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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

WASHINGTON.-Prof w. J. MCGEE
W of the department of agriculture
has been at work upon a curious sort
OF census for some months. This cen
sus Is not the counting Of souls, but of
the wells of water upon which souls
are nourished. He has secured data
concerning the wells of the country,
ana they are bearing on the national
water supply and incidentally upon
the ultimate food resources of the ma
ZION. This we'll enumeration has al
ready reached $4,000, and covers the
states and practically every country of
the United States. Records are COM
piled, so far as possible, showing the
depth of the we'll and the depth of
the water and the variation of water
level from year to year. The signtfi-
cant part Of the showing is that the
water level in the wells of the country
Is decreasing at the rate of foot and
half for each decade. Some of the
records go back for 20 years and some
TO the first settlement of the country.
The average reduction In level of
the ground water" is shown to have
been II feet since its first settlement.
This is regarded as a serious condi-
ton. because the food-producing pos
s1bilfty Of the country depends even
tually on the water supply.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

u OSTON.-Boston is soon to lose an
ID other of it's historic landmarks,
what is claimed to be one Of the old
est structures in the city-the Sun
tavern, in Dock square.
Some time ago there was fire in
the rear Of the building, and it is un-
derstood the fire commissioner. con-
demned the set of buildings at that
point, owned by the c. w. Galloupe
estate. which also includes the old
Bite tavern, in the angle made by
South Market street and Faneuil Hall
square. Orders have been given to re-
move the structures within the next
three months. 1t is understood mod
ern brick building will replace both
structures.
The rough-hewn oaken beams Of
the Sun tavern seem as sound today
as when they were placed in position
upon the hewed and shouldered up
rights which support them. The loss
of this historic group of buildings will
bring great regret to many interested
In the early days. The Sun tavern
boasts on it's Faneuil Hall square face
tablet stating that the building was
erected in 1890, and the date has nev-
er been disputed as far as is known.
In fact, there is q tradition to the
effect that its timbers were cut in
Cornhill. This story is not generally
known, as it is known Cornhill was
built upon in 1890. OF course the
oak could have been cut there prior
to that and stored, but it is more gen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
First Giant Wireless Towers Erected

HE first of three giant steel towers
L to be used by the bureau of yards
and docks of the United States navy
as wireless telegraph stations has
been erected on high hill overlook
ing the Potomac river at Arlington,
Va. Two Of the towers are $50 feet
high, while the third is 600 feet high,
the latter being the highest in the
world built for use as wireless tele.
graph station.
When the other two towers are
erected the three will be capable of
seeding wireless message a distance
OF 5000 miles over the sea and almost
that distance over land. Had they
been completed and in working order
a week ago direct communication
could have been established between
Arlington. Va, and any of the vessels
within hundreds of miles of the ILL.,
fated Titanic.
The 600foot tower, when erected,
will contain an elevator, and the steel
work on the, two smaller" towers has
been so arranged that elevators can
be placed in them at any time. How
ever, for while at least, persons will
ascend from the bottom to the top of
the smaller towers by means of a
stairway. The 600-foot tower rests on
base $50 feet square, while the two
450-foot towers rest on a base 120 feet
square.
n0wor ond oroino ho,,co trono
mftter and receiving buildings are be-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Woman's Will Stops Administration

PORTSMOUTH, N. Hone deter
/ mined woman, Mrs. Ellen Quinn
of Washington street, showed what
she could do the other day with
city government that held up her
claim for damage to property through
the overlooking of sewer.
She tied up the City hall with at
tachments, tied up the police station
with attachments, tied up the water
department and the street department
and every other thing about depart
ments with the same manner of legal
documents until the city officials threw
up their hands and were humbled be-
fore her.
Then she agreed to let the garbage
still continue to be removed, and the
city horses came forth from the pri-
vate stables where she had placed
them and the typewriters in the city
building get to clicking again, after
Mayor Daniel w. Badger had passed
out his personal check of $4,000, as
bondsman for the city to insure the
payment Of her claim in case the
courts support her contention that
$500 is not too much to be awarded
for having a fine hot-air furnace ru-
ined by pesky sewer backing up.
Mrs. Quinn got Sherifts Spinner and
Shaw on her side directly after
she had learned that Mayor Badger
had vetoed the recommendation made
by the committee on claims to pay
her the money. They appeared just
after the city hall opened and attached
everything the place contained, chairs,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Priest Converts Hundred to Marriage

KANSAS CITY. - Forty-eight en-
II gagements and one marriage are
the fruitage thus far Of the matrimo-
NAL guild Of Father William J. Dalton
Of the Church of the Annunciation.
Il am expecting London and Kan
sas City to span the ocean and join
hands in the elimination of a romance
started quarter Of a century ago." he
said, and II the hearts that were es-
ranged then are united now it will
mean that our little efforts here have
been responsible for well-known pro-
fessional man Of Kansas City marry
ing his boyhood sweetheart.
1T happened this way" Father Dali
ton continued. Il received a letter
from a woman in London soon after
the papers there contained, an account
Of our little venture, asking If l could
find man of a certain name in Kan
sas City. She said they had been en-
gagged more than twenty-five years
ago; that an estrangement had come
and that he had departed for America
She said that she still loved him and
aaksd me to ind MIN for her. I found
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

THE historic old ship Santee, which
/ recently sank at her dock at the
Annapolis Naval Academy, has been
abandoned by the naval authorities
and will be sold to the highest bidder
with the understanding that he re-
move her at his own expense. An in
spection of the vessel shows that she
is waterlogged and beyond repair for
naval purposes. She rests on the
muddy bottom of the Severn with the
water about twelve feet above her
water line and probably never will
float again.
Naval officers have an affection for
the old Santee, based on recollections
Of their student days at the academy
For many years she was used as a
practice ship by the midshipmen, and
when no longer able to navigate, was
transformed into a prison ship for the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

CHICAGO. - American reinforce
~ ments for the rebel Mexican troops
set sail for the southern republic from
Dundee, ILL.,, on the Fox river, the
other night.
Captain Unafraid" Merle Farms
worth, thirteen years old, was in COM
mand Of the good ship Ferber, while
General Do Or Die Charles Martz,
fourteen years old, commanded the
troops.
The skipper and the general were
the crew and the general and the
skipper were the troops. Their trans
port was twelve-foot skiff, owned,
until they seized it as contraband of
war, by Lyman Andrews of Dundee.
The young soldiers of fortune made
up for their lack Of numbers in the
strength OF their armament. Each
wore a belt strapped around his waist
carrying 10 rounds Of ammunition,
while in their holsters were revolvers.
Dangling from their hips were huge
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Boston's Historic Landmark Condemned

orally believed the heavy beams were
cut near Cornhill, as was entirely pos
sible at that date.
The tavern is older by half a cen
tury than Faneuil hall, which faces 1t.
1t is the last survivor of the buildings
that stood about the ancient dock;
from which it was hardly more than
thirty feet distant.
In it's day it has served In many ca
pacities, first as a residence, then
tavern, grocery, fruit store, market
and for many years past as comblna-
ton fish and meat store. In liz 1t
was the dwelling Of Thomas Phillips
and even at that time was known as
the Sun tavern, as Phillips had q per-
NIT for ten years previous to that
date.
Samuel Mears owned the tavern In
1924 and in 1741 it passed to Joseph
Jackson from Thomas Valentine of
Hopkinton for the sum OF $12,375.
Capt. James Day conducted the Sun
tavern in 1855 and Paix Cazeau sue
ceeded him. Under this later pro-
prietor the tavern became highly
popular place. When the old Crown
coffee house became too small for the
meetings of the Scots Charitable So
ciety they were held for years In the
Sun tavern, which at that time was
a noted place for meetings OF organ1-
cations. 1t is claimed that many OF
the resolutions passed in gatherings
in Faneuil hall had previously been
drafted at smaller gatherings there.
During the siege Of Boston the Brit
ish took possession Of the tavern and
changed it's name to the Kings Arms,
but after the evacuation the old name
was restored. When Joseph Jackson
died in 1894 the group Of buildings
was sold at public auction to David
Bradlee for $500. The Sun tavern
has always been considered Of the
seventeenth century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
WI TlNG-FANG COMING BACK

II he still retains one-half the en-
thusiasm for which he is famous In
America DR.. WI Ting-fsn@ will have
the time of his life when he returns
to Washington to enter upon his third
term of service as Chinese z>:a:sser
to the United States. Ills many friends
in official and in private life are al
ready planning to give him such wei
come as has never been accorded an
other returning diplomat. His ca
pacity for enjoyment when it comes
to banquets and dinner parties and
his power of endurance when it comes
to pink teas will in all probability be
taxed to the utmost. The more siren
Gus the program, however, the more
gleeful will probably be the tndefatigi-
bic WI Ting-fang.
With the announcement that DR.. WI
will come to this country as repre-
sentative of Yuan Shih Kat, president
of the Chinese republic, society at the
national capital has shaken of its
sprinstime lassitude. Stories of the
famous Chinaman's sayings have been
centrictties. his startling originality al
Gus. He IL remembered as the man vi
He was known as the human qucstte
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

him. am hoping soon to hear of
their marriage"
Each day Father Dalton's mail
grows larger. He has had letters
from every big city in the United
States; from nearly every state; from
foreign countries; from one man
worth 100000; from Indian girls
of Oklahoma and Texas; from bank.
ers, judges, lawyers, physicians and
farmers.
In the local classes-those which
meet every week at Father Daltepa
home-there are twenty couples. who
are expected to embark within the
next few months. Several of these n
ready have announced their engage
mcpt. while the rest are Understood
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
SAYS SHE'S ALL AMERICAN

Oscar Hammerstein had the proud
est moment Of his life recently when
King George gave him a handshake in
the beautiful vestibule Of the London
opera house. 1t was his majesty's first
visit to the opera houss, to which he
went to attend a concert in aid o! the
League Of Mercy.
The king, accompanied by Queen
Mary, Princess Mary and Priace Al
bert, was received there BY Prince
and Princess Alexander of Teck, Prin'
cess Victoria Of Schleswi5 Holstetu
the Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Far
quhar and the Countess of Chester:
field.
After the ladies had BEEN presented
to their majesties, the dowager Coun
tess of Chesterfield introduced Mr.
Hammerstein to Price Alexander
who presented him to King George.
The king, grasping Mr.. Hammer.
STEMS hand, said:
Il am delighted with the effort you
are making here today and It gives
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

hfty pounds it is acknowledged that
the sudden loss Of weight might af-
feet an aeroplane greatly. Now the
inventor and Captain Washington I.
Chambers, U. 8. NJ. in charge of avia-
ton in the navy, are studying this
phase of the problem.
Final tests Of the gun will be held
soon at Indian Head under the SUPER
vision Ut the bureau Of ordnance. It
will be fired from frail structure to
represent an aeroplane and a dyna-
mometer will register the effect Of
the discharge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07


State university
the wherewiha
First
botanical
had a
continent enlisted
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

A Boston professor is quoted as say
ing that 1000 westerners could re-
store rural New England to its former
prestige. M-m-m. Well, it took near
ly that number Of New Englanders to
make a prestige for the west
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

That story Of workman who fell
81 stories in New York and caught a
rope several times on his way down
and remarked on reaching the ground
that he felt a little dizzy, certainly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

A statistician tells US that there are
SsO,O0O,000 chickens in the world, but
It is evident that he does not count the
mysterious substance known as ported
chicken.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

Matter Of Personal Pride.
What makes you insist on taking
a curtain call after you are supposed
to have been done to death In q hand
to-hand encounter" =: -.
Il have a reputation to sustain at
the athletic club, replied the ractor.
You couldn't expect me to let. tho
audience 90 home With the idea that
I actually had been put down ~.
ont r "a . S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Taking a Census of the Water Wells

One group of 10 states was taken In
the rectangle Enclosed by Minnesota.
Ohio. Tennessee and Iowa. It VA
found that this was representative OF
the general condition. It was shown
that the water level was gradually but
steadily falling all over the country
so that the ultimate outlook, not next
year, but in few centuries, will be
for vanishing drinking supply not
only on the farms, but in urban COM
munities where the water supply is
drawn from lakes and rivers.
Prof. MCGEE says that the supply
could be increased by digging the
wells deeper, but that this would be
merely palliative measure. The real
remedy is in changing the system OF
farm cultivation so as to conserve the
water supply.
He explains that when the country
is in state of nature all the rainfall
and the melting snowfall sinks into
the ground and the rivers run clear.
With settlement and cultivation the
ground is broken up SO that 1t is
washed into the streams and the rfv-
ers run muddy in the spring, and
there are intervals of disastrous floods
and bad drouths.
He says further that as land be-
comes more valuable the farmer Is
unconsciously applying the remedy by
more intensive cultivation and manag
ing his land SO that it is not allowed
to erode and wash away. The point
he brings out, however, is that this
situation should be clearly put before
the people, SO that crop systems and
methods of cultivation might be i'm
mediately improved and the waste Of
both land and water prevented.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
MAY SOON BE MAJOR-GENERAL

Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston, COM
mander Of the Department of Califor-
MIA, who at any time may be promoted
to major general, is one OF the fight
INCEST" little men in Uncle SzNB
army, and general who sas not
turned out in the polishing mill at
West Point. He jumped into the fight
ing game from the seemingly innocu-
Gus calling of a government botanical
explorer-and made good.
Fred Funston, the captor of Aguinal-
do and the conqueror of the Philip
pines, comes Of fighting family, be-
ing the son of Edward Hogue Funston,
a captain in the Union army during
the Civil war, and Ann Elizabeth
Mitchell Funston, a descendant OF
Daniel Boone. The elder Funston
served three terms In congress, was
for many years Kansas legislator
and speaker of the house.
The son of this hardy Kansan left
his fathers farm in his teens and went
to Mexico. There he picked up Span
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

A Pennsylvania woman, charged
with having ten husbands, has been
sentenced to a year in Jail. II the
jury had been made up of spinsters
nothing short Of capital punishment
would have sufficed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

A lady named Yik Yug Ying is re.
ported to be at the head Of the woman
suffrage movement in China. Nobody
can accuse her Of not being q Us
woman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

We see by the papers that two Los
Angeles girls rescued two young men
from the angry deep. This being leap
year. there can be no doubt about the
SEQUEL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

A five-story pickle factory in Chi.
cago was destroyed by fire the other
day. But, then. one could hardly
expect a pickle factory to be pre-
served.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

A doctor in Paris announces that he
has invented sewing machine to be
used in surgical operations. Next
thing we know there will be machine
TO collect doctor bills.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Aeroplane Gun Fires from Both Ends

TESTS of another invention designed
to make war in the clouds" pos
sible are being prepared by the United
States. It consists of an aeroplane
gun that discharges a pro3ectile from
each end. One of the pro1ectiles is
designed for destructive work and the
other as a dummy, to neutralize the
recoil. Commander Cleland Davis, U.
S. N, is the inventor.
The practicability of the, weapon
has been partially demonstrated in
tests at Fort Wright. Two light can
vas wings, corresponding to those Of
an aeroplane were rugged up close to
the gun. Delicate springs and recoil.
Ing discs were placed under the
stanchions to record the vibration and
conclusion and recoil. The results in
dicated that it's use on an aeroplane
hundreds of feet above earth is prac-
ticable
AS the two projectiles weigh about
Too Busy.
Lets see, you live in sewickly,
don't you?"
yep"
Got a little piece Of ground attach
ed to your house?"
"Quite a lot"
rGoing. to make garden this
springF'
mo: I'm busy experimenting that
OF my next door neighbor." 5 "a Is, s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

A food expert advises us to eat less
wheat and more rice, but We have a
vague suspicion that he is doing press
agent work for a chop suey factory.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

Amateur gardeners should be in.
formed that 1t is not necessary to
plant string beans to the music of
mandolins.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

According to fashion authority.
styles in women's hats this year are
to be more sensible" Going to raise
garden truck on them?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

Certain dreamers talk about the mil.
lennium. but it will only come when
baseball fans take the word OF the
umpire without murmur
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

Every woman knows that she can
be her own beauty doctor, but prefers
the work of more experienced mas.
seur.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

There is reason to suspect that tho
expressive slang phrase. Never
again." originated on moving day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

China now has a native aviator Of
it's own. Very likely China before
long will go to talking about the back
ward civilization Of the occident.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

A Chicago pastor refuses to marry
couples who are not physically sound.
but we presume he winks at lovesick-
ness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

Japanese children, 1t is said, are
taught to write with both hands. 1t
takes a halfnelson to master that Ian.
guage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

A London court is trying to decide
what is "sardine." Even the small
fish get their day in court.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

A Chicago reformer advocates the
employment of policewomen in plain
clothes. No use-they wouldn't wear
EN-!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

Remember the cake walk? Perhaps
the day will come when we can ask
the same question about rag time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

King Georges doctor says that Chi
cago is pretty place. Anyway, most
of the campaign portraits have come
down.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07


Ort1e Harold
and
Miss Lyme
Marguerite royal saying:
beautiful
arch
Miss Lyme archly your majesty
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

It appears to be absolutely useless
to dispute with a locomotive for the
right of way at grade crossing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

The price of gasoline has gone up
as we'll as the price Of hay This is
where the auto has nothing on the
horse
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

New York is threatened with a
dressmakers' strike. New York is
constantly facing some dreadful peril.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

The bleachers are never willing to
admit that a hostile umpire was born
free and equal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

The best barefoot dance of them all
is the one the youngster does on the
brink of the swimmin' hole.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

One person who need not be told that
the baseball team is in town is the Of
fee boy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

Despite the war of determination on
the mosquito and fly last year. the cru
SADIE will begin as usual this year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

II any person thinks that free
speech is restricted in this country let
him 20 to baseball game.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07

Fortified by statistics, swat the first
ny, and kill 9,327,64S.595.671 other
flies,