He real
lied that "Old Sentinel was the last
of his race in the hills, and that In
his capture he would get prize we'll
worth the effort. Going out to the
Ragged Top range with a small party
of friends he was told that "old Sen
tinel" had not been seen in more tEa1
a month.
Mr.. Norman concluded that trip
to the lofty home of the eagle was
worth the trouble and climbed to the
top of the mountain. There, covering
a space more than 20 feet square.
were the bones of almost all kinds
of small domestic animals, lying about
in heaps. Not far away was the skull
of an infant, whitened and polished
by the storms of years. Bones that
were taken for those of the legs and
arms were also found, indicating that
perhaps the stories of "Old Sentinel"
and his mate carrying away children
were not wholly untrue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
Percentage Of Cases to Popula-
ton Exceeds Other Countries.
Conclusions Gathered by Statistician
at Cornell University Contain
Much Interesting Information
Regarding Legal Separation.

1tacha, N. Y.,-The average annual
number Of divorces in the United
States IL nearly twice as great as the
average annual number of any of the
countries from which statistics are
obta1nable, except Japan and AL
geria, and it is more than twice as
great as all other Christian countries
combined from which the census bur-
eau has been able to get records
These are some Of the conclusions
gathered by Walter F. Wilcox, pro.
lessor Of statistics and sociology at
Cornell university, consulting statis-
t1cian for the department of health.
and for years connected with the sta
t1st1cal division of the government
census bureau. Prof. Wilcox gather
ed some statistics for the 1nternation-
al Statistics institute, which met in
Paris recently, and has made them
public in his report In this country.
There is probably no country"
the professor writes, ITO which the
problem of divorce and separation is
of greater Importance than the United
States. For that reason more atten-
ton has been given to divorce by the
government of the United States than
by that of any other country.
An international table accompany
ing the report shows that Japan heads
the list of divorces, with 215 per 1O0.-
900 population. If Algeria is to be
counted, her records even exceed
Japan's, being 288, on the same ratio.
Next to these two is the United States,
with a ratio of divorces to population
of one-fourth that of Algeria, one
third that OF Japan and more than
twice that of Switzerland or Saxony.
Frsacc has %, and at the other
extreme, Mr.. Willcox's figures show,
is Ireland, with an annual average of
about one divorce to the 100000 popu-
lation.
In another table Prof. Wilcox com.
pares the divorces and separations
to the number of marriages, per
thousand, as follows: Algeria, 318;
Japan, 257; United States, 80: France,
81, with Paris Itself, SO: Switzerland,
A.: Austria but 8, but it's capital,
Vienna, 40; German empire, 20; Eng
land and Wales, 2.
In determining the probability OF
marriages ending in divorce in the
United States, Prof. Wilcox says:
1T seems fair to conclude that
between IS and 80 out of every 1000
marriages celebrated have ended in
a divorce, and as the divorce rate is
rapidly increasing, probably at least
eight out of every hundred marriages
contracted will end in divorce" The
professor also finds that the marriage
rate In this country is increasing, and
the divorce rate is more than keeping
pac~ with it.
The average number of persons
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

demonstrates that the innuence OF city
life in the Unite4 States il to delay
and. thus in so,pe measure to pre-
vent MARRIAGE: that this influences
among men is somewhat counteractS6
by the excess of women in the cities.
and upon women by the same in
fluence"
The western division of the United
States has had tho highest divorce
rate in the last forty years. The in
crease of divorce in the southern
states has been for more rapid than in
the northern. The average divorce
rate in the country has increased
threefold in forty years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
AGRICULTURE III FAR ALASKA
All Hardy Vegetables Can Be Grown
up to Arctic circie-Transporta.
ton Facilities Poor.

Washington.-The area of Alaska Is
SO great that the. United States gov.
eminent maintains five agricultural
experiment stations in the territory,
so situated that crops may be tested
under all the climatic conditions. Sit
ka, on the strip of coast projecting
southeast, has a fairly mild climate,
While the station at Rampant is close
to the Arctic sircle. G. c. Georgeson,
special agent in charge of all the sta
lions, In his annual report, recently
issued by. the United States depart
ment OF agriculture, declares unquali-
tiedly that alaska is an agricultural
country" that good hay can be pro-
duced lin any quantity" for winter
feeding, while the native grasses "can
maintain live stock in excellent condi-
ton in summer" He says, also, that
"potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, rhu-
barb, turnips, lettuce and, in short, al
the hardy vegetables, can be grown to
perfection up to and even within the
arctic circle, as has been proved by
thousands of settlers" But before
Alaska can be largely settled rail-
roads and wagon roads must be built
Under present conditions, he saysr
flew farmers can afford to go to Alas
ka with their families, live stock and
equipment" The expense of transpor-
tation would equal the cost of farm
in the States"
Abundant sunshine is essential fcr
good crops in Alaska In 1908 the
rainfall during the growing season at
Sitka was 1922 inches, against 24.76
inches the year before, and 1891
inches in 1906. The smaller rainfall
meant more sunshine and the result!
in 1908 was large crops of potatoes,
cabbage, caulitlower and various root
crops. The quality, also, was better.
Mr.. Georgeson believes that Alaska
has undeveloped resources sufficient
for the support of large population.
But there, as he says, mature is stern
and uncompromising and we must
submit to the conditions she imposes"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

The postmaster OF Washington has
conducted an investigation into the
character of the correspondence car.
ried on by means of the general deliv-
cry window at his office, and has dis
covered that of 1864 letters called for
by women in two days III bore flcti-
tlous names. In eight instances clan
destine correspondence was managed
in this way by girls under sixteen
years of age. The limiting of the use
Of the general delivery window by any
one person to 80 days is now proposed,
with view of furthering the interests
OF morality.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
SEA Fowl SHOT FAR INLAND
Indiana Hunter Brings Down a Bird
Hoosier Naturalists Cannot Find
Name For.

Anderson, Ind. - While hunting
ducks along Fall creek, near Ingalls,,
Sam Gray of that town shot a sea
fowl which local naturalists have not
yet been able to name. The bird is
white, with black spots on wings and
breast, and when standing erect would
measure about three feet tall. It is
thought that the fowl was driven out
of its course along some seaboard by
recent storms and that it had lost it's
way. 1t flew from a stretch of timber
near the edge of a corn field. Mr..
Gray will have the bird mounted and
exhibited in show window in this
city.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

farmer near Champaign, N. Y,
has dug up quantity Of gold coins,
supposed to have been buried when
the British army was encamped at
that place during the Burgoyne cam
paign which ended at Saratoga in
such complete disaster and in the sur
render of the British forces to the
Americans. 1t was a lucky find, Of
course, but it may be set down as q
safe rule that farmer is much more
likely to get wealth out of the soil in
the usual way than in seeking for
hidden treasure.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
COTTON HAS MENACE

the trees seldom exceed 20 feet IN
height
The trees have pinnate leaves and,
following the blossoms, which greatly
resemble the blossom of the American
cotton stalk, develop bolls much like
cotton boil. These bolls are filled
with fiber which closely resembles
real cotton fiber, except in the length.
The Mexicans have never attempted
to weave the fiber, but for ages they
have been using it for filling mat
tresses and pillows and they find that
it is superior to cotton, as it does not
gather into knots as cotton will do
when used as filler for pillows and
mattresses without elaborate prepare.
ton.
The bolls are cone shaped, like the
cotton boil, but are much larger, be-
ing four or five inches in length. The
Mexicans in gathering cotton pick the
bolls just before they are ripe enough
to open and drop their contents on the
ground. The bolls are dried until they
open and the lint can be removed. The
lint is then placed in a canvas and
failed. The seed readily drop out of
the lint and the fiber is gathered
ready for use.
Mr.. Cummins believes that he can
spin and weave the fiber into a fine
quality of cloth. He says the fiber is
stronger than the American cotton
and he believes the cloth will be more
lasting and durable. Even If he does
not succeed in spinning and weaving
the fiber he is certain that he can use
it as filler for mattresses and pillows
and in upholstery work.
There Is legend that the Indians
Of that region wore clothing Of fine
texture many years ago. Mr.. Cum.
Minis believes those Indians used the
fiber from this tree for weaving their
cloth. Pieces of cotton cloth have
been found in the caves in the Sierra
Madre country of northern Mexico by
explorers in recent years, but as cot.
ton is not natural product of that
region it has been mystery where
the cloth came from. For many thu
story of the cotton trees of Siualos
and Sonora solve this mystery.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

TEN and the only method of commu-
nication is with the fingers They are
small but interesting body. Nearly
every member is earning his living in
commerce and some are even traye,.
ers.
The landlady of the house in Tot
tenham court, where they have their
clubroom. describes them as the oui-
etest. gentlest tenants that a woman
could have.
I let them just one big ROOM" she
said, "and they have their meetfno.
and you would never know they were
there
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
Footprints Followed in Snow for
Over Twelve Miles.
Farmer Overtakes Bear After Long
Chase, and Now Pelts Of Five OF
Them, Worth at Least 500,
Hang on Side Of His Barn.

Wtll1amsport, Pa.-The first Novem-
Der tracking snow brought grief to a
colony of thieving bears in the Brobst
mountain district west of Trout run.
Frank Kinley, the loser of five sheep
during the fall months, and one of the
men who wants protection of the law
removed from the bear tribe, so that
farmers can wreak vengeance upon
the overgrown pests whenever they
set eyes on them, Is at least 500 bet
ter off than he was the day before the
unreasonable snow fell, for he has the
hides of five bears hanging up against
the end OF his barn to dry, these pelts
representing the jackets of the ami
mails which he feels sure are the ones
that raided his place and killed his
sheep.
Kinley, for three days before the
snowfall, had been picking apples,
hauling them to the cider mill and
drawing the barrels of cider back home
again. He wanted two barrels of the
cider to cure for winter, and these he
rolled onto the ground next the smok.
house, but within two rods of the back
part of the house. The next morning
one of these barrels of cider had been
rolled down the hill and one through
the fence.
There was evidence Of bears in the
soft earth of the road, for there was a
perfect network of tracks, though the
creatures had been unable to get the
bung of the barrel open; hence the
contents were safe. But Kinley vowed
he would catch the thief, so he set
steel trap close to the barrel and per-
mltted the latter to remain in the road.
But, unknown to Kinley, while he slept
soundly that night, snow began to
fall, and though the bears had re-
turned, they neither got into the trap
nor did they get the barrel open.
The next morning in the inch or
more Of snow Kinley had a glorious
opportunity to track the animals. He
first thought the tracks were only
those of two old bears and a pair of
cubs. He and his two boys began the
chase soon after daybreak, but it
was almost noon before they came to
the lair of the bears.
Once they came to where the bears
had lain in laurel thicket, but, as
though learning that they were being
pursued, they had resumed their
hike" this time bearing off as though
intending to make a circle of their
days journey. Upon discovering this
fact, Kinley himself started in direc-
ton that would take him to a point
cross-tracking the animals.
Once on the brow of a ridge where
he calculated the beasts would pass,
he hid himself behind a rock and wait
ed. He had been there hardly half
an hour when he heard a succession
of grunts, and,f squirting from his
cover, he beheld an old bear and two
cubs not rod away from him, and
heading right toward him. He cut
loose with his rife, and while he only
wounded the old bear, he succeeded in
making ten-strike on the cubs, and
each of these tumbled in his tracks.
In hardly a minute after the shoot
ing third cub put in an appearance,
and a shot fixed it.
Then Kinley concluded that the
other old bear was not far of and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
Club Run by Electricity

actors, artists and musicians. Fines
Will be imposed for violations of the
peculiar rules. The proceeds will be
devoted to paying for first night thea
ter tickets for members chosen by
vote.
The members called upon to attend
hrst night performances will be
obliged to 60 in the club costume.
which will be black F1orentine robe.
with red number.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

and especially to provide all workers
in these various fields who desire it
with the latest results OF scientific
child study that bear upon their work.
One of the most valuable features Of
the work will be to provide parents,
teachers and others who have the re-
sponsibility of the care of children
with the results of the scientific study
of children"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
Police Wireless Uutd<

New York.-A part Of the equipment
Of the new $4,000. 900 police he.do"""
tiers il to be 4 wireless telegram ont.
fit operated from the dome. Il :. s~
pected that branch stations viii he e.-
tabtlshed. not only in the outlying die.
tricts Of the city. but in counties nor.
remote. 10 that II wires fail commnnt.
cation may be maintained
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
MOST QUIET CLUB IN WORLD
National Deaf Organization In London
Wins Praise Of Landlady a
Model Tenants.

London.-The quietest club In the
world has held it, annual meeting
here. It IL known a. the Nationsi
Deaf club and IL composed entirely Of
members who have no other language
than that Of signs.
Hardly any have learned the lin IN.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

See that the name "Metchnikoff" Is
blown in the buttermi,k bottle. That
eminent cultivator of benevolent bacil-
II says that his imitators cannot guar.
antee longevity with every drink.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

Doubtless the savants are right who
aver that the clay female figure dis.
covered in the German cave represent
ed goddess, but on the other hand it
might have been the cave-owner's lit.
tie girls dolly, or carved portrait of
a favorite cook.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
Timber for Rockefeller,

Paris.-A dispatch from Al?ster
dam to the Eclair says John D. Rookie
Teller has purchased $4,000 pine trees,
costing over $4,000, from a nursery
man OF Cloud, a town in the south of
the Netherlands. Mr.. Rockefeller IN
tends to plant these trees in a park.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
Olive Trees Live Lone,

Olive trees have extraordinarily
long lives. In Syria recently have
been found some remarkably anciec&
olive trees whose ages are established
beyond question. A trust deed exists
which relates to an orchard covering
40 trees near Tripoli. Syria. tho trust
deed having been issued ~ yessv
ago. .-~ ..s s,.. T.. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

According to the Philadelphia Tele.
graph, many ministers and women
have applied to go with the New Jer.
sey deer hunt next week as chaplains
and nurses. AS hunting goes, this
sort Of thing has not come too soon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

: An Alsatian soldier In German
corps was sentenced to four months
imprisonment for sneezing while he
was being lectured. A German petty
military tyrant is not a person to be
sneezed at with impunity.