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VOL. 16. ARE YOU IN NEED ANYTHING? WE HAVE IT IN ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD? Get our prices on Brick, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Doors, Windows, etc, before placing your orders else where. a ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? We carry the largest and best line of paints in the city—Paints, Wall Paper and Sundries. ARE YOU GOING TO FARM? We carry the "John Deere" nachiaery, Plows, Harrows, Discs, Mowers, Rakes, etc. IF IN NECO OF ANYTHING IN PLUMBING AND HEATING CALL AND SEE US $so9ooo.oo A. HAWRlNSON Chestnut Street Virginia, Minnesota ommoroRS. O. D, KINNEY, Capitalist. PENTECOST MITCHELL, Gen'l. Mgr. Olivir Iron Mining^Co. C. B. LENONT, A. C. OSBOMN. W. S. POLLOCK. Physician and Surgeon R. R. BAILEY. Secy .-Tress. Bailey Lumber Co. S. R. JCIRBY, Pres. First Nat'l Bank,. Hibbing B. F. BRITTS, Cashier. & Machine Co., FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. Smoke Stacks. Iron and Brass Castings. Heary Foldings. New Dipper Teeth. Dipper Teeth He-StoeMl. Psompt attention to all repairs. Car Wheels and Axels in Pairs or Setts. TELEPHONE NO. 43. VIRGINIA, MINN.j NMCMNSsinnris cement. Urge Crowd at giaiaas Crass Oa First Xraia aai if T« fart The big steel bridge across the Rainy River at Rsnier is now Served at the Emperor Hotel, the banquet was all that could be desir ed, the visitors being welcomed with speech and good cheer, to gether with a table laden with all the delicacies of tnfih occasions, and the true friendliness «rfour new northern neighbors was fully .ex emplified in every possible manner, the residents of that northern city seeing in the advent of the new road great pre raise mi a new in dustrial growth aad of an unpre cedented commercial activity for their beautiful city. The tossts fottowfog the feast good things embraced the follow-' ing nnmbers, together with the 'speakers "The King and -the President of the United States "Our Quests—The Duluth, Rain* Lake Winnipeg Railway," accom panted by pfeaentntion of an ad dreae to President Cook and cou pled with the names of General Man ager Murphy and Secretary Ander «on. The City of Duluth," coupled with names of W. E Magnar. presi dent of the ConrmeTCial club, and W. P. Mars, vice president of the Marshall-Wells Hardware Co. 'TheCanadian Northern Railway" coupled with the name pt George H. Sfcaw, general traffic manager, and Superintendent Wilcox. "Duluth Commercial Club,"coup* led with name of H. V. Eva. Our Sister Railways," con pled with riamdft of W. H. Gemmell, gen eral manager of M.& I., and W. H. Strachau/ snperintendent of M. ft I. "Navigation" coupled with name Pwit*!. -A, Qnyjuuui pmideat ifnyRiWr Navigation Co. 'The Press" coupled with names of R. B. Leggett, Dutvrh Evening Herald J. W. Dafoe, managing editor Winnipeg Free Press and Mr. Campbell of Winnipeg Tele gram. Fort Frances is on the Canadian side of the great Koochiching Falls, 206 miles from Winnipeg, 190 miles frnm Duluth, 233 miles from Port Arthur, 300 miles from Minneapolis and 129 miles from Chicago. It is is the natural outlet for Mie great grain, lumber and pulp industries of the Canadian northwest, sod the output of these immense natural re sources are destined in future to become an important factor in the prosperity of the new line, coupled with its traffic arrangements with the Canadian Northern, with which roat they connect on the Canadian Side of the new bridge. The water power of the fails, the greatest in America with the sin gle exception of Niagara,will event ually be utilized for manufactur ing and milling purpoaea, $4£00,000 having thus far been spent in the geent work of bridling the an,60* horsepower energy which his here tofore gone to waste,aad the citizens of the place look lot ward with war ranted confidence to a city of im mense proportions snd industrial activity. Nature has also marked the sec tion as one of more than passing interest, providing waterways over which boats ply between other points on Rainy River and Rainy Lake, which latter body of water ia dotted witliu pwa wls*of 44/890islsnds, snd which csnnot but appeal to all aa a summer resort. Game and fish of all kinds abound, snd the sec tion is a sport man's parodies, while lumbering, farming and mining insure for the section a steady de velopment. Anniversary excercises were held by Half Moon Lodge ot Odd Fel lows at Bveleth on Tnesday even ing, and at the same time the tinge Associstion held a meeting. The president snd secretary of the As sociation wore wdotnd nnd Rev Blake, of Ely wss elected treasurer. A committee on By-Lsws waa ap pointed, campriaing R. Tcevarthaa, of Half Moon Lodge, Judge Mslssn Of Hibbing Lodge, nnd C. C. Cam paigne, of Tower. An enterlalnmeut committee com posed ofF.A.Hh»srerton, of Diamond Lodge, Biwabik, D. J. Cameron, of Diamond Lodge, and Bdw. C. A. Johnson, of Meaofea Lodge, Virginis, ot this committee a to be held at same point at the rangs daring «*#»wi« 1m ¥IRGHHAi ST. LOUIS COUNTY. MIWifeOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1908 COM pl«te, and a large Relocation of prominent Dnluth and Virginia wholesalers and "business men sc cepted the invitation of the resi detits ot Fort Frances to come across on the first train over the structure and assist them in form ally commemorating their connec. tionwUh the ranges and the Zenith 'City at a banquet and jollification. E E fRYBEROIW AnOKNtY ODtmsttAft 414 LoMiutn BOftWlitt DtJttJTiit Mmxtdbi'A M«. W. E. HANNAFORD, ^Virginia, Mian. WilKaai hdfeter. ft NeM aa Saspiciaa af Naviae KflM freak Hiwipn, Chief of Police Walsh on Wed nesday brought down from Ashawa William SchiTber, a homesteader in the Sturgeon valley eleven miles west of that point, arrested on suspicion of having murdered Frank Masseport, a neighboring homesteador in February last. Early in February the remained Masseport were found in his par tially burned homestesd shanty, Mdit waa generally supposed the man met his death tftrongfi the •catching fire of hia building. But about April 10th Schirber went to Washtrarn, Wis., nnd submitted a •certificate of deposit on the First National Bank of Jfhis city in favor of Masseport, giving hia name aa that of the deceased man and^lsim ing the money was his. T-he bank er, Mr. Maxe, who is now in the city, did not cash the certificate at face but advanced 173 thereon, later learning that Masseport wss dead. This lead to suspicions, snd. Mr. Maxe came to the city the first of the week and told his story, Chief Walsh going sft£ry*nd bringing in this man, whom Maxe (teqgo^ na the party wh^y^ he aaya, repre raWTCCn Refreshments #ill be served. You are cordially invited. Admission 25 cents. CauMaercial dcA WeeOsfl a -a Dear Sir:— I have obtained a dismissal of the case of Win. H. Eaton vs. W. E. Hannaiford. This disposes of the case. Yours truly, FACES A CHAS6C Of MUtOf*. HAir INC AVAAASLC LAND WITHDRAWN. William Landriflt/the ssles agent" heavier it waa not ao serious in its who went with Schirber to look over the lend selected, arrived in the city last evening snd fully iden tified Schirber as the man negotiat ing for the property. The case looks like a clear one, and an uncle and brother of the de ceased are here! investigating the matter thoroughly. It is considered likely Schirber will waive examina tion and be bound over to the grand jury, which convenes the coming week, and from a-M appearances will not only be bound over but will eventually receive his deserts. Narn sties M. Church Serial. The ladies of the Norwegian M» K. Church will give a social in the church, Saturday evening, May 2. Following is the program: Song ContrresratioD Scrjpture .Reading and Prayer Mra. G. Ercen Song By the Ladles Recitation "Tike Cfrlld" Mrs. J. L. Voareland Solo Mtea Jfoswald Reading Mm B. RlAberg Recitation "The Spring" Mn.C. FOBS Trio Mliaes Olga Roawold. Minnie Johnson and Annie Joluwon Recitation ...'The Sweet Thought" Mm A. Steipnes Reading ...^..Mrs.'Ole Johnson Duet -.Mtasea Annie JoHmaon and Minniejohnaon Recitation Mrs. M. My*e itasdkig MM. J. }thnm Ssag ,.Missf*iaa Hit—«• Speech.... Mw. BUenTrsnwss Sena Mrs. 6.£ages The Coataieacist Chsb meeting Wednesdsy eventing wss one of the best attended gstherings of like nsture held in many montha, aad many poanta of direct intereat to citizens snd more especially to the bnamesS element of Virginis were discussed with a vim snd caador that boded results- It is indeed plcitsing to note the interest which the continned prod ding of president, Mr. Metcalfe, haa seemingly arousfd in the aima and objecta of the organization and the aucceaa which is attending hia effortaat making the meetiaga of the Club of such note that all bnsi ness men feel it an incumbent duty to be present. It is eficMtjtjjtaM Snt the 1% new mill of t^|Vfrgivi* Lnmber Company will be operated ,iqt ths hear fntnra, hntlit is alao nuder sUMdtkenldnHlf wM he clnssd,nt least one nliftft^when the ofher is opened. "s The new mill* however, baa a i.apm itj of sLseral tiasss the aid plant, and a Isfge nnmber «f sd ditionalmen wlll be glven' employ: tpAoyment in the (hill and in caring tortheprodoct. April 25th, im H. B. FkTBE«GHt. Sweeptag Order lias Up Much North iCiaatry Laad hr forestry Purposes. In sweeping order, received Monday at the Dnlnth Land office from the commissioner of the gen eral land office, about half ot the land available in the Duluth land district is withdrawn from entry and attached to the Superior Na tional Forest of Minnesota, as an 'addition to ianda withdrawn for the same purpose in former years. The withdrawal takes in thous ands of acres north and west of the fourth principal meridian in St. Louis, Lake and Cook counties and iamore serious in its effects, on ac count of the rapid decrease in avail able laud in the Duluth district in recent years. At the present time, it is estimated that there are about 400,000 acres of vacant land in the Duluth district and the order of the commiaaioner, made on recom mendation of the acting secretary of the ioterior cuts that amount about in-half, it ia believed. The first withdra wsl in the Du luth district for forest reserve pur poses was made in June, 1002, when about 40tyOOQKacres were withdrawn from entry. In AuguatiWOS, 130,Q0O acres more were withdrawn, {he order received todsy beinrf the third thdi ^withdrawals- Though thd first-was •effects, aa at that time, there were probably 1,500,000 acres of land open for entry and about half of the land withdrawn was unsurveyed. Some of the land withdrawn by the order received today ia alao unsurveyed, Unit much of it is desirable land, and people contemplating entry will be hit hard by the order. Excepted from the force and effect of the withdrawals are all lauds, which are at this date em braced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing or selection duly of record ia the proper United States land office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made :purauant to law, if the stated period wifhio which to make entry or fil ing of record has not expired and alao excepting any withdrawal or reservation for any purpose, with •which the order for withdrawal is (inconsistent. The exception shsll not continue to comply to sny parcel or tract ol land unless the claimant continues to comply with the law iinder which entry, filing or settlement traa been msde. The order provides for the vaca tion of a^l unappropriated lands in the folioferingdeecribed areas: AH of fractional townships 63 snd N. R. 2,3 snd 4 W T. 6i, 83 and «6 N., R. 3 W. all of fraction Sec. 6, 63 N. R. 7 W. Sec. 1 to 18, both in elusive, T.tiS N. R. 8 W. Sec. 3,4, 9, 10, IS, 21, 22,28 and 29, T. 62 N. R. 9 W. allot T. 63 N. R. 9. W T. 63 N R. 10 W. Sec. 19 to 36 inclusive, T. 64 N. R. 10 W. Sec. 7,8 and 17 to 26, both inclusive, T. 74 N. S. 11 W. T. 65 N. R. 11 W. T.64 and 65 N. R. 12 W. T. 65 N. R. 13 W. T.64 and 65 N. R.Mandl5W. T.65N.R. W. all north and west of the fourth principsl meridian. WU Shartlyepaa Far D. Kra*ze, ot Mvlwankee, who has leased the east room of the new Karon Block, thia week receives hts stock snd fixtures and arrangea to open his store to the public as quickly ss possible. Mr. Kratze win carry a fine line of shoes and gent's furnishings, snd will also take care of all needs in the lineol fine msde-to-order clothes. The stock being put in is sll new, direct from the factory, snd he intends catering to the wanta of the Virgin iana in a manner which will insure business success. AtvM Olson, Hugo Bergstedt snd Crail Jarvick have associated them selves together in a business way and on or about May 10th will open new general store at the corner of Locust street aad Meaaba avenue, with Emil Olson as manager. Tnenew to» hntre nraeted a buildl^ft to konseitheir wares, and anticipate a thri move mmwtos memm manu. On May It SMppad Aitkia ft CoaatytMsSaa It ia quite probable that in the next few months there win be some important developmenta on the Csyuna iron range, and that the Rogers-Brown people,who are sink ing a shatt at Rabbit Lake will be stripping ore to the head of the, lakes. The shaft waa down 90 feet on Friday last, when a vein of quick sand was encountered, which bub bled up several feet inside the shaft, TMS obstacle will be overcome in a short time, aad as it is the last quicksand in the way, the ore will be reached in a short time. The Rogers-Brown people also hawe the shaft southeast of Deer wood well started, and last Satur day Northern Pacific surveyors were at work setting the stakes for a branch into thia shaft. It is understood a aurvey has also been made into the Rabbit Lake shaft. The road from Deerwood to Duluth is strewn with heavy rails, and this looks as though the road was being put in shape for heavy hauling, and that this mesas tiauling ore from the Cayuna range. in the Rice River country five miles northeast of Aitkin, drilling hss been going on for nearly two years by the Cuyler Adams people. During this time between seventy and eighty holes have been drilled, and iron has been found in every one of them. The lands drilled are in Section 3 47 26, owned by F. J. Adams, Fergus Falls, and H. Ba Ayers, Aitkin, lands in Section 36 48-26, owned by Earnest Bacon of Minneapolis, and lands in Section 35 48-26, owned by John G. Jacobson. It is said there have been several holes drilled on the Jacobson pro perty and the drills sunk twenty-five feet into the ore and then withdrawn, the test being satisfactory. This ia the property on which the Zeno Iron company bad an option, the terms ot which it tried to enforce in an action againat Jacobson, but the suit was decided in favor of Jacob son* Celebrated Dghtiety-Miatb Aaai- Mesaba Range Lodge No, 222, I. O. O. F., celebrated the 89th anni veraarjr ot therfounding of the order in America on Monday evening by entertaining the members and many invited guests at a feast of music and ora tory followed by a delightful luncheon. The speaker of the evening was the Hon. T. W. Hugo, of Duluth, 'hia address dealing with the found ing and growth of the ordsf, as also the tenets and objects of the (organization, his address showing icsreful prepsrstion of his subject apd thorough understanding of the same. The musical program in cluded a solo by Mr. James Lavick, a dust by the Misses Morneau and Roswald, solos by Mrs. E. W. Mer Titt, and Mr. George Trimble, and a duet by Mrs. Gilbert and Miss Anna Thomas and an appreciated rendition of 'Come Where the Lillies Bloom" by a quartette. The event was in charge of a com mittee comprising Messrs Walter Fitxgerald, E. W. Einum and Capt James H. Polglase, and those in at tendance were prolific in their ipraiae of the affair, which will long be remembered as a bright spot in the lodge history. 'Iwas Tree Sport. That's what they say of the mill at the Fay Opera House Tuesday evening when "Scraps" Costello, of Duluth, stopped "Kid" Williams in the seventh ronnd of whst was to have been a fifteen round go. Costello had his adversary faded from the beginning. In the final ronnd Williams was floored three times with right swings on the chin, snd a fourth punch to the jaw pro duced sweet sleep for the "kid" from the cattle country. A couple of bouts between lights of lesser brilliance also furnished psssiag amusement for the crowds for several minutes, a three-round draw and a six-round comedy being presented. Leaves Oa Vacatioa. Rev. F. G. Clark, of the First M. E. Church, left yesterday noon for a trip to southern and eastern points going to Evanston, 111., where he will attend the Biblical Inatitnte as a member of the committee from the Northern Minneaota Conference. Later he will go to Caldwell, Ohio, where he will deliver an addreaa be fore the Caldwell Hitch School. Rev. Clark expects to be sbsent about three weeks, snd may see salt water before his return. In the abaence of Rev. Clark, Rev. R. J. Taylor, of Eveleth, wiU occupy the pulpit at the M. E. Church next Sunday morning, and in .The even ing Capt. Jamea .H.' Polglase will preach. Other services of the day as «ptal. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. mm RANSE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Qaifl Nteri of the Raaiaa Get Tefedier for Mataal ReaeRt The meeting of the boys of the range prefa called for the Hotel Glede at Eveleth on Saturday even ing laat raaulted in the formation of the Iron Range Press Associa tion, with alsU membership of all the range scribes with the single exception of Bro. Talboys, of the Chisholm Herald, -but who will jdoubtlees become affiliated at a later date. The ob|ect of such an association is to effect a united action for the betterment of the condition of the range papers, and the intereat of all in the propoaition was exemplified by the fact that ten out of thirteen newspaper boys were in attendance, the absentees, in addition to Bro. Talboys, being Bro. Atkinson of the Mesaba Ore at Hibbing and Bro. Schaefer of the Ely Miner, both of whom sent written notice of their desires to become affiliated with the move but were deterred from attendance through a rush of other business. Those in attendance in cluded R. M. Sheets of the Tower News, H. Nicholson of the Aurora News, E. A. Koen of the-Hiwabik Times, Oscar LaFrance of the Chisholm Tribune, A. E. Pf rem mer snd R. W. Hitchcock of the Hibbing Tribune, P. E. Dowling of the Eve leth Star, George Perham of the Eveleth News, D. E. Cuppernull of the Virginian and W. E. Hannaford of the Virginia Enterprise. P. E. Dowling of the Kveleth Star was elected as the first president of the new organization, W. E. Hanna ford of the Enterprise as vice presi* dent and R. W. Hitchcock of the Hibbing Tribune as secretary and treasurer. These three officers alao constitute the executive committee of the association, and future meet inga and program will be arranged under their direction. One matter of more than passing importance brought} forth waa a discussion of the practice of per mitting the publication of land notices in slleged newspapers that in no wise conform to the requisi tions of the state law governing a legal newspaper, and vigoroua. resoVutibna-werepassed denouncing the practice. Copies of this resolm tion, which named the Bear River Journal, the Northland Farmer and the St. Louis County Record as three papers coming within its scope and intent, were directed to be forwarded to Congressman Bede, and Senator Nelson, asking their cooperation in correcting the evil. A resolution also meeting with populai^favor was that the members of the associstion should act as a unit in the matter of political ad vertising, and a committee com priaing Measrs. Hannaford, Pfrem msr and Schaefer was appointed to take charge of this department of work. A legislative committee, for the purpose of looking after matters of interest to the boys as a whole at the coming session of the legisla ture, was appointed, Messrs. Dow ling, Cuppernull and Koen .being named. A committee comprising Measrs. Atkinson, Sheets and Perham was appointed to follow up the "land notice" journals, and keep in touch with the department on any meas ures to be taken in regard to same. A. P. Allensworthi the range cor respondent of the Duluth News Tribune, was elected as an honorary member of the association, and will be with the boys at future meet ings. Following the business meet the party wss tendered an appreciated banquet at the Glode by Bros. Dow ling and Perham, the spread being one of which the entertainers and the genial manager of the hostelry might well feel proud, the party breaking up after an hour of jollity with numeroua after dinner ad dresses by members of the assem blage. There is a big field for the develop ment of a community interest smoug the papers of the press of this section, snd we believe the right start and right idea has been grasped. At future meetings other matters of mutual benefit will be discussed and a program will be provided in *rivtch an will have a part The next meeting of the as aociatiou will be held at Hibbing, but later in the season it is not un likely an outing trip to either Ver milion lake or some other north country point wiil be arranged. Sues Capi. Eeartu. Claiming that he haa been dam aged to the extent of $837.90 by the failure of Capt. James H. Pearce to give him possession of the residence at Twenty-first avenue east nnd Su perior straet, Qinton Market! has brought suit agsinst Cspt. Pearce for tantamount. Mr. Markellclaims that he leaaed the Pearce reaidence, and that later Capt.Pearce aold it to M. ^ay. Jfr. Mnrhell aaya be wan unable to get possession, in apite of his lease.—Duluth Herald. 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