The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-26
SAND LAKE, sD2s6;llS.

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G. +. Ekstrand. assistant cashier
of the American Exchange bank.
has rented the Norton cottage and
with-his family are enjoying a two
weeks outing at the lake, They
have a stheir guests Mrs. J. g.
Bell and daughter of Clio, Arkansas.
Mrs. A. NJ. McEwen and daughter.
Audrey, and son, billie Bob: are
guests at the Alexander Reid cot
tage. Mrs. McEwen and Mrs. Reid
are sisters. Audrey and Alex Reid,
Jr., went to Virginia Wednesday
to take in Gollmar Bros circus, re-
turning to the lake in the evening.
Miss Hazel Reid, who is assisting
at the store of Alexander Reid &
company, spends her nights at the
"Bide-a-Wee, going up with Mr..
Reid every evening in their car.
Miss Ruth Butler and Miss Ethel
Grace, who have been enjoying an
outing with the covey of girls at
the Bandanna Inn for the past ten
days, returned to their home In
Virginia Tuesday morning. Miss
Marie Butler also left the Bandanna
Inn Tuesday night. The remaining
members Of the party will break
camp the latter part of the week,
when the cottage will be occupied
by Mrs. F. c. Whiting and chill
Andrew Bryce, who has charge
of the L. M: Osborn interests at
Sand Lake, was a business visitor
in Virginia the first of the week.
Herbert DeNoble of the Dew-Drop-
Inn cottage drove to Virginia Tues
day morning, returning in the eve
ming.
l.. M. Osborn spent Tuesday at
the lake looking after the improve
nents going on about his property.
G.. A. Capstick and R. G: sher-
wood came up Saturday night In; L.
NJ. Osborn's car and remained over
Sunday with their families at the
ldlewylde cottage. They were up
again Monday night, Mr.. sher-
wood remaining over until Wednes-
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W.. Murphy and
children were Sunday visitors at the
lake.
Little Miss Ruth Sherwood,
seven years old, holds the record
among the campers as the best fol-
lower of Isaak Walton, she having
landed four nice pickerel averaging
in weight three pounds, one day the
first of the week.
Donald Capstick and Boston Sher-
wood have completed their contract
of razing an old barn on the farm OF
l.. M. Osborn, the lumber from
which will be used in building the
roof of the boat house being erect
ed near the De Noble and Norton
cottages. -.
The Bandanna Inn girls gave a
dancing party at the Octorora Lodge
Friday night and a most enjoyable
time was had, the members Of the
party being composed only of the
fair sex. '
The Misses Mabel and. Margaret
Eaton were guests of the Misses
De Noble at the Dew-Drop-Inn cot
tage the past week.
The Whiting boys, sons of Mr..
and Mrs. F. C. Whiting, and Oar.
roll Harmon are enjoying camp
life on the east banks of Sand
Lake.
A great deal of promiscuous
shooting has been going on around
the lake the past week. which was
stopped suddenly by the appear
| ance OF one OF the game wafdens.
The shooting is said to have been
done by some Buys who had been
spending few days in this Vicinity
practicing on the innocent birds and
small animals of the forest. to the
danger of those enjoying camp life
about the lake, A stray bullet en-.
tered a window Of a sleeping, room
of one of the cottages one day last
week, and had it not been that the
bullet was nearly spent an injury
might have been the result, two
small children being in the room at
the time. AS it was the only damage
done was the tearing of the screen
and the breaking of pane Of glass
in the window.