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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
No. 1922
Notice Of Expiration Of Redemption

Office of County Auditor, County Of st.
Louis, State of Minnesota
To James Hubbard:
You are hereby notified that the fol-
LOVING 10 ing piece an or parcel Of Land situated
Minnesota, and known and described
West half Q-2) of lot number one %,
block number twenty-eight (2S), Virginia,
is now assessed in your NAME
That on the 18th day of May A. D. 1902
at sale Of land pursuant to the real
estate tax judgment duly given and made
in and by the district court in ana Tor
of March, A. D. 1902, in proceedings to
enforce the payment of taxes delinquent
upon real estate for the year A. D. 1900,
for said county of SSLouis, the above
ly offered for sale and no one bidding up
on said offer an amount equal to that for
which said piece or parcel was subject
to be sold, to.wit: the sum of five dol
lars and nfnety-eight cents, the same
was duly bid in for the state Of Mime
sofa for said sum.
That thereafter, and on the 18th day
of November, A: D. 1910. the said piece
or parcel Of land. not then having been
then become the absolute property of the
state of Minnesota, was sold and con-
veyed at public sale by the county audi
tor OF SAID county pursuant to the order
and direction of the state auditor of tho
state of Minnesota, and in accordance
with the provisions of the statute in such
case made and provided, for the sum OF
thtrty-three dollars and sxty-six cents
duly paid to the county treasurer of said
county.
That the certificate Of sale for said
piece or parcel of land executed and de-
livered by said county auditor upon said
sale last above mentioned has been pre-
scented to me at my office by the holder
thereof, for the purpose of having notice
of expiration of time for redemption from
said tax sale of said property given and
served. and that the amount required to
redeem said piece or parcel Of land from
said tax sale, exclusive Of the costs to
accrue upon said notice. is the sum of
s33. g. with interest thereon from Novem-
Der 14th, 1910, at the rate Of one per cent
per month to the day such redemption
is made.
That the time for the redemption Of
said piece or parcel of land from said
tax sale will expire sixty (6O days after
the service Of this notice and filing Of
proof of such service IN my Office.
Witness my hand and seal of office
this 23rd day Of October, A. D. 1911
O. HALDEN,
Auditor, st. Louis County. Minnesota.
BY J. o. WALKER.
Deputy.
Official Seal Of County Auditor Of St.
Louis County, Minnesota.
Dec. 1915
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
Notice of Application for
Liquor License.

State of Minnesota. County of st. Louis, Vii.
lage of Costin. So.
Notice is hereby given, that application
has been made In writing to the village
council of said Village of Costin and fled in
my Office. praying for license to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors for the term commencing on the
10th day of Dec. 1911. and terminating on the
18th day Of Dec. 1912. by the foil wing per-
sons, and at the following places. as stated in
said application, respectively, to-wit:
VITULLA l. CHARMOLI
On the ground floor. front room, of the two
stOrv building. situated on lot three -. block
three ~, Village of Costin.
Said application will be heard and determin-
ed by said village council Of the Village Of
Costin at the village hall In the said village of
COstin- In st. Louis County, and State of Min
nesota. On the 3rd day Of January, A. D.
1912, at O'Clock P NJ. of that day.
Witness my hand snd seal of Recorder this
14tb day OF Dec. A. D. 1911.
GEO. BJOREsTAD,
Village Recorder.
Corporate Seal.), 12-15-29.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

WHILE the Virginia CONNER
cial Club, in common with similar
bodies throughout the Country,
enters the realm Of Politics suf-
ticiently to endorse tree sugar"
why not go farther, why not en-
dorse free wool" and thereby
lessen to marked degree the
cost of another necessary in this
northern cline; why not go even
farther and endorse the removal
OF the tariff wall adding to the
cost Of every necessity of life.
American labor completes with
the "pauper labor Of Europe TO-
day as much as it might were
absolute free trade in vogue; not
through importations of foreign
made goods but by Importation
of that pauper labor to the Unit
ed States and the placing of same
in active competition with honest
American labor at a wage which
is a disgrace to the nation and to
the corporations giving employ
ment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
WHAT MAKES COST OF
LIVING so Nigh
Detail Of Modern Living Different
Now Than Twenty Years
Ago-Want Too Many
Luxuries.

Modern retail business is not
conducted along the same lines it
was a dozen years ago-or twenty
years ago. The housewife no
longer takes her basket and
journeys to the grocery, selects
her food, pays for it and acts as
her own delivery boy. She uses
the telephone. She insists upon
fruit and vegetables out of sea-
son, she has it charged, she has it
delivered to her back door. For
these luxuries- for Injuries they
are-she must pay. If the fruit
is out of season, then it must
have been ripened artifcially or
kept in cold storage, and this
work is done by commission men
who charge the groceryman, who
in turn adds the charge to his
customers.
Look into every detail of the
modern living. How many men
today shine their own shoes ?
How many men who live over ten
blocks from their places of bust
ness walk instead Of riding on a
street car? How many 60 home
for the midday meal? How
many shave themselves?
Whence comes the money for
the manicurist? For the count
less shining parlors? For the
multiplying barber shops? Why
the ever increasing automobile
trade? The man today who wears
a " hand-me-down suit" is the
object of derision. He at least
must have it made to measure.
Who makes the vaudeville a pro-
fit? A hundred thousand stand
in line to buy seats in the bleach
ers prior to the world's baseball
championship series. The num-
Der of pianos sold on the INSTALL
ment plan would reach twice
around the equator. We have
more saloons than groceries and
more cigar stores than either.
We demand hot and cold wa
ter, a bath, electric lights, janitor
service with an ice chest thrown
in if we rent. Where is the
family that would put up with
the ||good old days. when we
jumped out Of bed and had to
break the ice in a pitcher in or
der to perform our morning ab-
lutions? Where is the family
that is content to "wash off" in
the family tub, a la Diogenes
What proud head Of the house.
hold is content to do withou
hardwood floors and submit to
the indignity of the old-fashioned
rag carpet?
High cost of living is due to
many factors, and it is too high.
But is due to the greed of those
who sell, or to the extravaganza
OF those who buy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

:. AN Oklahoma editor is respon-
sible for the following informa-
ton, the reliability of which is
unquestioned-by us: "Some of
you. fellows who never had a mil
lion dollars, like us editors, do
not know, of course, Of what the
big pile consists. We will put
you on. When you have million
one dollar bills and pile them up
hat, one on top Of the other, and
want to take one off, you II have
to reach up 268 feet. If you laid
them end to end you would have
to 60 eleven miles to get the one
at the farther end. If you had
the same amount in silver dollars
it would be one and one-half miles
high. And so on. We know, be-
cause we tried it the other night :;
but the bed slat broke and woke
us up"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

LOOKS just as though old Santa
was getting ready to get busy, if
one be permitted to judge from
the crowds thronging Virginia
stores. And one point Of more
than passing interest is the fact
that many of the throng are resi-
dents Of adjacent cities, called
here by the honest advertising
and handsome lines of goods Of
Virginia stores.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

TAFT cannot carry Indiana.
If he is nominated our cause is
lost before a gun is fred" is the
prediction of Edwin NJ. Lee, chair.
man of the republican state Gen.
trail committee of that state. And
the result in case of Mr.. Taft s
denomination will show that
Indiana is in sympathy with
various other states which have
heretofore been numbered in the
republican column.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

THE necessity of calling the
New York police to quell q riot at
a 'Peace Meeting" at Carnegie
Hall on Tuesday evening, at
which Andrew" Carnegie was to
have been one of the speakers but
was precluded from addressing
the audience because of the dis
turbance, smacks much Of the
necessity of .''peace meetings'' in
this country rather than a meeting
to consider the arbitration treat
les as recommended by President
Taft to govern the conduct Of
negotiations between England and
France. Like charity, peace meet
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

chow much merit have the
Merritt charges?' asks the Wa
basha Herald. To those who were
range residents and acquainted
with the earlier history of this
section, the Merritt charges will
stand as profound truth, despite
the allegations of John D. and his
preacher-secretary to the con-
trary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

THERE is work for the Vir-
ginia Commercial Club in the ex-
tension of the city limits to in.
clude number of the mining
properties to the east Of the city.
Under the present law there is an
opportunity of including such
properties in the local assessment
roll, thereby materially increasing
city valuations and naturally cut
ting down city taxation rates. 1t
would be wise, perhaps, if such
move was made before it is ever
lastingly too late; before the ex-
listing law regulating such annex
alton method is repealed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

1T was not a disbelief in tho
idea that Northern Minnesota de-
manded reapportionment that
caused it to be shut out of the St.
Cloud meeting of the Northern
Minnesota Development Associa-
ton. 1t was simply a realization
that capital and the interests own
ed the present state legislative
members, or majority of them,
and that any attempt at just re-
apportionment would be machine
made.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
GOV. EBERHART

GOV. EBERHART peddled
salve in Wall street on Monday,
addressing a meeting of young
men and admonishing them to be
honest, energetic and persistent.
The Governor is persistent enough
in refusing to hear the call for a
special session to be qualified to
speak thus.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
FIRST N. E. CHURCH.

Morning-1O:30, sermon. II As,
Sunday School. Evening $50,
Epworth League Devotional SER
vice, "A Well Life and Its
Close" Mrs. Smith leader. Z 80.
song service and Evangelistic SER
mon. Good music, chorus and
congregational singing at all SER
vices. :. - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

THE annual scrap between Du-
luth officials and the employment
agencies is on again. Pass a law
putting such agencies under state
supervision and then keep the
grafters out Of the job of looking
after them, and the lumberjack
will be cared for.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
A TIP from Santa Clause-''DC
your shopping early"

A PENNSYLVANIA railroad
has swept the Duluth, Missabe &
Northern into a scrap heap in the
matter of dividend earnings. The
road in question is 8 IL miles in
length, and last year cleared a
dividend of 1874 per cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
Story Ell, q. educator.

Story .e,t-. q. ecucatoF.
Miss Ethel Wood has been appoint
ed instructor in the art of story tell
Ing BY the Massachusetts state board
Of education. Miss Wood won fame
- IN original story teller while teach
~ IN Brookline. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

1T is rumored that the county
division proposition, which sup
posedly died an amicable and
agreeable death at the last session
of the reapportionment legisla-
ture, is to be resuscitated-once
more again. Best to let the dead
lie in peace.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

ings should conside Ter. matters at
home before giving attention to-
questions between foreign coun-
tries in which this nation can in
no wise be deeply interested. y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
JOHN B. LENNON. Il

JOHN B. LENNON, treasurer
of the American Federation of La
Dor, says "laboring men can
down liquor" Right he is; but
they are not alone in their ability
in this direction, as sometimes the
"boss" follows the same occupa-
ton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

SAM Y. GORDON, lieutenant
governor, refuses to usurp the
governors office to call a special
session Of the legislature, which
gives rise to the opinion on the
part Of some that that "Y" in
Sans name may be a railroad
"Y" after all.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

No. 8527.
Report Of the Condition Of
The First National Bank
at Virginia, In the stafte of Minnesota, at the
close OF business, December 5th 1911.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts 844O lao. 20
Overdrafts secured and unsecured 45O8 IS
U. s. Bonds to Secure Circulation. $4,000 90
Other Bonds to secure U. 8. Deposits 100000
Bonds, securities, etc l9lO63 -
Banking house. furniture, and fixtures 2O, 28 02
Due from National Banks mot re-
serve aRents) g. 39 9S
Due from State and Private Banks
and Bankers. Trust Companies.
and Savings Banks 2,740.5
Due from approved reserve agents 95442. 81
Checks and other cash items l0926 Is
Exchanges for Clearing House 1851 81
Fractional paper currency. nickels
and cents 1924
Lawful Money Reserve in bank. viz:
Specie 45,4l4.2O
LegaLtender notes $500 1850 20
Redemption fund with U. s. Treas
urer Is per cent. OF circulation $500. 90
Total 1893 ol6. 90
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. $4,000. 90
Surplus fund. 10000 90
Undivided profits. less expenses and
taxes paid 1879 IS
National Bank Notes outstanding $4,000. 90
Individual deposits subject to check 1899 SO
Time certificates OF deposit l98 433 81
Certified Checks l525. 50
Cashiers checks outstanding 1908 20
United States deposits 52SS. 70
Total 96sO16 90
State Of Minnesota, County of St. Louis, IS.
lib F. Britts. cashier of the above-named
bank, do soemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. B. F. BR1TTs.
Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day OF December. 1911.
HENRY KAUPPI
lSeal] Notary Public.
My commission expires August 2. 1918.
COrreCt-Attest:
R. r. BAILEY,
JNO. A. REDFERN,
:. r. KIRBY.
Directors.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-19
BICYCLE DRILL FEATURE
OF DECORATION DAY
G.. A. r. Committee Under
takes the Arrangement
of Novel Feature.

The Decoration day parade in Ham
mond is to be featured with a novelty
this year if the plans of the arrange
ment committee are carried out sue
cessfully. The feature is to consist
of messenger mounted brigade, to be
made up of boys on bicycles. Any boy
possessing a bicycle is invited to join
this parade, and all are asked to pres
ent themselves at Centra park on Sat
urday evening at O'Clock for organiza-
tion and exhibition drill.
In the meantime the boys who intend
to take part in the brigade are asked
to send their names to any member of
the committee which has been appoint
ed to meet the boys. The names of the
committee members are Levi Golden,
James Newell. Augustus Newell and
Rev. George r. Streeter
The Rev Streeter will also be glad
to get the names of friends and rela-
tives of any Hammond people who
fought In the war and who are buried
in nameless graves on the southern
fields. The object of this list is to
make up a roll of honor which will be
read at the G. A. r. church services
which will be held on Sunday. May 2S,
at the Christisn caurch.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-19
ARRESTED
ON SERIOUS
CHARGES

Walter r. Mason who was placed un-
der arrest yesterday at the Majestic
Hotel in Hammond is wanted at
Mankata, MINI. for grand larceny, and
viii be taken back today by the county
sheriff of Mankato.
4 telegram from Mankota, reveals
that a woman by the name of Anna
Cole IS implicated in the alleged
forgery and grand larceny Mason
claims he is the agent for the Penn
sylvania railroad company at Mankata-
He received a check for $500 which ne
had the girl deposit and he drew $3.50
and skipped from Minnesota.
In an interview with Mason this
morning he claimed he knew nothing
of the check or money and that he was
innocent Of all charges. At first >ffe
said that he did not have any money
when he left Mankota. but later ad-
mitted, receiving some money from the
girl
Mason also claimed he got some
money from Chicago. from parties who
gave him money on some Pennsylvania
railroad bonds. Whether or not these
bonds were his or that he stole them
is not known. Mason asserts that hs
has been keeping company with the
Cole girl and that they were to be mar
ried shortly. He had s7926 when ar
rested and one trunk and a suit case.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-19
FLOATER FOUND IN Canal

for and identified the remains as
those of her husband.
The body was brought to light by the
bottom of Olsens motor boat striking
it This was apparently all that was
needed to bring 1t to the surface.
Myers worked for many years at the
Graver Tank Works. Not long ago he
moved to Hammond and only last Mon
day he returned with his family to
East Chicago where he had rented a
paice in Olcott avenue He had been
for some time past fiunkeying in vari-
GUS salons about town. On Tuesday
morning when he was last seen. he
appeared to have ben drinking. and IL
is supposed that he fell into the canal.
Besides his widow. Myers leaves six
children ranging in age from a few
weeks to fifteen years.
The coroner will hold an inquest to-
day and in the mean time the fune raj
arrangements have not been made.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-19
MISRULE GIVES CITY
A NOTORIOUS NAME
Utter Disregard Of Decency and Law
Is Shown In Chronicling of Events
Transpiring In Knots Admins
tration. Gary Is At Last Awake to
Short Comings of It's Executive.

The history of Thomas z. Knots
administration. first as president of the
town and later mayor of the city of
Gary. the municipality only head
since its founding in 1906. is replete
with pages of sinister doings.
Wholesale disregard of the law is its
most striking feature. From 1906 to
1907 when Gary, besides being a fast
growing city, was also a community of
saloons. slot machines. dives and gamb-
ling hells, the hand of Knots has ever
been seen.
Cripple Creek in its palmiest days
had nothing on Gary when Knots was
enjoying the first flush of power. He,
who had just been a SIS a month po-
liceman in Hammond was just begin
ming to pile up the fortune that in
cluded a bank vice presidency, an auto
mobile, carriages. a mansion, a farm.
scores of city lots. stock, a construc-
ton company, apartment houses and a
newspaper How saving he was may be
evinced from the fact that his salary
CONTINUED on Page ID
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-19
WAS SCHMIDT
PAID $4,000?

Attorney Joseph Conroy made the
statement in open court a day or two
ago that Oscar Schmidt had been paid
$500 to leave the city of Gary and re-
main away until after the conspiracy
cases are disposed of so that his testi-
mony cannot be used by the state.
This was Conroy's tart retort when
the case of the state VS.. Oscar Schmidt
was called and Attorney H. +. Nc
Cracken charged that Schmidt's failure
to appear was probably due to the fact
that he was afraid to appear in the
Gibson case.
The real reason why Schmidt has
not appeared" thundered Conroy, us
that the Knots crowd has paid him
$4,000 to keep out of the county until
after the conspiracy cases are tried.
Il know this to be true. I can prove
it and l propose to do so when the Glib
son case comes to trial" Judge Beck
er laughed, and the incident was closed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-19
DOWN WITH MADERO..

Mexico City, May 19.-'Down
with Madero' seems to have succeed
ed Down with Diaz" as a rebel cry
throughout the republic. From
hero battling a tyrant. the insur-
recto chieftain has suddenly been
transformed, in the Mexican mind,
into an ally of the dictator.
Armistice and peace negotiations
have SO far failed to check the reyo.
luton, and even government officials
now express the belief that Madero
will be unable to swing the majority
of his followers into line.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-19
WHAT THINK YOU OF I
THIS MIXED UP MESS?
West Hammond Affairs Get
ting Worse Tangled
Each Day.

A grand jury investigation into for
mer village hall affairs, remon-
STRANGE suit in the Cook county circuit
court started by Miss Virginia Brooks
against supplementary assessments on
the 155th street and 155th place, ex-
nected eleventh hour action by the lii
nofs legislature declaring West Ham
mond to be a city. quo warranto pro-
ceedings and a few more minor issues
have West Hammond on the ragged
edge these days.
Ignatius Mankewski. the city clerk
of West Hammond, had letter from
Springfield in which the attorney Tor
the city faction stated that the Dill
making West Hammond city had
nassed the house and that it promised
well to go through the senate TO-DAY.
On the other hand, Attorney 5 X
,rarkman. who is assisting the village
faction. is said to have sent word to
west Hammond yesterday afternoon
from Springfield in which he said the
hiu making West Hammond a city had
been killed. and so the people are torn
IN doubt about the reliability of the re-
ports.
Await Legislatures Adjournment.
The Cook county grand jury this
week called for the village records ana
summoned Ignatius Mankowski, the
village clerk, to appear with them. The
investigation centered on the record OF
Martin Finneran, former clerk or west
Hammond. The grand jury Is SAID 10
have attempted to trace certain funos
which are said to have been paid by the
Michigan Central railroad TO him ABOUT
the time he gave up the office or col
lector of special assessments, last Au-
gust. The amount of money involved
Is said to have been S2,70o. No other
action by the grand jury Is reported
to have been taken on this matter
The quo warranto proceedings nave
been continued by States Attorney
John Wayman pending the ADJOURN
ment of the legislature.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-19
LATEST NEWS
SUICIDES IN PEN.

Michigan City, Ind, May 10
John Smith, serving a ten to twenty
years term jim the state prison, COM
mitted suicide by plunging from the
fifth or top range of the north cell
house to the stone floor, forty feet
he was dead when picked up. Smith
was sent to prison from White County
October 4, 1907, for burglary. 1t is
supposed that he had become de-
spondent because the distance to
freedom appeared too long.