The Virginia Enterprise from Virginia, Minnesota • Page 1

VW VOL. 16. BECAUSE 4 A Busy Our prices are the proven lowest in the city. 8BECAUSE Buying's easy, pleasant and profitable here. BECAUSE We appreciate your trade and try hard to merit it.

fl ftawkinson Oirgiaia, Groceries Staple and Fancy. WBiPRATT CO. E. B. HAWKINS.

President. R. S. KIRBY, V. President.

B. F.1&RITTS, Cashier. A. E. SHIPLEY, Asst.

Cashier NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL $50,000.00 Does a general banking business. Interest paid on time deposits. Domestic and Foreign Exchange Issued. VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA. I.

C. OSBORN. IF. S. POLLOCK.

Virginia Foundry Machine FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. ax Stacks. Iron and Brass Castings. Heavy New Dipper Teeth. Dipper Teeth Re-Steeled.

Prompt attention to all repairs. Car Wheels and! Axels in Pairs or Setts. TBLEPHQNENO. 43. VIRGINIA, -v -u te THE aouaawn yiw (rmi to WILL RETURN WITH THE HONORS Virginia Boys Victorious in Their bate with the High School of St.

jits "Virginia won!" Such was the welcome news ing to the city over the 'phone from the state capital at 11:00 o'clock last evening from the debate of the Roosevelt High School debating team with the Humbolt High School team of St. 'Paul, the winners of the championship in the capitol city. The subject of debate was solved, That the federal government should subsidize the southern states for the education of the southern negro granted that it would be constitutional and the southern whites would hot object," the Roosevelt team having the mative of the discussion, the same as irl their debate with the Pine City team in which they won the championship honors of the Eighth district, Pine City having defeated the Duluth Central High in a vious contest. The Virginia team comprised Lambert S. Gill, Axel Dahl and Ed ward Berg, and while reports of the victory are meagre it is understood the decision gave the local team two points to one.

The team, accompanied by Supt. Bliss and a number of the Giee Club of the Roosevelt School, bracing Gerald Roskilly, Lester McDonald, Charles Butler, Stephen Quayle, Elbert I. Hannaford, gene McCarthy, Harold 'Wasson, Harold McDonald, John' Bonner, Warwick Martin, Edward Deering, Daniel Mahony and Thomas Bailie, left on the Wednesday morning train for the Twin Cities, stopping enroute at Duluth, where the Glee Club rendered several numbers at the Central High. Miss Holnian, principal, Prot. Sullivan aind Prof.

Freeman left the following ing to be present at the excersises, while a number of attendants at the Minnesota and at St. Thomas' College from this city were also scheduled to be there with hearty good cheer for the winners. The boys will not return until Sunday morning, but they will be greeted by many local who al9o recognize the efficiency of thetraining and discipline of intendent Bliss in his successful efforts to bring them to the stage of perfection which the contest so clearly proves, the debate ot last evening leaving them the undis puted champions of the two est districts in the state. Rah! Rah! Virginia! Is Still Pending. A certain suit for damages in which the Enterprise is interested in a slight degree, but which has been gradually losing out in est because ot the fact that since its institution in March last the ed one has shown a disregard of the passage of time, reminds us ot once upon a time, a quarter tury ago, when we we young in the art preservative, of a gentleman tering the sanctum one day and a'ddressing the "boss" bawled out: 'Are yon the editbr?" 'We are." 'My name's Smith Godolphus H.

Smith." ''Sit down, Mr. Smith." "Not on your life! Your paper minted an article about me yesteriday." 'Y es?" 'You called me a corruptor of public morals, a thief, a blackleg and a whole lot of other things." did." 'Well, sir, lam hereto tell you, by thunder, that my middle initial is H. and not J. If you can't spell my name right after this, let it a.one All Would Play Ball. Although the season has not vanced to that stage where it might be safe for one to discard his fur overcoat or to that point where the call for ice-cream soda haB seded the warmer decoctions pared under the ban of the state license laws, the baseball fan is on the alert in various range cities' and the formation of a range league is being dreamed of by the ball tossers and managers of the various1 towns.

Among those desiring to join in such an amalgamation' Sre Hibbing, Chisholm, Eveleth and ginia, and even Ely, on the milion, looks longingly forward to the time when she may support a team worthy of trying conclusions with the best. Visiting the Range Mines. General Manager Pentecost Mit chell, of the Oliver Iron Mining makes a tour of the range mines this week, being in the city yester day. Mr. Mitchell and party had visited the mining properties in the Coleraine and Hibbing districts, and from here go to Eveleth and thence to Vermilion points.

COOHTY. 1808 VERDICTS AFFIRMED BY COURT In Six Cases for Personal Injury ages Sustained in St. Louis County. Six personal injury verdicts in the St. Louis county district court, were affirmed S'aturday by the preme court.

The aggregate amount of damages awarded in these suits was $46,833.33. They are as follows: Mike Wilta, plaintiff and respondent vs. state Iron company, defendant and appellant. An action to recover damages cause by the premature explosion of a charge of dynamite due to a defective fuse. It is held that the evidence is sufficient to justify the trial court in denying a motion for judgment tor the fendant, notwithstanding a verdict for the plaintiff.

In this suit the plaintiff was awarded $15,000 dam ages. Valanti Nastrzeba, respondent vs. Habart Iron company et al. ant, Hobart Iron company, lant. In this case the damages amounted to $1,500 Jacob Jacobson, respondent vs.

Hobart Iron company, appellant. Damages to the amount of $17,000 were awarded the plaintiff by the lower court. John Hyvenen, respondent vs. Hector Iron company, appellant. The damages amounted to $4,333.33.

John Tomasin, respondent vs. Shenango Furnace company, lant The damages in this suit were $2,000. Mayme Dalder, administratrix of the estate of Bernard Balder, ceased, respondant vs. Zenith nace company, appellent. There was a verdict of $5,000 in this case.

Patent an Iron Culvert. The Virginia Foundry Machine Co. have recently patented an locking, interchangeable, sectional iron culvert which is destined to meet with approval. The culvert will be so ed that heavy ribs give strength to the structure while also holding it firm in the ground, while its shape and construction will also be proof against frost. A wooden culvert has a life of but from two to five years, while a cast iron culvert structed on the principle planned will last a half century or longer.

The firm will shortly arrange fbr the intrbduction and manufacture of the culvert at thfeir Virginia' shops. Siege Meetings. The Salvation Army Siege ings still continue every night cept Monday. Sunday meetings at 3:00 p. Free and Easy.

At 8:00 p. m. Great Salvation Meeting. The program for the coming week includes addresses by Rev. Neff, Pastor of the First ian Church, on Tuesday evening, Wednesday evening coffee and cake' social with musical program.

Special speaker for each night in the week. Sunday School tainment 1st of March. Wait for the program. Everybody invited to these meetings. Seats free.

Purchases Brokerage Office. B. E. Baker, of Duluth, has chased the brokerage business of J. H.

Horrijjari, and will hereafter continue the business ib. his own1 name. He has also entered the' field in this locality in the iron business, having recently let a tract for the stripping of the "Virginia Sliver," of which he is a part owner. Mr. L.

R. Bellman will be in charge of his brokerage business and tend to the demands of patrons at this St. Paul's Church. At St. Paul's Church next Sunday which is Sexagesima Sunday, sixty days before Easter, "there will be divine service p.

tn. Evening prayer will be said and the rector will preach. Everybody is cordially welcomed. ML COUNCIL HAS QUIET SESSION But Little off Special Interest Conks Before the Meeting. The holding up of a liquor license first time in the history of about the only special feature of the council meeting Tuesday evening, the cense thus withheld being that of August Walberg, whose former license expired on Sunday last.

This action was taken upon motion of Alderman Mattson, who reported that he had been advised that the applicant ran a disorderly house. The matter was finally referred to the License Committee, comprising Chairman Osborn aind Aldermen Mattson and Laviolette. Applications for renewal of liquor licenses from' B. Smith, Fred Johnson, F. J.

Leonard and AHdrew Sandstrom were received and met with favorable action. A petition for permit to use water from hydrants at the corner of tral and Willow and at the corner of Wyoming and Magnolia streets for the purpose of flooding the lakes to make ice skating rinks ceived the sanction of the council. It is understood these ice rinks will be free to all, and will afford much pleasure to the younger element of American citizenship. The matter of the sanitation of the city jail was brought, up through a report from the committee on city buildings, the report ing the installation of closets in. This report was accepted and the committee instructed to order such work done.

The installation of pressure valves in each of the city buildings, at an expense of $10 each, was also authorized. The building committee also reported favorably on remodeling the old firemen's sleeping ments into a jury room and office for the superintendent of police, and this work was ordered done. The committee on fire and fire department reported that in their estimation the purchase of another team for tire and general use would be advisable, and the committee was instructed to lookup a suitable team for the inspection and accep-' tance of the council. The city attorney reported that so far as he could discern the first twenty-four ordinances of the city were null and void, through the' burning of the record of their ceptance and publication, but nd definite order was given to have'the! defect rectified. Work Closes Today.

4 NEW POSTAL RULING The postmaster general has issued an order effective January 1,1008, which requires publishers of weekly papers to drop from their subscription lists the names of all scribers whose subscriptions are twelve months or more in Arrears. Cancellation ot the papers' second class mail previlege is the penalty for failure to comply with the above rule. Subscribers who are in arrears are urgently requested'to settle at once. The lisher does not want to discontinue anybody's subscription, but it readily will be seen that we cannot afford to suffer the cancellation of our second' class mail privilege. A forced compliance with the terms of this ruling makes it necessary to submit to the postmaster a sworn statement of the actual number of Subscribers who are paid up within a year.

All others MUST BE DROPPED, or we must put a one-cent stamp on their papers each week, which of course we cannot afford to do. The ruling is unfair, but there is no way of getting around it. Subscribers in arrears who want more time may settle with notes. The ruling is not of our making, but we must obey. From recent developments it would appear that the affairs of the Virginia Lumber Co.

had not as yet resolved themselves to a point where a knowledge of the future had become as an open book, the latest order being for the ing of all repair work on the mills' at this point, becoming effective day. This action would indicate' that the big plant will not, in all likelihood, resume active tions before the opening of the lakes in the spring. St. Patrick's Entertainment. A St.

Patrick's Entertainment and Concert, under the direction of Miss Bessie M. Murphy, leader of Our Lady of Lourdes choir, will be given by the Church at the Fay Opera oh Tuesday evening, March 17th. Among the numbers of the ing will be an address by' the H6n Martin J. Hughes, df Hibbing, wellknown as one of the most brilliant orators ot northern Minnesota. Notice to Stockholders ot the ican Exchnnqe Bank off Minnesota.

The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the American Exchange Bank of Virginia, will be hdld at their Banking Rooms, Virginia, on ednes- day, the 4th of March next, at o'clock p. m. D. W. Cashier.

THREE DITCHES WILL BE BUILT Court Signs Order Which Means clamation of Much off St. Louis County Land. Judge W. A. Cant of the district court on Wednesday signed the cree and order for the building of three ditches for the draining of swamp lands in St.

Louis county and thus assured the county of tensive improvements, which means a beginning of the opening of a future farming country. At a special hearing about ten days ago, the matter was brought to the attention ot the court. The plan, which now will be carried out and work upon which will be ed in the spring, is the building of three large ditches with a total length of about 40 miles, with al branches running throughout the district to be drained, and the construction of roads alongside of them. All these improvements are to be made by the state, at an diture of about $50,000. All that is required by the county is the propriation of $800 for the clearing of the land preparatory to the building of these ditches, and this amount has already been set aside by the county commissioners.

The ditches are numbered 53, 54 and 55. Ditch 53 is in Island ship, from the cf Itasca county and crossing the'main track of the Great Northern railway to Grand Rapids and down towards Floodwood. It is about miles long. Ditch 54 extends north and south in 54-18 and 19, commencing at the northeast corner of 54-18, running south sir miles, and then into the Whiteface river. Its length will be about Ditch 55 begins about three miles east of the Duluth, Missabe Northern's main tracks and runs north and south in 55-17 and 54 17 into the Whiteface river, and then to the Miller Trunk road, with lateral branches running east and west.

The ditches will be six feet deep and twenty feet wide. Contracts will be let soon, the call for bids having been made. The contractors are required to pile all the waste material on one side of the ditch and this will be leveled off to form a road. This will assure the county 40 more miles of good roads. The Duluth Iron Range way company, which owns large tracts of land'all through this tion oFtlie country) has filed stipufatlota's WaiVrngiWright to'be empt from the5 pro rata taxation and will pay more than $25,000 of the expenses.

This road has helped the commission to a large degree in this work. George A. Ralph, engineer of the state drainage commission, is in charge of this undertaking, and preciates the efforts shown by the people of Northern Minnesota in pushing this proposition through. The ditches, he Bays, will be plete 0 next summer, and he will probably take some measures to haye others built. Sullivan Would be Fire Chief.

On Tuesday James' Sullivan, the painter, filed his application for the position of Chief' engineer of the Virginia Fire Department, his plication Stipulating that he Would attend to the duties of the position in a satisfactory manner at $100 per month. Owing to the absence from the meeting of Alddrman Trezona the matter of appointing a chief did hot come before the meeting, but will likely be brought up at the next meetibg of the body. It is understood Mr. Sullivan was for several years a member of the perior department, and feels that he can "make good" in the capacity to which he aspires. Presbytorinn (3ph.

Divine services with sermons by the pastor at 11:00 a. hi. and 7:90 p. m. Sunday School at noon.

Christian Endeavor at 6:45 p. m. A cordial' invitatiob given to all to worship wlth historical SOCIETY. This idea was coincided in by President Metcalfe aud City Clerk Bickford, the president of the Club desiring an instantaneous sion of opinion on the part of bers present as to whether or not a petition favoring such a change their approval. But asmuch as perhaps not three bers present had ever read a home rule charter the idea was advanced by W.

E. Hannaford that the ing of an expression be deferred untill another meeting, at which time copies of the home rule ers of other cities will be read and discussed and the members given at least a cursory view of what they are expected to endorse or reject. In this connection, however, the statement was made by City Clerk Bickford that he had been given to understand that there was no ing loose, from the present city charter when once adopted, and the clerk was instructed to correspond with the attorney general in tion to this point. A. E.

Bickford brought up the idea of again trying to include the mining properties to the northeast and east of the city in the City limits, stating that he had! been sured by the managers of some of these properties, which voted against coming in at the time of the former extension of the city limits, that they would willingly vote to be included in the tion at this time. Jn tion a committee comprising Messrs. Bickford, Krogdahl and Byrne was appointed by the dent to interview the mining intendents and report their views. The additions indicated would tend the city limits to include some 25 instead of 19 square miles, and would add several million to the assessed valuation of the city. The idea of a banquet, to be held late the coming month, was again discussed and definite action taken by referring the matter to a mittee comprising Messrs.

James Laviolette, J. P. Chalmers and F. J. Rinnert, Who were authorized to name and appoint sub-committees as they might see fit.

It was the idea of all present that, providing suitable arrangements could be made with the Duluth, Rainy Lake Sc Winnipeg railway, the Club should ask as guests on this sion the prominent business men of the smaller towns along the line, believing thafah acquaintanceship would prove of future Valtte a business way. A letter was read from M. A. Murphy relative to the prospect ot stocking the streams along £he tfew railway with trout fry and the lakes with bass, Mr. Murphy having ceived notification that such fry could be had upon proper tion being filed.

It was moved Sdd carried that a committee, including Mr. Murphy, be appointed to take action in this matter, but the mittee was not appointed. J. L. Kimball, as a member of the committee appointed at a previdus meeting to interview the city cil relative to the care of the "poor man's cow" reported that a nication had been presented the council and the assurance given that later in the spring the bovine pest would be properly cared for.

The committee iappointed to' licit membership to the Club made a verbal report, and their efforfe will extend over a longer period. William Will Keep Open. We note by the Duluth News bune that William Fanta, who formerly conducted a thirst lor at Buhlbut who transferred J. 539 1 3- WM.L LOOK UP HOME RULE CHARTER Commercial Club Will Also Tender Banquet in Attempt to Crente Interest." At the meeting ofjthe Commer cial Club Wednesday evening J. L.

Kimball, who until the first of the present year had been president of the city council for twenty-four months previously, broached the idea of the necessity of the city of Virginia seeking a different law under which to exist, alleging that under the law of 1895, under which the city was forced by vote of the council during the first tion of Ex-Mayor Eaton, the mayor and one dictator had the rest of the council faded that these two can handle the city as they may See fit, and that he believed under the this late agitation should be started for a home rule charter. si His business interests to Duluth some months ago, was on Tuesday rested for the third time for ing his place of business open oil the Sabbath day. William will gret his move if things keep ing his way as rapidly as that, and will likely return to the range where the only limit to the time a map is permitted to keep his grogshop open is found in the shortness of the days, there being but twenfyfour hours in any day in this tion as yet..