The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
Z OCAL HAPPENINGS

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GINA visitor tuesday in the interest
Of his cigar factory, which IS doing
Ia large and growing business. So.
Judge E. A. Barrett and Chief Of
Police Anderson Of Bull, have been IN
Virginia several days this week ct
tending district court. Both were wit
nesses in the Evich murder trial. T.
Ed. Hambly, locomotive engineer on
the D. w. & P, who has one of the
passenger runs between Duluth and
Fort Frances, was renewing &C
quaintances in Virginia Tuesday.
Mrs. John Endres goes to Duluth
next Monday to remain until after
Christmas with her mother, Mrs. NJ.
C. Littleworth of West Duluth. Mr..
Endres will join her there at Christ
mas time.
Superintendent Elliott of the D. w.
& P. was a Winnipeg visitor Sunday
going to that city to meet party Of
old friends from the east passing
through Winnipeg on a cross-conti-
nent trip.
E. L. Snyder, engineer for the D.
& l. R. land department and H.. D..
Cole Of the Virginia Office, have been
in the vicinity of Kelsey this week
looking over Iron Range properties
and establishing some new corners.
w. J. Schoonmaker, formerly chief
clerk at the division Offices of the D..
w. & P. has resigned his position to
take place at the municipal light,
water and power Offices. He is sue
ceeded at the D. w. & P. offices by
Mr.. R. Pyne.
st. Paul's Guild held very success
full sale of Christmas gifts Friday and
Saturday Of last week. Left from the
sale were number of hand-dressed
dolls, especially suitable Christmas
gifts for children which may be pur-
chased by calling on Mrs. George C.
Jensen.
w. E. Hannaford, who has been
making the range territory Of the C.
l Johnson Printers Supply company
for the past week, went to St. Paul
Monday. He expects to return to
Virginia to spend Christmas with his
family.
Andrew Hawkinson was at Duluth
last Saturday. Mr.. Hawkinson is
taking much interest in the Rotary
clubs agitation for good roads and
believes it is going to prove of much
practical benefit to all this section of
st. Louis county.
Conductor M. Gilboy, for years con-
ductor on the Merry Widow, has
been transferred to the Wooden Shoe
run between Kelly Lake and Duluth.
His place on the Virginia-Grand Rap.
ids run has been taken by Conductor
F. L. Leonard
Fred Lerch of Virginia, with his
brother, George Lerch Of Hibbing,
was a visitor at Crosby last week,
where Lerch Bros, own an analyti-
cal laboratory, which was opened in
the Guyana range town early last
year.
Revised express rates will not be-
come effective until February l. De-
lay in printing the new tariffs and in
compiling a table comparing parcel
post rates with present and revised
express rates is responsible, express
company representatives say. More
than 6,OO0,000,000 rates will be quot
ed, covering charges from $4,000 sta
tons.
Mrs. C. L. Liscomb, for the past
six or seven years a resident of Vir-
GINA, will make her future home at
Dunlap, Iowa, and arrangements for
her removal there were made the first
of the week. Mrs. Liscomb has rela-
tives at Dunlap and following the
death of her husband a few weeks ago
decided to remove there. Her depar-
ture from Virginia will be regretted
by many friends.
Mrs. Belle Markham and son Walter
returned Saturday evening from a
visit at their old home at Aitkin,
Mimi, and will remain in Virginia for
some time. Hon J. M. Markham, de-
ceased, formerly conducted the Hotel
Markham, which he built in Aitkin and
was one Of the pioneers of that town.
He represented the district in which
Aitkin is situated in the Minnesota
legislature for several terms.
J. E. Porthan, prominent Ely bust
ness man was in Virginia yesterday
to attend a meeting of the stockholders
of the Butte Minnesota Copper Mining
company; held yesterday afternoon at
! tho Ornonde hotel. The company