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

674 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
organized territory be "Cedar Valley," their action being eventually
confirmed by the residents of that township.
In 1912. a petition was circulated among the freeholders of township
54-21. and signed by a majority of them, the petition seeking to
include that unorganized township in the boundaries of Cedar Valley.
Mike Snyder, chairman of the supervisors of Cedar Valley at that
time discussed the matter with the county commissioners at session
of the county board on February 6, 1913; and the matter was further
discussed by the commissioners at meeting of June 6, and August
6, of 1913. At the August session, the commissioners resolved to add
township 54-21 to Cedar Valley. So, the Township of Cedar Valley
is at present constituted.
Assessed valuation of real and personal property in Cedar Valley
Township in 1910 amounted to $66,555. Tax levy, for all purposes,
was $1,590.66. In 1919 the assessed valuation was $141,136, and
the tax levy for all purposes, $8,919.79.
Population in 1900 was 98 persons; in 1910 it had increased to
234 ; and in 1920 to 323 persons.
The Cedar Valley school district is No. 23 of the county system.
There are four frame schoolhouses, valued at $8,000 in the district,
which covers the whole of townships 53 and 54, range 21. Total
enumeration in 1919-20 school year was 99. The school term was
eight months, and the four teachers received an average salary of
$82.50 a month. The school levy, in 1919, amounted to $4,730.63.
The school board officials were : Wm. Gustafson, clerk ; Jalmer Perkkijo,
treasurer; Erick Hill, chairman of directors.
The township officials in 1920 were Matt Maki, chairman ; Peter
Myllykangas, and Jonas Hietala, supervisors; Mike Siermala, Jr.,
clerk; J. Perkkijo, assessor; Andrew Tuola, treasurer.
Clinton.—The Township of Clinton, which borders onto the rich
mining territory of the Mesabi Range, embraces the township 57
north, range 18 west.
Organization came in 1892, following the presenting of petition,
dated October 13, 1892, to the county commissioners, said petition
being signed by Frank M. Zeller and twenty-three other voters within
the territory, praying for the organization of township 57-18, as the
Township of Clinton, under the General Laws of the State of
sota, 1878.
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The petition came before the county commissioners at their
October, 1892, session. It was then resolved to grant the prayer,
and public notices were posted calling upon the electors to assemble
for the first town meeting, at the Section Car House, situated on
the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 15 of township
57-18, on Friday, the 28th day of October. Election was duly
held, and organization of Clinton Township duly perfected. Since
that time, its boundaries have remained the same, and it is somewhat
surprising to note that its valuation is now less than it was
in 1892. In that year, the real and personal property of Clinton was
assessed on the basis of a value of $107,184, the tax levy then being
$2,599.21. In 1919, the assessed valuation, exclusive of Iron Junction,
was only $105,979, although the tax levy had materially increased
being in that year, $7,227.77. Also, the valuation of Iron
Junction, which is
township.
only $11,575, adds very little to the wealth of the
Clinton Township population, including Iron Junction Village, in
1900 was 221; in 1910, the census showed 316 residents; and the 1920