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Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02

Commission and promised to follow the
matter up.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
TAFT TO PEDDLE AIR.

" Actions speak louder than
words. y President Taft is about
to start on speechmaking tour.
All the talk he can pour over the
people will not be sufficient to
explain away his action in vetoe-
ing the wool bill.
One Of the chief reasons given
for imposing import tariff at the
time discussions of the subject
occupied the attention of the en-
tire country was that it would en-
able the payment of better wages
to working men. How has it
worked out? The steel industry
is protected and the men who do
the labor get less wages than
miners in any other civilized
country. The meat industry is
protected and the laborers in the
Chicago stockyards have hard
time to purchase the meat they
dress with the scant wages doled
out to them by men who have be-
come rich through protection and
monopoly. The manufacturers
of shoes besides having a pro-
tective wall as high as the highest
have a monopoly on the machin-
cry that is used in making shoes,
yet the men who do the work
would have to 60 to Australia,
New leland or England to get
the goods they manufacture at
reasonable prices. The writer
bought pair Of shoes in Seattle
for $500, then went to Australia
and saw the same make of shoe
tagged $3.50. The clothing in
dustry is protected beyond all
reason. Yet the men who make
cloth and the men who make
clothes out Of cloth cannot afford
to wear anything but the cheap
est grades. In Australia or New
leland a tailor made suit of
clothes, the best that can be
bought, costs $26. The ordinary
every day tailor made suit of
clothes costs in this country
around $40. President Taft will
do whole lot of talking on his
tour and many excuses more or
less lame, will be made by him for
his action in vetoeing the wool
bill, but the fact remains he Veto
ed it. factions speak louder
han words. ''-Buhl Advertiser.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
OFFICE OF TIE BOARD OF
EDUCATION
Independent School
District of Virginia, MINI.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.

Independent School District OF
Virginia, MINI. Annual meeting
for the organization and election
of officers, August 5, 1911.
The annual meeting Of the
Board of Education for the cleo.
ton of officers and the organiza.
ton of the board was called to or.
der at 1876 o'clock p. m. by the
retiring chairman, R. J. McGhee
Roll call: present, J. H. Fleming
Guy H. Moore, Joseph Roskilly,
Lafayette Bliss, C. E. Hendrick,
Mitchell Stewart, and r. J. Nc.
Chez. Absent none.
The minutes of the regular
meeting Of August 4 were read
and approved.
On motion duly seconded and
carried Mitchell Stewart was
elected temporary chairman. The
pro tempore chairman assumed
the chair.
Moved by r. J. McGhee that the
ELECTION Of permanent officers be
taken up, that the voting be done
by secret written ballot, and that
the first vote taken for each Of
flee, be an informal ballot. Sec
onded and carried.
The temporary chairman ap-
pointed G.. E. Hendrick as teller
The temporary chairman ordered
the ballots spread for the election
OF permanent chairman = of the
board to serve for one year.
The informal ballot for the Of
fice of chairman gave R. j. Nc
Ghee 5 votes and G.. E. Hendrick !
vote.
Moved that the informal ballot
be declared formal, and that R.
j. McGhee be elected as chairman
Of the Board of Education of the
Independent School District of
Virginia for the ensuing year.
Carried unanimously. ~.
Il. McGhee assumed his duties
as permanent chairman. 7 :
The teller was directed to
spread the ballots for the Office Of
clerk. The balloting informally
the name Of j. H. Elem.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
ANOkA cOntemplates the com

ANOKA contemplates the com.
mission plan of government. If
the members of the commission
are honorable, progressive citizens
intent upon fulfilling their oath
Of office to the best of their ability
without fear or favor, men who
have no corporation job in sight
which they would cut off their
left ear to acquire and who believe
the written Law s intended as #
was passed by the legislative
body responsible for it's enactment
the commission plan of govern,
ment is O. K. But through fear
OF getting men on those commits
slons who are not imbued with all
the proper attributes of honorable
citizenship, a recall clause should
apply to every member of the
various bodies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

DON'T know just when the Or
dlnance relative to muzzling your
dog becomes effective, but if the
Virginia police force do as noble
a job in killing the inoffensive
CANNES which fail to be properly
muzzled as they did in killing
the mad dog which run the street
for forty-eight hours before be-
ing shot by man not connected
with the force, the lives of Vir-
ginia dogs are not particularly
endangered. Had the proped au-
thorities acted with the sense that
the Creator is supposed to have
given man, the present scare
would not be; the cause would
have been removed before every
dog in the city had fallen prey to
the vicious animal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
ANOTHER BIG STEEL MERCER
Said Schwab and Corey May CON-
bine Republic, Bethlehem and
LackaWanna.

Another great steel merger, to
embrace the Republic Iron & Steel
company, the Bethlehem company
and the Lackawanna, with Chas.
M. Schwab and William E. Corey,
former heads of the United States
Steel corporation, as the leaders
in a new steel movement, is under
way, according to Pittsburg steel
men. Corey, according to men Of
prominence, both in the Steel
corporation and among the indie
pendents, is to succeed the late
John w. Gates, and this is but
the forerunner of the much talk
ed of amalgamation of the three
great independent concerns and
probably a number Of others.
Strength is added to this by the
recent statement made by Mr..
Corey that he would re-enter the
steel business in an active ca
pacity. Attorneys declare that
nothing stands in the way of such
a merger. The United States su-
preme courts Interpretation Of
the Sherman law would make the
union of these independents clear
ly legal. Since his withdrawal
from the United States Steel
corporation Mr.. Corey has been
closely watching the independent
steel business, following closely
the lines of Mr.. Gates. 1t is now
said that the death Of Mr.. Gates
has left Corey his logical success
sor.
Nothing Of late in the steel
trade has attracted so much at
tention as this proposed move on
the part Of Mr.. Corey who is
recognized as strong operating
man in the steel trade and famil-
lar with the situation in every de-
partment of the business. 1t is
said that should the Republic Iron
& Steel company make the change
indicated, it would mean another
step forward in the long expected
amalgamation Of the Republic
Iron & Steel and the Bethlehem
and other large independent COM
panies that now stand on their
own bottom and depend on no
outside source for any part of
their supplies Of raw material.
At any rate Pittsburgh steel
men say that with c. NJ. Schwab
at the head of the Bethlehem
Steel Company and w. E. Corey
at the head of the Republic Iron
& Steel company there would be a
combination that would make a
fine showing in competitive bus
mess with the Steer corporation.
The report also revives the old
story that had actual basis few
years ago, that there would be a
merger Of the Bethlehem Steel
company, the Lackawanna Steel
company and the Republic Iron
& Steel company, and also extern
sive blast furnace properties in
the valleys. That movement was
under way when the government
began it's attack upon all cor
poration affairs and the promo
tiers decided to drop it for the
time at least.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
OFFERED VENISON
FOR SALE

John Cheer, working for the
state as forest patrol, plead gull
ty before Judge Carey in munich
pal court on Tuesday of offering
veniscn for sale, and was fined $25
and costs.
A few lessons of this nature ad-
to "sooners and those
who disobey the game laws in
other respects would shortly have
an effect which would be appre-
ciated by the sportsman who calm
ly awaits the open season.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

MARY McFADDEN, former
overseer of the "News and Com
|ment'' column of the Duluth News
Tribune but for the past couple of
(years employed on Twin City
journals, is shortly to resume her
|old position on the Duluth morn
ing daily. And the News and
COMMENT column needs a Mary
McFadden or some one to look af-
ter it, badly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

WHEN the Commercial Club
considers the question Of good
roads the speakers should be
selected from among the Duluth
county commissioners. They have
solved the problem. You will no.
tice this more particularly should
you make a trip over the Miller
trunk road, the line Of demarka-
ton between the Duluth and
range commissioners districts
needing no sign board to tell you
when you cross the line.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

SNOW at the state fair grounds
on Tuesday gave visitors to the
big exhibition a somewhat chilly
reception. The Fair management
and the weather man seem to have
more misunderstanding than does
the Fair management and the
Minnesota press; and the latter
has not been exceedingly char
|itable to the management, either.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

ing 3 votes, G. H. Moore, 3 votes.
The chairman ordered second
informal ballot for the office of
clerk to be taken. The voting
disclosed the same result, namely,
}: H. Fleming 3 votes, Guy H.
Moore 3 votes.
On motion duly seconded and
carried the board adjourned to
meet again Tuesday evening Au-
gust 8, at 8 o'clock.
Approved August 81, 1911.
j. H. FLEMING,
Clerk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

"SMALL towns on the range
should keep in mind the fact that
they will not benefit in the least
by the operation Of a street rail-
way between the towns,' asserts
the Biwabik Times, the opinion be-
ing based on the idea that trade
would leave the smaller for the
larger cities. But we had not
heard that Biwabik was threaten
ed with request for a franchise
as yet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
OPEN BRANCH AT INTER-
NATIONAL FALLS,

Late Bros, the dry cleaners,
with houses in this city and Hib-
bling, open new branch at Inter-
national Falls, the hustling border
city which receives mention as one
of the liveliest Of northern Mime
sofa communities.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
WILL PREACH AT
MISSION CHURCH

Rev. ]. E. Markus, of Chicago,
who represents the Swedish
American Jewish Society, will
preach at the Mission church,
corner Wyoming avenue and Lo-
Gust street, Thursday and Friday
evenings, September 20 and q, at
8 o'clock.
Rev. Markus is a noted speak
err. All are welcome.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
FOR SALE BY OWNER.

Seven room house with good
foundation. Hardwood floors
throughout. In finest residence
district. Good reason for selling.
Also complete outfit of household
furniture for sale. Call on or ad.
dress, no Central avenue Sol .th,
Virginia, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
PRES. TAFT is prone to ref,

PRES. TAFT is prone to refer
to the recent tariff measure which
he vetoed as a movement "for
politics only.' The American
people care little whether it was
for policies or for some other
reason, but they recognize that ii
was a movement in the right di.
rection. And Mr.. Taft will like.
ly recognize this fact about a
year from November, when the
voters Of the country get chance
to impress it upon him very
firmly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

CHISHOLM has a kick coming
at least it's band and news
papers think it has-over the fact
that the county fair judges gave
the Chisholm band third place
in the contest at the fair. And
some "sassy'' things find space in
the west end papers in reference
thereto.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
FRANK GOTCH tanned a lion

FRANK GOTCH tanned a lion
in quick order on Labor Day, per-
forming the feat before an i'm
mense audience at Chicago in less
than twenty minutes. AS a re-
suit Of the bout Gotch receives a
purse Of upwards $2l, 1000, while
Hackenschmidt drew down some
thing better than $4,000 for en-
countering defeat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

SEND J. Adam Bede back to
and Virginia will get
that new federal building erected.
j. Adam may have his faults, but
he was always a conscientious
worker for the needs Of his con-
stituents in matters Of public
service improvements.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

WE can we'll remember the fall
lacy Of the early pioneers Of the
Mesaba that the only thing which
would ever be raised here was
III and iron ORE More re-
cent developments Of the agricul-
tural possibilities Of the range Sec
ton and Of the rich valleys on
either side lead one to prophesy
that ere the timber backing of the
range metropolis is exhausted an
agricultural backing Of even great
er strength and endurance will be
at our command.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

THE town is the heart of the
community; the country the body.
Roads are the arteries by which
they live. Good roads mean good
circulation and good health. Vir-
ginia wants more of this kind of
health.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
OFFICE OF BOARD
OF EDUCATION
Independent School District of
Virginia, MIMI, Adjourned
Meeting Anrnst & 1911

Virginia, MIMI, Adjourned
Meeting August 8, 1911.
The adjourned annual meeting
of the Board of Education for the
election of officers was called to
order by the Chairman R. j.
McGhee at 8 80 o'clock. Roll call !:
present Joseph Roskilly, Mitchell
Stewart, Lafayette Bliss, Guy H.
Moore, j. H. Fleming, G. E. Hen
drick, R. j. McGhee. Absent,
none.
j. P. Rooney appeared before
the board to ask why he was not
allowed to continue grading the
different school grounds as per the
resolution of the board passed
July %, saying that he had been
informed the work had been
turned over to the Park Board.
Mr.. Rooney was informed that as
soon as the grade stakes we're set
ne could continue his work of
grading the different school
grounds as no one had been given
authority to turn this work over
to the Park Board.
Balloting for clerk of the board
was then resumed with the same
result as at the previous meeting :;
namely, j. H. Fleming 3 votes,
Guy H. Moore 3 votes. After
three ballots had been taken C. +.
Hendrick made proposition that,
in order to break the tie and get
the board properly organized, he
would accept the clerkship at
$1,000 per month. Guy H. Moore
also made a like proposition for
salary as treasurer. A recess was
then taken for five minutes. After
some discussion the following mo-
ton was entertained by the chair
moved that the salary Of the clerk
tor the ensuing year be fixed at
$1,000 per month, also that the
salary of the treasurer be fixed at
$1,000 per month for the ensuing
year: Ayes, Joseph Roskilly,
Mitchell Stewart, R. J. McGhee,
q. H. Moore, G. E. Hendrick, j.
H. Fleming. Nays, none.
Thereupon the chair ordered the
ballots to be again spread for
clerk informally. The count
showed 4 for G. E. Hendrick and 2
for J. H. Fleming. On motion du-
ly seconded and carried the in
formal ballot was made formal
and C. E. Hendrick was declar-
ed elected as clerk.
The chair ordered the ballots
to be spread for the election Of
treasurer, the first vote to be in
formal. The count showed 5
votes for G. H. Moore and one for
Mitchell Stewart. On motion the
informal ballot was made formal
and G. H. Moore was declared
elected treasurer. Seconded and
carried. On motion the board ad-
journed to the call of the chair
man. Seconded and carried.
Approved August 81, 1911.
j. H. FLEMING,
Clerk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

LEFTY. DAHLGREN, who as ::
sisted somewhat in the Virginia
Hibbing game on Sunday last by
tossing few tough ones over the
pan for Virginia, has been draft
ed by Cincinnati for the season of
1919
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.

At St. Paul. Church next Sun
day there will be evening ser
vice at 7 80 o'clock. The rector
will give some account of the re-
cent convention at Duluth. Every
body is cordially welcomed. Sun
day School meets at IL o'clock,
noon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
NORWEGIAN LUT. CHURCH

Services Sunday evening, led by
the Deacons. The pastor attends
his church at Tower on Sunday.
Sunday school at noon. The con-
frmation class meets Saturday, at
3 p. m. Congregational meeting
Monday evening. The meetings
are yet in the church basement. !
: IL. I'LL IT. j. /. FADUM,
Pastor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Longevity OF alrci.

The duchess o. Bedford 10 an en-.
thusiastic ornithologist. In an article
In British Birds she gives some re-
markable instances of longevity
among birds in her own collection
Barbary dove which has been In the
duchess possession for fifteen years
was left her by an old woman who
also owned Il for fifteen years and
who always said it was an old bird
when It WAS given to her. e.: :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Terms. 80 Per Year. IN Advance

THERE are few people here
abouts who can remember back
to the time that potatoes were so
cheap that grocers used to stick
them on the end of the kerosene
can spout.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

CONGRESSMAN MILLER
gives it out that denomination of
President Taft is assured. And
the support of Mr.. Miller in the
eighth congressional district of
Minnesota will win many votes for
President Taft-nit.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

RAINS have seriously delayed
building operations for the past
three weeks, but we are all living
in hope that a stretch Of old-time
Minnesota autumn weather may
get on the job before the final
freeze-up.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
EV. LUTH. ZION CHURCH.

German services next Sunday
evening at =. Swedish Lutheran
church, at. 7:45 o'clock. Rev.
kreiger, successor to Rev. Greve,
will deliver the sermon. All are
cordially invited. T.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Time for put One.

Mrs. Jones had mo-. delicious BIZ
OF scandal to tell Mrs. Frown. ana the
latter wouldn't give her chance to lek
60 OF 4. r. ~ =, ~ So - :.
Il thought she reveled IN such
things" e1xz 5ssI ysss5.s -
She does" -
Why wouldn't she hear IT."
hsir time was short and she haA
SONS Scandal that che wanted g tel
herselI .-Nashvills Aneficau.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
GATELY OPENED SATURDAY

The new Gately store in the
Whiting Block, Central avenue,
formally opened to the public on
Saturday last. The new store is
we'll stocked in both mems and
ladies' lines, and the manage
ment report pleasing opening
trade.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

The first organization in the
west formed for the purpose of
furtherlng the candidacy of Wood
row Wilson for president came in
TO existence at Chicago Tuesday
evening. With WILSON on the one
side and LaFollette on the other
the campaign would be a merry
one; but with Wilson on the one
side and Taft on the other there
would be but one side to
the fight, and it would take
some time after election for Pres
ldent Taft to sufficiently recover
to tell the people which side that
was.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

HIBB1NG considers a stride
which would lessen the lead Vir-
gina has on her in point of popu-
latlon, it being suggested by rep
resentatlves Of Pickands-Math
Co., that Hibbing annex the viii
lage of Alice, which is having a
stormy scrap for existance
against the wishes of the iron CON-
panies. Such a move would give
Hlbbing about LOO additional
population, and would shorten the
gap between Hibbing and Virgin
Ia but would utterly fail to close
it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Friday, September 8, 1911.

Entered 1T the POst-Ofice at Virginia, Minn.,
as second class mail matter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Mayors Farmers Day
Proclamation .

Of
the that
in Virgin
for
in a i'm
merchants % in
farming of Nother Minnest
housess
decorae dapprp tot the
on get outon thai give
a III omaketh feel
maket them
opmen O his section
a September,
A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-17
FEW HAPPENINGS TO
BREAK DULL ROUTINE

extraordinary foreign demand for agrI-
cultural products, especially cotton
which signaily expanded the conntry.s
foreign credits for several months pre-.
vious. e
limitations come from the steel
trade that recent expansion Of output
is pressing on consumptIve require
ments. AS the counirys absorption 81
steel tonnage is said TO be at 4 rate
as high as the total mill capa ,ity nf
as late n Period as 1905. attention Is
mus called to the notable increase IL
facilities since that time Tho stahil
ny OF prices of steel products is az.
.ected by ibis state Of affairs. !, CON
TRACTION In output for Marcn nv thu
United States Steel Corporation was
indicated by an increase of $1,000 tons
In unified orders at the end OF tbo
month. IN spite IF falling on II, inc
rate OF new orders booked luria; he
month
The accumulation Of banking re-
serves and the nsistcnt ubstention
from stock market specuations have
the effect of stimulating demand for
mercantile paper aud for short time
railroad and corporation notes. Inter
na 'ionnl bankers assert that foreign
Investment demand for currency con-
times good.
The tia" OF travel abroad. influenced
Il ne coming coronation Of the Brit :
lSh sovereign, is having some effect on
tne foreign exchange markets