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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
Aero Landing and Lake on Roof

NEW YORK.-New York within a
" year is to have one Of the most 1e-
markable buildings on earth. 1t Is
designed to replace Madison Square
Garden, and not the least of its fea-
lures will be a landing stage for by-
ing machines. A 100000 structure
is to be reared on the site of the old
Brewster carriage factory on the west
side of Broadway between Forty-sGv-
enth and Forty-Eighth streets. 1t will
be used mainly for exhibition pur-
poses and various trades in the spoet-
ing line.
The Broadway project is backed by
interests identified with the Schletz
Brewing company of Milwaukee, rrp-
resented in New York by John CHI
meis, restauranteur, and Oscar
Schmidt. The building will he erected
by the Atlas Development company,
which in January of last year tooP a
long lease on the Brewster site from
the Sutphin estate.
The new building is to be adapted
particularly to the needs Of the au-
tomobile, motor beat and aviation IN
dustries and their allied trades. With
this end In view, certain unusual
structural features have been planned,
such as starting and landing track
on the roof for flying machines, a
lake 60 by 125 feet, also on the roof.
for the display Of motor boats. and an
enormous freight and passenger Gle
vator, rs by So, capable of carrying an
aeroplane, 50-foot motor boat or
about 400 persons at one trip.
=. The basement, which will have a
very high ceiling, will contain q res
taBant seating SNOO or 1000 persons
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

INDIANAPOLIS, 1ND.-Here is a
L pretty kettle of fish. The Offices
OF the county clerks in Indiana are
being filed to overlooking with the
heads of dead crows, and the result is
not pleasing to the sense of smell. to
say the least. Came about this way:
AT the last session of the legislature
the farmers of the state succeeded in
having law enacted which placed a
bounty of ten cents upon the head OF
every crow. The farmers argued that
the crows destroyed much OF their
crops by eating the seeds after they
were scattered on the ground and
were nuisance in general. Every
body thought it would be a good
scheme to abolish the pest by killing
on 2 large number Ct the prolific
crows. And 80 it came to pass that
the law was enacted and most every
body thought the question was solved
at once and for all tire.
But it wafn't. The county clerks
are the sufferers anG compliments
now. The farmer boys spend their
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
New Statesmen Are Economical

IN this new house of representatives
l there are number Of members who
have come here with full realization
OF the fact that they are One.termers
They know that according to all hui
man probabilities they will not be re-
turned, and SO they propose to make
all they can out Of two years In Of
fee. No expensive hotels for them;
On the contrary, they are figuring how
they can live on their mileage and
clerk hire, and save their salaries
The result is that the superintend.
ent of the house office building has
had hard work to keep members from
putting cots In their Offices for sleep
ing there 1t is said to be a fact that
some of these "close" congressman
have insisted that they be given the
right to move their trunks into the
house office building and sleep there,
though they have not yet proposed do
ing light housekeeping.
Speaking of committee rooms, the
shift caused by the change in the po-
litical complexion of the house has re-
suited in embarrassment to some of
the members who have been in the
habit CT taking their nips regularly
during the day.
Gosh, but I'm dry, and tired, and
need drink" remarked statesman
as he stood in the corridor the other
day. But blamed if know where to
get It, Last session l had lots of
friends who kept bottles in their COM
mittee rooms, and l suppose there are
just as many now, or more. but
don't know where to locate them"
There seems to. be no reason to
doubt that the bottles are just as
plenty in this congress as they ever
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
The treasury can do nothing Sut

it. The treasury can do nothing Sut
keep it.
The contractor who laid the first
pavement upon Pennsylvania avenue
from the capitol to the White House
las $4,000 waiting for him. 1t has
been there many years, but the treas
TRY has never been able to find the
rightful payee, as the contractor
failed and his affairs became involved
in litigation which has never been set
tied.
The amounts of this seemingly own
erless fund range from thousands of
dollars down to a few cents. The
smaller amounts are all held for those
who owned government securities at
some time or other and probably have
forgotten to collect their latest inter
est. ....
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

One of the few surviving generals
on the union side during the Civil war
is Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge, of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Iowa, who has just cele-
brated his S0th birthday. In the war
he was noted as brave and skilful
general and after the close OF that
struggle he won renown as the en-
gineer who blazed the trail for the
Union Pacific railroad.
Gen. Dodge is type Of the self
made man. At the age of 10 he
drove a butchers cart in the town
of Danvers, Mass. his birthplace. Lat
er he devoted his energies to truck
farming and earned enough to take
the military and science course at
Norwich university At the age of
20 he went west, settling at Council
Bluffs. and on the outbreak of the Civ
il war he was made colonel of the
Fourth Iowa infantry, which he had
raised. He commanded a brigade at
the battle Of Pea Ridge, where three
horses we're shot under him and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
lawmakers Are Besieged by Womer

a session until it's close they-these
women in waiting" as one congress-
man facetiously calls them-are to be
seen. Some of them are there for a
short while only or, maybe, single
visit, but the majority are as firmly
intrenched as the Rock of Gibraltar
A few are so new and difRdent that
the pages who take In their cards to
the congressman have to tell them
what to write and where to wait. They
come for a million reasons, real and
imaginary, and every shading Of hu-
man pathos and comedy is exhibited
in their self-imposed. though none the
less arduous, task of waiting.
There are young girls, slender and
fair, who come in groups, properly
chaperoned, from boarding schools
just to say "good-day' to the member
frankly curious and vastly excited
over the novel experience.
There are women with the battle
SCARED faces of the unhappy aged.
Some of them are in rusty black and
make no attempt to conceal the pow
erty that drives them to this lost
hope of winning the sympathy Of a
man who can get them a government
position or aid the passage of GER
tain bill. They are ION duty" each
day, from noon to adjournment, in the
sitting little room on the house side,
which is merely columned niche to
the left of statuary hall. From it an
inclined rallied walk, not unlike gang
plank, leads up to a short hall direct
ly opposite the central door NJ the
house.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

Brides are falling on hard times and
stern advisers. One matrimonial ex.
pert denounces their tendency to keen
their husbands love by making them.
selves beautiful. and another declares
that to make their homes happy thev
must learn to cook. But it ia douht.
full If tho up-to-date brides will heed
such advice. They are beginning tn
believe that women ought to hava
some Of the fun which is going on on
the earth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
LAYS CRIME TO LORD BACON

DIR. Orville w. Owen, who is dig
ging diligently in the mud of the
River Wye in England for manu-
scripts he believes were hidden there
b. Lord Francis Bacon, is after
bigger game than has been sup
posed.
The American declares that the
cipher which is guiding his operations
and reveals that Bacon killed Shakes
peare and buried the bard of Avon's
head in the box which Is now being
reclaimed from the river bottom
The top of what the American
thinks is the hidden cache was
reached by the sounding rods, but
there is considerable layer of clay
tc be removed before the logs OF
planking forming the cover can be
removed.
Despite the contention of archaeolo
gists that DR.. Owen is only excavatine
a structure used as foundation fol
a Roman bridge, the investigator in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
FROM PLUMBER TO PEER

The United States is the land Of op
portunity, but even in the EuroDeas
countries under monarchical govern
ments and burdened with hereditary
aristocracies it frequently happenf
that the lowly born succeed in mount
ing well toward the top of the ladder
This is especially so in England. Ger
many furnishes a recent example OF
the possibilities of merit and ability.
Harry Plate, of Hanover, IL q plumb
er. He was a journeyman for many
years and travelled about the country
with his kit looking for jobs. But
Harry had brains and he secured not
only an education but great influence
among his fellow craftsmen. Some
time ago the Artisans congress pc
titioned Emperor William to give II
representation in the upper house OF
the Prussian parliament. He select
ed Harry Plate and made him a peel
with a seat in what corresponds tc
the House of Lords in Great Britain
There he will sit Hereafter keeDine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

Single windows are selling in 1on-
don at $4,000. and surely peep A.
King George as he passes along is not
worth that much. He is not much Of
a fellow, or at least was not until San
dow, the strong man, began to build
him up.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

A bill introduced in the New Jer.
sey legislature provides that people
who play cards for prizes may be i'm
prisoned. The wife of the introducer
OF the bill may have been unfairly
beaten In a contest for a nice prize
ut bridge party.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

The simplified spoilers are stin
working to reform the nations spell.
ing. AS an example Of cheerful mar.
sistence in the face Of insuperable OBJ
stacles, they are, at least, doing tn.
nation some good.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

When WI Tin Fang comes back for
the third time he will no doubt have
new set of questions in his throat
ready to spring on an unoffending peo-
pie
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

New York shipped 100000 in
worn out currency to Washington,
there to be destroyed. New York Is
an awful place to wear out ones
money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

"Seventy-flve per cent of the ma.
tons coal is sold without profit" AYERS
a commercial journal. 1t will be hard
to make the ultimate consumer believe
anything like that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

It IS estimated that Americans will
pay s5,0oo,o00 for seats from which to
view the coronation procession. Eng
land must have boosted the cost OF
viewing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

A Hartford motorman Is In court
charged with committing an assault
with trolley car. What's the use of
passing laws against carrying con-
cealed weapons?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

Chicago is now trying to solve the
hired help problem by letting tho
Homework by contract. The maid has
professional hours. Also her prices
are professional.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02


with his and maintains that Bacon adapb
the having
and various works o
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

A woman in Passaic, n. j., who ap-
parently has tasted for rs days. says
that angels feed her Which tends to
confirm the suspicion that she is act
Ing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

Young society women of Washing
ton are ambitious to be aviators. In
other words, those up-to-date in the
styles will be literal high-fyers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

A Chicago prophet declares the pop
ulation of that city will be 100000
fifty years hence. But why should we
worry over troubles so far in the
future?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

The government is talking OF coin
ing a two-and-a -half-cent piece You
can just smell the cigar that would 60
with it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

A Wisconsin farmer uses phono'
graph to call his cows from the fields.
Thus science and agriculture are 60
ing along hand in hand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

New York Is suffering from lob
ster famine of the crustacean variety.
Human Holsters are still as plentiful
as usual.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

A Connecticut pastor has adopted
the practice of serving refreshments
to induce his flock to attend church.
Feeding his flock. as 1t were.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

Now that woman has become the
owner of big league baseball fran
chise, will she institute weekly gen
tlemen's day."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

The head waiter who has advised
the public not to tip under certain
conditions should watch his soup keen
ly for paris green.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
PAYS $4,000 FOR A BIBLE

Nov I want some fun" said Henry
E. Huntington, nephew of Coils P.
Huntington, few years ago, when he
first contemplated retirizg from active
business life and devoting himself
heart and soul to his passionate love
for book collecting.
He had worked constantly and
strenuounly since early youth. He had
made himself the street railway king
of the Pacific Coast. He had piled up
millions of dollars He was fifty
years years old.
Nov want some fun" Mr. Hunt
ington started out to get what he
wanted. And his pursuit at "fun," as
he understands it, has eliminated
within the last few days in two
strokes Of sensational magnitude.
The first was his acquisition of the
famous chuch book collection, one of
the most splendid in the world. 1t
cost him $1,300,000. The other was
hi. purchase a few days ago of the
celebrated Gutenberg Bible the chief
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

Clicked hosiery is said to be the
latest thing in women's apparel, but
why clicked with the harem skirt to
hide it?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

A bellboy of the Waldorf-Astorla 10
to we'd an heiress. Surely, he Is I'M
PEELED thereto by ne financial neces'
sity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

The campaign cigar is barred. Poll
ticians will have to devise some new
means of putting candidates.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

This is the appointed time to cal
up what remains OF the canned fru1,
left from last winter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02


paid which, :hen
a
Since
his
tested his
his
Coils Huningons E.
railway
% startled Angeles
finds his keenest the Hoe
York. studying the
in at
His family English
England died the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

An expert has found three distinct
kind of germs on a cats whlskerA
Shave your cat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

Now, If our pitchers and the wealth
er man only hold out, the pennant II
merely a matter of few weeks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02


actively business
Of CO. He contributor periodicals and
and with various military
hi n.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

A coltish Californian Of ninety-two
years elopes with blushing maid OF
seventy That's wonderful climate!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

benefit of
the grimy a kit of
members the nobility scientists bankers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02

Chicago policeman recently out
ran the fastest burglar in the city. But
why was the burglar chasing him!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
What Is better than good fishing?

For that blue feeling try tho sunny
side of the street.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-02
Cats should be shaved. for thell
whiskers are full of microbes.
AS leader of society Col. John
Jacob Aston Is wearing harem shirt

New hairdressing styles reveal thai
woman's browning glory is amenabls
to sudden shifts.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-10
ONLY sEVENTY-NfNE RECRUITS
ARE MAKING GOOD.
Out 81 -Four Hundred or More DRAFTED
BY the Big Leagues a. End Of
Last Season

Of Tho 3se minor league playors
who we're purchased. drafted and
taken hack under optional agreement
by tho 1f bis league toaus last fall.
only f4 have stood tho acid fcaf nul
~ this number fuily dozen or moro
VIII probably ind their WAY back into
The minors before another month ia
past
Last fall vas record breaker when
if came feb frantic oforfa ON tho part
~ the hig lcaFucra f0 strengthen fhe
weak spots in their iincuus s. small
army ~ players was purchased while
an unusually largo number WIS drafted
later on fn addition. fhorc were Sow.
ornl players out undor optional agrcr.
mcuta who woro recalled
Cleveland has retained moro
youngsters than ans other club iu
cithor % the major circuits Glove.
land. however. wnF wcodiug ont DOT
~ veterans and naturally casi Ifs not
tor moro vouuEstcrs than any of ra
rivals Consequently. uiarprs
wore taken from fhc minors and of
That large number 90 survive. while
one othor. Catcher NuuulmaIcr. Dol
with Uosfon in tho American sR I-
the most any other club Kept chat
being tho number off recruits that
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-10
KNIGHT MAY BE GIVEN A
CARNEGIE HERO MEDAL

curing a medal and he will have all
the Case race crew sign the petition.
I'o 'tat"d This before leaving Indian
apolis for Chicago.
rr.En, IS now "a patient. with his
rrochanician. John T. Glover. in the
Methodist Episcopal hospital in In
dianapolis lie has conclusion OF the
brain. while his mechanician has two
broken ribs and possibly internal in
juries His car was a total wreck.
personal property.
The petition is rs follows:
Indianapolis. Ind. June I. 1911.
Petition 10 the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission. Pittsburg. Pa:
Petition.
WHEREAS on the thirteenth day of
N-'. 1917. a. the Indianapolis motor
-"ocdway. Harry Knight while d-iv.
ing Westcott car No : in the inter
national 5oUmile swcepstake race. at
the IRISH OF his own life and that OF
his own mechanician. deliberately
turned his car into a concrete retain
ing wall 10 save the life OF fellow
participant in the race. c. /. Ander-
son: and
WHEREAS inasmuch as said Harry
knight was we'll MP 10 the front al
about 200 miles. when the accident
took place. and thereby sacrificed not
only all chances Of winning honor and
monitary reward. but a. the asme
time invited what appeared 10 be Ger
tain death.
We the undersigned participants In
the race and spectators thereof be
lievc the act worthy Of your recor.
milton and hereby formally petition
you 60 take steps In accordance with
the custom Of your commission.
Signed:
When interviewed many Of the local
motorists who witnessed the daring
act Of knight az indianapolis an
nounced their intention Of signing the
petition.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-10
Baseball Boxing Bowling
Major Mallow May Race
The independence Boy

He made l3 starts in 1908 and won
money II times. In 1909. he faced the
starter 20 times and 10 times was in
the money division. In 1910. the past
year. he scored for the word Is times
and &c times was a money winner
During his racing career he has ager-
aFed l. star's year and won money
l4@ times a yea
Unlike Major Mallow the Indepen.
cence Boy. 2:03Iz. is a young horse
and is just in his prime. He made
garrison finish on tho Grand Circuit
last year and iuade Princess Hal.
2:e3i4. look Ike cart horse in their
race AT Columbus. He was twice in
front AZ lPX!ngton. when he met the
cream Of me Grand Circuit. Ills ear
Ter races. during the season of 1910
h'' if~ appearance OF being laid up'
''' &c 9ents. Ills finish made
tho trri world SIT up and take notice.
This year will see Independence BOY
In his prime and 10 me il looks like
zoo i..' e mile arUInd the two
minute mark. l. is true his best races
were stepped on a mile ring ard he
VIII never he able to step with the
Major around the sharp turns. but I
think he can run away from him on
the stretches. The race. however.
viii prove one % those that brings the
grand stand 10 its feet To cheer rhe
hobble PAGERS as they thunder past
neck and neck
With June here the trainers and
drivers have their strings AZ the track
and Tho horses will soon be repeated
Jogging ovo- the dirt roads is now al
an end and the horses are being
brushed But few horses are being
trained at the Island oval DIR Kinsev
has Black Patchen. Commissioner
Guy de Cuba and two green ones in
training. Charles y HaDcher has
sold all his horses and has retired
from The turf world The SchmuIl
bach string Is al Lexington. being con
dition"d for the Grand Circuit His
horses will all start over the big ring
The Schmublach string is one NJ the
best In training on the Grand Circuit
and will bring Wheeling in the limo
night this summer among the horse
men
At Parkersburg. Clarkshure. Fair
mont and Morgantown a large nun.
her OF hoses are being trained. 4 ID
Parr has his horses al Clarksburg nm.
DER me care ~ Bill Arnold Mr.. John.
son has "a number OF horses at that
track Lord White. Mary Ann and
Others are being trained M Morgan
town. while the blizzard horses are
AT Shattuck park tParkersburgl.
Fred Jaminson has his horses above
flttshurg Harry Thatcher. tho local
trainer. has fifteen in training AZ
|rcenville Frank Hedrick. OF Prin-
cess Hal fame. is at jamestown. while
Curt Gosnel is az Cambridge CITY
valentine has his horses AZ Rockport
and Nat Crist has his horses al Ruf.
ialo. The trainers will an be here for
the September meeting.