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The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-30
Robert Rurns.

Robert Burns belongs in the very
front rank of the worlds great men.
AS song writer he stands along
with Goethe. Heine and Beranger, and
as satirist he ranks well up with
Juvenal and Pascal. His "Coter's Sat
urday Night" his Tam o. Shanter"
and his Holy Fair" are simply mimi
table. as great, in their line, as the
most consummate masterpieces of the
worlds greatest writer's. Burns was
original in the best sense of that
word. and his songs, satires, epistles
and many OF his more serious produc-
tions stand forth unique. and fresh,
and powerful as the tints OF Titan
or the chiseling OF Phidiae.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-30

Paris Express. and we want to get
the Great Mystery unraveled before
we sail"
Yes. Captain MacManus." said an
other. Please, sir, tell us what this
isv' and he thrust into the old mans
hands one Of those antiquated card
board affairs which, in the long past
days of their usage. were designated
as cabinet photographs"
II found 1t in an old trunk l was
going through" gasped the apprentice
in awe. II was afraid to touch 1t at
first. l didn't know what 1t might be.
Then l put on my germ proof and
current proof glove and picked 1t up.
1t didn't hurt me. So l brought 1t
here. / know you could tell us what
1t is II anybody could"
Old MacManus twirled his binocu-
lars.
Right you are, kids, in coming to
me- paid he. 'If anybody can tell
you anything about ancient relics I'm
the man. Why. can remember back
to the days when women couldn't
vote"
While the apprentices were recov-
ering from th,s aws-inspiring asser-
ton of antiquity, the captain was hold
! ing tne object Of the commotion OFF
at arms length and studying it care
fully.
my lads" said be at last, 'it's a
photograph"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-30
THE GENESIS OF THE HossLg

Captain MacManus, master airiga-
Dor, leaned idly on the pneumatic star
board rail of the great New YORK re-
ceiving float of the Five Continents
G Australia Aerial line and gszed
below. as 1t was in the year 1862.
Down on the caissons of the r. C.
Z A ground terminal tiny electrical
depot-tender, all glass and wire, was
taking aboard her quota of passen-
gers. bound for the float to catch the
1911 Express for Paris. The Express,
q monster 900-footer, that flashed her
red hull across the Atlantic on the
10,000-foot level at the rate of $50
miles an hour, lay in her clips On the
float, impatient to be released and
tear herself away from contact with
things near-mundane. Tiny 3o0-foot
express packets from Washington,
Chicago, Pittsburg and other nearby
points were swarming to the float.
discharging their passengers and
mails for the big Express, taking their
release signals and scurrying back
whence they came.
1t was scene that the captain had
seen year after year. yet he never
tired of witnessing the silent swift
ness with which the thing was man
aged.
A tiny bell buzzed near him and No.
10 Starboard Clip swiftly opened its
great steel arms and awaited the com
ing of the boat that had signaled It,.
Down below the tender rose up from
the terminal caissons, spiraled upward
in long curves and one minute later
No. 10 Clip received it in its arms
Out of the tender came rushing
four boys in the white and green uni
forms of the apprentices of the line.
kids bound for the training
grounds in the Himalaya's." grunted
Captain MacManus.
The boys instantly made a respect
full rush toward him
What luck!" cried one. We've
got just fifteen minutes to catch the
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-30

possible precautions hog cholera ap-
pears on your farm, notify the state
veterinarian. or state agricultural col
lege. and secure serum for the treat
ment OF those not affected. The early
application of the serum is essential.
The department of agriculture does
not distribute this hog-cholera serum
direct to farmers. The department
produces only such serum as is re-
quired for its own experimental work.
Farmers, therefore. should appeal to
their own state officials.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-30
FRIENDLY TIP.
Restored Hope and confidencs.

After several years OF indigestion
and Its attendant evil influence on the
mind, 1t is not very surprising that
one finally loses faith in things gem
orally.
A N. Y. woman writes an interesting
letter She says:
Three years ago suffered from an
attack Of peritonitis which left me in
a most miserable condition. For over
two years suffered from nervousness.
weak heart. shortness OF breath, could
not sleep. etc.
Ny appetite was ravenous bet I
felt starved all the time. had plenty
Of food but 1t did not nourish me be-
cause of intestinal indigestion. Medi-
cal treatment did not seem to help. I
got discouraged. stopped medicine and
did not care much whether lived or
died.
One day friend asked me why l
didn't try Grape-Nuts food, stop drink
ing coffee and use Postum had lost
faith In everything, but to please my
friend ] began to use both and soon
became very fond OF them.
1T wasn't long before got some
strength, felt a decided change In my
system. hope sprang up in my heart
and slowly but surely I got better. ]
could sleep very well. the constant
craving for food ceased and l have
better health now than before the at
tack of peritonitis.
My husband and are still using
Grape-Nuts ard Postum"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville,' in pkgs- There's Reason"
Ever read the above Ietferf new
one nppenrs from time to fisne. They
are genuine. true, mud full OF humna
interest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-30

regular and W as
tired and sleepy all
the time, would have
cold chills, and my
hands and feetwould
bloat- My stomach
bothered me, i had
pain in my side and
a bad headache most
of the time. Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has
done me lots of good
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-30
Very Near II.

Sonny-Pa. what is split mimi
tive?
Pa-Sometbing like this. Alabama
ought to love Mobile
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-30
WOMAN IN
BAD CONDITION
Restored To Health by Lydia
E Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound.

Montpelier, VT I'VE have great
faith in your remedies. / was very ir-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
JOHNSON MAY
PLEAD GUILTY.:
OTHER CASES
Man Who Is Alleged to Have
Shot Companion Says Mind
Is A Blank.
MATT ALA CASE TO
BE TRIED AT HIBBING
Trial of Adam Stozak, Accused
of Attempted Arson, Starts
Here Tomorrow.

Announcement was made this morn
ing at the district court building stat
ing that John Johnson, laborer, who is
charged with having shot Leonard
Johnson, in a tie camp near Zim, last
August, will plead guilty when he is
arraigned before Judge Hughes in dis
trict court here tomorrow.
Johnson, who has been a prisoner in
the county Jail at Duluth ever since
the day he is alleged to have Plugged
his namesake, does not recall having
fired the shot. II was drunk that
day." he stated this morning. II had
been drinking freely for hours. My
brain was so bemuddled that I cannot
.'ecall what might have led up to the
;hooting or that there was any shoot
ing done. However, since Leonard
Johnson and myself were the only two
people in the shack at that time, it
must have been who did the job.
"The injured man and myself were
,hums. We had been living together
n the shack for sometime and never
aad even quarreled. We never had had
a difference. If I did do the shooting
am sorry for it,
Leonard Johnson, the injured man
stated to the authorities at Eveleth
It the time he was brought to the
More hospital at Eveleth that he and
Johnson had quarreled over a girl
With whom both were in love. He said
hat on the evening of the shooting
ne was preparing supper when his
camp mate grabbed rifle and fired
at him, sending bullet through both
If his hands. A second shot missed
md then the cartridge chamber of the
gun clogged making it impossible to
ire more shots.
Matt Ala, curio collector, who was
arrested here last August when he
md two other men were accused of
having robbed Felix Sibala, pro-
prietor of a Pine street boarding
house of $425, will be taken to Hib-
Ding and tried at the term of district
court which is soon to open there. Ala
would have been tried at the present
,erm Of court here but his attorney,
Walter Dacey of Duluth, is i'll. Alas
:runk, which is in the possession of
;he local sheriff's force, contains sew
eral dozen neckties, women's furs, a
grand collection of socks, many
watches, cuff buttons, etc.
It is probable that Adam Stozak
accused of having set fire to logs
owned by the w. T. Bailey Lumber
company and which were in Virginia
lake, this city, will be placed on trial
tomorrow morning. It is alleged the
defendant tried several times to set
fire to the logs and that when he final.
ly succeeded he was arrested
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
CLEARING. BIG
FARMS AT COOK

Patrick Coffey, R. A. Peers and N.
]. Smith are among the Virginians
who believe the agricultural country
about Cook has a fine future. Mr.
Peers and Mr.. Smith have had farms
there for some time which they have
considerably improved and Mr.. Cof-
fey has just purchased 100 acres ad-
joining the Peers farm. On the three
farms force Of 30 men are working
clearing for the breaking ploy. They
expect next year to have 320 acres
under cultivation and will have some
of the finest farms in st. Louis coun-
ty when the work Of developing them
is completed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
INVESTIGATION
| OF MEAT TRUST
BEGINS TONIGHT
Probable That Hearing Will Ex-
tend Over Several Special
Meetings of Council.
PLANS FOR HOLDING
INQUIRY OUTLINED
Dealers Will Give Testimony Be-
fore Council as Committee
of the Whole.

The investigation of the alleged
local meat trust will begin this even
ing at special meeting of the coun-
Gil at the city hall. President Fred
erick NOLAN of the council will pre-
side and the inquiry will be under the
direction of City Attorney Montague,
It will cover charges that have been
made that there is a combine of local
dealers to arbitrarily fix the price of
meats on the Virginia market, that
presents have been made to meat in
spectors, that independent dealers
have been forced out of business by
the combine, that dealers have hamp-
cred the local meat inspector in the
discharge Of his duty and other mat
ters of like nature.
Tonight's meeting is not expected to
progress much further than to outline
the general plan of the investigation,
and this morning it was not definitely
decided whether any testimony would
be taken at the session or not.
Among the witnesses who are ex-
pected to testify during the investiga-
tion is Barney Schneider, a former
meat dealer in this city, who it is al
legged has inside knowledge of what is
purported to be a meat combine. Meat
Inspector Fred Engel will also be an
important witness. A number Of con-
sumers who have been chief among the
eo1nplainants will also be summoned.
Local meat dealers stated yesterday
that they would not be represented by
an attorney, but expected to testify
and were confident when the hearing
was concluded all charges that meat
combine existed would have been dis
posed of to the satisfaction of the
public and with the result that the
dealers would be exonerated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
CIGARETTE SETS
FIRE IN HOTEL

A Turkish cigarette, blended with
all the odors Of the dear old Orient
and filled to the cork tip with dreams
of wiggling dancing girls, caused an
early morning blaze in one of the
rooms of the New Fay hotel.
A roomer, whose name has been
withheld, arose from his bed about
80 o'clock this morning to indulge
in few inhalations of King Nicotine.
hen he had satisfied his craving
he carelessly laid the cigarette on the
bed. The mattress and pillows caught
fire. The fire department was called
and extinguished the blaze after
throwing the burning material
through a window into the street.
Little damage was done and none of
the guests were disturbed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
COOK SETTLERS
ARE UP IN ARMS
Object to Manner in Which They
Have Been Assessed for
New County Ditch.

Settlers in the rich and rapidly de-
veloping country about Cook are in
arms over the manner in which they
have been assessed for County Ditch
No. being constructed to drain and
reclaim lands in that vicinity. The
board of viewers were at Cook last
week interviewing the settlers as to
the assessments on their lands and the
benefits. The assessments range from
so cents to $4 an acre.
Settlers at Cook say the viewers
have made the assessment from blue
prints instead Of actually going on the
land and determining from personal
observation the benefits that each DO
acres would derive from the ditch
Therefore, in many instances 40-acre
tracts that are all high land or nearly
all high land have been assessed at
the maximum rate of 81 an acre.
The settlers are in favor of the
ditch but are determined that they
will not pay assessments on such lands
as are not benefited by the ditch, the
viewers having placed an assessment
of so cents an acre on all high lands
near the ditch, claiming that such
lands would be benefited by the warm
ing up Of the soil.
The settlers declare they refuse to
be assessed for "hot air" and will take
measures to see that the viewers 20
over the land carefully near the ditch
and determine what portion of their
Lands are actually benefited by drain
age and place the assessments on such
lands only.
Owing TO the rapid development of
the country around Cook facilitated
by the building of good roads and the
clearing Of high lands by the settlers
the county commissioners upon being
petitioned, saw fit to establish the
ditch which will make possible the
cultivation of many thousands Of
acres of swamp land and will add ma
terial wealth to the country.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
RANGE LEAGUE
WlLL.BEF0RMED

With the going out of commission
of the local Northern league baseball
team, has been born a desire on the
part of many Of the local fans to re-
turn to independent ball, the same as
was staged in Virginia before the or
ganized bug alighted here. The fans
believe that a greater interest would
be shown in the games.
1t is now planned to form a league
which would be made up of Interna-
tional Falls, Hibbing, Chisholm and
Virginia and play Saturday and Sun
day games together with holiday
dates such as Memorial day, Fourth of
July and Labor day. The schedule
can be so arranged, the fans declare,
50 that each city will receive an equal
number of contests.
The plan now is to call a meeting of
the heads of the various teams in this
section and they will meet with a
representative to be chosen by the
Virginia fans. Thiss meeting will
probably be held here the first week
in November when the league will be
organized and a schedule committee
appointed.
Virginia already has the nucleus OF
team. Patrolman Fred Anthony is
acknowledged the best catcher on the
range and "Red" Mccullough, desk
sergeant at police headquarters, is
star infelder. It is probable that
Fred Greisch, outfielder, now playing
with the Adams Athletic club football
team, will return here next spring
George Meehan, Frank Cummings ant
a number of other local semi -profes
sional players will be able to MAKE
the team and show class.
Securing good pitching material will
be the one difficult proposition whic]
the local management will have t.
contend with; but as there are severa
free-agents who have had big leagu
experience, who can be secured if pa
tronage warrants, this difficulty can b
overcome.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
AUTO HIGHWAY
IS NEAR FINISH

Crawling Of six miles of the Inter-
national road, which will provide an
excellent automobile highway from
Virginia to Angora and Cook will be
finished in about two weeks, accord
ing to Alex Watts, who has been In
charge of the work. The completion
Of this road will be much appreciated
both by Virginia and North country
residents. The road is now passable
for light automobiles, but is rough in
spots. North country residents with
the cooperation Of the Virginia Com
mercial club secured an appropriation
from the county commissioners last
spring for the completion of the road.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
CHRISTMAS TREE
MERCHANT BUSY

George Schlecht Of Duluth, who has
made a fortune selling Christmas
trees and is going into the business
on larger scale than ever this year,
is at Cook, where he is erecting a
building to take care Of his business,
where Christmas trees will be pre-
pared and shipped to all sections of
the country. Mr.. Schlect has patented
device whereby small evergreen
trees can be packed in a paper case
and shipped by parcel post aid ex-
press at a small cost. He has for
several years furnished the Christ
mas trees which decorate the tables
in the Waldorf Astoria and othe big
hotels in New York city at Christmas
time and ships thousands Of them to
the eastern cities every year. He will
begin the work Of securing the trees
for the 1914 season and preparing
them for shipment at once.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
ON VISIT
TO THE RANGE

B. N. Peyton of the Peyton Paper
company, Duluth, arrived in the city
last night on visit to the range. Mr..
Peyton motored to Virginia from Du-
luth yesterday and reports that the
Miller trunk road is not the best in
spots as the result Of recent rains.
From Virginia he went to Hibbing
this morning where he will join C. NJ.
Atkinson in an outing at Sturgeon
lake for several days. Mr.. Peyton is
one of Duluth's business men who
takes a good deal of interest in the
range towns and cities and who re-
CARDS Virginia as one of the best
towns in the state. The Peyton Paper
company have built up large busi-
ness in the range territory which is
constantly increasing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
MOVIE MAN IS
STILL WORKING

Otto Brenner, the moving picture
man, who is taking views of Virginia
business houses and the city's streets
and public buildings to be used in the
! scenario that will tell an interesting
story of Virginia is still busy today
making pictures of the various stores
on Chestnut street. Mr.. Beckman, who
is leading man in the play was this
morning photographed at Savolainen's
jewelry store, where he bought dia-
, mond ring. He will be married to an
heiress in the scenario by Rev. Arthur
O'Dea.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
WAYWARDY0UTH
MENTALLY WEAK

John Ohrn, "a years and resident
of Orr, was sentenced to three months
in the county Jail late yesterday af-
ternoon when he was taken before
Judge Carey in municipal court on a
charge preferred by his father, Jacob
Ohrn, who told the court that his son
had taken a shot at him and had
often threatened to kill him.
The father explained that his son
is mentally weak and would be liable
to shoot any one if crossed. 1t is
probable that the youth will be ex-
amined in probate court.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
FOR
new BUILDINGS

D. German, architect, is preparing
sketches for the new courthouse pro-
posed to be built at Hibbing and for
the Odd Fellows building which is
contemplated to be erected in Virginia.
Mr.. German is now in business for
himself and reports that he has sew
eral good jobs in sight. The plans
for the buildings at Hibbing and in
Virginia on which Mr.. German is
working are merely preliminary
sketches and it has not yet been de-
finitely decided when either will be
erected.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09

who starred last season with the Vir-
ginia team will appear in the lineup
Sunday, playing one of the end posi-
tions. Frank Cummings, one of the
fastest boys in the northwest, will
play the other end. Coach Walter
Rademacher is much pleased with the
Virginia team and believes it has a
good chance to win the state cham
pionsAip>
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
ROCK ISLAND
TO BE SOUNDED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-1nvestiga-
tion of the financial operations of the
Rock Island railway by the Interstate
Commerce commission, will begin here
October 10Th before Commissioner
Clements.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
TOMORROW

Some resident of Virginia will be One Hundred Dollars
richer by six o'clock tomorrow evening.
The special prize contest for the best work done by
participant in The Enterprise subscription campaign will
end at p. m. and the prize will be awarded at p.
The for this splendid prize has created widespread
interest the friends of the different participants and
with the public generally.
1t is anybody's price, from present indications.
Perhaps YOU will be the one to decide who shall win.
"Now is the time to subscribe"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
Battle of the Aisne Still Continues

LONDON Oct 8-Correspondents of the Times in Paris
commenting the battle the north France says "fter
26 days the formidable battle of the Asne still without
giving definite result This part immense front now
extends from the nehborood Noyon Lassgny p to
the Belgian frontier formed in part by the Iys"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09

= Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Mattson Of
Spring Lake, Mimi, are guests Of
Miss Har9.Rak YaesF a tAis city, = :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
Germans Fail to Make PROGRESS

PARIS, Oct 8-An official announcement issued here says:
ION left wing in the region of the department Nord
enemy has made at point At certain points
moved back particularly to the north of Ara where fighting
developing under conditions favorable operations
of the opposing forces Of cavalry developing present
time almost far the seacoast the the
Somme and the Ose in the vicinity of Roye the enemy still in
force but have etakn the major positions we were
obliged to give To the north Of the Asne numerical
strength Of the German troops dimnished
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
DEATH and DESTRUCTION IS VISITED UPON ANTWERP;
CAPITAL MOVED TO 0STEND; Will YED CITIZENS FLEE
WHO is YOUR, CHOICE?

The following persons are the
candidates for the honors in the
Enterprise campaign.
Miss Katherine Gately
Mr.. E. C. Whitaker
Miss Helga Lofbacka
Miss Sina Laury
Mr.. l.. M. Lund
Miss Helma Jyhla
This list includes all who have
turned in collections in the cam
paign and are still in the race
Give them your support for the
500 special prize: to be awarded
tomorrow, as we'll as for the regu-
lar prize.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
French Attacks Are Repulsed.
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON Oct 8-A Berlin dispatch to the Reuter- contains
the official statement issued at general headquarters Berlin
the night of October The engagements the right
France had not let decision The attacks of
French in Che Argonnes and have
been repulsed The attack of River
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
Aeroplanes Drop Bombs In Paris.
(By Associated Press.)

PARIS, Oct 8A German aeropane flying Paris in the
suburbs of Aubervers Saint Dennis at o'clock this morning
dropped two bobs which wounded number of persons
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
Belgian Capital Is Moved to Ostend.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON Oct 8-An official cabegram to the Belgian
legation here that the Belgian capital has
from Antwerp to Ostend.