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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-20
PARK BOARD MAKES IMPROVEMENTS
Awards Contract for Installation of
White Way, to Be Complete
Within S;xtv Dave

Within Sixty DAYS.
The Virginia Park Board, at a
special meeting held at the City
Hall Friday evening, reorganized by
reason of the resignation of former
president Costin and Mr.. Henning
Erickson was elected president, W.
J. Schulze vice-president and O. A.
Poirier secretary of the Board.
The Board Wednesday accepted
bids for the installation of electric
lights for a white way along Chest.
nut street and are taking all neces
sary steps for the prompt installa.
ton of this improvement which will
make the main street a very attrac-
tive one and be in keeping with the
other improvements being made.
All telephone posts are being re-
moved from Chestnut street and the
appearance of the white way when
completed will be excellent.
The bid of the Tritchler Electric
Co. for the installation of the svs-
tenn, comprising fifty five light
standards, for the sum of $4,000,
was accepted, this bid being the
lowest submitted, and under the
terms of the contract the work is to
be complete within sixty days, but
every effort will be made to have
the system complete by July 4th.
The standard selected is a product
of the Flour City Ornamental Iron
Works, weighing 100 pounds each.
"A sample of these standards is now
to be seen in the rear of the First
National Bank building and ELECTS
general approval. They will be set
at equal distances of 90 feet apart.
the corner lights to be several feet
inside the lot line.
The Park Board have large
amount of work under way; trees
are being planted on many streets
and avenues of the city and the road
ways are being narrowed and grass
plots constructed along either side,
and when the curbing and paving,
now under course of construction.
are completed, the streets will be
improved in usefulness and
The land secured from the Oliver
Iron Mining Company west of the
city has been cleared, rustic walks,
swings and other couveniences are
being constructed, and the clearing
covers over ten acres with natural
trees throughout and this land will
be used largely by Virginians dur
ing the summer for picnics, and
play grounds will be arranged for
the children which will be an at
tractive addition to the park system.
The Park Board has also SUPER
vision of planting of shrubbery and
lawns about the city hall
and public buildings and the Vir
ginia residents appreciate these i'm.
provements and realize that in a
short time the appearance of the
city will be greatly improved
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-20
Notice of Application for
Liquor License.

State of Minnesota. County of St. Louis,
Village of Iron Jet. SIS.
Notice is hereby given, that application
has been made in writing to the council of
said Village of Iron Jet. and filed in NV
office, praying for license to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors for the term of one year COM
mencing on June First, 1910, and terminal
ing on 3lst of May, 1911, by the following
person and at the following place as stated
in said application, respectively. to-wit:
LAWRENCE A. NITKA,
Front room ground floor of the two story
frame building situated on Lot 5. Block L,
Village of Iron Jet.
Said application will be heard and de-
termined by said council of the Village of
Iron Jet. at the Recorders Office in the said
village of Iron Jet, in St. Louis County,
and State of Minnesota, on Saturday the
18th day of May, 1910, at O'Clock p. 1n,
of that day.
Witness my hand and seal of Recorder
this 9th day of May. 1910.
T.. YOUNG,
Recorder.
(Corporate Seal.) 5-l327
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-20
Notice for Publication.

Department Of the Interior, o. S. Land Office
at Duluth, Mimi, May 9. 1910.
Notice is hereby given that Kust Rankila,
OF Virginia. MIMI. who, on July Is. 1904.
made b. E. No. 2O6o3, Serial No. 0468O, for Lots
lands. Sections. Township59, Range 1s. W.4P.
Meridian, has fled notice of intention to make
Final five year proof. to establish claim to
the land above described, before Otto A.
Poirier. o. s. Commissioner, at Virginia.
him.. on the 3rd dav Of August. 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John Heinonen, of Virginia, Mimi.
Frank Toivonen, of 8"
Leo Mattson, of
Victor Kauponen, of !"
CHARLES E. HARTMAH,
6-lS 6-l7. ,-... Register.
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N. w. 4. Dance.

Virginia Camp No. 1855, Modern
Woodmen of America, will give
supper and dance at North Pole Hall
on Tuesday evening, May 31st. to
which a cordial invitation is extend
ed. The proceeds will be used in
the purchase of uniforms for the
Foresters, tickets being placed at
50 cents.
Good music will be in attendance,
and it is hoped all who would enjoy
an evening of pleasure may be there.
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corporate Seal.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-20
Six Hundred New Books.

There will be 600 new books plac
ed in circulation at the Virginia
Public Library within the next
week, the addition consisting of one.
fourth general literature, one. fourth
fiction and one-half children's
books.
The Library facilities are also
further improved by adding a fine
collection of reference books and
by the binding of twenty.f files
of standard magazines.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-20
German [ lutheran Services.

German Lutheran services will be
conducted in the Swedish Lutheran
church on Sunday next, at 1000
o'clock a. m. Topic of serman, 1.-THE
Holy Spirit" Friends invited to at
tend. WIN. GREVE, Pastor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-20
Norwegian Methodist Church.

Morning service at HOO o'clock a.
m. Evening service at 7:45 D. m,
Midweek prayer meeting on Wed
nesday evening. Sunday School
every Sunday at 9:45 a. m.
All are welcomes!
Iyouare stranger in town, come
and worship with US.
O. ROHRsTAFF, Pastor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-20
Club Dance.

Invitations are out for a dancing
party under the auspices of the Vir-
GINA Club at the Fay Opera on
Thursday evening next, May Goth.
LaBrosse's Orchestra, Duluth, will
be in attendance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-20

Sunday, May 22ud, evening SER
vice at 7:45. Subject, THE Most Hon.
orable Manner of ALL" All who un-
derstand the Swedish language are
cordially invited to attend this spec.
ial service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20

the shipments to the non-condguous terri
tories. and relate both to automobiles
and parts thereof sent out OF the country.
Meantime, importations of foreign-buiit
automobiles have decreased. In 1906. the
earliest calendar year for which details
are available the total imports of auto
mobiles and parts thereon aggregated fve
million dollars, but since that time have
fallen to four millions in 1907. three mil
lions In 1908 and four millions In 1903. In
the four-year period. l906-19O9. inclusive.
imports or automobiles aggregated SIX
teen millions. and domestic exports
twenty-five million dollars, an excess oi
exports over imports OF nine million DOL
lars of which excess five million dollars
developed in the calendar year just ended
France, Italy. Germany and the United
Kingdom are the chief sources of the au-
tomobiles imported into the United
states. OF the importations of 1909. val
ued at S3O11 .O02. France is credited with
81 so, 900: Italy. $689.454: Germany. 1871.
o33. and the United Kingdom. 1923. 3sS
France leads the world as an exporter
of automobiles. with the United states
second. Statistics compiled from the
official publications OF the countries
named show that the exports of vehicles
of this class in the latest year for which
I'm 1908, s24 500. 600: United States. in 1900.
So ST.. 1877: United Kingdom. i'm 1908. ~
61O. 267; Italy. in 1905 So.o33,OOo. and Ger
many in 1908. $3.O31.o00.
The wide dlStrlbutlon OF tue Autouo-
biles exported from these manufacturing
nations offers indirect evidence of inn
proved methods of travel and transport
In various parts of the world. The
|, United States, while exporting most OF
its automobiles to Canada, the United
Kingdom and continental Europe. sends
considerable quantities to its several non
contiguous territories. and to the West
Indies. South America. Australia md
various countries of Asia. Africa and
Oceania while France. Great Britain.
Italy and Germany. i'm addition to their
exports to the United states and Europe,
send automobiles to many of their col
onies to numerous tropical communities
and to South America.
Now tlat this years Glidden tour VIII
he held in the west and southwest. there
is a growing sentiment among automo-
bilists of the Atlantic seaboard that an
organized tour through the east would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
Denver's Apple Show.
,ha nenver Kepublicsr

From the Denver Republican.
The most efficient use possible of the ir-
rieated lands OF this state should be the
aim of every one concerned In the future
growth of Colorado and Denver: and there
is no question that this can be achieved
more effectually through horticulture than
through any other kind of tillage The
apple show as an exposition of one of the
most important kinds of horticulture APP
peals for the reasons just stated TO the
people of Denver as well as to persons
directly engaged In apple production. They
will find there good reason for looking
upon horticulture as one OF the pillars OF
Colorado's wealth.
1t should be recognized also that great
benefit may arise from the interest which
the general public takes in an Industry
closely related to the prosperity of a city
or state. Kansas City people. for in
stance, are forever talking about the
packing business which is the corner
stone OF that city's greatness. Consider
ing soil and climatic advantages. horti
culture may well attain something like
the same prominence in Colorado: and
there il no question that it would be
greatly aided in reaching that eminence
il the public appreciated in full its i'm
portance and its possibilities. To make
Colorado one OF the great fruit states of
this country would be an achievement
worth the effort and worthy of the ainbi-
ton of every citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20

Barney closed a deal for another racing
car This one will have 200 horsepower.
and with it Barney hopes to get below
the present record Of fifty-two seconds for
ons mile on q circular track.
Three or four years ago every body
thought that Oldfeld was knocking at the
door OF the down-and-out club. Other
men were outdriving him on the mile
tracks and Barney was finishing in the
dust. The king wasn't exactly dead, but
it was believed that he was breathing his
! last
Barney wouldn't admit it.
"I'll get car some day, he would
say when 1 get a machine that can go
as fast as I want to drive 1t. I'll get that
record back
| Oldfeld doesn't risk his neck because
he likes to see how close he can shave
the inside rail. Nothing like that Bar
| ney is as fond of life as most men of
! his age-perhaps a little more so--because
| he has had good time during his pres
ent incarnation. He drives a racing car
because he knows there isn't another
thing on earth. at which he can make so
much money. Probably he has made
| more money out of the auto racing game
than any three men who can be men,
| toned.
his championship records Barney was a
premier money-getter. People go to see
| him because they know he has gone
! through the fence five times and messed
up several innocent spectators. ana
man who has that sort of habits is likely
| to furnish thrills. They go to see Old
| field for the same reason that they watch
the parachute leap II every man who
went up in hot-air balloon came down
all right the parachute game wouldn't
be worth 30 cents.
In his new 200-horsepower car Barney
will probably furnish some new thrills.
and if he lives to wear this car out he
will probably get another of 80
horsepower, and so on.
But If anything happens to Barney they
will place his tombstone a short sem
tence which will explain matters thor
oughly.
Barney Oldfield. He was going some. :"
And it will be mighty poor comfort to
Barney's friends to know that he was
setting new record when the nut came
off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
By Howard Fisk.

INTEREST in automobile affairs was
centered last week in the national
legislative convention under the aus
nices of the American Automobile
Association, the primary object be-
ing TO secure through national legislation
lie federal automobile registration bill.
licensing motorists to pass from state to
state without extra taxation for licenses.
The arguments presented in support or
the measures were discussed in detail and
fhe three-dav meeting in which sena-
rors CONSERVATIVES and prominent Off
cisrs in auto circles throughout the coun-
try played a conspicuous part a near
ing was held at the Capitol on the SUD
icct before the committee on interstate
commerce. to which committee the Dill
had been referred by the judiciary COM
mittee When the first effort to interest
Congress in this important direction was
made three years ago the use Oh the au-
tomobile and the extent of the Industry
were apparent. but not overwheimlng
Conditions in this regard have magnined
AMI the voice of organized automoDlllne
has increased in volume ana popularity
to such an extent that there is a posi-
hility now that the measure may wltnIn
a short period become a reality. me oHl-
Gals of the American Automobile ASso-
ciation who were In attendance at the
convention left fully confident that the
bill will be passed at the present session.
Tney were highly pleased by their recep-
ton i'm this city and before the congress
sionaI committee. The result will be
awaited with interest as il will be taken
advantage of by nearly every motorlst
who enjoys touring from state to state
The local autoists had their inning Fri
day at hearing given by the District
Commissioners i'll connection with the
wheel tax, over which there has been con-
siderable discussion. W. S. Duvall. for
mer president or the Automobile Club OF
Washington, presented In a very able
manner the autoists side of the case
protesting against the levying of So for
two-seated motor cars. with an extra 81
formed the Commissioners that it was
nothing more than double tax direct in
every respect and urged that the act be
repealed. He showed where 1t cost the
average automobilist $50 to maintain a
car. including four taxes, while the
liveryman was only taxed $3.50 for a We
hcle of equal cost. The wheel tax has
been sustained in one Of the local courts,
but has been taken to the Court of APP
peals by lie Roy Mark. who is making
a test case of the law. The meeting Fri
dav was well attended and much interest
to the outcome of the hearing.
If the front road wheels are not set
parallel steering will be affected in some
wheels to each other II one wheel toes
in and the other is parallel with the road
way. it will be very difficult to steer the
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panded upon this idea, and for 1910 a
wide variety of designs is offered.
A very useful plan for carrying spare
gasoline is to take an ordinary two-gal-
Ion gasoline can and make a cloth or car
pet cover to just take the can with the
end of the cover to button over and this
carried In the car makes a most con-
desired to be used at any time they are
always handy to be put in the tank.
W. 8. Mcdonald has joined the auto
ranks and may be seen any day speeding
along In his new model T Ford fve-pas-
senger touring car. He is an enthus-
iastic motorist and will spend consider
able time during the coming summer
touring.
Mrs Mary E. Sculley has the distinction
of being her own architect when it came
to designing garage for her motor cars.
During the past week she was issued a
permit by the inspector OF buildings to
construct brick garage at 1885 Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest. The estimated
cost Of the building is $500 The builder
will be Louis H.. Emmert.
~
James Henderson,. prominent i'll motor
circles. has purchased a four-cylinder
3O-horsepower Overland roadster
1t is expected that within the next few
days that Chairman 8. NJ. Butler of the
contest board of the American Automo-
bile Association will issue the 1910 con-
test rules. Local motorists are anxiously
awaiting the announcement and note the
changes which have been made since
last season.
Side slipping and wear on tires is often
due to spreading of the front wheels.
generally caused by a bent distance rod
or drag link connecting the steering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20

kind flourishins so near here, as 1t adds
materially to the progress OF the city,
and shows that manufacturing is profit
able
Robert c. Irby has purchased a 1910
four-cylinder Lozier Briarcliffe touring
car. The car with its full equipment was
delivered during the past week.
w w Jackson has placed an order for
a 1910 Chalmers go touring car. The
car will be finished in blue with cream
colored running gear. with a carrying
capacity OF FIVE passengers and fully
equipped.
Automobile owners in Virginia will
have to pay the following rates under a
decision of the house finance committee:
Automobiles with less than 20 horse
power, annually IS: from 20 to As horse
power. So The maximum for those
over this amount of horsepower will be
$50. A bill along similar lines Is now
pending In the Virginia senate.
4 nut that resists every attempt al
getting it loose usually becomes more
docile after it has been heated for sew
eral minutes. This can be done with a
torch or by holding hot piece Of iron
against It for while. This will cause
the nut to expand slightly and make it
easier TO come off.
The latest purchaser of Washington
car is W. G.. Yates. The car selected was
equipped with a tourabout body of the
1910 model and was delivered last week.
The financial affairs of the recent auto
mobile and aeronautical show held in
Convention Hall were closed up during
the past week. and report OF the show
submitted to the chairman and board of
directors. Each of the exhibitors will
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arms or knuckles. In case OF excessive
tread wear it is we'll to examine the
front wheels and find II they take the
proper position for straight ahead run
ming.
-
There is an essential difference between
the topcoat built for street use and the
coat designed for motoring, even when
the two are identically the same fabric
When the motor coat will be quite as
smart and attractive in style. 1t will
partake more of the nature of a mans
ulster or boxcoat. and Will be decidedly
more roomy everywhere than the trinity
fitted street topcoat.
~
Don't try to make light oil by mix
ing a heavy oil with kerosene. During
this cold weather If the oil that you
are using does not flow freely use a
lighter grade. Heavy oil thinned with
kerosene is a common cause 70 cylindes
carbonizing.
The plant of the Carter Motor Car Cor
poration at Hyattsville, Md. is being in
creased by an additional building of the
same plan as the present main building.
making a total floor space OF 25.00O
square feet. Orders for the necessary
material, structural steel. lumber and
mill work have been placed for this
work and the contract for the iron
work has been awarded to Dietrich
Brothers of Baltimore, Nd. Good head
way will be made in the next three weeks
and 1t is expected that the building will
be completed by spring. The enlarged
plant will give the factory a production
capacity of ten cars per day. This daily
output will mean a total of 5000 cars
per year at a total valuation of over So
600. 600. This production is necessary to
supply the agents throughout the coun-
try with Washington cars The Carter
Motor Car Corporation. manufacturers OF
this car. have been unable heretofore to
meet the demand. owing to the size Of the
present plant. and this has caused them
to lose number of orders for cars, one
order alone being for 700 cars valued al
81, 225, 600. In addition the southern mar
ket is becoming an exceptionally good
one, and IL is with this end In view that
the plant Is being enlarged. 1t is a great
credit to this city to see a plant OF this
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receive 60 per cent Of the amount paid
for space occupied at the exhibition. The
net receipts Of the show were $3. $685.
As the result Of the recent formation Of
the United States Motor Company. w. #.
Smith. district manager Of the MAXWELL
Briscoe Company of Tarrytown. N. Y,
arrived in this city last week and COM
pleted arrangements for establishing a
southern distributing, agency for Max
well cars. The representative to man
age the local branch will be John r.
Thomas, who has for number OF years
been the agent for that line OF cars. Suit
able showroOms will shortly be opened
at 1221-1223 14th street, where an elab-
crate display of the cars can be made.
The local branch will also act as a sup
ply house for the south for small parts,
which will be stored here In large quanti-
ties for distribution.
Mr.. Thomas is we'll known in motor
circles and Is one of the most active in
the sport He is driver OF some note,
and takes an active interest in motor at
fairs. At the recent automobile show he
filled the position Of treasurer with much
credit to himself.
Some Of the western cities have the
| lever open dlT duLOHlOU3le SHOWS TO
be held during the coming season, and
already applications are on file with the
show committee Of the American Auto
mobile Association requesting dates for
events of this character.
~
The Baltimore Buggy Top Company, as
the result of the auto show last month.
has established quarters in this city at
1913 New York avenue northwest.
Barney Oldfeld. known as the speed
King of America" in the auto world. has
the distinction Of being one Of the few
champions who ever came back
Oldfield is an interesting young man.
He started the craze for fast driving on
circular tracks--the most dangerous form
Of sport in the world-and after seven
years. seventy accidents and 1000 hair
breadth escapes, Barney is still in the
game, having outlasted four crack racing
cars and outlived most Of his competitors.
"a few weeks ago, when in New York.