The Virginia enterprise. [volume], July 09, 1909, Image 1

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VOL 17.
Norton
Hawkinsoo BIK-
Hardware
SUCCESSORS TO A. HAWKINSON)
Shelf and Heavy Hardware,
Building Materials,
Wall Paper and Paints.
Plumbing and Tin Bhop
nection.
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The First National Bank
OF VIRGINIA, MINN.
CAPITAL, $60,000.00
PENTECOST MITCHELL. General Manager Oliver Iron Mining Co.
A. D. DAVIDSON. Banker O. D. KINNEY, Capitalist.
C. B. LKNONT Physician arid Surgeon.
R. K. BAILEY, Secretary and Treasurer Bailey Lumber Co.
S. ft. KIKBY. Pres, First Nat'l Bank, Hibbiuu. B. F. BRITTS. Cashier.
ishier.
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PENTECOST MITCHELL. Pres S. KIRBY. Vice Pres.
C. B. LENOJNT Vice Pres. B. F. BRITTS, Cashier.
A. E. SHIPLEY, Asst. Cashier.
DIRECTORS
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WOULD DICTATE SCHOOL POLICY
Oliver Iron Mining Co. Sends Special
Envoy lo Look After School Needs
and Public Expenditures.
The question of providing ample
school room for the rapidly increas­
ing school population of Virginia
by the erection of a commodious
high school building on Block 51
and of a six-room grade building at
a point designated within a certain
distance of the southwest corner of
section 5, 58-17, as decided at a le­
gally called election of the voters
of the district in April last, must
again be fought out by the voters
of the district -but this time the
fight will not be so much between
the legally qualified voters of the
district as between the voters as a
whole and a new element which has
"bobbed" on the horizon in the per­
son of Capt. Theodore H. James as
a representative of the Oliver Iron
Mining Company, whose arrival in
the city was duly noted in our last
issue and whose mission here has
become apparent, to a degree,
through a communication present­
ed to the school board at a meeting
of that body on Friday evening last
in which objection was made to the
proceedings of the legally called
meeting at which a decision was
reached by majority rule to author­
ize expenditures for necessary
school room.
In his communication Captain
James, who is accredited as coming
from the 9teel company's model
town of Garey, Ind., contends that
the acts of this meeting were ille­
gal and as a representative of one
of the larger tax-paying interests of
the district ask»d to have the board
declare null and void the actions of
the voters and to have all actions
regarding the provision of school
room tinder authority of the meet­
ing rescinded, and anew vote taken
on the proposition as to whether
the voters of the district want a new
high school or two new grade build­
ings, stating that the Oliver com­
pany feels that they should be enti­
tled to a hearing when the expendi­
ture of large sums of money are
contemplated.
Thin communication was handed
to the clerk at the meeting Friday
evening but was not the subject of
any action, being retained and at an
adjourned meeting Tuesday even­
ing duly accepted and ordered filed.
At this adjourned meeting,at which
a number of the tax-payers and
school patrons were in attendance,
was also presented at the instiga­
tion of Captain James a petition for
a new vote to again decide whether
the voters of the district wish to
have erected a high school OR two
new grade schools, also another pe­
tition by tax-payers
and citizens who
desired the board to submit the
question in#uch form that the vot-.
ers of the district might again voice
their sentiments on the erection of
a high school AND two grade build­
ings a£ weli.VAttorney Poirier was
present and advised the board that
it was unnecessary to heed either
request, inasmuch as the opinion of
the Attorney General had been ren­
dered in the matter and was of rec­
ord, holding the acts of the meet
ing at which the high school and
selection of the site therefor were
voted as legal, but in deference to
the wishes expressed by the signers
of the two petitions the clerk was,
upon motion of Director Moore sup­
ported by Director Roskilly, in­
structed to again submit the ques­
tions in such manner as may be
seen fit to cover the complicated
case, at the annual meeting of the
school district to be held on Satur­
day, Julo 17th, at which time two
members of the board will also be
elected.
In consideration of the fact that
Virginia asa city and that the board
of education of the local school
district have ever been numbered
among the most economical of
range governing boards, the action
of the Oliver company in making
Virginia the mark of their initial
campaign for retrenchment came
as a thunder-clap to the voters and
tax-payers ot the city and school
district, who can but hope the ap­
parent purpose of the company,
through its non-resident represent­
ative, may be misunderstood, and
that a calm may come out of the
threatened storm which will work
to the advantage of the educational
advancement Of the district through
the voting of funds for not only
high school but for two commodi­
ous grade schools as well—the one
at the north and the other at the
south edge of the city, both of which
are acknowledged necessities of as
great importance as is the propos
ed new high school at this time.
The Oliver Iron Mining Company
is entitled to the same considers
tion in taxation matters as is any
other non-resident property-owner
and we believe to no more. The
company owns in fee a large num
berof properties in the Virginia
district, not one of which is being
worked, and also holds under lease
four or five other properties, which
are being worked because the com
VIRGINIA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY. MINNESOTA. FRIDAY. JULY 9, 1909
pany finds it advantageous to do so,
in all likelihood. The company is
therefore placed in the. same class
as the purchaser of a vacant lot who
permits it to remain viicant, await
ing a rise in valuatibtivbefore dis­
posing of same.
We are loathe to believe the real
object of the company/ in sending
their representative to Virginia is
for the purpose above Stated, but
believe that if this is'the true pur­
pose of his arrival }on the range it
has been at the instigation of out­
side influences and because of mis­
representation of facts to the head
of the mining company in evidence
in the premiaes.
School Board Confer With Oliver Co,
The members of the Virginia
School Board, and a number of min­
ing and business In en Of the city,
went to Duluth yesterday, on in
vitation of the Oliver Mining Co.,
and they discussed fully with of
ficers of the company, the exact con­
ditions snd needs of Virginia, as to
its schools, and the officers expres­
sed themselves as. satisfied that
Virginia needed extra school facil­
ities, and were surprised at the rap­
id growth of the district. The school
board showed that at the present
time every school room in the city
is overcrowded, some rooms having
75 children in care of a single
teach­
er, and that there is no provision or
space for the reasonable increase
that will come ne^ft year, and it will
take about a year to complete a new
school building. At present the
central district of the city is most
congested, and it is here that more
school rooms are needed. The
Board showed that they had been
negotiating for a site for a school
house on the North side which
would provide for about 50students
now living there, and that the
school would be started as soon as
title to the site had been secured.
The board also showed that the
Roosevelt building is suitable
throughout for grade work, and
that not one dollar need be spent to
use the entire building for grades.
Also that if a new school is erected
on Block 51, that it will provided
facilities for a high school, and also
for a full eighth grade system, and
this will provide alt needed rooms
for the central part-tfthe fitv, and
be within six blocks of the new mill
houses. At the present time, the
district needs 20' ntf*^school rooms
to reasonably accomodate the pup­
ils now in school, allowing 36 stu­
dents to a room, which isall a single
room should properly coutain. The
board intend to issue a circular
showing fully to the voters the exact
needs and conditions of the district,
that work on the new building may
proceed at once.
Fix Salaries at $30 Per Month.
At the adjourned meeting of the
board of education of the Inde­
pendent School District of Virginia
on Tuesday evening a motion made
by Director Roskilly and supported
by Director Moore that the clerk of
the school board and the treasurer
of the school district receive as
compensation for their services the
sum ot $50 per month each was
carried.
By many this sum is considered
inadequate for the work entailed,
and is certainly out of proportion
to the salaries paid for many years
past, when the clerk received as
high as $75 per month and the treas
urer two per cent of the gross ex­
penditures of the district, amount­
ing to from $2,000 per rear up.
The move, however, is doubtless
in line with the spirit of retrench
ment fostered by the1 imported re­
presentative of a tax-paying interest
Candidates for School Board.
Guy H. Moore and Capt. Jos. Ros­
killy have today announced their
candidacy for election as members
of the school board at the annual
meeting on July 17th, official notice
of which is published'in the Enter­
prise of this issue.
Two members are to be elected as
successors to Capt. Roskilly and
C. Butler, whose teems expire on
August 1st. Other names of possi
bilities have been nientioned, but
so far as we know no others have
made announcement1of candidacy
as yet.
Personal Property Tax.
City Assessor Fleming went to
Duluth last Saturday and turned in
the personal property assessment
for the city of Virginia for the year
1909. The assessor's figures were
$367,344. The board of review raised
the assessment something like
$75,000, their figures approximating
$443,000.
It is worthy of note that the min­
ing interests are not represented by
as much as one cent in the above
figures, all the mines within the
city limits lying idle.
Swedish Baptist Church.
Sunday School at 10 a. m. Services
at 11 a. m. and 8:00 p. m.
Both services in Swedish next
Sunday. A most cordial invitation
extended.
S£V.C. A. BERG,
SNOT BY SMALLER
Pastor.
Clarence Everett Dies From Wound
Inflicted by a Five Year Old Tot.
Clarence J. Everett, the nine year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vm. Everett
who have a homestead some twelve
miles to the northwest of Sand Lake,
was brought to the Lenont Hospital
in this city on Tuesday suffering
from an abdominal wound from a
22 calibre &un, inflicted the previ­
ous day by a five-year old brother.
The boy was operated upon Tues­
day evening, the bullet having
pierced the smaller intestine in
fourteen places and the larger in­
testine in four places. For| a time
recovery was hoped tor, but death
ended the child's sufferings Wed
nesday afternoon.
The accident occurred through
the firing of blank cartridges, a bul­
let cartridge in some manner get­
ting mixed with the blanks.
The body was taken to the family
home at Hibbing yesterday for in­
terment, accompanied by the heart
broken parents, who have the sin
cere sympathy of all in their sad
affliction.
IMPROVEMENTS TO VIRGINIA PLANTS
Outlay of $300,000 Will Be Made on
Lumber Company's Buildings—
Mill Additions.
Edward Hines, J. P. and Rudolph
Weyerhaeuser and S. J.Cusson of
the Virgmis & Rainy Lake compa­
ny, arrived yesterday afternoon
from a trip to Virginia and Winni­
peg. They were in the Manitoba
metropolis on Dominion day. Mr.
Hines boarded a train tor Chicago
late yesterday afternoon. Their trip
to Virginia was one of considerable
importance to that city. The com­
pany has decided on improvements
which will call tor an outlay of
1300,000.
The Virginia & Rainy Lake com­
pany has decided to build another
lot ot dwellings for employes. The
company is just completing the
work of building 50 dwellings for
that purpose, and has just decided
on the additional number.
The company has decided to in­
stall two new band saws and a gang
saw for the purpose of doubling
the capacity of the new sawmill
which will give the company a total
daily lumber producing capacity
in Virginia with both mills of about
700,000 feet a day.
A new planing mill which will
cost $150,000 has been decided on.
What makes the improvements of
special value is that the Virginia &
Rainy Lake company has timber
with which to keep its plsnts busy
for qusrter of a century.—News
Tribune.
Eiqht Houses Burned.
A desperate fire which for a time
threatened the destruction of the
entire northern section of the city
called the department and a host of
citizens Tuesday afternoon, but
after the flamea had lapped up
eight
of the humble homes on Balssm
street the fire was stopped.
At the time of the call the depart­
ment was out on another call, fight
ing a brush fire in the extreme
southern edge of the city, end it
was several minutes before hose
and water was to be had.
Later the engine was drawn down
and put in commiaaion, the fire
threatening the Bailey Lumber Co.,
yards, huge burning cinders falling
near edge of the yards, but prompt
work in keeping the fire within
bounds saved the property.
The occupants of the cottages are
poor people, and the destruction of
their homes leaves several of them
practically destitute. The origin
of the fire is accredited as a spark
from a passing engine, and fanned
by a wind did quick work in wiping
out the savings of years.
Buy Lots for Synagogue.
The Bnai Abraham Congregation,
the local Jewish church society,
have closed a deal for the purchase
of two and one-half lots on Locust
street at the corner of Cleveland
avenue, and will shortly award the
contract for the erection of their
new synagogue, which will be of
brick, and when complete present
one of the finest chnrch edifices on
the ranges, costing about $8,000.
The newly organized society have
paid for their lots and have in ad
dition nearly or quite the halt of
the requisite amount for the erec
tion and furnishing of their edifice.
Card of Thanks.
We hereby wish to extend our
sincere thanks to the kind people of
Virginia and especially to the offi
cers and men of the Virginia Lum
ber Company for their assistance in
our time of trouble, in the loss of
our little son Clarence, for they
could have done no better for the
president of the United States.
MR. AND MRS. W. H. EVERETT
St. Paul's Church
At St. Paul's Church next Sunday
there will be divine services at 7:30
p. m., at which the nctor will preach
All are cordially welcomed.
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