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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-10

fairs took place under her very nose;
she became an enfranchised citizen,
but she knew it not. She knew only
that she had to roll so many rolls
each day, put in so many minutes
with her chins, so many with her
cuticles, so many with her warts,
ETC., and, like a loyal soldier, she
stayed by her flag until taps was
sounded at the close of day.
And yet she was not satisfied with
results. Critically she took stock of
her charms, and sighed that so little
had been accomplished for the work
done.
So to another beauty doctor she
went, and she received one perfectly
good rouge pot, and a new set of
curls; a new kind of face powder
and eyebrow pencil; the latest i'm
provement in figure reducing, and
some stylish clothes.
Again she stood before the gate
that is called beautiful, and knocked
for admission. But the keeper oil
the gate said to her: You are not
ready to enter here. You have mis-.
taken the meaning of beauty. &C
back and learn of some little child
But first of all, learn humility"
Sadly and dispiritedly she turned
away, and as she did so she heard
man say: "The fat old party il
masquerading as a kid Poor ole
soul, does she think that she fool
anybody"
When she reached her home sh,
sat down and looked herself owe
impersonally. What she saw was
poor old, painted woman with
squeezed waist and lustreless eyes
At first she wept, and then sh
stormed, and then she settled dow
into a dull apathy.
One day a Deggar knocked at he
: door-and she fed him. And anoth
er day she found bird with brok
, en- wing, and she bound it up an
, cared for it until the wound wa
= healed, and the bird flew away wit
/ a song of Thanksgiving.
She picked up a child that ha
S fallen, and wiped its tears away. On
{ day a woman from whom peopl
: turned their faces as they passed fe
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-10

in a swoon before her doorstep, and
she took her into her home and
nursed her.
Grief came to young couple in
her neighborhood, and the woman
sank her own trouble beneath their
load, and set about to make life liva-
BILE for them.
Time passed. One day she strolled
in the direction of the gate that is
called beautiful. AS she neared it
she heard some one say, What q
beautiful face that woman hast" She
looked around but did not see the
woman referred to, so she passed on
When she stood before the gate.
with no thought of entering therein.
the keeper of the gate threw it wide
open, and smiled upon her, as he
bade her enter.
She shrank back in dismay. 81 am
not fit to enter here. See, am ol0
and fat, and my hair is gray"
The keeper of the gate said gently
Have you not learned what beauty
is yet? Look within the gate and
see for yourself"
The woman looked. She saw wom--
en- who were, like herself, old an6
fat; she saw those that were scrawny
and thin, and scant of hair; she saw
men that were bent with age, lean
ing on canes for support; she saw
men that were bald, and women that
were gray; she saw tender youths
and children; yet the greatest mum
Der were those who had lost the
bloom of youth.
She saw another thing. She OBJ
served upon each face, yea, though
it be scanned and Scared with the
sorrow of the world, a beauty in
finitely greater than that of mere
pink and whiteness.
In that moment of revelation she
knew that that which was writ upon
their faces, making them shine with
ineffable glory, was self-abnegation
usefulness to their fellows, love for
God and all of His creatures.
. With a sigh of deepest Joy, OF
, sweet humility, and of sinceresi
gratitude, the woman entered the
gate that is called beautiful.
e Make few promises and keep what
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-10
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen

A woman stood outside the gate
that is called beautiful, and knocked
for admission.
The keeper of the gate peered
through at her and said: Go and
prepare yourself before you can enter
here" So the woman turned sadly
away. AS she walked down the Lane
of Time that led away from the gate
that is called beautiful, she heard
some one say, THE fat old dame
seems to be having trouble of some
sort"
When she reached her home she
sat down before the mirror and took
inventory of her stock. She sighed
1t was true that her figure had lost
it's self respect and bulged in spots.
She had enough ehins to pass around
to her neighbors, without in the least
impoverishing herself. Her features
seemed to be all fused up together
in a wide eXpanse of vacant space.
Altogether, she felt that she had lost
her claim to the title of Circe, Charm
er, and the like-titles even more
dear to the feminine heart than that
which accompanies crest or coronet
So this woman sat her down and
wrote a letter OF anxious inquiry to
one of the Apostles of LONELINESS who
advised their less fortunate sisters
regarding personal pulchritude.
The letter was finally answered
and the woman who had heard her
self called a fat old dame got busy
and followed the instructions con
tanned in the letter. She rolled or
the floor, and she balanced a bool
: on her head. She went through in
Vulnerable contortions, and she wore
q. rubber mask at night. She manip
ulated each of her several chins Wig
orously. She pinched the poor inof
fensive things that never intended
S any harm, until they wished they hat
4 nevr been born.
When she wasn't rolling on tn
e floor, or balancing a book on he
}, head, or manipulating her chins, o
e going through strange and awfu
n contortions, she was massaging he
/ eyebrows, and rubbing her wrinkle.
/ and amounting her head, and remoN
: ing her cuticle by quick and pair
full process, and electrocuting tn
hair that grew on the wart that gre
&C on the face that grew on the hea
# that grew on the woman that Go
=, built.
In fact, she was busy, busy won
an. From the first peep O. dawn ii
the sun, with last comprehensiN
), look at the fair land he was leavin
;" sank behind the hilltops, this bu:
woman worked at her trade, whiC
was of beautifying her person.
40 She took no note of time. Even
occurred that engrossed the minds
- men. An upheaval in political q
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-10

An astronomer says the Martians
are signaling to us. Perhaps want
to know how we built that big canal
so quickly.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-10

Excuses will not hold the friends
that promises make.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-10

Make few promises and keep what
you make.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

. Ex- Governor Sulzers Of New York gives the lie
TO the old saying that prophet has no virtue il
his own territory. Sulzer will be q candidate for
the legislature from his home district and the
best authorities are agreed he will be elected.
That will be fine tribute from his friends, but it
will not remedy the fact that he has been weighed
and found wanting even though his dismissal from
office was the outcome Of political intrigue that
stopped at no extreme. Men like Sulzer are in a
large measure responsible for the growing distrust
Of all public officials. If he is returned to the leg
islature he will have won sentimental victory
at his home that will be highly fattering, but it
will be more rebuke to the interests that un-
seated him and the methods used in accomplishing
it than tribute to Sulzer the man and public SER
want wronged.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24
START WORK ON BIWABIK
TRANSMISSION LINE

The St. Louis Power company ex-
poets to begin work the latter part of
this week or the first of next on the
construction of it's transmission lines
from Gilbert to Biwabik, where it has
recently been awarded the. contract
for furnishing electric current for the
village lighting plant. It expects to
be furnishing current by the first OF
February. The three transformers
for Hibbing were received the first OF
the week and will be put in at the
power station at. Hibbing at once
Lighting service. at Mckinley will
probably begin somewhat earlier than
at Biwabik. &.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

G. D. Heath has sold his interest in the Itasca
County Iron News, published at Coleraine to L. D.
Lammon. dad" Heath will probably go on a
long hunting trip for he likes to live near to Ma
ture and roam about in the big woods. Under
his editorship the Iron News was an interesting
newspaper with a distinctive and charming indi-
viduality that always made it a welcome visitor.
Mr. Heath will have the best wishes of many
friends in anything he undertakes in the future
and the hope will be general that he will not locate
so far away from Minnesota that he will be quite
lost to his friends in the newspaper business here
L. D. Lammon will keep the Iron News up tc
standard and has been associated with MIR. Heath
in it's publication practically ever since it was
founded.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24
The New Postmaster.

J. H. Fleming came to Virginia in
March 1898, with a good stock of
jewelry and watches and was just
getting nicely established in business
when the first fire wiped out his stock
with the exception of few hundred
dollars worth of watches. After the
fire it was thought that Maple street
would be the business street and Mr.
Fleming erected a store theron be-
tween Mesaba and Railroad avenues,
which he occupied for several months,
until the panic of '93 struck the coun-
try. Then there was no demand for
jewelry and Mr.. Fleming packed his
stock and went to Hinckley, which was
then one of the busiest numbering
towns in the northwest, but the fire.
fiend still pursued him and the terrible
fire which wiped Hinckley off the map
on September LIST, 1894, left Fleming
without dollars worth. After this
he spent year in Eau Claire, Wis.,,
where his brothers are among the
oldest and most substantial business
men. However, his faith in Virginia's
future was so great that he decided to
try his luck once more on the range.
This time Mr.. Fleming could not get
a business place to suit him in Virginia
and located in Biwabik, where he serv-
ed as justice Of the peace for several
years and cherishes the remembrance
of many warm friendships made there.
Virginia being the goal Of his ambi-
ton, he resigned the Justiceship and
moved to this city, where he has ever
since taken an active part in civic af-
fairs, having been city assessor, spec
ial judge of the municipal court and
director on the board of education.
Mr.. Fleming has been foreman for
the park board for the past two years,
and on Sept. LIST was honored by that
body by being made superintendent.
Mr.. Fleming has always been a
democrat and is closely identified
with such leaders as F. B. Lynch, D.
W. Lawler and Frank Day of st. Paul,
A. C. Weiss, Judge Jacques and Harris
Bennett of Duluth. He has the en-
tire confidence of the local democracy.
Mr.. Fleming was a personal friend of
the late Governor johnson and an ar
dent admirer of the Hon. VIM. Jen-
nings Bryan, being the first man to in
troduce and get subscribers for The
Commoner on the range. Mr.. Flem-
ing was married to Miss Mary l.
Brennan of Hinckley, MIMI, a Pine
county school teacher, in January
1893. They have been blessed with
a family Of eight children, of whom
four boys and three girls are living
Mr.. and Mrs. Fleming and family al
present reside at Park Lodge, Virginia
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24
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Nashwauk Herald: Samuel g. Iyer-
son IS = candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor Of Minnesota.
Eberhart IS also . candidate. liver
son has held public. Office ever since
his infancy and has made 2 barrel Of
money and now would like to serve
the dear people by being chief execu-
tive Of the greatest and wealthiest
state in the union. There are other
candidates and many more to hear
from who are eager to draw $1,000
per year. Well, all we can say at
this time is that this is free country
and they can chop to it" so to speak.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

Marc Atkinson has been appointed postmaster
at Crosby by President Wilson. Marc will be lust
as good postmaster as he is an editor and while
ne hasn't been resident of Crosby long he de-
serves the place for newspaper like the Cruel
bic is credit to any town and little things like the
postoffice will help to make it even better than at
present. The Crucible won't celebrate it's first
birthday for some time yet, but it has had good
deal to do with the putting the metropolis of the
Guyana on the map, nevertheless.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24
CREAMY, MIMI, HAS -.
- LIVE FARMERS CLUB

The Creamy, (Minn.) Farmers club
recently organized. has arranged for
the purchase of a Babcock tester and
q registered dairy sire. The little cl:1b
has twenty-five active members who
are giving dairying their first atten-
ton. The officers elected at the meet
ing Of September 18th are president,
George Cauchy; vice president, Joe
Kasum; secretary, 4. +. Bavuk;; treas.
urer, Frank Clio orninlk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

Brainerd needs new courthouse and before
Leslie Bush, who pitched the great game for the
Philadelphia Athletics came home they were be-
ginning to worry about it seriously. Now they
have quite forgotten it and are basking in the
sunshine of the pleasant notoriety of being the
home town of two of the greatest baseball pitch
ers the world has ever known, Bush and Bender.
Brainerd also produced Billy Phyle and before that
Harry Howe, the man whom old Pop Arson orig
nally described as having ten thousand dollar
arm and a ten-cent head.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

Under the Hicken regime six saloon licenses
have been revoked in Duluth and a seventh will
in all probability go next week. There has been
good ground for the action in all the cases. The
situation at Duluth becomes more interesting as
the days 60 by. Gambling at the church fairs is
also to be prohibited. There is small question but
that the Hicken brand of purity is intended to be
the real thing, but being good is such lonesome
job that good many Duluth people are already
growing tired of it if all reports which reach the
ranges are true
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

One of the good things the state legislature did
was to provide for the election of senators and rep
resentatives on a non-partisan basis. Whether
legislative candidates are republicans, democrats
or socialists in the next campaign is not going to
be of nearly as much moment as whether or not
they will commit themselves to use their in
auence in the interest of economy and efficiency in
state government The economy and efficiency
slogan has caught on with the people in earnest
and itis going to be big influence in deciding the
next elections far as members of the legislature
are concerned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

Mesaba Ore: Koochiching county
voted big loan for highway con-
struction, and will go ahead with its
plan to bring great benefit to the
whole county. Saint Louis county is
bigger and a hundred times richer
than Koochiching, yet trifle slow
when it comes to doing the things
that should be done-and one of the
most important is the construction of
more and better highways. The sum
needed in this county right now is ten
million dollars, and all that is lacking
to bring it is the right sort of twist
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

Virginia should set in motion the machinery
that will result in better roads between this city
to Cook and the north country. The farmers of
that section consider this city their legitimate
market. Many Of them now go elsewhere because
the road between this city and Angora is in an
impossible condition good deal of the year. In
cidentally Virginia should try to elect the next
commissioner from this district or get behind some
other man who will pledge himself to give this city
what it most needs-better roads to it's surround
ing country districts. Virginia is about the only
town on the range that is not getting some of the
good things being passed around in the way of i'm
provements. There's reason. Virginia isn't
going after them as it should.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

The appointment of j. H. Fleming to the post
mastership in Virginia is just recognition of a
real democrat. Mr.. Fleming is one of Virginia.
pioneer citizens and one of it's best esteemed as
well. His interest in politics in the past has been
prompted not so much by hope of reward as by the
belief that he was fighting on the side of cause
that was right. The Enterprise does not agree
with Mr. Fleming politically, but it frankly ad-
mlres his consistency and is glad to know he has
been recognized by being given the best job there
IS Tor democrat in this section of the state Mr..
Fleming was not fair weather partisan. He was
democrat, fighting democrat too, in the days
when democrats on the iron range were regarded
as persons more to be pitied than censured. Mr.
Fleming is amply capable to be an efficient post.
master. He has served in various capacities of 8
public nature and has never been found wanting.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

Wabasha Herald: The mixup in
the Republican state camp has a lively
start. Senator Elwell, the good roads
man, threw his hat into the guber-
Material ring some time ago. w. E.
Lee is in the field, and Samuel G. Iver-
son, state auditor, on Monday an
nounced his candidacy for nomination
for governor. Governor Eberhart is a
most active candidate, and merry
times are surrounded by the darkness
of uncertainty, and there1l be some
surprises when the election lights are
turned on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

Deerwood Times: Winona news re-
ports chronicle the fact that Homer
Ridge farmer recently brought to mar
ket potato of the Burbank variety,
that weighed three pounds and six
ounces and netted the producer just 25
cents. For southern Minnesota this
may be a phenomenal growth, but up
here in Natures choicest fruit basket
potatoes such as these are fed to the
cattle as not being large enough fol
table use.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

Automobiles are to be sold on the installment
plan next year and good many we'll meaning in
dviduals are going to have an excellent chance to
go wrong thereby. An automobile is luxury un-
less one has reached the stage of plethorc plenty
or can make it practical business utility There's
many man chugging about in an automobile who
would be several degrees worse than broke if he
paid the debts he honestly owes and when it is
possible to obtain them on the installment plan
that condition is going to become more ageravat
ed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

St. Louis County Record: Better
late than never can be said of Cover
nor Eberhart's decision to appoint a
committee to reorganize the state gov
eminent along the lines of economy
and efficiency. But we might ask
what is the legislature for? If we
have to appoint committees to look
after state interests, why not do away
with the legislature and do business
entirely by committees. In other words
commission form Of state govern
ment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

There is a we'll defined story going the rounds
OF those who know that Minnesota's primary cleo
ton law is to be attacked to it's legality on the
grounds that the title does not clearly indicate the
contents of the body of the law, held to be a
grlevous oversight on the part of those who
framed the measure. In the event it is thus al,
tackled successfully the primaries might be thrown
back to September. Of the merit of the conten-
ton in regard to legality there is little reliable in
formation available. If the action is started, how
ever, it may be by Henry Rines of Mora. It would
have the effect no doubt of delaying good many
announcements of candidacy for state Offices and
would rob the coming state campaign of lot of
interest that the primaries held at an earlier date
would bring to it. One thing the people would be
generally glad Of, however, it would grant them a
respite from spelbinders and candidates of at least
60 days that would be quite welcome. | -. s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

Aurora News: The present policy
of St. Louis county in refusing to
build roads until section is fully set
tied may be satisfactory to the large
corporate interests within the county
but it is very unsatisfactory from an
agricultural standpoint. 1nasmuch as
it keeps thousands of fertile acres
from cultivation perhaps we might
speak of it as conservation of natural
resources"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24
Pioneer Virginian and Staunch
ri. Democrat Endorsed by
~@is ~. .3Ft5tax.ss Ls3..S%r T. -:
President Wilson.
WILL PROBABLY TAKE
OFFICE IN DECEMBER
News of Appointment Comes from
Washington Monday and Disposes
of Much Speculation as to Where
Local Patronage Plum Would Fall
Appointment Still to Be Con-
firmed by Senate.

J. H. Fleming, pioneer Virginian
and democrat, steadfast to the faith
through the years both lean and fat,
will be Virginia's next postmaster.
President Wilson has named Mr..
Fleming for the place and the ap-
pointment will probably be confirmed
by the senate within a short time
The appointment also indicates that
National Democratic Committeeman
Fred B. Lynch is the source from
which most of the good things in the
way of democratic patronage in Min
nesota will come in the future as on
the Virginia postmastership the line
Of cleavage was between the so-called
Bryan and Wilson democrats with the
county organization supporting J. w:
Murphy of Virginia for the place.
Mr.. Fleming will probably begin his
term as postmaster some time in
December, or as soon as his appoint
ment is confirmed by the senate
There is no prospect that the appoint.
ment will be held up by that body
Mrs. Mary H. James, the present post.
mistress, is absent from the city on 8
visit to Detroit, Mich. Mrs. James
has been highly efficient as postmis
tress and had many friends who ha<
hoped that the influence of Congress
man Miller would be sufficient to keel
her in the position for some time yet
However, there was keen interest il
the local appointment and it no doub
had the effect of fastening action a
Washington.
Mr.. Fleming has been receiving tn
> congratulations of his many Virgini
friends this week and is naturally we
pleased with the news.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24
Grand RAPIDS independent

Grand Rapids independents: The
sign on the state campaign band
wagon reads ECONOMY and Efficiency
in State Government" and candidates
for the governorship, including Gov
ernor Eberhart, during whose admin
istration the state tax rate has in
creased $50 per cent, are clambering
on. It's bound to be an issue, and of
course the candidates are all "for it,
whether they are or not.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-10-24

-Biwabik Times: Sam 1verson is a
candidate for the republican nomina-
ton for governor. Sam has been so
very noncommittal on the issues be-
fore the people that it will be inter-
esting to note what stand he takes on
the various issues being discussed.
Sam doubtless knows what's in his
mind, but we have been unable to find
any other man who does.