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

726 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
There has been no change in the territorial limits of the Township
of Sohvay since its organization in 1897. Carlton County lies
to the south of it, Hermann Township to the east, Grand Lake Township
to the north and Industrial to the west. Sohvay has excellent
railway facilities, with stations at Munger, Simar, and Carrol and it
is comparatively well advanced, agriculturally. The population,
which was 115 in 1900 and 332 in 1910, was shown by the 1920 census
to be 522, a gratifying increase. Its assessed valuation has
increased from $76,603 in 1897 to $161,297 in 1919; and of course taxes
have materially increased—from $1,838.47 in 1897 to $10,468.17 in
1919.
The present township officials are: John Johnson (chairman),
C. Carlson and C. Gustafson, supervisors; J. F. Gans, clerk; W. W.
Watson, assessor; Albert C. C. Miller, treasurer.
It is served by School District No. 43, a comparatively strong
school district. There are four schoolhouses in use in the township,
WHEN HIBBING WAS A LUMBER CAMP. (tHE FIRST POSTOFFICE
WAS IN CANVAS TENt)
all of frame construction and valued at $15,429 in 1919, when for
the school year of eight months five female teachers constituted the
teaching st'afif. The enrollment in that year was one hundred and
four scholars. Teachers were paid an average salary of $85.00 a
month. School Board: A. J. Lundquist, Munger, Minnesota, clerk;
Knute Gustafson, treasurer; A. Bang, chairman of directors.
Stuntz.—The Township of Stuntz, which is the richest township
of St. Louis County and contributes more than one-third of the taxes
collected in the county, perpetuates the name of one of the pioneers
of the county.
George R. Stuntz.—George R. Stuntz, a surveyor for the United
States Government, came to the head of Lake Superior in July, 1852,
"to run the land lines and subdivide certain townships." He surveyed
the state road from Duluth to Vermilion Lake in 1869, and
afterwards built the road. He was one of the first surveyors on
either of the ranges, and knew of the presence of mineral wealth in
one or both of them long before any of the pioneer explorers for