1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

518 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
Commissioners Approve Petition.—On June 13, 1893, the petition
was considered at the session of the Board of County Commissioners,
and resolution was passed, approving of the proposed incorporation,
as the Village of Eveleth. Consequently, a date was set upon which
legal voters should assemble and cast a vote for, or against, the
sought incorporation. The commissioners ordered "election to be
held on July 25, 1893, at the building of Thomas Short, lot 23, block
8, Eveleth." And they appointed "Neil Mclnnis, Tom Short and
Joe Eliot" to act as inspectors of election at that gathering. Copies
of "Notice of Election" were posted "at McComb and \\'ilson's boarding
house, at H. Hookwith's store, at Thomas Short's building, at
Jerry Sullivan's boarding house, and at Edward Simpson's place of
business," by Neil Mclnnis.
The voting, apparently, took place, and, presumably, was in favor
of the proposed incorporation, for the county commissioners, on August
11, 1893, "gave notice to the legal voters to meet and organize
and elect oflficers for the ensuing year," on August 26, 1893. No
record of election is on file in the county offices, as is required by
law, and, presumably, the election was not held.
SPRUCE NO. 4 MINE. EVELETH
It is possible that the population so dwindled during the depression
of 1893 that tlie few remaining decided not to proceed with the
election. Indeed, Neil Mclnnis. in his narrative, before-quoted, stated
that he drew to the Fayal exploratory work in September. 1893, the
whole of the man-power of Eveleth, namely. Hank Hookwith, Archie
McComb. and Jerry Sullivan ; and these men were too busy digging
for their bread, "at $1.25 a day," during that fall and winter, to have
much inclination
government."
to pursue matters of town-planning and corporate
Marvin Van Buskirk either had not yet come into the neighborhood,
or was subordinate to Thomas Short at the Adams camp.
Soon, however, he was in charge of the mining operations, and during
the next year seems to have become very popular, and much respected,
among his co-workers. So much is evident in the result of the first
election.
First Officials.—On October 5, 1894, the countv commissioners
again "gave notice" to the legal voters of Eveleth "to meet and
organize and elect officers
1894. "at the corner store
for
of
the
the
ensuing year," on October ISth,
Adams Block." Accordingly "a
meeting of voters- of Eveleth" was held on October 18, 1894, states