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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
FARM TRAIN TO
START in MAY
Agricultural Department of the
d. & l. R. Plans Great
Amount of Work.
DAIRY, POULTRY AND
HOME QUESTIONS LISTED
Much Attention Will Be Given to
Aiding in Solution of Rural
Problems.

From Mondays Daily.
In contrast to the custom of the
past of giving demonstrations in the
towns and cities, this year the agri-
cultural department of the Duluth &
Iron Range railroad, by means Of the
agricultural special train which will
leave Duluth for a tour of the farm
ing communities in St. Louis county
during the first part of May, will at
tempt to get in closer touch with the
farmers in order to give them prac-
teal ideas regarding agriculture and
farm life in general. -
To Garry Working Models.
Dairying, poultry raising and home
economics will be featured on the
trip of the agricultural special, &C.
cording to w. A. Dickinson of the D.
& I. R.. The train will carry several
exhibits Of working models on the
farm and in each department of the
exhibit will be things arranged es-
pecially for instruction in the respec-
tive lines.
Milk testers will be carried on the
train and thorough instructions in
the testing of milk will be given the
farmers. Farmers will also be greatly
benefited through instructions that
! are to be given regarding the combi-
nations of feed. Exhibits will be car
! ried showing the combinations Of feed
chat an ordinary farmer in this To-
cality can make to feed his cows.
eve will stop in one town for a
day this year instead of spending two
or three days in one place, as we
have done in the past" said w. A.
Dickinson today. "Part Of each
day will be spent in visiting the farm
ers and getting acquainted with the
conditions surrounding their farm
life, and the other part will be taken
up with demonstrations in the towns.
To Learn Real Conditions.
eve want to get in touch with the
| farmers TINS year ana see the real
conditions, and we will make the best
agricultural centers in st. Louis
county; in other words, we will go to
the places where we can see the most
farmers and do the most good"
The itinerary for the trip of the
agricultural special is now being ar
ranged. Towns on the D. & I. R. and
the D. M. & N. will be visited. De-
spite the fact that the special has
been visited by small armies Of people
in the past, with the new plan of see
ing more farmers and conditions,
predicts that records Of attendance
will all be shattered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
SKI RIDERS IN
MONEY SUNDAY

From Mondays Daily.
Virginia ski riders made an ex-
cellent showing in yesterdays tour
aament at Superior. Ole Feiring was
awarded second prize for professional
riding, making 258 IL points. sigurd
Bergerson was second in the anna
teur events and AL Forti first with
jumps Of los feet. Bergerson fell,
however. John Evenson of Virginia
was fourth in the professional events
with a jump Of 100 feet. Anders
Haugen of Milwaukee, was first in
the professional events, making per-
feet jump of 1922 feet. The Virginia
Ski club was we'll represented at the
tournament. Among those attending
were Sixtus Lindahl, Harry Solberg,
Adolph Braa, c.. H. Osterberg, Gust
Sundling, H. Forti, c. Solberg, Mar
tin Bergerson, Sigurd Bergerson, G.
Med Donald, Carl Larson and others.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
INDEPENDENT CO.
is NOT COMING

from MONDAY 9 Ually
Independent telephone concerns are
not making arrangements to seek
franchises in iron range towns, ac-
cording to F. E. Randall Of the Zen
18th Telephone company Of Duluth,
who was in the city Saturday, con-
trary to the substance Of news story
printed in Saturdays Daily Enter
prise. The fact that stock is being
offered for sale in Virginia" said Mr..
Randall, sfhas no significance. "A
stakeholder, who has some Of our
stock has been trying to dispose Of a
limited number of shares here for
purely business reasons. His actions,
however, was not taken to pave the
way for the coming Of independent
telephone interests to the Mesaba
range" r -. : ..e5.=.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
C0NFESSES TO
SETTING FIRE
From Mondays Daily.
ESPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRISE.)

ESPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRIsE.)
BEM1DJI, March 9.-Upon his own
confession Frank Warner, former
justice of the peace at Turtle River,
but who has served time in the peni-
tertiary, has confessed, in a written
document, that he went to the Bemidji
saw mill at 2:30 a. M, Thursday and
deliberately started fire which des-
troyed that 100000 structure.
The capture and confession Of War
ner is the result of brilliant piece of
detective work on the part of S. c.
Bailey, the Bemidji game warden.
Mr.. Bailey visited the mill and as
the result of observations and meas
urements of tracks in the snow OBJ
tanned clue, which resulted in the
arrest of Warner by Sheriff Johnson
late last night.
Signs Written Confession.
Before being locked up in the coun'
ty Jail, Warner expressed desire to
plead guilty at once and go to Still
water and signed a written confession
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
ELY PRIEST WHO CAME TO RANGE
BEFORE RAILR DADS TO Gel EBR ATE
HIS EIGHTY FIRST BIRTHDAY
Aged Minister of Northern Minnesota SO Years Ago. Before
the White Settlers CameIn Spite of Age Has Splendid
Heath-Christened First White Child Born in Bwabik

built and q CaCnOllc missionary was
required at Tower, I was appointed.
II arrived in January, 1888, and
was also in charge of Two Harbors,
where we built the present church.
Then the Chandler mine in Ely open
ed, which I also took in my charge.
Then Biwabik started in line, where
was called by John Murnik to chris
ten baby, the first white child born
in Biwabik, which was given free
lot by the land company, as dona-
ton and the child got the name of
Mary Biwabik.
"The access to Biwabik was in an
awful condition, as the railroad had
not yet reached there. There was only
a temporary road cut through the
woods. Many buggies and convey
ances were broken on that wagon
road. There were wet seasons and
some swampy places, consequently
the wagon wheels usually struck
+ rocks or stumps or hole, so a per-
son had better walk than to ride. On
my return I got horse from J. Pref
ner to get back to Mesaba station.
They soon pushed the railroad from
Allen Junction to Biwabik, Virginia
and Hibbing. Later on they built to
Eveleth, Aurora, Mountain Iron, CHS
hahn, Bull and other points, and now
a comfortable street car besides rail-
roads connects these iron range towns
"Most remarkable and noticeable
is certainly the change here in Ely,
In 1883 they had only the Iron Range
railroad, the Chandler mine was a
producing one, while the Pioneer mine
was only prospect. Big pine trees
were growing all over. About doz-
en- houses had been built, scattered
around for some miners and traders
and some roads cut through the
woods. Now we have a fine modern
city, with many improvements, ce.
ment sidewalks, electric lights and
water works, between 5000 and 5000
inhabitants, several churches, and q
good commercial trade to satisfy all
our needs and wants."
Signed,
| RI. REV. MGR. JOS. F. BUN.
! Father Buh carries his 81 years as
| easily, in spite of his hardships Of
the early pioneer life, as many mer
20 years his junior. He frequently
makes long trips, only returning last
week from a business trip to New
/ York city. Three times he has visited
the land Of his birth and is confident
| that he will make another trip to the
old homeland.
He conducts three services each
| Sunday, and reads mass daily, besides
| uniting in the ministries of Joy anc
sorrow with his numerous flock Of
parishioners.
On March 18th he will have round
| ed 81 years of life, and in April will
have completed so years of service
for his church in Minnesota.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
PROBLEM FOR
CITY POLICE
From Mondays Daily.

Sam Point was more or less of a
problem to the city police department
yesterday. Following protracted
drinking bout which left him on the
edge of deliriun, Point Saturday night
stole a bicycle from John Med Donald.
The wheel was left standing in front
of Chestnut street business house.
It was recovered out on the North
Side where he had thrown it aside and
Point was later arrested at. Mountain
Iron. He was jailed last night and
this morning the turnkey was shocked
to find that Point had destroyed all
his clothing except 9 shirt, tearing it
to ribbons. He could not be arraigned
before Judge Carey in that fashion
and the officers were busy this morn
ing skirmishing up = suit Of clothes
for him 50 that he might be made pre-
.sentahle for 4 hearing, ..s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
WORK TRAINS TO LAY Steel
BETWEEN GHEEN AND Fl. FRANCES

From Mondays Daily. S. s.. .,s. I.
Several work trains will go in
service on the line Of the Duluth,
Winnipeg & Pacific railway between
:2GGheen and Fort Frances as soon as
weather will permit in the spring on
improvements to the roadbed and
right-of-way. Between Gheen and
Fort Frances there still remains to be
laid siderable quantity Of eighty
pound steal. replacing the lighter
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
IOWA PLAN TO
Be FOLIO
IN MINNESOTA | ! | ! ! A !.
Economy and Efficiency Com
mission Takes Lesson from
the Hawkeye State.
GOVERNOR HEADS THE
PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION
Minnesota Idea Follows Federal
Scheme on Commission Il
Form of Government.

ESPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRIsE.)
From Mondays Daily. -
ST. PAUL, March 9.-Iowa has
beaten us to it.. But then their COM
mittee on retrenchment and reform
had nearly a years start Of us. y
The Iowa committee is all ready to
60 to the next legislature with COM
plete plans for consolidation of the
state government into six depart
ments, each under director general
Very much like the plan the Mime
sofa commission is working out.
These proposed departments in the
Iowa scheme are to be:
Public safety.
Agriculture, commerce and indus
try.
Public works.
Public health.
Education.
Corrections and charities.
In this plan the governor is to be
head Of the department of public safe
ty and is to appoint five directors gen.
eral. These will make up the execu-
tive council, body like cabinet.
There is also to be a department
of finance in which the auditor and
treasurer are to be included, and a
legal department which will embrace
the attorney general and secretary OF
state.
A legislative reference bureau is an
important innovation in the scheme OF
government, an idea borrowed from
Wisconsin.
As to courts the report makes radi.
cal changes and it proposes also tc
limit the expenses Of the Legislature
itself, with neither of which the Min.
nesota commission intends to deal.
1owa's structure is evidently much
simpler than Minnesota's; they have
no forestry department like ours, nj
school fund like ours, no landed estate
like Minnesota's. Their industrial de-
velopments are on simpler lines. Min
nesota may therefore require more
machinery to take care of a greater
variety of activities. - @z5>.>-- -.
1t is interesting to note the influ
ence of the city commission idea or
this draft. Though they have got away
from the idea of commission elected
by the people, which is prevailing il
Kansas agitation, they have commits
sion in effect, with duties assigned K
each member, including the governor
The Minnesota idea as it, is devel
oping is more like the federal govern
ment-a chief executive who has NJ
specific duties, and department heads
under him forming cabinet.
But it is very interesting to see how
! closely in general ideas Wisconsin
Iowa, Kansas, Ohio and Illinois art
coming to the same ends that Mime
sofa seems to be reaching.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13

steel which has been in service since
the line was built. New ties are also
to be put in, some new sidings rebuilt.
and good deal Of ballasting done.
a steamshovel will be started at work
in the Iddington pit as soon as the.
weather will permit. Two crews were
taken out Of service the latter part.
zof last week owing to q slump in the
shipments Of forest products BY north
country loggers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
r /
AIMING
TO tate TOWNS
Attention Called to Dire Need
Of Fire Resistive Equipment
Generally.
LOSSES OF TOWN AND
VILLAGE RECORDS
Every Court House and Public
Building Should Have Emer-
gency Apparatus.
From Mondays Daily.
ESPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRIsE.)

ESPECIAL. TO THE ENTERPRISE.) =
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March State
Fire Marshall, C. E. Keller, is sending
notices to all county and town Off
Gals calling their attention to the
dire need of fire resistive equipment,
and the need of special care as to
their storage vaults and safes for the
public records. .-...s..
Reports gathered in the office of
the State Fire Marshall reveals the
fact that the losses of county, town
and village records are Of frequent &C.
currence. Lack of care and proper
fireproof equipment made easy the
destruction when the demon Fire at
tackled them.
It is of the highest Importance that
wills, deeds, vital statistics and SINH
lar invaluable documents and records
should be placed where, in event of
fire, however fierce, they will be safe.
No town or village however small
can afford to lose it's records. Think
of the inconvenience and hardship it
brings upon the business man, the
working man, and the widow and
orphan.
In an interview with State Fire
Marshall Keller he said: "The re-
ports which come to this office from
all over the country show losses of
valuable records in the United States
that are sad and deplorable. Valuable
records and manuscripts that can
never be replaced have gone up in
smoke.
solder communities of the Eastern
and Middle States are more cul-
pable in this respect than those in the
Western States"
"Let me give you what ought to
be an object lesson to every official
and every man who may have only a
scrap of paper to go on record. 1t
happened to Waterford, New York,
the second richest town Of its size
in the state. A number of years ago
Waterford had a big fire. Nearly
everything pertaining to town records
was destroyed. The trouble that fire
caused has never ceased.
"Waterford has not even profited by
her severe lesson. Let us not have
this kind of a loss in Minnesota.
"After a careful inspection of public
buildings by our deputies, we have
found that towns in our own state
should be on guard and provide alb
solute safety for their records.
IF a fire was to start in some of
these buildings valuable records would
be quickly destroyed and the loss
would be felt for long time.
every court house, and building
used to store public records should be
equipped with fire proof vaults with
metal fittings and containers through
out. Books and records should be
properly bound. The use Of wood or
any combustible material in any room
where public records are kept should
be strictly prohibited.
ut should be the duty Of the Off
Gals who are responsible to the coun-
ty or town for the safe keeping of
public records to agitate the question
of safety without ceasing until fire.
proof equipment has been provided.
"Then rules should be laid down as
to the storage each night Of the rec
ords and every care possible be made
to see that they are SAFE"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
HIBBING Will
HAYEGAS PLANT
From Mondays Daily.

: .
The village Of Hibbing, the biggest
village on earth, will investigate the
feasibility Of establishing gas plant.
At tomorrow nights meeting Of the
council Mayor Power will appoint 9
committee to thoroughly investigate
the advisability Of establishing there
water gas plant. The committee
will visit various plants in Iowa and
Illinois before making its report to
the council. Mayor Power said Sat
urday that the Virginia council would
be invited to send committee on the
trip with the Hibbing committee. He
believes . gas plant would be q fine
thing for Hibbing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
SUPREME COURT
DENIES REVIEW
Pardon Only Hope Of Labor
Union Officials Convicted
of Dynamiting.
From Mondays Daily.
<BY ASSOCIATED PREss.)

WASHINGTON, March 9.-The SUI
preme court of the United States to-
day refused to review the conviction
in the dynamiting cases of Frank NJ.
Ryan and % other members of the
Iron Workers union. Only pardon
can now keep the convicted men from
serving terms in the Federal peniten-
tiary. ~.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
The Faith That Wins.

II Sheldon had a salve that
would give every business candi-
date the salesman's eczema, I'd
take his whole output on suspi
cion.
The salesman who makes the
record is not the one who knows
the most or the one who is the
best looking; he's the smiling, pa
tient personality who believes in
his Zine" who believes in his
house, who believes in himself
and who never hears the word
mo-"
Buyers in loose wra ppers do not
wait for you around the corner.
You have to go after the buyers
very much as the Romans went
after the Sabines. 1t is persis-
tency and a never dropping faith
in your goods that win.
The buyer is a shy and sly
proposition. He likes to be
chased The man who gets the
order is the one with the sales
mans eczema.
There are two departments to
every business. One is the Out
Go and the other is the n-Come.
When times are scarce" the
Out-Go men are cut down or laid
off, and the lads who lay them off
are the In Come boys.
A travelling man must have the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
Questions Answered

lived to an advanced age, dying in
peace in his own bed. The theory
as advanced by many is that New
went to North Carolina, became
a school teacher and made many
friends, to the more intimate Of
whom he confided his secret. But
there is not much to the story ex-
Cept its novelty.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
MARSHAL NEY.

T c. H.-Yes. it has been main
tanned that the famous Marshal
Ney, whom Napoleon called the
"Bravest of the brave was not
executed as history makes him
out 10 have been. but succeeded.
by the help of friends, in making
his escape TO America where he
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
wAsAINeToN,s LAST ILLNESS.

j. B. George Washington
died from a very severe attack of
bronchitis. Always accustomed
to an active, outdoor life, he for
got that he was growing old, and
one day he carelessly exposed
himself during a long horseback
ride through a wild snoWstorm.
and the result was the throat
affection which, helped along by
the terrible remedies" Of the
time, such as bleeding, "cupping"
and clustering" carried him off.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
Bv EBERT HUBBARD

salssman's eczema--a nose for
orders, scent for trade. Other
wise he is out of the game. Nail
the business. Promises do not
meet the payroll,
1t is certainly true that you can .
not afford to sell a man goods
that are going to burden him; but
it is also true that it is for you to
decide as TO what q customer
needs, and then see that he gets
it.
Buyers, through habit fight on
the defensive
There are various ways of
overcoming their scruples, but
unless you have the salesmans
eczema you'll wander forever
a lone, lone holluschickie, and
Clio will carve on your tomb a
single word: Skunked
Fellowship Brotherhood.
The Order of the United Com
mercial Travellers of America is
a fraternity of gallant gentle
men.
The word united" suggests one
of the greatest words in the
English language.
1t means friendship, union, mu-
tuality, banding together-co-
operation 1t implies action the
concurrent striving together for
the attainment of certain OBJ
jects.
OF this cooperation is born
fellowship. And such organiza-
tons as the order of the United
Commercial Travellers OF America
lift this fellowship from casual
acquaintance to intimacy and
brotherhood that makes for cour-
age, sanity and success.
This fraternity and intimacy
are not limited to society or So
cial functions.
1t permeates the whole range
OF commercial activities and en-
teTs into the business life of the
whole nation.
At one time business was a
besting game. II has evolved
from a system of piracy and cut
Throat competition to one of CO.
operation and emulation.
True, there is rivalry existing
between big business men to-day,
but it is the healthy rivalry that
tends TO all-around efficiency
Commereialism used to be an
epithet flung at the heads Of
business men who, through ear
nest striving and application Of
effort, brought their ideas to
fruition.
Estheticism is anemic It is
the business man, the commercial
traveller with the red corpuscIe
turkey trotting through his veins
who is robust and useful
No class of men are better
psychologists, better citizens than
they.
The success OF the genus homo
depends on his homogeneousness.
And the Order of the United
Commercial Travellers of Ameri-
ca is which and the same.
The commercial travellers are
the modern Tenth Legion. They
build up and protect the nation
al greatness, not by force of arms.
but by force of personality back
ed up by reputable commodities.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06

TWENTY-FIVE years ago |
was a travelling man.
made the Michigan towns
from Detroit to Bay City and
Saginaw, then across to Grand
Rapids, down to Three Rivers,
and back by way of Kalamazoo,
Jackson and the present place of
the breakfast foods, then over to
the jayhawker towns--to classic
Ann Arbor, on to Ypsilianti, theN
land of the Yagerites-union for
ever.
| wore a dinky derby spring
bottom pants, a red necktie, a
waxed mustache and a Warm
Vest that would make that Jo-
seph's coat look like an eXpur-
gated copy of the Essay on ST.
lenCe.
But this was nothing to my
smile-my smile was contagious.
When | arrived in town every
body smiled and invited others to
smile. The man who deals out
White Rock smiled, the bus driv
er glowed, the babies cooed, the
dogs barked and the dining room
girls giggled when l came to
town.
/ scattered smiles. lilac-tinted
stories, patchouli persihage, good
cheer and small silver change all
over the route
Especially the stories-I always
started out with three New Ones,
and told 'em from Detroit clear
around to White Pigeon and back.
And | sold the goods.
did not merely lay corner
stones and get things into shape.
I did not secure a promise of an
order the next time; I did not fix
the man for future trade and
then brag about it.
| got the mans name on the
dotted line. That is what did.
Business doomed. and doomed
b1siuesS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
SURRENDER OF CORVALLIS

A. r, K.-''A" loses. Lord Corn
wallis did not surrender to
George Washington. Colonel
Laurens, who conducted the ne
gotiations. arranged matters so
that Lord CORVALLIS sword
should be received by General
Lincoln. TO reward that officer for
the rebuff that had been given
him at the time of his surrender
at Charleston.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
The Facts About Free Tolls in
the Panama Canal

You Mr. Reader, Are Vitaly Interested, and It Be
hooves You to Wake Up if You Are Going to Defeat
Conspiracy Which Will Rob You of One of the Great
est Benefits of the Canal to the American People.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
THE PRESIDENCY.

w. ]. H.-Let it be said, once
and for all, that anyone, if duly
qualified American citizen, can
constitutionally run for the high
Office of President of the United
States. No matter what his re
ligion" may be, he can run, get
elected provided he can find
enough people to give him their
votes). and take his seat, with
out any constitutional objections.