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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
TOWERITES AND VIR-
GINIANS EXCHANGE VISITS

Don Bruneau came up from Vir-
ginia yesterday to attend the fun
eral of his uncle, Louis Bruneau.-
Miss Irene Keith of Virginia, was
guest at the w. H. MacQuade home
couple of days this week, having
stopped off here while on her way
home from a visit at Winton.---Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Johnson and children
went to Virginia Tuesday to attend
the funeral of Mr.. Johnson's sister,
Mrs. Eric Anderson, who died in
that city the previous day.-Frank
Hiekkela, of Virginia, was in town
a few hours Monday looking after
his property interests. Mr.. HEX
kela says business was never better
in Virginia than it is this fall and
that the town is growing rapidly
Walter Martin, an employe in the
American Exchange Bank, Virginia,
and Miss Hattie Martin, a teacher
in the public schools of Aurora,
spent Sunday at the home of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Martin,
in this city.-Richard Johnson, who
has been in charge of the Osterberg
& Johnson drills at Biwabik for
several weeks, was home Sunday to
visit his family. The drill on which
Mr.. Johnson is employed has been
moved to Winton where consider
able work is to be done on a new
property. - Miss Emma Madison,
Virginia, who was operated on some
time ago for appendicitis at the
Soudan hospital, has recovered and
left for her home Tuesday. Her
sister, Miss Mary Mattson, who has
been at the hospital constantly since
the operation was performed, ac-
companied her to Virgfnia.-Charles
Oberg, a Virginia businessman, re-
turned to his home en- Tuesday after
couple Of weeks stay in the city.
He spent part Of the summer here,
taking medical treatment at the
Soudan hospital, and since then, he
likes the town so we'll it is a hard
matter for him to keep away
Tower News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
NIGHT SCHOOL OPENING
PLANNED FOR NEXT WEEK

Supt. Bliss, of the local schools, is
making arrangements for the open
ing OF the tenth annual night school
Glasses will be held in the Roosevelt,
North Side and Franklin schools.
where primary subjects will be
taught, while the Technical High
school, being most central and ade-
quate, will be utilized for the teach
Ing of commercial, manual training
and domestic science subjects. Much
interest was taken in manual train
ing and mechanical drawing by the
pupils last year, and efforts are be-
ing made to engage a competent en-
gineer to teach the latter subject.
According to present plans the
night schools will open Monday eve
ming and sessions will be held every
evening from 2 to 9 o'clock, with
the exception of Saturdays and Sun
days. A night school will also be
established in the Sand Lake dis
trict. and there is also some talk of
founding q similar school at Pike
Lake.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
FOREIGN WAR PLAYS HAVOC
WITH MINING OPERATIONS

Arthur o. Sisson, steam shovel
operator for the Republic Iron and
Steel company at Kinney mine, was
in the city Friday afternoon and
while here informed his friends that
stripping operations at the Kinney
property have been eurtailed owing
to the trip many of the former min
ers are taking to the old country
to participate in the war which is
raging between the Turks and the
Greeks. Other range properties have
also been affected by the leaving of
their employees for the front, and
mining men are DOW making efforts
to secure laborers to replace the
Greeks and Bnlgarians who have
left.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
DIR. HOAG TO SPEAK HERE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY

DR.. Ernest Hoag, Leland Stanford
University, who is travelling through
out the state under the direction of
the state board of health, will ad.
dress the teachers of the local
schools Monday and Tuesday. Supt.
lafayette Bliss, Of the local schools,
has prepared many charts of the
various school buildings for the bene-
fit OF the visiting physician who will
also inspect the pupils and the
structures of the local school system,
He will address the teachers meet
ing following the regular days school
work, and will tell Of the medical
methods In vogue at the leadir',
schools in the country. 1t Is also
possible meeting will be arranged
where he will be given an oppor-
tunity to also address the pupils of
the local schools.
DR.. Hoag will also speak at Hib-
bling and other range cities on sani-
tary methods in school. He has
been travelling in this state for some
time addressing various school fac
ulties, club women and public-spirit-
ed citizens on sanitary matters and
Is arousfng much interest in the
health question. Local club-women
are taking much interest in his local
visit and may induce him to address
public gathering.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
NOTED SHERIFF MAKES
SHORT STAY HERE.

A. Hazen, sheriff of Beltrami coun-
ty, who figured prominently in the
Dumas case in connection with May
or Dumas arrest. was the guest of
Virginia friends this week. Many
former Bemidji residents, among
them the Gearld Bros, and Walter j..
Markham, of the Fay Hotel, enter
tanned Mr.. Hazen during his stay
here and recounted former exper-
fences. While here he also sub
poened witnesses for a case to be
tried at Bemidji next month.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15

Friday evening the second Of the
series Of folk-dances presented under
the auspices of the Virginia Study
club, drew large audience to the
Lyric Theater Profiting from their
first nights experience the young
dancers proved very charming in
their simple drills and steps taught
them by Miss Eleanor Mitchell, St.
Cloud, MINI.
The opening number was an Irish
Jig given by Misses Harriet Simons,
Mildred Sigel, Gladys Shields, Doro-
thea Bidwell, Gertrude Martin, Mil
dred Reid, Gertrude Sigel and Mar
garet Eaton, the dancers being
forced to respond to an encore.
Country Gardens" and the Morris
dance introduced new steps while
the performance closed with the
"Czardas" given by Misses Helen
MacNeil and Marion Trotter.
Saturday afternoons program was
among the best of the performances,
featuring Reap the Flax" (Swed-
fsh), danced by Isabelle Bennett. Ell
freda Martin, Irene Grawbowsky,
Jane Holly, Mary Manley, Eleanor
Hughes, Virginia Coates, Margaret
Mackenzie, Margaret Murphy and
Marguerite Lenont. The "Oxdansen"
also Swedish dance was prettily
presented by Fern Shaver, Caroline
Elliott, Isabel Trotter and Ruth
MacMahon. The Scottish reel was
danced by Martha Hill, Hazel Eaton,
Frances Lippman and Evelyn
Shanedling, while Rigs O. Marlow''
was also given. Among the leading
numbers of the program was the
Dance Of Greeting" given by Flor
ence Dorfman, Ethel Milavetz, Mar
garet Bennett, Ruth Sherwood,
Helen Anthony, Cozette Deering
Ethel I.avick, Marion Shanedling,
Katherine Hearn, Katherine Murphy
Sevell Moore and Virginia Costin.
The closing performance of the
series was given Saturday evening
before a packed house. The opening
dance was the "Strasak" with the
following dancers: Leona Lippman,
Miriam Gordon, Gertrude Whiting.
Corinne Costin, Bertha Coffey, Lois
Smith, lana Fleihr, May Spence,
Frances Moore and Virginia Britts.
The Irish Jig and Czardas were also
given at this performance while the
largo" and "Columbine" were also
shown. Among the hits of the eve
ming was the Swedish Quadrille
given by Jane Cuppernull, Helen
Moore, Lucille Derosia, Eliza beth
Owens, Helen Murphy and Alice
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15

Work started yesterday on the
new depot. and warehouse of the
Canadian Northern railroad with, a
force of Bailey Marsh men sinking
piles for the station and A. Roberts
& Sons crew excavating for the
warehouse which will be located in
The rear of the city ball park. The
new warehouse will be of frame con-
struction, and will also provide space
for office rooms. A small basement
will be dug under the main ware
house to give room for the heating
plant. The work will be rushed un-
der the direction of A. w. Longton,
Duluth, who recently supervised the
erection of the Eveleth armory and
who has been connected with A.
Roberts & Son fer sixteen years.
The station will be of brick and
concrete construction and will face
Chestnut street. The library which
now occupies the site Of the new
depot will be removed, and it is pos
sible the Rainy Lake station on the
North Side will be used temporarily.
The depot will be modern in every
particular, and Bailey-Marsh, the
successful contractors, who also
built the postoffice. courthouse and
Technical High school in this city,
plan to embody many Of the ideas
used in their local and other range
structures.
1t is not expected the new depot
will be completed until spring, nor
that the trains on the new line will
be running for some time, although
one of the leading officials recently
announced the formal opening of
the new line would occur today. The
space between the old and new
tracks at the foot of Chestnut street
is being filled with sand, and it is
the road will soon be ready
for use.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
PRESIDENT w. A. WELD Elk,
pEx1UHcN T1ET3xC rFILS MONTH";
PECTED ]

Prof. A. w. Rankin, of the school
of education OF the state university,
and Pres. w. A. Weld. of the Moor
head Normal, are expected to visit
the local schools some time this
month to deliver addresses to the
teachers and pupils. Pres. Weld on
a recent trip to Eveleth. where he
spoke at a graduation. expressed his
wish to visit the local schools and
recently wrote Supt. Lafayette Bliss
he would be in this city sometime
this fall. Pres. H. James, Of the
school of education of the state uni
versity. last year spoke at a gradua-
ton at Eyeleth and while on the
range also visited the local schools.
He was so wen pleased with his visit
that he advised Prof. Rankin, his
assistant, to also visit Virginia
while in this part of the state on his
annual school inspection trip.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15

The fourth skee club building bee
Sunday afternoon saw the compile.
ton of the large fence which encloses
the clubs grounds on four sides
Work was also started Sunday on
the grandstand which is directly op-
posite the slide incline. The new
stand will be completed in a couple
Of weeks, and should patronage war
rant it second stand will be erected
on the other side Of the slide next
season.
The slide for the boys is now be-
ing installed and much sand has
been placed on the hill to the left
of the slide being used by. the pro-
fessional jumpers. The grounds
about the slide and clubhouse are
also being improved this week and
day laborers have been employed
daily to remove all stumpage and
stones lying around the field.
Roads run through the grounds on
both the left and right, giving auto
mobilists an opportunity to reach the
field In a convenient manner. The
new fence is IL feet high, which
precludes any possibility of "cheap
sports witnessing the jumps gratis
The officials Of the club believe the
building Of the new fence will great
ly aid the Golfers of the organization
and that nice balance will be left
in the treasury at the close of the
season.
Barney Kelley, sigurd Bergeson
and other local jumpers are anxious
ly awaiting the first snowfall as they
wish to try their jumping ability
again. The boys have kept them
selves in good condition the past
summer and expect to eclipse their
1911-12 showing. Ole Feiring, Du-
luth, and o. Gunderson, Coleraine,
we'll known skee sjumpers who will
represent the local club this season
have informed the Virginia officials
that they are ready for the seasons
opening.
Members OF the club and their
friends are invited to visit the clubs
grounds Sunday afternoon and wit
ness the work that has been done so
far this fall on the slide and on the
other improvements made. H. 0.
Johnson, one of the leading club
members, Wednesday afternoon ex-
amined the work done on the
grounds and expressed himself as
being confident that this season
would be a successful one for the
Virginia club.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
POPULAR ST. CLOUD GIRL
RETURNS TO HER HOME.

Miss Eleanor Mitchell, St. Cloud,
Minn., who during her visit in this
city at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Poirier, Spruce street, coached
the children who participated in the
folk-dances at the Lyric Theater last
week. left for her home Wednesday
noon. While here she made many
friends at various social functions.
Her brother, Harry Mitchell, who
is connected with a St. Cloud paper.
visited his sister, Mrs. Poirier, the
past summer and also made many
acouaintances in this city.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
WORK STARTED on c. \.
DEPOT and WAREHOUSE

Bailey-Marsh, Minneapolis, and A.
Roberts & Son, Duluth, Awarded
All the Work Which Requires the
Completion of the Warehouse in
Sixty Days-Work Started Yester-
day With A. Roberts Present
Piles Are Now Being Sunk For the
Depot, While Excavating Work
Has Been Started For the Ware
house - Ba:ley-N1arsh Firm Will
Build $4,000 Depot-Trains To
Run Soon-Old Library win Be
Moved and Other Improvements
Made.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
CAPITALIST COMBINES
BUSINESS AND PLEASURE.

S. r. Kirby, vice president Of the
First National Bank Of this city and
an official in banks at Hibbtng and
onher cities throughout the north
west, is a Virginia visitor today, both
on business and pleasure. While
here he ::ints1pds to make short
hunting "trip 10 Pelican lake and
other points to IRE north of this
city, and on his retWr9 will discuss
plans for the pr9posed ERECTION Of
three-story brick building - re-
place the present bank building aad
p8stofffce.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
NO FOOTBALL LAST SATURDAY.

NO FOOTBALL LAST SATURDAY.
No football game was played on
the local grounds laS Saturday as a
result of the Ely high school eleven
refusing to meet the. Virginia high
school football artists. Efforts were
also made to arrange a game with
Two Harbors, but the port eleven
members claim to. have Alsbanded
their team for this season. The
local management is now o1nre-
spending with the Grand Rapids
high school team, and should the
game be played tomorrow it will de-
eide the range football champion
ship, the Rapids team having de-
cfsively beaten the Hibbing high
school aggregation last month.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
EVELETHIANS ATTEND
FOLlK-DANCES AT LYRIC.

Misses Florence Pfremmer, Jane
Mulligan, Evelyn Prince, Adeline
Rohrer, Rachel Harwood, Mae John
son and Helen Harwocd were among
the many Evelethians attending the
k-dances given under the auspices
of the Virginia Study Club at the
Lyric Theater Saturday afternoon.
The Friday and Saturday evening
performances were also we'll attend
ed by CELEBRITIES and other out-of-
town residents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
INDEPENDENT NINE
OPERATOR VISITS VIRGINIA

H. J. Arcnow, OF the Pickand-
interested in local properties, was a
Virginia visitor Tuesday afternoon.
He recently experimental with the
new washing plant at Nashwauk,
having ores from his properties
washed there. He was we'll pleased
with the experiment, which will re-
suit in making the mining of lower
grades of ore profitable venture.
His company is also interested in es-
tablishing their range Offices in this
city and would no doubt erect an
office here if some land could be pur-
chased at a reasonable figure.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
FORMER RANGE RAILROAD
MEN VISIT IN VIRGINIA,

H. T. Hare, now chief engineer of
the Duluth & Northern Minnesota
line, formerly chief engineer on the
Rainy Lake line, and his former as
sistant, A. Rose. now connected with
the Canadian Northern western ex-
tention in Canada, renewed old &C.
Quaintances in this city this week.
While here they met Mayor NJ. A.
Murphy, under whom they worked
q few years ago. During their stay
here they also met many other for
mer fellow employees and enjoyed
their Virginia visit hugely.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
.FOLK-DANCES Please =:
IN FINAL PERFORMANCE

Closing Performances Under the
Auspices of the Virginia Study
Club Draw Large Crowds to tile
Lyric Theater - Spectators Ap-
laud Clever Work Of the Young
sters, While the Other Numbers
Presented by Home Talent Ar
lists Also Please - Study Club
Members Gratified Over Success of
Undertaking Affair an Artistic as
Wen as q Financial Success
Much Credit Due Miss Mitchell
and Youngsters.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
NEW ARCHITECT
SUPERVISES LIBRARY WORK

E. w. Collins, Duluth, arrived in
the city the forepart of the week to
supervise the erection of the new
Central avenue library, succeeding
R. E. De Warde who recently re-
turned to his home in the Zenith
City. Mr.. Collins is in the employ of
the MacLeod-Smith company, Du-
luth, the firm which is also erecting
the North Side school, and during
his stay in this city Architect Col
Inns will also direct the operations
on the new school,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
FOURTH SKEE CLUB
BUILDING BEE 4 SUCCESS

Fence Has Been Completed and New
Grandstand Is Now Being Built
Boys Slide Started and Incline
Improved-Clubho Is Also I'm
dergoing Repairs, While Laborers
Are Grading the Grounds-Auto-
mobile Roads to the Grounds Are
Also Being Repaired - Barney
Kelley, Sigurd Bergeson and
Other Local Riders Anx1ously
Await Seasons Start.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
VIRGINIA FOOTBALL
{. SEASON CLOSES

Local High School Players Make
Good Showing Under Coach Blair
Next Years Eleven is EXPECTED
. to Outclass This Years Team
r MacCabe, Stein and Sullivan Are
the Only Stars to be Lost by Grad
uation-Many Second Team Stars
Will Make the Eleven in 1915
Gilbert, Hibbing, Alumni, Two
Harbors and Duluth Were Among
the Teams Met This Year, While
Superior Norn,als Gave the Locals
Their Worst Beating of the Season.
With the disbanding of the Ely
and Grand Rapids high school
eleven the local high school team is
without game, and accordingly dis
banded this week. The boys have
made very good showing this year
defeating Hibbing and Gilbert, and
holding the Duluth Centrals and the,
Superior Normal to smap scores.
Two Harbors was also defeated,
while Hibbing and Virginia took
game apiece. The alumni and the
high school played the only tie game
of the year.
MacCabe, Sullivan and Captain
Louis Stein will be the only stars
lost by graduation. On the line,
Rooney, Forti. MacCabe, Doig, Gus
tafson, Byrnes, Osterberg and Mon
roe are expected to return for the
1913 season, while in the backfleld
Quarterback Cussons and Fullback
Denyes are expected to eclipse their
1912 showing.
Now that the football season is
over the boys will take to basketball
and will be coached by Prof. Coy S.
Blair, who led the football team.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
GAME WARDEN WOOD
MAKES INSPECTION.

Game Warden George F. Woods.
Hibbing, was in the city Monday
making an investigation of alleged
game law violations. With the
opening of the deer season his
duties are becoming more arduous
as no ventson Is allowed to be sold.
Warden Woods plans to make fire.
Quent trips to Orr and other points
north of this city this month and
will keep 4 close eye on would-be
game law vtolators, s.. .>.@. ~ :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
INITIAL: CLUB DANCE A SUCCESS

INITIAL: CLUB DANCE A SUCCESS
The Virginia Club gave it's first
dance of the season Friday evening
at Fay Opera House, music being
furnished by the La Brosse orches-
ira. Duluth. Refreshments were
served during the evening and the
hall was appropriately decorated for
the occasion. Many out-of-town
dancers attended the ball, and the
next club dance is also assured q
large attendance. 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
HIBBlNG FOOTBALLIsTs
Visit VIRGINIA


Coach w. A. Waters and other
members OF the Hibbing high school
faculty and members of the nigh
school football eleven of that city,
visited in this city Saturday after
aocn, coming to Virginia expecting
to see the local high school eleven
play the Grand Rapids high school
aggregation, which SO badly de-
feated tine Hibbingites recently. In
a faculty-ugh school game at Hib-
bling Friday the students defeated
the pedagogues to 0.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
DATES SEIlEGIED FOR
CATHOLIC CHURCH BAZAAR

Commencing next Wednesday eve
ring church bazaar WY be held at
Our Lady OF Lourdes church for
three nights, the Parish Hail being
used for the occasion. Many booths
are now being installed in the hail
and several articles will be display
I'd. Many tickets have been sold for
the bazaar and the members OF the
congregation expect to reaiize a
Landscape sum from the Affair."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
LIBRARY DEDICATION
DATE DEFERRED

The dedication Of the new Central
avenue library which was originally
planned for November 10Th has been
deferred until the flrst part of jan
uary, due to the inability 81 the con-
tractors to complete the new struc-
ture before TIE end Of DeeemAer.
President George r. Vincent. OF the
state university. VINO IL to be tho
,nfincipal speaker at tho dedication,
was also unable to oil the November
18th date in this city, and SeeFetary
R. G. R1skering, of the library board,
is now arranging for a January date
for the cereSpony.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
SAVE BUYING ONE.

Have your old overcoat made into
a mackinaw by Kelly. He knows
how to do it. Corner Wyoming and
Walnut. Phone IS. Wagon will
call. Adv.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
AND SPURS LAID TO

. W IL NI1E0 lANO ,Dt - nO lk11D ~
FACILITATE STREET CAR WORK
The officials Of the Cleveland Con-
struction company are making good
progress on the new carbarns for
the range traction line by having all
the material conveyed over a spur
track to both the new carbarns and
powerhouse. All the machinery viii
also be taken to the buildings over
the spur track.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-15
DULUTHIANS BAG DEER

Mr.. and Mrs. William Rightmire,
E. w. McGreevey and Charles O'Dell
all of Duluth, made a short stay in
this city Monday evening en- route
to their home from a hunting trip
near Hibbing, where they killed two
deer. The animals we're tied to the
rear of the Packard automobile con-
tanning the mir rods and attracted
much atten'iLn. The Duluthians
passed thro" :gh Virginia Saturday
en- route te Hibbing and while hunt
ing MondaJ they saw a pack Of five
dec, managing to kill two of them.