The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-11-21


the conditions of his fathers will, a
prince of spenders, an ardent sports
man and one with whom good fellow
ship is the chief objective Of life, is
the talk of every town on the range
this week. He arrived at Nashwauk
Monday evening with an elaborate
retinue of servants, several guests and
a bank roll that would choke Texas
steer. His bill at the Olilla hotel
from o'clock on Monday afternoon
until his party started for the woods
60 miles north the following morning
at 9:30, amid the vivas of the good
people of Nashwauk, was 1925.
Every employ of the hotel Oilla
came in for a share of his gratuti-
ties. Chambermaids, mattresses and
clerks were not forgotten. The small
est tip received by any was 81.
The party was completely outfitted
at Nashwauk. The process caused a
small-sized panic among Nashwauk
business folk. People were called off
the street to enjoy the Hospitality a.
Mr.. D. Kinney at the bar Of tie Hotel
Olilla. The call was frequent, urgent
and attended with such rare cordiality
that the feet of many of the unwary
strayed in the primrose path of high
balls and pousse cafes for the first
time in more than decade.
Husbands, good and true, basked
long in the sunshine Of Mr.. Kinney's
perfect hospitality and when the lights
were out and the town was quiet they
wearily wended their way home to in
dignant spouses, thrice glad that they
had known him and had the pleasure
of seeing him lay money on the rose
wood bar at the Hotel Olilla with the
ease, nonchalance and utter abandon
of one who lives to entertain his
friends in the rose-tinted atmosphere
of plenty.
Entering into the spirit Of an out
ing far from the great white way, the
tinsel and the rouge of the city from
which the majority Of them came, the
male members of Mr.. Kinney's party
in silken pajamas de luxe danced the
bunny hug about the corridors of the
hotel. Mindful Of his responsibilities
as guest Mr.. Kinney sent his valet,
an excellent person by the name of
Henry, to the landlord to inform him
that if the noise was in the least an
noying he would gladly buy the hotel.
The next morning at $3.50 the party
left for the woods. With them they
took four cases of most excellent
bourbon and 100 bottles of imported
ginger ale. They will sleep in silk
tents and Mr.. Kinney will have pri-
vate gun bearer. He wants to kill a
moose and for that purpose has come
all the way to the wilds Of northern
Minnesota. To their destination the
party were transported in four
wagons. Ed Logan of Grand Rapids,
and we'll known in Virginia is the Of
ficial guide. Kinney sent Mr.. Logan
down the street from the Hotel Olilla
at Nashwauk to buy a coffee pot for
the camp outfit. He handed him a
ten-dollar bill to pay for it. When
Logan secured the coffee kettle and
when he attempted to return the
change he was waved aside with a
bon homme gesture of the good right
hand that readily gave him to under
stand that to Mr.. Kinney the little
matter of change was mere baga-
telle, trif1e light as air. Another
member of the party is John Hayes,
of Detroit, Mimi, an old time hunter,
trapper and guide, also most ex-
cellent person at rout and COM
panion par excellence. The calvalcade
will remain afield until Mr.. Kinney
has the pleasure of seeing a moose
fall before his rifle, or until the hunt
ing season is over. He took out four
nonresident big game licenses.
Kinney's approach to the range was
!. early heralded. He began shedding
shekels of silver and fine gold from
the time he stepped aboard the Great
Northern train at the Union station