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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
HIGH PRAISE FOR
NRalA SCHOOLS
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From the Journal s0f asdtlea ZION,
Boston, ofs the issuesof Jla tch zs5rd,
We sfeproduce the 1oll6t,sidg from
hespen 1of "A. IS. Winsastp; gedltor,
who recently visited ssthe sVittgfTisia
;selfoois on @his =traFs'aefs, the ztrii iibutt
being justE1fed by ssxsssstsf1kfK condij
:tio6s, Vfrgidfsnsa feelfha t1fty have
the xbest=scho6lt tsystsfnstt be: found
In any city Of lfke:slze IA the: Unit:
ed States:
zone Of the wonders sef The IRON
Ranee Of laInneeota, is zsthe* city of
Virgfnia and the schoo3sover which
Lafayette >Bliss hGs presided for
seven syears,a city sde6ti6ed TO be
the seat1sf the new county IF athey
succeed in dividing the vast st,
Louis County. Like most of the
men in the Range, MI. Bliss came
from :down" state, aud fs' d man of
high professional scholarship and
a teacher of superb power. He has
a new high school costing $1 m,
freproof in every particular, and
beautiful and modem in every ap.
pointment, sparing no money and
utilizing architectural skill to the
limit. It is 92x1s4, three stories
above the high basement, made OF
Minnesota granite, Bedford Time:
stone, and vitrifed brick. The in.
terror walls are of reinforced con:
crete, the floors of tile, and the doors
of steel. !
"Only fifteen year. ago the fret
school was opened, with an enroll.
>ment of>forty pupils. ! /Now'thefe Il
>an enrolment of 2,l00! with eighty
teachers, and school buildings c6st.
ing 100000. There are hye kinder.
eartens with every ~9dsre appoint
Nowhere in the country are there
higher scholarly ideals for book.
inclined youth, and 'Hnowhere are
there better industrialo opportunities
offered and the credit 10 due the
superintendent, Lafayette BIiss
whose father was educated at Yale
College,and one of thesar'y settlers
of Chicago, in Whose schools. Super
intendent Bliss was educated. It il
an interestin9 fact that one Of his
tSschsrss was Mn. Eaas Flaga
Young, now superintendent If Chi
caxo, and president of the National
Education Association. He is 4
graduate Of Carleton College. The
famous Chicago FIRE swept out the
fathers property and led him to &C
with his family to Minnesota. HI
IS one of thssbrilliant men in public
school service in the state.
"In the new building one OF th<
most distintive rooms is a large
room equipped for and devoted Il
illustrated illustrations with thu
stereopticon, which are given BY
Mr.. Bliss, who has a vast numbe1
of slides. In every informing cub
ject, such as geography, history
and literature, he always prefacet
the course with a few illustrated
lectures by which the students ar,
given keen relish for the worl
that is before them. Few superin
tendents are az inspiring to tn,
pupils of the city as is Lafayette
Bliss"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
CITY COUNCIL ASKS
GOVERNMENT TO HURRY
:pa:$ss Rlsoluibn Rt(u,sliag Erection Of
FstofA Dull1Ilge Provision Of sult. :
ahto Post.offiee Quarters.

The city tonncil upon motion of
Aldermen sEdw.. C. "A. johnson, on
Tuesday evening took hand in the
deisy of the government on the
erection of the proposedsnew federal
SbniTdfnF, ,sand PASSED a resolution
1sahIInn9 fora action On the part Of the
adEPlaa1ft1naixntzin The *constr1ction of
same or In the furnishing of "a
place for:the conductof the
olase, the present quarters being
Fsconsfdefed fentirely inadequate TO
Ecare for the business of the Office.
Thesfesolution as passed will be
FceruI1ed by 1tt1ecity clerk to Senat-
ore Neisonand Glappand Congress-
Eman MillerHand should have a ten
dency to hurry the department if
there is any hustle to the govern.
ment machinery. So far as observ-
red, however, the word "hustle" has
been omitted from the department
vocabulary.
City Clerk Bickford submitted his
annual report. also the report of
the FIRE and police commission, of
which he is secretary, which was
accepted aud will become part of
the published proceedings in our
next issue.
The pay for street laborers for the
ensuing year was fixed at the exist.
ing scale of $2.25 per day.
The Minnesota Screen Company
petitioned for the vacation of GER
tain alleys adjoining their proper
ty in Anderson's Third Addition,
the petition being referred to prop
er committee.
"A, motion that the assessor be
granted $500 for the personal prop.
erty assessment for 1911 received
the appreciation of the body.
The bid of the III. L. Bartlett Co.
for the construction of storm
sewers, in the sum of $4,7a007, was
accepted, this being the lowest bid
/ of several submitted.
J. A. Kerttu, in a Communication,
made com plant of the rates charg>
ed him by the light and water COM
pauy, the matter being referred to
the committee for investigation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

We succeed upon the merits of
our work, the quality of goods and
prices, and fair treatment to one
and all. Hubbard at the Mesber9
Chapel. =: 11-18tf.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
FOX
SENDS NOTICE

nights a week. A proposition has
been made to him by Howell, a well
known promoter Of basketball, in
Elizabeth.
Manager Fox says that he harbors
no hard feelings against any of the
league members and even Ii they
decide not to continue the present
series and professional ball should
be Installed, he expects to remain
on as friendly terms as ever with
them. He declares 1t matters little
to him whether or not the league
series Is continued. Because the
sport has been established here and
seems to be liked, he says, he would
like to see local teams keep promot-
ing 1t. financially, the sport has
Melted the Auditorium management
comparatively little, says Mr.. Fox.
In fact, he claims it has hardly
been worth bothering with, except
ing on rare occasions, suhc as when
the Y. M. II. A. and Puritans teams
met recently. That was the only
game that v netted him anything
near what other attractions. do, and
that very contest, he claims, broke
up the league.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
Tbs clsver Shoe cIerk.

L AtL
At the cost OF considerable time and
labor one high grade shoe house is
bound to protect its goods. On a rainy
day a woman wearing wet shoes went
In to buy rubbers. The clerk meas
ured the width and length Of her
shoes, removed them and brought a
new pair OF the same size to try on.
Visions of a depleted pocketbook caus.
ed her to exclaim, But / don't want
new shoes, only rubbersi"
II understand" said the clerk. 81
am only slipping these shoes on to at
the rubbers over. 1t soils the inside
of a rubber to slip ii on over a wet
shoe. Then If 1T doesn't fit and the
customer doesn't take 1t 1t Is spoiled
for the next customer"
"And the outcome of that expert
ence was" said the woman, that !
bought the shoes as well as the rub
bers and had them sent home c. o. ID.
Maybe that was what he Sas working
for all the time."-New York Sun
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
WINTER BASEBALL CHAT

Boston's Nationals will meee-the
Washington team In two games In
Washington April Z and g..
Manager McAleer of Washington has
a $4,000 bank account-all made out
of baseball. He is ambitious to buy
an interest in an American league
club.
Steve Evans, the right gardener of
Bresnahan's Cardinals, holds the big
league record for being hit with the
ball. He was punctured twenty-nine
times.
Pitchers Fanwell of the Maps and
Stroud and PernolI of the Tigers tied
for the "boobv" batting prize OF the
American league for the season OF
1910. Each got but one hit during his
classic campaign.
Sam Leever, the veteran Pirate
pitcher, has entered into the airship
business. Fans rudely remark that he
should be a bowling success In this
line OF endeayor, as he has had plenty
of experience In ascanstons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

A queer fish that does not swim is
the 'sargasso fish, known to sailors
as the "frogfish." 1t lives In that vast
mass of floating gulfweed called the
Sargasso sea, In mid-Atlantic.
It's pectoral fms are so modified and
developed as to resemble arms, and 1t
uses them for clinging to the weed.
Very gaudily colored, 1t changes its
hues to match the aquatic vegetation
by which it Is surrounded, and when
the latter decays and turns brown 1t
assumes O corresponding shade.
The fish lays Its eggs In a jelly-like
mass, which, absorbing q great guam
fity of water, becomes three times as
big as the mother fish herself, assum-
ing the form of d narrow raft three or
four feet long aud two to four inches
wide.-New York World.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
MOTORING BOWLING
FISHING BOATING
THREE CLASSY
BOXING BOUTS
Tommy Murphy Will Meet Knockout Brown, Packey mcFar.
land vs.. Jack Goodwin, Digger Stanley VS.. frankie
Burns--Wili Fight in New York This Month.

Three classy boxing bouts have
been arranged to be held in New
York this month. Tommy Murphy
and Knockout Brown will meet for
ten rounds, Packey Mcfarland and
Jack Goodman will meet In a ten
round mill and Digger Stanley, the
English bantamweight champion,
will oppose frankie Burns, the clev-
err Jersey performer. Three slashing
good bouts are looked for and fght
fans in and about the metropolis
have been awakened to a state OF
excitement over them.
K. O. Brown and Tommy Murphy
will come together in a return bout
on January rs. For a long time the
date Of their meeting had been unde-
ctded, but last week their managers
and the club came together and sign.
ed agreements. There is much talk
of matching the winner of this bout
with the winner of the Goodman
Mcfarland mill, but II Is doubtful
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

No game of the City League Bas-
ketball series was played In the Au-
ditorium last night owing to the dis
agreement between some Of the
players and the Auditorium man.
agement. The Marions were to
have played the Lyceums, but as the
latter did not appear they were dis
missed from the league and the Ma
rions given the game on a forfeit.
Manager Harry P. Fox, of the Au-
ditorium, has decided that for the
good of the sport he must know
definitely whether or not the league
teams are going to play any more.
He has accordingly issued notices
asking to be notified by each team
before next Monday. In case the
teams persist in striking for de-
mands of free admission to all
events in the Auditorium and for the
installation of a shower bath, the
City League series will be declared
closed and one of a number Of prop
ositions that have recently been put
to Mr.. Fox will be taken up. He
will then install professional basket
bali In the Auditorium or two
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

Never mind, boys, maybe there
will be shower baths In the Audito-
rum text season. / don't want to
see the league break up, although I
do believe shower baths are q neces-
sity.
The sporting editor tells me that
he suggested to Manager Fox of the
Auditorium the purchase Of a stop
watch 30 that accurate time might
be taken of the running races. He
says that Fox refused to see things
his way and will not buy one. /
agree with the sporting editor. A
stop watch is needed without ques-
ton and a SIS one would be better
than none at all. The only way ae-
curate time can be taken is with q
stop watch.
/ am glad Queal is going to run
again In this city. He is some boy
on the track and In my opinion the
best Of them all. He does not tire
and can sprint at the finish In great
style.
/ see the Tottenville A. G. was
trimmed In proper style last Satur-
day night by the Brooklyn Y. NJ. c..
A. team. Must be something wrong
with Harry's coaching.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

That the interest has not waned in
the Junior Basketball League was
clearly demonstrated by the roofing
of the Monitor and Peerless follow
ers that witnessed the game In the
Auditorium last night.
Although the Peerless were victor
ious by a score of II to g., the Monl-
tors bye their clever passing showed
that with more practice they will be
an exceedingly fast team. The score
at the end of the first half was in
favor of the Peerless, having scored
eight points against the Monitors
four. Hunt and Looser starred for
the Mnoitors, while the guarding of
Dimond, of the Peerless, probably
saved the game. Cluney, of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

IL Brown would care to take q chance
with Mcfarland yet. AS for Murphy.
Packey Is too heavy for the Pride
of Ffatbueh."
Opinion as to whether Brown OK
Murphy is the better Is very evenly
divided. Brown admirers point to
the fact that TX. o." scored a "pop4
ular" victory over Tommy when they
met before at the Olympic A. @. and
declare that he will repeat. Tbs
Murphy adherents. on the other
hand, say that Tommy was not in tip
top form when he met Brown, and
that when they meet this time Murs
phys great Improvement over hi4
former condition will be manifest.
Digger Stanley and frankie Barns
will meet at the National Sporting
Club on Friday, January 18. n wal
announced yesterday that Stanley
had started from England. The Nc
Farland-Goodman mill will fakd
place at the Fairmont A. @. on Janus
ary II.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
To- TRY
BIG WRESTLER
Tackle Hackenschmidt for
Worlds Championship.

Frank Gotch and George Hacken-
schmidt for the worlds wrestling
championship-how does that sound
to you? Well, the bout is IN its way.
Gotch recently announced that he
would re-enter the mat game and take
on any man In the world, Hacken-
schmidt preferred, for a side bet of
$4,000, the winner to take the entire
purse.
Hackenschmidt has accepted the
champions def. SO It's now up to the
promoters to do fheir bidding for the
bout. Zbysco has also accepted Gotch's
challenge, but Haekenschmidt Is given
the preference by the champion. Gotch
defeated Zbysco In Chicago last year
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

FEANK GOTCH, WORLDS CHAMPION WIRES
Tier, WHO WILL MEET HAOKENScHMIDE.
twice In thirty minutes, so the latter
will have to wait for his chance at
the title. Gotch figures there is more
money In a bout with the RUSSIAN
Lion" than there would be with Zbys.
co. And who can blame the worlds
champion for striking at the golden
bait?
There are many who believe that
Gotch tricked and nagged his way to
victory over Hack tn his first match
two years ago IN Chicago. Hacks
friends say that Referee Smith stood
for a lot of Gotch's rough stuff that
did not go In the gentlemanly affairs
to which the Lion had been accus-
toned to abroad. On this score some
think Hack could win II the men ever
meet again.
But listi When Gotch gets into the
ring with this physical Titan T.. will be
because he knows he can win and how
he "a do It.
Gotch has won his way over all his
opponents with his extreme speed OF
thought and action. He Is a master
of feint as well as attack, ind never q
maj has got into the ring with him IN
the last five years but who thought
not on what move he himself would
next make, but on Gotch's next effort
The champions mentality puts all op
position on defens6 regardless Of the
physical endowments OF hts foe.
Hack is torpid Of mind and body. He
ID but half educated In the eatch~as
eatch-can game, relying on Greco-Ro
man holds and his iron endurance to
win his matches. Had he known much
about wrestling he would never have
let Westergaard or Roller slip out OF
at least four holds that seemed final
merely through failure to legiock his
opponent. In everything that pertains
to science of wrestling Goteh Is his
master. What part Hacks mere
strength may be expected to play the
story OF their first match sufficiently
tails. |
An anchor to windward-an ad. In
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
P. A. SCHOOL
WILL OPPOSE
RAILWAY HIGH

Railway high school will be the
opponents of the local high school
five Saturday. The game will be
played in Railway. A fast game Is
expected Judging by reports heard
of the Railway five. Last year they
beat the local team, but the local
boys expect to turn the tables on
them this year. A large number of
friends OF the team will accompany
them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
parnali.

I never saw a brayer man than Par
nell. The story OF his downfall Is one
OF the most pathetic In history. There
is a rumor that Captain 0sShea said
to Gambetta: "what are we going to
do with Parnell7 He Ia getting to be
a great danger to the country" And
Gambetta replied, Set q woman on
his track" And the woman. instead
of b~etrayfng him, fell In love with this
patriot, and that was hia undeing-
'Eecollections of MRS. T P. o'Connor."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
KEYSTONES IN
GOOD PRACTICE
At B0HNSAGkS

FIVE members Of the keystone
Bowling Club appeared on Bohn-
sacks alleys last night for bowling
practice They will continue to
meet each Tuesday night to practice,
Arrangements are under way for q
match with Bohnsack's FIVE. The
se9rsss last night: Bloodgood, Ifs,
ITS, 1879, 1913. Rowe, 16s. 163.
1854, 1913, 141; Kelly 1877. 2Jg, zT5.
201, 1879; Golden, IA, 1865, III,
las, at: Cotton, 16s. 100, 1873.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
Chicago to Have Big indoor Meet.

Chicago to Have Big Indoor Meet.
Members Of the Chicago Irish Amer
lean Athletic club announced recent
iy their first big indoor meet, to be
held Jan. II. The New York Irish
American Athletic club will again
come to the aid Of the Chicagoans and
send Sheridan, Sheppard and several
other big stars as well as many more
of the good men Of the east, to COM
pete against the teams entered by the
western organizations. Squads of ath-
letes from all over the country will be
entered in the meet and the competi-
ton will be keen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
NEWS SPORTING PAGE
TEAMS NO. 2
AND IL WIN
Games Rolled In Three Man
Series Last Night.
gpeosa, to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
Tottenville, Jan. 4:-Teams 2
and IL were victorious In the games
of the Aquehonga Athletic Associa-
tons three-man bowling tourna-
ment here last night. Team No. 2,
which at present leads in the series.
took two out of three games from
trio No. 8 and outfit No. IL COPIED
three straight games from team No.
z.
Team No. 2 stands at the top OF
the series, having won q total OF
twenty-three games and lost but
seven. In the games last night, Nc
Donald and Hamilton substituted
for Finley and G.. O'Brien; w.
Sleight and D. O'Brien for Corson
and Van Name. The scores:
NJ
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
WEEK IN
The JUNIOR
CITY LEAGUE

This Is one OF the biggest weeks
of the season for the Junior City
Basketball League. There will be
two games of the series tonight in
Kozusko's hall and the Rfversides
will journey to South Amboy to
meet the Neptune eve Of that place.
In Kuzusko's hall the Oaks will
meet the Washingtons and the St.
Anthony and Puritan Junior. teams
will clash--As an added attraction
in the Junior City League series this
week the Riversides and Puritan
Junior teams will probably ono to-
gether in the Auditorium Friday
night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
PEERLESS BEAT
MONITOR TEAM
Exciting Game in Junior City Basketball League Last
Night Big Crowd Of Rooters Express Their Appreciation
of PIayinq--Losers Are in Need of Practice.

Peerless, also merited much praise
for his showing last night. The ex-
preston "Steye Brody took a
chance might be applied to both
teams, as in several instances shots
were thrown without taking aim.
The lineups of the teams were as
follows.
Monitors. Peerless.
johnson, Looser .Dimond, Doris
guards
centre
Oleson, Hunt 80. Cluney. Erickson
forwards
Field goals-Cluney, 3; Siegel, 8;
Hunt, q; Oleson. q. Fouls-Siegel,
L; Hunt, L. Referee, Dwyer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
CENTURY A. G.
is DEFEATED
BY RED BANK
u.ota, 70 ~. EVENING NBws.

speofaI TO the EVENING NEWE.
Keyport. Jan. THE Century
Athletic Club bowling team were de-
feated by the Red Bank bowling
team on the Brunswick alleys here
last Monday afternoon. The Red
Bank bowlers took the first and last
games OF the series Of three that
were rolled, the home team getting
the second by the snlsH margin ct
three pins. The G. Al. @. sas-SwfH'
go to Red Bank to play tho return
match in the neal future. The scores
were.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
MICHIGAN HUNTERS
MAKE FUNNY SHOTS.

During the recent deer hunting
a in Michigan at least three
upper peninsula lei were sue
cessful in filing their licenses as
the result Of a single shot. Sher-
If Turnbull of Luce county was
n of these. Two deer were
standing together. The sheriff
fire at one, the ball passing
clear through it's body and kill
ing the other animal also.
Hunting two miles from tswn,
Paul Laabs, section foreman for
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad at Sagola, Dickin-
son county, found two bucks en-
gagged In a desperate fight. A
shot from Labs rife killed the
spfkehorn, and the other was SO
weak from the loss Of blood that
1t expired as soon as released.
Professor Hill, superintendent
of schools at Crystal Falls, is the
third man who has the distinc-
ton Of having bagged two deer
at one shot, One OF his trophies
was q dead deer, however. The
animals had been engaged In a
battle, during which their ant
lers had become interlocked.
When he first sighted them Mr..
HiIl vas able to e only II Of
the deer. Approaching closer, the
hunter discovered the true situa-
tion-the animal was firmly an
chored to the one it had killed
and was unable to run. A shot
fired at close range was sufficient
to give the professor two deer
when he had expected only one.
The dead deer was still warm.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
TO
TACKLE The
RIVERS|DES

The Riverside basketball five will
go to South Amboy tonight to meet
the Neptunes of that place. They
will leave on the 7 o'clock car. The
probable lineup follows: Forwards,
McCreery and Davis; center,
Burns; guards, Macan, Schantz and
Lehman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
THREE YEARS TO
PLAY POOL MATCH.

Michael n. Barrett. a member
OF the state police OF Haverhill,
Mass, and Horace N. Noyes have
Just completed a 100000 point
game OF pool, which they have
been playing for the past three
years at Mr.. Noyes' home in
West Newbury. This extraor-
binary game was won by MI.
Barrett by 164 points. Up to the
last quarter Of the match Mr..
Noyes was ahead with q COM
Portable lead In the last $4,000
points Mr.. Barrett oyercame his
opponents lead, and the two
fought S out gains by game TO
the emu.
L@A
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
70 piseasarsze tsifa

George said her husbands wife,
II don't believe you have smoked one
of those cigars / gave yeu ON youE
birthday
'sThatss right. my dear replied bis
wife's husband. "Im going TO Keep
them until our Willie wants to learn
to smoke."-Chicago News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

'sshe HASN'T any confidence In her
husband, hrs sheT
aag0. - nina falling the
truth the other dzss. and now she can't
dope him ou< at aIIn-Tolsdo Blade
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
swiss GrIaeiecakes.

Swiss griddlecakcs are really potato
croquettes in all except form. Crate
foul OF ave large potatoes, press part
Of the water out OF them and mix with
two beaten eggs and d heaping tea
spoonful Of salt. Drop by spoonful on
a hot creased Rriddle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

Ar snehor to windward-an al. In
EVENING NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

IF you do not read ths NEWS
very day you will miss a great deal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

Subscribe for the NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
Red Bank.

Totals sszes~LRI
Ackerson da5 o. tbs ce4ss3MsEess
snlsfsam. was absent and Voorhees,
rolled In his place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04

An anchor to windward-an ad. In
the EVENING NEWS.