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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
REID'S SHOW WINDOW
ATTRACTS ATTENTION

One of the prettiest show windows
of the week in Virginia is that at
the department store of Alexander
Reid & Co., where there is being dis
played one of the biggest exhibits Of
mechanical toys ever shown on the
range. One of the features is q min
ature train of cars running on a
miniature railroad, making stops at
all stations" 1t has kept Virginia
small boys with their noses flattened
on the show windows most of the
week and is the talk of the town. Be
sides this one Of the finest lines of
toys of all kinds ever displayed in
the city is being shown. The Reid
store is now in holiday attire
and has been crowded with Christmas
shoppers during all of the week.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
PLAN OR GANI lion TO Pr R0ldDI
SAFETY FRS WORK IN MINES.


] Rukuro Konno and 4. Nunome, two
progressive young Japanese business
men are seeking q favorable location
in Virgins for the establishment Of
|a Japanese Art and Novelty Shop. Mr..
Konno and Mr.. Nunome have main o.
fees I'M San Francisco where the vari-
GUS articles are imported from Japan,
also branches in New York City and
Minneapolis. The two boys have es-
tablished good business in short
period of time through the energetic
ambition which characterizes this race
and their ability to grasp American
ideas. Both were brought up in the
city of Toxic the capital Of Japan.
They are; at present conducting
their business in temporary quarters
at the furniture store Of Ala & And
erson where they have on display
hundreds of beautiful Japanese ar
ticles which will appeal to many as
desirable Christmas gifts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
CITY HOCKEY TEAM
PLAY DULUTH FIVE

The Virginia City Hockey team
goes to Duluth next week to meet
the Duluth hockey team in a series
at the rink of the Duluth Curling
club. The game will be the first of
the season for the local 1--WE. They
plan to utilize Oliver park for the
sport here as soon as it is flooded
by the citys and games are in
prospect with the teams from Port
Arthur and Winnipeg, who are to meet
the Duluth club later in the season.
Nathan Keller is acting as manager
of the five and Ralph Wilke, city edi-
tor: of the Daily Virginian, is secre-
tary of the club.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
GRAINS AND GRASSES
EXHIBIT is COMING

The local offices of the land de-
partment of the Duluth & Iron
Range railroad, in charge Of H. D..
Cole will soon have on exhibition a
fine collection of St. Louis county
grown grains and grasses. The COL
lection of the Duluth & Iron Range
pand department at Duluth is the
finest in the country and has been
collected by Land Commissioner Ar
hold. It includes not only grains ind
grasses, but st. Louis county grown
vegetables and small fruits. Part
of this collection will be sent to the
Virginia offices, which are doing a
very nice business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
SETTLERS PROVE UP
ON GOOD HOMESTEADS

Four St. Louis county settlers last
week made final proof on St. Louis
county farms before United States
Commissioner Otto A. Poirer. They
were Richard Steamer of Greaney,
Alfred Johnson of Cook, T. H. Lahde
of Embarrass, Anton Jenson of Cook.
The latter made communication proof.
All have good buildings and clearings
and express themselves as we'll sat
isfed with the prospects of develop
ing profitable St. Louis county farms,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12

Hospital, Residence a.a Di.esas.ry
for Government Doctor to. Be
Built at Nett Lake.,

The federal government under the
direction, Of the agency 4lptl orities
viii shortly commehce the cons true
tioirat Nett general
hospital, a residence and dispensary
FOR the agency doctor estimated to
cost about $1,000, the money for
which was provided. in a recent ap-
preparation and will give to the
agency improvements that have long
been needed.
The government will send to the
agency portable sawmill and the In
dams will get out all the timber and
manufacture for the material for the
new building. A physician is expect
ed to be assigned to duty at the agen-
cy from Washington soon.
Another teacher has also been add.
ed to the schools and improvements
have been made to the boarding
school.
Much interest is being displayed by
The Indians in their allottments anc
several of them are out on the lane
clearing ground and preparing to be-
gin farming in small way. Seven.
teen new houses will be built for thu
older members of the band and {
number of the Indians have built fol
themselves comfortable homes dur
ing the summer.
Agent Reagan indicated while i,
the city this week in attendance a
the district court sessions that ther,
would be no let-up in the campaig,
to rid the agency country of boot
'eggers. The drowning of an India,
1T Moose river last week was due t,
;he fact that he was intoxicated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
BRANCH OF STATE 7*4
LABORATORY ADVOCATED

The city council Tuesday night
ordered the health department to
again take up the matter Of securing
a branch laboratory of the state board
of health for this city. The matter
was referred to the health committee
some time ago, but nothing was done
in regard to it. DR.. Bracken Of the
state board Of health is said to favor
the establishment of such laboratory
here which would serve all the range
territory.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
DISMANTLING SKI SLIDE.

The steel ski slide on the Iron
Range hill is being dismantled this
week for removal to q new site on
the line Of the electric railway be-
tween Virginia and Eyeleth. A force
Of men is also at work at the new
site Of the slide grading up the >un-
derhill. Completed at its new loca-
ton the Virginia ski slide will be
fonerof the finest in the world. Ski
club committees are t'work on the
prizes for the tournament, 81 ].
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
CHILD DEAD OF PNEuM0N11

CHILD DEAD OF PNEUMONIA.
Eva Katherine, the S-year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Flann.
ozo Locust street, died Monday fol,
lowing short illness of pneumonia.
runeral services were conducted Wed
aesday from the Norwegian Lutheran
church by the Rev. Mr.. Fadum and in
terment was made at Greenwood, The
parents Of the little girl who was an
unusually bright and winsome child,
are grief-stricken over her death and
nave the sincere sympathy of many
Virginia friends.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
VIRGINlACASE IN
SUPREME COURT

Some interesting points will he
raised in the supreme court at st.
Paul this week when the case of the
State of Minnesota VS.. the 1ndepen-
dent School District of Virginia comes
on for review. The principal point to
be decided by the. supreme court is
whether or not a school district has
the power to condemn state land.
The Independent School District Of
Virginia condemned 80 acres of state
land near Olcott park to be used as
an experimental farm in connection
with the work of the city schools.
Assistant Attorney General Clifford
Hilton stayed the proceedings by
raising the question as to whether or
not the school district had the right
to condemn, and by stipulation with
the attorneys for the school district,
Arnold & Pickering Of Virginia the
matter was passed to the supreme
court. I
1t was held by the attorney generals
Office that the land in question was of
extraordinary value, far more than
the school district proposed to pay the
state, and that it might be cut up into
city lots and sold for round figure,
The: attorneys for the school district
came back in, kind and showed tina:
la portion of the original tract was
sold to the Mesaba Electric company
for IS m acre, The supreme court
decision is awaited with interest moi
1 only ii. Virginia, but over the state
where the questions at law involved
have aroused considerable interest-#R 3
IC Pickering goes to sc. Paul TO
] morrow to appear for the school dis.
triet = Ia natter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
ACQUI| A led E D ON
lQSAlll1Y Plea
John Hansen Who Struck Wife With
: Hammer Will BE Examined By
- Experts ut State Asylum. e

Whether or not John Hansen, the
Orr homesteader, who a short time
ago, while in a beastly state of in
toxication with a hammer assaulted
his wife, is insane, is question that
will be finally determined by al special
board of insanity examining experts
at the state hospital for the insane at
Fergus Falls. If he is found to be
sane he will be released. If his con-
dition is sufficiently serious he will
be- committed to that institution. He
will be taken there some time this
week.,
Hansen was tried in the. district
fort this week on an indictment chare-
ing assault in the first degree. He
was acquitted on the grounds of in
sanity. Alienists were introduced both
by the defense and the state. DR.. J.
W. Reynolds testified that in his
opinion Hanson was insane. Drs.
Lenont and Grove, subpoenaed by the
state testified that \at the time the
assault was committed he was in an
.dvance sage Of intoxication. AS to
his sanity they did not commit them
selves, although from a physical ex-
animation they found that he had
nervous trouble which tended to pro-
1uce condition of degeneracy, that
his pulse and brain were abnormal
and that his blood was rather thicker
5han in that of most humans. The
case was hard fought and required
two days in trial. The evidence
covered the domestic relations of Han
sen and his wife thoroughly and
showed condition of incompatibility
extending over some time. Sigvert S.
Dahl appeared for Hansen and his
acquttal considered a notable victory
for him. Assistant County Attorney
Edward Boyle conducted the prose
cution in his usual capable manner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12

. C. L. Ruprecht of Hiding was
Virginia visitor Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. Ruprecht is construction foreman
for the Coons & Butler Co., who have
just completed big paving job at
Hibbing. He maintains that Hibbing
is the best town on the range and says
that in. the matter of municipal inn
provements no city on the iron range
now has anything on the big iron
ore town. < :*::ss, ss:s.s IS. >..sS. z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12

&C. colbrath of Duluth, one of
t4e most enthusiastic horsemen in
81 Louis county and owner Of. sew
cpl fast harness. perfo formers, WIS in
t1e city the first Of the week on
bfsiness. Some of his horses viii Be
tackled on the ice this winter and he
interested a report that range
4rsemen will hold some speed matt
1fes on Longyear lake at Chisholm
bring u wtnte
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
MESABA RAILWAY
BUYS new CARS
Equipment Purchased to Take Place
of That Destroyed in the Car
Barns Fire.

Orders have been placed by the
Railway company with the
Niles Car Manufacturing company of
Niles, Ohio, for five new cars to
take the place of the coaches burned
in the car barns fire. The first will
be delivered within 60 days and the
remainder as rapidly as they can be
turned out of the factory. All will be
of the same type as those now in
service on the line. A new baggage
and express coach is also included in
the order for new equipment. !
Workman are this week engaged in
clearing the ground at the site of the
burned car barns at Olcott park for a
new structure. A temporary struc-
ture will be put up for the winter, to
be replaced in the spring by a.. per-
manent, building. The temporary
structure will be of frame sheathed
inside with galvanized iron and will
be rushed to completion as fast as
possible.
+ General Manager Newton and the
office force will maintain headquar-
ters during the winter in the Finch
block, where they are at present To-
Gated.
The insurance on. the loss in the
fire of two weeks ago had not been
adjusted the first of the week, while
the adjusters have been here and are
expected to make their report shortly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
STRIPPING AT THE SILVER.

SI MI I I1NU n 1HE OH EN-.
Stripping operations at the Silver
mine, north of Virginia, operated by
the M. A. Hanna company and for
several seasons past shipper, will be
concluded within a short time. One
shovel is. removing overburden at
the Silver and will be busy until some
time during the winter, when the
stripping operations of the property
will be completed. The development
work at the Silver began in 1908 and
the mine became a shipper shortly
thereafter. The overburden varied
in depth from Is to 125 feet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
|llI0Os
| NgEl \ ] HOME
Iron Range Lodge No. lit Dedicatcs
Handsome New Club in the Hamm.
Block Tomorrow Evening. B. .

Iron Range Lodge No. lit, Loyal
Order Of Moose, will occupy it's hand
some new home in the Hamn block
to morrow. It's club rooms and lodge
hall are the finest in Minnesota out
side of the three large cities and in
appointments and furnishings are the
last word in elegance.dii5s <. -:
The lodge will use its lodge rooms
for the fifst time tonight when class
of 13 will be initiated into the order
and the formal dedication exercises
will take place tomorrow evening.
The principal address will ts.+be by
Senator. James 8, Boyle of Eveleth.
Mayor NJ. A. Murphy will also beSon
the program. The dedication exer-
cises will be in charge Of the officers
Of the lodge. :
From the opening tomorrow night
the local Moose win keep open. house.
"A special train from International
Falls will bring, big delegation to
the dedication exercises and Sunday
afternoon the local lodge will be, host
to another large delegation coming
in special train from Duluth and
Superior. "
The house committee, Messrs.
Robert Thorpe, John Corbett and Fred
:Verville have enhusy all this week
with the. executive committee, the
Messrs. Louis Cohen. E. Ziel and NJ.
Boylan arranging for the opening Of
the new home. All the furniture is in
place and members of the order which
IS over 500 strong in Virginia will
find the new home completely equip
ped and ready for occupancy tomor-
row evening. The lodge rooms, read
ing and smoking room and buffet and
the reception room and other sectional
apartments are finished and furnished
in mission style, handsomely decorat-
ed throughout and represent the ex-
penditure of a considerable sum of
money. Herman Hintz will be the
steward Of the club. - =. s-.
s. Virginia Moose are ;. preparing to
give their Visiting brsthern from In
transitional Falls and Duluth and Su-
perior royal reception. The club
home is the third in the city and
promises to be popular with the large
membership of the Loyal Order Of
Moose here.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
FATHER DEAD IN SCOTLAND.

T. c. Mellis of the firm of Mellis-
Pirie & Co., expert accountants, who
have been working in Virginia on an
audit of the books of the various de-
partments of the city for some time.
will leave shortly for Scotland, where
he goes to strAighten up the affairs
of the estate of his father who re-
Gently died in the city of Glasgow
Mr.. Mellis is named one of the trus-
tees of the estate by the Scotch
courts. 1t is possible the final report
of the accounting of the city books
may be delayed, until after his re-
turn from abroad.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
S STOCkPILING AT ALPENA.

AA11NU AL ALfENA. ~
Fl Pc steam shovels are still work
ing at the Alpena mine stockpiline
ore. They will continue as long as
the weather is favorable. The Al
pent is one Of the short-term leases
OF the Oliver and the ore is being
'tofkp'led on adjoining property of
winch the Oliver has the lease. The
Al1ena is one of the few open cut
properties on the range. that will
st1ckpile ore during the winter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-12
AGEl !
STORY
49,. ss-lTa-a - - gI3E
*-Don Diego" Tale 4 lhe Preblo and.
Apache Indians J WIN V Be oet 'of
Press Early II YeAr. Il

"Don Diego" tale of the Pueblo
and Apache Indians, 1nong whom he
spent several years inS the service Of
the United States government, is
the title of new story by Agent Al
bert Reagan of the Nstt Lake reser-
[vation, which is expected to Sc out
Of press early in the year. Proof
sheets for the book were recently re-
ceived from the Chicago publishers
by; Agent Reagan. .s .s..s
"Don Diego" will be q valuables nd
dition to the books Of today that deal
with the traditions and customs Of
the American Indians Sof the South
west. During his service with the
government Mr.. Reagan was admitted
Ito the confidence Of the Indians. He
became a member Of several Of their
most exclusive societies and It was
his privilege to witness ceremonies
and incantations of the. Pueb.os which
few white people havezever: been pri-
vileged to see. & i. !.
Mr.. Reagan has contributed . mum
Der of articles Of scientific interest t.
present day literatureSregarding the
American Indians and'shas number
of other works in prospect. His SER
vice with the Indian department has
undoubtedly. rendered him as familiar
with the customs and traditions Of the
western Indians as any white man in
the country and he is often consulted
- an authority. {
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-01-10

Owing TO circumstances incident
10 change in the personnel of the
Messenger beginning with the new
year and causes entirely beyond ouI
control the issue for this week ap-
pears somewhat late and IN more
or less abbreviated form.
We trust advertisers and patrons
will understand our position and pro-
mise something better each succeed
ing week Many of our subscribers
have been receiving the paper at in
termittent periods in the past and
we Judge, are in no pleasant frame
of mind as a result. Beginning with
next week we hope to have mechani-
cal facilities perfected sufficiently to
guarantee the publication of the pa
per every Friday. Thanking our
patrons for their past favor and ask
ing your kindly cooperation in the
future, again we say hope.-The Pub
fisher
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-01-10
SOMETHING NEW IN FINANCE
Incident That Proves That the South
ern Negro Has Good Head
for Business.

George M. Bailey, whose editorial
paragraphs in the Houston Post are
known all over the country, believes
that the southern negro has a good
head for business and finance.
"Rastus," said Bailey, in upholding
his claim, twas an old darby who
worked two acres of land on a big
plantation, and got his foodstuffs from
The big .commissary which supplied
everything to the tenants. Rastus,
having poor land as his share, was
continually In debt, because he could
aever raise enough cotton to pay of
his bill at the store. There came
season, however, when cotton grew
and fourished on Rastus' acres, and
when the storekeeper measured up
the cotton he told Rastus:
"You've got nine dollars coming to
you
"Took hyuh, white mani exclaimed
Rastus. Go back dar an look at dem
books ag'in. You dom owe me no nine
dollars
The clerk complied, and returned
with the statement that he had been
mistaken, and that Rastus still owed
the store nine dollars.
"'Now you talkin' sense said Ras-
tus contentedly. Come on back hyuh
an give me strip oh bacon
"You see," explained Bailey, that
old fellow knew that as long as he
kept In debt to the store they would
give him credit, and he was afraid
that If he ever got out OF debt the
store might refuse him credit the next
time he asked for it, Hence his pleas
ure because Of his financial difficulty"
Popular Magazine.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-01-10
SUBSCRIPTIONS FACTS WORTH
KNOWING.

I The Clio Messenger is mailed to
subscribers until it is ordered discon-
tiEued
?. II you do not want the paper.
notify us, or refuse to take it from
the post office or the mail box If
you continue to take it from the post
office. we will most assuredly expect
you to pay for it just the same as a
groceryman expects you to pay for
sugar that you carry or allow some
one to carry from his store.
3. To edit, print and put into the
mails newspaper costs money and
there is no publisher of business
makeup who cares to have refusal
90 pay offered on the grounds that
she paper was not wanted.
4. The date OF the expiration oi
subscription is stamped plainly on
the label OF every paper mailed &c
yon- In this day Of so many educa-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-01-10
MONGOLS LIVE IN SADDLE
Russia's New Proteges Are Likely to
Become Nation Of Legless
People.

The Mongols, Russia's new proteges
and subjects to be, are quite a differ
emit race OF mankind from the Chi.
nese, Manchus, Russians or Japan
csc, says the Manchester (England)
Guardian.
Every Mongol (even the women,
who all ride astride) is a horseman,
and so used Is he to spending his
whole active life on horseback that
legs for walking purposes, and shut
fles along only few yards at time,
encountered by his heavy skin cloth
ing, on limbs shriveled by disuse and
by grasping the horse and crooked
from the habit of riding extremely
high in very short stirrups.
The Chinese have always applied
the graphic terms horseback states"
to the Huns, Turks, Avars and Mon
gols, who are practically all varieties
of one people, and have always ex-
tended from the Yalu to the Volga.
They are, and always have been, no.
MAIDS. Grass and water are their only
property" and absolute need. for
they are, tribe for tribe, invariably ac-
companied on the move after pasture
by thousands of horses, cattle, goats,
sheep, camels-never pigs.
Thus from ancient times they have
always been in a position to send 200,-
300 to 100000 horsemen rapidly to
any point; mountains and big rivers
are the only serious obstacles; at a
pinch raw meat enough for ten days
campaign can be cooked" on the
rapid march by placing 1t between the
saddle and the sweating horse. If
this vast movable force should be-
virilized again under Russian suprem-
acy there are those who say that
nothing in Asia can resist It,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-01-10
Masterpiece Gone to Waste.

The very seedy looking young man
made his way with difficulty down the
corridor on the ninth floor of one OF
New York's best hotels, says the Pop.
ular Magazine, and knocked loudly al
his friends door. Anguish was writ
ten on his face and wrinkles on his
clothes. He was walking sign oil
what ii meant to spend hard night
What's the matter?" called out the
sleepy friend.
Matter? It's tragedy, death,
the end of all things - ruination and
grief"
We'll, what it is?" lazily inquired
The drowsy man, without opening the
door.
Whereupon the seedy-looking young
man, leaning against the door and lift
Ing his voice to howl, replied.
Il called up my wife on the long-dis-
lance telephone last night and told
ner why had not returned. / gave
her perfectly good excuse. And now
can't remember what 1t was!"