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-V 1» •. DIFFERENCE IN LOADING. Ore Handling Conditions Have Im proved Marvelously in Decade. There is a vast difference in the loading capacities of today and £a few years ago at ore docks along the Great Lakes and what today is an ordinary record of loading would have sounded like a fairy tale only a decade or two ago. "In the year 1872 the railway sys tem for the Lake Superior iron trade was 'completed,' as was then announced by the building of the Chicago & North-western to Escan aba, and the consolidation of the Marquette & Ontonagon, and their extension as far as L'Anse, thus ea tablishing railway communication from Chicago to the head of Kewee naw bay on Lake Superior, says the Marine Review. Tlje consolidat ed road had au ore shipping pier at Marquette, and in that year built a second one at L'Anse. The former was the beginning of the system that has since become the terminus of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlan tic railway, and the latter was long ago abandoned, and only a short time ago leased as a merchandise shipping1 dock to the village of l/Anse. It was partially, but not wholly destroyed by tire many years ago. "Thirty years ago he L'Anse dock was the most modern pier in existence. It was 546 feet long, thirty-six feet wide, .and built on fortty three bents of piling thirty six feet high. Kach pocket held about seventy-five tons of ore, the total capacity of the dock 6,000 tons, and the base of the pockets only 20 feet above the water. As the ore slides by gravity from the pocket to the ship's hold, the hinge-hold, to which the chute is attached, must be so high above the vessel's side that ore will readily slide down the chute. So low were the docks of ships thirty years ago that a height of twenty feet was ample to give sufficient incline to the chute. The new dock of the South Shore will have the hinge-hold forty feet ab.ive the water level. "In the older iys referred to operations were at such a rate of speed that it is recorded that 5,(XX) tons were shipped from the L'Anse dock in a single day, and that one vessel of 476 tons, marvelous to re late, was loaded in seventy-five minutes. At that time the average capacity of ships was about 650 tons, ranging from 400 to 1,100. "In 1901 the ship Augustus B. Wolvin, then the largest ship on the lakes, loaded 10,243 gross tons of ore iu SO minute.-! at the Allouez ore docks, and war* at the dock 9 total period of lS'J minutes. Nine thou sand tons of this load were put on in 34 minutes. The same year the ship J. H. I'eavy loaded 0,385 gross tons in 51 minutes, and the preced ing season the J. H. Hoyt loaded 5,230 tons in 30:5 minutes. "The modern ore shipping pier ia no( the least complex and interest ing factor iu the transportation ait nation. Its foundation is frequent ly 10 feet below water level, and consists of a series of piling that caiiuot have much cross bracing until the surface of the water is reached. About the water there ia a height of 60 to 70 feet more, and away on top of this is theenormous moving load of trains agd locomo tives, for an average of which 4,000, 000 lbs. a low estimate. Air brakes on the cars stop them in a yard or two, and there is a pressure of up to 2,501),0(X) foot-pounds to be taken up every time a train stops, or hundreds of times daiTy by the longitudinal bracing of the pier. Added to this is the fact that *the center of permanent load may be 90 to 93 feet above foundations. Docks require au enormousamount of timber, probably from 0,000,000 to 7,000,000 feet for an average pier, no wadays, and problems met by the construction engineer are serious. The demaud, ia on one hand, for more bracing, and on the other for less severe switching and lighter locomotives at docks."—Herald. Brings in First Threshing Rig. Gust Lee returned to the city thia week from his trip to Suminitt, S. D. He brought back several head of horses and a threshing outfit. He will move the latter to the Little Fork country at once as he ha9 contracted to thresh between 3000 and 4000 bushels of wheat and oats for farmers in that section. Thia is the first grain separator to be brought into this district. It is a small machine, known as the "Belle City" and was manufactured at Racine, Wis. It is run_ljy liorae power and has a capacity of be tween 400 and 700 bushels of grain per day.—Tower News. Universalists Convention at Minne apolis, Mink On account of the Universalist General Convention at Minneapolis to be held October 19 and 25, the Great Northern will sell tickets at one and one third fares for the round trip on the certificate plan. See your local agent for particulars. THE WESTERN MESABA. Operations by the Oliver Co* and Others at West End Explorations. Arthur Ely of Chicago, who has been investigating lands in this vicinity for some time with a view of taking mineral options, expresses the opinion that there is much yet to be found and developed on this end of the range, saya the Grand Rap ids Herald-Review. It ia probable that he will have drills at work in this vicnity in a short time. Mr. Kly is a mining man of wide experi ence, having been interested in iron operations on the Michigan and Minnesota ranges for many years. Drills are now at work on J. F. Mc Cormick's farm, the southeast quarter of section 27, 55 2d. This is the farthest west on this range that drills have-ever been worked. Drills at work on a property in section 3, 55-25, owned by ex-Gov. Lind and Congressman C. B. Buck man, have passed through over 200 feet of ore assaying from 40 to 65 per cent iron and averaging better than 50 per cent. The tract is situ ated two and a half miles northeast of Grand Rapids, on the east bank of the Prairie river, and is being ex plored by the steel coporation. A similar and equally as important find has been made by Ihe same company in section 3, an adjoining property, and according to reports there is now no question that the extention of the Duluth, Missabe & Xorthern road will be pushed through to the new properties out from Grand Rapiis. The Grand Rapids Independent saya that a glance at some of the operations that are beingcarried on by the Oliver Mining company at Bovey gives one a better idea of what those people are doing and are about to do in the way of develop ing that section. At present the company are about to build some thirty cottages, good substantial buildings with some foundations, A'hich will be rented to the em ployes. It ia proposed to rent these at a very low figure in order to give employes all reasonable advantage. It is the mining people's wish to employ as much as possible mar ried men, who will make their homes there, they being acknowl edged the steadiest. These cottages are being erected several hundred feet east of the present location where a street has been graded and graveled. This is a pretty location, not far from the pretty Trout lake. A large hotel, large enough to ac commodate hundreds of people will be put up for the use of the em ployes and the. transient public. Besides these, temporary camps that will hold about two hundred men, will be put up for the winter. Office room in the way of a build ing about 30x90 feet will also be supplied. At the rear of the present camps, on the right hand side of the road going to Bovey, the company is putting up a boiler hou3e. This structure will be of iron, with stone foundation, and will have a 100-foot smokestack, whose base will be about twenty four feet in diameter. A similar building will be erected at the Holman mine. It is under stood that the land between this and the 3haft now in operation will be a large open pit, and that strip ping will commence in the spring, the ore being at a depth of about thirty feet from the surface. A quarter of a million dollars was appropriated for building pur poses at this and other localities in immediate vicinity- -enough to do a great deal of it and do it well. The cottages will all be neat dwellings, costing from $800 to $2,000. The oth er buildings will be equallyasgood and substantial, and the whole will have the air of substantiality that raining locations generally take on. Stone Masons in Demand. James Sampson, a contractor and builder of Virginia, Minn., ia in the city in search of masons and brick layers. He had a contract for the construction of a 00x135 feet power house to be built at Virginia for the VirginiaXumber company. It will be one of the largest power houses in the northwest and will operate the new sawmill aud auxiliary in dustriea that the company is plan ning. Constantly Add to Plaot. The Miller mine of the Pitt Iron Mining Co. at Aurora ha3 recently been equipped with the finest bat tery of boilers on the range, and other improvements during the seaaon have placed the property in the front row of range mines in point of equipment. The mine at the present time em ploys about 175 men, under charge of Supt. J. W. Lang, and about 1500 tons are being mined and shipped daily. Fine stockpile grounds have'been made-and the mine will continue as an active proposition throughout the winter. The Enterprise subscription list is rapidly Increasing. Get in the game and subscribe. Romantic and a Triumph. "How romantic it would be," said the girl with the blue eyes, "for one to have a big, strong and handsome lover almost killed in an automobile wreck or something and then taken to a hospital, only to toss in delirium and call one's name, and for one to go to him and comfort him and marry him while he lay pale and helpless on hte cot." "Wouldn't it be beautiful!" said the brown-eyed girl. "And," concluded the blue-eyed girl, "have all the nurses Just "dying with envy." Nearly a Lie. "Good bordig," said the boarder with a bad cold. "What?" cried the other boarders in surprise and also in unison, as they desisted from their burnt oatmeal. Clearing his throat and blowing his nose vigorously, the boarder with the bad cold explained, somewhat wearily, that he had merely attempted to pass the time of day. Whereupon the other boarders apol ogized, saying: "We thought you said good board ing."—Baltimore American. The Cruelty of Strength. "Good morning,"/said the dairy maid to the Umburger, "how do you feel to-day?" "Strong and robust," replied the cheese. "I feel as if I could clean out the place. How do you feel?" "Pretty weak and quite blue," re plied the milk. "You look it," said the cheese, laughing, unfeelngly. "I told you there was nothing in this water-cure business." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. This Prophetic Soul. Kindly Stranger—"Say, bub, you have been crying here for an hour. What's up?" Small Boy—"I'm appalled by an im pending catastrophy, sir, boo-o^o." Kindly Stranger—"Bless my soul, what a child. And what is the catas trophy to be?" Small Boy—"Fishin' will be good about Saturday, and I'm afraid the weeds '11 have to be hoed out of the garden." Hie Story of the War. "So you were all through the civil war, were you?" someone asked the old oolored veteran who was cheering the band. "Ever' step of it, suh." "At the surrender, too?" "Ever* step of it, suh!" "What did Gen. Lee say to Grant?" "Never said nuttin', suh—des chopped off his head an' went on!"— Atlanta Constitution. Not an Agreeable Substitute. "My friend," said the solemn citi zen to Tired Tiffins, who was about to enter a barrel house, "don't you know that for the price of one drink of liquor you might purchase a whole gallon of kerosene?" "Yes," responded the latter, pleas antly, "but wot's de use? I onct tried drinkin' kerosene, but it ain't in it wit' booze." Ham. "My dear," said the facetious canni bal, "I've brought home a ham for din ner." "That's what I call adding insult to injury," murmured the shipwrecked actor, sotto voce. He was, however, in no position to protest.—Louisville Courier-Journal. All At It. Lady—"Why are you a tramp?" Frowzy Frogmore—"Because I hain't got but 30 cents saved yit fer me hew automobile." Reflected Greatness. "What makes Bjones so proud these days?" asked the seeker after truth. "He has just discovered that lie wears the same size collar that Roose velt does," replied Mr. Conn.—Port land Telegram. "He's leading as unhappy "So?" "Yes. Dont you see him I Poor Dog. dragging that poor dog down the street?" Oaufht the Habit 3? W worried, Mirandy?" Tto^Zeke." "Atat (Ot no secret troubles?" No, Zeke." *Be ye expectln' anythln' onpleas ant?" No, Zeke. Why ye askin'. What's yer reason?" "O. I ain't got no reason. I Was just ••W®' fer nothin' In perticler, like wlmmin do." Helpful. Mrs. Nexdore—"My daughter had her first opportynity last night to play the hew piano we bought for her. Did you hear her?" Mrs. Pepprey—"Yes, we had com pany last night we were delighted." Mrs. Nexdore—"Er-really?" Mrs. Pepprey—"Yes, we didn't like our callers at .all and were glad they left early." Ungaliant Man. Teas—"She was vaccinated the other day, I hear." "Yes, but she's awfully disappointed about it." Tess—"What's the mater? Didn't it take?" Jess—"Oh, yes, but the stupid doc tor neglected to say anything com plimentary about her pretty arm." Reassuring. Miss Antique—Is this Dr. Killmore? Dr. Killmore—Yes, madam you're safe. I'm not Dr. Osier. Not On Time. "Mamma," called a Wilson avenue tot from the top of the stairs, "come an' stay with me till I get to sleep— I'm frightened!" •Didn't I tell you," was the reply, "that there was no need to be afraid, because God would be with you?" "Yes, you did—but He ain't showed up."—Cleveland Leader. Easily Explained. "That Mrs. Smiley is a very attract ive woman, don't you think?" "I didn't think so this morning." You. didn't." "No. I. took the other side of the street when I saW her." "That's strange." "Not at all. She was using the gar den hose." Conclusive Evidence. Judge—You are charged with blow ing open a safe and abstracting $200 in coin therefrom. Have you anything to say? Prisoner—Is it true that I overlook ed $10,000 in bills? Judge—Yes. Prisoner—My plea will be insanity. Paying for Qas. "What is a retainer, pop?" "A retainer, my son, is the money people pay us lawyers before we do any work." "Oh, I see. It's like those pay gas meters. The people have to pay the money before they get any gas."— Yonkers Statesman. Guaranty. Old Orabbenheimer (tearfully)— Bromise, bromise me, vein dear boy, dot you Till make mein daughter happy. Young Nickelbaum (briskly)—I guarantees berfect sadlsfaction, Mees ter Grahbenheimer, or I returns der girl."—Puck. Early Spring Item. "Watch out," said the wise sparrow to the early mockingbird, "be careful what you're doing." "Why, what's up?" "You are," said the sparrow, "and the first thing you know they'll catch you and sell you for a song."—Atlanta Constitution. His Side Line. "Business is booming with the Rev. Goodman." "I presume you mean that he is sav ing lots of souls." "No mean that he tied seventeen marriage knots last week. Saving aouls is just his side line."—Detroit Tribune. Didn't Even Want to Do That. Itinerant Ike—Ever play chess? Weary Walter—No too much like work. Why, you can sit for an hour or more without moving. But you've got to move some time, haven't you? Explaining It. Magistrate—-I suppose you will claim you were suffering from tempor ary insanity when you hit this man. Prisoner—No judge. I dunno thot I c'n'd say 'twas "timp'rance Insan ity." 'Twas drunk I was at the toime, Never Touched Him. Goodley—"Poor fellow! His story vfcs very affecting wasn't It?" Hardart—"Yea, hut It didn't xay"pidcketbook."' affect s& NOTICE Of GENERAL ELECTION: City of Virginia* Tuesday, November 7th, 1905.' Notice is hereby given that the General Election in and for the City of Virginia, St. Louis County, Min nesota, will be held on Tuesday, November 7th, A. D. 1905, between the hours of 7 o'clock in the fore noon and 6 o'clock in the afternoon of said day at thejfollowing places, viz: First ward: Old City Hall. Second ward: Finnish Temper ance Hall, Third ward: New City Hall Building. Fourth ward: Northern Hotel. Said election being for the pur pose of electing the following offi cers: One Mayor, one Treasurer^ oue Alderman for Fir.st ward, one Alderman for Second ward, one Al derman for Third ward, one Alder man for Fourth ward, two Alder men for City at Large. The term of office of each to be two years, com mencing January S, 1906. THE REGISTRATION for said election will be held on Tuesday, October 31, 1905, between the hours of 9 o'clock in the fore noon and 9 o'elock in the afternoon of theaid day at the polling places above desigrated for the general election. Dated at Virginia, Minn., Oct. 12, 1905. A. N. THOMPSON, If your neighbor is prospering, let him prosper. Don't growl or grumble. Say a good word for him, and let him-go at that. Don't be a kicker. Your turn will come. No one is the whole show. If you see the town is moving rapidly feel proud of it. Help it along. Show a little push. Try to get some of the benefit yourself. Don't stand around like a chilly cadaver-and wasting your time feeling sore be cause some one has more sense and success than you have. Do a little hustling yourself, and at you can say a good word for your town oj its people, say it like a prince. If you are of bile and disposed to siiy something mean, put a padlock on your mouth and keep it there until yon get a hypodermic injection of the milk of human kindness. Don't be a kicker. No man ever made a dollar kicking but a profes sional ball player. No man eyer helped himself up permanently by kicking his neighber down. Give others a kind word, and give-it free ly. It won't cost you a penny, and remember you ma' want a good word some day. You may have thousands today and tomorrow be without the price of a shave. Don't be a kicker. It dosen't pay. You can't afford it. There is nothing in it. If you want to throw something at somebody, throw -cologne, and don't throw mud and brickbats. If you feel that way you are the man that needs kicking. Whatever you do, don't allow yourself to become a chronic kicker. Let everybody push together and we'll be better and happier and live longer. JUDGE BROWN WOULD SETTLE. Invited Guest Had No Use for the pill of Fare. Judge Brown, whose boyhood home was in a small New England village, had the reputation of being a very kind-hearted man. He was always glad to see his old friends, no matter how rustic they might seem.v C/i one occasion the judge had some legal business in the capital of his native state, and there met an old farmer from his birthplace, who was taking an unwonted holiday and looked rather bewildered. The judge invited the old man to dine with him at the hotel. When the farmer took his heat at the table one of the waiters laid a bill of fare before him. The old man looked at it, and then facing round to look the waiter squarely In the face* he said, in a tone than rang through the.dining room: "No need to gimme thai^ young feller. Judge Brown cal'lates to settle my bill. He came from our town, an' I Xivt his ,* ,^-s2«e,' City Clerk, Virginia, Minn. (Municipal Seal.) Goes to Arizona. H. B. Sturtevant, a widely known mining engineer and all around mining man, has taken the position of superintendent of the Lincoln Consolidated Mining company which is developing copper, goldj ailver and lead properties in Ari zona. He will go at once to Tuc son, near which town the principal group of claims is located. The Sturtevant family will con tinue to reside in Duluth for the coming winter, at least. He was at one time superintendent of the Pioneer mine in this city and more recently was connected in a similar capacity on the Buffalo A Susque hanna mine at Hibbing, and other mines controlled by Rogers, Brown & Co., of Cleveland and their asso ciates.- Kly Miner. Don't Be a Kicker. •H TSSe-i I V.! TRtSPASS V, n* L*fs Cajt' la St. Louis CMnty is Attorney General K. T. Young haaltiade a demand on Bonnes & Howe, of Minneapolis, for treble sfurapage value of the* timber cu^ for tljiem on a state school tract in St. Lotti8^county. Tliis was sold in 1901 by R, C. Dunn for a lump price of $50 uuder the law permitting suclr sales of tracts with, less than 100,000 feet of limber. One of the loggers who cut it now states, that 700,000 feet were taken from the tract, worth $3,500, Under instruc tions from the state timber board, the attorney general will sue. for three times that amount, about $10,000, if not settled. The state will claim that the sale was void and the timber therefore was cut in trespass. C. S. Jelley, assistant attorney general, has gone to Aitkin county to conduct a criminal prosecution of John Shagrue for trespass on state land. A suit has also been filed in St. Louis county against the Lesure Lumber company, an Iowa corporation, involving a claim of $2,500 for trespass on state lands. There are No Self Made Men. We hear much from time to time about self made men, although the term has no meaning. A man must possess the natural ability to ac complish things, or he will never make much of anything. No one can make much of himself without capacity to perceive ends to be gained and to know something of what he needs in order to the gain ing of those ends. Perceiving these things, he make3 intelligent efforts to acquire or develop the knowledge and the powers he needs in order to gain the ends which he perceives. But because this is so plain it is also plain that self making is not altogether a fallacy. It is as true that a man can make himself as that teacher or school can make him. Strictly speaking, no man is made either by himself or by teach ing. He is make by his Creator and developed by his own efforter. aided more or less by others and by environment or opportunity. The expression "self made man" is forcible and useful. It is not to scouted as a fallacy because it is not exact. Many expressions con vey in few words ideas which, strict ly speaking, they do not express. "Common sense" for example. We use that expression to signify some thing which is by no means com mon. What we^'"call ••commotf sense" and what we all more or less clearly understand by it is Very un common. But we are not to find fault with the expression on that account. What we mean by it is ability to fdrm sound judments without stop ping to analyize scientifically all the processes by which they are reached. It involves much know ledge of the Subjects to which it is applied. It is common only as dis tinguished from exact scientific processes of the mind. By "self made man" we mean a man who has achieved success in some direction without having en joyed the advantages of much schooling or much education in the ordinary sense -of the word. The expression has a well understood meaning and is not to be con demned because it is not scientific ally exact. Probably the world will always have self made men who will suc ceed greatly without much school ing. Nevertheless, it is true that the advancement in the practical applications of science renders thorough and systematic instruc tion and training more and more necessary to the highest success. State Sells Mineral Leases. Sixteen mineral contracts con celled for non payment of the an nual $100 payment were put on sale by the state auditor Tuesday. For thirteen of them there was one bidder for each, for tvro there were two applicants, and for one, the northwest quarter of section 15-38-19 there were five applicants. Where more than one applied a sale must be held after 10 day notice and the lease sold to the applicants making the highest bid. The sale will be held November 4th, at 10 a, m. *. One lease cancelled October 12 was sold by the auditor yesterday morping to P. H. Rahilly of Lake City, for $36 th$ highest bid. The lease was for the northwest quarter of section 14-38-16.^ Beware Mie Centrtfii Han. dent care tor fck*," said the ymag woaan, wuftiag her teeti^tep^ fStfUly. "He's of- tfcga* nbMkV amsrai W Mm* jeA eeniapsaAto a eerteta 4 J' IB^ teres* la M«V "Yes all tfc* aaj^rar, "sUrt, all the imm eked*. N«se «f fMt fer alaa, thaaha jr«g£ tfcfcpfc^Wv mmm the? weald Mto lc to 9* sU