The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
ENTERTAIN milwaukee
MANUFACTURERS
One Hundred and Sixteen Members Of Nil.
waukee Association are Virglnia's
Guests on Saturday.

The members of the Milwaukee
Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation, one hundred and sixteen
strong. we're the guests of Virginia
on Saturday forenoon, and under
the guidance of the Virginia Com
mercial Club and interested citizens
viewed-with an eye to business ex-
pansion-the stability of the fifth
city of Minnesota and the industries
which guarantee Virginia's perma-
nency and continued growth.
The Milwaukee Merchants and
Manufacturers Association is fifty
years old, and this coming Septem.
Der will celebrate it's semi-centen-
nial. It is the pioneer association
of it's kind, and has done much
toward successfully building busi-
ness for the Wisconsin city-most
notably attested by the fact that
where but thirty years ago the man.
ufactures of Milwaukee comprised
wooden shoes, Frankfurters aud
beer, today they extend to every
branch of industry aud aggregate
many millions of dollars in value
annually. The object of these an
nual excursions is to acquaint the
business world of other and grow.
ing cities with these manufactures,
and while the Milwaukee wholesaler
has not in past been specially fav-
ored by Minnesota range trade it is
unquestioned that the eventual out.
come OF the present trip will be to
interest range buyers to a greater
extent in Cream City manufactures.
This is the eleventh annual excur-
sion of the Association, and the
members travelled in style. A spec
ial train of ten coaches, comprising
buffet, diner, sleepers and chair
cars, was at their disposal, and it is
said that upon leaving Milwaukee
not less than $4,000 worth of adver-
tising novelties for distribution
along the route were on board.
From this city the party went to
Eveleth and Hibbing for brief after
noon stops, returning late in the
afternoon to Duluth where they
we're guests of the Duluth CONNER.
cial Club during the evening, leav-
ing Duluth at midnight for the
homeward trip. - 2
In the program book furnished
mem bers and for general distribu-
ton along theline, Virginia receives
the following honorable mention:
"Virginia is the fifth city in the
state of Minnesota. Its main in
dustries are mining and numbering.
The largest known bodies of iron
ore are tributary Ito Virginia, and
will require from fifty to one hun
dred years to be mined out. The U.
S. Steel Corporation has holdings
here representing nearly the full
value of it's capital stock.
"Virginia is also the market place
for one of the largest bodies of
standing timber left in the north.
west.
"On the Missabe range, a strip of
territory twelve miles wide and
thirty-fv miles long, there are
about $4,000 people.
Virginia has four railroads, an
average of twenty five trains day,
and is favorably located as dis
tributing point.
"Among the places of interest are
the Virginia & Rainy Lake mill,
with a capacity of 100000 feet per
day; the Franklin and Norman
mines, the new technical high
school, Olcott park, etc.
Virginia, with it's paved streets,
its paid fire department., its fine
public buildings and other modern
Improvements, surprises the visitor
through the fact that it's improve.
ments have been accomplished
without bond issue. 1t has not a
dollar OF outstanding bonded in
debtedness."
Eagles State Convention at Chisholm.