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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
WESTERN UNION OFFICE
N CENTRAL LOCATION
{. 0. Russell Manager il claIgs--Q Quarters
Those Vacated Lately BY D. ". &P.
Avditor's Force.

The down Town commercial tele-
graph office which Virginia has
desired for long time is now in
operation. The Western Union has
opened its business place ON Chest
nut street, over the City Meat Mar
ket, the quarters being those that
were recently vacated by the audi
tor for the D. w. & p. railway.
It is expected that the quarters are
only temporary and that an office
down on the street level will be
the next step. The local manager
is E. 0. Russell, who comes here
from Wmcna and the chief OPERA
tor is l. l. Shnonds, late Of St.
Paul. The bookkeeper and cashier
lis Miss Elizabeth Rooney of this
city. The force will be increased
as the business deMelopes. Mr..
Russell states, and he anticipates
that it will not be long before the
force with which the office opens
will be inadequate to take care Of
tanned are central and satisfactory
the business. The quarters OBJ
tanned are central and satisfactory
for the thine being. One of the pos
sbiliies is that the telegraph COM
pany will have its permanent office
in the I1w First National bank
building.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
CLUB WOMEN. ARE COMING
u llthIl1[lolx
Interesting Program 1t e,tleti,g At Pubic
Tuesday aid wednesday Of
Next Week.

Virginia will be homOred during
the coming week With the pres
ence of naAy delegates who come
to the a1,lMial convention OF tine
Federated Womem's clubs of the
Eighth disdA'ict. The sessions will
be held at the public library and
there will be visitors from Duluth,
Santhst one, Grand RapGs, Two Har-
bo1s and several Range cities. The
hosts, for The visitors will be thu
ladies Of the Virginia Study club.
Plans have been made for greet
ings and receptions and part, of
Wednesday will be devoted to sight
seeing. The program for the two
days in full is printed in another
part of The Enterprise today.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
RAILROAD MAN is AWAY ON
JOURNEY: is A NEWLY WED

The marriage of Frank Macant-
ney, station agent for the D. w. e.
P. road at Virginia, and Mrs. Min
ME Harmon, who has been with the
Gately store since it opened here
nearly two years ago, took place
Sunday in Virginia. The newly
weds went to Duluth and intended
to- visit for a day or two at the
home of Homer Chase, who until
recently resided in Virginia. Then
they expected to make a trip
that would include Chicago and
points in Wisconsin. They will be
back in a week or two and will
reside in this city. Both have a
large number of friends i'm Vm-
ginia, all OF whom extend con-
|gratulations. The Enterprise joins
In the well wishing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
EPW0RTh LEAGuERS MAKE
MT WITH "SINGIW SkuLE''
Entertainment 6ivea al Fay Opera House
Likely 10 Be Reproduced At
GiIhet Soon.

The musical farce comedy given
given last friday in The Fay Opera
nouse by the members Of the M.
T.. church LpWDNh League was
>pl ndidIy attend' d and very sue
:essful.
The performance was one OF the
,pst things Of the kind that has
oeen given in this city and great
credit is due the promoters and
those who took part, for giving
heir audience a performance that
vas we'll worth more than i, the
price charged for atilnission. ~ ,ss7sSS
The ''Singing Skule'' ass the pro-
iuction was named, gave ample
scope for some very fine singing
md the rendering of some of the
nedleys was all that could be de-
tired even by the most critical OBJ
server. Then the full chorus sang
.)ixies' Land, and sonte of the old
Mne melodies, aid just at the end
wo pretty little tots marched onto
The stage from either side with
dig American flag each, met and
.rossrd flags as the chorus sang
patriotic songs, then the whole
audience went wild with applause.
The CHORUS opening Of the Sec
md act, "My DANES Lame Tame
Crane" was splendidly handled by
The various voices and together
hey gave a real melody that was
we'll worth listening to. All the
numbers were good and it would
be unfair to pick out any particul; 4
member of the caste or song, but
perhaps the duet, "Oh, My Heart
Goes Pit-a-Pat," and the song of
The Happy Little Farmer,' ren-
1ercd by the trio, were among the
cream of really meritorious per-
formance. The elocutionary num-
her given by MISS Margarine feN-
RISEN was so good than an en-
core was insisted on and it de-
served all the applause that it re-
ceived. All the members of the
caste took their part we'll and a
good word for the accompanies is
we'll deserved.
The crowd who filled the hall
liked the SHOW so Well they ab-
tsolutely insist on more of them to
follow and an effort is being made
10 have another one soon. u.
1t is probable that the Virginia
entertainers will give a perfor-
nance of ''The SINGING Sknbe' in
lGilberA in the near future.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
PETER BELLIM HELD OVER
TO GRAND JURY: BOND s2Ooo,


If the evidence given at the pre-
tima,ary hearing before Judge
J. p. Carey when Peter Rellim was
brought up to face charge of Sc
duation under promise of marriage,
can be substanhiated IN the distinct
court, Bellim is-as the saying is
up against it.
Married to one woman and with
& family Of hS own the man faces
the bar Of Justice to show
whether or not he has ruined the
lives of at least two women, his
wife and Myrtle Barrett. The
man admitted before the count that
ne had given a wedding ring to the
ghrl; but claimed he Just let her
have lEat and he did not promise
to marry her. He admitted having
takta all the liberties that. q man:
could well take with her, but
stands out firmly that he did not
at any time imply that he loved
her or would marry her. The
girl has Relatives on the ranges
who will stand by her in her hour
Of trouble, so it is said.
Bellim was ordered bound over
to the grand jury TO- await trial
by Judge Carey at the preliminary
hearing and bonds fixed at $1,000.
The wife created scene in count
and insisted on going to jail with
her husband.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
TRAIN BRINGS DEATH.

The Canadian. Northern flyer out
of Duluth camied death in its
train and left a tral of blood alodlg
the right of way north of this
city ah unknown to- passengers or
Lnail crew who sped on t'flem way
toward Winnipeg without the
ieas1 suspicion that hattened body
lay i'm their wake.
Repair men found the body of
the dead man on the tracks nCath
of Virginia on Thursday and no&i-
fled the undertakers, who after
wards took the remains to- the
m0ngue.
AN efforts to identify the man
have proved futile and he will
probably be- buried by the county,
as no money, papers, nnr valuabes
were found on the body.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
SUES RAILROAD. AND
CLAIMS SIG, o,0oo DAMAGES

The price liver Nelson asks the
duluth Il Iron Range road to pay
him because a great lump of coal
Is said 10 have fallen Cn his head
at the tayal mine at Eveleth, is
$1,000. suit to require the pay
n'rnt OF damages has been filed in
Lile district court. It is said the
coal struck him ON the head after
Il - foot drop.
According to the complaint of
Nelson, he was working On a coal
uuck operated by the D. 4 l. R..
1T fayal engaged in filling up q
Car wllh coal when big chunk
4eIl from the chute and struck the
plaintiff on the head. The coal
uOck is about fifty feet high and
mas platform about fourteen feet
from The ground for the man who
is operating the bucket to stand
OIL. The plaintiff claims that the
platform Is placed almost directly
beneath the hoist and in such posi-
lion that any coal that might hap
pen to fall from the bucket would
be likely TO strike the operator be-
meath.
Nelson states that the coal
guard which was supported to- pre-
vent injury to the operator from
falling coal, was entirely defective
and failed TO give any protection
whatever to the person operating
The loading apparatus, which was
controlled by wheel about four
leet up from the standing plat
form.
The coal is hoisted in buckets
to the top of the loading appara-
tus and it is claimed that a big
piece fell and STRUCK Nelson ON
'he head, injuring him so badly
that he was rendered unconscious
for the time and he claims that
his head and eyes are permanently
injured and that he suffered ter
rible agonies from the blow. The
accident occurred last February.
Notice was filed here Monday
that the issue of Law in the suit
would be argued at the next spec
ial term of district court here
May II.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
THROUGH FAST TRAIN BE-
TWEEN WINNIPEG & CHICAGO

Over the u. w. l. =. through
Virginia, the Canadian Northern
proposes to operate a through
train between Winnipeg and Chi
uago. The route fnom the head OF
the lakes to Chicago will be over
he Omaha's line. This announce
lnent is made by Col. A. ID. David
son, land commissioner Of the Can
adian Northern road. The new
train will commence june !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
MUCH BUILDING HERE.

Building work in Virginia will be
very brisk this summer and among
the structures already planned are
the new five story buildings Of
the First National. Bank, q new
@4O,O 900 three story building by the
Hamm Brewing company, a new
modern store and flat building by
F. L. Johnson. The $4,000 addi-
ton to the K6tola BnetheHs hand
ware building on Mesaba avenue
is weA under way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
NEW POLICE CHIEF BUsY.

This city is closed so tight now
that it is difficult to see just how
it can be closed up any tighter
without absolute prohibition. The
new chief of police states his de-
terminal ion TO further enforce the
already wen-obeyed liquor laws.
The new chief acting under the
mayors orders has declared that
he will see to it that not one jot
of liquor is sold within the city
limits after the last trembling
stroke of the eleventh hour until
opening time next morning.
In order to better get a chance
at any possible evaders Of the Law
the new police officer says he
wants the shades left open so that
entire bar is exposed to view after
closing times. It is doubtful if
even the very best efforts of the
new chief to catch any lid filters
will be successful as the. saloon
men will probably be far too care
full than to let any stool pigeon
| get one over On them after the ex-
perience they have recently had Of
law breaking
The. new chief is also going after
the autom0bilists and says he will
grab the first man he can catch
running his car over ten miles an
hour in the restricted districts, al
though the warning boards state
that eight miles an hour is the
limit. 49, -, III. s = ..= ,= :s.|.
The chief says that in, the, resi-
dence districts drivers Of cars
must keep within the state law
|speed limit Of 15 mites an hour.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
RANGE CLERGYslEN MEET.

The Range Ministerial assOcia-
ton held its meeting Monday at
the public library in Virginia with
a large attendance almost every
Range city being represented. Rev.
H. r. Harris, pastor of the Con-
gregational church at Biwabik, read
paper on .'The Congregational
church" after which there was a
long discussion. The ministers had
for a visitor Rev. ]. w. PHkard,
formerly Of Hbbing but now Of
Two Harhors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
CASE DISMISSED.

The action of Herman Larson
against NJ. H. Mcmahon of Virginia
and John McGilvery of EveIbeth,
for the recovery of certain moneys
to be due from defendants
has been dismissed on request of
the plaintiffs attorneys, O. J.
Larson and Nj, E. LOuisell.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
FIRST NATIONALS new
BuILDINe IS UNDER way
Cost AIeut 100000 ani viii b Finest
Commercial BuiIdllg On tho Rahgss--
Aadrew elaade Contractor.

Work was commenced early in
lie week ON the new building for
.lle FIRST National bank, corner Of
chestnut street and Wyoming ave-
uue. Ihls will be a reinforced
concrete building and will have
cost wnen finished close to- 800, 900.
Al Will be- five stories in height
With nigh basement unaer the
whole building which will have a
frontage OF 50. feet of Chestnut
street and will extend back to the
alley 40 feet.
{. .sl,uring the time the hank build
ing is being eGeeted the bank ing
toom~wiil be in a temporary metal
building on the street-that is out
side OF the side walk. The vaults
will be left where they are until
The new and larger vaults have
Deen installed in a part Of the
building further back than where
the present vaults are located. For
safety a Watchman will be en-
ployed and the REGULAR police Of
iicers will be instructed to be very
vigilant in that section of the
city. Furthermore, the bank will
not carry as large sums Of money
as it otherwise would, but will
use the Duluth depositaries to a
greater extent.
The new bank building will be
l"e finest building for commercial
purposes on the Range. 1t is ex-
2eLted the bank will be required
70 use the temporary building for
perhaps six months. The banking
"oom in the new building will be
the corner room, the location used
at present. 1t will take in more
space than at present, including
the space of the room lately va
Gated by the post office. The
plans have been made by F. G.
German, architect Of Duluth and
,he construction work is being done
by Andrew Grande.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
LOGGING CONTRACTOR FED
Men We'll on GAME FISH
Claim That Operators il H|Qet: Figure o.
Low Expense viii wild e,ae Neat
Supply Ia Camps 4

T.. G. Norberg, logger of Wall
Hollow, was arrested recently by
uaIlIe Warren George Wood artd
brought to this city to face a
charge Ui having melted fish ille-
gaLly.
:\orberg pleaded guilty through
his attorney, Chas. E. Line, and
Was sentenced to a fine of $40 and
COSTS, CIR 80 days in the county
Jail at Duluth.
According to the reports it ap-
pears that the logger had fish nets
N his possession when he was ar
rested and this is in itself a vio-
lation of the state fish and game
laws. Norberg employs a consider
able number of m,"n i'm his logging
camps al. Denham Lake on the
Canadian Northern railroad and
has been in The habit of feeding
them partially on fish ne4ted from
the nearby waters. The judge
said in giving sentence that this
system of taking logging contracts
and using illegal fish and game
purchased by stealth at a very low
figure to feed the men employed
| in order to help out the profits
must stop.
1t is claimed that many of the
small loggers in this part of the
state take contracts at cut prices
and figure in doing so that they
will be able to purchase deer mea1
moose meat and netted fish at twy
or three cents a pound.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
WHERE $s79,14o WENT.

= Uu41OI $OdO3A4V "EtyAs :
Yhe .cky Of Virginia spent $379,-
140.26 curing the year that closed
last month according to the figures
on file In the city clerks office.
Among the heaviest items Of
expenditure were $50, O,548.36 for the
new library; $25,1S2.13 for cement
work completed during the pre-
vious year 1872 and $97, ,97O.95 for
street paving. ALL these items are
for permanent improvement work
and increases the value Of the
city.
The upkeep Of the city fire
and police departments required
$34, 1885 during the year and
the parks cost $24,478.39, while
$18,569.6S was charged to other
improvement work throughout the
city. The sewer department eat
up $8,273.57; and the library upkeep
was charged up as $6,612.82.
The incinerator plant cost the
city $7,92O.44 and this total was
criticised as being too high at a
recent MEETING Of the council. The
details OF the incinerator plant ,ex-
pelse were $6,79i.47 for salaries,
81, ,OlO.51 for general supplies i'm
cluding coal, and $118.46 for build
ing.
The street expense was a heavy
item for the twelve months, being
nearly forty Thousand dollars. The
exact figures are: Labor $13, 3,O58.41; !;
teaming $1,209.50; with $3,455.16 for
cleaning and $3,350.52 for sidewalks,
and fourteen hundred for sewer
work.
The financial report shows a
healthy monetary condh ION prevail
:ng in the city at the end of the
financial year with every prospect
for even better things in the fu-
ture.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
VERY COM
WITH EQu II me HEST


With 4 total expenditure of oven
SIS, 900 one Of VsrSihas pron1inen,
business men IS srectng a build
ing that will be bo,n. the most
complete and up-date thing OF
its kind in the pohthwest.
1die residents so the new bubld-
lug wial be the fet and only citi-
zens who will haNo the convenience
of gas cooking and vacuum clean
ing included in the home comforts
o1 441air every dav lie in Virginia.
j. l.. Booth, the proprietor of the
Troy Laundry ID This city who Is
erecting the new structure, has ar
ranged for SUPPLYING his tenants
with gas fer cOpking purposes, rs
this is much c4eaner and easAM
than coal or wood, and many will
he 4he praises of tine housewives
for the saving ther Gaiay work
IN consequence As there is no
supply of gas In this city Mr.,
Booth has, decided to make his
own end a machine for this pur-
pose will be installed in the base
,nent Of tine building.
Another innovation in the house.
hold GGue that has been installed
for the benefit 5m che residents is
a vacuum cleaning system which
will be ut the service of tenants
free of charge, thus doing away
with much dust raising and un-
maaly swtepng, carpet be'atioe
and sundry aboaninstieaAs which
are so commIon amongst most flat
buildings and houses.
Hot water heat, hot and cold
running water, ample bathrooms
and individual Aeiephone service
are amongst the Things that will
be provided in Nirsinda's new mo-
Iel home structure and it is worth
mentioning that the architects haNt
annanged air courts in such man-
ner that every room in the buld-
ing is an outside room and supplied
with ample ventilation. Gas ranges
supplied free d nharee, hitca,eo
cabinets. and lna closet are
among tbs ri lses 81 Tho bi1ld
ing; hut all appGcaki ions FOR s9aee
are I'M vain as the whole building
was rented long before it could
be completed.
The ground floor of the structure
will be used as the new home OF
the Troy 'baundry ard it is a sig
nificant fact THAT more thaap $15, ,OO(
has benn spent I'M new machinery
and Fixtures for the new laundry
one order for machinery alone am
ounting to $9,4O0. Tine gas plant
and supply pipes and vacuum
cleaning machinery and heating
work will cost over $1,000 and the
contract price for the, building
alcme is $4,000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
MANY NEW CITIZENS.

A large number of appaic ants for
final citizen papers will be e0amin-
ed in the court house here Satur-
day, it being reported that there
are already more than seventy
waiting for full citizenship who viii
appean at the hearing ON Saturday.
Largely Through the influence OF
some of the foreign societies the
foreign workers are fast taking out
citizen papers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
Council Notes.

The city engineer has been as
signed the duty of inspecting the
erection of the white way stand
ards, to see that the work is we'll
done and according to require
ments.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
held up and referred to the license
committee for the reason that
within the last year he has been
convicted of a. law violation.

The First National bank has fill
ed a bond for $4,000 as required for
the use of the street, while. the
new building is under contsruc-
tiOn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16
no superintendent IS
YET HIRED By The BOARD.
Dr. esltlsnll's Agreement Action Is Dc
tened Dsel1ss uenber 6. {. nliddek
IS out Of tho City
ShiM no action is taken.

=. The school board held a meet
ing "Wednesday evening and trans
acted nouti1e business but the
question OF rehining or declining to
retrire the superintendent was not
taken up. Many spectators had
gathered 10 see the board take
.Wisat was expected TO be- final &C
;tion but the whole matter was lett
over TO be taken up at a meedang
10 be hello Saturday >night. The rea-5
son assigned for non action was
that one OF the members, C. X.
Hendnick, was away from the CITY
ON business and could mot be pies
ent and that by a -gentleman's
agreement between the members
no action will be taken on the SUI
peIintendent question unless there
Is "a full board present. 1t is
generally believed that Saturday
night some action Will be taken to,
dseneage the dead lock that has
existed for three months. :
By condemnation or purchase the
board expects to acquire the eighty
ACRES OF state land on tine Noun
tain Iron road opposite Olcott park
and r. c. Pickering is employed
TO attend to the legal affairs. 1t
will first be essential to get au-
lhorlty TO acquire the land by the
holding of special election which
has BEEN patitionNed for. BY begis-
LatiOn enacted at the last session
OF the legislature, school boards
may acquine state land for Demon
stratitn school farm purposes.
F. G. German, architect, attend
ed the meeting of the board and
reported THAT the contractors have
about finished all work on the
North Side school and have done
good work.
AS part of his neport Supt. Bliss
recommended the establishments of
q Normal training department and
that Miss Ida M. Flood be engag-
ed as supervisor at a salary Of
$1,000 a N1ar. Mr.. Eaton. contend
ed the hoard had newer, am 'lhcrig .
ed the NoEmal departtdii mt a. ~ 'dl.ls
was referred to the teachers COM
mitee who will ascertain what dis
position was made Of this when it
was discussed at a meeting several
months ago.
William Tranhler submitted a
recommendation that public baths
b. established on the Roosevelt or
High school grounds and outlined
plans for the warming of the Wa
ter, for any season of the year.
The board placed the letter on file
only. It was learned that the old
Homestead school building is de-
sired for town hall purposes and
It will be advertised for asAe to
give the farmers of the region a
chance to purchase it at q nominal
figune. The new school is finnish
ed and is i'm commission.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16

Renewals of lnenses have BEEN
granted to Olaf johnson and Ed.
Lindsay. The application of Ar
thur GAIA for a renewal has been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16

Henry Hauta is granted the use
of part of ,Mesaba avenue while
his building operations are going
on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-16

R. l.. Cow 4 company make ai)-
plicatiOn for a pawn shop license
and this is Irfftred to the license
committee.