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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
INVENTED new
TENT SUPPORTS

After two years of work in develop
ing the idea, Joseph Sargent, Of the
Range Tent and Awning company
has perfected support for show tents
which will eliminate the poles and
ropes in the interior. He has applied
for a patent and has been notified
that he will get it.
His plan of doing away with all
the outside poles and braces is worked
out in this manner. He has six or more
large poles on each side of the tent
on the outside. Each pair of poles
which are PARALLEL are fastened to-
gether with cable with the necessary
supports, which are in the most part
cable. At intervals of a few feet
ropes fastened to pulleys suspended
from the cables are fastened to the
tent thus making it easier to put it
up and down.
One of the most desirable features
offered by this plan is that it does
away with the carrying of poles and
thus increases travelling facilities TO,
the tents of shows and circuses. ANY
telephone pole can be used. This
system also does away with great
deal Of the wear on the canvas.
Mr.. Sargent will advertise the sys.
tenn in the Billboard, the theatrica
weekly. He is working on another in
vention and expects to have it complet
cd in three months.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
Big CROWD IS
COMING ! J ! III !! FOR I SKI s.
TOURNAMENT |
Car Service Arranged Insures
Ample Accommodation; Plenty
of Snow at the Hill.

The best service in carrying the ski
fans out to the hill, for the tournament
to be held here Sunday, has been
promised and twelve extra cars will be
run. Preparations are being made to
entertain several thousands of visit
ors and the tournament promises to
out do any previous tournament in
the country in point of attendance.
Hundreds of enthusiasts will be here
from Duluth and Superior and the
Range towns will send large crowds.
The best riders In the country have
entered and previous records will prob
ably be shattered as the hill is in fine
shape and is the biggest in the world
used for skiing. Riders of all nation
alities will take part. There will be
prizes in three classes: the boys, anna
teur and professional.
Sig Bergerson, the Virginia rider,
who for two years held the amateur
championship, has returned from a
trip through the states Of Minnesota
and Wisconsin,, where he has been
riding at tournaments for several
weeks. He took part in the Duluth,
Glenwood, Beloit, Wis.,, Mount Horeb,
Wis.,, Menominee, Wis.,, West Salem,
Chippewa Falls and Hudson, Wis.,,
tournaments and also that at North
field, MINI. He is in fine fettle and
with other Virginia riders in all
classes it is expected will make fine
showing.
Besides the regular hourly schedule
car will run out to the hill as follows:
Four extra cars will leave Virginia
at 1920 p. m.; two extra cars will
leave Virginia at 1850, four others
at 1:20 and two more at 1850. These
extras will leave Eveleth at 40, IS and
Is minutes past the hour commencing
at 12:40.
A special car will bring some of the
Duluth and Superior fans Saturday
evening and they will attend the ban
quet to be. given at the Moose hall.
This is the fourth annual banquet OF
the Virginia Ski club.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
BASKETBALL
GAME TONIGHT I !

The Virginia Basketball enthusiasts
will be given an opportunity Of wit
Messing one of the best basketball
teams in the world in action this
evening at the high school gymnasium
with the Oswego team Of Oswego, N.
Y; and the local city team.
0swego by beating the Fondulac,
Wis.,, National Guard team two games
out of three in Duluth last week now
claims the championship of the United
States. Inasmuch as Fondulac having
been western champions for the past
three years their claim is valid.
AS the local team is out for the
championship of northern Minnesota
the game this evening ought to be 8
close one. With the advantage o1
playing on their home floor the Vir.
ginia team is hopeful Of coming out or
the heavy end Of the score.
The Oswego team arrived in thu
city last evening and are in the best o1
shape after two days rest for this
evenings game.
From present indications a banner
crowd will be in attendance as basket
ball fans from Biwabik, Gilbert, Eve
leth, Mountain Iron, Buhl, Chisholm
and Hibbing are planning on witness
ing this game.
The game will be called at 8:1|
sharp.
The lineup of the two teams will b,
as follows:
Oswego-Forwards, Murnane an,
Murphy; center, Grimstad; guards, Al
derbing and Roberts.
Virginia-Forwards, Cummins, Nc
Cabe and jackson; center, Williams
guards, Simons, Schroeder an
Meehan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
Russia to Force Way to Sea.


London, Feb. 25.-Foreign Secre-
tary Edward Gray announced today
in the House of Commons that Great
Britain was in entire accord with Rus
sia's desire for access to the sea. This
is taken to mean that the British will
aid the Russian naval forces to force
a way to the sea, especially through
the Dardanelles
Progress Against Turks.
Petrograd, Feb. 25.-A communica-
tion issued last night by the general
staff Of the army of the Caucasus
says: I'VE made progress Feb. 22 in
certain regions in engagements Of Sec
ondary importance with the Turks. In
the region Of Trans-Tohoruk the
Turks attempted an advanced move
ment which was tepulsed with heavy
losses"
Bukowina Reinvaded.
London, Feb. 25.-The Russian
troops have reinvaded Bukowina and
reoccupied Sadagora on the railroad
four miles north Of Czernowitz ac-
eording to dispatch to the Evening
News from Mamornita, Roumania.
The Austrians,th correspondent adds,
are pushing up fresh troops toward
Czernowitz to meet this new attack.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26

LONDON, Feb. 25.-The proposal
of Washington to Great Britain and
Germany, which in London is assumed
to embrace the abandonment Of Ger
many's self declared war zone and the
adoption by the belligerents Of more
definite policy regarding foodstuffs
for tho civilian population has notice.
ably quickened public interest both in
this country and in Germany in the
delicate diplomatic situation.
The British press is restrained, but
the average Englishman plainly re-
sents what he considers as a hint at
an attempt to interfere with an ab-
solute blockade Of Germany, sho:'d
Britain care to enforce this.
The second week of the German
submarine campaign opened with the
loss ofstwo more iBrisitsh ships. Pre-
'viously ten vessels. seven st them
British ships, have been sent to the
bottom.
Germany is apparently preparing
to extend the field Of these operations
for three submarines have been sent
to Pola, presumably for use in the
Adriatic and Mediterranean.
Germany's claim to an overwhelm-
ing victory in East Prussia, resulting
virtually in the annihiliation of the
Russian tenth army, is denied cate
gorically by the Russian general
staff. Heavy fighting continues in the
Carpathians. Newspaper dispatches
say the Austrians lost 5000 at Dulsla
Pass, while the melting snow at Uszok
Pass revealed the bodies Of 1000 Rus
slams and Austrians.
Polish Town Taken.
Berlin, Feb. 25.-The town Of
Przasynsz, Russian Poland, was taken
by storm yesterday by German forces,
according to the official announcement.
The Germans claim to have captured
10000 Russian prisoners. Although
the capture Of Przasynaz has not been
reported from Petrograd, recent dis
patches from that point state that
heavy fighting has been in progress
in that region. The town is IS miles
from the East Prussian front and
north of Warsaw and had a population
of 10000 people.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
MISSIONARY
CLUB ELECTS

At the annual meeting Of the Cleve-
land Avenue Presbyterian Church
Missionary society, held yesterday,
he following officers were elected for
he ensuing year: Mrs. w. E. Swain,
president; Mrs. J. G. Murphy, first
ice president; Mrs. Guy Forbes, Sec
ond vice president; Mrs. Hugo Anhalt,
secretary;- Mrs. A. F. Gordon, treas
arer; corresponding secretary, Miss
Ora Maag and Mrs. Coleman, literary
secretary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
L0CCERS FEAR
EARLY SPRING
Few Weeks More Needed in the
Woods for Hauling Out the
Logs Cut This Season.

DULUTH, Feb. 25.-1ndications of
an early spring are causing consider
able worry among logging companies
who fear. that they will have difficulty
in getting out their logs ready to f1oa'
down the streams when the high waite,
period arrives. There has been con.
siderable snow in the woods this win
ter and so far the thaws have not beer
extensive enough to do a great deal Of
harm.
Cup to the first of February we
have had one of the best logging sea
sons in years." said a prominent lum
herman today. Labor has been chear
and plentiful. December and January
were cold with plenty of snow and the
work of cutting and hauling logs has
gone on without interruption. If the
snow stays on for a short time more
the present season as whole may
be considered one of the very best ir
years. Logs have been shipped into
Duluth for some time, and the mills
have good supply Of timber on
hand"
1t is expected that the COMING
spring will be excellent for floating
logs, as the heavy snowfall will cause
high water. The companies are max.
ing ready to take advantage of this
as soon as the streams break up
which may not be far distant.
Lumbermen are a bit shy about
making predictions as to the future o.
that business just now. Overproductior
in the last few years and unsettled
conditions at present are said to have
caused considerable uncertainty, ani
the wise ones are said to be waiting
now to see (which way the cat viii
jump" With the high price for grair
and other farm produce now prevail.
ing, the Northwest is said to be in &
' good position to begin a new era O.
building. Farmers who have neglected
. to build good houses and barns unit
they had their farms paid for shoult
now be in position to spend large
!; sums for such improvements. The tim
|; Der in the farming districts is nov
about exhausted, and native lumber i.
little used, the farmers finding i
, cheaper and more practicable to bu,
pine, spruce and other varities shippe<
/ from the northern and southern re
gions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
BIG FIGHT IS
DECLARED OFF
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO, Feb. 25.-Tom Flanna-
gan, who trained Jack Johnson for his
fight with Jeffries at Reno, has an
nouneed he has received a cablegram
from johnson at Havana, in which
johnson said he had called off the
fight with Willard set for March 6 at
Juares and that it would occur later in
Havana. ~.:-. (
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
OAKLAND nine
WILL ORGANIZE

The Oakland baseball club which
won the city championship from the
Virginia & Rainy Lake company's
team will have a meeting at the
Meehan hall Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Officers for this season will
be elected. James Boril will be out
for treasurer. He is first baseman
o. merit and did fine work last season.
Joseph Meehan is also a candidate for
that Office. Robert Thomas and WAL
ter Newman are candidates for the
managers position.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
SAY REPORT IS
BEING Held UP
County Divisionists Win Protest
Tonight Over Delay In Pub
fishing Statement.

A vigorous protest over the delay
in publishing the annual financial
statement Of the county, s: St. Lauis
will probably feature < the regular
weekly meeting q tie Virginia Com:
mercial club, which will be held this
evening at. the city hall.
County divisionists have been await
ing the appearance of the annual fin
ancial statement for some time. They
declare that a deliberate attempt ia
being made to withhold it so that the
figures it contains may not be avail
able in the county division fight. They
claim also to have knowledge that the
corrected proofs Of the type in the
statement were sent to a Duluth news
paper last Saturday morning and that
there is no reason why the statement
should not have been published before
this time.
Delay Not Intentional.
From other sources it is declared
that if there has been any delay in
printing the statement there is good
ground for it and the fact that it has
not yet been published should not be
taken seriously.
The club tonight will hear the report
of the committee who attended the
legislative hearing Tuesday night ane
will further make plans in the count,
division campaign. Funds to financ.
the county campaign were yesterday
solicited from several of the brewing
concerns doing business on the Range
Without exception they declared them
selves as neutral on the county divi
sion matter. It is believed, however
that since the passage of the count!
option bill last night they may be in
duced to somewhat loosen up thei
belts Otherwise, many Of the radica
county divisionists declare there viii
come q future time when they will
stand upon their neutrality.
Other matters to occupy the atten
tion of the Commercial club this even
ing will be road extensions and re
port Of the committee recently ap
pointed to look up a site for a whole
sale grocery house which contemplate
locating in Virginia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
COMMISSION TO
MEET TONIGHT

The charter commission will hold q
meeting this evening at the city hall.
The report Of the COMMITTEES appoint
ed to consider various plans Of the
commission form Of government which
might be applicable to Virginia will Be
submitted and discussed. All men,
bars of IL eomnlfssion are sxpeeted
20 ~ p9ssent b
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
FINISH CUTTING
MTW0WEEKS

The Mesaba Ice company, which is
cutting on Majestic lake near Wolf
will finish the seasons cutting in
about two weeks. The company has
had Is men and several teams at work
since few days before Christmas
and $4,000 tons will have been cut
when operations for the season stop.
The ice is Of the best quality this
year, being very clear and 80 inches
thick. The Mesaba lee company
furnishes ice to all range towns.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26

LONDON, Feb. 25.-The steam.
er Deptford was sunk either by 4
mine or . torpedo OF South
Shields. The Deptford was 4 ship
of 1,208 tons, 230 feet long and IS
feet 1T the beam. She was owned
by Cory & Son of London and was
built In 1912. The small British
steamer, Western Coast was sunk
by a mine or torpedoed in the Eng
lish channel OF Beachey Head. The
crew was landed at Portsmouth
today.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26

Representative John Gill Of Virginia
was the only member of the house DEL
egation from the Iron Ranges district
to register his vote yesterday in favor
Of the county option bill. Represen-
tative Gill's vote was generally popu-
lar with majority of his constitu-
ents. Many kilograms were sent to
him from Virginia today congratulate
ing him on his position. Mr.. Gill was
elected by the largest majority Of any
candidate on the Iron Ranges. He is
making good at St. Paul:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
TO
MEET TONIGHT

The Virginia Engineers club will
hold a regular meeting this evening
at the Virginia Public library. The
feature Of the program will be paper
BY Ben Wilk On the City Engineers
oahee On Sewer Construction IN Vir-
n1nje. .*.ss=.: =: >=.... ..s=s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26

R. c. Haxton, travelling freight
and passenger agent for the Duluth,
Missabe 4 Northern Railway com
pany, transacted busan>ss Aanos todny.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26

Senator Griggs Home Tonight.
Senator O. H. Griggs Is expected to
return to his home in Virginia this
evening to spend the week end. R. L.
Griggs went to the head Of the lakes
this morning and viii rsturn With his
brother tlh sveainI. .- u, =: | Z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-26
ENGLAND DON'T
LKEN0TE0F THE
UNITED STATES
Average Briton Resents What
He Construes as an Attempt
to Interfere With an Absolute
=. Blockade of Germany Should
:: British Care to Enforce 1t
Second Week of German Sub.
marine Campaign Opens With
Loss of Two More British
Ships-Russians Deny Ger.
man Claim of Victory in East.

DY ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-18
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Il, 1915.
FIXING BLAME FOR EASTLAND
TRAGEDY.

The indictment of the principal owners,
as well as the captain and engineer, of the
steamer Eastland by the Chicago grand
jury shows that the people responsible for
the terrible Eastland disaster are not going
to escape without at least answering to
the charge. True, their trial may not re-
suit In the assessment of the punishment
which their crime merits-for trials are
often a complete failure in getting the re
suits which they should. Yet the very fact
that these men have been accused by the
grand jury of having been instrumental in
the drowning Of about a thousand innocent
excursionists, will serve as a lesson to other
steamship owners to look TO the safety of
the people who thus entrust their lives to
them. Those men may escape, but they will
feel the weight OF the censure of the entire
Chicago public in a way hat they probably
never will forget.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-18
OTHER PAPERS OPINIONS.


They have a plucky mayor at San Fran
cisco. The city owns a ear line running
in opposition TO the United Railways. Re
Gently the privately owned roads secured
an injunction from the superior court for
bidding the city from running its ears TO
the ferries. This injunction was upheld by
however, declares he will 90 to Jail il it
i necessary TO keep the city ears running
to the ferries, and to date the ears are still
making the usual trips. Now why should
the supreme court of California say TO the
people of San Francisco: You shall not go
to the ferries unless you ride on the ears
of the privately owned street car system9'
Fort Worth Record.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-18
Appropriate.

A few days ago an elderly and dis
tinguished looking man walked into the
Century company's office and asked for a
copy of the current magazine. When one
was produced he requisite. the attendant
to have it cut into halves. This done, the
mutiliated magazine was wrapped IN paper
and the elderly gentleman was preparing
10 take his leave, when the attendant,
overcome with curiosity, begged TO know
what motive led him to make such a
strange request. at is very simple he
replied, my niece celebrates her 50th
birthday anniversary today, and it seems
to me appropriate therefore to give her
half "a century."-Century Magazine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-18

. TEACHING ENGLISH TO THE :
: ADULT IMMIGRANT .

The necessity Of teaching the adult
immigrant how To speok English rs
soon as possible after his arrival is
emphasized by III. Ill. Wheaton OF the
L.. :. bureau of education in a report
just made public.
With the adult immigrant desire for
instruction and ability 10 acquire Ian
guage are largely lost" says DR.. Whea-
ton, yet inability 10 speak English Is
the most serious barrier 10 intercourse
between Americans and foreigners.
Furthermore. employers are coming 10
see the necessity OF teaching their for
eign-born employees the English Ian
guage and something of the rules of
safety. Experience shows that "A large
proportion of industrial accidents are
due TO the fact that foreigners have not
understood the orders of the foremen.
4 VI of many employers Of foreign
born workingmen indicates that a know
ledge of English is urgently needed.
This is particularly true of railroads,
steel plants, and foundries."
In eight of the principal cities of the
United States. according to DIR. Whea-
Ton. the number If foreien-borD adults
unable TO speak English totals over $780,
WV NtN lpTh dIOuc Has i--.UbU.
The types of schools adapted To the
education of the immigrant are evening,
industrial schools. The number of elias
ses provided by different Cities de
clares DR.. Wheaton, lis far from AIDE
quate.' Appropriations are insufficient
10 provide the requisite teaching. Fail
ure TO appreciate the need of increase
in accommodations is shown by the
fact that 10 cities i'm the State of New
York. with a population Of 5000 TO
10000. and rign-born pop
ulation varying from 1000 to 1000 have
no public night classes where immi-
grants can learn the English language.
DR.. Wheaton finds that private and
religious agencies have largely supple
mented the inadequate provisions made
by the State To teach adult immigrant
English and American laws and GUS
toms.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-18
The MAKING of Oruu HabitueS.

There Is ample evidence that a craving
Tor alcohol Is transmitted from parent TO
child. Certain it is hat the pernicious
practice of giving children and young
adults alcoholic beverages In the guise OF
medicine tends To establish a desire for
alcohol as n drink. Or course the parent
who likes alcohol tinds many excuses for
administering the stuff "a "A .stimulant,"
"tonic," warming or cooling" drink
non OF which it Is in fact.
But, whence comes the desire for opium,
morphin and similar drugs, which 50 many
unfortunates develop early in lifei
We know of one very common cause, and
that is the use of nostrums containing
small quantities of these narcotics in the
course of infancy and childhood. There
are soothing syrups" galore, laden with
opium and morphin; "coreh cures" by the
score with a never failing knockout dose Of
opium, %morphin, codein or heroin concealed
in their alluring depths; headache tablets
and powders incorporating coal tar mar
cotics or analgesics like acetanilld, phena-
cetin, ac~etphenetidin and the like. These
pleasant dopes 90 a long way toward estab-
lisning a dependence or reliance upon the
sense-deadening power OF drugs. Where
the constituencies doctor makes one NOR
phin lend with his too ready hypodermlc
syringe, these popular nostrums make
hundreds Of drug habitues.
In the United States the so-called
..D.-a I'll al nr,r- AT ~ lima Oh
1906" gives no defence against the incor-
poration of narcotic drugs in patent medi-
cines. 1t simply requires that the amount
of the narcotic shall be printed on the label,
80 tina you may know how much dope you
are taking for your trivial symptoms.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-18

No finer automobile drive j. found any
between Brownsville and Point Isabel.
Smooth, hard and level throughout its en-
tire length of some twenty-five miles, this
road is indeed a temptation 10 every auto
owner in this section. With the pretty bay
front as its terminus. il makes an ideal
drive, which reflects credit upon the coun-
ty fathers. This fine stretch OF road will
make an important spur to the Diamond
Loop highway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-18

Many a man who Is shocked and dis
gusted when he beholds a lady so thinly
clad that, if she happens to pass between
him and the sun. the outline of her lower
limbs is plainly visible, will calmly wear
Palm Beach trousers, with hiatus of
indies 'twixt ankles and knees making
equal exposure of his own person under
similar circumstances. This question Of
clothes Is a perplexing subject, anyway. 1t
is not always easy 70 say Just where mod
esty ends and indecency begins. After all,
the final decision seems 10 be up to the
police Judge.