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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02
SENIORS REHElRSING
FOR Their CLASS PLAY
"Ihe Stuhhorpaess Of 6efl|lias" B
Amateur TAespiaas on Roose-
volt Stage.

Luc lllcllnJtfS VI Lllc uS mia nlSN
school to be given this Year mas
just been announced. The title OF
he play is The StubDornness OF
Geraldine" by Clyde Fitch, and the
production bids fair to be one Of
the best that has ever been staged
at the school. The play will be
gwen twice with a new caste each
time in order to give a large num-
Ger OF the pupils chance to show
what they can do.
The caste of characters will be-
as follows:
No. l Caste.
Count Carlos kinsey-Harry A.
Hanson.
Mr.. Wrighton-Edward J. Me-
Cabe.
Lord TiIbuTy-Ansel j. Sullivan
Mr.. Crager-Cecil J. Shea.
Thornton-Yost L. Munroe.
Jars--Sigwal J. Dahl.
Steward-William A. Popelka.
Man passenger-Malcom e. Chris
topherson.
Ekpressman-Yost 7. MunrOe.
The ships doctor-Sigwal }. Dahl
Geraldine Lang-lna c.. Mattson
vi Thompson-Gertrude Simons.
Mrs. Wrighton- Gertrude l..
Clarke.
Fraulein Handt Mamie Gran
holm.
Mrs Jars-Margaret w. Savage.
Mrs. Mathewson-Elvina J. Lar
son.
Mrs. Dreed-Lovina A. Walker.
Mrs. Harry X. Whipplr-~Ruth j
Mckenzie.
Miss -Millictnt J. Roskelly
Molly Lansing-Mary 4. Mattson
Stewardess--Ruth Butler.
Another Lady passenger-Ruth ]
Mckenzie.
| No II. Caste.
Count Carlos kinscy-Cecil J
Shea.
Mr.. WrightonrYost r. Munroe.
Lord Tilbury-M. C. ChristopheI
son.
Mr.. Crager-Harry A. Hanson.
Thornton-Edward A. MoCabe.
Jars-William A. Popelka.
Steward-William C. Popelka.
Man passenger-Anstl J. Sulli
van.
| Expressman-M. C. Christopher
Ison.
! The ships doctor-sigwal
! IDahl.
! Geraldine Lang-Helia johnson
! vi Thompson-Ethel E. Whiting
! Mrs. Wrighton-Ruth Butler.
| Fraulein Handt-Anna NJ. Pfaf1
man.
i Mrs. Jars-Millicent J. Roskelly
y Mrs. Misunderstanding J. Lar
Ison.
Mrs. Dreed-Lovina A. Walker.
/ Mrs. Harry K. Whipple- r.
Mckenzie.
Miss Piney-Margaret NJ. Savag
u Molly Lansing-Mary A. Matt
son.
Stewardess-Gertrude l.. Clark
Another Lady passenger-Ruth
mckenzie,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02
FREnEN GET FR|GAT THAT
MAKES THEIR hair STAND
Solder Melted From Tank Said 10 Contain
Large Quantity Of Gasoline It Hickory
Street Fire.

Two business men of Virginia
may be arrested for alledged. viola
tion Of the gasoline ordinance and
Deputy State Fire Marshall Sam
Fullerton was requestde to make
an investigation as the result of a
fire which occurred Tuesday after
noon in certain outbuildings in the
rear OF Messrs Latz brothers resi-
dence at 222 Hickory street.
1t is stated that but for the mere
accident that the driver of the
Standard Oil wagon happened along
the street just few minutes after
the arrival of the fire department
and warned the chief that the 100
gallon tank which stood in the
midst OF the burning hay contained
large supply OF gasoline the
whole department might have been
hurled into eternity.
The matter is considered of SUI
flclent Importance to warrant in
vestigation and City Attorney D.
ID. Morgan stated Tuesday night
that Jacob Latz and Ruben Latz
would be arrested.
Fire Chief Thayer and his men
responded to the alarm which was
received shortly after 1 80 ON Tues
day afternoon and found the barn
ana shed in rear of 222 Hickory
street one mass Of flames. Two
horses were taken from the barn
10 places Of safety by the firemen
ana the hose lines were played at
close range on the burning bales
OF nay which filled a portion of
tne shed. Underneath the hay was
a 1OO gallon galvanized iron tank.
is there anything in that
tank!' asked the chief of Mr..
Latz who was present.
mo. Nothing at ALL" replied Mr..
Latz.
But you had so gallons of gaso-
line delivered only few days ago."
Oh yes, but we used that all
up' replied Mr.. Late, according
TO the account OF the ~convcrsl...n
ssWo'rn to by several d members S:Sof
the department. who were near
and waiting orders from their chief.
Just then up came the. Standard
oil driver and said: Look out
there boys there's gasoline in that
tank, put so gallons in a couple
of days ago. -
The iron tank was surrounded
ny a mass of burning hay and the
ground around was Uttered up
with quantity of planning mill
shavings used as bedding for the
horses in the barn. When the
great danger of the gasoline ex-
piodlng was known to Chief Thayer
ne Immediately detailed a man to
play stream of water on. the tank
in the hope that explosion could
be prevented, but for a few min
utes there were some pretty white
faces around that old iron tank
which could have dealt out death
double handed before those around
ever knew what had really struck
them.
just why the jovial chief and
MS men are still in the land of the
living and just why that tank did
not explode is a miracle, for the
intense heat had melted the cover
off in places.
The tank still with large guam
tity of gasoline in it was taken to
the fire hall by the chief and his
men and will be the subject of
fugther investigation. The mark
around the bottom of the tank still
shows the line Of the amount of
liquid inside during the intense
heat of the blaze.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02

Continued on page g.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04

OF giving the vessel greater buoyancy as It sinks
in the water. There Is really nothing new in
this ideea and 1t has been applied successfully in
building Hfeboats and other small vessels. It
adds to the width of the vessel above the water
line and the inventor is wrong in claiming that it
would not interfere with its cargo-carrying capa-
city.
Modern steamships are safe enough when at
sea, SO far as the storms and flashing of the waves
are concerned. The dangers that threaten them
are collisions with other vessels, with derelicts or
with icebergs, and, Of course. running ashore or
on q rock in a dense fog. Take two vessels of
equal size crossing each others paths, let one
strike the other amidshipsS and the vessel struck
would be cut in two il the other were going at full
speed. The tremendous force OF the blow Is all
most beyond calculation. In the case Of a yes
sci the size OF the new Imperator, st would prob
ably be equal to a striking force of 100000 foot
tons No cellular belt or any other conceivable
construction would save a ship under such condii
tions. The thing to do Is to avoid all such risks
as far as possible. The Titanic was lost because
its captain had too much confidence In its unsink
able construction.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
SHIPS WHICH WILL NOT SINK

Once more we hear talk of an unsuitable ship,
remarks the New York Commercial An English
inventor claims to have solved the problem, but
his experiments have been confined to a small
model only four feet In length and nine inches
wide, SO the problem of applying his system to a
vessel 500 or 1000 feet in length is by no means
solved.
Few people outside of practical shipbuilders and
nayigators understand the difference between a
large vessel and a small one In point of structural
strength. The strongest vessel that floats in the
water is a common rowboat. One can take an or
binary rowboat and carry 1t by the ends or it
can rest on cleats under each end without break
ing In the middle, but the strongest man-of-War
or ocean liner that floats today would break in
two il subjected to a similar strain. The larger
a vessel the weaker it becomes In this respect.
and for this reason many apparently good ideas
which work out well in model form have failed
utterly when applied to iarge vessels.
ills doubtful IL any real progress in building
ships has been made since the days of the Great
Eastern, as far as the use Of water-tight compart-
ments and bulkheads is concerned. The designer
of the Great Eastern divided that vessel into cell
lular compartments, and no improvement on this
plan has as yet been made, although 1T is not used
extensively because 1T requires too many matches
for the loading and unloading of cargo.
The invention to which reference has been
made consists OF surrounding the vessel with a
waterstight belt divided into cells for the purpose
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
CY2XLHUs5 AHxH2EE-
1AZ0-r~O

[hhE 1898 go
favor with the English as a winter spa The old
village Of vernet, which faces the luxurious
grounds of the modern Establishment, Is q typical
Catalan village. and, owing to Its situation, is
strangely picturesque. The red roofs OF the
crumbling houses cover both man and beast, and
the narrow, twisting streets follow the outline
of the hillock In the manner usual with southern
mountain hamlets, but they are crowned by a
medieval church and chateau, and framed. by
distant blue and purple heights. Near at hand
Mont Cantgou erects his snowy head. For the
Galatians Mont Canigou is the "delectable noun
tain" an object of admiring wonder. almost a
Legendary god.
Another spa. made fashionable by the Romans,
is Amelie-les-Bains a trim, Spanishlooking town
close on the frontier, whose warm climate at
tracts the French consumptive. Not far from
Amelie is the pass across which Hannibal led his
legions on the historic march to Italy. The
Romano had previously sent ambassadors to beg
the Galatians not to allow the Carthaginian mer-
cenaries to traverse their territory, but to turn
them back. Hannibal, however, contrived to
f1atter the owners Of the soil; Galatians and Garth
aginians made friends, and the soldiers were al
lowed free passage. The Col de Perthuis-Han-
only two passes across the Pyrenees which are
practicable throughout the year; they offered a
convenient means of egress or retreat to Moor
ish and Spanish invaders. Had there been no
good passage through the great chain the his
tory of the Galatians must have been less cheq-
uered and the Catalonian seaboard might not
have formed a fairway for the restless warrior
peoples of medieval Europe.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
Football pates.

Sioux Falls,--Two big football
games, with the possibility of a third
being scheduled. will be played in
Sioux Falls diving the month of Oc-
tober, according to arrangements just
made by the commercial club. The
first of the big contests Is set for
October IS, between the South Da-
kota Agricultural college at Brooktngs
and the North Dakota Agricultural
college at Fargo. The next week in
the same month the state university
at Vermillion will come to Sioux Falls
to play the gridiron warriors from
Denver. The possibility Of a third
game is that between the Dakota Wes-
leyan, of Mitchell, and Morning Side
college, Of Sioux City, which may be
played in Sioux Falls II dates can be
arranged.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
AH0WGgW OH Nl2NEw

known to newspaper fame, nor does the travelling
public know very much as yet of the beautiful
and varied land which they are SO proud to
inhabit.
It. lis the Frenchman's boast that samples Of the
worla's best scenery and the range of all its de-
sfrable climates are found within the boundaries
of his native country. In these respects French
Catalonia-which with a portion Of old Langue-
doc) Is defined upon the modern map as the
department Pyrenees Orientales-may be de-
scribed as France in miniature. Mont Canigou.
admittedly one of the most majestic, most I'm.
pressive of the Pyrenean peaks, is $500 feet
high; Putg Nal, a less conspicuous neighbor,
stands a trife higher; and, clustered close, are
other splendid heights. The scenery among these
giants is of the kind we usually term Alpine
but from the snow-slopes of the Canigou you may
look down upon the sun-burnt shores of Spain
and the blue, cleaning floor Of the far-stretched
Mediterranean. Or, deserving the heights, and
starting, say, from Mont Louis, Hottest OF the
fortified towns of France, and a new center for
winter sports, you descend the winding valley Of
the Tet, and In an hour or SO you find yourself
smong The olive orchards. Soon magnolias, the
pointed aloe, even palms, are seen among the
vineyards and In the roadside gardens, while If
j. be springtime, mimosas fiaunt their feathery
Ilumes, and near and far under the sunny sky
stretch fields Of pink peach blossom.
TO this favored land said "Dagonet," writing
in the Referee, Mature has been more than kind;
she has been ELUSIVE" But a s~un-filled, spar
king air and the striking contrasts of the natural
scene are not the only charms of Catalonia. For
the historian, the antiquarian or the archaeolo-
gist the country abounds In interest. Its success
siye conquerors failed apprecfably to mold the
temper or to change the habits of Its people; In
ey1tably they left behind them concrete ~yestiges
of occupation. Local tradition makes much of
les Arabes and the curious tall towers upon the
mountain spurs, of which the Tour de Goa, near
verneties-Bains. is a conspicuous example, are
popularity ascribed to the vigilance or the Saracen
rulers. Obviously, however, these. watch towers
are OF far later construction, and, like many 9th
er so-called Moorish remains, date from the Ar
ragpn dominion, or-more prob~ably--from the
tenancy OF the MaJorcan kings. 1t was the kings
of Majorca who made Perpignan. now the chief
town OF the department, a royal capital The
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04

their attitude toward the inferior hui
man MAST The Pharisee thanked
God that he was not as other men,
instead Of praying with q full heart
that other men might be as fortunate
as himself.
Every day the obseryant student ct
mems ways may e this attitude OF
disdain for the low.browed the simple
untaught folk. whose yearning for
beauty reaches no further than the
chromo-print, whose appreciation for
music can cs1npass nothing higher
than ragtime songs on the $50 organ,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04

the frontier. was built upon the site Of a temple
dedicated to the goddess Venus, and was origin
ally "Portus Venerus."
The Romans were 500 years in Catalonia, and
besides the building of numerous roads. they
naturally found time to exploit some OF the many
mineral springs. The Insignificant townlet,
Prades, still possesses the remains of baths
which were constructed by the Romans; local
chroniclers assert that they also discovered the
healing waters at Notwithstanding Yernet,
which stands among the foothills of Mont Cant
gou, Is a veritable beauty spot" of the Pyrenees.
For centuries it has been frequented by French
men and Spaniards; latterly 1t has leaped into
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
BIG CORN Or lIE YIELD
REPORTS FROM NORTHUMBERLAND
Observation-Disclosures sssss
sHcW UP WELLsS|
HAPPENINGS OvER IHESTATE
What ~ Going on Here and There
That e n Interest u the Read
era Thrcu1hout South o.
kota and Vicinity.

Aberdeen,--Detailed reports re-
|ceived from forty counties scattered
In all parts OF the state concerning
crop conditions prevalent III that
county this year give very encourag-
ing reports, taken during the harvest
ing and thrashing season, when actual
facts are obtainable. According to
the complied report, the following av.
srages We're found: Wheat. 1915 bush
els; corn. S2.7 bushels. rve.A15.4 bush.
els; flax, 9 bushels; barley, 1925
bushels; oats, 1904 bushels; potatoes,
lbs bushels; hay, | ton.
Corn appears to be the big crop In;
the state this year, nineteen of the
counties reporting corn the big crop,
three giving corn and wheat equal I'm
portance, two combining corn and
pats assthe leading crops, seven stand
Ing pat on wheat, two holding out Tor.
oats, one county having potatoes its
big crop. another going mostly to al,
falfa, and still another reporting al
falfa and wheat.
The following counties are raising
corn this year: McCook. Brookings.
Aurora, Lake, Hanson, Turner, Sphinx,
Hyde, Yankton, Lyman, Trip. BEN
nett, Stanley. Gregory and Campbell.
Corn averaging from AS to SO busheis
per acre on the average is reported
from McCook, Lake. Jerauld, Brown,
DAWSON and Sanborn counties.
Wheat was the principal crop In.
Corson, Codington, Douglas, Marshall
Brown, Hutchinson ana Pennington
counties, Wheat averaging better
Than IS bushels per acre is reported
from McCook. Turner. Lincoln, Jer-
auld. Butte and Custer. Butte county,
where irrigation is In force, reports
an average of 80 bushels to the acre.
Oats are the principal crops in Lin
coin and Custer counties, the former
averaging 40 bushels to the acre, and
Custer county averaging 80 bushels.
Jerauld, Sanborn and Dewey coun-
ties divide OF corn and wheat, while
Bon Homme and Moody counties al.
vide IN corn and oats. Meade county
reports wheat and alfalfa as the lead
ing crops. ziebach county is raising
potatoes very extensively this year,
while alfalfa is the principal crop
raised in Butte county. Perkins coun-
ty reports an average of 800 bushels
Of potatoes per acre. Butte reports
IN average OF $50 bushels and Dewey
and Custer report averages OF 200
bushels per acre each.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
To Enforce Game Laws.

TerravilIe.-The sportsmen of this,
G.awrence) county, have offered a
standing reward for information
which will lead to the arrest and con-
viction of persons who vioiate the
game and fish laws within the boun.
daries of the county. The notice OF
reward is published by Claude VIII
liams, county game warden. but ev-
cry sportsman in the county stands
squarely behind him and will pay the
reward. For IN tine reports have
been received of the disregard OF the
game laws and the wanton killing Of
pame in remote parts of the country.
Under the arrangements now made
Lawrence county will give better pro-
lection to game than any other
county in the state.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
ByWard Tower Shown - Part ID tho
Main BuIidfnd.

Upward Towcr Shown IN Part III tha
Main Building.
row bridge giving ~accessesto Tower
wharf and the Thames, and on the
Martin tower, which stands at tho
northeast angle OF the inner wall.
The cement was In any places per-
fishing, and the embedded fints I'M
periled passers-by on the upper
part Of the Postern Gate tower q thin
facing Was hanging out from the main
surface Of the wall to a distance In
many places OF fourinches, and was
thus extremely dangerous. After tho
plaster was removed 1T became neces-
sary TO repair the masonry effectively.
In the course Of centuries the walls
nave been worked over and over again
With old and new material. much OK
which was Indifferent, while the re-
building was often poorly construction
The face disclosed beneath the flint
work was thus IN many places loose,
and rotten. and sometimes consisted
Of mere rubble. on the Martin tower,
where the work for the present LII
completed, n such mass OF haif-diay.
i~ntegTated rubble had to be secured
with chain to hold 1t fast while the
repairs went ON. The Joints had to-
be repointed to a depth Of four inches.
owing to the decay OF the mortar:
large cracks were filled and consoli-
dated by liquid concrete injected BY
the ~grouting machine, and the old disJ
connected quoins were reinforced at
intervals BY new ones securely bonded
to the wall faces.
The improvement In the appearance
OF the Martin tower is great. One!
guiding principle is to use stone which
is not only durable but harmonious In
texture and color, and another Is to-,
keep the Joints subordinate to the out
lines Of the stone. This is done by us
Ing a special grit mortar which In
brushed over when still soft, SO as to-
leave the grit standing out and avoid
the fiat and soapy appearance which
3is an eyesore III itself and hides the
characteristic lines OF ancient ma.
sonry.
The work stili proceeding Oh thes
Byward tower offered slightly differ
ent problems. Here, too, there. was
much disintegration, but 1t was large
" caused BY the decay 81 the iron
cramps securing the ashlar and the
Iron grtlles guarding the windows.
The Iron had expanded 30 much In,
rusting that II had fractured stone
after stone. splitting on rough 3
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
Lease shootino Ground.

Webster News that there will be
4 bumper crop Of prairie chicken In
northern South Dakota this year, has
attracted attention far beyond the con
fines of South Dakota. as is indicated
by the announcement that Percy Rock
efelier, Of oil fame; Emil Earring, Of
the Milwaukee road, and others have
leased the hunting privileges oyer a
large tract Of land in Racine and Gren-
Vile townships In this lDay) county,
Sof II. r. Hart, the owner, and signs are
being poated warning everyone
against ~trespassing.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
Boy Loses Both Arms.

Wetonka-LeonaTd, the 8-year-old
son Of Emil Won Eschen, who resides
four miles north of Wetonka. lost both
arms and had his right reg fractured
in a peculiar accident, The father
was moving hay on their farm and
Leonard and an older brother were
riding on the hay rake. The horses
attached to the rake became frightened
and ran away. This excited the team
on the mower and 1t too, started off.
The boy was thrown from the rake in
front of the mower.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
New Bureau is SOUGHT.

Pierre.--The register Of deeds, al an
information bureau under the law OF
the last legislature, has had q couple
Of remarkable letters recently. One Is.
from an eastern girl, who wants to
work on a Dakota ranch, and says that
she is from the east, but can furnish
good references. The other lie from
an Iowa German farmer, whose wife
took the three children and ran away
last June. He wants information as
to their location.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04

omabIe as the human soul and as
wide as human life. The pity Of 1t
touches every human heart that il
itself cultured and yet not filed with
the conceit Of culture.
But this conceit Of culture, this
pride Of refinement, which sees in q
human brother OF low development
and no refinement merely an object
Of contempt, a standing opportunity
for jesting ridicule, a thing to be used
to ones purpose and then passed by.
how widely and subtiy II steals into
the hearts of the cultured and poisons
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
severe Storm Does pamaae.

Trail City.-TIis vicinity was over
taken by one of the most severe
storms of the season, which did much
damage to properly. The telephone
system In nearly every town in this
section OF the state was demoralized.
at Eagle Butte several houses were
damaged greatly and the Milwaukee
depot was unroofed. AT Timber Lake
several buildings were damaged. Ten
head OF live, stock were killed in the
vicinity of Dupree, and a pony be.
longing to Charles DuCharme, near
here, was killed BY lightning.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
Rather Hard to Awaken.

Sir, you have called me q crook
and a fool. said the man whe
talked politics. You have broken nj
spectacles, you have punched M
twice. | hope you will not rouse th
sleeping lion in my breast. for Ii yo
should 1 car not tell what may be Il
consequences.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04
Postoffice Examination Ordered.

Sioux Falls.-Septemper has
been selected as the time for an *
animation t d be held at Valley Springs
near Sioux Falls, by the federal civil
service commission, which as the re-.
suit of the examination will pave the
way for selecting a postmaster to fill.
a contemplated vacancy at Valley
Springs. 1t is expected there Will be,
a number OF applicants for the place,
and keen rivalry will exist between
them as to who Will make the best
showing at the examination and cap
ture the plum. The compensation Of.
the postmaster during the past fiscal
year was s72s, the office being IN the
fourth class.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04

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Mennos#Shsfifk K0s
hutchinson cotntSs h4sSnetnlna94 ahAaS
shaxing ~ cuatcdy Alxif8S 9yAndegHhNrSS
SaRISyeatH ~. and Lila peansI6
yeArs Of age. The kirl@Kill be &pfnst
over To her psifNnts &ndH TAnddenhslfS
VIII be held pending thu cutcorna u
scharEes that he has yiDleteds ~ 4lfann
white slave law
Lila Dean sthe daughter 81 NJ
and Mrs. J&cOb DeAn q Memo On