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

694 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
that part of township 50 north, of range 17 west, lying south and
east of the St. Louis River in St. Louis County" was attached to and
made part of the Township of Industrial.
In 1891, the assessed valuation of the Township of Industrial
was $19,749; in 1919, it was $156,531. The tax totalled to $347.58
in 1891; it amounted to $11,040.60 in 1919.
The population in 1900 was 158; in 1910 it was 362; and in 1920
a material increase was shown, the census tabulation crediting the
enlarged township with 789 residents.
The township officials in 1920 were: H. Pichelmann, chairman;
M. Bloom, supervisor; M. Galvert, clerk; F. A. Balcom, assessor;
and W. Longton, treasurer.
The school system is under the direct supervision of the county
school superintendent, there being no separate school district in
Industrial. Its territory is embraced in the huge unorganized school
district directed from the county offices at Duluth. The school levy,
in 1919, consequently amounted to 37.1 mills.
Kelsey.—The Township of Kelsey has been in existence for
more than twenty-five years. It was organized in 1895, out of unorganized
territory, its limits being congressional township 54-18
originally. Later, the township was enlarged to include townships
53-19 and 18 (now Meadowlands), 54-17 (now part of Cotton), 54-18
(the present bounds of Kelsey), and 54-19 (now part of Toivola).
Organization.—The organization of Kelsey Township in 1895
was the outcome of petition of F. C. W. Zacher and other legal voters
of township 54-18. The petition was dated July 9, 1895, and sought
township powers for that territory, under authority of chapter 10,
General Statutes of 1878, requesting that the new township, if organized,
be named "Kelsey."
The petition came before the county attorney, for examination
on July 9th and on that day he reported to the county commissioners
that the document was correct in form and execution. On motion
of Commissioner Swenson, township 54-18 was set oflF as the Township
of Kelsey, in accordance with petitioners' wishes.
First Election.—The first election was held "at the Pump House
of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway Company," situated
on the NE quarter of section 22, of that township, on July 29, 1895."
Area Increased.—At about that time, the inhabitants of adjoining
and contiguous territory manifested a desire to be included in
the organized Township of Kelsey. A petition was presented to
the county officials on August 6, 1895, asking that four other unorganized
congressional townships, 53-13, 53-19, 54-17, and 54-19, be
annexed to the Township of Kelsey. The petition was signed by a
majority of the legal voters of those townships, and the county commissioners
acted quickly, granting the petition on August 6, 1895.
Organization of Meadowlands and Cotton.— So, the area of
Kelsey Township remained until 1903. On May 6, 1903, a petition
was prepared, in the hope of bringing about the separation of three
congressional townships from Kelsey. The document was signed by
C. J. Keenan and others, and asked that townships 53-18 and 53-19
be detached from Kelsey to form a new township, to be known as
"Meadowlands" and township 54-17 to form a separate township
under the name of Cotton, leaving townships 54-18 and 54-19 as the
territory of the Township of Kelsey. Hearing of remonstrances was
held by the county commissioners, and on the 13th day of July,
1903, they reorganized Kelsey, and erected the townships of Cotton