The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-01

ed one of a heavy, wild and reck-
less snow-storm. The doors open
ed early and our friend Flournoy
was nicely attired, minus his
small coat. This was the cue to
the other boosters and grafters to
get. busy, as this was the night
Of the "clean-ups' The crowd
came early and stayed until early
Sunday. When the$lights were
put out the lamps were the only
things in the hall that was not
sold. Klink was lucky to have
his "opera house" left. Articles
not sold were auctioned off. Of
! course there is no: money in an
auction, but you can gamble the
Elks auction was a money get-
ter.
The musical program was a
pleasing one, but the noise of the
rattling mazuma would not cease
and the numbers were not so well
appreciated as though the affair
was on the quiet order. However,
Mrs. E. X. Medler favored the
audience with a beautiful soprano
solo. She is from Eveleth, and it
was her first appearance here. Her
voice shows special training, and
she left a very pleasing impress
sion on the big crowd present
The Misses Shumaker Of Gilbert
sang pretty duet, soprano and
alto. These ladies are very mu-
steal and under fs'4tamer' con-
dition their numbers would be de-
cided hits, but the.*crowd didnt
care to be entertained despite the
efforts of the floor committee. A
large portion Of The audience
moved toward the stage and were
delighted with the young ladies
from Gilbert, and hope to hear
more of them. Miss Gertrude de-
Noble, Virginia's sXoung artist,
rendered a splendid sci lection and
showed that she is fast becoming
an entertainer. Her voice is be-
coming stronger and everyone is
interested in her success.
The winners of some of the ar
ticles that were either raffled or
disposed Of by chances we're:
Horse, Th0s Bawden.
Pug dog, "Boola,' Walter
NeWcomb.
Ton of coal, Mrs. D. E. Cupper-
null.
Live baby (pig), Miss Shumak-
er, Gilbert.
Automobile, Jimmy Gardiner.
Brass bed, Fred Bessette.
Willow plume, Mrs. Deering.
Sewing machine
Suit Of clothes, Mrs. NJ. Nc
Carthy.
-Four pair corsets, Mike Boylan.
Enterprise subscriptions, E. F.
a. johnson and Douglas Greeley.
There were so many donations
of articles of much merit that an
lntemized list of all the winners
were not kept, and the above are
only a few of the winners of the
most important prizes.
And so the big success of the
season has come to close. It
was a grand success, and to such
tireless workers as Victor Peter
son, John Kennedy, Ed. johnson,
Al Heritage, Adolph Braa, Jack
Brown, Toney Shipley, Al Flour
noy, Walter Newcomb and a doz-
en- more of the faithful is due
half the success. The other half,
and a full half, Of the grand sue
cess financially and otherwise is
due to the splendid efforts of all
the Elks' wives and sweethearts.
They worked faithfully and well
and should not be overlooked
when the praise is handed round.
The Elks desire us to thank each
and every person who had any
thing to do with the boola, either
by donation, committee work, mu-
steal selections or booth tenders,
as it was by the united efforts
of evryone that made possible
such a splendid stride toward the
giving to the local herd what
they are now striving so earnestly
for, and that is a beautiful Elks'
home on the lots they own on
West Chestnut street.