The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-06-19
VIRGINIA TO
CELEBRATED IN
GRAND STYLE
Commercial Club Decides To
Give Range People Big
Fourth of July Card.
COMMITTEE NOW HAS
$1,000; MORE TO COME
MANY Bands Will Furnish Music
and Railroads Will Run
Special Trains.

The eagle will scream in Virginia on
the Fourth of July.
C. G. Vanderpoll, w. A. Miller and
Max Lewis, the committee in charge
of collections, reported at the Com
mercial club meeting last night that
they had raised sufficient funds to
warrant the club in going ahead with
the arrangements for big celebra-
ton, something over $1,000 having
been collected from the business
houses by this committee. This does
not include the $500 which is forth
coming from the city, nor the dona-
tions which the club expects to receive
from the railroads, wholesale houses
and from other sources.
A committee of five has been ap-
pointed to take charge of the general
arrangements and these together with
a committee from the city council will
start the ball rolling at once toward
making preparations for the biggest
and best celebration in the history of
the ranges.
Railway companies will be asked
to run excursion trains into the city
on that day and the electric railway
company will be urged to put on ad-
ditional train service to take care
of the crowds which are expected tc
come here.
Several brass bands will be en-
gagged, including the three city or
ganizations, and an effort will be
made to secure the famous Bucktail
fife and drum corps, which two years
ago made big hit at the celebration
in Virginia. This famous organiza-
ton is the remnant of the fife and
drum corps which went to the front
with a Minnesota regiment during the
civil war, and which has played at
nearly every Fourth of July celebra-
ton somewhere in the state since
hostilities ceased between the north
and the south. Last year the Buck
tails were at Gettysburg and furnish
ed music for the big gathering Of vet
Grams of the blue and the grey which
was held there the first part of July.
An effort will also be made to Sc
cure the we'll known Duluth Scotch
Highlander bagpipe organization:
which is composed Of representatives
of some of the big wholesale houses in
the Zenith City.
A grand parade is planned for the
morning, which will be followed in
the afternoon by athletic stunts of all
kinds to be pulled off on Chestnut
street, Central and Mesaba avenues
with ball game at Oliver park be-
tween the Northern league teams OF
Virginia and Winona. One band will
furnish music during the afternoon
at Olcott park, one at the South park
and the others will entertain the
crowd which will remain down town
In the evening, it is planned to have
display of fireworks to be set off
either on the north side of Silver lake
or at the proposed new market place
on Virginia lake on north Cleveland
avenue. Other amusements for the
evening will be provided, including
dancing at the several halls, band con.
certs, etc. The several show houses
including the Lyric, Royal, Grand
Bijou and Rex, will be open during the
afternoon and evening for the benefit
of those who seek this kind of enter
tainment.
The streets will be decorated an(
the business men will be asked to fi1
up their store fronts in manner be
fitting this great day. Residents will
also be requested to decorate thei
homes and do all they can to assis
the committees in making the day :
most enjoyable one for all.