The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-06
Expected He Will Be the Guest
of the Ski Club Next
Week.
Fergus Falls Coming With a
Strong Delegation to Land
Next Event.
F.
Ragmar Omtvedt, the Worlds
Champion Will Arrive in
City Friday.

Governor Adolph @. Eberhart is ex-t
pected to be the guest of the Virginia
Ski club Saturday and Sunday of next
week at the tenth annual national ski
tournament. The governor was in
vited by the officers of the club the
first Of the week and they are conf
dent he will accept. The governor
is something Of a ski enthusiast
himself and has indicated to range
friends that he would like to attend
the tournament here. With him will
probably come several other state Of
ficials and several members of his
staff.
Officers of the Ski club are conf
dent the Virginia tournament will set
a new record for a national ski tour
aament in point Of attendance and in
terest manifested. A special car will
bring the riders who participate in
the tournament from Fergus Falls
aext week to Virginia Friday night.
With them will come Ragmer Omit
vedt, the worlds champion ski rider
and big delegation Of Fergus Falls
business men and members of the
Fergus Falls Ski club, who are anx-
ious to land the next national tourna-
ment for that city. Special cars will
also come from Ironwood, Milwaukee,
Chicago and Superior. Fully 800 pro-
'essional ski riders are expected to
participate in the various events.
The program will begin at 2 o'clock
.. m. each day at the slide. A
new club house will be completed BY
the time the tournament is ready to
open and grandstand is being con-
;tructed this week. The Mesaba rail-
way company will give car service
70 Mitchell park where the big slide
IS located, every Is minutes while the
events of the tournament are on.
The first event of the tournament
will be the cross country run, which
will start from the Fay hotel Satur-
lay morning and will probably extend
20 Eveleth and return. The course is
not yet definitely decided but it will
include hill climbing and other stunts
and will not follow the Eveleth road.
Saturday there will be a card for
amateurs and boys class in which
some fine prizes are offered. Boys
desiring to participate must enter with
Secretary Krogdahl at his offices.
Saturday evening the Ski club will
give it's annual dance.
Sunday will be the biggest day of
the tournament. The best of the pro-
! fessional events will be run off on
Sunday afternoon and many confident
ly believe that new worlds record
will be made in Virginia.
Among the we'll known riders who
are now working daily at the slide
are Ole Feiring, John Evenson, Bar
ney Reilly, Andrew Haugen, and
Edward Edwardson. The latter is
still an amateur but the other day
negotiated a jump of ITS feet.
Sunday night there will be ban
quet at Elks' temple at which the de-
legates and riders will be entertained.
It is expected that covers will be laid
for fully 800 and an active committee
engaged in the arrangements give
assurance that it will lack nothing in
hospitality in keeping with the spirit
of the occasion.
There is much interest over the
range in the tournament and big
crowds will attend from all the range