The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-17
Virginia--Fitth City Of the State
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road facilities and generally pro-
gressive tone, as we'll as being a
pleasant place in which to live.
Among the mining Offices located
here are the general offices for this
district of the Oliver Iron Mining
Company, the estate of the late Gov
ernor Frank NJ. Higgins of New
York, the NJ. A. Hanna Company,
and subsidiary companies, the Pitt
Iron Mining Company, the Commo-
dore Mining Company, the Inter
state Iron Company, the Euclid Iron
Mining Company, the Madeira Iron
Mining Company, the Seville Iron
Mining Company, the New York
State Steel Company, the Cole &
Mcdonald Exploration Company,
Osterburg & Johnson, drilling con
tractors, who have large shops; Moe
Bros. drilling contractors, and Lerch
Bros, general ASSAY office.
Virginia is made up of workers,
whether it be in the mines, mills,
shops or oftices-workers of the
highest intelligence. These men all
demand good government and what
is more they see that they get good
government. They work in har-
mony with the city administration
and the Commercial club for the
city's best interests. That is one of
the reasons the city is forging
ahead so fast. With all of the i'm
provements under way and planned
Virginia has no bonds, no indebted
ness but what will be paid before
January l next. Taxpayers, there
fore always know where they are at.
Andrew Ha wkinson is serving the
last four years-two terms-as may
or Of Virginia and it is conceded
that his administrations have been
productive of good. He has been
aided ably by the other city officials,
including the council, the fire and
police commission and the park
board. Albert +. Bickford is city
clerk, o. A. Poirier, city attorney;
w. b. Pratt, treasurer; J. P. Carey,
Judge Of the Municipal court; James
H. Fleming, special Judge; +. +.
Johnson, city engineer; Ellis E.
Walsh, chief of police; A. F. Thayer,
fire chief; o. A. Poirier, W. J Schulze,
Herman Nathanson,H enning Erick-
son and D. f. Shea, park commits
sioners; r. &. Pickering, NJ. +. Fan.
ming, Mrs. c. NJ. Doorway, Mrs. W. E.
Hannaford, A. w. Norton, c. c. But
Ter, J. D. Lamont, Charles r. Hen
drick and Mrs. O. P. Johnson, library
board, and DR.. c. Is. Lenont, +. D.
Mcneil, A. de Noble, J. w. Murphy
and Charles Lundstrom, fire aud
police commission. The council is
composed of A. c. Osborn, presi
dent; Michael Boylan, Frank Weber,
A. D. Heritage, J. L. Kimball, F. J.
NOLAN, A. Staff, H. o. Johnson and
+. c. A. Johnson.
Some of the finest agricultural
lands in the state are close to Vir.
ginia. All of the government land
has been taken up by settlers. Good
roads run from Virginia in all di-
rections. This section is being de-
veloped agriculturally, the high
prices for produce of all kinds and
nearby markets being powerful in
centives to settle on the soil. The
Duluth & Iron Range railroad is
Offering attractive lands at low
prices and on long terms to actual
settlers and land companies are
doing their share TO encourage set
Element. Some of these are offering
forty acre tracts for truck garden
ing and dairy farming and it will
not be long until Virginia gets all
her farm produce within few miles
of the city.
Men who work in the mines are
being encouraged all over the range
to make their homes on acre tracts
which will supply more produce
than they can use if worked at odd
hours and bring down the cost OF
living to everybody on the range
To the north, the Canadian North.
ern is opening up a vast agricul
tural tributary to Virginia.
The city has two good social
clubs, the Oliver Club and the Vir
gina Club. The latter organiza
ton has finely furnished quarters
on Chestnut street and it's membe
ship includes 100 leading men of thu
range. NJ. E. Tanning is president
O. H. Griggs vice president, Edward
Wenzel secretary and George Sim
ons treasurer. These gentlemen
and A. c. Stevens, NJ. c. Stewart ant
L. c. David are the directors.
Virginia has two first-class news
papers, The Virginian and The Viz
ginia Enterprise, both of which ar,
equipped to do all kinds of print
ing.
Nearly every city and town i,