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

696 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
At session of Board of County Commissioners September 6,
1904, the Township of Nelson was organized, and the first town
meeting was held at the schoolhouse situated on section 8, of township
61-15, on September 26th.
Later, it became knovvm that another name must be selected for
the new township, as there was already a Nelson Township in
another part of the state. The commissioners therefore, with the
consent of the freeholders of the territory, named the township
"Kugler," that being the name of one of the county commissioners.
In 1904. the assessed valuation of the Township of Kugler was
$109,894; in 1919, it was $54,956. Taxes, in 1904, totalled to $2,285.80;
in 1919 the levy, for all purposes, was $3,984.31. The township had
a population of 82 in 1900; 136 in 1910; and 168 in 1920.
Kugler Township borders on the Vermilion Range, and possibly
has mineral deposits of value, although no mining operations have
been undertaken within its boundaries. The township is marshy
and peaty in places, and several streams pass through it. The Duluth
and Iron Range Railway passes through the township, with two
communities, Athens and Rivers, served by the railroad. Rivers is
the larger community, although both in reality are little more than
stopping places.
The township officials in 1920 were : Albert Hoppa, (chairman) ;
R. Johnson and Peter Pearson, supervisors; C. E. Wahlston, clerk;
John Fredrickson, assessor; Gust Lee, treasurer; A. D. Fuller, justice.
Kugler, for school purposes, is in the unorganized school district
directly supervised by the county school administration. The
school levy in 1919 was 37.1 mills.
Lakewood.—The Township of Lakewood, which embraces almost
all of congressional township 51-13, was formerly part of the Township
of Duluth.
Petition to set apart, from that township, congressional township
51-13 was circulated in November, 1901, and signed by D. J,
McDonnell and twenty-one other residents and legal voters of that
territory. The petition argued that it was convenient to the citizens
of township 51-13 to attend to township afifairs of the Town of
Duluth, which at that time embraced more than forty square miles.
A hearing was set for January 7,- 1902, before the county commissioners
at Duluth Court House. No material remonstrances then
developing, the commissioners approved the petition, and notices were
prepared, calling the first town meeting of the newly organized Town
of Lakewood, January 25, 1902, at the schoolhouse situated on the
northeast quarter of section 14, township 51-13. For some reason,
the town meeting adjourned until February 15, 1902, to meet then
at the house of Z. Perault, on the south half of northeast quarter,
section 21, of that township. At that adjourned meeting, the township
organization was completed by the election of the following
named residents as first township officers : David
Jamieson, (chair-
man) ; Z. Perault and S. Wakelin, supervisors; Wm. M. Jameson,
clerk; D. J. McDonnell, treasurer; Jas. Mohan, assessor; Worth
Axford, justice; Frank Erickson, constable.
The valuation of Lakewood has scarcely increased since 1902.
It then stood at $199,557 (assessed valuation) ; in 1919, the figures
were $215,313. Taxes in 1902 totaled to $4,090.92. In 1919. they were
$10,571.87. The population was 224 in 1910; in 1920 it was 294.
The present township officials are: John Hendrickson, chairman;