The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-01-23
twenty Years Ago
(From the Virginia Enterprise, of

(FrOm the Virginia Enterprise, of
January rs, 1894.) :s.- zs~.
Between the closing of the Ideal
Coffee House and the subsequent at
tachment of the fixtures, on suit
brought by female employees for re-
covery of wages. and the closing of
the Columbia in peremptory manner
by. Deputy Sheriff Ross and Landlord
Durkee, who installed therein the hon
orable (?) Mr.. Burrell, ex-manager
and part owner of the Ideal, restaur-
ant circles have been somewhat torn
up the past week. The closing of the
Ideal may cut off portion of the
trade from some of our merchants,
but it appears to be an open question
as to weather it will cut off any of
their cash receipts. Such is life in a
new country.
The Virginia common council has
resolved that the Virginia Water &
Light company is not giving good
service in the way of fire protection.
The resolution was called out by the
fact that there was slight blaze in
town a short time ago and the water
works failed to work. This should
serve as a warning to Biwabik. Un-
der present conditions with no fire
department, it is doubtful if anything
could be done to save building in
case it should take fire. The village
council and citizens generally should
interest themselves in the project and
organize an efficient fire department
at once.
The Duluth Herald says: A gentle
man who returned yesterday from the
Mesaba range says that both game
and fish are being slaughtered at
great rate up in that country, "but."
he added, mo one has the heart to
complain as many of the people up
there are keeping body and soul to-
gether solely upon what comes from
the woods and waters. It is fortu
nate, indeed, that there is game and
fish to be obtained up there this winter
and much as I regret to see the moose
and deer being exterminated, under
the circumstances I could not make
up my mind to enter a complaint"
This week this city has been full of
men and teams bound for the new
Eldorado at Rainy River. From Grand
Rapids, Mountain Iron and other
points parties have driven to this city
with teams and after loading with
supplies have taken the excellent we'll
travelled road and departed for the
Rainy River district. 1t has been con-
coded by all citizens of the county
that by way Of Tower is the only
mode Of reaching the gold fields. At
present the roads are in good condi-
ton and at the disappearance Of
snow, our summer road will be finish
ed and ready for traveE~
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At an early hour Wednesday morn
ing some miscreants cut their way in
to M. H. Martins warehouse near the
D. M. & N. tracks, by whiting
through three thicknesses of board
with jack-knife, and using key
hole saw for the last board. They
made an aperture some 18x22 inches
and made free to carry away about
8 pounds of -four and several bags of
produce. No clue is obtainable.
| At the Norman crew of men has
been at work the past week on office,
boarding camp and other buildings
and quite a crew of men are already
at work.
David T. Adams, James H. Jones,
Dick Schell and Dave Foley were up
from Duluth Wednesday, looking
latter matters at the Adams. They
will continue exploratory work at
this property, but will do nothing
toward formally opening the mine un-
till spring.
DR.. A. C. Jennis, health officer of
the village of Mountain Iron, has de-
clared a quarantine on Virginia ice.
He says that as this city has had so
many cases of typhoid fever this last
summer, and the lakes have ben the
receptacle of all the drainage, the
germs are certainly frozen in the ice
and will be doing business next sum-
mer.
The Duluth & Winnipeg railroad
petitioned congress for a right-of way
through the Indian reservation en-
route to the gold fields. Such petit
ton, if granted, would necessitate
stations every six miles in crossing
the reservations, and provides that
work shall commence within three
years.
The Enterprise was told the other