The Virginia Enterprise from Virginia, Minnesota • Page 4

CITY BRIEFS From Saturday's Daily. Celebrate Wedding Anniversary. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of Captain and Mrs. D. T.

Caine was celebrated at, Carlson's hall in Gilbert last night by a large number of the Caine's friends from about the range. Dancing, cards and a luncheon were the diversions. Among those from Virginia who enjoyed the affair were Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs.

J. H. Gill, Mr. and Mrs. Quayle, Mr.

and Mrs. Shea, Mrs. Joseph Hendy, Mr. and Mrs. Creelin, Mr.

and Mrs. Luke and others. Captain Caine is superintendent of the Republic Iron Steel company's mine at Gilbert. The Caines were presented with a large number of beautiful gifts. Buying Nursery Stock for Park.

Park Superintendent E. D. Philbrick left today for Minneapolis, Lake City and Fort Atkinson, where he goes to buy nursery stock for the parks and boulevards of Virginia. The park board will plant a lot of new shrubbery at the parks and will add trees to a number of the boulevards. The stock is expected to arrive in a short time and will be set out at once upon its arrival.

To Open Office in Bank. The Mesaba Range Office Supply company with W. E. Burgher, ly connected with the Pitt Iron ing company at the head, will shortly open offices on the fifth floor of the First National bank, where a full line of office supplies of all kinds, ing fixtures and typewriter extras will be carried. The stocks are pected in the city in a short time and the establishment will be the first of the kind in Virginia and will fill a long felt want in this city.

Entertained for Miss Seibold. Dr. Ruth E. Watson entertained last evening at her apartments in the First National bank block for Miss Hope Seibold, who leaves Virginia Monday to return to her home at Danbury, Iowa, where she is called by the illness of one of her parents. Miss Seibold has had a music class here for some time past and has many ginia friends, who will learn of her intended departure from this city with regret.

Attended Eveleth Party. A number of Virginia people tended the Junior-Senior ball of the Eveleth high school, which was held last evening at the Eveleth ium. Music was furnished by Tobin's orchestra. The ball room was ated in the class colors an dthe guests numbered young people from most of the range cities. Sent to County Hospital.

John Olander, who has been ployed by the Virginia Rainy Lake company in the country around Cussons was yesterday taken to the ty hospital at Cussons. Olander tained several broken ribs in an cident at Cussons while attempting to board a train. He is without funds or fi'iends in this section. Goes to Home at Negaunee. Assistant City Engineer Keith Maitland, who has been ill for several days left today for his home at Negaunee, where he will remain until recovered.

While not confined to bed Mr. Maitland is unable to work and his illness may necessitate his absence from the city for several weeks. Miss Eleanor Moore Has a Party. Miss Eleanor Moore entertained a number of her little friends at a day party yesterday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

C. E. Moore on Wyoming avenue. The little folks enjoyed themselves as only little folks can on occasions of this kind. Celebrates Her Birthday.

Miss Ellen Lenore of Spruce street celebrated her fourth birthday versary yesterday by giving a party for a number of her young friends. Those to attend were: Misses garet McNeil, Molly Britt, Bernice Lenont, Dette Ann Godfrey, Margaret Hearn, Rose Mary Johnson, Jean Deering, Dorothy and Detsy Hart Griggs and Masters Calvin Kerr, Westman Rolfe, and Virginia Sullivan. The children were pleasantly tained and enjoyed themselves ughly. Billiard Hall Re-Decorated. A.

F. Winkler has completed decorating the interior of the Lusk Sigel billiard hall on Chestnut street. Lusk Sigel now have one of the finest establishments of the kind in the state. CITY BRIEFS From Monday's Daily. Hundreds Sunday in City.

Hundreds of range residents were Virginia visitors yesterday drawn out by the balmy weather. Hotels, cafes and theatres did a rushing business afternoon and evening and the street crowds last night were the largest of the season. The Virginia band gave a street concert last evening which helped entertain the visitors. Until long after midnight the streets were busy. During afternoon there were a number of automobile parties from Hibbing and other range towns here and the trolley line brought run- dreds of people from the nearby range towns to attend local theatres.

Olcott park and South park were thronged with pleasure seekers during the ternoon and the playground atus was kept occupied most of the day. Elm Street Pair Fined. Frank and Mary. Skovich, 225 Elm street were heavily fined in pal court this morning on entering pleas of guilty to a charg of drunkless and disorderly conduct. The pair claim to be married.

Mrs. Skovich must pay $27.50 and costs or spend 45 days at the county jail. She has ed one sentence there and her case got a lot of publicity from a able organization, who made an vestigation and without having all the facts made a statement severely criticising the police department. Frank Skovich must pay a fine of $52.50 or spend 90 days in the county jail. Condition is Critical.

The condition of Richard Sundberg, Virginia correspondent of the Duluth News-Tribune and Duluth Herald, who is a patient at the Mclntyre pital is such as to give, his friends iome anxiety. Mr. Sundberg recently anderwent an operation for an abcess of the lungs. His condition was such that an anesthetic could not be given, but he bore up bravely and is making a game fight for life, which his many friends hope will be successful. He is suffering from acute pleurisy with other complications.

Buy Parkdale Farms. Hemy Hauta, a Virginia business man and John Kertalainen, who has been farming in the country to the north of Mountain Iron, have recently purchased Parkdale farms. Mr. Hauta will build a home on his tract which joins Mud lake and Mr. Kertolainen will utilize the he has purchased as a dairy farm and will start ing- it at once.

The sales were made by J. W. Murphy. Motored to Grand Rapids. Mr.

and Mrs. Frederick Moilan, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mr. and Mrs.

Ojanpera and Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Maine made up two automobile parties, who motored from Virginia to Grand Rapids yesterday.

The trip over was made in a little over two hours. The roads are quitfe dry but rough and rains are needed to put them in the best condition for travel. O. P. Johnson Failing.

Virginia friends of O. P. Johnson, formerly engaged in the real estate business here, but now located at Los Angeles, will regret to learn that Mr. Johnson's health is steadily failing. He visited in Virginia a short time last winter closing up his affairs and since returning to his home has been losing ground.

Many old friends of the family in Virginia will hope that he may rally and recover. Want Better Roads. Several Ellsburg people were ginia visitors-Saturday, among them the Rev. K. E.

Forsell, who has a farm near that station. There is a good deal of farm development work being done in the vicinity of Ellsburg this year according to Mr. Forsell and the people down that way are very much interested in good roads and are ing for extensions and improvements of the highways near there. New Superintendent Here Soon. C.

T. Harding, who will be the new superintendant of the city water, light and power plant expected to rive in Virginia in time to assume his duties about the 15th of May. John Kennedy will remain with the plant until the first of June, when he sevei's his connection to look after other business interests. Will Build Fine Home. Otto M.

Schultz, Virginia cigar ufacturer, has purchased through the Moilan Johnson agency, two lots at the corner of Hickory street and Central avenue, where he will shortly begin the construction of a new home to cost $5,000. It will be modern throughout and one of the finest in that, section of the city. With Quick Service Dray Line. John Chopp has accepted a position with the Quick Service Dray line, suring patrons of that dray line the best of service. W.

E. Tritchler poses to put on more drays and put the line in condition to look after its increasing patronage in the best sible manner. Arm Broken at Playground. William Tritchler, son of W. E.

Tritchler, sustained a broken arm at the Central school playgrounds and is a patient at the Mclntyre hospital. He fell from one of the slides while playing, sustaining a compound ture of the arm. Office Force Wins Game. The Virginia Rainy Lake pany's office force defeated the River Rats on the Roosevelt grounds terday afternoon by the score of 6 to 5. Laird's three-bagger in the ninth capped the battle for the lumbermen.

It was a prett(y slam and brought home Cusson from third with the ning tally. Pugnaski and McGhee looked after the battery department for the Rats and Cusson and Nelson for the office crew. Band Makes First Appearance. Gilbert's new Commercial club band made its first appearance at Gilbert Saturday night under the direction of Director Laugier of Virginia. The organization made a decidedly good impression in its initial concert.

The band plans a series of summer certs and will visit Virginia several times during the season. Among its members are a number of experienced bandsmen. Editor Anderson of bert Herald is the "live wire" manager. The organization is being supported by the Commercial club, which poses to send it on several junkets about the country, to give Gilbert some real good publicity. Martin Carlson Dead.

Martin Carlson, agent, for the Duluth, Missabe Northern at Munger, died at 7 o'clock yesterday morning at St. Mary's hospital, Duluth, from burns sustained Saturday in an plosion following an attempt to plenish a fire with kerosene. Carlson is quite well known in Virginia. He leaves a wife and several children. Funeral services will be held at luth and interment will be at Forest Hill.

Tax Association Settled. The offices of the Lake Superior Tax association were opened in the First National bank on the fourth floor this morning. Secretary Ryan will have headquarters here, but his duties are such that, he will be absent from the good share of the time. He will continue to make his home in Hibbing. A.

J. Wasgatt will be Mr. -Ryan's assistant. Lee Goes to County Jail. His countrymen have failed to tain new bondsmen for John Lee, chop suey house proprietor.

Lee was takBn to the county jail in Duluth on urday in charge of Deputy Sheriff O'Dea. Mike Mikelacich, who was found guilty of assaulting and ing Frank Babich in a row at leth was also taken to Duluth. He will be transferred from the county jail to the state prison at Stillwater to serve an indeterminate sentence. Girls to Play Baseball. The Sophomore girls' indoor ball team is scheduled to meet the junior girls at the Technical high school gymnasium tomorrow night.

The Sophs are playing a strong game and their contest with tha Freshies last week was witnessed by a big gallery. Buyck Resident Here. Louis Gruszka of the town of Buyck is a Virginia visitor today. Mr. was recently elected treasurer of his town after a bitterly contested election.

He reports considerable velopment in the agricultural line there. Opens Store at Chisholm. Louis Kaan, formerly window mer at the Minnesota Dry Goods com pany, has gone to Chisholm, where he will establish a high-class clothing store. Andrew Decker, formerly of Ketola's has succeeded him at the nesota. Alpena Miner to Build Home.

John Palm, one of the old employees at the Alpena mine, has purchased two ots on the North Side and will build home on them. He plans to contruct a residence to cost, about $1,000. Cin BRIEFS From Tuesday's Daily. Champion Log Birler in Town. Allen Stewart, champion log birler of the world, is a Virginia visitor.

Stewart won the championship ing a contest with T. J. Fleming, now deceased, at the Omaha exposition and has ever since held it. He says he is willing to defend it against all comers and an exhibition may be ranged with Paddy Ryan of the Shamrock bar, who is also an oldtime log birler. Stewart has given hibitions at practically all the towns in northern Minnesota and is well known to many Virginia people.

New Addition to Virginia. Williams Addition to Virginia, cently purchased by G. I. Williams and associates from the Northwestern Imirovement company, is being platted and will shortly be put on the market The addition composes a 60-acre tract between Scanlon and West Virginia and the sale of lots will open as soon as the streets can be opened and the plat accepted by the council. The lotf will sell for about $100 to $200 each and will be particularly valuable as home sites for men working at the Virginia Rainy Lake sawmill and in West Virginia.

Aetna Co. Will Take a Chance. The Aetna Life Insurance company this mojning notified its local agent Guy H. Moore that none of its policies will be cancelled because the holders enlist in the United States army and navy. The company will not make ceptions in the case of new business either and Mr.

Moore says that VIRGINIA ENTERPRISE FRIDAfi 1, 1914. I' Arranging Track Meet. Coach Coy S. Blair of the high school is making an effort to arrange a track meet with the Gilbert high school for an early date. Gilbert is going in for track and field athletics strong this spring and the early work of the men indicates a good team.

Joins Virginian Staff. John C. Hammond, formerly graph editor of the Grand Forks ald, has arrived in Virginia to take a position on the editorial staff of the Virginian. Mrs. Hammond pects to join him within a few days.

body who wants-to go down to fight the Mexicans can't get a better deal anywhere than he can on an Aetna Life Insurance policy. Thursday "Raisin Day." Thursday will be "Raisin day" and grocers are planning special tising and displays for the occasion. On this day raisins will be eaten in all parts of the United States, the fornia Raisin Growers' association, comprising 90 per cent of the raisin growers of California, having hit on this novel plan to familiarize sumers everywhere with the food value of the dried fruit and to bring it into the daily consumption of the average family. Back From Alberta. R.

Pyne, chief clerk at the division headquarters offices of the D. W. P. returned yesterday morning from Edmonton, where he went last week to meet Mrs. Pyne, who has been visiting there for several weeks.

He says that the weather in the adian northwest is a big improvement on the article being doled out on the range and that farmers everywhere in the Alberta and western wan country are planting. Attend Funeral at Ely. I. P. Frasa, assistant cashier of the First State bank, and Emil Bjorkman, local manager for the New London Milling company, returned yesterday from Ely, where they went to attend the funeral of Emil Autio, whose death occurred of hear failure at Ely a week ago lasii Sunday.

Mr. Autio had a wide acquaintance on the ranges and his funeral was one of the most largely attended ever held in Ely. Married Quietly on Sunday. Miss Lillian Maedka of a prominent farmer of Kewaunee county, Wisconsin, and Charles Nystroem, chief engineer of the Virginia ing company, were married quietly at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Virginia at 12:30 p. m.

Sunday. Rev. Thomas Grice performed the mony. and Mrs. Nystroem will be guests at the Fay hotel for a time.

Guests in Duluth. Rev. Thomas Grice, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, returned from Duluth last night. He attended a meeting of the Methodist Ministers' club at the Duluth Commercial club yesterday. Mrs.

Grice, who has been a guest of Mr Mrs. Albert Meldahl in Duluth, is expected to return tonight or tomorrow. To Give Silver Tea. A silver tea will be given by the Women's Missionary society of the Presbyterian chtirch at the home of Mrs. C.

E. Hendricks, 213 Spruce street, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. An attractive program has been ranged with solos, readings and an address by Rev. W. J.

Bell. His ject will be Immigration on the saba range. Leave Soon for Norway. Mr. and Mrs.

Nels Rian and ter Anna, of Buhl, who are well known in Virginia, leave Saturday of this veek for Norway. They will spend about three months visiting at various joints on the Scandinavian peninsula and attending Norway's centennial jubilee. Miller Mine Shipping Stockpile. The Miller mine this morning startad shipping its stockpile containing about 125,000 tons of iron ore. Shovels were started loading ore at stockpile this morning and ore carriers are awaiting cargoes from the Miller at the Head of the Lakes.

Club Meeting Postponed. The meeting of the Womens' gressive club scheduled for tonight has been postponed until tomorrow light when it will be held at the library. W. J. Power in City.

W. J. Power, manager of the Power heatre at Hibbing, and one of the Pioneer residents of the range, is in he city on business this afternoon. Mr. Power says the mining business opening up a little slow in Hibjing, but that the business men of that own look forward to a prosperous -eason.

The Power theatre is dark 'or the present will play some of he biggest, attractions of the season Juring May and June. Congressman Miller Invited. Virginia lodge A. F. A.

M. will confer the third degree on a class ol candidates at a meeting to be held lext Saturday evening, which will be 'ollowed by a banquet. It is probable here will be a number of visitors "rom other range towns and man C. B. Miller has been invited to ittend and deliver the principal adiress on the banquet program.

Philbrick in Minneapolis. Park Superintendent E. D. brick left last evening for Minneapois, where he will consult Morrell Nichols, landscape architects, regard- the plans for the ornamental lighting systems to be put in at cott and South Side parks as well as other improvements. Later he will visit the nurseries at Lake City and Fort Atkinson to buy nursery stock for the parks.

Goes to County Jail. Joe Jeffries, and old time woodsman, who has failed to heed repeated ings from Judge Carey to touch not, taste not and handle not, was in cipal court this morning to answer to the same old charge and drew 15 days at the county farm. Buried as County Charge. The body of Emil Marx, who was found dead in bed at a camp near sons was buried yesterday at the ty's expense, an unsuccessful effort having been made to locate relatives, who were thought to be living near Milwaukee. The body was buried from Graham Eckes morgue.

Buried at Cook. of Carl Nelson, who was by a train and fatally injured at Cook, where he was a member of the section crew on the Duluth, nipeg Pacific, was taken to Cook "rom Gillespie's undertaking parlors The funeral was held at Cook this afternoon. Would Join Militia. Frank Burke and Charles Bisonette made application last night to join Company of the state militia. Captain Hartness of Eveleth, ceived their applications.

They will be examined immediately. Other Virginia boys expect to enlist in the national guard this week. Officers of the guard still are of the opinion that the militia will be ordered to Fort Snelling. No orders were received at headquarters of Company in leth today. Civil Case Settled.

The case of Charles Line against Peter G. Wicklem, to settle the tion of attorney's fees was settled in district, court yesterday by Line and Wicklem each agreeing to pay a tion of the note of $80 involved in the action. Marriage Licenses. Marriage Licenses were issued to he following at the office of the ieputy clerk of court this morning: Gieorge Spehar and Ani Juza John Wiikinen and Hilmer Matson. Gilbert Club to Meet.

An important meeting of the bert Commerical club will be held this evening. It, is expected that the club take up the question of supporting the Gilbert baseball team. Moose to Initiate. A class of seven candidates is pected to be initiated at the Moose odge tonight. Following the tion the new military team will go through its first regular drill.

CITY BRIEFS From Wednesday's Daily. Elks Banquet Tomorrow. Committees from the local lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of 31ks are busy today arranging for heir ninth annual banquet which will be held at Elk's temple tomorrow light. Every member of the lodge and all sojourning brothers and thair adies are invited. A1 G.

Flourney will as toastmaster and W. S. cormick of Duluth will deliver the principal address at the banquet. A. program of incidental vocal and instrumental music has been provided and dancing will follow the banquet.

The committee in charge are A.1 G. Flourney, H. S. Gillespie, H. V.

Peterson, E. F. Johnson and C. L. Brundage.

Moose to Have First Drill. The Moose military company went hrough its first regular drill last under direction of Capt. Muray. The members showed much inerest in the new branch and expect be sufficiently trained to give a aiblic drill before long. Efforts are jeing made to organize a band in the odge and with this organization and he drill team the Virginia Moose plan give their order much good adverising this summer.

Two new bers were initiated last night. Will Open Home Bakery. J. O. Johnson, one of the pioneer residents of Virginia and the range, who recently sold his farm at Iron lunction, announces that after his turn from Norway he will start a home bakery in the building oc upied by F.

E. Haller's shoe store. Mr. Haller's increasing business makes new location necessary and he has several under consideration at ent. Carriers' Get Vacation.

The mail carriers at the Virginia lostoffice will begin taking their anual vacations next week and a will be on duty for the next ew months as a result. The average )f the vacations will be 15 days not ncluding Sundays and holidays. Fred iergland will be the first to take his mnual layoff and will be off duty ext week for a period of ten days. Sells Machine at Hibbing. Val Renz, salesman for the Merjenthaler Linotype company, is ing his regular trip over the Mesaba range and reports the sale of a New Model 5 linotype to C.

M. Atkinson of he Mesaba Ore. The machine will be nstalled within a short time and is one of the best to be brought to the range so far. Locates in Virginia. Dan Mahar, who comes to Virginia from Portland, to locate has purchased through the Moilan son agency a five-room cottage on Ash street and will move his family here at.

once. Mr. Mahar is a motive engineer and expects to be em- ployed in one of the mines in the cinity of Virginia. Big Party to Leave for Norway A party of ten Virginia people will leave this city next Sunday to attend the Centennial jubilee celebration in Norway. Among those who will take the trip are 0 johnson Peter wick- lem, John Haugen, Mrs.

Alfred Solberg and children and Alexander son. First Band Concert Sunday. The first open-air band concert of the season has been arranged for next Sunday afternoon, when the Mohami band, under the leadership of sor Laugier, will play a program on the balcony of the Ormonde hotel. A program of unusual attractiveness has been prepared. In Business at Bemidji R.

L. Given returned yesterday to Bemidji, after spending Sunday with his family in Virginia. Mr. Given has re-engaged in the hardware business at Bemidji and will remove his family there as soon as suitable living ers can be obtained. Visits Farmstead School.

An April blizzard does not dampen the enthusiasm of Professor Johnsrud, agricultural director of the ginia schools. This morning he went to the Farmstead school, to discuss gardening and seed testing. Entertained at Lofbacka Home. The Misses Helga Lofbacka and Lina Lauri entertained a party of about 20 young people at the home of Miss Lofbacka on Beech street last night. Qames and music served to pass a pleasant evening and light ments were served.

Meadow Mine Shipping. The Jones Laughlin company have begun shipping ore from the shaft at the Meadow mine. The first signments went to the head of the lakes docks yesterday. Basketball Game Tonight. A basketball game will be played tonight between the Technical high school freshmen and North Side teams at the Teck gymnasium.

Marriage Licenses. A marriage license was issued terday to Thos. R. Butler and Mary V. Bonner.

New Painless Dentist in Town. Otto Tuhkanen, employed as pressman in the Virginia Enterprise press room has just performed a re markable feat. Without going to dentist he has pulled eight teeth, most of them rear molars. He accomplished the feat in one day, with a jackknife which he sterilized in alcohol and ap parantly has suffered no ill effects Luthey Boosts Cook. L.

F. Luthey is in town from Cook today and is singing the praises of the ioufttry to the north of Virginia. "We soon have the new garage at Cook completed," said Mr. Luthey this morning, "and will be giving the best kind of service by automobile to and from Cook and Lake Vermilion points Virginia people will find Joyce's land ing and that section of the lake ideal for an outing and they shouldn't look us this summer. PERSONALS From Saturday's Daily.

H. H. and F. W. Stevensr are in Minneapolis for a visit of several days.

A. F. Tillmans of Aurora, was among last night's guests at the monde hotel. Mr. and Mrs.

W. M. Pratt of holm, are the guests of Virginia friends today. M. T.

Savage of Cook, arrived in Virginia last night and is a guest at the Fay hotel. Mrs. Charles G. Branham went to Duluth this morning to be the guest of friends over Sunday. Miss Lola B.

Craig, drawing sup in the Virginia schools, who has been ill, has sufficiently recovered to resume her work in the classroom. Miss Ellen Gale of Minneapolis, vho was elected by the board of ction to succeed Miss Anna jGrant, resigned, at the North Side building, arrived in Virginia last night. J. D. Heritage this morning for Carlton, where he will spend Sunday.

He will be accompanied home by Mrs. Heritage, who has been the of her daughter in Carlton for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. C.

E. Moore and two laughters left for Duluth this mornng. While in the Zenith City they vill attend a performance of the 'Blue Bird," at the Lyceum theatre. Judge Montague was a passenger "or Duluth this morning. From Monday's Daily.

Mayor Joseph Austin of Chisholm. is a Virginia visitor today. Dr. J. V.

Johnson of Eveleth, was a Virginia visitor last evening. C. T. Eckstrand returns today form a week end visit at St. Paul.

M. K. Baer, bookkeeper for ling is a Minneapolis visitor. H. G.

Lavick of Duluth, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Lavick. F. W.

Torvinen was the guest of Hibbing friends over Sunday. Harry Shanedling of Stillwater is in Virginia for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Young spent the week end visiting with friends in Duluth.

Secretary J. F. Toeller, of the mercial club, is at Ely on business this afternoon. Mrs. George Mesberg and children of Eveleth, were the guests day of Mr.

and Mrs. J. Mesberg. Mrs. J.

H. Kleffman and sister, Miss Pauline McElroy, are the guests in Virginia of their sister, Mrs. Kennedy. Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Fineberg of Cleveland, are in the city for a visit with the families of Julius, Henry and M. Shanedling. Ralph Denyes returned tp Duluth today, after an over-Sunday visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.

P. Denyes, 417 Hemlock street. He was accompanied to Virginia by Mr. Corgan. Mrs.

E. J. Anderson and Miss Mary Withrow of Gilbert, attended the tre in Duluth on Saturday, returning last, night. Miss Withrow was panied home by her mother, Mrs. George Fearson of Grand Rapids.

F. B. Baker of Duluth, was the guest Virginia friends over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.

C. G. Branham were the guests of S. C. De Pass in Duluth over Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Heritage ed last night from Carlton, where they had been the guest of their daughter.

Mrs. Heritage's health is considerably improved. A. W. Miller, the well known teria owner, returned to Virginia last light to superintend the improvements being made at the Miller cafeteria on Chestnut street.

Edward D. Cron, proprietor of the aew Cozy Shop on Central avenue, pects his family to reach Virginia, 'rom their former home, Manistee, next Monday. They will have apartments in the Poirier flats, 227 Beech street. From Tuesday's Daily. Stacy Hill, mining- machinery man Duluth, is registerecfcat the Fay hotel.

J. P. Engels, well known insurance nan of Duluth, is in Virginia on busiless today. Mrs. C.

C. Butler, Mrs. C. G. gins, Miss May Nichols and Mrs.

Marcy were guests in Duluth day. S. C. LeDuc of Duluth, ing the timber department of the Oliver Iron Mining company, is a at the Fay hotel today. J.

R. Krogdahl is in Duluth today, attending the meeting of county sessors at the courthouse. Mr. dahl will not have an assistant in ginia said. M.

C. Hansen ef the FitzsimmonsPalmer company was at Tower and Ely. yesterday on his regular trip. Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Williams, 5071-2 Cook street are the parents of a fine baby girl, who arrived at their home last night. From Wednesday's Daily. Mrs. Arthur N. Gould, wife of the new clerk at the Fay hotel, is ed to arrive in Virginia the first of the week to remain.

The Goulds wiil have a flat on Locust street. Mr. and Mrs. J. C.

Richards are the parents of a daughter born this ing. John H. Norton, former county torney, is a guest at the Fay hotel today. Irwin Stulberg, of the Stulberg Bros. Clothing is at Duluth today on business.

Frank King, ditch contractor, rived from Duluth yesterday and passed the day in Virginia. Miss Agnes Weisner returned day from Hibbing where she was the guest of Mrs. John Trenberch. Mrs. Clayton McDonald, 204 Locust street, leaves for Ironwood, day.

She expects to be gone about a week. Miss Beatrice Kanter has accepted a position as stenographer at the fices of the Lake Superior Tt.x ation. Mrs. John Daly, who was recently ailed to Hibbing by the serious illness of her brother at the Rood hospital, returned'to the city today. ANNEXATION IS BEING AGITATED From Tuesday's Daily.

The question of annexing West ginia probably will be brought up at the meeting of the city council tonight. Residents of that district said day that they will appear before the ouncil to ask that the problem be further consideration and that some effort be made to have the osition carried through. I understand that members of the new council favor said West Virginia resident yesterday. The question is being agitated again in West Virginia and we propose to find out just where the council stands. The new council seems to be giving everyone a square deal and we hope for the same consideration." SOUP IS SALT AND WATER.

BISMARCK, N. April Commercial condensed soups, ed by Leon A. Congdon of the state pure food department, are, in the most instants, made up largely of salt water, according to his report. Discussing one brand of soup, Mr. Congdon says it is made up almost tirely of salt and water, with some extract of beef and added Ispices..