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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

THE TOO liberal extension of cre-
dts is the one rock to which per-
haps nine out of ten failures in bust
ness can be attributed, and it is the
eagerness to do large business that
prompts merchant to extend Gre
dts where he knows that the mon
ey will be long time in being paid
and is at all times an element of
risk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

HOW MANY farmers of Minnesota
realize that they can receive from
the state bounty of $3.50 an acre
annually for six years if they will
plant trees on their land? Land
which will not produce crops paying
higher net profit than that above
cost of growing the crop ought to be
planted to trees in accordance with
the requirements of the tree-bounty
law. Since 1877, when the law was
passed, the state has paid out $751;
924.65 in tree sbounties.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Official
Publication of
Proceedings
The
City
Council
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
VIRGINIA nE;~~

COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Virginia, Mimi,
January 9TH, 1913.
Regular meeting Of the city coun-
Gil OF the city Of Virginia, Minnesota.
Council called to order by the
president.
Roll call.
Present, Aldermen Heritage, Har-
vey, Lundstrom, Keller, NOLAN.
Mattson, McGhee. Coffey, Mr.. Presi-
dent-9.
Absent, None.
Reading of minutes of previous
meeting.
Moved and supported that the
minutes be approved as read.
Carried.
The ordinance to regulate the
slaughtering of animals and the in
spectlon thereof was given it's second
reading.
The city attorney stated to the
council that he had cited Arthur
GAIA, Gust Snyder, Alex. Tifer, An
drew johnson and Frank Heikkila,
according to instructions from the
council at previous meeting, to ap-
pear before the council at this meet
ing and to show cause why their
licenses should continue and the at
torney stated that the first four
named had been convicted in the
municipal court for violating the
liquor laws of the state and that
Heikkila was cited to appear in the
matter If a robbery which occurro3
in his saloon and in front Of the bar
tender and no effort made to restrain
or capture the robber.
Attorney Mcmahon appeared for
the five saloon keepers.
The evidence in the case of Helix
kila was not sufficient to bring any
action and the conviction of Tifer in
the municipal court had been appeal
ed to the district court and was still
pending and these two cases were
not considered. :. RI.
! Moved and supported that any &C
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

DRILLING for iron on the Can
adian side Of the border near Inter-
national Falls has shown mineralized
rock to depth Of 1000 feet and the
results of the exploration are said
to be entirely satisfactory. Compa-
MES are being formed in Winnipeg
to develope the finds and exploring
is to be carried on all the way from
Lake of the Woods to Hunters
island.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

THE CHISHOLM Tribune-Herald
is assuming that Virginia is hostile
to the formation of a Range trolley
baseball league and as part of a
story about the proposed league the
paragraph printed herewith is in
cluded. 1t is said that often one has
to go away from home to learn the
news and so far as any one knows
here there is no hostility in Virginia
toward trolley league. 1t is true
Virginia was invited last year to take
place in the bigger company and it
was not Virginia's fault that this
city did not have professional league
ball in the 1912 season. Here is
what the Chisholm paper says:
Virginia fans appear to be acting
under the impression that they have
too big city to join league with
Hibbing, Chisholm and the other
proposed towns and their position
has caused much discussion among
local fans. They propose to join the
Central-1nternational league and
play professional ball. Those who
have had previous experience with
baseball teams in that town are sug-
costing that the trolley league is
fully as big venture as Virginia
should attempt, but the impatient
fans refuse to be guided by this ad-
vice. 1t will likely take a season of
professional ball to show the Vir-
glnians the expense of their ambi-
ton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
VIRGINIA WATER REPORT.

The official report of H. w. Whit
taker of the state board Of health,
concerning the water supply of the
various towns on the Mesaba Range
has just been made public, and Vir-
ginia is to be congratulated on the
purity of her own supply.
Norman and Shaw Locations
The sanitary aspect of this supply
may be considered quite good. The
water is of excellent sanitary quail
lty.
Leonidas Notwithstanding
good.
Genoa Location-Good.
Alpena Location, Virginia District
An opportunity for contamination
is afforded at the point where the
discharge of the laundry enters the
pipe discharging into the clear wa.
ter stump. Water is free from dan
gerous contamination, but the bac-
terial count is higher than it should
be.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
WOULD AMEND GAME LAWS. {.

DURING the present session of
the legislature the Southern Mime
sofa Fishermen's association will en-
deavor to have new game and fish
laws enacted or changed as follows:
No seine shall be less than four
inches on the bar.
No seine shall be drawn on the
Mississippi river or it's tributaries,
unless a deputy game warden is
present.
No SEEMING shall be done in March
or April.
A universal gun license law shall
be adopted.
No seining shall be done in the
lakes drained by and adjacent to the
Mississippi.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

AN ORDINANCE requiring retail
grocers to be licensed is proposed in
an eastern city. Its promoters say
no man should be allowed to sell
food unless he knows what the pure
food law is and knows the rules of
cleanliness. 1t is not intended the
license should be a source of rev.
that it will ensure clean
illness and compliance with the
health regulations.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

UNDER recently enacted city or
dinance in Seattle it becomes a mis-
demeanor to publish in any news
paper or other periodical any adver-
tisement in which the quality or val
ue of any commodity offered for sale
is misrepresented.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

THE UNITED STATES steel cor
poration has about 100000 men on
its pay rolls and pays in wages an
nually $175,000,000. The big in
dustrial concern is soon to give a
wage increase affecting about 10000
men. The better wages will chiefly
go to unskilled labor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

THE MEN appointed on the water
and light commission by the city
council are Of the kind of timber
that ought to make the proposition
a successful one. OF course, Max
Lewis makes after dinner speeches
but that ought to be overlooked by
those who are sizing up the indi-
vidual members of the new board.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Human Nature.

why is 1t, }" asked the curious guest,
that poor men usually give larger
Ups than rich mem" well. subj"
said the waiter, who was something
ct philosopher as well, looks to me
ike de po' man don't want nobody to
lind out he's po', and de rich man don't
want nobody to find out he's rich
Youths Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

1T WOULD seem to be the logical
thing for the Mesabe Electric rail-
way to extend to Aurora and Biwabik
before the end of the year now COM
menced. The distance from the end
of the line in Gilbert is short and
there would be no great engineering
difficulties to overcome. The road
is the neucleus of a great system
that will eventually have a network
of lines over this part of the state.
This information is not official but
it Is good guess.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
PETITIONERS ADVOCATE
REDUCING the NUMBER
Of LICENSED SALOONS

Petitions signed by 800 or more
names were presented to the city
council at its meeting Monday night
requesting the council to take action
toward reducing the number of sa-
looms in Virginia. There were sew
eral OF these that had been circulat-
ed in different parts of the city. Fol-
lowing the reading of the petitions
there was q communication from c.
E. Hendrick, celebrating on and en-
dorsing what had been stated in the
petitions: Louis NJ. Osborn and J.
H. Eby who were IN the audience
spoke, Mr.. Osborn telling what pow
ers the council had and Mr.. Eby
stating what the duties of the coun-
Gil were and what course should be
pursued. The petitions were &C.
cepted and the whole matter referr-
ed to the council as q committee of
the whole, to be reported on at a
special meeting to be held Friday
evening. The petitioners make the
recommendation that the license of
every saloonkeeper who is convicted
of violation shall be revoked and
that no license be issued to another
for that stand for saloon. The de-
sign is to greatly reduce the number
of saloons in the city. There are
now flfty-six.
There was big crowd at the
meeting Tuesday evening anticipat-
ing that the council would take &C.
ton on the franchise for the Range
Telephone company, but this was al
so deferred for consideration at the
Friday evening meeting and the
committee has given assurance that
it will have report ready at the
meeting next Tuesday evening.
The council gave a third reading
to and adopted the ordinance reg
ulating the slaughtering of animals
for meat purposes within the city.
The report of the milk inspector was
not considered complete enough anu
was referred to the committee on
health for a recommendation. DR..
J. H. Grove, health officer, investi-
gated the report that Island Lake
near Wolf, was contaminated and
was not fit place to obtain the
city's ice supply and reported that
there was no foundation for this
story. He said the ice is perfectly
pure.
The bids for the official printing
and publishing were opened and con-
sidered and action in awarding the
contract was deferred for week.
The city attorney was directed to
prepare an amendment to ordinance
1875, the change being that the city
clerk shall be the custodian of all
revolvers confiscated by the police
department and that when weapons
are needed for officers, these may
be obtained by requisition to the
clerk.
The city attorney explained in ref
erence to the telephone franchise
that he had prepared a franchise
and that the company's attorney had
made amendments desired. Both
Mr.. Morgan's franchise and that the
company prefers will be given con-
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M. A. MURPHY Mayor.
Attest: ALBERT B1CKFoRD, City Clerk
7th, 1919
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council adjourn until regular meeting
BOYLAN
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B1CKFORD,
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Corporate seal.)
Everybody reads The Virginia Enterprise.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Resolution No. 646. 81
City Of Virginia, Mimi.

January 18th, 1913.
Resolution appointing board to
be known as the water and light
commission of the city of Virginia.
BY Alderman Lundstrom:
Resolved, by the city council of
the city Of Virginia, that in accord
ance with sections one hundred
forty-six (146) and one hunderd
torty-seven (147) of the city charter
OF the city of Virginia, the following
persons be appointed to constitute
the board known as the Water and
Light Commission" of the city OF
Virginia for the following terms of
years: John D. Lamont for the term
OF six (6) years, Max Lewis for the
term OF four "a years, and John w
Murphy for the term of two or
years.
Moved by Alderman NOLAN. sup
ported by Alderman Mattson. that
above resolution be adopted.
Ayes: Alderman Heritage. Harvey.
Lundstrom, Keller, NOLAN, Mattson.
McGhee, Coney, Mr.. President-9.
Nays: None.
Adopted January 7th, 1913.
Approved January 18th, 1913.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Resolution No. SAT.
City of Virginia, Minn.,
January 7th. 1918.
Resolution authorizing the pur-
chase OF lots 4 and S, block 80, for
library purposes.-
BY. Alderman Heritage:
Resolved, by the city council of
the city OF Virginia, that the city of
virginia in conformance with Sec
ton ninety-seven of the city charter
OF the city of Virginia, acquire for
the price of 100000, lots four and
i've, block thirty-two, Original Ad-
dition to the city of Virginia for Ii
brary purposes and the city clerk be,
and he hereby is authorized and d.
rected to issue warrant payable out
OF the proper fund in the sum of
100000 in payment of the same to
the parties having the said lots for
sale upon advice from city attorney
that the title thereto is perfect ana
that a proper warranty deed to the
said lots has been delivered to the
city of Virginia.
Moved by Alderman Mattson, sup
ported by Alderman McGhee, that
above resolution be adopted.
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage, Harvey,
Lundstrom, Keller, NOLAN, Mattson,
McGhee, Coffey, Mr.. President-9.
Nays: None.
Adopted January 9TH, 1913.
Approved January 18th, 1913.
CHAMBER.
rginia, Mimi, January 7th. 1913.
The city of Virginia:
IN finance, would respectfully report
ills and offer the following resolution
. D. HERITAGE,
HARVEY,
J. J. M'GHEE,
Committee.
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

ment Of $4,000 to the state treas
urer for 2 per cent collected for
liquor licenses. s.z. ...s= -. 81.
BY Alderman sLundstrom:
Resolved, by the city council Of
the city of Virginia, that the sum Of
$4,000. being two per cent q per
cent? OF the amount received by the
city of Virginia, Minnesota. for
liquor licenses issued by it from July
ISL, 1912, to January LIST, 1913, be
and the same is: hereby appropriated.
Tor the maintenance Of the State
Hospital for 1nebriates, and the citv
clerk Is hereby authorized and d.
rected to issue and deliver to the
state treasurer city warrant on the
general fund of said citv for the
above amount. =
Moved by Alderman Mattson. SUD-
ported by Alderman McGhee. tnat
above resolution be adopted.
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage, Harvey.
tundstrom, Keller, NOLAN, Mattson
McGnee, Coffey, Mr.. President-9.
Nays: None.
Adopted January 7th, 1913.
approved January 18th, 1913.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Resolution No. 645.
City of Virginia, MIMI.
January 7th, 1913.
resolution accepting the sixth ap-
proxlmate estimate OF the president
and secretary OF the library board in
favor of Mcleod & Smith.
BY Alderman Heritage:
Resolved, by the city council of
the city of Virginia, that the sixth
approximate estimate of the presi-
dent ands secretary of the library
board in favor of Mcleod & Smith in
the sum of one thousand, four hun
dred ninety-seven and 4-lOOths dol
lars ($l,497.O4) for work done on
the new library building being con-
structed on lots six 60, seven e.,
eight 90, nine CO.. and ten (1O) in
block thirty-two (32), Original Ad-
dltlon to Virginia under their con-
tract, be and the same is hereby ac-
cepted and approved; and the city
clerk is hereby authorized and d.
rec<ed to draw a warrant payable
out OF the proper fund i'll favor of
Mcleod & Smith in the sum of
$1,497.04 in payment of tho same.
Moved by Alderman NOLAN, sup
ported by Alderman Cotfey, thu :
above resolution be adopted.
Ayes: Alderman Heritage, Harvey,
Lundstrom, Keller, NOLAN, Mattson,
McGhee, Coffey, Mr. Presidents.
Nays: None.
Adopted January 7th, 1918.
Approved January 18th, 1913.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Carried.
Moved and supported that the
city engineer be instructed to make
plat showing all railway tracks
which run through the Great North
ern Addition to Virginia.
Carried.
The committee on light and water
desired one more week to report on
the matter of independent water
main system for fire protection and
the same was granted.
Moved and supported that the
city clerk be instructed to write to
the health officer and instruct him
to investigate the supply and the
purity of ice which is brought to
this city and stored and sold for
domestic purposes.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
city clerk write to the county treas
urer and ask him what disposition
is to be made Of the tax duplicate
books for 1912.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
matter OF taking up the telephone
ordinance for a second reading be
laid over until next regular meeting.
Carried.
Moved and supported that there
be created in the city Of Virginia,
according to Chapter No. 8 of the
city charter water and light COM
mission, that the first appointments
to be made on this commission shall
be John D. Lamont for a term of six
years, Max Lewis for term of four
years and John w. Murphy for a
term of two years and that a res
olution be drawn and presented COW
ering the creating of a water and
light commission and the appoint
ments of it's first commissioners.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
city clerk write letter of thanks to
the manager of the Lyric theater In
the matter of courtesies extended for
Christmas charitable purposes in
granting an extra performance dur
ing Christmas forenoon.
Carried.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Resolution No. GA.
City Of Virginia, Mimi,
s- ..z .z January 7th, 1913.
Resolution authorizing the pay
80 q - =. ~ =
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-12
WORLD OF LABOR

Big Six Typographical Union Of
New York City has membership
of nearly eight thousand
The Reading Railway Company
has posted notice that the working
force at all its shops will be reduced
from 5 to 10 per cent.
The ST Paul, Mimi. building
trad unions have launchr d an
agitation campaign for a A hour
week TOR all building trades work
men.
Thousands Of steel work rs are be-
ing laid off owing TO a depression
in the steel industry. This is re-
ported by the Iron Trades Review
The packing house teamsters OF
Chicago, L, A. No, 10, have
signed up their wage scale for The
next two years, obtaining sub
stantial increase.
Iudianap lis policemen who re-
fused to as strikehreakers are
now being prosecuted by Big Busi
ness. They are to be tried for in
subordination and may be dis
missed.
Railroad workers would receive
an increase of 500, 600, 600 in
wages if the United States Govern
ment owned and operated the rail
roads, according to Clifford Thorne
chairman of the Iowa Railroad
Commission.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-12
REMBRANDT AN EASY MARX.
The Great Painter Was Victim of
Reckless Speculation.

German art students who have been
Investigating the reason why Rem
brandt died hopelessly bankrupt have
discovered that he was an incorrigible
speculator. 1t had hitherto been pop
ularly supposed that he was compelled
to remain poor because Of his extrava-
CANT love OF jewels
Unfortunate speculations turn out
TO have been the cause of his financial
ruin. Documents have been disinter-
red showing that he officially informed
the municipality of Amsterdam that
he had suffered heavy losses in bust
ness transactions as well as through
damages and losses on the high seas.
1t was at time, $4,000, when ali
Europe was engaged in feverish mon
ey making In connection with Hol-
lands meteoric commercial prosperity
Speculation took place on a reckless
scale. Immense fortunes were sunk
in shipping, banking and colonial en-
terprises.
Rembrandt, whose highly artistic
nature was sadly devoid of even ele
mentary business sense, fell an easy
victim to the scheming spectators of
that era of frenzied finance, and he
lost his entire fortune. Many of his
pictures were seized for debt by the
legal authorities before the canyases
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-12
FIGHTING A FIRE IN iRKUTSK.
A Comedy of Flaming Torches and
Empty Water Wagons.

They fight fires in a peculiar way In
Siberia. First you find the fire. The
city is plotted into districts, each with
its engine house and watchtower ON
the watchtower by day and night
stands guard who scans the house
tops for a sign of smoke. When the
fire has got enough headway for him
to see the smoke he gives the alarm
and the engines dash out The specta-
tor is amused. not so much at the dash
as at the engines. They are primitive.
and the use of them is more so.
We went to a fire one Sunday after
noon In lrkutsk, continues Mr. Rich
ardson L. Wright in his book Through
Siberia" 1t was close to our hotel, so
that we had an excellent view First
came a trSika team that dragged q
hook and ladder carriage. On the car
riage clung the tiremen, bowling Cos
sacks with brass helmets jammed
down over their ears, who carried In
one hand-how the symbolism would
have stirred the heart of Maeterlinck!
Flaming torches. Behind the hook
and ladder was the hosecart, and then
came hand engine of the type our
grandfathers used to drag to fires.
After that, for two blocks, trailed a
queue of water filled hogsheads on
wheels. The cavalcade passed us in a
cloud of dust. accompanied by the yells
OF the torch bearing firemen When
the supply of water ran out the carts
dashed down to the river and were re-
plenished
This crude high pressure service gave
rise once to rather humorous Incl
dent that the Irkutskians tell with
great glee During a fire several years
ago a string of water wagons went
down to the river, were filed and came
rumbling back When they reached
the fire the water was gone. The en-
thusiastic captain OF hogsheads had
neglected to put back the plugs in the
barrels and had spilled his supply for
several blocks along the main street.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-12
IInole Sans Antecedents.

A reader asks how the name Uncle
Sam came to be adopted for the i'm
aginary genius who directs the des-
TIMES OF this nation The answer Is
very simple Uncle Sam is merely
a popular expansion of the letters ~.
s." Albert Matthews once wrote a
forty-five page monograph to prove
this, and he showed that the expression
went back to the year 1918. James
Fenimore Cooper in. The Prairie" in
1927 spoke of ''the well known initials
that have gained for the gov
ernment of the United States the good
humored and quaint appelation of Un-
Gle Sam"-New York Post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-12
ALL DARK.
No 6Iimnef Of Light in this
Gloomy Georgia Town.

Another Georgia town has voted
in favor Of saloons aud here is the
reason given by a citizen If W
are going to stand for our women
folks wea ing shadow skirts and
81 t skirts, and our younger women
learning to dance the boil weevil
wiggle, the Texas Tommy tango,
the bunny hug, lhe bear dance the
half certer, the tuzzard fl p and
the puppy huddle and 50 ON down
rhe line, then the mere folk might
just as we'll have their saloons and
The whole push go to he'll to
gether.