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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
OUT OF BUSINESS FOR
FIRST. TIME IN 40 YEARS

M. b. Tanning will be out Of busie
ness tomorrow :: = night, for tn. first
time in 40 years, when he sewers his
active connection with the grocery
firm of w. B. Pratt & Co. Mr.. Pratt
also retires from active business but
will still be a member of the new
concern in which the Messrs. Schip-
per and Gates have recently purchas-
ed a controlling interest. Both gen.
tlemen have been at the store this,
week, meeting the trade and familiar
izing themselves with the details of
one Of Virginia's busiest stores. Both
Mr.. Schipper and Mr.. Gates were
formerly travelling statesmen on the
range and have wide and favorable
acquaintance here. Both are young
business men Of the aggressive type
and will be valuable addition to the
ranks of Virginia business men. Mr..
Tanning and Mr.. Pratt have been
business partners for a quarter of a
century. Both have host of friends
in Virginia. The plans for the fu-
ture of both are indefinite, but first
of all they plan to enjoy a we'll earn
ed rest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
CITY FINANCES
in GOOD SHAPE

City Clerk Albert E. Bickford at
last Tuesday nights meeting of the
council submitted his statement of
the conditions Of the finances of the
city Of Virginia and from it some
interesting. figures are taken. The
city of Virginia was just $302, ,492.54
better than broke on the first day of
the. present month. It's total assets
including money due on the county
tax levy and assessments was $685.
710.68. Add to this the cash on
hand, $55,088.O2, and the grand
total is $453, ,796.7O. It's total in-s
debtedness on the first of February
was $151, ,304.16. This amount Of
course does not include the money
due on the purchase of the water and
light plant. The amount of money
the new administration will have
available for the year will be ap-
proximately the credit balance shown
on February I, $s02, 1925
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
SIX ENGINES
GO IN SERVICE
New Locomotives Sent From Canada
To Handle Freight Traffic on
the D. w. & p.

Record shipments of forest pro-
ducts all along the line of the Cana
dian Northern are the feature of the
freight business of that railroad this
week. Forest products have never
before moved as heavily to Virginia
and from and to intermediate points
on the Silver Lake and Rainy Lake
divisions Of the line as during the
past week. -Four new locomotives
were put in service out Of Virginia
the first of the week and two. addi-
tional were ordered from Canada
the first Of. the week. Twenty-Five
freight crews are now in service in
this city and other crews will go in
service shortly. Trainmen, engine
men and yardmen are being hired at
the local division headquarters Of the
line.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
THOMAS MOE HAS THE
CHAMPION EGG PRODUCERS

Thomas Moe, the we'll known drill
man, thinks he has it on State Mine
Inspector Dick Mitchell of Mountain
Iron who: has record egg-producing
flock of chickens. Mr.. Moe owns Ii
White Leghorn chickens, Matched in
May last who during the month of
January last produced 207 eggs prac-
tically all Of which he sold at so cents
a dozen. Mr.. Mitchell's record was
159 eggs for the month from 16 hens.
Both are enthusiastic chicken fanci-
ers, but in the face Of the returns
Mr.: Noes brood Of White Leghorn
.pullets seems to be clearly entitled to
the range belt for the egg producing
championship.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
VIRGINIA COMMERCIAL CLUB
HAS AN 0LD-TIME RALLY; PLAN
A THOROUGH REORGANIZATION
VILLAGE DADS
ARE DEFIED
Virginia Young People Dance Tango
at Mountain Iron Despite the
Official Ban.

Ignoring a recent edict of the
village council of the village of
Mountain Iron, as published in a Du-
luth newspaper to the effect that the
tango could not be danced in any
public hall or public place in that
village, between 20 and thirty Vir-
ginia young people organized a
'leighing party Saturday night and
taking an orchestra with them drove
to Mountain Iron, where dancing
party in which the tango was the
predominating feature of khe pro-
gram was held unmolested. The
dance took place in a hall over the
store Of G. Apuli, according to re-
ports reaching this city. Mr.. Apuli
is member of the village council.
The dancers were unmolested. In
eact nobody from Mountain Iron
was present at the affair.
Criticism of the tango has awak-
ened much interest in it in this city
It is danced at some Of the most ex-
lusive functions in Virginia and is
openly defended on the ground that
the so-called opposition and criticism
of it comes from plebians who are
not aware of the grace Of it's figures
and are unduly prudish over the
whole affair. Tango parties have
been popular here for some time.
In other quarters it is roundly
condemned as extremely risque.. AL
together the tango is getting good
deal of discussion about the city. It
is still in favor, however, at some of
the exclusive parties given here.
:. :. Tx. Tic sd;ct Of the council at Noun
tain Iron extends to the f'hesitation
waltz" "the bunny hug" the bear"
the "NewrY-V glide" "the Frisco
wiggle," and rag dances of all sorts.
A Mountain Iron official stated to
the Enterprise Wednesday that any
attempt to put these dances over in
that village hereafter would be sum-
marily dealt with.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
RETURNS FROM
TRIP ABROAD
Assistant City Engineer Keith Matt.
land Spent Month in Europe
and Great Britain.

Assistant City Engineer Keith Matt
land is on the job at the city hall
again after a months trip abroad
during which time he visited several
cities in Great Britain, Paris, Brussels,
Antwerp and other points. Mr.. Matt
land accompanied by R. S. Walker,
connected with the M. A. Hanna COM
pany at Duluth on the trip and Will
liam Warwick of Virginia was a pas
senger with them on the trip over.
He arrived in the city last Saturday
hight and landed in New York from
the Carmania one week ago Sunday
after trip requiring six days from
Queenstown to New York city.
Mr.. Maitland spent some time in
London he visited Westminster Abbey,
the Tower Of London, Buckingham
palace and many other places of in
;erest about the city and took several
side excursions into rural districts,
OCoAuCo oPCI1uAA1S oO111c tAAIlS Ill AllL-
] werp, one Of the greatest of the sea-
| port towns on the northern coast, al
so visited Brussels and other towns
in Belgium and says he enjoyed the
trip immensely. He says our English
cousins are nothing if not hospitable
and especially in the city Of London
he enjoyed meeting them. Many of
them have been in "the states' and
all declare they intend to return.
President Wilson's administration is
the subject of much comment in Eng
land and it is generally favorable. Mr..
Maitland says the boat trip is one of
the best features of the trip. Moth
ing is spared to afford comfort or
amusement to the passengers and one
of it's chief features is the opportunity
it affords the average business man
for rest and recuperation. Joe Hejda
who has been acting as assistant en-
gineer during Mr.. Maitland's absence
has returned to his duties as head OF
the Virginia Engineering company.
l.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
FATHER OF EDWARD
FINCH PASSES AWAY

Virginia friends of Edward Finch,
one of the owners Of the Virginia
baseball team, will learn with regret
of the death of his aged father,
which occurred Friday of last week
at his home at Fairview, Mich, Mr..
Finch, Sr., was "a years old and a
we'll respected resident to his home
town. Funeral services were held
the first Of the week. Mr.. Finch Of
this city was summoned to his fa-
theirs bedside about two weeks ago
and has ever since remained there.
He is expected to return home the
latter part of this week. IL Il.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
SUCCESS OF SKI TOURNEY IS
UP TO THE WEATHER Man; CITY
READY FOR CROWD OF RIDERS
The Glenwood, Special Car of Game
and Fish Commission Brings
Consignment to Range.

/ A car load Of rainbow trout fry
from the state fish hatchery at St..
Paul and from the auxiliary hatch
cry plant ] at Glenwood, Mimi, in
charge Of employees Of the state game
and fish commission, passed over the
Silver Lake division of the Duluth,
Winnipeg & Pacific railway yester-
day consigned to various points along
the line. The greater part of the
fry, however, was unloaded at Taft
station and will be planted in the
Ushkitwahkan river between Taft
and Shaw. The fry were sent to this
region upon request Of Duluth and
Virginia sportsmen who were anxi-.
GUS to see the streams in this
section stocked with trout fry. Some
OF the finest trout brooks in the state
are located along the line of the D.
W. & p between this city and Du-
luth and these streams are favorite
fishing grounds for both Virginia
and Duluth sportsmen. Superinten-
re No.. >. fours r. .emfeiiuth etc
dent Elliott Of the D. w. & P. saw
that the game and fish commission
car had the best of service. He is
especially anxious to have good
trout fishing established for the
benefit of Mark Elliot and Hugh Nc
1nnis, who had rather a bad day of
it at one Of the trout brooks on the
D. w. & P. line last summer and
have since eschewed the sport en-
tirelV.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
Each Mourned Other as Dead;
Reunion Came About Through
Illness of One.
John Mcleod, Homesteader, and
Samuel Mcleod, Woodsman :.
the Principals.
Lived Near Each Other for De.
cade Each Unaware of
Others Identity.

John Mcleod, homesteader, vel
known in Virginia, and Samuel Nc
Leod his brother, separated for more
than 45 years at their boyhood home
near the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia
and each mourning the other as dead
were reunited by strange combini
tion of circumstances last week al
Camp 8 of the Virginia & Rainy Lake
Lumber company, otherwise known as
"Flannagan's." For years Samue
Mcleod had been mourned as dead by
his relatives. Their reunion came
just a few months too late to permit
them together to visit a sister al
Owatonna, Minn., to whom each was
much attached. Her death occurred less
than year ago in that city.
Forty-f1ve years ago Samuel Nc.
Ieod left his home in Nova Scotia
Ever since that time he has followed
the woods, as a logging camp laborer
riverman and woodsman. When the
logging industry was in its heyday ir
the Michigan country Sam Mcleod
was a famous woodsman. In the old
days of Saginaw, when it was perhaps
the greatest "lumberjack town" in
the world, Sam Mcleod was famous
character. Of strudy Scotch ancestry
magnificent physique and the habits
Of his kind he was known as one of
the best of the bully boys who follow
ed the woods and the rivers for liv-
ing. He neglected to write to the
home folks and from year to year as
the p;nc forests vanished heefe.e tszsss,
operations Of the 21umbermen he fol
lowed the westward trail. The, story
Of his life is one of ups and downs,
not unlike that of hundreds of the
men who have reached the age of gray
hairs in the pine woods of northern
Minnesota. Samuel Mcleod is 60 years
old and John Mcleod is 81. They are
both we'll preserved and still able to
do a good days work in the woods.
The early lessons of good Scotch
parents who taught them the "fear
of the Lord and to mind the kirk,'
left an indelible impress on the future
lives of both. In Virginia where John
Mcleod is we'll known and near where
for good many years he has lived
as a batchelor on a homestead the
word Of John Mcleod is as good as a
bond. Among the business men OF
this city he enjoys a wide acquain.
tance and is universally respected as
one of the best types of that quaint
queer philosopher, the "old-time lum:
berjack." In the woods camps wher
the old-timers are gathered togethe,
on the deacon seats in the bunk house
to this day there are told stories o1
the integrity and honesty of San
Mcleod.
Long before they knew that they
were brothers acquaintances Of botf
marked the striking resemblance be-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
CANELAKE BROS. To-
HAVE HANDSOME STORE

Canelake Bros. will open in one of
the ground floor store rooms in the
First National bank block about the
first of March one of the handsomest
confectionery stores and refreshment
parlors on the Mesaba range. The
store will be-, equipped throughout
with all new fixtures which are being
put in position this week. Italian
marble counters and fixtures, tile
flooring and the best furniture and
fixtures money cap buy will make
the store the finest of it's kind on the
range. There will be a grand open
ing of the establishment announced
soon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
Norge Club With Ragmar
0mtvedt Arrives Tomorrow
Over d. w. & P. r.
Chestnut Street White Way
Posts Dressed in Ever
green and Flags.
One Hundred Riders Expected
+ to Participate In the Vari-
- GUS Events of Meeting.

The success of the tenth annual
tournament Of the National Ski as
sociation of America, which opens
tomorrow afternoon at Mitchell park,
midway between Virginia and Eve
leth on the line Of the Mesaba cleo
trio railway, is up to the weather
man. Committees of the Virginia
I~Ski club who have had charge of the
arrangements are ready for a big
crowd, so riders are entered at noon
today and if the weather man does
not dole out extreme sub-zero tenn
peratures tomorrow and Sunday, it
is the opinion of Secretary John
Krogdahl Of the Virginia Ski club
that the ,city's capacity will be
taxed to take care of the crowd of
visitors.
Both days of the tournament will
be big days. Liberal prizes were Of
fered in all the classes, the tourna-
ment has been we'll advertised and
that there will be big crowd of
visitors, delegates and riders from
eastern points is apparently assured.
The Norge club of Chicago, bringing
with it Ragmar Omtvedt, the world5s
champion ski rider and several rid
ers who have just come to America
from the Scandinavian peninsula
will arrive in the city at 1:15 to-
morrow over the line of the Duluth,
Winnipeg & Pacific railway. A big
delegation from Fergus Falls is ex-
pected over the Mesaba tonight, IN. IN.
{ Guiding many professional riders and
Ia delegation of Fergus Falls business
men who come determined to land
next years tournament for. their
town.
Virginia is in gala attire for the
reception of it's visitors. The white
way posts on Chestnut street have
been decorated with evergreens and
topped with flags and the tournament
visitors will find nothing lacking in
the way Of hospitality. The annual
meeting Of the National Ski associa-
tion will be held tomorrow night at
the city hall, and will be followed by
a dance given by the Virginia Ski
club. Sunday night there will be
banquet at Elks hall with Al Flour
noy presiding as POSTMASTER and the
prizes will be awarded at that time.
Much interest is aroused in the
tournament in>+Virginia and practi-
cally every resident of the city plans
to visit the slide at Mitchell park be-
fore the tournament is over.
Special cars will be run over the
electric line to Mitchell park, where
the new club house and grandstand
are complete and where ample ar
rangements have been made to take
care Of a big crowd. The Mesaba
railway also plans Sunday to give the
best of service over the range so
that big crowd can be accommo-
dated.
Virginia people who have rooms to
rent are requested to call up Secre-
tary Krogdahl at the Office IF the
Marion Fuel company, as the Ski
club officers anticipate some diff
Guilty in taking care of all the visi-
| tors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
BISHOP QUAYLE TO LECTURE
ATM.E CHURCH THURSDAY

Bishop William A. Quayle, hav-
ing episcopal supervision over
the Methodist churches of Minne-
sofa, Wisconsin, Iowa and North
and South Dakota, will be the
guest next Thursday of the men,
bers and pastor of the First
Methodist church of VIRGINIA
and Thursday evening at the
church will deliver lecture
taking for his subject, "Shy-
lock and David" Bisi,on
Quayle is the first bishop of
the Methodist church to visit Vir-
ginia and the occasion of his visit
here will be marked by gather
ing of the Methodist clergymen
of the Mesaba and Vermilion
ranges and Duluth. Bishop Quayle
will be the guest of honor at a
banquet to be held at the Or
monde hotel Thursday noon,
HTnL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

There will be preaching: services
at the Presbyterian church, Sabbath
February IS, by Rev. y. G. Lacey.
Services at the usual hours, 1880 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. Bible school at
noon following the morning service.
Everyone welcome.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13
BROTHERS MEET IN LOGGING
CAMP; Sep ARATED As YEARS


Iscorned sentiment and each was loathe
to ask the other about his early life.
For ten years the old men have work
ed near each other, they have often
been passengers in the same train,
they have slept in the same sbunkhouse
and they have exchanged the civilities
of the logging camps, q chew Of Peer
less or a pipeful Of smoking tobacco
unaware that they were brothers,
Sam Mcleod has been putting in
the winter at Flannagan's camp and
there short time ago John Mcleod
went to seek employment and was
hired. At the camp he fell ILL.,. He
was unable to go out with the rest Of
the boys when the bullcook's horn
heralded daylight in the. swamp" and
for several days he remained behind.
Sam Mcleod took friendly interest
in him. One night he slipped bottle
of liquor from under the pillow in his
bunk and went to the bunk of John
Mcleod. &
"Take pull of her partner" he
said. "She'll brace you up"
John Mcleod "took a pull of her"
Then each took a pull and several pulls
together. Under the mellow influence
of the liquor their sympathy waxed
warmer and they fell in a reminiscent
mood.
"Partner, where were you born,"
asked Sam Mcleod. -
"Gay's River country, in Nova
Scotia" laconically responded John
Mcleod. !!
"You'll be Scotch from the name,
I'm thinking?" further. ventured Sam
Mcleod. .:.<s
eyes" returned John.
"What was your fathers name?"
"Angus Mcleod"
"And your mother'sa"
The answer caused Sam Mcleod to
remove short clay pipe from his
grizzled features andsthere. was a
strange light in his eyes when he
asked: szEI sEE45 zz*45.
"And did you have agisterLouisa 2"
+: :. Aye, and abst,ettheE Sam, but he's.
been dead I guess ta-s many a year" !"
partner, I am your brother Sam,"
returned the latter. Then the>two old
men clasped hands and looked into
each others eyes. Tears streamed
down the cheeks of both, for beneath
the rugged exterior of the old-time
woodsmen there is usually a heart
that is warm to the memories Of long
ago.
They talked together of the old days
in Nova Scotia. They recalled the
scenes Of childhood and when the rest
of "the boys" came in from the cook
shanty they found two old men in
tears sitting hand in hand on the side
of rugged logging camp bunk.
"We're brothers,, they explained,
"and we have just found it out after
45 years of separation"
John Mcleod and Sam Mcleod will
never again be separated. They will
have their homes together at John
McLeod's homestead. They are going
to "take things easier" in the future,
'*for" says John Mcleod, "there's
200 bushels of potatoes in the cellar
at home and plenty to eat and plenty
to do for Sam and l." Already they
have begun an effort to locate anoth-
er brother and sister, who are living
somewhere near Winnipeg. Together
they will visit them soon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13

winch Will be attended by all the visiting ministers
hop Quayles visit to Virginia biggest
tory OF the local M E. church He
the middle west and will be indeed privilege Virginia peo
PIE near nm IN his lecture Bishop Quayl "Shyok
setting 10 the followers OF Judaism
esng in its treatment Of the
OF Venice An admission will be charged
the lecture. ss@##szs@ =sSs# =#5.4zs.=
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-27
Raising Sheep Without Water.

Grazing sheep on a range entirely
destitute Of water is a recent innova
ton, due to the increasing demand for
forage and the efforts of the forest
officers to find a place on the forest
ranges for all the stock that can safely
be admitted. The area on the Nebo
national forest, in Utah, which has
now proved disable by sheep Is high
and rocky, a portion Of 1t being above
timber line, and it has neither springs
nor streams of sufficient size or acces.
sibllity to be used for stock watering
purposes. The grazing season lasts
from June Is to October 81, and during
this period Of four and a half months
the animals do not get q drink.-The
Argonaut.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-27
Largest leo Cave.

Tho largest ice cave In the world
IL In the Dachstein mountains OF Aus.
tria. It II n Of a group Of Erottoes
discovered not very long ago and not
yet thoroughly explored. Tho ice
cave. because OF its unique character,
has. however. been given more ID
tentton than the others This latter
IL $500 feet long and there are some
enormous and otherwise remarkable
Ice formations. It is q rare occasion,
indeed, when ice is not making In
this cave and q cessation takes place
only when y prolonged spell Of warm
rain penetrates into these depthA
when the ice shows a slight tendency
to melt The cave consists OF one
great hall with Icy walls and ice dome
covered with grotesque forms. One
OF these halls, for instance, known az
Parsival Dome. is 396 feet in length,
231 feet In width and 116 feet in
height, which Is notable for the re-
markable formations, but the largest
hall Is known as King Arthur's Dome,
which is. $50 feet long, $50 feet wide
and 100 feet high. There is an un.
foreground river Of Ice passing through
the cave and at it's foot is a lake.
Some rocks found in. the river bear
Indications Of having been brought
down to these depths from the Cent
raj Alps.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-27

The Woman's Guild will hold
their annual Charity Ball February
~, 1914 at Bradley Opera House.
wv Ad,t.
The Ladies Mission Circle of the
Baptist Church will give a Wash
Ington Birthday party on Friday
evening Feb. 20th.-Advt.
Postal. Telegraph,:Cable Company.
Fastest in the world. Day mess
ages and night letters everywhere
Money telegraphed to aliathe world,
Cables 10 all foreign countries
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-27
Homemade silver Polish.

Some Of the bought silver polishes
are very destructive. A harmless and
effective homemade preparation con-
sists Of half a pound of whiting sifted
into q bowl, to which are added two
ounces of spirits Of turpentine, one
ounce of spirits Of wine, half an ounce
of spirits Of camphor, with one table
spoonful of household ammonia. Mix
the ingredients thoroughly and bottle.
In polishing apply literally to the sill
yer with a soft cloth or brush and
then allow it to dry, after which rub
off with q soft cloth and polish with
channels.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-27
Black Friday,

Black Friday in the financial his.
cory or the United States was Septem.
Der "a, 1859, when Gould and othor
spectators ran the price Of gold up
to 1921, catching a great many per
sons In a corner and causing a panic.
In British financial history Black Fri.
day was May II, 1856, on which day
the commercial panic caused by the
failure of Overend, Quincy 6 Co,
Limited, reached its height.