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

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came to Wisconsin in 1858 and continued to make that state his home the
remainder of his Hfe. He and his wife had three sons and four daughters
in their family. A brother of Frank S. Dane, William Dane, lives at
Kinney on the Mesaba Range.
Frank S. Dane received his educational training in the country schools,
and when he reached his majority left t^he homestead and went to Belle
Plains, Iowa, and worked with a railroad grading outfit as foreman.
Later he became foreman on the grading work of the Milwaukee Northern
Railroad at Ontataga, Michigan, leaving there for Chicago, Illinois. There
he was with Langdon & Company and helped to build a double track
railroad from Chicago, Illinois, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From that line
of work Mr. Dane branched out and for some years was occupied, very
successfully, in doing steam-shovel work, continuing it until he came to
Biwabik. His arrival occurred soon after the opening of the Biwabik
Mine by the Biwabik Ore Company. The equipment was designed to
operate a mine of this character and was hauled overland from Mesaba.
Having spent so many years at this mine Mr. Dane's interest is naturally
centered in it and its successful operation.
On January 26, 1891 Mr. Dane's happy married life was inaugurated
when he was united with Fannie M. Utter, a daughter of Smith Utter.
Mr. and Mrs. Dane were schoolmates and theirs is a romance begun when
both were little more than children. There are three children in their
family, namely: Royden S., who is a veteran of the World war, in
which he served for eighteen months, of which six months were spent
overseas, where he was promoted to sergeant, and was in training at an
officers' training camp, preparing for his commission, when the armistice
was signed, which prevented his further promotion; Helen and Marjory,
both of whom are at home. Fraternally Mr. Dane belongs to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. Very active
in local politics, he was a member of the Township Board for thirteen
years, during eight of them being its president, and for four years was
on the School Board, of which he was for a time chairman. During the
late war he took an active part in war work, assisting in all of the drives
and bought bonds and stamps, and contributed to all of the war organizations
to the full extent of his means. He is a man who has always
known what he wanted, and has gone after it in the right way, at the right
time and in the right spirit. He may be properly classed as one of the
most representative men of Biwabik, and no matter concerning the city
is too small or insignificant for him to give it careful consideration, and if
he is convinced that it needs remedying, takes pains to bring it to the
attention of his fellow citizens and urge constructive action. His interest
is not entirely local, for it includes the Mesaba Range, St. Louis County,
the state and country, all of which in his mind are the best in the world.
Eli L. Hart has spent practically all his life in the region tributary
to Duluth, either in northern Michigan or northern Wisconsin, and for
many years has been a successful business man. His chief interest is
the Hart Transfer and Storage Company, of which he is president and
manager.
Mr. Hart was born in Calumet, Michigan, a son of James and Addia
(Bourget) Hart. His father, who died in 1905, first came to Duluth in
1870, but afterward returned to Michigan. In 1881 he engaged in the
teaming and contracting business at Duluth. and that business occupied
the greater part of his remaining years. He was the father of eleven
children, Eli being next to the youngest.
Eli L. Hart was educated in the Duluth public schools and the Duluth
Business College, and at the age of twenty became a clerk in the Ameri-