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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
BLOWS HEAD OFF
1. WITH SHOT GUN
A. Anderson, Woodsman, Suicides in
Country Near Casson7
Saturday.

A. Anderson, woodsman, who until
a short time ago was in the employ
of the Virginia and Rainy Lake com:
pany, at Cusson, suicided Saturday by
shooting the top Of his head off with
shot gun. Anderson had been miss
ing since Saturday. His body was
found Wednesday and was brought
to Virginia yesterday by Undertaken
Harry Gillespie. He will be buried
this afternoon at Greenwood.
The dead man was about 40 years
old and had been working about camp
%. Saturday afternoon he left the
camp with the shot gun and several
cartridges and was not again heard
from until his dead body was found.
Suicide was clearly indicated. Ander-
son had placed the muzzle of the gur
in his mouth and pulled the trigger.
Acquaintance at the camps say
he was married. No information as
to where his family lives is available.
His effects were searched for letters
that might throw some light upon
the matter without avail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
PACKAGE SALE
.:A.BIC SUCCESS
Advertising Mediums of Enter.
prise Printing Co. Demon
state Efficiency.

More than one hundred jostling,
eager shoppers were on hand at 10
O'Clock last Saturday morning to at
tend the package sale at the Savo-
lainen jewelry store, advertised ex-
clusively in The Weekly Mesaba
Range and the Virginia Enterprise,
demonstrating beyond question the
efficiency of the newspapers of the
Enterprise Printing and Publishing
company as advertising mediums.
Long before the store was opened
at the hour advertised the street in
front of the Savolainen store was
crowded and when the doors were
finally thrown open the sales force
had it's hands full to handle the
crowd. It was pronounced success
and one Of the finest bits of advertis-
ing the firm Of Savolainen Brothers
have ever received.
The stores Of the Savolainen Bros.
are this week consolidated and the
new store of the firm will be without
question the finest on the Iron
Range. It will carry the best and
largest stock on the Mesaba and will
be more aggressive than ever for
business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
REAL ESTATE
men SEE ALPENA
Three Hundred Dealers in Dirt
Look Over the Big Open Pit
Iron Property.

Three. hundred real estate dealers
coming from all sections of the United
States on trip over the northwest
under the auspices of the Chicag:,
Real Estate Brokers agency, visited
the big Alpena open pit mine in Vir-
ginia Monday morning, through the
courtesy of the officials of the Oliver
Iron Mining company, the Canadian
Northern railway and under the
direction of committee from the
Virginia Commercial club composed
of Messrs. c. M. Doorway, w. J. Archer
and Frank Hughes.
The dealers in dirt arrived in the
city in two special trains over the
Canadian Northern about 9 o'clock
Monday morning. Superintendent
Elliott of the Canadian Northern
made arrangements to have both the
specials backed into the big Alpena
mine and from the car windows the
visitors had fine opportunity to see
the workings of an open cut iron mine.
A more elaborate program of enter
tainment which had been arranged by
the Commercial club committee and
included auto trips to the parks ard
over the city had to be abandoned on
account of lack of time on the pa1r
of the visitors.
All were much impressed with what
they saw at the Alpena and some ex-
cellent incidental advertising for Vir-
ginia will result.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08

J. B. Arnold, the we'll known Duluth
attorney, and a brother of N. B. Ar
mold of Virginia, has gone to New
York city where he will be special
counsel for the Yawkey interests. Mr..
Arnold has had his offices in the Ly-
ceum theatre building and has had a
large practice.
N. B. Arnold goes to Duluth to take
over the greater part of his business
for the present and from this time on
will divide his time between his Vir-
ginia Offices and the Office of his
brother at the Head of the Lakes.
The new arrangement does not in
any way affect the law firm of Arnold
& Pickering in this city, while it con-
siderably increases their business.
Mr.. N. B. Arnold went to Duluth
Monday Of this week to take charge
of the Offices of his brother.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08

Miss Margaret Eleanor Klaus and
Mr.. Sigvert S. Dahl were married at
o'clock Tuesday evening at the home
of the groom's mother, the Virginia
hotel, Walnut street, in this city by
Rev. Hans j. Wolner, pastor of St.
PauPs Episcopal church.
The wedding was quiet affair.
Only intimate friends and relatives
were present. The groom was at
tnded by his brother, Alex B. Dahl,
and his sister, Miss Dagmar Dahl,
was bridesmaid. The ceremony was
according to the ring service of the
Episcopal church. Mr.. and Mrs. Dahl
left on the night Canadian Northern
train for Joyce's landing and are
spending their honeymoon at Lake
Vermillion. They will reutrn to the
city next week and will occupy new
home which Mr.. Dahl will build before
the first of the year.
The bride was president of Red
Lake Falls, Minn., and for several
years past has been employed as a
teacher in the public schools of Eve
leth. She is an accomplished young
lady and has won many friends in
,, Virginia, where she has frequently
visited.
The groom is a Virginia boy. He
grew to manhood in this city, was
graduated. from the Virginia high
srhool and from the law school of the
University of Minnesota and has been
practicing law here for several years
with fine success. He is young man
of pleasing personality and excellent
ability and is universal favorite
with all who know him in Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dahl begin thei,
welded life with the best wishes o1
J all who know them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
VIRGINIA BOOSTERS CLUB
CLAM BAKE AGUST II.

Invitations have been issued this
week for the second annual clam bake
to be given by the Virginia Boosters
club at Moon Lake on Sunday, August
II. The bake given last year was a
most successful one and large num-
bers who were unable to attend at
that time are looking forward to the
coming event with a great deal of
pleasure and from present indi-
cations the outing will be one of
the largest and most enjoyable of
the year. The menu to be served
includes baked clans, bluefsh, lob
sters, friend chicken, sweet and Irish
potatoes, corn on the cob, celery, rad
ishes, young onions and all the trim
mings that go to make up a repast
that will be thoroughly enjoyable.
The clam pit will be opened promptly
at l o'clock in the afternoon and
there will be plenty for all who
desire to participate. The culinary
arrangements are in charge of Walter
Dewitt, whose reputation as a chef
is state wide.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
CITY ATTORNEY MORGAN
IS ENJOYING A VACATION

City Attorney Morgan is enjoying
his annual vacation and left Wednes-
day for visit to his old home at
Youngstown, Ohio. He will be absent
from the city for about two weeks
and will 60 down the Great Lakes
from Duluth. During his absence his
brother, E. M. Morgan, of Minne-
apolis, who is spending the summer
in Duluth, will attend the meetings
of the council and his law Offices will
be in charge Of J. L. Giblih.
Mayor Murphy is also absent from
the city. The mayor, who is an en-
thusiastic fisherman, is in the Split
Rock river country. He intended
when he left the city to be absent
for three weeks and delegated Presi-
dent Boylan of the council to act as
mayor during his absence. Mr.. Mur-
ply has probably heard nothing of
the events of the past week in Vir-
ginia, which would no doubt interest
him exceedingly. He may not return
until the latter part of the month. .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08

At meeting to be called the first
of next week the Virginia Commercial
club will select new president to fill
the place made vacant by the resigna-
tion of Fred E. Lister, who left Vir-
ginia the first of the week to locate
at Duluth, where he will be district
manager of the Mesaba Telephone
company.
The only candidate for the place
being discussed so far is w. J. Archer,
the present vice president, and it is
not probable that he will be opposed.
Mr.. Archer is practising' attorney
in Virginia and his resi-
dence in the city has taken a good
deal of interest in Commercial club
affairs. He was chairman of the
general committee of the recent
Fourth Of July celebration and with
others had large share in staging
one of the most successful celebra-
tions ever held on the range. Mr..
Archer is fine public speaker and
an excellent presiding officer.
The next meeting of the Commercial
club will have to dispose Of consid-
rable volume of important business.
The Commercial clubs connection with
the Fourth Of July celebration is
still to be finally disposed of and
other matters Of the utmost i'm
portance to the city will be up for
discussion. Secretary Gillespie will
issue call for the meeting the first
Of the week and the officers are
anxious for large attendance,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
TO GIVE PICNIC MONDAY

The local council Knights of Co.
lumbus, will be hosts Monday of next
week at a picnic to the children of
the parish, which will be held at o.
cott park. Special cars will take the
little folks to the picnic ground and
an active committee in charge of the
arrangements are preparing to give
them the time Of their lives. There
will be games, free access to the best
Fairgrounds in the northwest, refresh
ments Of just the kind that boys and
girls on an outing like and a a>generai
good time for everybody. The picnic
will be for the children of Eveleth,
Gilbert, Biwabik and Virginia and is
being anticipated with a great deal
of pleasure.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
BODY OF JOHN LAMUSGA
HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED

The body of John Lamusga, who has
been missing since one week ago last
Tuesday morning, and who is believed
to have drowned in Virginia lake
while crossing on the logs, has not
been recovered. The Enterprise this
week received a letter from his aged
father, who resides at Browerville,
Minn., who had just learned of his
sons disappearance and was anxious
for news. He may come to the city
shortly. Lamusga's relatives in this
city have given up all hope. The
police department has been watching
the lake closely and will resume a
search for the body today. If La
musga slipped fom a log and went
under in a section of the lake where
it is filed with timber: the body may
not be recovered for weeks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
DAD" DEAN GOES TO
DULUTH HOME TO REST

D. w. Dean, range representative
of the Peyton Paper company, AMI
familiarly known to host Of friends
on the range as dad" Dean went to
his home at Duluth this morning ill.
He plans to take a two weeks rest
and believes that at the end of that
time he will be quite himself again.
"Dad" is a hard worker and the
greatest otimist who travels the Iron
range. He has not been we'll for
the past two weeks, but has kept at
the work with the result that he is
now somewhat run down physically.
All his friends in Virginia hope that
he will soon be able to take to the
road again-the old man himself.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
SALOON MEN
VlCTIMIZED
Checks Issued by D. w. & p. Are
Raised and Payment
Secured.

Two local saloon men have been
bilked by check raiser in sums on
several checks reaching total of over
$100. The forgeries were committed
some time ago and taken in connec-
tion with other information that has
come to local banking houses leads
to the belief that the range has re-
Gently been visited by a "Jim the
Penman," who has operated here and
at some of the smaller town and sue
cessfully made q getaway.
The forgeries were called to the at
tention of Assistant County Attorney
Boyle, who after such investigation
as was possible addressed a letter to
the police department calling it's at
tention to the matter and suggesting
that detective be employed to go
into the case thoroughly.
The forgeries were committed some
time ago, but were not discovered
until the checks were cleared at Du-
luth, so that the department is work
ing under a considerable handicap.
They were issued on the First Ma
tional bank of Duluth by the Duluth,
Winnipeg & Plcific railway and one
of them was rai ised from $6 to $50.
Local bank officials are watching all
paper that comes into the banks with
more than ordinary caution and busi-
ness people are asked to carefully
scrutinze all checks presented for pay
ment.
The theory obtains that the man
who has been operating here is a
shrewd foreigner. In both cases the
checks raised were originally issued
to Montenegri1 laborers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
BOYS OF PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH TO HAVE OUTING

Fourteen boys from the Presby-
terian church will 60 into camp at
Sand lake next Monday for a two
weeks outing in charge Of Rev. 3.
P. Neff, pastor of the First Presby-
terian church of Virginia. The boys
are all planning on having the biggest
kind of time and nothing will be
left undone that will insure their
comfort and enjoyment at the lake.
There will be fishing, boating, camp
fires and all hands will be permitted
to "go in" as frequently as they de-
sire and is consistent with the health
of normal American boy. The out
ings are to be annual affairs and all
the youngsters are counting the days
until the camp is established and in
full swing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
CANADIAN NORTHERN ORDERED
TO STOP ITS TRAINS ON FLAG

satisfactory and that it had dealt a
death blow to the dairying industry
carried on by the farmers of that vi
cinity who depended on getting a
market for their product in the city
of Virginia.
w. J. Archer, of Virginia, was at.
torney for the petitioners. Mr.. Archer
received copy of the order thi;
morning. The order is to the effect
that Trains Nos. and 2 must stop or
flag at Lake Junction, Angora, Cook
Gheen and Ray for the receipt and
discharge of passengers or express
The order must be complied with net
later than the 18th of August.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
FIRE CHIEF STICKNEY TO At
TEND NEW YORK CONVENTION

Chief James Stickney Of the Vir-
ginia fire department will attend the
national convention of fire chiefs to
be held in New York during the last
week in August. The police and fire
commission at its last meeting pass
ed resolution authorizing an appro-
priation of $4,000 to defray Mr..
Stickney's expenses and granting him
the necessary leave of absence. Chief
Charles Mc1llhargy of the Hibbing
fire department and Chief O'Connor
of the Chisholm fire department are
also expected to attend. The New
York meeting is expected to be one of
the largest in point Of attendance in
the history Of the country. The city
Of New York will entertain the vis-
iting chiefs and they will be given
opportunity during their stay to see
a good deal of the city. Last years
convention was held in Denver.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
TROY LAUNDRY ORDERS
MORE NEW MACHINERY

Another large order for new ma
chinery to be placed on the floor Of
the work room of the Troy laundry
was placed this week and it is ex-
pected to have the new equipment in
place in a short time. One of the new
machines ordered is designed to wash
and dry lace goods, lace curtains, etc.
The Troy's equipment is now the
finest of any similar plant in the state
and it's business is constantly grow
ing. The plant now gives employment
to over so people and is adding new
operatives daily and getting an or
ganization that is bound to bring it's
output up to the highest standard Of
efficiency.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
LIZZIE MACKEY IS HELD TO
NEXT SESSION OF GRAND JURY

Lizzie Mackey, proprietress of a
resort on the Chisholm road, located
between Hibbing and Chisholm, was
yesterday morning bound over to the
grand jury by Judge Carey 'on a
charge of conducting a house Of pros
titution.
The case of the Mackey woman is
the first of the kind to arise under
the new state law. The evidence
against her is the testimony Of Gladys
Lavelly, an inmate Of the place, who
left Virginia and deserted her hus-
band to enter the Mackey resort, ac-
cording to testimony she gave in the
Virginia municipal court the first of
the week when arrested on a minor
charge. ..~,.- -. r:
It is said that the Mackey resort
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08

By an order Of the state railway and
Virginia today the Canadian North
ern must hereafter stop it's passenger
trains on flag at the stations Of Cook,
Angora, Gheen and other points on
the line to the north of Virginia,
where the new trains put on when
the last time-card was effective are
not scheduled to stop.
The decision of the railroad and
warehouse commission grants the pc
tition of residents Of Cook, Leander
and Ray, who recently testified at a
hearing conducted here by Judge Ira
B. Mills that the new service was un-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08

was one of the few that did not close
when the law adopted by the last
state legislature became effective. The
charge against the woman, if proven,
will result in the first discipline under
the new law on the range. The pro-
visions of the law are drastic. The
premises may be closed for a year:
and all the furniture and fixtures con
fiscated.
The Mackey resort is said to have
been furnished at a cost Of $4,000.
It is also alleged that it was opened
less than a year ago, after the woman
had been ordered by the city council.
to close q place she was, conducting
within the city limits Of the city
Of Chisholm. ... s s=s s.s.z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
Big Open Pits Suspend; Under
grounds Are Putting Ore
in StOckpile.
VIRGINIA DISTRICT so : ::
FAR LITTLE AFFECTED
Trouble Has Not Developed at Two
Harbors and Properties Shipping
j. Over. the Iron Range Are Running
Up to Their Normal Capacity
Men Working at Docks Today.

A strike at the docks of the Great
Northern at Allouez and the Duluth,
Missabe & Northern at Duluth
Superior harbor, inaugurated the first
of the week, when the greater part
of the men there employed walked
out in response to demands from
organizers of the Industrial Workers
Of the World, if much longer pro-
longed bids fair to cripple ore ship
ments from the Mesaba range to the
Head Of the Lakes and to result in
the laying off, until the trouble is
settled, of most Of the men employed
in the big open pit properties.
Advices to The Enterprise from
Duluth this morning are to the effect
that the situation at the Head Of the
Lakes is improved today. The Great
Northern has small force of men
working at Allouez this morning and
unofficial reports are to the effect
that boats are loading at the Duluth
docks.
So far the trouble at the docks has
not extended to Two Harbors. Agita-
tors of the Industrial Workers of the
World are working with the men
there, although apparently with small
prospect of inducing them to strike.
In the Virginia district the strike
has so far had little effect. All the
undergrounds of the Steel corporation
are stockpiling ore and some ore is
going forward from the open pits in
this district. In the Hibbing district,
EhoweYer.. il, is unnffi fficially repokted.
That tie Big Mahoning mine and Che
Hull-Rust pit have practically sus-
pended operations.
Mines shipping to the Two Harbors
dock from this end of the range which
so far are not affected are the Miller,
Mohawk, Meadow, Fowler, Hudson,
Bangor, Biwabik, Genoa, Franklin
and Schley.
Should the strike at the docks be
prolonged it will not affect the under
grounds, which will commence stock
piling Immediately and maintain
their present forces. The open pits,
from which the bulk Of the ore comes,
will be seriously crippled, however.
Public sentiment at the Head of
the Lakes is not with the strikers,
owing to the activity of the Industrial
Workers of the World. The men are
asking for an advance in wages.
The present prospect seems to be
that the trouble will be short lived.
So far there has been no violence. If
violence should develop and the militia
be summoned, rs members Of Com
pany F in Virginia will be compelled
to do strike duty, a prospect that most
of them hope is remote.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
NEW PASSENGER SERVICE
IS STARTED ON MISSABE

A new schedule for the passenger
service of the Duluth, Missabe &
Northern from Virginia to Duluth
was effective Wednesday of this
week. Under it the leaving time Of
the morning passenger from Virginia
to the Head of the Lakes is changed
from 6:55 to 7:30, the long wait at
Wolf Junction is elimated and Du-
luth is reached at 1881 as formerly.
The new schedule gives Eveleth and
Biwabik as we'll as Virginia much
improved service.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08
PARK SUPERINTENDENT
is NOT NAMED BY BOARD

AN He@A n OO0AO WILL 4AOC
name superintendent to take the
place made vacant by the resignation
of Superintendent Whittet until the
spring of 1914. This was the de-
cision arrived at by the board at its
regular meeting Wednesday night
when the matter of appointing a
successor to Mr.. Whittet was taken up
for consideration.
Peter J. Shipley, Jr., was appoint
ed clerk of the board, succeeding
former Clerk Q9hiting who resigned
to go to Duluth. Mr.. Shipley was
elected after three ballots. Mr.. Smith
of Duluth and Phillip Poirer were ap-
plicants for the. place. Mr.. Ship
ley was formerly connected with the
First National bank in this city. He
will have charge of the administrative
department of the park board affairs
under direction of the board until a
superintendent is appointed.
Applications for the position of
superintendent were received from
Captain John Gill and from A. F.
Benson.
Superintendent Whittet left the
first of the week for the twin cities
and later will return to his oldh ONE
in Massachusetts,.
The installation of the white way
at Olcott park has been postponed
for the present year. The board has
appointed a committee to arrange
for having views of the city's streets
and park system to be used for adver-
tising purposes. Pictures of the
zoo and the play grounds will be
foaturod
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-08

apparatus for the Fairgrounds. Mr..
Soutar will come to Virginia soon.
He was offered a position at Trenton,
N. j., similar to the one he will fill
here and the school board at Trenton
offered to meet the salary figure he
is to receive here. Mr.. Soutar de-
clined the offer, however.