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Mower County transcript., 1912-12-04
rhe Wine 81 Good Huf1or.

Honest good humor Is the oil and
wine Of q merry meeting, and there
|is no joYial comps ship equal to
THAT where the Jokes are rather small
land the laughte abun ant ashing-
ton Irving. sss.ss
Mower County transcript., 1912-12-04
MASTEN-CHAPMAN.

At high noon, Wednesday, Nov. Fl,
1912, the wedding of William Masten
and Miss Juanita c.. Chapman was
solemnized at. the home Of the brides
mother on Freeborn street, Rev. F.
Stout, ?. d. officiating. Only .rela-
tives and a few friends were present.
The wedding march was played; ;>by,
Laura Masten and; Loves Old Sweet
Song" was sweetly rendered by L u-
cille LeClair;; Frank Mastetl Of .Kas-
son, brother Of Il the groom, was
best man and PhyIetta Chapman
bridesmaid: The brides gown; vas ;:a!s
of white silk Marquisette over white
tafeta and she wore wreath eoff
flowers. Thes. decorations were in
white and pink chry themums and
the marriage vow s were spoken Be-
meath a large bell Of white and.
sfni1ax AT one. o'clock a wedding
dinner was served and Mr.. and Mrs
5Masten took the afterno on train
Mower County transcript., 1912-12-04

Wife of Brazils President Dead.
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 1.-The
wife of Marshall Hermes Fonseca,
president of the republic of Brazil, is
dead.
Mower County transcript., 1912-12-04
HIGH CASH PRICES
--FOR--~@.->
Hides, Furs, PeltS, Etc.

Mink $8 90; Red Fox $500: Prairie
Wolf $500; Raccoon $4,O0 Black
Skunk $500; Narrow Stripe Skunk So 60
w Weasle 1885, Muskrat No. i Large
Winter Csc; The above prices are for
large and prime, medium, small and
No. 2 in proportion All other furs
equally as high. ~
Green and Green Salted Cow Hides Is tol414
ST. cents per pound .a {
Horse Hides No. ! large 1886 medium
and small in proportion IL. =s= Z, u: .. j
Ship tots. Quick Returns
Trappers' Supplies at lowest prices !
Price List and Catalog FREE.
M. w. HIDE q FUR co. @ !. !
Established 1890 b. Minneapolis. Mimi.
Mower County transcript., 1912-12-04
McGUIRE-MINER.

McGlJIRE-MIlNE!.R
A very pretty home wed dding oc-
CURED at the Will p. Miner home at
high noon on hanks giving Day,
when illiam Eugene Nc CURE and
Miss Mabel Juinita Miner Wer e unit
ed in marriage, Rev %C. D. sBelden of
6ciating They were unattended.
The ring service was read. The
bride wore a travelling suit Of dark
blue kersey. Only immed date rela-
tives were present. After congratu-
lations an elegant three course din-
ner was served. The decorations
were in white chrysanthemun1s, smi-
lax and palms in the reception room
and pink carnations in the dining
room. A reception was given in the
afternoon and evening to large
company of young friends. Many
beautiful, wedding gifts were be-
slowed. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc Guire went
to Mason City. for a brief trip re-
turning Saturday and will go this
week to their new home at Hobart,
Oklahoma, where the groom will be
associated with his father in the San
itary Furnace manufacture. The
bride is the youngest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Will P. Miner and is a
young lady highly regarded by all
who know her. She is graduate of
the S. M. Normal in the commercial
course and for the past three years
has been stenographer for the Gil
bert Culvert company. Among those
from away at the wedding were Roy
Miner and wife of Washington
Springs, S. D., and Mrs. M. Holihan,
Mrs. Ellen Conley, Mrs. H. B. Larson
and Miss Regina Conley> of Mason
City.
CASEY-COTTER.
Daniel P. Casey and Miss Gather
inc Cotter, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Cotter were married at St.
Augustine's church Wednesday
morning, Nov. ~, 1912. Monsg. E. H.
Devlin officiating. They. were at
tended by Richard Meaney and Jo-
anna Cotter. The bride wore travel
ing suit of brown corduroy with We
lour hat to match. The Lohengrin
wedding march was played by Mr.:
and Mrs. ITCHY. Mrs. Giovannatti
sang the Ave Maria. A wedding
breakfast was SeIVed dL lHc DIlut
home and Mr.. and Mrs. Casey left on
the noon train for Los Angeles, CAL,
to spend the winter. Both these
worthy young people have the con-
gratulations of many friends.
BUSHMAN-MOTT.
At the home-of the groom's brother
at Calmar, Iowa, Tuesday morning,
Nov. 26, 1912, Frank Bushman and
Miss Minnie Mott of this city were
married. The wedding was some
what of a surprise to friends here.
The bride wore gown of brown
silk They will be at home to friends
in Austin after Dec. IS. The bride is
the daughter of L. Mott of Red Rock
and is most winsome young lady.
She has been for several years a very
popular clerk at R. R. Murphy's. The
groom is employed at the Cumming S
Bottling works. We join in best
wishes.
Mower County transcript., 1912-12-04

north for a@ brief trip The bride has
been with the & elegra com
pany for some time and is a WinsoneE
and worthy young lady he groom:
is a clerk in r. r. Murphy s dry goods
store. hey will reside here. 55
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
SETTLING o. D.
KINNEY ESTATE

+. r. Ahbe, Of Athens, Pa, who
IS son-in-law of the late .. y.
Kinney, is at the Spalding, on
business relating to the settling OF
the estate of the well known form
err Duluthian.
MIR. kinney's estate is rated
by men, who know him we'll, at
more than $l,0OO,OO0, but it is
said that in late years he had dis
posed OF considerable Of his Min
nesota holdings. For one thing
he had sold the water and light
plant at Virginia, though it is
said that he had not yet received
all that was coming to him from
the deal. He also sold some of his
mineral interests in Minnesota.
The estate of the late Mr.. Kin
ney is in large part in stocks and
bonds. He was one of the large
holders of preferred stock in the
+. A. Patrick company, and he
was interested in various Duluth
enterprises. MI Kinney still own
ed some mineral properties on the
Mesaba and the Guyana ranges at
the time of his demise. He was
also possessed of some valuable
coal and timber lands in West
Virginia. MIR. kinney's estate in
Pennsylvania is rated at about
half a million dollars-News Tri-
bune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
POPULAR WITH THE FAIR SEX
Strange Fascination Exercised b
List Over the Literary Women
Of His Day.

Though not of specially passion
ate temperament, List exercised an
irresistible fascination over the en-.
thusiastic literary ladies of his day
They we're all at his feet, and, as hs
seems always to have had an eye ia
the main chance, he chose from time
to time some lady Of high rank al
we'll as mental ability to unite her
life with his. The Comtesse d'Agoult
("Daniel Stern") and Princess Caro-:
lyme Sayn.Wittgenstein were success
lively the arbiters of his destiny, and
Doctor Knapp recounts q good many
other episodes more transient II less
important. There was a singer of
great eminence 1--WE are not told who
she was) who made her way into his
presence in male attire, hopeless Of
attracting him by other means; an
other threatened to murder him: and
altogether his experience read like
q rather crude melodrama.
1t is curious that when he was only
sixteen his dying father warned him
that women would upset and dominate
his life. Al Doctor Knapp says, He
was neither made to do without q
woman nor to remain faithful to one
alone"
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indian 0uperstltjon.

Dying to order is one Of the most
sacred customs Of the American In
dian. Thirty years ago Standing Elk
came to Maj. James Mclaughlin, the
author Of my Friend, the Indian"
and said: Father. my wife will die to-
day. and she wants q coffin from you"
The major asked him what the all
ment was, and he replied: Just moth
tnk, but she heard the ghosts calling
and must co." Somebody had told
her; it turned out, that she was sick,
90 she had painted for death" and
al her relatives had gathered about
her to bemoan her-and incidentally
TO divide her property az soon as she
was dead. There was no use In tho
major arguing about it. 30 he had the
coffin made. In many cases those
painted for death" are actually bull
He'd into dying. but Mrs. Standing Elk
was still toe vigorous. Finally in
despair she carried tho CONN into the
house on her own shoulders. and sew
sral years later the major saw it still
standing on end in her house Shelves
bad been fitted into it and it was do
Ing duty ~ . cupboard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
BELONGS 70 LAKE COUNTY
Ownership Of Strip of Disputed
Territory is Decided.

In the opinion of Attorney
General George T. Simpson, St.
Louis county loses the strip of
land about mile wide on its east
ern boundry line.
The land, according to his brief
received today rightfully belongs
to Lake county.
That because ever since 1895
Lake county has been in acknow-
lodged control and jurisdiction
over that certain parcel of land
about one mile wide lying along
the west side Of range IL west and
extending from the south bound
ary line Of township 81 to the
north boundary of township I'd
and containing in the aggregate
approximately 1900 acres, and
because st. Louis county has
recognized and acquiesced, and
because at no time since the
esta blishment OF either Lake or
st. Louis county has the line be-
tween changed by the electors Of
either county, Lake county will
probably continue to assume juris-
dictlon over the land in spite OF
the claims Of st. Louis county.
This is the opinion received by
Special County Attorney Adams
today from Attorney General
George II. Simpson on the matter
OF the dividing line between st.
Louis and Lake counties.
The boundary line between the
two counties has been in dispute
for many years. The attorney
general IN his opinion states that
the strip has been under the con-
troll Of Lake county since the act
OF the Legislature in 1895. He in
Inmates that by acknowledging
the jurisdiction OF Lake county
tor some years, st. Louis county
has forfeited right to the land.
The Legislature OF 1895 made it
PLAIN that so much Of Minnesota
territory as lies east Of the
mouth Of Knife river, shall be un-
der the jurisdiction Of Lake coun-
ty.
In Dec. 1910, Auditor Halden,
believing the land rightfully be-
longed to st. Louis county, placed
it on the tax books of st. Louis
county.
Ever since that time the land
has been in dispute and some OF
the settlers are said to have paid
taxes to both counties. Some of
the land, it is said, has been sold
by both counties as delinquent tax
land. The settlers are very anxious
to have the matter settled as they
have been unable to know which
county to pay their taxes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
$4OO IN PRIZES FOR INTER-
STATE TOURNAMENT

The Virginia Ski club, which
will entertain the Interstate SKI
Tournament on Sunday next,
weather permitting, have purses
aggregating $500 for the various
events, making the tournament
we'll worthy OF visitation by the
best riders in the country.
The new slide is now complete
and snow is being put on this week
in preparation for the Sunday
events. The new slide is the fin
est in the country, and we predict
Riley and Bergesen will make rec
ord jumps at the Sunday meet.
The local club has large mem
bership; is in good hands, and the
boosters delegation arranged to
go to the Chicago National Tour
nament the last of the month will
let everyone in the Windy City
and at intermediate points know
Virginia is not only on the map
but a live one.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12

ltems M linz ii u Il, ess cost, hlcl
! Amounted to Sc Z 50 is. z j. nth pos.
.aibles red ucti 70 bring the cost
down. to SCI ,608.21 These varioul
items were read over to the citizens ll
present. .-% T. s.. =s:-*. i. IS y.
The clerk also explained quite ful:
~ and emphasized the fact that the
above figures included a complete
building, ready to move into, and
which figures covered storm win
dows. shades, etc., but did not IN"
clude the equipment which, as near
as we can figure, would amount to
in the neighborhood Of $4,000, nor
did it cover the grading of the
grounds which would not be very
heavy, as there would be very little
filling to do.
There were some comments as to
possible reductions in the cost OF
the building and not interfere with
the general plan Of the building.
The citizens present were then
asked If they had any suggestions
or comments to make after looking
over the plans; that the board would
be pleased to consider them. The
plan of the building met the general
approval of all present, but there
seemed to be an objection as to the
outside appearance, that is. 1t SEEM
cd to be unanimous to those pres
ent that the exterior could be made
plainer land it would add to the
appearance and perhaps would also
reduce the cost.
Inc clerk informed the citizens
that the matter of the exterior had
ueen taken up with the architect at
a former meeting, and he seemed to
impress upon the board that he felt
tnaL toe plan as he had 1t was
yropor. All members present SEEM
cd TO feel that the semi-tire proof
construction as planned was proper.
EXIT Joseph koskllly at $3.50 p. m.
Alter tue citizens had left the
BOARD discussed the matter quite
thoroughly, and the chairman enter
.alned the following motion:
Moved by Mitchell tSewart, Sec
onued by Il. II. Moore, That the clerk
request Mr.. German to attend the
regular meeting Wednesday even
lng, January 10th, for the further
consideration OF the plans.
Carried.
moved and seconded that the
meeting adjourn. Carried.
Approved January 10, 1919.
G. Il. HENDK1CK,
Clerk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
MAN BELONGS TO HIS AGE
{ ssenttaIIy Subject Of Environment,
Life In Other Periods Would 30
impossible to Him.

Could q, man, were he given the op-
portunity, really live in any age wide.
~ remote from his own? Modern phi
losophy tells us that life is then at
Its highest and best when the organ
Ism IL perfectly adapted to its en-
vironment. If this be SO, then It is
clear that any large. sudden and
abrupt change in the environment
must impair the vitality of the organ
Ism. and might even destroy 1t alto.
gether. II we think of it, a Greek Of
the age Of Pericles, a Roman of the
age OF Julius Caesar. would find It Is
hard to-. live the life of today as any
man now alive would find 1t hard to
I've on were he by some freak Of
magic, to fall asleep in his own world
tonight and to wake up tomorrow
morning in the Athens of Pericles or
In the Rome Of Julius Caesar. The
mere effort of the organism to adapt
itself to the strange environment
would benumb all its energies and ar-
rest all its functions. You might as
we'll expect palm tree to flourish in
the arctic regions. It would lanEuish
and die In the attempt.
Yet there are many worthy people
who delight to call themselves old
fashioned and are always longing, 50
they pretend; to live in some other
and better age than their own. They
make to themselves paradise Of
past they have never known and fond
ly imagine that were they it's Adam
and Eve no serpent would ever be-
guile them into wanting to know the
good and the evil Of the present 1t
Is vain aspiration and those who en-
terrain 1t only succeed, so far as they
succeed at all. in getting hopelessl9
out OF touch with their own age
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
WILL ORGANIZE FOR DE-
VELOPMENT OF POWER

u. A. Reed, the Duluth engineer
who has been in charge of the
conduct of examination of the St.
Louis river water power at a point
south of Biwabik, with view to
furnishing power to the eastern
range localities, states that the
proposition will be formally or
ganlzed shortly and that work of
actual development will be com.
menced at once.
1t is thought power can be fur.
nlshed Aurora, Biwabik and Gil.
bert, while Eveleth and Virginia
are within the range Of possibili.
ties of the new advancement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
INCREASE FORCE.

AT the Newport mine, lronwood,
the force was on Tuesday increas-
ed from six hundred to eight
hundred, and all men put on full
time.
This action on the part of an
independent company is taken as
an indication of prospective good
times for the year in the iron and
steel trade, and will doubtless be
closely followed by additions to
the forces of the Oliver company
at its scores of mines throughout
the district.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
WOULD LOSE THEIR
BALL PARK

The petition Of the Duluth, Mis-
sabe & Northern for new right of
way into the village Of Hibbing
strikes CONSERVATION to the fans
OF the west end village, the COM
pany desiring vacation of GER
tain streets which would cut
through the present ball park.
Hlbbing has one of the finest
and most centrally located ball
parks on the range, and the in
terest of Hibbingites in the game
is always we'll exempli6ed by the
throng that turns out to any
game when the batting promises
fair.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
OVER 5O0,000.000 TONS

Statistics given in the proceed
ings of the Lake Superior Mining
Institute s sixteenth annual meet
ing give the total ore shipments
from the Lake Superior district
from 1885 up to and includingl91O
as 491 ,461 1888 tons, which with
the 1911 shipments will bring it
we'll over the half billion mark.
Some ore, but not so much consid-
ering the fact that the proven ore
bodies in the Virginia district ag
gregate that much.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
The Growth Of lanauaaes.

There 10 IN interesting and from
the national point of view a satisfac-
tory statement In the statistics lately
published In an Italian paper concern.
ing the growth Of modern languages.
According to the figures given the
English language. which a century
ago was spoken by 10000, 900 indi.
viduals. 10 now the means By wkicn
NO less than 100,000.000 give ex2re>
sion to their views Of things. Fren>s
on the other hand, has spread les.
than any Of the chief European Ian
guages. for whereas it was used by
$4,000, 900 men ct the beginning Of the
nineteenth century, It 10 now spoken
By 46.o00.0oo. Seventy million indi-
viduals speak German today, s&ainst
Il, 000. 900 100 years ago; 5000 OO9
Russian, against $4,000, 900; 80. 000, 900
Italian, against $4,000, 900, and 1900
600 Spanish against 10000, 900. s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12

CONSTR Hon huh dtng the lAtterj
meaning only the interior constrnc-
ton pf course, 90 IN all cases tho
board plans on brick for outside con-
.strnctfon. Mr.. German very kindly
consented to make these estimates
out 40 early q date as possible, and
as soon as made would notify the
clerk and special meeting would
be called to consider. them.
Motion duly made and carried that
the meeting adjourn :. s.=s#. / 80
= Approved January. 10, 1912.
c. E. HENDRICKS: a
Clerk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
MAY BUILD DULUTH
PORT ARTHUR LINE

Rumors are that the Canadian
Northern has plans for a new
Duluth-Port Arthur line, prob
able extension of the Duluth &
Northern Minnesota or the build
ing OF an entirely new and prac-
tlcally straight line.
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Special Meeting of the Board of Ed
ucatiOn January 8 1912,

ucation January 8, 1912.
Meeting called to order by the
chairman, r. J. McGhee, at 8:l5
p. m.
Roll Call Present, r. J. McGhee,
Mitchell Stewart, Joseph Roskilly,
G. H. Moore, ]. H. Fleming, c.. E..
Hendrick, Lafayette Bliss. Absent,
none.
Reading of the Call: There will
be a special meeting of the Board of
Education of Independent School
School District of Virginia No. %,
held in the superintendent ONCE at
the technical high school Monday
evening, January 8, 1912. ut s o'clock
p. M, for the purpose of discussing
plans and specifications Of the pro.
posed new North Side school.
8. C.. E. HENDIRCK,
Clerk
Upon invitation three were a mum.
Der of citizens present, who rep.
resented heavy taxpayers. .-s :
The clerk stated briefly the need,
Of the building and the architect,
satinate1 eost. tAkja8 ~ vastesl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12

Office of Board OF Education indie.
pendent School District of Vir-
glnla. Special Meeting January
y, 1912.
There was a special meeting of
the Board OF Education OF Independ-
ent School District OF Virginia No.
~ called for s o'clock p. m. jan
uary !, 1917, to consider plans and
specifications for the proposed new
North Side school and to meet Mr..
s. Il. German, architect for same.
mere being only r. J. McGhee,
-AiIcnell Stewart, c. E. Hendrick and
Lafayette Bliss present, there was
not a quorum; no business could
We transacted. However. those pres
ent did examine the plans and esti-
mates and went over the matter with
Mr.. German.
C.. E HENDRICK,
Clerk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
IRON / i ORE N 1911 l|| [
Estimated Production According
to United States Geological
Survey.

y N0OAAAOSO~S VI A&-V4A
ore sold in 1911 were sent to the
geological survey by 26 Of the
largest iron mining companies in
the United States at the close of
the year. The combined output
of these companies represents
more than 80 per cent Of the total
production of the United States.
From these returns it is estimated
by E. F. Burchard of the survey
that the total quantity Of iron ore
marketed in the United States in
1911, not including stocks left at
the mines, was between $4,000, 900
and 100000 long tons. This
quantity represents a decrease of
% to "a per cent of the sales for
1910, which aggregated $3.50, 734
long tons. The output for 1910
was the largest quantity Of iron
ore ever marketed in single year
in the United States, and accord
ing to the present estimate the
quantity produced in the year
1911 will take fifth place, being
exceeded by that OF 1910, 1907,
l9U9 and 1876 IN the order named.
IL is estimated that OF the ore
produced IN 1911 between $780,
wv and 4z,OOO,OOO long tons was
red hematlte, the remainder con-
slstlng OF brown hematite, mag
netlte and iron carbonate ores. A.
cordlng to the returns received
the Lake Superior district, in Min
nesota, Michigan and Wisconsin,
apparently produced between 49,
oUu,OOU ana 35,OOO,OO0 long tons
OF req and specular hematite,
which represents a decrease OF Is
to 70 per cent compared with the
production OF lYl0-46,32S,74 3
IONS.
In the Birmingham district, AL
ALBANIA, the second largest iron
mining center, the production OF
iron ore apparently decreased IL
to ~ per cent from that Of 1910,
the estimated production for
1871 beng between 3,050,OOO and
5,l23,OOO long tons, compared with
5,oOz, ll3 long tons in the preced-
ing year. The ore mined in the
birmingham district consists of
red and brown hematlte IN the
proportion Of about 4 to l.
Inc production OF iron ore in
tennessee and Virginia apparent
~ decreased only about Is per
cent, according to reports from the
principal producers in those
states.
AS the production of pig iron
for 1911 may exceed 23,5OO,OOO
tons, a larger production of iron
ore might appear to be required
than has been estimated above,
but 1t must be considered that at
the close of 1910 there was 9,4O8,-
z33 long tons Of iron ore in stock
at the mines in the United States,
and that Of this total 8,471,1O8
long tons was at the mines in the
Lake Superior district. Just how
heavily this surplus stock of ore
was drawn upon in 1911 it is i'm
possible to state at present, but
owing to the increased activity
IN the manufacture Of pig iron
toward the close of 1911 it is prob
able that the 1910 surplus was in
part cleaned up and that at the
end OF 1911 only a relatively small
quantity Of iron ore remained at
the mines.